Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 513 Did the Sixth Brother Hear the Rumors?

Zhu Yunxi didn't pay attention to the exclamation of all the Wang uncles. In fact, this map is not perfect in his opinion, but he drew it with the ability of dreaming. There are many places on it that are inconsistent with Daming's current situation.

600 years of vicissitudes, mountains and rivers are enough to divert several times, how can it be perfect.

Just talking about Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Daming at this time is just a sandbar.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the map and moved an inch up the tunnel along the mouth of the Yellow River.

"Here it is!"

"I think this place is suitable for mining and steelmaking!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di hurriedly looked over, his eyes full of greed.

If Yandi had its own steelmaking plant, wouldn't the old man have a better chance of winning after a hundred years?
The other vassals also showed envy and jealousy. They also want to mine, and they also want to make steel!

After Zhu Di withdrew his greedy gaze, his mind instantly regained some composure.

"Gu Zhen can make steel?"

"Of course!"

"Da Ming is not my Da Ming alone, but the Da Ming of everyone in the world!"

"As long as the people of Ming Dynasty are willing, everyone can make steel!"

When Zhu Di heard his elder nephew say this, he excitedly held the other's hand and choked up.

"Gu... Gu is so touched, woo woo woo..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't like Zhu Di's set, if Zhu Gui said something like this, he probably believed it a little bit.As for Zhu Di, another person who believed in him finally set fire to him, and then became a monk...

Seeing this, other people also tentatively asked, Zhu Yunxi would not refuse anyone who came, and marked them on the map regardless of whether they were acquainted with each other before, and asked them to go home and build a steel factory.

Everyone was satisfied after a meal, and their hearts were full of joy, only Lao Zhu's face was gloomy, and the word "unhappy" was written all over his face.

But Lao Zhu kept holding back until he had finished dinner with all his sons and sent all the sons away, then he ordered people to close the door and beat his grandson.

"Let's kill you rebellious grandson!"

Old Zhu pulled out a spanking stick from nowhere, and hit Zhu Yunxie's butt so hard that Zhu Yunxie jumped up with a loud "ow".

"Old Zhutou, how crazy are you!"

"Do you know why salt and iron are monopolized?"

"I know, isn't it just for the court to make more money..."

"Bad money?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he almost lost his breath, raised his stick and drew it down.

"We beat you for bad money!"

"Do you know that once you let go of these two things, our Daming will make a big mess!"

"Your Uncle Wangs are restless. If you hand over the power of salt and iron to them, won't it fuel their ambitions?"

When Lao Zhu said this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of a possibility.

"Rebellious grandson!"

"Aren't you thinking about Zheng Boke and Duan Yuyan?"

The so-called Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan refers to the fact that during the Spring and Autumn Period Zheng Guojun indulged his younger brother, Gongshu Duan, until he was so indulgent that he raised the flag to rebel before sending troops to quell the chaos, and then killed him while taking advantage of the chaos.

Later generations commented that he was sinister and black-bellied, and deliberately ignored his younger brother, causing his younger brother to commit a serious crime and then put him to death.

Zhu Yunxi was not happy on the spot when he heard that Lao Zhu had taken such a big scapegoat.

"Grandfather, it's unreasonable for you to say that!"

"We both have to argue today, is it you, the pampering son who is the father, or me, the pampering uncle who is the nephew!"

"Look at the bullshit ancestral precepts you wrote. If you don't let the courtiers sue, they will kill whoever sues. Is this a human thing?"

"According to the ancestral precept you formulated, my fourth uncle led troops to Jinling City, and the courtiers dared not tell my fourth uncle to rebel!"

When Lao Zhu heard Dasun accusing him like this, the old face immediately turned into a pig's liver, and he didn't explain to Nisun, just raised his stick to beat Sun.

However, Zhu Yunxi was not stupid, how could he just stand there and be beaten?
Therefore, the trick of the grandfather chasing the grandson was once again staged in the hall, until Lao Zhu was so tired that he was out of breath, and then he asked his grandson for forgiveness.

"Don't run away, we...we won't beat you..."

Zhu Yunxi showed a face from behind the pillar, making faces at old Zhu Lualua.

"Believe in you!"

When Lao Zhu heard such rebellious words, he just rolled his eyes helplessly, and then threw the beating stick in his hand aside.

"Believe it or not!"

Seeing that Lao Zhu had thrown away the stick, Zhu Yunxi came forward with a smile on his face.

"Is Grandpa Huang exhausted?"

"Why is Lao Qin still in a daze, why don't you serve tea to Grandpa Huang!"

Qin Deshun watched the excitement for a while, seeing that the grandpa and grandson had finished arguing, he hurriedly ordered someone to serve tea.

"Come on!"

"The servant is here!"

"Would the grandson of the emperor want to have a cup too?"

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes at him and said in a bad mood.

"What do you say?"

"After running so many laps just now, my throat is also smoking!"

Qin Deshun was just joking with Zhu Yunxie, when he heard what Zhu Yunxie said, he hurriedly brought him a cup of tea.

Lao Zhu drank a few sips of tea, and only then did he feel a bit refreshed.It's just that when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Ni Sun blowing tea leaves, the extinguished fire of the dragon clan boiled again.

But now even if he wants to hit Ni Sun, it's okay, he can only stretch his legs and kick a few times to vent his anger.

"Have you ever thought that once those Uncle Wangs of yours have a steelmaking workshop, they will be able to forge weapons and armor continuously?"

"Shh..."

Zhu Yunxi blew on the teacup before speaking slowly.

"Of course I did, but I don't care..."

"The future is the era of hot weapons, and cold weapons are out of date. Even if they play well, they can't stop my army of firearms!"

Hearing this, Lao Zhu felt relieved. He had seen the power of Nisun's firearms battalion before, and knew that this grandson was not bragging.

It's just that in his opinion, firearms still have many shortcomings. For example, affected by rainy and windy weather, they are far less stable than bows, arrows, and knives.

"Your firearms are indeed powerful, but you still have to be careful."

"Even if it's your own flesh and blood, you have to guard against it, let alone the uncles who are separated by a layer?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard what Lao Zhu said, he looked at Lao Zhu in surprise.

"Grandpa Huang, are you trying to provoke my relationship with my uncles?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he wished he could slap this rebellious grandson to death. He was obviously thinking of him!
"Humph!"

"I'm too lazy to talk to you, do what you like, don't regret anything in the future!"

Seeing Lao Zhu like this, Zhu Yunxi immediately leaned forward with a sullen face, sat beside Lao Zhu and beat his legs.

"Grandson knows that Grandpa Huang is worried about me, worried that I won't be able to control those Uncle Wangs."

"But Grandpa Huang can rest assured, you should still worry about your sons, grandsons have already made up their minds, hehehe..."

As soon as Lao Zhu heard Ni Sun's laughter, he knew that Ni Sun didn't hold his fart well.

"Do you have some conspiracy?"

"No!"

"I, Zhu Yunxi, act openly and aboveboard, how can there be any conspiracy?"

"Then why did you give up such a profitable steelmaking workshop?"

"make money?"

Zhu Yunxi almost cried to death when he heard the words. Everyone saw that his steelmaking workshop was making money, but he was the only one who knew that he was almost unable to wear his underpants due to the loss.

Because most of the steel smelted in the steel-making workshop was thrown onto the railway by him!
The railway is a gold swallowing beast, no amount of money is enough to feed it, and there is no profit in the short term!

The reason why he fooled all the Uncle Wangs into making steel is just to make himself pay less...

Zhu Yunxi put away his sad mood, and squeezed out a bright smile at Lao Zhu.

"Make money!"

"The grandson is exhausted!"

"Grandson, don't you feel sorry for the uncles, and want them to earn more money, so that they don't have to focus on the income from farming..."

Old Zhu was dubious about what Zhu Yunxi said, or he didn't believe it at all.

It's just that he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't want to understand what the grandson was up to, so he could only believe in his ghost.

"All right!"

"I hope you can take care of your family and show mercy to your uncles."

"By the way, you just said that your fourth uncle broke into Jinling City?"

"Have it?"

"That's what you just said!"

"Oh oh oh..."

Zhu Yunxi showed a suddenly realized expression.

"Grandson was just making an analogy. For example, Fourth Uncle broke into Jinling City..."

Old Zhu stared at Longyan when he heard this.

"Comparisons don't work either!"

"Besides, even if it's an analogy, why don't you talk about your third uncle, why do you have to talk about your fourth uncle? Do you have any prejudice against your fourth uncle?"

Zhu Yunxi's eyeballs rolled around for a while, thinking whether to expose Zhu Di's old background.But when he thought that Zhu Di was quite respectful at the moment, it was hard to say what would happen in the future, so he put this idea aside for the time being.

"No!"

"How can grandson have a prejudice against fourth uncle?"

Hearing this, Old Zhu stared at Da Sun for a long time, seeing that Da Sun did not seem to be lying, he sighed leisurely.

"It's not easy for your fourth uncle to defend Beiping. Don't look at taking advantage of Yuan Dadu, but Yuan Dadu has been in disrepair for a long time and has experienced wars. It has long been dilapidated..."

"Let's have it again, your fourth uncle is a bit arrogant..."

"You can't blame him, anyone with a bit of ability is proud. You have to make good use of it. As long as your fourth uncle is in Beiping, you will never have to worry about Beiyuan cavalry coming in from Beiping!"

Zhu Yunxi nodded like a chicken pecking rice when he heard the words.

"Uh-huh!"

"Grandson understands!"

Seeing what he said, Lao Zhu waved at him.

"get out!"

"Let's celebrate our birthday in two days. If it's not a lively event, we'll settle the score with you!"

Zhu Yunxi immediately showed a confident smile when he heard the words.

"Grandpa, don't worry, grandson promises to give you an unforgettable birthday banquet!"

"Grandson is saying goodbye?"

"roll!"

Lao Zhu looked at the back of the grandson who turned his head three times a step, with a long-lost smile on his face, and a little more anticipation for the upcoming birthday banquet.

After returning to the mansion, all the vassal kings were still immersed in the excitement of being able to make steel and sell salt.

However, their excitement didn't last long, and they were blown away by the wind on the pillows of the princesses.

"My lord, have you heard that the grandson of the emperor is going to abolish the feudal clan and the patriarchal nobility system established by the emperor. From now on, there will be no titles such as General Fuguo and General Fengguo in Ming Dynasty!"

"Moreover, the prince's salary will be halved, and the eldest son and other princes will be detained in the capital to study and join the army. Only after passing the exam and making military exploits can they inherit the throne..."

Zhu Zhen, king of Chu, heard his concubine speak clearly, and the disbelief on his face gradually turned into suspicion.

"Who did you hear this from?"

"Gu just came out of the palace, you actually know something that even Gu didn't know?"

"Oh, my lord, don't ask the concubine where I heard about it. The concubine has heard that it has been spread all over the capital."

"People in the market say that Zhu Yunxi is the reincarnation of Greedy Wolf, the most vicious and ruthless person, and he likes to eat alone by nature!"

"First, he created a system where officials and gentry pay food together, which offended officials all over the world. Later, he took a fancy to the savings of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, and forcibly snatched a large piece of meat from Buddha and Sanqing."

"Now they are focusing on our clan again..."

"It's okay for the two of us to say that less salary is nothing more than saving some money. But what will our children and grandchildren do in the future? Are we really going to stay in the capital as hostages, and then be sent to the battlefield by Zhu Yunxi to fight? Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ..."

Zhu Zhen was annoyed by the princess crying for a while, pulling his neck and roaring angrily.

"To shut up!"

"There's nothing wrong with the horoscope, so I know I'm scaring myself!"

After Zhu Zhen said this, he pushed the princess away, and immediately jumped off the bed.

"My lord, it's so late that you want to..."

"Go and ask the third brother!"

"Third brother was the first to go to Beijing. If this is true, third brother must know!"

When the princess heard the words, she immediately dissuaded her.

"My lord must not!"

"The concubine heard that the third brother discussed this matter with the emperor's grandson. If you went to him, wouldn't you be throwing yourself into a trap?"

"Then who will I go to?"

"Fourth brother?"

"Fifth Brother... Fifth Brother can't..."

"My lord, why don't you ask the other younger brothers if they have heard of this matter?"

Zhu Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Yes!"

"Zhu Gui and Zhu Yunxie have always been close, if you ask him alone, he must know about it!"

The same thing happened in other palaces, and when Zhu Gui returned home, he also heard his princess mention it.

It's just that compared to Princess Chu's certainty, Acting Princess Xu Miaoqing just mentioned it casually.

"My lord, my concubine went back to her mother's house today, and heard my sister-in-law mention something..."

Zhu Gui was drinking hangover soup at this time, when he heard this, his ears couldn't help but perk up.

Xu Miaoqing has never been a gossiper, since she took the initiative to speak, it must be something unusual.

"What's the matter?"

"My lord, I can't do this right. It's just that the people in the capital spread it fiercely, saying that the emperor's grandson seems to want to cut off some clan titles, lower the salary of the clan and vassal kings, and so on."

Zhu Gui didn't care about the Tao when he heard the words.

"Hi!"

"Gu thought it was such a big deal, but it turned out to be such a trivial matter."

"Furthermore, since when did our Prince's House rely on salary to live?"

"Your housekeeper for the past two years, you know the income of our palace. Basically, most of it is earned by following Zhu Yunxi, which is much more than our salary and fief income..."

Xu Miaoqing nodded after hearing the words.

"Yes!"

"In any case, the grandson of the emperor is very close to our royal palace, and the annual dividend is 20 taels of silver, which is enough for our palace's internal and external expenses."

"only……"

Xu Miaoqing touched her stomach, then looked at the eldest son who was sleeping soundly in the rocking car, her eyes were full of complicated and unspeakable meanings.

Seeing Xu Miaoqing's sudden silence, Zhu Gui quickly raised his eyes and saw his daughter-in-law looking at her son in the rocking car, with one hand still touching her stomach, and a burst of joy appeared on her face.

"But again?"

Xu Miaoqing blushed immediately when she heard the words, and gave a soft "hmm".

"There is..."

Zhu Gui jumped up on the spot when he heard this, and went forward to hug his daughter-in-law and was about to spin around, but the daughter-in-law broke free.

"lighter!"

"The doctor said that it's not yet a month old, so you can't do strenuous exercise!"

Hearing this, Zhu Gui hurriedly put down his daughter-in-law lightly, and then lay down on her belly to listen foolishly.

Seeing how stupid he was, Xu Miaoqing pushed him aside with a look of disgust.

"You are also a father once, how can you know that you can't hear anything now?"

"Stay here and let others accompany you at night!"

Seeing what Xu Miaoqing said, Zhu Gui hurried up again, picked up his daughter-in-law and put her on the bed.

"do not want!"

"I want to guard you until our son is born!"

Although Xu Miaoqing's face was full of disgust, she was still very happy in her heart.

"Then you are not allowed to touch me, and you are not allowed to hurt your son!"

"Guaranteed alone!"

"Gu just sleeps with his arms around you and doesn't do anything!"

Just when Zhu Gui was sleeping with his wife in his arms full of joy, dreaming of having another son, the eunuch of the palace came calling urgently outside the door.

"My lord, someone wants to see you..."

"not see!"

"Today is the Heavenly King Lao Tzu who is here, so I don't even want to see this King!"

"My lord, the person here is His Royal Highness the King of Chu..."

"King Chu?"

Zhu Gui got up from the bed when he heard this, his face was full of suspicion.

"Gu doesn't have much contact with King Chu, why did he suddenly come to see Gu?"

Xu Miaoqing said tentatively.

"Could it be that there are rumors about cutting the noble?"

"Sixth brother also heard the rumor?"

(End of this chapter)