"Dad, I want to go to Shangyuan County? I think I'm doing fine in Ningguo County."
On the way home, Wang Shu finally slowly returned to normal. He suddenly felt scared.
I know my own abilities well, but I am not good at studying. I started from the last rank in Ningguo County's government and academic studies, and then moved to Shangyuan County...
"You can't change it. Do you think that things like this can be changed at any time? You should study hard when you get to Shangyuan County. Today we have moon cakes and smoked chicken to eat, and we drink all night. If your second brother is still here..."
Wang Yiqian actually understood his son's thoughts, and he knew better that he sent his son there to arrange work in the library.
"Alas~~" Wang Shu was filled with sorrow and had nowhere to say anything. At the same time, he regretted even more. If he had known that his father knew so many officials, wouldn't he have been able to tremble in school?
"It's noon, just in time to eat a chicken. Let's wait until the moon is higher for dinner. Dad, do you think that's okay?"
Wang Laowei talked about the happy things. Xiaqiu Village gave four chickens, one to him and three to his father. They should be kept until tomorrow night at most, otherwise they would spoil.
"Eat, let your children and women eat more. We will go back tomorrow, and the third child will be with us."
Wang Yiqian gave the good ones to his family, and when he arrived at the construction site, there was no shortage of meat.
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Imperial City, Kunning Palace.
"We give them mooncakes, and they give them to us. What kind of mooncakes are they? There are still many fillings! Baked mooncakes, then rolled mooncakes, follow the method of making cakes, snowskin mooncakes."
Zhu Yuanzhang was confused when he looked at the pile of mooncakes. The mooncakes sent by the palace to Xiaqiu Village were filled with sugar and meat.
Concubine Sun, who is also here, said with a smile: "We can't compare to others in eating mooncakes. Look at the mooncakes in Xiaqiu Village, they have different patterns."
Queen Ma covered the box of the snow-skin mooncakes and asked people to put them in a cool place. They would not eat them at noon and would serve them as snacks when watching the moon in the evening.
"Next year, the palace will do the same. This is what a master should do. If nothing else, at least we will be happy to eat it."
"Let's eat and drink beer in Jingshui Town. We'll also have a day off in the afternoon."
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be in a good mood. The Xia Kingdom was completely captured, Mingsheng surrendered, and was granted the title of Marquis of Guiyi, including Chen Youliang's child Chen Li, who was also granted the title of Marquis of Guide.
Then there will be no problems in Sichuan, and after some settlement, it will gain another territory and people.
All that's left is to fight Bei Yuan, go out next year, use new firearms, and wait for the experts to give their advice.
After lunch, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into a deep sleep. He was too tired from the past days, especially the war situation in Sichuan, which affected the hearts of too many people.
The other princes and princesses are also sleeping, waiting to admire the moon at night. The moon will not reach its center until midnight.
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The same is true in Xiaqiu Village. Many people are sleeping, except Zhu Wentian, who didn't eat a few bites at noon, let alone staple food.
After most of the people finished eating, he followed suit and then ran to the sacrificial hall to drink beer and eat braised food by himself.
Next to it is the Four Treasures of the Study. When I think of a piece of music suitable for religion, I write it down in simplified notation, including polyphony.
In fact, it is more convenient to write with a staff, but he finds it troublesome to draw the lines, and it is more difficult to write the notes with a brush.
After writing twenty pieces of music, which he planned to sell on music boxes for a lot of money, he put down his pen and ate and drank slowly.
As soon as the small door outside opened, the man from the inside came over: "I just arranged things, Hanhan, you don't eat when you eat, you eat in hiding."
"I am the guardian of the village. I can eat whatever I want. Hehehehehe!"
Zhu Wentian took another glass from the side, poured some beer into it, rinsed it, and poured it into the garbage.
"Yes, you are the village guard, what are you writing?" The village leader came over and saw the music score on the table, but he didn't recognize it.
"Quiet, this is the most convenient. We are going to help Daming make a lot of money again.
I thought of a new way to sell it. I would first release three songs and provide them to all the barbarian merchants, and then I would release one song and let them bid for it.
The bidding is not just about the amount of money, but also the requirements made by the palace, otherwise it will not appear precious.
The figurine of the music box is made of colored glass and decorated with gold thread. The figurine is modeled after the characters in the Bible. "
When Zhu Wentian was eating, he was thinking about how to cut the leeks of the Yi people. They are religious, which is very good.
"What is the Bible?" The leader obviously had never heard of this kind of Bible.
"In the previous dynasty, the Yi people came from it, but now it is almost impossible to see it, just like the Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures.
In their country, the people responsible for managing the church have more power than the emperor. Unlike us, anyone who dares to override the emperor will be killed. "
Zhu Wentian briefly said that religious beliefs are very powerful. Anyone who does not believe in them will be killed and large-scale wars will be launched. The fighting will never end.
The manager grabbed the chicken leg and took a bite. He saw that Hanhan didn't eat much at noon, so he couldn't eat anymore. He was hungry now.
After swallowing the meat, he asked: "What should the Yi people do if they can't get enough?"
"If it were other items, they could say they didn't have enough money, and when it came to their beliefs, they would kill and set fire to get it."
Zhu Wentian firmly believes that sometimes religious beliefs are quite cute and can be used.
"It's so good and makes a lot of money. Daming can alleviate the money shortage. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do."
“If this problem is not solved, the court will print money, and they don’t understand how money is issued. In the end, the money will be worthless and the foundation of the country will be shaken.
The amount of foreign silver and copper is enough, and it will ease for a few years before we consider printing money on paper. By then it will be almost ready. "
Zhu Wentian is worried about the Ming Dynasty currency. There is no problem with the banknotes themselves, but the people are the problem.
In the future, I will look for opportunities to instill knowledge of credit currency into Zhu Yuanzhang and his ministers, and teach them the connection between the issuance of banknotes and the economy.
At the same time, the paper was improved. The first treasure banknotes used by the Ming Dynasty were made of tattered paper. It was really speechless, and the anti-counterfeiting was not good.
Now that people in Xiaqiu Village can easily counterfeit them, the face value of key banknotes issued is getting bigger and bigger.
"Okay, let's drink!" The leader thought for a while and decided not to worry about it. I'm tired!
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The weather was good at night, not cloudy, let alone rainy.
The moon rises and the light of the stars is suppressed.
People in the village brought their guards to enjoy the moon together. The palace sent a lot of fruits, grapes, oranges, pears...
Compared with Xiaqiu Village, the palace was more lively, with singing and dancing performances. A large number of Zhu Yuanzhang's women and children gathered together, and everyone was overwhelmed. The mooncakes were delicious.
"We have never eaten such delicious mooncakes in our lives. If I had known I would have eaten them at noon and at night. This snow-skinned one has less oil and is not greasy at all."
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a mooncake and tasted it. In order to eat more flavors, the mooncake was cut into four pieces.
Zhu Biao ate a piece of moon cake with preserved fruits: "This method should be passed down so that people in the Ming Dynasty can eat it on the full moon of August 15."
"Yes, it will definitely happen. After the grain harvest in Ningguo Mansion is completed this year, people will no longer have to worry about starvation at home. With the extra grain, they can make all kinds of delicious food."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard what the elder said, he looked up at the round moon, and seemed to see the good life of the people of Ningguo Mansion through the moon.
