Zhu Yijun sent King Zheng to the palace, and at the same time had a meal in the palace, and then returned to the palace. This is the last time Zhu Yijun has left the palace in the fifteenth year of Wanli, and he basically didn't even go to the court after that.

There is one thing here, no one has impeached Zhu Yijun for not going to court.

Obviously, the ministers don't want the emperor to go to the court, it's really the emperor who is too capable of doing things, and he's been tired for a year, so it's good to take a break. At this time, everyone should be well-behaved and don't irritate the emperor.

Holidays, sealing the government, and then the New Year, opening the New Year's court, Zhu Yijun has been doing all this for fifteen years, and there is nothing to say.

In a blink of an eye, it was February of the sixteenth year of Wanli, a cold day in spring.

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Xijue in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face, he is really hard at a university scholar. After staying in Shanxi for a year, he finally got the ban on the Jin Dynasty.

Which palace moved first, how to redeem the palace property, all this was done, Wang Xijue returned to Beijing.

Compared with when he went to Shanxi, Wang Xijue has lost a lot of weight.

But Zhu Yijun likes his high-spirited appearance very much, the matter of Shanxi's ban on the feudal domain is basically a foregone conclusion, and the next step is the migration of the vassal king, and the first to go is the king of Jin.

"Aiqing has worked hard!" Zhu Yijun helped Wang Xijue up and said with a smile.

"It's all the duty of a minister!" Wang Xijue hurriedly bowed and said.

Zhu Yijun smiled and nodded: "For the duty of a minister, if all the officials in the world can remember the word duty, how good it would be!" Saying that, Zhu Yijun said again: "Aiqing is very good. ”

"I'll hand over the ban to Aiqing, three years, take your time!"

Wang Xijue hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

After Wang Xijue left, Zhu Yijun said to Zhang Whale beside him, "Are you ready?" ”

"Back to the emperor, ready!" Zhang Whale hurriedly spoke.

"Let's go!" Zhu Yijun nodded and said.

Today, Zhu Yijun is preparing to leave the palace, he wants to take a look at a few places, and the first place is the egg hatchery. Since last year, the hatchery has been selling eggs and basically not making much money.

After leaving the palace, Zhu Yijun's carriage quickly left the city.

Walking on the cement, although the weather in early spring is still a little cool, Zhu Yijun's mood is still very good. The carriage stopped outside the hatching ground, Zhang Whale took someone to find the steward, and Zhu Yijun walked down from the carriage.

The hatchery is not far from the capital, even if it is in the suburbs of Beijing, the traffic is very convenient.

After Zhu Yijun got out of the car, he looked around, this was the first time he had come to the hatchery. The area here is not small, and there are many people, and from time to time people come and go from the hatchery.

A middle-aged man in his forties ran out of the hatchery and knelt down directly after seeing Zhu Yijun.

"Minister Li Qi see Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yijun nodded and said in a deep voice: "Get up!" I'm here today to have a look, and you take me for a walk. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Qi hurriedly agreed, his heart was about to jump out.

Li Qi never expected that the emperor would come here anyway, and carefully led the way in front. While introducing Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, there are three areas in the hatchery. ”

"This side is for eggs, and there is for duck eggs."

Under Li Qi's introduction, Zhu Yijun walked around the hatchery in detail, and chatted with the guys in the hatchery, and then took people to the duty room of the hatchery.

"How many chicks have been produced in the hatchery since last year?"

Li Qi hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, since the first batch of hatchlings in the hatchery to the present, a total of 23,628 chickens, 14,678 ducks, and 8,432 geese have been produced. ”

After listening to Li Qi's words, Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction.

can accurately report the figures, obviously Li Qi is doing it with his heart.

"Your Majesty, it was because there were few eggs before, and the egg hatchery was also difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, but it will be different after the New Year. The first batch of chicks sold should be about to start laying eggs. ”

"When these chicks start laying eggs, the number of eggs increases dramatically."

"The minister has already sent a document to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to expand the hatchery, and the above has approved it, and the money has also come down. This time, the minister plans to build an incubation farm with 200,000 eggs, 100,000 duck eggs, and 80,000 goose eggs per year. ”

Zhu Yijun glanced at Li Qi and said with a smile: "Not bad, very good." Glancing back at Zhang Whale, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Reward, go back and give me a product." ”

Li Qi hurriedly knelt down and thanked him and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Leaving the hatchery, the expression on Zhu Yijun's face was gratifying, although there is still a gap between the number and Zhu Yijun's expectations, but this is a good start, isn't it?

"Go back and send an order to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ask them to open a few more hatcheries."

"I want the egg hatchery to be spread all over Beizhili, so that the people of Beizhili can afford to buy chicks."

Although the political reform cannot benefit the entire Beizhili for the time being, the hatchery is no problem. Three eggs for one chicken, which can make the people do a lot of things.

With thirty or fifty chickens, the people can live a good life.

Zhu Yijun's next stop is Quanjude in the western suburbs, Zhu Yijun originally wanted to change a name, but after thinking about it, he continued to use this name, which was regarded as leaving a thought for himself.

The owner of this transaction is the queen's maiden family, the Wang family, which is the business that Zhu Yijun handed over to the Wang family.

When Zhu Yijun came to the western suburbs, he was just in time for the meal here.

Although the feudal lords have not yet entered the capital, a shopping street has already opened. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has gathered a lot of products here, including soaps, perfumes, etc., and in fact the Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun to spread its own factories outward.

For example, the soap workshop, the employment of Shuntianfu is too difficult.

didn't use Zhu Yijun's guidance at all, and the capital went directly to find a place that was beneficial to him. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has also started the model of ordering pig breeding, that is, the Ministry of Internal Affairs piglets, and then recycling pork.

Zhu Yijun heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had set up a slaughterhouse that could kill hundreds of pigs a day.

In this day and age, the scale is huge. Although he has built the Shuntianfu Economic Circle, in fact, it has radiated to this North Zhili. In the second half of the year, Zhu Yijun will push the restructuring to the entire Beizhili.

But before that, Zhu Yijun still has a few things to do.

"Emperor, the private room on the second floor is ready!" Zhang Whale came out of it with a smile and said.

Zhu Yijun nodded, for Zhang Whale, it didn't take much effort to get in and ask for a private room. Zhu Yijun went up to the second floor under the guidance of Zhang Whale and entered a very elegantly furnished private room.

The meal was quickly served, and the roast duck, roast chicken, and roast goose Zhang Whale all wanted one.

"There are so many people here!" Zhu Yijun stood at the railing on the second floor, looked down and said.

"It's not your majesty's blessing!" Zhang Whale said with a smile: "This Quanjude is playing the banner of the secret recipe of the royal court, and the few imperial chefs given by the emperor are genuine imperial chefs!" ”

In this era, the status of the royal family is naturally self-evident.

The secret recipe of the royal court played by Quanjude naturally attracted countless people, and the things were really delicious, and this Quanjude, which had just opened for less than half a month, became completely popular.

Coupled with the agglomeration effect of the surrounding commercial streets, it is naturally even more popular here.

You must know that there are many goods on this street that cannot be bought elsewhere, but the prices are also very expensive. Of course, there is no shortage of rich people in Daming, and the original intention of creating here is a high-end consumption place.

After eating, Zhu Yijun took Zhang Whale to walk around the street before returning to the palace.

When night fell, Zhu Yijun was in front of the blackboard in the Wenhua Palace, looking at the two words written on it expressionlessly: commercial tax!

Commercial tax is a hurdle that Daming can never bypass, land annexation cannot be stopped, and Zhu Yijun does not want to stop it. After the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry is promoted, the state can collect commercial taxes, which is a good thing.

If the commercial tax is raised, then the treasury of the Ming Dynasty will be stable.

As for the people who lost their land, they just moved to other industries, not to mention others, just one egg hatchery, after the expansion, more than 7,000 people were employed. And that's not even counting the spin-off professions, such as egg collectors and chick sellers.

With the addition of these small traders, there are even more, and people are also needed to build roads, and there is a shortage of labor in Shuntianfu.

It's the same in the northwest, Mao imitations were on fire in the capital a few years ago, and the nobles were going crazy when they recruited people. Basically, there are workers everywhere in the seven northern provinces, and the conditions are very good.

There are even some businesses that have played the banner of going to the northwest, giving houses, and giving women.

As for the source of the woman, the slave trade of Zhang Xun, the younger brother of Zhang Whale.

Zhang Xun's slave trade can be said to be in full swing, and all male slaves were sent to the cement factory. That's really in short supply, and it takes as much as you want.

There are Japanese slaves, Northeast savages, and Kunlun slaves, and Zhang Xun is now the largest slave trader in the Ming Dynasty.

The second is the female slave, the Silla maid is the best to sell, in fact, it is from North Korea, and then there are the female slaves of the Japanese country, and there are a lot of people who buy them, Zhu Yijun even saw a lot of female slaves in the south, it looks like a generation of Vietnam and Thailand, and the biggest demand customer for female slaves is the northwest.

It's crazy to rob people over there, and it's going to kill you when you produce it.

After Zhu Yijun got the news, he knew that he had to find a market.

Not to mention anything else, just wool imitations, if they continue to expand the scale like this, after three or two years, they will definitely be unsalable. I also plan to establish a new trade base in Zhangjiakou, and wool textile will definitely be carried out in a big way.

"It is imperative for the north to open a port!" Zhu Yijun muttered.

"Open the port, collect business taxes!" Zhu Yijun tapped on the blackboard: "The development of industry, commerce and aquaculture in the entire seven northern provinces is this year's task!" ”

Zhu Yijun is high-spirited, and he is ready. After cleaning up his mood, Zhu Yijun turned around and went back to the dormitory, he needed to have a good rest, and then go to the morning court tomorrow.