Dainu hurriedly put on his clothes hand and foot, and said, "How dare you, how dare you?" Don't make this kind of joke, you will always be a slave to serve the prince. The slave went down to serve the prince for dinner. ”

Dai Nu hurriedly came to the dining table, first refilled a bowl of porridge for Zhu Ao, and then refused to sit down under Zhu Ao's signal.

Zhu Ao said: "Dai Nu, you said that this king wants to run the grange, which thing is the most important?" ”

Dai Nu just picked up the bowl and took a sip of porridge, then quickly put it down, and said: "The slave thinks that water conservancy is the most important, and the key to whether the crops grow well or not is that the water source is not sufficient." ”

Zhu Ao glanced at her with satisfaction and said, "You're on the point." Unfortunately, although the water source in my land west of the river is abundant, it has not yet been used for ideas. ”

Dai Nu stared at Zhu Ao and said, "Does the prince have any ideas again?" Since Zhu Ao's illness recovered, she felt that this prince's insight was much stronger than before. If nothing else, just say that the map he drew for the emperor surprised the people in the palace, and I haven't heard how much effort the prince has put into it before.

Zhu Ao said: "I have the idea, but I don't know if I can implement it here." After dinner, you go with me to a place, and I'm going to go on a field trip. ”

Dai Nu said: "The slave obeys the order, and the slave has gained a lot of knowledge with the prince." ”

Zhu Ao said: "This king has already told you yesterday, from now on you will be the side concubine of this king, don't be a slave all day long, you know?" ”

A trace of sweetness brewed in Dai Nu's heart, it seemed that the prince was a man of words, and he didn't tease her, a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and then he said with a trace of trepidation: "The slave just feels that all this is too unreal, and I am afraid that God will suddenly take all this away one day." ”

This little girl is quite content. Zhu Ao raised her chin and said very domineeringly, "Who is your God?" It's this king, as long as this king doesn't speak, no one can take it away. From this day on, you are not allowed to call yourself a slave anymore, and you must not lose the value of this king. ”

Danu was very moved, this kind of domineering favor was really hard to refuse, nodded heavily, and said very happily: "Yes." The concubine obeyed. ”

Zhu Ao smiled: "That's right, let's eat quickly." ”

After eating, Zhu Ao, accompanied by Dai Nu and Qu Neng, went to comfort the craftsmen in Ganzhou Zhongwei. Qu Neng didn't understand why Zhu Ao, a dignified prince, wanted to see those dilapidated craftsmen. The general source of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty was the captured craftsmen or the captives who were forced to become craftsmen, and there were also "soldiers who could not bear to be recruited", who were filled after learning various techniques, and their treatment and status can be imagined.

The work of the craftsmen is very hard, and history records that when the craftsmen are enlisted, they "enter the bureau every day", that is, they get up earlier than the chickens, and work under the supervision of the officials, "arriving at dusk", and the workload is very large. However, the wages are very low, and the monthly ration per person is only three buckets, (which may not be all paid to the hands), plus some clothes occasionally rewarded by the government, there is no other income, and life is quite poor, and it often happens that the children are condemned.

Whether it is ancient or later generations, the degree of attention to technical personnel is not high, although everyone knows that science and technology is the primary productive force, but most people still worship capital, power, fame, few people worship technology. Officials have always regarded themselves as superior, and those who engage in technology are generally regarded as their own miscellaneous servants, and few people pay attention to them. Even if a technology is not successfully developed, they do not have to bear any responsibility, but instead put the responsibility on the people who are engaged in technology, saying that they are not good at learning. Therefore, some science men in later generations are also very unsatisfactory in life.

But Zhu Hao, who has hundreds of years of knowledge more than the people of the Ming Dynasty, knows very well that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. The history of human development is actually the history of progress in the production and living tools, Zhu Ao does not think that the people of later generations are much smarter than the people of the Ming Dynasty, but the people of later generations can use very advanced production tools, so the life is much better than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Like Lao Zhu, Zhu was a very practical person, and he was very interested in the tools and technologies that could change the status quo, but he scoffed at the universal Confucian theories that were admired by scholars and rulers throughout the ages. Those literati who can only talk rhetoric and stare at others to find faults, in Zhu Ao's heart, let alone these craftsmen who have mastered technology, are not even as good as a hard-working farmer.

It's still Li Yunlong who said well, the guy in his hand is good, and the waist pole will win. And those craftsmen, who are the ones who make good things for Lao Tzu, must be paid attention to.

Qu Neng brought Zhu Ao and the others to the living quarters of the craftsmen, and judging from the living conditions alone, they were very unsatisfactory. Although most of the houses in this city were rebuilt by them, the accommodation they were assigned was the worst in the city, and a considerable number of them still lived in the old shacks.

It really responds to the old saying: "Those who sell salt drink light soup; Bed with a mattress topper. "Buildings, buildings, really can't be built by light since ancient times.

Seeing Zhu Ao and others coming, Hu Laohan, the craftsman of Ganzhou Zhongwei, came to greet him with craftsmen of all sizes. Hu Laohan knelt down directly without waiting for Zhu Ao to approach, and said: "I don't know where His Highness is coming, and I hope His Highness will forgive his sins." ”

Zhu Ao walked forward quickly, hugged Hu Laohan, and said: "Old gentleman, please get up quickly, this king knows that you have made great contributions to the construction of my Su Domain, and this time this king has made a special trip to visit you." ”

Hu Laohan looked at Zhu Ao with very excited and surprised eyes, if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he would never have believed such words. The officials of the past generations have strictly supervised them, as if their craftsmen owe money to the officials, and they never expected that a dignified prince would come to them in person today to greet them.

Hu Laohan said: "Thank you to the prince, it is an honor for you to contribute to the construction of my Ming Dynasty's borders." ”

Zhu Ao smiled slightly, such official words could not move him after two lifetimes. He glanced at the craftsmen kneeling here, and saw that they were not well dressed, and they had vegetables on their faces, which was obviously not well nourished.

Writing here, some readers may question it, the Hongwu period was a prosperous era, how could it be as unbearable as you said.

What I want to say here is that the so-called prosperity and decline in ancient times actually have little to do with the common people at the bottom, and the so-called prosperity actually refers to the fact that the treasury is full, and the emperor has money to spend, so he can go to war to his heart's content, build large-scale projects, and go to waste. The so-called decline refers to the emptiness of the treasury and the emperor's lack of money to spend, and the reason for this situation is not only natural and man-made disasters, economic collapse, but also the failure of the state apparatus, especially the tax system, and the emperor lost control of the country's wealth, such as the late Ming Dynasty. But whether it is prosperous or declining, the lives of the people at the bottom are unsatisfactory.