Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 128 128: Zhu Yue: You don’t have to do it yourself to kill!

Angry as she is, Concubine Zhou actually feels very sorry for Zhu Xifeng, her eldest grandson!

Because she already knew the cause and consequences of Zhu Xifeng's murder!

And she really couldn't blame the child too much!

She also knew that this child was still very sensitive to the fact that she was an illegitimate child!

She was just worried that this incident would make Zhu Yuanzhang have a bad opinion of his grandson. After all, the last thing Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see was for the heirs of the old Zhu family to bully the people, let alone directly kill people!

Zhu Yue also came to the courtyard, with Saijia Su Tushan, Cao and Li nearby. However, when Zhou Guifei was talking, it was not their turn to speak as the three daughters-in-law!

"Is the matter settled?"

Concubine Zhou raised her eyebrows and asked when she saw Zhu Li come in.

People from the Liu family had already arrived before, and Zhu Yue had gone to deal with it himself. As for whether the other party came to investigate or had other plans, they didn't know yet. It all depends on the outcome of Zhu Yue's side!

But Concubine Zhou and the others obviously don’t really care about the Liu family!

To put it bluntly, even if Zhu Xifeng is really in trouble, it can only come from Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor's grandfather. No one else can touch him!

It is impossible for Zhu Yue to touch his own son!

"After handling it, the Liu family took the initiative to come to plead guilty. They have been sent back. This matter is over!"

Zhu Li nodded towards Concubine Zhou.

Upon hearing this, Madam Cao and Madam Li were as expected, only Saijia Sutushan breathed a sigh of relief!

However, Zhu Xiafeng's eyebrows were raised directly. He obviously didn't expect that he had killed someone from the Liu family, and the Liu family would actually come to apologize!

"You kid, don't think that things really end like this. Do you know that you are wrong?"

Seeing Zhu Xiafeng's surprised look, Zhu Yue stared at him with a half-smile and asked.

"Father, the child realizes his mistake!"

Zhu Xifeng nodded happily and admitted his mistake!

Zhu Yue naturally did not believe that this boy sincerely admitted his mistake. He dared to say that if he was given another chance to choose, he would still kill that boy from the Liu family!

"Since I know I was wrong, I will punish you with a half-month grounding. During this half-month, you will stay in the palace to reflect!"

Zhu Yue said casually, in fact, this level of punishment is no different from no punishment at all!

"Just spoil this kid!"

After hearing Zhu Li's words, Concubine Zhou rolled her eyes angrily!

"I'll talk to Feng'er alone. You guys should go back first!"

Zhu Li said with a wry smile at this time.

"As a father, you should take good care of your son!"

Concubine Zhou looked helpless, and she really should let Zhu Yue, the father, discipline her son in person. Otherwise, if this continues, Zhu Xiafeng may be in trouble!

If you dare to kill someone at the age of five, how can you do it at the age of fifteen? After he turned sixteen, did he still want to be like his father and dare to lead troops out of the border?

Soon, everyone exited the yard, leaving only Zhu Yue and Zhu Xifeng, father and son, staring at each other with big eyes!

Facing Zhu Yue, Zhu Xifeng was still a little scared instinctively!

This boy's character is one of fearless, but he is only afraid of his own father!

Because in his eyes, Zhu Yue is the most powerful existence!

The child's admiration for his father is engraved in his bones, not to mention that Zhu Xiafeng is still a boy. Zhu Yue is indeed powerful, and he has seen it with his own eyes!

"Father, I really know that I was wrong!"

As if he was worried that Zhu Yue was really angry, Zhu Xifeng once again took the initiative to admit his mistake to Zhu Yue. His attitude was so sincere!

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Li asked with a raised eyebrow and a smile.

"The child... killed someone!"

Zhu Xifeng looked sad.

"wrong!"

Zhu Li shook his head with a serious face.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xifeng's eyes couldn't help but become confused!

"Killing is not necessarily wrong. If you kill the person who deserves to be killed and there is a reason why you must kill him, then it is not necessarily wrong for you!"

"That's what you're wrong about, you don't know how to use your brain!"

"You must be clear about your identity. You are the grandson of the Ming Dynasty and my son!"

"If you kill someone in the street, it will cause public resentment and bring a lot of trouble to yourself and the palace!"

"The Liu family may not dare to do anything, and may even have to apologize to the palace in turn, but how will ordinary people view you? How will they view this king?"

Zhu Yue's few words confused Zhu Xifeng, who had always been straightforward!

How could he think about so many twists and turns of joints?

What's more, he is only a five-year-old child!

Although he looks like he is seven or eight years old, his mind is indeed only five years old!

"I'm sorry, father, the kid didn't think so much at the time!"

Zhu Xifeng was silent for a long time, and then he slowly spoke.

A look of surprise flashed in Zhu Li's eyes!

He could hear that this kid really realized that he was wrong this time, but he might just feel that his recklessness had caused a lot of trouble for him as a father, and he even had to bear infamy and felt ashamed. Just to him!

But this is enough to make Zhu Li feel happy!

"But you don't have any thoughts of self-blame. Although your method of handling this matter is wrong, methods can be learned slowly!"

"Remember your identity from now on. Sometimes even if you want to kill someone, you don't have to do it yourself. You just need to send someone you trust to do it!"

"In this way, even if the other party dies, it has no direct relationship with you. After all, you didn't kill the person!"

"Those in power, whose hands are not stained with blood?"

"It's just that they never kill people themselves!"

Seeing Zhu Xifeng's somewhat guilty look, Zhu Yue continued to preach solemnly.

Zhu Xifeng, who was still a little self-blame, suddenly showed surprise after hearing Zhu Yue's words, but then his eyes became brighter and brighter!

"One more thing, you must remember this, even if you are killing people, you cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

"You must have the ability to judge who deserves to be killed and who deserves to be killed!"    "Do you remember?"

Seeing Zhu Xia Feng's increasingly excited expression, Zhu Li frowned and reminded him solemnly.

"Kid, remember!"

Zhu Xifeng nodded solemnly and agreed.

"Very good. During this time, you will stay in the palace and think carefully about what the king just said. Don't make your grandma and the others angry again, and let your mother-in-law worry a little!"

Zhu Li nodded with satisfaction and gave an uneasy warning.

In response, Zhu Xifeng naturally nodded and agreed.

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Ying Tianfu!

Zhu Yuanzhang always acted vigorously and resolutely!

To do something, you must see results in the shortest possible time!

Ever since he had a "heart-to-heart talk" with Zhang Wei, the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang has been focusing on road construction and rubber tree planting!

Now that Zhang Yan had relented, he naturally would not go back on his promise, nor did he mean to disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang. No matter how distressed he was, the money that should be allocated was still allocated!

However, the matter of road construction soon attracted the attention of the group of Huaixi nobles headed by Lan Yu!

You know, the cost of building roads is not lower than the cost of building the Great Wall!

However, since Zhu Yuanzhang is determined to build cement roads, the price of rubber raw materials will inevitably rise accordingly!

After all, once the cement road is repaired, things like rubber tires will have a real use!

What a brilliant move the King of Han made!

The refining of rubber raw materials and the manufacturing methods of rubber tires are all in his hands!

After the cement road is repaired, all rubber tires can only be exported from Hanzhong. Willn't we make a lot of money by then?

Everyone in Lan Yu is not stupid either, so they can naturally sense huge business opportunities from these things!

As a result, a large group of Huaixi nobles gathered at the residence of Duke Liang again and discussed how to drink soup after Zhu Li, the king of Han!

But how could the actions of these guys be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes?

Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Biao, even in the palace, they know Lan Yu and the others' actions well!

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of stopping it, but planned to wait and see what happened!

In fact, if Lan Yu and his group of noble Huaixi nobles can really create interests with Lao Jiu, and even bring them closer, that would be something Zhu Yuanzhang would be happy to see!

And Zhu Yuanzhang also believes that with Lao Jiu's methods, it is actually very easy to control Lan Yu and the others!

"Dad, do we really need to recruit hundreds of thousands of civilians to build roads?"

"The monthly payment of 800 yuan per person per month is not a small amount, and it also includes a meal!"

Although Zhu Biao supported road construction, he was shocked by the plan formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, mainly because it was a bit too big and required too much money!

For example, if a citizen of 100,000 people has to pay out 80,000 taels of silver per month!

That’s eight hundred thousand taels a year!

This is just the salary of a civilian husband!

In other words, in terms of salary alone, one million taels would be invested a year. This is still a conservative estimate!

There are also various expenses and other road construction costs, especially cement!

According to rough statistics, it would cost at least more than three million taels of silver per year, and it was just to build the road from Hanzhong to Yingtian Mansion!

"What's all the fuss about?"

"The cost of building roads is there!"

“What’s the difference in cost between building it for 100,000 people for one year and building it for 10,000 people for ten years?”

"We just want to be able to repair the cement road as soon as possible and make back the money we spent on building the road as soon as possible!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled disapprovingly.

He thought that by the time he was ready to leave for Hanzhong, the cement road from Yingtian Mansion to Hanzhong Mansion would be almost completed, even if it had not been completely built!

Of course, it’s not just to make traveling more convenient for you!

Repairing cement roads as soon as possible is of great significance to economic development and transportation!

The same is true for the military!

So Zhu Yuanzhang did this after careful consideration!

Recruiting hundreds of thousands of civilian workers may seem costly, but it shortens the construction period and is actually a more economical way!

Instead, the roads will be built slowly, and the manpower, material and financial resources spent will increase accordingly, and there is no guarantee that any changes will occur!

Zhu Biao was stunned when he heard this, but after thinking about the old man's words carefully, he also realized that there seemed to be nothing wrong with this investment!

Otherwise, how can we say that ginger is still spicy when old!

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Hanzhong, the Palace of the Prince of Han.

Zhu Li looked at the letter just sent from the court, with a smile on his face!

The old man had written to him before, discussing the matter of building cement roads, but Zhu Li said that he could afford it in the northwest. If other regions wanted to build cement roads, they would have to pay for it themselves. !

He thought that the old man would think twice, and it would take a long time before it was finalized. He didn't expect a reply so soon!

Moreover, the Ministry of Household Affairs actually happily allocated funds directly!

Along with the old man's letter, there was also money escorted over by someone from the Ministry of Accounts!

"It seems that the refined salt business, coupled with the Ming Dynasty's salt merchant tax, has given the old man a taste of the benefits! The treasury should not be short of money now!"

Zhu Yue thought for a while and probably understood why the old man was so happy!

In fact, among the imperial government's finances, the largest annual expense has always been the cost of building the Great Wall!

In fact, most of the magnificent Great Wall of later generations was the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. During the nearly three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the construction of the Great Wall basically never stopped!

In fact, looking at Zhu Li, this is a complete waste!

He has many ways to clear Mobei, so once he becomes emperor, it will be impossible to build the Great Wall again!

With that effort, if he raises more Jijun, the effect will be greater than that of the Great Wall, and he doesn't need to spend so much money!

In terms of architecture, the Ming Dynasty was indeed the most powerful country in the world during this period. For example, Yingtian Mansion, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was like a copper wall inside and out!

This is also due to Zhu Yuanzhang's strict requirements for craftsmen!

In terms of construction projects, at least under the old man's nose, no one dares to make any small moves!

"Now, at least the road construction can continue!"

When Zhu Yue saw the letter sent by Zhu Yuanzhang again, he felt very good!

However, according to the number of civilian laborers recruited by the old man, as well as the monthly salary price and benefits offered, it seems that he is eager to repair the cement road as soon as possible!

At least there won't be any problems with the cement road between Hanzhong Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture!

If it’s quick, it won’t even take a year!

In ten days, hundreds of thousands of civilians were gathered. Naturally, hundreds of thousands of people were not building a cement road in the same place!

Just build the cement road in sections and connect them end to end for the fastest speed!

With a team of more than 100,000 people, the construction speed is naturally not slow!

Not surprisingly, it will take more than half a year to get through it all!

After all, it is being laid on the basis of the original official road, and there is no overly complicated large-scale project. There should not be many cases of digging mountains and digging roads!

This also greatly accelerated the laying of cement roads!

(End of this chapter)