On the first day of the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, the Jingshi Qianqing Palace. The last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, was resting, and he was going to the apse for a while to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress of the Apocalypse, who was his imperial sister-in-law.

Zhu Youzhen's heart is now full of passion, and when he was the king of letters, he was very disappointed in his brother Emperor Tianqi. Doesn't my brother know that if you want to govern the country well, you have to trust these ministers? Wei Zhongxian is just a eunuch, what is he capable of governing the country.

Now that the old eunuch Wei is finally dead, he is finally in charge of the whole world, and he can finally govern the country according to his own wishes. The Ming Empire will be rejuvenated again in his own hands, and he can also become a great emperor like Taizu Chengzu.

Zhu Youzhen was immersed in his own fantasies, completely forgetting what his brother said to him before he died, don't believe the ministers outside, don't believe the eunuchs around him, only believe in himself, only balance, Daming can continue.

Zhu Youxiao would be very sad if he was still alive, because the power operation system he had painstakingly woven for seven years was completely destroyed by his younger brother. That is, in BJ, Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party is the main party, and Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and other Donglin parties are supplemented by outside, and the two parties contain each other and restrain each other, and no one can dominate.

That side must use its own imperial power to suppress the other party, and maintain this balance of power in order to make its imperial power stable for a long time. This is also why Wei Zhongxian persecuted Yang Lianzuo Guangdou back then, but he couldn't move Sun Chengzong. The Donglin Party can get Wei Zhongxian, but they can't get it to death.

Although the broken ship of the Ming Dynasty has been riddled with holes, it can still move forward under the careful maintenance of Zhu Youxiao. But if you change to Chongzhen, you have to run fast if you break the boat, and in the end, you will be out of the ghost if you don't fall apart.

It was also the first day of the first lunar month, and Zhu Youzhen was very happy, but Li Hongji, who was a post man at SX Mizhi Yinchuan Station, was not happy at all. In a ventilated room on all sides, Li Hongji and his nephew Li Guo ushered in the new year.

Of course, compared to those who starved to death, Li Hongji and his family were still happy, at least they could eat one meal a day, although they couldn't eat enough, they still couldn't starve to death. A few days ago, someone from his hometown said that his uncle Gao Yingxiang had become the king of the mountain, and Li Guo also persuaded himself to go to his uncle together.

But I didn't agree, it's better to die than to live, and I can't go to the point of no return until the last step. Li Hongji didn't expect it, he wanted to do his hard-won job well, but God didn't let him, in March this year, someone would report to the imperial court to abolish the post station, and his Yinchuan post happened to be the first batch of targets to be abolished. God has already set up the materials, and Chongzhen himself lit the last fire.

Outside the gates, Shengjing. In the newly built Dazheng Hall of the old king Nurhachi the year before last, the lights were bright, and the brothers of the Eight Banners and Huang Taiji were celebrating the Spring Festival of the Han people. Although I don't like the Han people, but the things produced by the Han people really like them, the silk, handicrafts, grain, jewelry, clothes, and tobacco of the Han people are very popular in the Shengjing elite circle.

Huang Taiji looked at Dolgon, who was talking eloquently in the middle, and Dolgon was talking about entering the customs after the beginning of spring to rob more Han people to make coats, grab more food to live, and grab more women to give birth to more warriors for Houjin. But Huang Taiji knew that the Han people they saw were only a drop in the bucket, and thousands of miles away from the Great Wall were all Han territory, and the Han people could not be killed at all.

Only like slicing meat, little by little, cut the meat from the dying cow of Daming. Looking at Dolgon, Emperor Taiji thought, how good would it be if Dolgon was his own son, his son Haoge was just a martial artist, and he could fight wars, but he was far from being able to govern the country, didn't the Han people have a saying that they could only fight the world immediately and not immediately govern the world?

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji waved his hand and said: On February, the fourteenth brother Dolgon and the fifteenth brother Duoduo led the white flag to follow me to the Mongolian Chahar Department.

The current future emperors of the land of China are all fighting for their own causes, this year Chongzhen is sixteen years old, Li Hongji is twenty-one years old, Huang Taiji is thirty-six years old, Dolgon is fifteen years old, and our protagonist Zhu Hongsan is seven years old.

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Of course, Zhu Hongsan doesn't have to eat the last meal like the hard-pressed young Li Hongji, he is now waiting for the big meal made by his mother. MSG soy sauce finally succeeded in a few years ago, and after removing the bitter taste, the color has also faded, and now it has an orange color, the color of orange juice soda that later generations will drink. Tonight is the first time to cook with this new soy sauce, and Zhu Hongsan is looking forward to it.

And Zhao Goudan who was sitting on the side was even more looking forward to it, he had been his cousin's experiment many times in the past six months, the umami of this soy sauce was so nostalgic that he seemed to drool when he thought about it.

Zhu Hongsan poked Zhao Goudan on the side: "Okay, okay, saliva is flowing down, it's about to drip on the table, and you still don't let me have a meal." ”

Zhao Goudan touched his head and smiled: "Hehe, my aunt's cooking is too fragrant, I can't help it." ”

Zhu Hongsan saw his cousin, he was only nine years old this year, and he was almost 1.7 meters taller, almost two heads taller than himself. This year, under the raising of the old lady, the figure has developed horizontally. Zhu Hongsan estimated that if he reached the age of eighteen, he would be at least one meter nine, which was a giant in the Ming Dynasty, where the height was generally one meter six.

Zhu Hongsan can now think of giving this guy a plate armor in the future, just like a Saint Seiya, and then take two mountain axes, which are shining with gold, and it is really a good door plate for him to stop there. After the Chinese New Year, you can find Tie Niu to discuss.

After a while, the old lady's meal was finished, and it was still Zhu Hongsan's favorite dishes braised pork, braised carp, a bowl of chicken soup, and a scrambled egg with garlic sprouts. Zhu Hongsan ate a bite of braised pork, drank a mouthful of chicken soup, tears flowed, and finally ate the familiar taste, God, you are so cute.

The old lady saw Zhu Hong's tears and asked, "Son, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhu Hongsan wiped his tears and said: "Seeing my mother working hard for me and cooking such a delicious meal, my son was moved in his heart and left tears. ”

The old lady Zhao Chunhua scolded with a smile: "You little bastard, you are a pouting mule and sell a donkey for the price." ”

Zhu Hongsan thought for a long time and didn't know what it meant, and asked, "Mother, what do you mean, how can a pouting mule be sold for a donkey?" ”

The old lady smiled: "The loss is on this mouth." The mule had a long face like a donkey, so he had to sell it at a loss. ”

Zhu Hongsan and Zhao Goudan laughed in unison.

"Don't laugh, eat quickly, the food will be cold in a while."

Zhao Goudan shook off the whirlwind chopsticks and noodle bag and started eating, and Zhu Hongsan did not fall behind him. Zhao Chunhua watched the two children eat with a smile on her face. said: "Dog, go home and take a look after eating, it will be the New Year, go home and see your father and your brother." ”

"I saw my father in the street in the morning, and he said let me spend the New Year at my aunt's house, for fear that my mother would be unhappy when I went home."

"Hey, poor boy, your father is a wreck."

Seeing that his mother was in a bad mood, Zhu Hongsan hurriedly changed the topic: "Mother, this new soy sauce is good." ”

"It's good, it tastes much fresher than before, and it's better than old-fashioned soy sauce. Let's be more productive after the beginning of spring, and now we sell it in our own grocery store. ”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said, "Mother, I want to sell this formula." ”

Zhao Chunhua didn't eat anymore and asked, "Son, what's wrong with you, you want to sell this money to others?" ”

"Mother, listen to me. This thing can be made as long as you are willing to drag in time and silver, plus soy sauce is a mass product, you need to produce more to sell for money, and snow sugar is different, one or two can be sold for a lot of money, plus to increase the production has to invest too much money to buy land and hire people, it is not cost-effective, it is better to sell it to others and let them do it, we have the energy to experiment with more good things. ”

Zhao Chunhua thought for a while and said: "That's right, my son is rich and noble, how can he be the shopkeeper of the soy sauce factory." So who do you want to sell to? ”

"The Zhuji sauce shop in the city is fine, and the old lady will decide the money."

"Okay, I'll talk to the Chinese people when the door opens on the fifteenth day."

In fact, Zhu Hongsan still has a reason that he hasn't said, that is, there are still 14 years, Wuchang City can't stay, and how much money is invested now is a dust, and it is not as good as cash.

In a blink of an eye, the year passed, and after the fifteenth day of the first month, Zhao Chunhua went to the Zhuji Sauce Shop and came back before noon.

As soon as the old lady entered the house, she said: "It's over, the note has been signed, and you have the insurance person you like." ”

Zhu Hongsan asked, "How much did the old lady buy?" ”

The old lady smiled: "Two thousand taels of silver." ”

Zhu Hongsan was shocked: "So much." "You must know that a few years ago, I bought less than 10,000 taels of silver when I bought sugar, and this time it is one-fifth.

The old lady smiled: "Son, you don't know the Tao, this firewood, rice, oil and salt doesn't look worth a lot of money, but this is something that every family has to use, how many people are in Daming?" It's hard for a family to spend a penny. ”

I didn't expect the old lady to have this kind of understanding, it's really impressive.

The old lady continued: "Two thousand taels and he doesn't have so much cash, so give five hundred taels first, and pay the rest in two years." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "This matter is determined by the old lady, I believe in the old lady." ”

The old lady smiled and went to the front to see the shop without mentioning it.

Zhu Hongsan took out the plate armor clothes he drew from the laboratory, which he had drawn in the past ten days, how do you look like the holy clothes of the Gemini Saint Seiya. Today, I'm going to take it to Tie Niu to see if I can hit it.

When I closed the door and walked out of the alley, the snow on the street had basically melted, and there were more pedestrians coming and going. The ironsmith shop is in the south of the city, not far from Zhu Hongsan's house, and it is two streets away. When I walked to the door of the blacksmith shop, I saw that the old iron cow was striking iron (very strange, they both called the iron cow, so the old one was called the old iron cow, and the small one was called the little iron cow. The little iron bull is helping. Zhu Hongsan stepped forward to see that Lao Tieniu was playing a kitchen knife, which was about to take shape. Lao Tie Niu saw Zhu Hongsan coming, and said: "The third baby is here, and he is looking for Tie Niu to play again."

Zhu Hongsan said respectfully: "Yes, I came to find Brother Tie Niu for something. ”

Old Tie Niu smiled: "What a polite good boy, Tie Niu go, come back early." ”

Xiao Tieniu followed Zhu Hongsan and walked away, and said, "Big brother, don't you laugh in the future, okay?" ”

Zhu Hongsan said strangely: "Why? ”

"I knew nothing good when I saw you laughing, and I felt like I was going to be unlucky."

Zhu Hongsan said: "Nonsense, who can I pit my own brother?" You come to my house, I have something for you to see. ”

When he came to Zhu Hongsan's house, Zhu Hongsan showed Tie Niu the drawings he had drawn, and Tie Niu was shocked when he saw it: "Oh Mom, are you crazy, big brother?" ”

Zhu Hongsan was puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

Tie Niu whispered: "This is armor, don't you know that the law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that ordinary people can't hide and manufacture armor privately, you are a clan, let alone can't, if you let people know, you'll be finished." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "And this regulation? It's not for you to build, you see if you can build this armor? ”

Tie Niu took the design and looked at it for a long time and said: "This armor is easy to get in other places, just take a little effort to knock it out with a small hammer, but the joints are not easy to get, you have to turn flexibly and maintain protection, I can't get it, maybe there are skilled craftsmen in the capital who can get it, but even if you get it out, no one can wear it." ”

Zhu Hongsan asked, "Why?" ”

"It's too heavy, a pair of paper armor will cost more than ten pounds, and a pair of iron leaf armor will weigh fifty pounds, your limbs are all wrapped, you can't get off without a hundred pounds, no one can wear it."

Zhu Hongsan thought: "I see, I forgot that the iron hardness is not enough now, and it seems that I will have to develop steelmaking technology in the future."

Zhu Hongsan then asked, "Have you ever seen that kind of armor with iron rings interlocking?" ”

"Are you talking about serial armor? I know that, but I haven't fought it, my father can fight, he was a craftsman in Wuchangwei when he was young. ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Okay, I'll give you a task, you go home and learn this method of building a chain armor with your father, you know no." ”

Tie Niu asked cautiously, "Big brother, what are you going to do?" I'm not going to kill my head. ”

Zhu Hongsan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it's not a head-killing, it's a great achievement, you can learn it." I have ten taels of silver, this is a reward for you, you have to study hard, and there are still ten taels after you have completed your studies. ”

Tie Niu's eyes lit up when he saw Yinzi: "Don't worry, big brother, I will definitely learn." ”

"By the way, there are other things to learn, you can't let your father's craft be lost."

Tie Niu thought about it and nodded vigorously, Zhu Hongsan knew that another one had boarded the thief ship.

Seeing that Tie Niu left with confidence, Zhu Hongsan took out his small book, which recorded some words that only he could understand, and added another one under the solution to be solved, steelmaking. There are many more items on it, gunpowder, muskets, artillery, intelligence, and so on. It seems that I have a long way to go.