Everyone is under great pressure. His Majesty is used to Xiaqiu Village. When he talks to him in the future, he will ask himself to be the same as he is now. Who can bear this?
There are experts here to teach us, but we don’t even know what the experts look like.
Guiguzi is so powerful that he can be found and named. The politicians he has trained will make the princes fear him when he is angry. If he lives in peace, the world will be destroyed.
Is the master a strategist? Does he live and work in peace and contentment? What kind of karma does he enjoy?
It's like the Mohists, who make all kinds of things, but the Mohists are all about love and non-aggression. They also have other ideas, such as sparing use.
Xiaqiu Village is obviously not the case. Xiaqiu Village is thinking hard about weapons and encouraging His Majesty to establish the Ming Dynasty Navy, ready to fight outside at any time.
As for saving money, look at the life in the imperial city and the village. A lot of iron and copper are used, oh! And Liuli, just enjoy life and be different from others, how can you pretend to be one in your own home?
Some people get sore just thinking about it. When working in the Imperial City, there is a bathing area, a large glass mirror for dressing up, and a flush toilet.
This winter I am no longer afraid of the cold, as everything is equipped with heaters, and I was even given fresh cucumbers and watermelons at the beginning of winter after taking a bath!
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what his ministers were thinking. He swallowed, a little anxious.
The copper mines in Yunnan mine one hundred and eighty thousand jins a year? Coupled with a large amount of silver, it is most reliable to issue banknotes.
The phosphate rock fertilizers needed by Ming Dynasty, plus the matches that were already available for sale, Yunnan had many raw materials.
"Next year, no matter what we say next year, Zawarmi will be surrendered, occupying a good place and not knowing how to develop.
It was easy to deal with the Duan family, but Zaravalmi was afraid that others would want to occupy Yunnan, so he killed Duan Gong.
They helped defeat Ming Yuzhen, the birds were gone and the good bows were hidden; the cunning rabbit died and the lackeys were cooked.
Yichang, how to sell matches well? How did we make fire in our village before? "
Zhu Yuanzhang said he was curious about how fire was made in Xiaqiu Village in the first place, so he asked casually.
"Your Majesty, there are two fire sickles. One is in the hands of the common people, and the other is in the hands of the village guards. This generation of village guards is a fool.
If other villagers want to use it, they need to borrow fire. Each family borrows it from each other. If they don't have it, they have to ask the village guard and us.
Hanhan is easy to find. He only stays in a few places. At night, he will be in the sacrificial hall or the mountain temple, wherever there is light. "
Li Chang said with a smile on his face, recalling his past life.
"Hmm! Hanhan, I, fire, click, hey, hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian finally found a chance and said something quickly.
"Matches have always been given to the army, how can we sell them now?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at Hanhan and mentioned selling them again.
"Your Majesty, it's best to give the matches to the headmen of each village and ask them to buy them. They would rather drill wood to make fire. That is not troublesome. They can use a stick and rope to make a bow. It can be drilled quickly.
Only if you give it to them will they be willing to use it. It doesn't cost anything. Otherwise, it will accidentally fall into the water and a box of matches will be destroyed.
There is a problem at the sale. His Majesty wants to sell the property at a high price to the rich people and give it to the manager for free. Will the manager secretly sell it to him? "
The village manager has gone through hardships. Why should he buy matches when there is a fire sickle? Save if you can.
The output of key matches is not high and they are not produced in large quantities. The materials needed are better used in other areas.
If the cost cannot be reduced, will it be sold for a penny? Why are you so tired?
It is better to make a fire sickle out of iron, give it to those in need, and sell it for the cost plus a 10% profit. I believe someone will buy it.
"Alas! We can't make any money. We don't want to keep killing people and betraying barbarians. They like it and take it back to their king or something."
Zhu Yuanzhang gave up the idea of selling matches to the rich. Once there was a price, there must be a chief selling the matches. Should the chief be arrested and killed?
"Your Majesty, in fact, all the officials have them. They give the matches to the military camp. If you don't use up so many, someone will bring them to the superior officer."
As he spoke, the commander turned around and looked around. The generals and civil servants, including Xu Da, looked at him with such eyes.
"We know that matches are consumables and cannot be checked in the accounts. Who can guarantee that every match in a box can be lit?
And that box, it got wet, fell into the water, was carried in a pocket and caught in the rain, there is always an excuse.
Fortunately, the cost of exchanges of favors is not high. Like the troops and craftsmen left behind in Lin, they exchanged matches for things with the herdsmen, or even gave them to the herdsmen.
Starting tomorrow, when giving out matches to officials, don’t always take them from the military camp. You still have to abide by the rules! "
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at the officials at all when he spoke. Instead, the officials nodded lightly, yes! Give it to us, we can't think of a way to get it from somewhere else.
The hot air balloon is sent to the shore to land. It is turned off first, then packed up and returned to Xiaqiu Village.
It was almost noon. When I arrived, I told Guanglu Temple that there was no need to prepare lunch for these officials, and that it would be reduced to other people on duty and in the harem.
The princess was in Xiaqiu Village, letting her children play with the children in Xiaqiu Village and learn to speak more at the same time.
Er Dezi's daughter-in-law and the one-month-old child of Zhu Xiongying became the royal family. The baby and Zhu Xiongying competed to learn how to speak to see who could speak better.
"If you have a drink, let's celebrate the success of the hot air balloon. Anyway, you guys haven't had much to do lately."
Zhu Yuanzhang told the officials that they could drink. The officials were relaxed and the court had no worries if they had money.
With the road diversion system, there was little circulation among the people, and only a few things could be done locally, such as building roads, building bridges, building river embankments, reclaiming wasteland, and transporting land and property.
In the past, there were good things in various places, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want them because he thought it was a waste of money and people.
Nowadays, we spend money to buy things locally and enjoy the good ones. The palace is richer than the court.
Today we have seafood pot. As I said the day before yesterday, I would bring officials to see the hot air balloon. The steam engine boat immediately set off to bring back the seafood.
The meals are shared, and the palace maids are there to help with the cooked seafood, so the officials don't have to pick out the crab meat and peel the shrimps themselves.
Ships worth 10,000 dan and 2,000 dan came back yesterday, bringing oysters from the Yangtze River estuary.
The temperature is still hot, otherwise it would be better for two steam-powered ships to bring oysters back from the Bohai Bay, where the oysters grow in cold waters.
Entering the twelfth lunar month, when it snows there, the oysters are shipped back, and the temperature in Nanjing is not high, so they can be guaranteed not to spoil.
The two ships cannot enter Shenyang. The Hun River is not frozen yet, but there is little precipitation. The river channel has become shallow, making it difficult for sea ships to navigate.
Jiulian City, that is, the Yalu River can still be visited. In less than a month, it will start to freeze. In the early days, iron ships can break through the thin ice and sail.
"Hanhan, fry some fried clams for us." Queen Ma didn't want to eat the pot, so she came over to take care of her grandson, and she was with the ministers during the meal. She was a special existence.
"Hey! Stir-fry! It's spicy! Uh-huh!" Zhu Wentian stood up. He had wanted to stir-fry for a long time. There was a lot of water in the pot, so how could there be any aroma of stir-frying?
Obviously the other ministers didn't have it, so what was cooked in a big pot was just enough for his friends, Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, and their four sons. Zhu Di also came.
Zhu Wentian put a lot of green onions, chopped garlic and coriander.
It's a pity that there are no potatoes, otherwise cutting the potato slices and frying them with the clams can remove the fishy smell, and the potato slices that have not been soaked in water have a lot of starch, which can absorb the juice.
"I think it's because there are delicious things in the Central Plains that Adou likes to eat. Hehehehehe!" Zhu Yuanzhang told a joke.
No more wood
(End of chapter)
