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

Chapter 233 Chapter 233: Now Zhu Xifeng can crush the nobles of Huaixi

After seeing off Master Yan Nangui and Zhu Xiaye, Zhu Yue found Mrs. Li who was secretly wiping away her tears.

Although Li was not present, Zhu Yue also said hello to her when she asked Zhu Xiaye to become a disciple of Yan Nangui and go to Dingjun Mountain to practice.

She knew why Zhu Yue didn't allow her to send her own son away, because she couldn't guarantee whether she would collapse on the spot!

After all, he is her biological son, who else can feel more distressed than her?

Zhu Yue also coaxed her for a long time before she calmed down.

Zhu Xiaye was sent to Dingjun Mountain, and the happiest person was naturally the third child Zhu Xiayan!

Although he is one year older than Zhu Xiaye, Zhu Xiaye always likes to cause trouble for him. Even if he does fight, he is not weak, but this kid Zhu Xiaye is not afraid of pain at all!

He felt a headache fighting with such a guy who had no feelings or even any pain!

But this guy doesn't dare to cause trouble to the boss, he always likes to trouble himself!

"What did I say?"

"Sure enough, the fourth child was sent to Dingjun Mountain by his father!"

This is why he is so incompatible with the brothers.

"Why are you two going behind my back?"

"Brother will take you to have fun!"

Zhu Xiaqiu immediately stared at Zhu Xiafeng and Zhu Xiaqiu suspiciously, and finally his eyes fell on Zhu Xiaqiu!

The cigarettes Zhu Xifeng smoked were not the industrial cigarettes popular in later modern society, but the kind that used specialized tobacco leaves and smoked them with pipes or bamboo tubes!

Tobacco cultivation started shortly after returning from the last time traveling. Now more than three years have passed, and tobacco has already become popular throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xiaqiu looked at Zhu Xiafeng's proud face and glared at him angrily.

When Zhu Xifeng heard this, he immediately started shouting dissatisfied.

"How can this be considered schadenfreude?"

Zhu Xiaqiu opened his mouth, but he really couldn't refute.

"Isn't this obvious?"

Compared with these two brothers, I am absolutely a good kid!

"Why are you asking so many questions?"

"What's more, I'm not the only one who's happy. The third child is even happier than me!"

"The third child is the one who really takes pleasure in his misfortune, right?"

Zhu Xifeng stared at Zhu Xiaqiu with a half-smile and said seductively.

"The smell of cigarette smoke on your body has given you away a long time ago. I just didn't bother to expose you directly!"

"I really want to know, why don't you come with us?"

"Look, it's not that we don't play with you, it's that you don't come. Who can you blame?"

Moreover, the fourth child’s situation is quite special, so sending him to Dingjun Mountain is indeed the best choice!

"And this is also for the benefit of the fourth child. Do you think staying in Prince Han's Mansion is a good thing for him?"

The corners of Zhu Xiaqiu's mouth twitched and he was suddenly speechless.

Zhu Xifeng was stunned when he heard this.

After smoking, he would try his best to cover up the evidence of the crime and the smell on his body, but Zhu Xiaqiu was still aware of it!

Zhu Xia Feng greeted Zhu Xia Xian directly.

Among the four brothers, the third brother Zhu Xiayan is the one who dislikes the fourth brother Zhu Xiaye the least!

He was the only one willing to play with Zhu Xiye!

"Third brother, let's go!"

"Forget it, if my mother finds out, I will be the unlucky one!"

But his intuition told him that Zhu Xiafeng was definitely not doing anything good when he took Zhu Xiaheng out!

"Why didn't you talk about him?"

However, what depresses Zhu Xiaqiu is that Zhu Xiaqiu has indeed followed Zhu Xiafeng's example, and he is also fearless in the face of his own second brother, who is a compatriot from the same mother!

When Zhu Xiaqiu heard this, he also sighed helplessly.

"You know what we're going to do?"

There is no way, Zhu Xifeng is already a veteran, and he is still the boss, and his face is thicker than the city wall!

It is basically impossible to expect him to tell the truth!

Zhu Xiaqiu could only look for clues from Zhu Xiaqiu's face!

"Huh, don't think I don't know what you are doing!"

Zhu Xiaqiu curled his lips disapprovingly.

Zhu Xifeng showed that this was indeed the case and teased disapprovingly.

After learning that Zhu Xiaye had become a disciple of Yan Nangui and was sent to Dingjun Mountain to practice, Zhu Xiafeng even smiled proudly.

"Do you think you can do it perfectly every time?"

"You'd better pray that your father doesn't catch you, otherwise you'll get some good results!"

That's right, Zhu Xia Feng has been secretly smoking, not only smoking by himself, but occasionally taking Zhu Xia Feng with him to smoke!

"It's not Dingjun Mountain where I asked the fourth child to go!"

"After all, we are all brothers, so don't take pleasure in others' misfortune!"

However, the tobacco business, like the salt business, was completely controlled by the imperial court!

Because the tobacco industry is really extremely profitable, and having been to modern society in later generations, I know that the tax revenue brought by tobacco can even be worth the Ming Dynasty's military expenditure for a year. How could Zhu Yuanzhang not be tempted?

A pack of ordinary tobacco costs 20 cents, and there is a tax of 15 cents. The profits and taxes included are not exaggerated enough to describe as robbing money. It should be said that they are directly printing money!

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially divided some fields in various parts of the Ming Dynasty specifically for growing tobacco!

Anyway, today's Ming Dynasty has a high yield of grain. Even if the land for growing grain is reduced, it is not a big deal at all!

However, the huge profits of the tobacco industry have naturally attracted many private merchants to grow and sell them secretly!

But as long as he is discovered, it will be a crime of directly confiscating the house!

Such heavy penalties have also put an end to most people's desire to take risks. However, as the saying goes, people will die for money and birds will die for food. There are still many people who are desperate to step on the red line secretly, but there are relatively few such people. That’s it!

Hearing that Zhu Xiaqiu directly revealed that he secretly smoked, Zhu Xiafeng was not only surprised, but also looked somewhat ugly.

"We are all brothers. You wouldn't go to your father and report it, right?"

Zhu Xia Feng stared at Zhu Xia Qiu with suspicion and asked.

"Don't worry, I won't do such a thing of snitching!" Zhu Xiaqiu curled his lips with disdain!

In fact, Zhu Xiaqiu was quite envious of Zhu Xia Feng and Zhu Xia Qiu.

After all, they are not bound by the status of the prince of Han Dynasty. Both his father Zhu Yue and his mother Cao Shi treat him differently from other princes!

Even the third child, Zhu Xiayan, who was born to the same mother, is much freer than him in this regard!

If he really had a choice, he would also like to be like Zhu Xia Feng and Zhu Xia Xian, who would have the opportunity to do whatever they want!

However, he had no choice, after all, he was the prince of Han Dynasty!

In addition, he is not born with a special physique that can produce Qi, and his physical condition is relatively poor to begin with. He was born with a bad constitution. Even if Zhu Yue has been helping him to recuperate his body, he can only maintain his appearance similar to that of a normal person.

He is lucky to have been able to avoid dying young and die in good health!

In this regard, he really can't be too demanding, let alone have the same unscrupulous capital as Zhu Xifeng and his three brothers!

……

Xi'an Mansion, Imperial Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden. One of them held a pipe made of white jade and was puffing away smoke.

Once you get addicted to smoking, it is extremely difficult to quit, and you must have great perseverance!

Not enough is not a problem for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.

They all have protective jade pendants on their bodies, and the dangers of smoking are almost negligible to them!

And smoking shredded tobacco in a pipe is much more powerful than smoking filter cigarettes like those in modern society!

The main reason is that Ming Dynasty does not have that kind of cigarette rolling technology. Even the cotton core of the filter cannot be mass-produced now!

For example, wealthy people generally use better quality pipes. Those with real status, such as Lan Yu and other nobles, and some important officials in the court also use mostly jade pipes!

This is just like smoking in modern society in later generations, all that matters is the brand!

Even if it is the same cut tobacco, with almost the same taste, but using a different pipe, the feeling when you smoke it will change accordingly!

In addition, there are differences between dry tobacco and hookah. Anyway, the style and feeling of smoking are more interesting than simply smoking cigarettes!

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered a ban on smoking by children under the age of sixteen. Once discovered, it would be a meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots!

"Dad, the tobacco business has started now. Last year, the imperial court's income from tobacco alone exceeded 50 million taels of silver. It's really a huge profit!"

Zhu Biao sighed while smoking.

"Where are we now? It's just the beginning!"

"In the future, not only the mainland of Ming Dynasty, but also foreign caravans coming to Ming Dynasty to buy shredded tobacco will be more and more! What's more important is to make money from those foreigners!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled naturally.

"In just a few years, the annual revenue of the national treasury has more than doubled!"

"All this is due to Lao Jiu's reform policy!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh.

You must know that before the development of the northwest, Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue was only a few million taels of silver!

But in the past year, the tax revenue has exceeded 80 million taels, and it may exceed 100 million in a few years!

Moreover, the main sources of tax revenue are now concentrated in the northwest and south of the Yangtze River. There is still a lot of room for development in other areas of the Ming Dynasty!

Fortunately, cement roads between all state capitals in Ming Dynasty have basically been built!

The most basic industries such as cement and red bricks are also blooming all over the Ming Dynasty, and they have been directly authorized by Lao Jiu!

Anyone who is willing to spend money to buy technology can pay Laojiu a fee for using the technology every year. Even if you are a private person, you can open a local cement factory or red brick factory by yourself!

Nowadays, the construction of the entire Ming Dynasty can be said to be in full swing!

In addition, the rubber industry has begun to mature, and rubber tires have also begun large-scale production. Nowadays, there are many carriages with rubber tires on the cement roads throughout Daming!

Everywhere in the Ming Dynasty is prosperous!

"We also plan to use tobacco taxes on Ming Dynasty's military expenditure!"

"Now our Ming Dynasty's army is not short of money, and we can have the confidence to fight!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's three sentences brought the topic to the expansion of territory. Obviously, his obsession with continuing to expand territory during his lifetime has not been reduced!

"What has Lao Jiu been busy with recently?"

"Didn't you just go to Hanzhong last time?"

"We haven't been to Hanzhong in almost a year, and we don't know how much Hanzhong has changed now?"

Zhu Biao asked with a change of subject.

"Hanzhong has changed a lot. Now the three-ring city is almost completed, and the population is almost three million. Compared with Xi'an, the development speed is much faster!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and smiled.

Xi'an Prefecture has also been developing in recent years, and now Xi'an Prefecture is still the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so the development speed is naturally not slow!

Xi'an Prefecture has also gone through a round of expansion, but it was only a small-scale expansion. The population has increased to four million, and it is about to be overtaken by Hanzhong!

There is no way, in this regard, the father and son together are not as powerful as Lao Jiu alone!

Moreover, the rapid development of Xi'an Mansion is inseparable from Lao Jiu's support. The father and son only did some auxiliary cooperation!

In this regard, it’s really impossible not to admire me!

"Laojiu has never disappointed anyone!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

"Not quite!"

"Ye'er was sent to Dingjun Mountain by Lao Jiu!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed the topic and said.

Zhu Yuanzhang had not told Zhu Biao about this matter after he came back, and Zhu Biao didn't even know about it.

"Ye'er, have you still not been able to escape this fate?"

Hearing this, Zhu Biao also showed a tangled look on his face!

Lao Jiu may have never disappointed in other aspects, but when it comes to Zhu Xiye, he, a father, can't think of a better solution!

Is this life?

Just like me, no matter how much Lao Jiu helps, I can only live a few more years!

There are some things that even Lao Jiu can't change!

"Forget it, let's not talk about these bad things!"

"Whether you let Ye'er go to Dingjun Mountain or not, let the old Taoist priest Yan Nangui keep an eye on him from now on, so that he can avoid detours!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said slowly.

"Feng'er will be ten years old soon, right?"

Zhu Biao suddenly asked about Zhu Xifeng.

"Yes, I will be ten years old in half a year!"

"In another six years, we can bring Mobei down!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang talked about Zhu Xifeng, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Time flies so fast. If age is put aside, Zhu Xifeng now looks like an adult in his twenties!

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there was no need to wait for this boy to turn sixteen. There was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old who could wear armor and go into battle and defeat Mobei!

Moreover, this kid has now learned Qi Tiyuanliu, one of the eight magical skills, from Lao Jiu. According to Lao Jiu, he has already achieved some success!

Even the current Zhu Xifeng's combat prowess is definitely off the charts!

Putting aside other factors, if we only focus on personal strength, Zhu Xifeng will crush any of the Huaixi nobles in a one-on-one challenge!

(Dividing line!)

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