"In an auction, you can get 50,000 taels of silver for just a few similar things. My elder brother's chair alone sold for 30,000 taels. These people are really rich."
"Wang Chengen, you did a good job this time. Tomorrow you go to the Fan family bank and exchange all the silver for me. Take out 1,000 taels and give it to the meritorious person this time. Keep a record of the rest and put it in the treasury."
Although the reputation of the Fan Family Bank is very good, Zhu Youjian is unwilling to put money in the Fan Family Bank for the continued development of this traitorous family.
"Receive the idle reward." After Wang Chengen retired, Zhu Youjian couldn't wait to receive the idle reward. He wanted to see how much better the level 2 idle was than the level 1.
"Consumption of idle time: 80 hours"
"Hang-up reward: 10 shotguns (including ammunition). 500 bags of rice (50 kilograms per bag), 500 bags of flour (50 kilograms per bag). 500 bags of compressed biscuits."
Shotgun:
Each shotgun comes with 100 sets of ammunition.
The maximum range is 150m, the effective range is 80m, and it can break armor at a distance of 50m.
Note: Although it is a high-quality product produced by the system, please do not reload it repeatedly to avoid exploding the chamber.
....
"Strong, it's so strong. I've only been idle for less than 4 days at level 2, but I've gained so much. Wouldn't it be even more powerful if I reached level 3?"
"How many people in my power in the system recognize me now?"
"60 people."
"That's it. It seems that these eunuchs and maids are not easy to bribe. But as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I can't expand my power at will, otherwise those idle officials will not let this Yang Ming go. What an opportunity.
"Think about it, think about it, how many powers do I have? How can I get all these people to identify with me in a short period of time?"
....
"Wang Chengen, what properties does our palace have?" Zhu Youjian, who had just gotten up from bed early the next morning, asked directly.
As Zhu Youjian's personal eunuch and the general manager of the palace, no one should know all the affairs of the palace better than Wang Chengen.
"There are 10 shops in the capital, 10 yellow villages on the outskirts of Beijing, and 2,000 acres of farmland. ...There are more than 500 slaves of all kinds."
"Damn, there are so many people, but not even one-tenth of them truly recognize me." Zhu Youjian couldn't help but roar in his heart.
"No, no, we can't go on like this, I have to find a way out."
"Tell Liu Baihu that we will go to Huangzhuang outside the city tomorrow."
"As commanded."
Liu Baihu and Liu Tianming were specially transferred from the Beijing camp by Emperor Tianqi to protect Zhu Youjian after he moved out of the palace.
There were a whole hundred households accompanying him.
These people are well-equipped and well-trained. At first glance, they are soldiers specially designed to deal with inspections from above.
Although the Ming Dynasty is still calm on the surface, the surroundings of the capital are even more peaceful. With such an elite team, it is enough to see that Emperor Tianqi likes him.
.....
"Xiao Wu, the compressed biscuits and instant noodles you gave me last time tasted good, do you still have them?"
As soon as he stepped into the longevity palace, Zhu Youxiao asked directly.
"There are still compressed biscuits. I will have them delivered to Brother Huang later. The instant noodles are gone."
"Okay, what are you going to do when you return to the palace this time?"
"Brother. I want to go to Huangzhuang for a while tomorrow."
"What fun is there in the Imperial Mansion?"
"Brother." Zhu Youjian used his trump card, raised his little face, and looked at his elder brother pitifully.
"Okay, I'll ask Wei Daban to arrange someone to escort you." Zhu Youxiao said helplessly.
Don't blame Zhu Youxiao for being unprincipled, it's really Zhu Youjian's move that was too shameless.
"Brother, there's no need to trouble Wei Daban. There are only Liu Bai households around the capital."
…….
Zhu You checked out of Beijing. In order to avoid disturbing the public, everyone dressed in casual clothes.
The main purpose of traveling in casual clothes is to see the most real Ming Dynasty with your own eyes.
There is a saying in the Internet age: "If you don't go to the countryside to investigate secretly, you will end up in a show."
Zhu Youjian, who had personally experienced the mayor's training incident in the village, did not want to see a Daming being fabricated.
To be honest, Zhu Youjian was already shocked by what he saw and heard along the way.
I originally thought that the capital of the Ming Dynasty would be bustling with traffic and noisy. There are all kinds of valuable items on display in the mall. The people's faces were rosy and they showed happy smiles.
The result was indeed beyond Zhu Youjian's expectation. There were many people on the road. There are many shops nearby, but most of the passers-by on the road have a naive look on their faces. There was no trace of a smile on his face. Some even covered their noses and passed by.
Looking closely, there was sewage flowing everywhere on the road.
A man who looked like a scholar actually peed directly in the alley next to the runway. ....
After leaving the city, Zhu Youjian's jaw dropped even more.
Looking around, there are refugees in ragged clothes everywhere.
Soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were watching along the way to maintain order.
On both sides of the road, you can see refugees with better conditions living in shacks.
Those who didn't have the conditions would curl up and lie down in a place that was slightly sheltered from the wind.
No matter what kind, if you look carefully, you can see that they are all miserable.
When they saw Zhu Youjian and his party approaching, they were all indifferent. Occasionally they turned their eyes and looked over, and they could see that they were not energetic at all.
As we walked along the road, there were more and more refugees.
"Ah, that's..." Suddenly, a follower next to Zhu Youjian screamed.
Zhu Youjian heard the sound and looked around, only to see two soldiers dragging a man and throwing him onto a flatbed truck. There were already many people piled on this flatbed truck.
"Those are all dead refugees!" Wang Chengen also saw it and explained.
This was the first time Zhu Youjian saw a dead person. He was shocked and just stared there without saying anything.
Although in later generations, we have seen descriptions of the Great Famine in various movies and TV dramas.
To be honest, when watching that, he just lamented the hardships of people's livelihood and was glad that he was not born in that era.
But now, when he was actually there and saw the scene of refugees waiting to die, his shock was far more profound than watching a movie in later generations. Even if he had psychological expectations for this, it was still a shock beyond his expectations.
The dead people were swept away like garbage, and the people around them, even those who could see that there were relatives of the dead people, were indifferent. After seeing so many life and death separations, I have become so numb that I am acting like this!
People in the city were eating, drinking, and having fun, but they never knew that there were so many people waiting to die outside the city!
Zhu Youjian was angry, really angry. This was the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it was like this under the emperor's feet. It's hard to imagine what would happen if these refugees were in other places?
No wonder peasant uprisings continued in the late Ming Dynasty. No wonder when Hou Jin entered the customs, most of the people just looked on with cold eyes.
The joke of "sorry for one's misfortune and hate one's inability to fight" is just a shameless fig leaf used by a group of literati.
How can the downfall of the dynasty be controlled by these low-level people?
As long as the dynasty can give these people at the bottom a little hope of survival, how can these people be willing to be slaves?
"Take me to see the soup kitchen." Zhu Youjian pointed to a soldier from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division next to him and said.
The soldier didn't say anything, but after explaining to the soldier next to him, he led Zhu Youjian and others towards the soup kitchen.
In his opinion, these people should be wealthy people who were heartbroken after seeing the miserable conditions of the refugees and wanted to help them.
Although he is not a saint, he does not want to see these refugees starve to death.
