Small teaching place.
More than a thousand soldiers were wearing armor and running forward with tactical backpacks on their backs. The pockets on both sides of the backpack became arrow pots, and the twenty-four arrow feathers moved slightly in the wind.
Mu Ying lowered her hands to her side and said to Zhu Yuanzhang who was standing aside: "Your Majesty, after training in the physical training technique, a sergeant can still travel sixty miles a day without feeling tired even if he carries a thirty-six kilogram backpack, combined with his own weight and weapons."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, stopped four sergeants and asked, "What do you think of this kind of backpack?"
The sergeant knelt down on one knee in fear.
Liu Er saw that it was the emperor who was asking the question, and no one else was talking, so he had the courage to reply: "Your Majesty, we think this backpack is excellent. In the past, when we were marching and fighting, we would inevitably lose everything. Now that I have this backpack, I will not forget it. Water bag, and an extra batch of dry food, and there is even room for some pickles. These pickles are pickled radishes, they are delicious. Your Majesty, would you like..."
Mu Ying darkened her face and asked you to answer the question, why did you get involved with pickles and dare to let His Majesty eat your pickles? Who knows how many times you sneezed while eating pickles!
"Your Majesty, he was nervous for a moment and said something in a panic..."
Muying quickly interceded.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mean to blame him. On the contrary, he felt very friendly. He smiled and asked the sergeant to open his backpack and take a look. Sure enough, there was a small jar. After opening it, there were black radishes, not even cut, and a row of them on top. Teeth marks...
"Okay, not bad. I just want to ask, what do you think is wrong with this backpack, so that I can arrange for someone to change it again."
Zhu Yuanzhang praised a few words and kept silent about the tasting.
Liu Er said quickly: "This backpack is good everywhere, but can it be bigger? We don't bring enough things."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Mu Ying.
Mu Ying smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, this backpack can hold more than forty kilograms of items, which is a lot. If it is increased in size, it may damage the combat effectiveness."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and looked at the other sergeant. It was not surprising to see that there were arrows in the pockets on both sides of his backpack. Many people in the army were shooting from the left and right. After ordering the sergeant to return to the team, he said to Mu Ying on the side: "We were working a few days ago. The people from the ministry went to Jurong, and when they came back, they were full of praise. Yesterday, I issued an edict appointing Tang Jun to participate in politics in Peiping. During his conversation, he seemed to be greatly influenced by Gu Zhengchen, and he actually raised the issue of raising honest banks. He also said that he hoped to learn from Jurong’s methods to build some large courtyards to recruit people to work, and proposed strategies to enrich the people through officials and businessmen.”
Mu Ying's eyes were filled with relief: "What Mr. Gu has done can be accomplished, but it does not mean that anyone can imitate it."
"Oh, why?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite curious.
Mu Ying took out a stack of letters from her sleeves, searched for them back and forth, and took out a letter and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Mr. Gu mentioned the phrase 'According to local conditions and implementing strategies according to local conditions' many times in his letters." In his opinion, each place has its own governance strategy and should not be generalized. Just like in a land with many mountains, it is inappropriate to develop farming forcefully. After all, it is appropriate to turn mountains into treasures because there are many mountains and few fields. Of the policy."
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at his eyes and read in a deep voice: "The Book of Changes cannot be far away as a book, and it has been changed many times as a Tao. It is constantly changing. It flows around in six places, up and down are impermanent. Hard and soft are interchangeable. It cannot be used as a canon, but can only be changed. suitable."
"The only constant thing in the world is change. The geography is different, the people's customs are different, the cities they live in are far away, and the mountains and rivers they are near are far away. We should take measures according to local conditions and implement different strategies..."
Mu Ying smiled and said: "This was written by Mr. Gu when he was teaching Mu Chun and Mu Sheng. He hoped that Mu Chun and Mu Sheng could govern the country in the future and share your Majesty's worries."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded solemnly and looked up at the blue sky: "The only thing that remains unchanged in the world is change! This guy seems to have some truth in what he said. The ancients said that not all things can be turned into classics. It depends on the situation. Changes can only be handled properly. In this regard, he is quite transparent. Looking at what he did in Jurong, there are changes everywhere."
Mu Ying added: "Therefore, I think that what Mr. Gu can do, others may not be able to do. After all, Jurong is only a hundred miles from Jinling, and it is a small county. And Beiping is a big city, and the situation is hugely different from Jurong. If you can't Tailoring measures to local conditions may harm the people.”
Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully and found it reasonable.
No matter how many things Jurong makes, they don't have to worry about selling them, because they rely on Jinling and have a large population, so there are many people buying goods.
But Beiping, excluding the guardsmen, had less than 50,000 people, which was far from being comparable to Jinling. If Tang Junruo directly started building cargo carts and new stoves in Beiping, it would be obvious that not many people would buy them, and it would be difficult to sustain.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the eunuch beside him: "Write down this passage and send it to Tang Jun. If he has anything unclear, he is allowed to write a letter to ask Gu Zhengchen."
The eunuch agreed and after writing it down, he passed it on to others.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked with his hands behind his back and asked, "I heard that Gu Zhengchen's sister has started a sugar business, and the business seems to be quite good?"
Mu Ying said with a smile: "That's true. I heard that Gu Qingqing didn't know much about literacy, but he was very interested in accounting and doing business. Now he is learning how to do business from an Huizhou businessman named Hu Dashan. The sugar shop opened less than seven days ago , already famous throughout Jinling."
"Come on, let's go take a look too."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Mu Ying changed their clothes in the training ground, and Zhang Huan, Zheng Bo and other sergeants secretly escorted them.
Lotus Bridge, people come and go.
The lively market made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very comfortable.
After crossing the bridge and walking to the right for less than a hundred steps, you can see a sign that reads "Tengxian Juren White Sugar". Under the sign, many people are queuing up.
No confusion.
Zhu Yuanzhang approached and saw the winding and narrow fence outside the sugar shop. He glanced at Mu Ying and said, "This is a good idea. Although there are many people, they all need to walk along the middle of the fence to appear orderly. In some disaster years, people rush to attack In the soup kitchen, some people even knocked over the soup kitchen and got burned. This method can be promoted and there will be less chaos in the future."
Mu Ying smiled and said: "These can be arranged for the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zheng Bo and others. Zheng Bo led people into the queue, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Mu Ying also followed.
"December is coming, and the local government office has sealed it for a month. Gu Xiaozi has written a letter saying how to spend the twelfth lunar month. Should he come to Jinling, or should he take Gu and others to Jurong?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Mu Ying nodded: "In the last month, Mr. Gu wrote a letter saying that he would accompany his family in Jinling. Judging from the eagerness in his words, it seemed that he could arrive in Jinling in two days. But it has stopped recently, and there were not many letters in the past eleven months. Letter, I don’t know if I am busy arranging things or preparing to salute.”
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled calmly: "Maybe my family has arrived in Jinling, and I am looking forward to it."
Mu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang would never have imagined that Gu Zhengchen had completely miscalculated the date...
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the shop. A little girl was busy, giving instructions to the waiters from time to time. He asked thoughtfully: "Mu Ying, do you think it is really feasible for Gu Zhengchen to enrich the government, businessmen and people?"
