Daming heir

Chapter 697 The surrender has been decided

Lao Jia came soon.

Every morning after dinner at the construction site, Lao Jia can freely arrange his time for a while.

Today he was going to swim for a while in the scenic lake that had started to fill with water.

I heard my son Xiao Jia coming over and saying that my grandson was looking for him.

Lao Jia immediately put down the clothes he had prepared, wiped his hands and signaled to Xiao Jia not to waste time.

A few moments.

Lao Jia and his son had already arrived at the table at the door.

With a smile on his face, Lao Jia looked at Zhu Yunxi who was sitting at the table with excitement: "Your Highness, the villain is here."

"Old Jia, sit down."

Zhu Yunxi pointed casually and continued to drink the inexpensive tea on the construction site.

But how dare Lao Jia sit with the grandson of the current emperor.

Lao Jia shook his head repeatedly: "Young man is of low stature, just stand... just stand..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Shangbing, who was eating glutinous rice cake which was only a dessert for him, had already reached out to grab Lao Jia and pinned him down on the stool beside him.

"If I ask you to sit down, just sit down. You can't do these foolish things."

Lao Jia's face was full of fear, and he moved carefully, only half of his butt fell on the stool, his head lowered and his hands tightly clasped together.

Unlike Lao Jia, probably because he could serve Zhu Yunxi for breakfast every day, Xiao Jia seemed much more natural.

Xiao Jia said with a smile: "Father, just listen to your grandson and the prince. Since your grandson asked you to come here, he must have something to tell you."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Lao Jia, however, was very troublesome and looked at Zhu Yunxi carefully: "I'm here. If your Highness has any instructions, I'll do my best."

Zhu Yunxi put down his tea bowl and spoke softly: "I heard from Xiao Jia that you want to wait for the Xicheng project to be completed and save money to rent a shop here and continue to make a living?"

Lao Jia turned his eyes and replied in a low voice: "To answer your highness, the villain originally lived in Xicheng, and he made food and set up a stall on weekdays. Although he didn't make much, the villain's family lived on this.

So... I thought that when His Highness finishes the work, this West City will definitely become more prosperous and there will be more customers...

However, if His Highness feels that the villain has made it impossible to put these things on the table, the villain will take the family to find another place and will not dare to delay His Highness's important event. "

"Who told you to find another place?" Zhu Yunxi looked at the strange old Jia and asked.

Then he reacted.

Zhu Yunxi laughed several times and shook his head.

"I made you think too much."

Lao Jia shook his head repeatedly: "I don't dare."

Zhu Yunxi said with a smile: "I'm not asking you to go somewhere else to make money, I mean your skills are pretty good, and your skills will be indispensable in this Xicheng Food City in the future."

"what?"

Lao Jia raised his head, with some surprise on his face.

The food I make is something that people in the countryside would eat, but it is surprising that I can get such high praise from my grandson.

For a time, Lao Jia became more and more frightened.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Lao Jia with a smile, and pointed to the few remaining food on the table: "If your craftsmanship is bad, there will be no better one in the whole city of Nanjing."

At this time, Lao Jia had only a naive smile.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the other party and continued: "Originally, in my vision, this Xicheng Food City was an important thing. At that time, I thought that this area would be a place specializing in eating in the future. ,

Together with the other four food shacks on our construction site, they are all dedicated to eating places. "

While he was talking, Zhu Yunxi had already drawn in the entire area where the shed was located, including the area where the boss outside had laid the foundation and planned it.

Anyway, Xicheng is big enough to be able to handle the business of five food cities at the same time.

Don’t you know how many food streets there are in this part of Xicheng in future generations?

Lao Jia and his son now only nodded with smiles on their faces.

He sighed in his heart.

This Xicheng Food City is really big.

The shed they were in now could accommodate more than 3,000 people dining at the same time.

If the Xicheng project is completed, this area will become a food city.

Even excluding the area of ​​those shops, it can still accommodate no less than ten thousand people dining at the same time.

Now we have to turn the four food shacks outside the construction site into a food court.

Even though those four places are much smaller than here, they can still accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people dining at the same time.

Oh my god.

Lao Jia muttered in his heart.

He really couldn't imagine what a spectacular sight it would be to have twenty or thirty thousand people eating together at the same time.

Xiao Jia's thinking is indeed much more active than that of Lao Jia.

He muttered in a low voice: "Then how much money will you make if you open a shop..."

You can’t make enough money at all!

Zhu Yunxi smiled: "Old Jia, if you are Xingu, go to the bank manager Sun now. Just say it was me, and I will leave the management of our food city to you later.

Regardless of whether you still cook your own food or not, you are still responsible for what food is available in this food town.

There is no need to save money. Let Manager Sun approve the money for you from the bank account. You can take as much money as you need.

The rent for the shop and the things to be purchased in it will all be left to you. "

"what……"

This time, Lao Jia was really confused.

Originally, I just wanted to save some money, wait for the Xicheng project to be completed, rent a shop in this food city, and continue to make what I know how to make, so that I can continue to make money for my family.

If he waited a little longer and couldn't do it anymore, he would let his son Xiao Jia inherit the family business and continue doing these things.

Little did Lao Jia know that once his grandson came into his mouth, he would actually start the whole food city thing.

There was hesitation on Lao Jia's face, and he cried a little in fear: "Your Highness... this villain... this villain can't do it..."

Zhu Yunxi glared: "What's wrong with this? You can charge as much as the rent should be. You can also sell the things you want to buy to those who come to rent the shop for food.

It's just that you have to worry about it. Find more people in Yingtianfu who can make different kinds of food. If Yingtian Mansion is not enough, you can also find it on Zhili Road.

As long as the food in this food city is delicious, there will be no shortage of customers in the future, and your Jia family will naturally have good days. "

"Really...is it that simple?" Lao Jia still had some doubts in his eyes and muttered quietly.

At this time, Zhu Shangbing, who had already finished his dessert, patted Lao Jia on the shoulder without wiping his hands, and hummed: "If he is an official, forget it if your family doesn't believe it. He is the grandson of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Do you still believe what Brother Xi said? Even if you don’t believe it then, you can just go ahead and find him."

Lao Jia also reacted at this time.

This is what the emperor's grandson asked him to do. Even if he doesn't know how to do it, someone will teach him.

Even if it fails, it seems that I will not lose anything.

With the last bit of hesitation left, Lao Jia whispered: "Is this really possible, villain?"

Zhu Yunxi slapped his palm on the table: "I believe you can do it."

Seeing Lao Jia, accompanied by Xiao Jia, getting taller and taller as he walked, Zhu Yunxi smiled on his face.

Zhu Gaochi was drinking tea on the side and said, neither salty nor cool: "Are you sure that Mr. Jia and his son can do a good job in the food city? I originally thought that you were planning to find someone from the palace to do this."

Zhu Yunxi looked sideways at Zhu Gaochi: "Why do you think Lao Jia and his son can't do this thing well? No one stipulates who is born to be good at this thing. Not everything can be done only by doing it.

In this food shack, tens of thousands of people eat every day. Lao Jia and his family can do a good job. When they came here, they understood what they were going to face, and they spontaneously selected many people from those who were originally demolished in Xicheng to come and help. I also heard that many people who had trouble with Lao Jia's family are now working here. This shows that Lao Jia is a well-organized person. "

Now the five dining spots on the construction site are all contracted.

According to the number of diners every day, money is given to Lao Jia and others.

This is why Lao Jia dared to say that he would rely on his own savings to rent a shop and continue to make a living after the Xicheng project was completed.

Otherwise, the money he earned from setting up a stall in any alley in Xicheng would never be enough for him to rent a shop.

Zhu Gaochi curled his lips and shook his head.

In fact, not everyone in North Korea and China is optimistic about the Xicheng project.

After all, the most lively places in Yingtian City are on both sides of the Qinhuai River.

Most of the famous shops and restaurants in Yingtian City are also opened on both sides of the Qinhuai River.

Nancheng and Zhongcheng are also the places with the largest population.

Xicheng has been a remote place since the founding of the country.

Even if it is built, it is difficult to guarantee how much passenger flow there will be.

However, after Zhu Yunxi was deprived of the power to supervise the country, those officials who had a negative attitude only regarded this as a small compensation for Zhu Yunxi from within the royal family.

At least give him something to do.

As for whether the money invested by Da Ming Bank and the Ministry of Accounts will be able to recover in the end.

Anyway, the emperor's grandson has made an unknown amount of money for the court over the years.

Even if everything is in vain this time, at most it can only be regarded as interest money for the emperor's grandson.

In order to make the court more troublesome rather than less troublesome, even the officials who were not optimistic about it would choose to keep their mouths shut at this time and never interfere with the Xicheng city construction project.

Zhu Gaochi saw that Zhu Shangbing finally started to wipe his mouth.

Then he stood up.

"We will go back first and come back again at the end of December. I heard that the Scenic Lake will be filled with water by then. Then we can go fishing in the winter and make tea around the stove."

With that said, Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Shangbing, patted his butt, stood up and walked out of the door.

Zhu Yunxi still looked carefree.

He now has to stay at the Xicheng project until dark every day before going to Taisun Mansion.

He moved back to Taisun's Mansion from the palace, but the crown prince, concubines and children still stayed in the palace.

In Taisun Mansion, he can be said to be alone.

It's the same whether you come home early or late, it's better to stay at the construction site more.

At least I have enough leisure here. Ordinary people would not come here to see him if they have nothing to do.

In fact, Zhu Yunxi's stay at the Xicheng construction site during the day would not be of much use.

He doesn't even need to do the work of moving bricks.

Even if he did, the workers would not thank him.

On the contrary, they would think that if he moved a few more bricks, they would get a lot less wages.

Every day I just visit various work sites on the project.

On the contrary, everyone felt at ease when he wandered around like this.

Time passed slowly like this.

Until the end of the twelfth lunar month.

The snow in Yingtian this year is particularly heavy.

So that after the ground on the construction site was leveled, the roads were paved, the foundations were laid, and the preliminary work on the landscaping was completed, the work was completely stopped.

Most of the workers, after settling their wages quite a bit, returned home happily.

But in the end, nearly a thousand people were left behind to stay on the construction site.

These people are here to maintain the projects that were completed in the early stage, and also to do some processes that can be done in this temperature.

The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month.

Little year.

Covering an area of ​​nearly 3,000 acres, water has been diverted into the scenic lake since the twelfth lunar month.

As of today, the lake water has basically reached the same level as the upper reaches.

Because the water is diverted, no water fence is added.

On the flattened lake, from time to time, a few big fish came down from the upper reaches and jumped out of the water, making huge splashes on the lake.

Many workers took boats to the island in the middle of the lake and poured the ornamental fish and edible fish they had prepared into the lake water.

And by the lake.

A fishing pavilion built in a hurry is located on the roadside around the lake.

At this moment, party-style cotton curtains fell on three sides of the pavilion, while the side facing the lake was open.

A stove was lit in the pavilion to block the severe cold outside.

Three fishing rods stretched out from the pavilion, the fishing lines floated on the lake, and the fish floats undulated with the waves.

Zhu Yunxi sat in the middle, flanked by Zhu Gaochi who was concentrating on fishing and Zhu Shangbing who was listless.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the people who were releasing fish on the island in the middle of the lake and whispered: "Isn't it a bit unethical for us to do this?"

"That's because you are wicked." Zhu Yunxi immediately replied: "You are the one who wants to fish in winter."

Zhu Gaochi pouted: "Then you don't know how to change the day and wait for them to put all the fish into the lake before calling me over to fish. It's not easy to fish at this time. You have to wait until these fish get used to the lake water here. Then it will be easy to fish." …”

He even asked for it.

Zhu Yunxi looked sideways at Xiaopang and smiled.

Zhu Gaochi glanced at Sun Gou'er, the palace manager, who was standing in the snow in the distance.

He whispered: "Sun Daban has been standing there since I arrived here. Are you really not going back to the palace for dinner today? It's New Year's Eve tonight. Our family in Beijing will all go to the palace for dinner."

Zhu Yunxi moved his mouth and said: "We will also celebrate New Year's Eve at the construction site tonight. I will stay here to have a few bites of food."

Zhu Gaochi blinked: "Is this necessary?"

"There hasn't been any waves so far, which shows that everyone is still hesitant. I have to personally add more fuel to this fire."

Zhu Yunxi said calmly.

Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened: "You don't know now..."

After saying half a sentence, he closed his mouth again.

Finally, Zhu Gaochi put down the fishing rod in his hand, turned around and walked into the pavilion to pour himself a cup of tea.

And his voice came out muffled.

"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Good luck."

"Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty surrendered to the crown prince."

(End of this chapter)