Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 362: A glimpse of the leopard through the tube can reveal a lot!
Looking at the relatively new topic in front of him, Zhu Biao seemed to be thinking about something.

He now feels that the farm tool shop in front of him is not like a farm tool shop, but more like a shop that attracts some "old farmers" who have experience in farming, and then uses the rich experience of these old farmers to complete ideas and inspirations about farming step by step.

But the idea of ​​focusing on animal feces is still quite unusual.

But this was the Xia Zhibai he knew.

Never take the beaten path.

Li Jinglong muttered, "I know that farming requires manure, but animal manure is also fine? It also says that we can collect more bird manure, or conduct a deeper study to filter out the nutrients that farming really needs from the manure."

The corner of Li Jinglong's mouth twitched slightly.

If he understood correctly, this meant asking people to study feces?

Just the thought of 'defecation and urination', despite his pampered life, made him feel nauseous.

The smell is too strong.

Zhu Biao looked at Li Jinglong, who looked unnatural, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Isn't farming like this? You face the loess and your back is facing the sky. All day long, you either fight against floods and droughts or make various composts. Feces, dead grass, etc. can all be used for compost."

Li Jinglong looked a little unhappy, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, please stop talking. If you continue talking, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat for the next few days."

Haha.

Zhu Biao smiled when he heard the voice.

He didn't continue teasing Li Jinglong.

They went to the textile shop nearby and saw that there were a lot more people stopping there.

They are all here watching the cotton-fluffing.

Listening to the "dong dong dong" sound was indeed fascinating. Zhu Biao was not very interested in cotton fluffering. He took a rough look at the situation in the shop and turned to go to another coal shop.

This shop is even busier.

It can basically be said that it was crowded with people.

There are a lot of people coming and going.

They all came early in the morning to buy coal.

The price of coal in the Kyoto coal shop is indeed not high, and it is very affordable. I don’t know what processing has been done, and even the coal smoke is much less. This has also caused many dignitaries, merchants, and gentry in the city who were not very interested in it before to start buying coal.

Coal from Kyoto Coal Shop is now in great demand.

Zhu Biao stood outside the door.

He did not enter the shop.

He was just looking from a distance, and when he saw someone shouting loudly in the shop, his expression was a little dazed.

He remembered this man.

Fan Xin.

I was the one who sent it to Xia Zhibai at the beginning.

He had been working diligently in the past two years, and had basically reported the status of each industry in Kyoto in detail. However, in the past six months, he was obviously not as active as before. Of course, it was also because of Xia Zhibai's trip south, but seeing Jing Man's current appearance still made Zhu Biao a little unbelievable.

Fan Xin is a man of letters.

Men of letters have always been noble.

Let them mingle with a group of "mud legs", or even humble themselves as "merchants", which is something many literati cannot do. But at this moment, in front of Zhu Biao, Jing Man seemed to have been immersed in this work for a long time, and did not show much dissatisfaction, but instead enjoyed it.

This made Zhu Biao a little stunned.

Is this still the literati he knows?

He still remembered that when he sent Jing Man, Fang Mo, and Fan Xin here, they complained to him and expressed their dissatisfaction. He was the one who comforted them. How long has it been since then? Now, they are all a little reluctant to leave.

Especially Fan Xin.

He had been the toughest before.

He had always been very reluctant to follow Xia Zhibai's instructions. This was also the reason why Fan Xin, at the beginning, had always been away from Xia Zhibai, and was followed by Fang Mo, Jing Man and others. But later, someone didn't know what happened, which made Fan Xin change so much, and this change was even greater than that of Fang Mo and others.

Zhu Biao couldn't help but become interested.

Li Jinglong had been paying attention to Zhu Biao. Seeing that Zhu Biao's eyes were always on the young man, he couldn't help but look at him a few more times, and then asked curiously, "Your Highness, are you curious about this man?"

Zhu Biao shook his head and said, "I sent this person."

Hear the words.

Li Jinglong was stunned.

Then he looked at Fan Xin thoughtfully.

He was a smart man, so how could he not hear the hidden meaning in the words? Zhu Biao was the crown prince of the time, and the people he sent were at least knowledgeable people. Such people always thought highly of themselves, but in front of Xia Zhibai, these people seemed to have lost their arrogance and became extremely approachable.

This transformation is huge.

Li Jinglong sighed, "I have heard before that Xia Zhibai intends to reform the 'scholar-official' system. I thought it was a pipe dream, but now I think it may not be impossible. Scholars are also human beings, and they can also change, perhaps."

"Xia Zhibai's idea is right."

"The butts of the Ming Dynasty scholars are too high. We need to let them sit on the ground."

Zhu Biao glanced at Li Jinglong and said jokingly, "Why are you suddenly talking to Xia Zhibai?"

Li Jinglong said righteously: "I am speaking the truth."

Zhu Biao smiled. He had a close relationship with Li Jinglong, who was also his elder. Although Li Wenzhong died young, he still approved of some of Li Wenzhong's ideas, and Li Jinglong had obviously inherited some of Li Wenzhong's thoughts.

Zhu Biao said: "We have finished looking at all the shops on Kyoto Avenue. Now it's time to talk about business."

"Originally I didn't have much confidence this time, but seeing that Xia Zhibai's shops are doing so well, I suddenly have more confidence."

"after all."

"Xia Zhibai is indeed good at making money."

"A glimpse of the leopard in the cage can give us a rough idea of ​​it." Zhu Biao said as he walked towards the salt shop nearby.

Just as Zhu Biao was leaving, Fan Xin in the coal shop seemed to have sensed something and subconsciously looked outside the shop. When he saw a familiar figure, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said self-deprecatingly, "I've been so busy lately."

"This is the wrong person."

"Your Highness is such a person, he is so busy with all kinds of affairs and documents all day long, how can he have time to go out?"

"I must have seen it wrong."

"After I finish these few busy days, I must ask Master Xia for two days off and have a good rest." Fan Xin thought secretly in his heart, then turned his gaze back to the room and started shouting loudly, mainly to maintain order.

But after being busy for a while, he couldn't help but look out.

He considers himself to have an excellent memory.

Rarely misidentify someone.

Especially for a person like His Highness, he had already remembered him in his heart and it was impossible for him to make a mistake.

"Am I really too tired?" Fan Xin couldn't help but mutter.

At last.

He still shook his head.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, do your job well first.

This is what Xia Zhibai told him.

If you can't clean your own house, how can you clean the world? If you can't even do your job well, how can you be greedy for a high position?

"Queue up, queue up, no queue cutting allowed."

"Take your time. There's plenty of coal."

(End of this chapter)