Since Lao Zhu is now eager to find him, things may not be simple.
"Do you know what it is for?" Han Du looked serious and asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Chao quickly replied: "The general asked, but the eunuch didn't say anything. He said he would not tell until he saw Jing Haibo. The general has already checked the token, and there is no problem. It is true."
"Uncle, look..." Zhang Chao asked, not knowing what Jing Haibo meant.
Han Du immediately said: "Where is the person? Take Uncle Ben quickly."
Zhang Chao nodded in agreement, not daring to delay at all, and quickly led Han Du to find the eunuch.
When the eunuch saw Han Du, a happy smile suddenly appeared on his face. The fatigue of waiting for Han Du for so long was instantly gone, "I have seen Jing Haibo."
"You're so polite, father-in-law," Han Du returned the gesture with his fists clasped.
But the more he looked at the eunuch, the more familiar it seemed to Han Du. After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "This father-in-law, have we met somewhere?"
The eunuch nodded with a smile and reminded: "When uncle Jin announced the decree for Jinghaibo, my servants were among the group of people who announced the decree."
Han Du suddenly recalled that he had indeed seen this person at that time.
Without any signal from the eunuch, Han Du waved his hand and retreated.
"I wonder why my father-in-law came here?"
When the eunuch saw that he and Han Du were alone, he whispered, "The emperor secretly summoned my uncle to come to the capital."
When Han Du heard this, his pupils shrank sharply. Secretly summoning yourself to Beijing? It seems that things are more serious than I imagined.
"What happened in the palace?" When Han Du thought about it, something terrible must have happened in the palace, otherwise Lao Zhu would not have summoned him to Beijing at this juncture, or he would have summoned him secretly.
"Of course, if the father-in-law has anything inconvenient to say, just pretend that we didn't ask." Han Du added, fearing that it would involve palace secrets.
The eunuch listened, nodded and said: "It's no inconvenience at all. Our ancestors had already given instructions when the slave came. Even if the uncle doesn't ask, the slave will tell the uncle everything in detail. It's not that something happened in the palace, it's ..."
Millions of tons of food were destroyed!
No wonder Lao Zhu was so anxious that he had to quickly recall himself to the capital even though it was the peak fishing season.
Han Du pondered, and kept rubbing his fingers between the two fingers. After a long time, he asked: "Then father-in-law, does he know what the reason for the emperor summoning us to the palace is?"
"This ancestor has not given an explanation, and I dare not make random guesses."
Han Du nodded subconsciously.
Seeing that Han Du had no other questions to ask, the eunuch urged: "Since uncle is back, let's go to Beijing quickly."
"Of course," Han Du did not refuse, but he changed the topic, "But there are many affairs here. To be honest, my father-in-law, not long ago, this place was attacked by Japanese pirates. It was all thanks to the emperor Hongfu and the brave soldiers that they were able to annihilate them. Japanese pirates. I hope my father-in-law will be accommodating and allow us to make arrangements before we set off."
"If my uncle wants to arrange some affairs and delay for a while, it is certainly okay." The eunuch nodded and agreed, "But the emperor is waiting impatiently, and this servant has been delayed here for so long. There is really not much time left. Please forgive me, uncle."
"Please father-in-law, please stay for a moment. We'll be back as soon as we go. Don't worry, we won't be delayed for long."
The things Han Du arranged were not complicated. They mainly involved fishing in a step-by-step manner. In addition, he asked Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao to strengthen the defense here. In addition, Han Du also took away more than a dozen baskets of salt. Since salt is produced here and the quality is no worse than tribute salt, Han Du naturally wants to send some to Lao Zhu. Not for anything else, just to let him know that there is such good salt in this place.
In this way, even if someone discredits the salt here in the future. In Lao Zhu's heart, he would not agree. In fact, the salt output here is so high and the quality is so good, maybe one day Lao Zhu will allow it to be sold?
Han Du and the eunuchs took a boat and took the sea route, entered the Yangtze River, passed through the Dinghuai Gate and entered the capital. They entered the inner city from the Shicheng Gate and went straight to the imperial palace. Han Du got off the boat at a secluded boat dock at the mouth of the river and got into a gray carriage.
Even Han Du's eagerness to return to the capital was suppressed. Just when entering the city gate, Han Du took a look at the city through the small gap in the carriage window.
Lao Zhu summoned Han Du in Jinshen Hall.
"Han Du, a humble minister, pays homage to the emperor. Long live the emperor."
"No courtesy, stay on your own."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Du responded and stood up.
Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du's face from side to side, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you would get tanned just during the time you went out. I guess fishing on the sea is also very hard, right?"
"It's not hard work," Han Du said with a careful smile. "It's windy and sunny at the beach, and there's no shade. Being exposed to the sun from morning to night every day naturally makes you darker." A little. It has somewhat stained the Emperor’s view.”
Han Du can't say it's hard work. If he says it's hard work, it will appear that Han Du is eager for quick success and quick success.
But you can't say it's not hard. If you say it's not hard, what should you do if Lao Zhu takes it seriously? Han Du himself didn't care, it didn't matter whether he made meritorious service or not. But Han Du is not the only one going out to fish now. There are a large group of people below waiting to be rewarded for their meritorious service? Han Du can't completely wipe out their hard work because of his own selfishness, right?
Therefore, Han Du had the last sentence. It is said that it is not hard work, but under the scorching sun, there is no shade, and you have to work from morning to night. If anyone doesn't think it's hard, you can let him try.
"It's hard for you." Lao Zhu nodded and said with a smile. Lao Zhu was also a commoner who spoke out, so he naturally knew that this feeling was unpleasant.
Han Du felt relieved when he heard Lao Zhu's words. He said with a smile: "Last time, the emperor authorized Wei Chen to dry salt at the seaside. Thanks to the emperor's great blessing, salt came out for the first time. I took it upon myself to bring some back and asked the emperor to take care of it."
"Oh? Did you really expose it?" Lao Zhu became happy, "Where is it? Bring it in quickly and let me have a look."
Lao Zhu has always been very interested in things like firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. He knows very well that these things are related to the lifeblood of the people's livelihood. Therefore, every good harvest of food will make Lao Zhu happy for a long time. This means that the people have more food and fewer people will starve to death.
Salt, the same is true.
Even now, there is not enough salt in Daming. If it weren't for the concern about the food stability at the border, Lao Zhu might have been eager to let Han Du sell it when he petitioned Han Du to dry salt along the coast.
