Seeing Zhu Jun not moving his chopsticks, Zhu Yuanzhang thought he was unhappy, so he said, "Why, is it hard to swallow?"
Zhu Jun shook his head, with some admiration in his eyes. Although Lao Zhu was iron-blooded, he was harsh on others.
But his demands on himself are almost to the point of perversion.
His breakfast was just a pile of vegetables and a dish of tofu.
There is a folk nursery rhyme: "The emperor's treat includes four dishes and one soup. Carrots and leeks are really sweet and fragrant; green onions and tofu are meaningful. They are pure and clear, and corrupt officials are flustered."
How can this be an emperor? Even middle-class families have better food than him.
Not only that, he also changed the imperial garden into a vegetable garden and ordered people to cultivate it intensively to subsidize the palace.
"No, it's already very good. Those beggars in the capital have no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat. I feel a little ashamed when I think about it!" Zhu Jun sighed.
"So, you recruited those beggars into the palace in the past two days?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Zhu Jun nodded and followed his words: "When I went out two days ago, a seven or eight-year-old girl hugged my thigh, rolled up her sleeves and said that she didn't eat much and was very capable.
Let me buy her, my arms are even thicker than her thighs.
If it were other people's children, at this age, they would still be playing carefree.
I was so worried that I could buy as many as I could and save every one I could.
I dare not say that he can provide them with delicacies from the mountains and seas, but at least provide them with a house to shelter him from the wind and rain.
I don’t know if this is right or wrong, but after doing it, I feel much better.
When the little girl smiled and thanked me, I suddenly felt a special sense of accomplishment! "
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, feeling very pleased. Although he didn't know whether Zhu Jun was acting on a whim or out of kindness, the fact that he could say these words showed that he had made progress.
There is even a feeling of being treated with admiration after seeing each other for three days.
"You did a good job, we are very pleased!" Zhu Yuanzhang gave a rare compliment, and then his face showed helplessness again, "In the past two years, there have been constant natural and man-made disasters, not just for great causes.
Chen Han, life is not easy in Dazhou.
There are also many disaster victims in our territory. The victims in these two countries can't survive, so they will take advantage of our great cause.
There are many craftsmen mixed in, but we can't stop these people, can we?
Once you stop them, it will be equivalent to killing their way out.
We can't do this kind of thing! "
Zhu Yuanzhang lost his appetite when he thought about this, "The treasury is empty and the food is not enough. Although there is porridge for relief, it can only hang their lives.
The weather has just cooled down, and there are still many months until spring next year.
We can only do our best and obey fate! "
After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed at himself. What was the use of telling Zhu Jun about this? Could he possibly have any other opinions?
It would be great if the boss was here, at least I could comfort him!
Zhu Jun was a little hesitant. This world was very much like the last years of the Yuan Dynasty in another world.
But the Mongolian people have been driven to the grasslands, and the three kingdoms of the Central Plains have been standing in harmony for almost ten years.
And there are constant natural and man-made disasters.
He is an archeology major and knows history best.
For more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been constant natural and man-made disasters, which happened to coincide with the Great Cold Period.
Whenever a dynasty encounters a cold period, there will inevitably be great turmoil.
Today's great cause seems to be shrouded in a small glacier. It is getting colder every year. It has just begun to freeze and it has begun to freeze.
Even if those victims survive, their hands and feet will be rotten by the cold, leaving behind a lifelong incurable disease.
"If it doesn't work, let's give them some work!" Zhu Jun touched his chin and said: "The city wall in Yingtian hasn't been repaired yet, let them do it and give them food.
By saving the food for relief, we can also build the city wall and speed up the progress.
No matter what happens, our Daye industry has been experiencing floods in the past two years. Let them clean the ditches and build more reservoirs.
I heard that there was a drought in Dazhou this year and there was no harvest in Guanlong. Who knows whether there will be a drought in our great cause next year.
So it’s good to prepare in advance.
Big brother often says, this is called preparing for a rainy day!
Also, our road in Yingtian is too dilapidated. It's a capital city anyway. When it rains, it gets muddy and we can't even see it!
The construction of the palace was also very slow, and the sky was filled with dust as soon as I entered. It was fine on a rainy day, but in summer, my mansion was covered with a thick layer of dust, which was so uncomfortable! "
Zhu Yuanzhang thought about Zhu Jun's words carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt, "Okay, this is a good idea. Using work as relief can save a lot of money, and there is no need to recruit civilians."
"Is this a good idea?" Zhu Jun scratched his head and said unconfidently: "Dad, I was just talking nonsense. Don't blame me if I make a mistake!"
"Okay, it couldn't be better!" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even eat anymore, stood up and walked around, his face full of surprise, "You kid, you gave us a surprise, you surprised us!"
Zhu Jun just smiled naively, "It's all what my eldest brother usually tells me. I don't know if it's useful or not, so I just made it up."
Zhu Jun wanted to change Lao Zhu's view, but he didn't want Lao Zhu to think that his previous madness was all fake.
Crazy is a protective color.
This is also the bottom line he must stick to.
"My son is so smart, and making up random things is much better than those losers who live on dry food!" Zhu Yuanzhang was talking about those ministers who couldn't build city walls, build palaces, or even provide disaster relief.
Look at his sixth son, he can come up with a plan that kills three birds with one stone by making random nonsense.
"If you have any other ideas, tell me them all!"
"I made a mistake. Dad won't beat me, right?" Zhu Jun shrank his neck, "Fourth brother always beats me, and I'm afraid of being beaten by him!"
"Does the fourth god beat you every day?"
"It's not like beating me every day, anyway... I can't say, if fourth brother finds out, he will definitely beat me again!"
Seeing Zhu Jun's fearful face, Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little unhappy. This fourth child really didn't need to be cruel even if he was disciplining his younger brother, right?
Seeing how the beating of the child has left a psychological shadow.
"Don't worry, dad won't beat you!"
Zhu Jun childishly stretched out his little finger, "I trust you with the hook!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and he felt even more uncomfortable when he thought that Zhu Jun had such a childish heart when he was still in his prime.
Maybe, I shouldn't have given up cultivating him so early.
He remembered that Zhu Jun also liked to hook up with him when he was a child. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand, "Dad, I promise you, I won't beat you!"
After pulling the hook, Zhu Jun said: "Okay, I said it. If you ask me, the fact that those disaster victims came to our great cause just shows that our great cause is a geomantic treasure!"
It's like I like to go to Jubaolou to eat delicious food every day. If his house is not good, I won't go!
These people come to our great business to be guests, although entertaining them is very troublesome and expensive.
But if you are happy to entertain them, you might settle here.
When the time comes, one will pass on to ten, and ten will pass on to hundreds. Then won’t all the talents from Zhou Dynasty and Chen Han come to our great cause?
Just like Jubaolou, although it is expensive, it is delicious.
If he had a big sale, other restaurants would have no business at all.
Over time, if there is no business, it will definitely close down.
If there is no one left in Da Zhou and Chen Han, then their country will be destroyed! "
Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, why didn't we think of this!"
