Zhang Yi was shocked. Comrade Zhang has changed his gender?
He still doesn't know what kind of person his father is? Although in Zhang Yi's perception, Zhang Normal is generally a good person.
But to say that Comrade Lao Zhang is an honest man would be an insult to his intelligence.
He wanted to say a few more words, but Lao Zhang waved his hand:
"You don't need to say anything. After my father returns, he will take the initiative to report to the emperor and restrain Longhu Mountain's power of issuing ultimatums!"
He was upright, but his heart was bleeding. When Zhang Changshang looked at Zhang Yi, he felt that his face was disgusting. How much profit did Longhu Mountain lose with this damn kid?
If Zhang Yi had said it yesterday, he would probably have quietly implemented it when he returned, but now not only does he not dare to do it, he might even take the initiative to write a letter asking the emperor to reduce the power of Longhu Mountain!
No, if he stays here any longer, I'm afraid Zhang Yi will be pissed to death.
Zhang Changsheng saluted the emperor and got into the car with a livid face.
"The second son of the Zhang family, want to go with your uncle?"
As the Longhushan group left, Zhang Yi watched his father leave with some different feelings.
Although he didn't get along with Zhang Chenggong, after getting along with him these days, he had some feelings for this father.
"Here we go, when will we see you again?"
Lao Zhu said too much, and Zhang Yi said casually: "We can see you next year!"
He knew that in the second year of Hongwu's reign, Zhang Zhengcheng would come to Beijing to host a Dharma meeting for Zhu Yuanzhang, so he said this.
Lao Zhu silently wrote down this sentence without making any announcement.
"Zhang Yi, you are alone in the capital. If you have any needs, you can ask your uncle... Just tell me what you need, and your uncle will take care of it for you!"
Zhang Yi bowed and replied:
"Uncle Huang, my father gave me twelve pieces of silver before leaving the capital. This money is enough for us to spend. However, practitioners need to practice, especially the external alchemy of our Longhu Mountain. Some materials are not good. I bought it, I wonder if uncle can help me?"
"If you want something like cinnabar, I'll have someone bring it to you later..."
"Thank you uncle, but the materials I need are a bit complicated, and there are more than these. If uncle doesn't mind it, I will write you a list. If you want to buy as much as you can, you don't have to pay for it. I will pay for it myself!"
Zhang Yi seemed to have been prepared for a long time. He took out a piece of paper from his arms and wrote some items he needed on it.
Zhu Yuanzhang took it over and looked at it, frowning slightly.
Zhang Yi needs all kinds of things.
Medicinal materials, garlic, saltpeter, cinnabar, ore, and a kind of sand he specified to collect from where, can these things be used to make elixirs?
Zhu Yuanzhang expressed doubts in his heart, but did not want to accept the list.
"I'll try my best to collect them, but I can't guarantee that I can collect them all. Just wait. I can't ask your uncle for your money. Since I told Lao Zhang that I want to take care of you, I will definitely help you if I can help you!"
Zhang Yi was overjoyed when he heard this. To be honest, the twelve yi of silver left by Zhang Chenggong would be enough if he just lived a small life.
Twelve taels of silver equals 288 taels of silver. Converted to today, one tael of silver can probably buy two shi of grain, which is nearly 600 shi of grain. Not to mention the officials of the Ming Dynasty, this amount of silver is already comparable to many titles that were granted later. The annual income of the nobles.
For example, the famous Liu Bowen, who has not yet been made a count, even after he was made a count, his annual income was only 240 shi of grain. It is equivalent to about one hundred and twenty taels of silver.
The stinginess of the current emperor and the abundance of Longhu Mountain are self-evident just from this detail.
But even so much money may not be enough for Zhang Yi.
He had too many ideas in his mind that he wanted to realize, and he needed a lot of materials for experiments. Fortunately, he could collect some things in the name of alchemy without arousing suspicion from others.
But as for the money, Zhang Changsheng could give him twelve yi of silver which was already a huge deal. As Zhang Yi said that day, the most important thing in Longhu Mountain was to keep a low profile.
In Jiangxi, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. The emperor may not notice the Zhang family's flamboyant behavior, but he is in the capital, bearing the title of a son of the Zhang family. How much does Lao Zhang dare to give?
If you want to achieve your goals, you must first make money?
But how to make money, Zhang Yi had no idea for a while, so he could only take one step at a time.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Yi were walking in front, and suddenly the sound of galloping horses came from behind.
"Make way, give way to this young master!"
With a roar, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around, only to see a young man rushing towards him. At that moment, Zhang Yi's small hand took him and made him fall towards the roadside.
The young man passed by on horseback.
"He is the young master of the Chang family, Chang Mao..."
People around him recognized each other's identity and started talking about it.
The emperor was disturbed, and the guards around the emperor showed angry expressions on their faces, but the sharp-eyed guards recognized the origin of the young man?
The general often encounters the young master of the Chun family, driving his horse forward in the busy city?
The anger on the emperor's face was beyond words. He looked at the guards around him and was about to get angry when Zhang Yi suddenly grabbed his hand:
"Uncle Huang, that is the young master of the Chang Yuchun family, the future Duke of the Kingdom, please don't be impulsive?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and then he suddenly woke up when he thought of his current identity.
But when he came back to his senses, he looked at Zhang Yi with strange eyes.
"How do you know that Chang Mao will be the future Duke?"
In the first year of Hongwu, the emperor had not yet named meritorious officials. He had only drafted a list of meritorious officials, and only he and Zhu Biao had seen this list.
How could this seven-year-old boy know Chang Mao's identity and reveal his future fortunes?
Zhang Yi avoided his eyes and said:
"Everyone knows that he is a child of the Chang Yuchun family, but isn't he the future Duke? Who doesn't know that our Ming Dynasty has two great military gods, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, and these two must be dukes?"
"Why not become the king?"
Lao Zhu was not someone who was easily deceived. He asked Zhang Yi, who chuckled:
"Just like His Majesty can't tolerate the name of Heavenly Master in my family, how can he tolerate a prince with a different surname?"
Lao Zhu looked moved, Zhang Yi's words really spoke to his heart.
The previous dynasty was not very strict in awarding princes, and there were many princes with different surnames. A more famous example is the war god Wang Baobao of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, who was canonized as King of Qi.
Although the emperor has not yet awarded meritorious officials, there are many speculations in the court about the awards for old brothers like Zhu Yuanzhang.
Among them, Li Shanchang, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are already recognized candidates for princes.
Lao Zhu is in charge of the inspection, so he naturally knows the private discussions of the officials.
In fact, this kind of speculation is normal. The official system of the Ming Dynasty was still the same as that of the previous dynasty. Everyone guessed that this reward was natural for him to follow the old rules.
But Zhu Yuanzhang had a different view in his heart. He was a person who valued power very seriously, and he also cared about status.
The name Zhang Tianshi has been called by the Zhang family for hundreds of years from the Han Dynasty to today, but no emperor has ever taken it seriously, but Lao Zhu is just talking about it, just to get rid of your reputation.
The reason for this is the same as that he does not allow living kings with different surnames to exist.
He has a knot in his heart, which Zhu Biao may not even know about.
However, Zhang Yi easily saw through his bottom line, which made the emperor murderous.
