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

Chapter 154 154: Your Majesty, that is a specialty delicacy of the Northwest, fried pork with bamboo shoots

Lao Jiu became popular in Han Dynasty, and while the vassal kings rushed to imitate him, there were bound to be many vassal kings who were jealous!

Just like the fourth child Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang knew with his toes that Zhu Di must be unconvinced!

But if you are not convinced, you are not convinced, but the Hanzhong model is really good. If you are not convinced, you still have to learn it, which is very irritating!

But Zhu Yuanzhang can also see that the fifth brother Zhu Ru really admires the ninth brother, which is good!

"Dad, why don't you stay in Kaifeng Mansion for a few more days?"

“It’s been hard traveling during this time!”

Zhu Xi suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

The old man finally got out of Yingtian. This time he passed by Kaifeng Mansion. Naturally, he hoped that the old man could stay in Kaifeng for a longer time!

"No, let's have a night's rest. We have to continue our journey tomorrow morning!"

"Finish the business as soon as possible, and let's return to the capital early. Your eldest brother is in charge of Ruoda's court alone, and we're afraid he won't be able to handle it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand directly, he would not really stay in Kaifeng Mansion for long.

It was getting dark when we arrived in Kaifeng today, so there was nothing wrong with resting for one night at Lao Wu.

If it were broad daylight, he would at most just have a few words with Zhu Zhu and continue on his way!

After hearing this, Zhu Xi also knew that he could not change what the old man had decided, so he did not try to persuade him to stay.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yuanzhang and his team set out again. Zhu Yu just sent Zhu Yuanzhang out, but was ordered to stop by Zhu Yuanzhang.

He naturally also saw that Zhu Xi definitely wanted to go to Hanzhong with him, but currently he was not allowed to take any of his sons to Hanzhong. He did not take Zhu Biao with him, let alone his other sons!

When the showdown with Lao Jiu comes back and all the things that need to be discussed are settled, there will finally be a chance to call all these sons back!

Starting from Kaifeng Mansion, the team went directly onto the cement road, all the way to Hanzhong, and no longer had to endure the bumpy ride before!

Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally very satisfied with this.

"This is why cement roads are so comfortable. All the bumpy official roads in Ming Dynasty should really be repaired!"

“But we need these rubber tires to maximize the benefits of the cement road!”

“It’s a pity that it will be several years before those rubber trees can be harvested!”

Zhu Yuanzhang felt the smoothness of the luxury carriage driving on the cement road, and couldn't help but sigh again.

In addition, the horseshoes covered with rubber will basically not make a very noticeable sound of the horseshoes, and the movement will be much smaller. Even if you want to lie down and sleep on the carriage, you will not be unable to sleep due to too much noise. !

Zhu Yuanzhang's mood, which was originally in a bad mood due to the bumpy journey, began to improve!

What's more important is that we will arrive in Hanzhong soon, and then we can meet Lao Jiu's family!

In addition to Lao Jiu, there is also the prairie genius Yegorut... No, his name should be Zhu Xifeng now!

There are also Zhu Xiaqiang, the most handsome man in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Xiaye, the tyrant who was criticized by later generations as the most murderous tyrant in the Ming Dynasty!

In Lao Jiu's life, he had a total of four sons and two daughters!

In addition to Cao's two sons, Li and Saijia Sutushan both gave birth to two daughters respectively for Lao Jiu!

And among the four sons of Lao Jiu, it can be said that each one is extremely talented!

It's a pity that Zhu Xiaqiu was the first to die among the four brothers!

Zhu Xiayan and Zhu Xiaye both lived for more than a hundred years!

Even the boss Zhu Xifeng, although he did not live to be a hundred years old, still lived to be over ninety years old!

However, with Lao Jiu's ability, even if Zhu Xiaqiu dies, his Emperor Soul will still be put into the Emperor Soul Tower by Lao Jiu, which is another form of living!

It seems that after the death of these four sons, Lao Jiu, the Emperor Soul will wake up again in the Emperor Soul Tower!

But Zhu Yuanzhang has nothing to envy!

Needless to say, he himself will definitely be sent to the Emperor Soul Tower by Lao Jiu after his death!

Just ask Lao Jiu to put Zhu Biao's soul into the Emperor Soul Tower!

Thinking like this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt even more relaxed!

Going west, it seems that because of the construction of cement roads, Zhu Yuanzhang also discovered that the flow of people on these cement roads began to increase!

These have been repaired cement roads, and there will be a toll station every hundred miles!

Ordinary people, of course, there is no charge!

But those who ride horses are charged according to the number of horses, and the carriages of passing caravans are charged according to the weight of the goods!

It is said that there are floor scales specially used for weighing in these toll stations, which were also invented by Lao Jiu. As long as the carriage goes up, the weight can be weighed!

Each section of the journey will be charged a fee, so you don’t have to worry about someone falsely reporting the distance!

Of course, the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's team was free of charge. According to the rules, court vehicles and horses could use the cement road for free, not to mention the emperor!

The charges are mainly targeted at merchants!

Cement roads have brought them convenience. While they can earn more, they should also pay some tolls. After all, building roads also costs money!

If the road was built with money from the imperial court, then the tolls would naturally be handed over to the imperial court!

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the merchants obediently paying money at the toll station, he couldn't help but smile!

This is all free money!

After tomorrow, all cement roads will be built, and the toll collected every day will probably be a huge amount!

The auspicious words of the National Destiny are indeed correct. If you want to get rich, build roads first!

Zhu Yuanzhang even discovered that many local people seemed to have discovered business opportunities, and many vendors started to set up shop on both sides of the cement road!

For example, there are tea and wine shops, and some sell all kinds of food and gadgets in baskets!

This can be regarded as a scenic spot along the cement road!

Local yamen will also plan specific areas to set up stalls for these people, but they will be charged!

Because the yamen still have to hire people to maintain law and order. After all, these cement roads are all built outside the city. There may be some robbers and the like. There are people from the official family who can protect these ordinary people from being harassed by bandits!

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that it would not take long, as long as all the cement roads in various parts of the Ming Dynasty were built, there would definitely be fewer and fewer bandits in various parts of the Ming Dynasty!

After all, you can get a bite of food by setting up a stall on the roadside, so why bother robbing families and homes with your head in your belt?

As the economy develops, there will definitely be fewer petty thefts, robbers, and gangsters!

Passing on the cement road, the entire team's speed also accelerated a lot.

After Zhu Yuanzhang drove for two days, he heard from Jiang Wei that he was about to enter the border of Shaanxi!

We can reach Xi'an in two days at most!

If we travel quickly from Xi'an to Hanzhong, it will only take less than a day. For such a large team, it will only take two days at most!

In other words, we can arrive in Hanzhong in four days!

However, the closer he got to Xi'an Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that there were obviously more foreign faces!

Most of them are caravans, in groups!

We can also see some foreigners traveling in groups of three and alone, which is rare, but not unheard of. In fact, foreigners are very easy to recognize. Their appearance and the way they dress are clearly different from the Han people!

Especially the foreigners who came from the Western Regions can almost tell it at a glance!

When these people were in the Yuan Dynasty of the previous dynasty, they were also called Semu people!

However, under the rule of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Semu people are no longer the second-class people they once were. They are all businessmen. Instead, they are the lowest level among scholars, farmers, and merchants!

These lustful people who came to Ming Dynasty to do business sometimes had to act based on the faces of the local officers and soldiers!

But what kind of household registration reform Laojiu is currently carrying out in Hanzhong, and the mentality of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce seems to have been completely changed in the northwest!

Lao Jiu has been impeached by civil servants many times before because of business affairs!

The main reason is that Lao Jiu often raids homes, and the ones he raids are those of gentry and wealthy families!

Many civil servants in the DPRK are basically related to the gentry group, so they are often targeted by these civil servants. That is normal!

However, Lao Jiu has a policy that all ministers support, and that is the trade policy of the Hexi Corridor!

In the Ming Dynasty, the so-called merchants had low status, but even such low status was inextricably linked to the Gong Gongs in the court!

The prosperity of business in the Hexi Corridor is beneficial to the development of the Ming Dynasty and to the merchants. It can also allow these ministers to indirectly gain benefits and benefits. Naturally, no one will stand up to oppose it!

It is precisely because of this policy of Lao Jiu that Zhu Yuanzhang has an excuse to increase taxes on merchants!

Although this also raised the status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent!

In Lao Jiu's words, it is better to take money from businessmen than to take it from the people!

However, currently only the northwest area has immediate economic effects. The reason is because in the northwest, what Lao Jiu says works, and only what he says works!

And now the employment rate of young adults in the northwest has reached about 30%!

Unlike the imperial court, if you want to reform or implement a policy, you have to discuss it with the civil and military officials of the court first, and those civil servants have to admonish and object at every turn!

This is also the benefit of Qiankun’s arbitrary decision!

As long as any government order is issued, the people below can directly implement it!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang considered himself to be a dictatorial emperor, he could not be as cool and unrestrained as Lao Jiu. After all, the court was really too big, and there was no way he could completely ignore the reactions of all the ministers!

Even if you, the emperor, issue an order, the ministers will not object. Whether the people below the ground really follow the rules or will not do it for you at all, only the devil knows!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little melancholy again.

It’s hard to be an emperor!

Everyone thinks that this position is very beautiful, but in fact, the pressure faced is also not something ordinary people can bear!

Unless you are willing to be a conservative king, or even a faint king, then that is another matter!

But he also believes that after Lao Jiu takes power, these problems will be solved!

Lao Jiu is young, courageous, and has ideas. It’s hard for an old man like me to refuse to accept his old age!

The future belongs to Lao Jiu, so we have to obey him!

Two days later.

The team has arrived in Xi'an!

From a distance, Zhu Yuanzhang could see the bustling crowd outside the city of Xi'an. Even outside the city, there were crowds of people, with people entering and leaving the city in an endless stream!

Looking at the current situation of Xi'an Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh, it already has the flavor of Yingtian Mansion, the capital of the Ming Dynasty!

No one would have thought that two years ago, Xi'an Prefecture was harmed by Qin King Zhu Ping, causing public resentment to boil over!

The flow of people here in Xi'an Mansion has obviously increased!

There are even more foreign caravans coming and going!

Zhu Yuanzhang left the large army outside the city, and only took Jiang Yu and other small groups of imperial guards with him. After dressing up in disguise, he sneaked into Xi'an city!

The streets in Xi'an have been widened by Zhu Yue to the width of three cars parallel, and naturally they have all been paved with cement!

Jinyiwei had already notified Wu Qinggui, the prefect of Xi'an Prefecture. The old boy also changed into plain clothes according to Zhu Yuanzhang's request, and then came to pick him up, not daring to disturb other people!

After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Wu Qinggui naturally nodded and bowed!

After all, in the presence of the emperor, everyone has to serve him carefully!

Zhu Yuanzhang was visiting Xi'an for the first time, so he naturally needed a guide, so he asked Jin Yiwei to inform Wu Qinggui. Fortunately, this guy didn't make any other noise, which made Zhu Yuanzhang quite satisfied.

"Just call me master outside!"

"Take us directly to Prince Qin's Mansion. We will stay one night at Prince Qin's Mansion tonight!"

Zhu Yuanzhang explained to Wu Qinggui that the construction of the Xi'an Palace in front of him was very grand, mainly due to the hands of King Qin Zhu Ping. I heard that this boy also built the Palace of Qin Prince to be so grand that it was almost as grand as the Yingtian Palace. I don’t know if it’s true?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally wanted to see it in person!

At this moment, bursts of screams suddenly came from one side of the street!

Zhu Yuanzhang's attention was immediately attracted!

A few patrol-looking men were holding bamboo sticks and beating a drunkard on the side!

When the nearby people heard the commotion, they all watched the excitement and pointed at the drunk man, but they didn't think it was too strange!

"What is this doing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Wu Qinggui with a surprised look on his face.

When he entered the city before, he knew that there were many patrol teams in Xi'an City to maintain law and order in the city!

Could it be that drunk man who committed the crime?

"Your Majesty...Master, that's a specialty delicacy from our northwest, stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots!"

Wu Qinggui hurriedly explained.

"Stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this, and then listened to Wu Qinggui explain to him.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the so-called fried meat with bamboo shoots, he immediately laughed!

very good!

That’s all it takes!

(End of this chapter)