"Brother-in-law, don't get too excited."
Zhu Gaoxu chuckled and said, "Aren't you kidding me? I'm kidding you too."
Li Xiao was speechless. I'm not kidding you.
You really have a chance to be emperor.
The premise is that you have to give birth to a good son
Of course, Li Xiao would not continue talking about this.
Who knows if revealing secrets will result in divine punishment and shortened lifespan?
Zhu Gaoxu stuffed the note into his arms and said:
"Brother-in-law, what you said actually makes sense, enjoy it!"
"Of course, this is a little different from what the imperial grandfather taught us. But I still prefer your approach."
"The fisherman basking in the sun. Well, that makes sense! I remember it."
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu really didn't have any ideas.
His idea is to be a county king and live a peaceful life.
Of course, it would be more interesting if you could go out and fight with your father.
"I hope so."
Having said that, Li Xiao couldn't say much.
He continued to ask: "By the way, you said double happiness, what is this second happiness?"
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "This second happiness is naturally related to my brother-in-law."
"Is it related to me?" Li Xiao became interested.
"That's not true. This is a good thing for you, Mr. Tian Shelang."
Zhu Gaoxu explained: "Brother-in-law, your date of birth, name and place of birth have been submitted to the Imperial Family Mansion in the capital. After review and approval, they have been approved by the imperial grandfather. After you get married, you will be the guest of honor of the palace. According to the imperial edict, you should be with me." Come here with the Fengjunwang!"
Li Xiao was slightly startled, the efficiency was so fast.
It can be said that he was a farmer in the morning and ascended to the emperor's hall in the evening.
When the imperial edict comes down, I can be regarded as a relative of the emperor.
Li Xiao learned from his memories that during the Hongwu period, the requirements for ritual guests were not that high.
As long as you are of the right age, in good health, and have a clean family background.
Many of Zhu Yuanzhang's own daughters were married off.
Of course, this should be the first of his kind as a farmer?
The husband-in-law of the princess is called the prince-in-law, and the husband-in-law of the princess is called the guest-in-law.
In short, there are countless benefits to becoming a guest of honor. As a relative of the emperor, you have many privileges.
"The First Chapter of the Ancestral Instructions of the Emperor Ming Dynasty" reads:
If the emperor's relatives commit crimes, the successor king will decide on his own. Except for treason, for other crimes, the minor ones will be met with the relatives in Beijing, and the serious ones will be held with the kings outside and the relatives in Beijing. They are all based on the superior judgment. The offender's family is not allowed to report to the judiciary, and no judicial questioning is allowed.
In other words, no forgiveness will be given except for the major sins of rebellion and rebellion.
For other crimes, the Sansi Yamen cannot arrest people at will. The family must discuss it before convicting the person.
As long as they don't rebel, they will most likely go sideways in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, many high-ranking officials and nobles will try their best to marry into the royal family.
However, Li Xiao only knew so much.
He asked: "Gao Xu, what are the benefits of becoming a guest of honor?"
"Of course."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "My sister is the princess of Yong'an. The princess and her guests eat 800 shi of rice. Although it is not as much as me, it is not bad."
Li Xiao nodded and expressed satisfaction.
In fact, the treatment of honorable guests during the Hongwu period was really good.
But in the Yongle period, the trend changed.
After the Jingnan period, Zhu Di learned from Zhu Yunwen's hard-line approach to reducing the vassal state and adopted a flexible approach to reducing the vassal state.
Take back your rights and raise them like pigs in the city.
The power of those vassal kings plummeted.
My father-in-law has lost all his glory, let alone his son-in-law.
Of course, these are things for later
Zhu Gaoxu had a salary of two thousand dan. He was afraid that Li Xiao would be envious and jealous, so he added:
"Hey, isn't this the difference between men and women?"
"Eldest sister's salary is indeed a bit low, and it cannot be hereditary."
"By the way, the dowry my father gave to my eldest sister also includes some property, which is barely enough."
"Brother-in-law, doesn't he still have subsidies for salt mines? Brother-in-law, how is the salt mine doing?"
Zhu Gaoxu successfully changed the topic.
Li Xiaodao: "You said this, I was just about to tell you. The salt mine has produced salt, and the first batch of salt has been sold."
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, took a sip of tea, and said in surprise: "Is it really salty?"
He originally had a dubious attitude. Someone had been trying to make salt in the salt mine, but the salt produced was poisonous salt. Not to mention bitter, it could poison people if eaten.
But I didn’t expect that my brother-in-law really succeeded.
"Can this be false?"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "The Salt Transportation Department has inspected the goods and sold them for money."
Zhu Gaoxu asked softly: "How much did you sell?"
Li Xiao said: "One coin of silver and one catty of salt. The first batch came out to five thousand two hundred catties and sold for five hundred and twenty taels."
Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu stood up suddenly.
Five hundred and twenty taels? ? ? ?
Such a high price is too outrageous.
Just like the salt sold by the government, the selling price is only two cents of silver.
The salt households sell it to the Salt Transport Department for at most twenty to thirty cents depending on the quality.
How could it be sold for a penny?
This has more than tripled.
"Brother-in-law, you didn't lie to me, did you? It's one penny for a pound of salt. Even if the price of salt is raised now, it's impossible to sell it at such a high price. The salt from my father's own salt farm only sells for twenty-five cents."
Zhu Gaoxu said in a loud voice.
"Keep your voice down!"
Li Xiao waved, and Zhu Gaoxu sat down again, acting cunningly.
He took out a packet of paper and unfolded it. Inside was snowflake white salt. He looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Do you think this salt is worth a penny?"
Zhu Gaoxu took a closer look and was completely stunned.
Is this salt?
He tasted it and found that it was really salt, without any bitter taste!
"Brother-in-law, did we make this salt?"
Zhu Gaoxu was a little excited, and he was making crazy calculations in his mind.
I heard my brother-in-law say last time that a batch of salt can be produced in three days.
One month is ten batches.
A batch of 5,000 jins is equivalent to 50,000 jins per month.
Sell them all for one denarius, that’s five thousand taels! !
That’s more than 60,000 taels a year!
This is without counting expansion of production capacity.
hiss.
My salary is two thousand dan, which is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver. This is nothing.
My brother-in-law can earn fifty thousand taels a year? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Wait, how much is a profit of 50,000 taels per cent?
Five thousand taels!
Five thousand taels a year!
"Brother-in-law."
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Li Xiao with flattery in his eyes: "Dear brother-in-law, I remember you said last time that you would share 10% of the profit with me, right?"
"Um"
Li Xiao sighed deeply, then said: "Oh, that's true. Then you said you didn't want to come, so I didn't count your share."
"No, no, no. I want it! I want it! No fool would want it!"
Zhu Gaoxu remembered that he had indeed said this, but he didn't settle the account clearly at that time, right?
Li Xiao glanced at his empty teacup, and Zhu Gaoxu immediately stood up, filled it respectfully, and said humbly: "Brother-in-law, what the hell, give me a chance, give my brother a chance to regret."
Li Xiao: "."
This young man can stretch and bend!
(End of chapter)
