Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 50 It’s better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish
"So fast. Too fast."

On the highway, Zhu Di, who was sitting in the passenger seat, felt like he was suffocating.

He had never experienced anything like it.

The roads on both sides were suddenly behind him. Things were changing rapidly and he felt like he was flying. He was so nervous that he almost forgot to breathe.

"Hurry up."

Zhu Yunfeng smiled and said, "This is considered slow. When you experience high-speed rail and airplanes, you will know what China Speed ​​is."

"It's great, but I feel like I can't breathe now."

Zhu Di opened his eyes wide, overwhelmed by the scenery on both sides. Sometimes he was even afraid that he would suddenly hit the guardrail in front of him and be killed.

Seeing him like that, Ji He smiled and said, "Old Four, you're not used to it yet. It will be fine when you get used to it in the future."

"alright."

Zhu Di said this but closed his eyes. He didn't want to look at the speed outside and the fear in his heart dissipated a little.

Soon the car was speeding on the road, and about an hour and a half later, it got off the highway and drove into the city.

Their town is far away from the county, and it takes about an hour to get there by national highway, and the cost-effectiveness of the expressway is also poor. However, the county is very close to the city, only about 70 kilometers away.

It only takes an hour and a half to get there from their town by highway.

After getting off the highway, they were greeted by tall buildings. They went straight to the Dixing District in the city center. There was heavy traffic on both sides and the noise of cars was endless.

Zhu Di opened the window and kept looking at the outside world with his head tilted. It was like a cursory visit, and he was shocked.

His first impression was that there were too many people and too many cars.

The roads were full of cars and electric vehicles. It was morning rush hour and the wide roads were crowded with commuting vehicles. The office buildings more than 20 or 30 stories high were bustling with people.

Ji He said to Zhu Di, "Old Four, how is it?"

“The modern world is truly amazing.”

Zhu Di couldn't help but admire.

Ji He smiled and said, "This is just one of our prefecture-level cities. Our provincial capital Changsha is seven times more prosperous than here. International metropolises like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are three to four times more prosperous than Changsha, and twenty times more prosperous than here."

Ji He was not talking nonsense about this. Last year, their city's GDP was less than 2000 billion.

Changsha has 1.4 trillion yuan, while Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are basically around 3-4 trillion yuan. The levels of prosperity are incomparable.

But even so, it was enough to shock Zhu Di.

Because in Zhu Di's view, even this ordinary prefecture-level city in Hunan was much more prosperous than their Ming Dynasty's capital, Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture.

And this is just an ordinary city. What would it be like in Changsha or even Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen?

Zhu Yunfeng was stuck in traffic. Seeing that Zhu Di was only looking outside, he reminded him, "Don't just stand there. Didn't I teach you how to take pictures before? Try using your new phone."

A few days ago, several mobile phones and tablets that Zhu Yunfeng bought online arrived. He picked up the express delivery when he passed by the town on his way down the mountain.

Zhu Di woke up as if from a dream, and quickly took out his Huawei mobile phone and took pictures of the tall buildings.

Amid the hustle and bustle of traffic, Zhu Yunfeng finally reached the busiest pedestrian street and city square in the city center after more than 40 minutes.

He parked the car in the basement and took Zhu Di and Ji He straight to the high-rise clothing area of ​​the commercial plaza.

There are relatively few high-end luxury clothing brands in prefecture-level cities, but in Changsha Pedestrian Street, you can find LV, Valentino, Gucci, Versace, Hermes and the like.

But unfortunately there were no big brands here, only one high-end men's clothing store. I chose this one temporarily and bought more than ten sets of clothes.

Including business casual wear, business suits and so on.

When trying on clothes, the salesperson praised Zhu Di for looking handsome with long hair, which made Zhu Yunfeng realize the problem of Zhu Di's long hair.

Before, I had tied it up with a black rubber band and made a ponytail. I thought it would not work if he cut my hair, so after buying clothes, I simply took it to a nearby high-end barber shop to have a hairstyle.

'Damn, that's cool.'

After coming out of the barber shop, everyone including Ji He and Zhu Yunfeng couldn't help but curse inwardly when they saw Zhu Di's current appearance.

This guy's handsomeness is almost as good as Takeshi Kaneshiro, and he's threatening Daniel Wu and Eddie Peng.

He was wearing blue business casual shoes, black trousers, a grey shirt, a black suit, and a ponytail at the back of his head.

The key is that he is only nineteen years old.

He was tall and straight, with strong facial features and a beard covering his chin. He exuded the aura of a young wolfdog.

When I was in the mall, I was wearing Zhu Yunfeng's blue down jacket, with my hair tied up in a messy way, looking like a sharp guy, but it was not a big deal.

Now that I have dressed up properly, I don’t know how many girls turned their heads to look at me, and some brave ones even came over to ask for my WeChat.

"Handsome guy, please add me on WeChat."

A beautiful woman, about 1.7 meters tall, with long legs and wearing black stockings in the middle of winter, came over.

"Go away, he has a husband."

Zhu Yunfeng was so angry that he hugged Zhu Di and waved his hand to drive the beauty away, messing up everything.

Zhu Di was also very angry.

I watched the beautiful woman's eyes change from joy at first, to shock, and finally to amusement, and then she walked away looking back every few steps.

He used to often see dancing girls on Tik Tok and was drooling over those beauties.

It’s not that there were fewer beauties in the Ming Dynasty, but after all, ancient beauties did not have the technology and skills, and did not have such magical techniques as plastic surgery, makeup, and beauty techniques, so they must have looked much worse.

Modern people have become somewhat aesthetically fatigued by these evil arts and prefer natural beauties. But the ancients had never seen such a scene and were naturally shocked.

But he doesn’t have WeChat.

Without an ID card, he couldn’t register anything, so even if he saw a beautiful woman and she wanted to come up to him, he wouldn’t be able to communicate with her.

"What are you doing."

Zhu Di said angrily: "She just wanted to get to know me, what's wrong with her?"

Zhu Yunfeng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Behave yourself and don't contact anyone. Do you have an identity? If someone finds out, won't your father kill you?"

"Forehead"

Hearing this, Zhu Di shrank his neck, then looked at the beautiful woman's back as she left, and said, "Are all women nowadays so proactive?"

"It's an open world now, and everyone has the right to choose their own love."

Zhu Yunfeng threatened him, "You're just too open-minded. You can go to bed with someone after just knowing them for a few minutes. This can easily lead to illness. You have to keep yourself clean and not go out and play around. Have you heard of syphilis?"

"Alas"

Zhu Di showed a look of disgust. He had naturally heard of it. It was a disease common among prostitutes. It was said to cause ulcers there, which was terrifying.

"Okay, hurry up and do your business. Go back early. We have to go to the town to negotiate tomorrow."

Zhu Yunfeng patted him.

In fact, it is better to go to Changsha and buy all the necessary storefronts, such as branded clothes, expensive watches, jewelry and luxury cars, so that people can see that you are a big boss.

Even the top wealthy people have image design teams, just like Wang Duoyu in "The Richest Tomato", who has special people buying clothes and hairstyles for him.

But firstly, those who are qualified to own an image design team must have a net worth of at least tens of billions, which is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Even when Zhu Yunfeng's family was the richest, with a net worth of over 100 million yuan, the most he could do was visit luxury stores and find senior stylists to help design his look. It was impossible for him to support a design team.

Secondly, there is not enough time.

After all, seven or eight days have passed since Zhu Yuanzhang came here. The money has been paid and the terms have been negotiated. We are just waiting for the results.

Although one or two days is not a big deal, Zhu Yunfeng also needs to show his achievements immediately. Otherwise, why would others invest in you?

So I'll just make do with it for now, and when things are almost settled and the company is on the right track, I'll go to Changsha to sort things out.

In the afternoon, they went to a high-end luxury car dealer in the city and ordered a Maybach S580.

Pay the deposit on the spot.

Afterwards, they went to another store and rented an S3000 for 480 yuan a day.

The dealers also have car rental business, but Zhu Yunfeng is worried that they will deliberately delay the arrival of goods in order to earn more rent, so naturally they have to rent and buy separately.

At night, Zhu Yunfeng took Zhu Di and Ji He back.

He drives a Maybach and Ji He drives a Camry. In addition to luxury cars and clothes, he also bought a lot of other things.

Including skin care products prepared for Empress Ma, clothes and maps prepared for Zhu Yuanzhang, etc.

The car stopped at the door of the house. My fourth uncle, who was working in the vegetable field from a distance, saw it and shouted from more than 30 meters away by the fish pond: "Feng, you got a new car?"

"Yes, Fourth Uncle."

Zhu Yunfeng waved his hand and said, "You are busy."

"Good good."

Fourth Uncle nodded repeatedly while leaning on his hoe.

After saying hello, Zhu Yunfeng did not continue to be idle. He asked Ji He and Zhu Di to move the things in.

There are too few young people in the village now. You can hardly see anyone there during the day on weekdays. Only a few old people occasionally grow vegetables in the vegetable fields.

It is only a little lively during festivals, but people basically just stay at home or in their yard and rarely go out.

So for Zhu Yunfeng, let alone having strangers at home, no one would know even if he held a party at home.

However, precisely because everyone lives far away and is middle-aged and elderly, they are more united. If there is something going on, just give a call in the group and everyone will come.

Last time, my second uncle’s family, who lived more than a hundred meters behind Zhu Yunfeng’s house, wanted to dig a small pond. They called out in the group and more than ten people came over. They finished the digging in half a day. They didn’t ask for any wages, but just treated us to a meal.

After turning the key and entering the door, the barking of Pippi's dog was heard, followed by the sound of people coming down the stairs. Pippi was in front and Zhu Yuanzhang was behind. They saw them coming in carrying large and small bags.

"Grandfather, you are here?"

Zhu Yunfeng greeted him and said, "Have you eaten? I'll cook now."

"I have eaten the food your great-grandmother sent me."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat calmly on the sofa in the living room. Today he took over shifts with Zhu Biao and came to understand the situation. He had already read Volume 4 of the History of Ming Dynasty.

This volume talks about Zhu Yunwen.

There is a passage in it that reads, "In April of summer, Prince Bai of Xiang burned himself to death. Prince Yu of Qi and Prince Gui of Dai were found guilty and demoted to commoners. Prince Gao Chi, the crown prince of Prince of Yan, and his brothers Gao Xu and Gao Sui were sent back to Beiping. In June, Prince Yu of Min was found guilty and demoted to commoners and exiled to Zhangzhou. On the 23rd day of the 4th month, Ni Liang, the chief of the hundred guards of Yanshan, rebelled, and Yu Liang, the commander of the Yan flag, and others were executed. The emperor ordered the transfer of Prince Di of Yan, and the arrest of the officials in the prince's palace. Zhang Xin, the commander-in-chief of Beiping, rebelled and joined Yan." Seeing this made his blood pressure soar.

Since he had not yet learned how to type in pinyin and did not know how to use search software, he could only press the left and right keys to view the previous and next volumes. As a result, he was unable to search for specific details about how Zhu Yunwen reduced the power of the princes.

But just watching this passage is enough to make people angry.

He forced his uncle Zhu Bo to death and demoted his other three uncles Zhu Gui, Zhu Gui, and Zhu Yu to commoners.

That’s not all, but he was actually stupid enough to release all of Zhu Di’s sons, allowing Zhu Di, who was originally afraid of doing anything, to act freely.

This is something that can only be accomplished by a miracle.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't even imagine what kind of person he had appointed as the crown prince. A placenta would probably be better than this guy.

Finally, there is Li Jinglong.

Not only did the imperial court suffer a series of defeats despite its superior military strength, but it even opened the city walls and surrendered while defending the city.

After reading this volume, Zhu Yuanzhang's blood pressure soared and he wished he could go back and strangle the 2-year-old Zhu Yunwen and the 10-year-old Li Jinglong to death.

"Your arrival is just in time. We have just bought everything and can start working hard tomorrow."

Zhu Yunfeng put away all his things and said, "When you go out to discuss business, you still have to look presentable. What you wear and use are very particular, so I have to go out and buy some things."

"It's okay. Biaoer told me. I understand."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Zhu Yunfeng handed him the gift he bought and said, "Grandfather, here are two mobile phones, one for you and one for Grandma, and two tablets. The mobile phones just arrived today, and I will download all the information about the Ming Dynasty for you later, so you can watch it on your phone. As for the tablet, I will download some Ming Dynasty TV series for you, so that you can have some understanding of the later Ming Dynasty. However, TV series are just for entertainment, if you really want to know history, you still have to read historical materials."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang responded.

Zhu Yunfeng added: "I bought some walkie-talkies, projectors, and point-reading machines online. They should arrive in a few days. These things are still very useful. Walkie-talkies can realize short-distance remote communication, projectors can play knowledge lectures, and point-reading machines can provide basic education. I think that Daming can first carry out elite education, first gather a group of smart students for modern learning, and then carry out popular education after they have completed their studies."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang still seemed very calm.

Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Zhu Yunfeng asked in surprise, "Grandfather, what are you doing?"

"I just saw Volume 4 of the History of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently.

"Forehead"

Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di, who was moving things in, were stunned.

Because Zhu Di spent more time in modern times, the Ming History has already reached "Basic Annals, Volume 15", which is the volume about Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang.

So he naturally knew what Volume 4 was about.

"Father."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's calm face and asked cautiously: "That was what the child did later, and the child now."

"Okay, I don't blame you."

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "You were forced to start a rebellion. I am angry about why you appointed such a stupid grandson as the crown prince. If you hadn't started the rebellion, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty have perished in the second generation?"

"call."

Zhu Di heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, father, you can't blame me. The records in the Ming History are not detailed, but there are other historical materials to prove that Jianwen wanted to force all your surviving sons to death. We can't do anything about it."

"Come and sit down first. We can talk about these things later. It's still a long time before I die. I still have twenty years to live. These twenty years are enough for me to govern the Ming Dynasty well."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the sofa and said, "Come over and talk about your future plans."

"Good old ancestor."

Zhu Yunfeng pushed Zhu Di and Ji He to the table in the living room.

The sofas in the living room are arranged in a U shape, with two small sofas on each side. The main seat is a long sofa, there is a table in the middle, and facing the main seat is the TV.

Zhu Yuanzhang was now sitting in the main seat. There were empty seats on both sides of the sofa, but no one dared to sit there. Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di sat on Zhu Yuanzhang's left side, near the door between the living room and the main hall outside, while Ji He sat on Zhu Yuanzhang's right side, near the wall.

After they sat down, Zhu Yunfeng spoke, "As the old saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. If Daming wants to develop in a short period of time, it is definitely right to develop grain first. But grain seeds and fertilizers are indispensable. I plan to develop agricultural companies and fertilizer companies in modern times, increase Daming's grain production first, and then slowly transfer technology and equipment to Daming, build some small factories in Daming, and develop industry at the same time."

He added: "Of course, this will definitely take a long time, and it may take a very long time, because many things are not convenient nowadays, but as long as the joints are opened, it should be fine."

"Well"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said, "Tell me in detail."

"it is good."

Zhu Yunfeng then laid out his plan in full.

(End of this chapter)