"Recruiting a lot? Isn't that a good thing? Li Jie heard Zhu Biao's words, but showed a puzzled expression.

"What's good, my father once promised that no matter how many people Zhang Dingbian recruited, the imperial court would give them travel expenses, and would also subsidize their rations for three months, because at that time, my father estimated that he would recruit about 100,000 people at most, and the imperial court could still afford these materials, but now it is less than a month, and Zhang Dingbian has recruited an astonishing more than 200,000 fishermen, and there are still a few settlements where he has not yet gone, and it is estimated that more people will be recruited in the end."

Zhu Biao also smiled bitterly in the end, so many people want to move, and the money and materials spent are not a small amount, so his father also regretted it, and now he is sulking in the palace alone, Zhu Biao ran out to hide from it, so as not to touch Lao Zhu's moldy head.

After hearing this, Li Jie also nodded thoughtfully, and then smiled again: "I think the reason why Your Majesty is angry is probably not just because of the fact that you spend too much material money. ”

"And what's the reason?" Zhu Biao was stunned, this time he didn't understand Li Jie's words.

"Your Highness, please think about it, Chen Youliang has been dead for more than 20 years, and I am afraid that there are not many of his subordinates who were loyal to him at the beginning, but why was Zhang Dingbian able to recruit so many people at once he went?" Li Jie asked with a smile.

Zhu Biao also showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, and only after a while did he whisper: "Since they didn't follow Zhang Dingbian because of their loyalty, then the only explanation is that they have a reason to do so." ”

"Your Royal Highness is wise, as far as I know, the fishermen surnamed Jiu have been oppressed by the local government because of their background, and their lives are extremely difficult, and they are even likely to be unable to live, so as soon as Zhang Dingbian goes, they will respond immediately, after all, it is better to fight to the death than to stay on the water and wait for death!" Li Jie's voice was a little heavy at the end.

"I see, my father has always been arrogant, I thought that even if the people under his rule could not live and work in peace and contentment, their basic life was still guaranteed, but I didn't expect that these fishermen with nine surnames would rather die than stay in Daming!" Zhu Biao also showed a somewhat gloomy look when he spoke, he has also been assisting his father in handling government affairs all these years, so he is also responsible for the affairs of the fishermen surnamed Jiu.

"Your Highness doesn't have to blame yourself, the world is so big, there are always some places that the king's law can't control!" Li Jie saw Zhu Biao's thoughts, and comforted softly at the moment.

In fact, the matter of the fishermen surnamed nine is mainly to blame Lao Zhu, he was worried that the fishermen with the surname nine would rebel, so he let the local government supervise, but after a long time, these officials were more harsh on the fishermen with the nine surnames, and even forced these fishermen to rebel, which also went against Lao Zhu's original intention.

"By the way, Zhang Dingbian has recruited so many people, how should they be resettled, and how should they be sent to the Japanese Kingdom?" Li Jie thought of a very critical question again.

"Resettlement is not a problem, the area of Zhoushan Island outside Ningbo Port is very large, enough to temporarily settle them there, as for them to go to the Japanese Kingdom, the imperial court will also organize a fleet to send them there, but it must not be all sent at once, the first to send over is only the vanguard, and when they lay down Tsushima Island, and even gain a firm foothold on Kyushu Island, and have a certain territory, they will send their families and others over in batches." Zhu Biao explained again.

"I heard that Your Majesty also promised to help Zhang Dingbian and them train their troops?" Li Jie asked again.

"Yes, although Zhang Dingbian is a general, but Zou Pusheng and others live overseas, and the fishermen surnamed Jiu are no longer the elite soldiers of the year, to put it mildly, they are a group of rabble, although the combat effectiveness of the Japanese is not strong, but it is a little difficult to rely on these rabble to defeat Tsushima, so you must practice for a period of time." Zhu Biao nodded again.

Li Jie also nodded in agreement when he heard this, I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang was quite thoughtful, not only to give people food, but also to help with drills, of course, this is also under the stimulation of the silver mine, it is estimated that in Lao Zhu's view, the Iwami silver mine has become his private vault, in order to hold this vault in his hands, no matter how big the investment in the early stage is, it is worth it.

It's a pity that Zhang Dingbian didn't know that the reason why Lao Zhu was so kind was just to let them attract the attention of the Japanese people, and even use Zhang Dingbian to kill the strength of the Japanese people, so that it would be more convenient for him to control the Iwami region in the future, and Zhang Dingbian wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Japanese country, and he must also maintain close ties with the Ming Dynasty, so Lao Zhu was not worried about them sitting overseas at all.

After talking about the matter, Li Jie invited Zhu Biao to the living room to drink tea and rest, and it was only then that Zhu Yunxi sneakily pulled Li Jie aside, and then stuffed a small bag in his arms into his hand and whispered: "This is my sister who handed it to me, don't let my father know!" ”

Li Jie was overjoyed, took the small bag and immediately stuffed it into his arms and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll make another cake later, you can take it back and give it to your sister to taste!" ”

"That's great, I was thinking just now, my sister will definitely like to eat that cake!" Zhu Yunxi was also very happy when he heard this, in fact, a cake is nothing, the key is that Li Energy has this intention, which makes him more recognized by Li Jie, a prospective brother-in-law.

It's not early, Zhu Biao also took Zhu Yunxi to say goodbye and left, Li Jie was only going to make a cake, but he didn't expect Zhu Biao to have another one after seeing it, saying that he wanted to take it back to Lao Zhu to taste, Li Jie was helpless, so he only made one more, but according to his estimate, most of this cake had to fall into Zhu Biao's stomach.

Zhu Biao's father and son accepted the cake very happily, and then Li Jie personally sent them out of the door, and after the two left in the carriage, Liu Yi next to him finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Finally left, it's really uncomfortable to stay with these royal people!" ”

"The prince, they are okay, you haven't seen Your Majesty, stay with him to know what it means to be a companion like a tiger!" Li Jie also complained about Lao Zhu at this time, but he learned a lesson this time, and his voice was very low, not afraid of being heard by others.

Although Liu Yi had only seen Lao Zhu a few times, he couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the rumors about Lao Zhu in the court, and then thought that Li Jie was now Lao Zhu's grandson-in-law, and it was estimated that he would definitely be able to see Lao Zhu often in the future, which made him feel a little sympathetic to his cousin.

In the Chunhe Palace, Zhu Yuning was also learning to cook with a palace maid, and her sister Zhu Yuqing was sitting on the chair next to her with her feet crossed, waiting to taste her sister's cooking.

"Sister, the water in the pot is boiling!" Zhu Yuqing saw that the lid on the stove was about to be lifted by steam, so he kindly reminded.

"Got it!" Zhu Yuning, who was hurriedly handling the ingredients, also agreed a little impatiently, and then reached out to get the lid of the pot, but was scalded by the hot lid, which made her cry out in pain and almost threw the lid out.

"Pad it with a rag!" Zhu Yuqing kindly reminded again.

Zhu Yuning grabbed the rag next to him, then picked up the lid of the pot, and then put the processed chicken next to him into it, just wanted to close the lid, but suddenly remembered that he forgot to put the seasoning, so he put the various seasonings on the table in, but after a while, the chicken soup was full of foam, fortunately, the palace maid who taught cooking was there, and taught her to use a spoon to skim out the foam.

Finally skimmed off the foam in the chicken soup, and the chicken soup also rolled up, Zhu Yuning finally breathed a sigh of relief, today she only learned one dish, that is, to make chicken soup, just now when she listened to the palace maid's explanation, she thought it was very simple, but when she really did it, she found that it was not like that at all.

"Sister, aren't you usually quite smart, why did you become clumsy when it comes to cooking as a female celebrity?" Zhu Yuqing also came over at this time, and complained while fanning his sister.

Zhu Yuqing actually doesn't like to be a person who tries dishes, because Zhu Yuning's dishes are really not good, sometimes salt and sugar can be mixed, and in the past few days of trying dishes, Zhu Yuqing feels that her tongue is almost numb, but there is no way, who made Zhu Yuning her most beloved sister?

"Do you think I want to, these pots and pans look pretty simple, but when they get into my hands, they all become disobedient!" Zhu Yuning suddenly gritted his teeth and said hatefully when he said this, "Who stipulates that women must cook, why can't men be allowed to do it?" ”

"Giggle~, gentleman is far away from cooking, how can there be a man cooking in this world, and sister, think about it, in the future, you and your brother-in-law will get married, he will be busy all day outside, dragging his tired body back home, at this time, sister, you bring the food you made yourself, just thinking about it feels very good!" Zhu Yuqing also showed a wistful expression in the end.

"I'd rather be busy outside and let him do the laundry and cook at home!" Zhu Yuning said angrily, she really can't do these female celebrity cooking and the like.

Thinking of the female red, Zhu Yuning suddenly thought that today was Li Jie's birthday, and she also kept her promise and sent the handkerchief she embroidered to Li Jie, but thinking of her own craftsmanship, she couldn't help but have a fever on her face, and she didn't know what Li Jie's expression would be after seeing what she embroidered?

After a long while, the chicken soup was finally cooked, Zhu Yuning hurriedly stepped forward to bring down the casserole, opened it and put a bowl of it, and then sent it to his sister, and said expectantly: "How about you taste it?" ”

Zhu Yuqing took the bowl and smelled it carefully, and found that there was no strange smell, so he was relieved a lot, then picked up the spoon and put a little soup, blew it and put it in his mouth, and then saw her little face wrinkled, and complained to Zhu Yuning: "Sister, although the salt in the palace doesn't cost money, you can't put it to death!" ”

"Is that an exaggeration?" Zhu Yuning didn't believe it, snatched the spoon in his sister's hand and tasted it, but as soon as it reached his mouth, he spit it out, and then said to Zhu Yuqing embarrassedly, "It may be salty, but other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything big wrong." ”

"Isn't that a big deal?" Zhu Yuqing was speechless, and at the same time, she also sympathized with her brother-in-law who had never met, and it was estimated that he would never want to eat the food made by his wife in his life.