What does it mean to have great suffering and deep hatred?
At this time, Zhu Rui is basically done.
He originally lived a comfortable life, but it was about time for him to enfeoff and become a vassal.
In Zhu Rui's view, as long as he can be entrusted out and not under his father's nose, at least he won't be frightened every day.
As a result, just a few days ago, his elder brother brought him great news.
His fiefdom was temporarily settled.
When he heard the news, Zhu Xi was actually full of joy.
Once the fiefdom is settled, it is only a matter of time before it becomes a vassal state.
But what he never expected was that his fiefdom was actually outside Yingtian Mansion, less than twenty miles away in Hengyang City.
With all the speed, it doesn't even take two hours to run back and forth!
Moreover, when other vassal kings enfeoffed states, they were all called feudal states.
And his territory actually only has one city.
When he heard the news, Zhu Rui was already dumbfounded.
After the result, his elder brother brought him another news that left him speechless.
It is true that Hengyang City is his territory, but the management model of this city is not his final say.
If he wanted to take over the city, he had to go to Chu Ze to learn how to manage the city.
Then, only after Chu Ze felt that he was qualified for the position of city lord, Zhu Ru could take office.
In Zhu Xi's opinion, this is simply nonsense.
So for several days, Zhu Xi did not make any move, until this morning, when his elder brother asked about his study progress.
Zhu Ru was forced to run over.
He knew that if he didn't come to study again, he would be scolded.
And when Zhu Ru came to Chu Ze's door and saw Chu Ze, the depression that had been suppressed in his heart for the past few days finally broke out.
A city is treated as a fiefdom.
"King Zhou! Why did you come just now? I thought your elder brother had forgotten about this matter. You came just in time. We just happened to get together today."
When Chu Ze saw Zhu Di standing at the door, reluctant to walk in, he greeted him warmly, but bumped Zhu Di next to him with his elbow without leaving any trace.
"Lao Wu, why are you standing there so stupidly? Why don't you come in quickly?"
As soon as Zhu Di spoke, no matter how reluctant Zhu Di was, he could only walk into the small courtyard of Chu Ze's house silently.
"Fourth brother, sir, I'm here! Hey, fifth brother, why are you here?"
When Zhu Rui reluctantly walked towards the yard of Chu Ze's house.
Outside the court, after Chu King Zhu Zhen heard that Chu Ze wanted to teach him something, he hurriedly came to Chu Ze's house to kill him.
As soon as he entered the door, he started shouting impatiently, and then he also spotted Zhu Ju walking in front of him.
"I...I'm here to ask some questions."
When Zhu Zhen saw his sixth brother Zhu Zhen, he was obviously stunned for a moment.
Obviously, he didn't expect the other party to appear here, and he seemed quite excited.
"It turns out you're here to ask for advice too, so we happened to be together!"
After Zhu Zhen said that, he couldn't wait to pass Zhu Zhen and came directly to Chu Ze.
"Banxian, everything is ready at my side. If you finish studying with your husband today, you can start taking action tomorrow. Banxian, when should we start?"
"Just now,"
"good."
After saying that, Chu Ze led Zhu Zhen directly towards his experimental platform.
Looking at Zhu Zhen who followed him away happily, Zhu Zhen behind him was full of confusion.
After arriving at Zhu Di's side, he asked with some doubts.
"Fourth brother, why is Sixth Brother so happy? Since he is here to ask for advice, doesn't that mean he is the same as me? This fiefdom was given to a city. Is it worth being so happy?"
"Lao Wu, don't you think that your father gave you a city as a fiefdom, so you feel a little unbalanced?"
"I I didn't."
It is inevitable to feel unbalanced in the heart, but when faced with Zhu Di's inquiry, Zhu Di was unwilling to admit it.
In other words, even if he feels a little unbalanced in his heart, he dares to speak out.
"Hey, Old Five, why don't you understand? Letting you manage a city is a kind of training for you, you know? Look at the second brother, he went to the fiefdom, and after doing evil for a while, he was caught by his father. Come back. Before, my father was even thinking about whether to dethrone my second brother from the throne."
"Now, Fourth Brother, my fiefdom has been moved overseas. You also know this. You have to win as many fiefdoms as you want."
"Do you know that my father is giving you a chance to practice? If you can manage the city well, my father will definitely let you go out and carve out a world of your own."
"Although the land sealed from my father is good, don't forget that after all, what others give you can be given to you or taken away. Can you really win it by yourself?"
"The training you are doing now is so that you can better control your own things in the future. You must understand my father's good intentions!"
Looking at Zhou Wang Zhu Ju who was in a particularly low mood, Zhu Di, as the recommender of this unlucky child, felt somewhat guilty at this time.
Zhu Di's current embarrassing situation is generally because Zhu Di recommended him to Chu Ze.
This directly led to Zhu Zhu becoming the lord of a city.
So looking at Zhu Di who was obviously a little emotional, Zhu Di also started to fool around seriously.
This guy is actually very talented at deceiving people.
At least under his sincere teachings, Zhu Rui's mood has obviously eased a lot.
"Yongle, come here and help me!"
"I'm coming!"
After Zhu Di fooled Zhu Ru, Chu Ze also shouted at the test bed.
After hearing Chu Ze's call, Zhu Di quickly picked up Zhu Ru and ran towards the test bench.
"You are all paying attention. This step is called distillation and purification. The plant essences purified from plants are added to the soap. In fact, it has no unnecessary effect. It is simply to improve the appearance of the soap."
"Bathing, washing hands, even washing hair, washing clothes. In fact, it is women who do the most."
"This kind of good-looking item will more easily arouse women's desire to buy."
"After that, I will teach you how to make perfume. The history of the development of perfume is that people in the West invented perfume because they did not bathe for a long time and because everyone has different physical constitutions. They have strong body odor, which is roughly the smell of sweat. , used to cover one’s own smell.”
"Although the original intention of this thing is this, I have to say that perfume is really profitable."
"As long as we do a little bit of manipulation, countless people will be flocking to perfume. Although there are already sachets and aromatherapy. But sometimes, the value of the goods is not the goods themselves, but its reputation. As long as you brag it well enough, the value of this thing will exceed your imagination."
While Chu Ze was carrying out the steps of distillation and purification, he was explaining his thoughts to Zhu Di and the others.
Zhu Di and Zhu Zhen's eyes lit up when they heard this. They understood the meaning of Chu Ze's words.
In addition to soap, they can also find ways to raise the price of perfume, and then use this perfume to make a lot of money.
But Zhu Rui, who was standing by, looked confused.
However, this did not prevent him from listening while watching Chu Ze's movements curiously.
"After you make money, except for the part you want to use, it is best to hand over the rest to your elder brother. Then let him fill the national treasury."
"Money is one-sided for you after all. Don't forget your ultimate mission. You are going to expand your territory. Everything now is just laying a foundation for you. Don't make the mistake of Purpose."
"So, my suggestion is that you place the production site directly within the territory of King Zhou. Firstly, it will increase tax revenue for King Zhou's territory. Secondly, if you want to produce things, you must use Employees. These employees can be the landless people in King Zhou's territory, or even some women who are idle at home."
"I want to implement a new management plan in King Zhou's territory, one of which is to support the people through industry."
"Your eldest brother's side is extremely short of finances, so I estimate that King Zhou's territory will basically not receive much aid from the court. By then, my school, training ground for scientists, and some other plans will all be estimated to We must concentrate on the territory of King Zhou. I am teaching you this now to let you support me."
"There's no problem with that, right?"
After hearing Chu Ze's arrangement, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhen nodded almost without any hesitation.
The two of them are not stupid. Everything they are doing in the Ming Dynasty is just to prepare for their own vassal outside the territory.
You can indeed earn a lot by making money within the country.
But compared with the territory outside the territory, this amount of money is definitely a world of difference.
According to Chu Ze, the direction Zhu Di was traveling in had a large number of gemstone veins. As long as one piece of the vein was captured, there would be a steady stream of wealth.
In the direction of Zhu Zhen's territory, there are a lot of spices and minerals.
In the future, he will bring back a boatload of spices to the Ming Dynasty, and the wealth he will get in return is probably something they will never be able to earn in their lifetime in the Ming Dynasty if they are so sneaky.
They can naturally tell who is light and who is heavy.
"Don't worry, Banxian. My fourth brother and I have a very clear goal. We will build an ammunition line that can supply enough for the two of us."
"And the main purpose is to learn how to build this ammunition production line. When I go outside the territory, I will have to build one myself!"
"That's right, that's right, don't mention giving the extra money to big brother. When we leave, it's okay to leave the entire road to big brother."
After hearing the two brothers' assurances, Chu Ze said nothing more.
The attentive demonstration also explained the process of making soap.
While waiting for the soap to solidify, he demonstrated the technology of purifying perfume and mineral salts.
After the Zhu Di brothers read it again, they also started to try it under Chu Ze's guidance.
While they were trying, Chu Ze finally had time to take a good look at King Zhou Zhu in front of him.
"His Royal Highness King Zhou, I thought it would take some time for you to come to my place."
After hearing Chu Ze's words, Zhu Rui, who was still watching his fourth brother and sixth brother try to make soap and perfume, also came back to his senses.
Facing Chu Ze's somewhat teasing tone, Zhu Rui could only smile bitterly.
"Actually, if I had a choice, I really wouldn't want to come. But obviously, I don't have a choice."
Regarding the fact that he was not very satisfied with the fiefdom, Zhu Ru had no intention of covering it up in front of Chu Ze.
He is just mentally unbalanced.
But there was nothing he could do.
"This matter, in fact, is not necessarily as bad as you think. But since you are already here, why don't we talk about the governance of the city? Can I hear your opinion?"
"Me? I don't have any objections. If you let me govern a city, I will just let the original officials follow the original system. Anyway, it was running well before, so why change it?"
After Zhu Zhu sat down and talked with Chu Ze, the more he thought about it, the more depressed he felt.
When he spoke, his tone couldn't help but contain a bit of rejection towards Chu Ze.
If La Ming said this clearly, he would be scolding Chu Ze for being too troublesome.
A city is running well, why do you have to make random changes?
In Zhu Ze's eyes, Chu Ze's behavior was simply a fool's errand.
"A city, if you think about it on a large scale, is equivalent to an independent environment. It is a microcosm of a country."
"There is the city lord who is responsible for making decisions, the husband is the city lord's adviser, and there are also subordinates who are responsible for executing the city lord's orders."
"It can be said that the city you took over is a microcosm of the entire Ming Dynasty. The reason why I want you to change it is to let you verify the potential harm to the entire Ming Dynasty at the minimum cost."
"Perhaps you feel that it is a grievance and an unfair treatment for you to take the position of city lord and turn this city into your fief."
"But you have to know that from the moment you take over this city, the entire Ming Dynasty will undergo earth-shaking changes because of your every move."
"If you can make this city better and better and make the people in this city richer, then the entire Ming Dynasty will gradually develop in a better direction because of your actions."
"And if you can't even manage this city well, what qualifications and abilities do you have to govern a feudal country?"
“…”
Chu Ze's words fell into Zhu Zhu's ears at this time, and they were simply a threat.
If he took over the city at this time but failed to manage it well, wouldn't it be a sign to his father that he himself was incompetent?
And if he governs well, the whole world will follow his example.
If it succeeds, the world will be prosperous.
If he fails, his reputation will be ruined...
At this time, Zhu Xi truly realized for the first time what a big trap he had taken over...
However, even if he realized that he had fallen into a trap, there was still nothing he could do.
The author is recovering from jet lag, staying up too late, feeling depressed and physically weak, and is a little afraid of sudden death... Make sure to update as much as possible! Please forgive me
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