Zhu Laosi was rare in generosity, Tang Ming solved the keel of the treasure ship, he was very happy, and he immediately rewarded ten thousand taels of silver, one or two is a lot, and it is enough to load three big carriages. Seeing Tang Ming's careful liver fluttering, as for the hundred craftsmen, they asked Tang Ming to go to the Supervision Department to ask Yang Qing, the left waiter.

Tang Ming was very happy and thanked Zhu Di with a smile and wanted to take the silver to find Yang Qing, but he didn't expect that at the end, Zhu Di suddenly said to him: "Weihaihou, I gave you this silver, as for how you want to use this silver, I will not interfere." But after the beginning of spring next year, you must transport all 5,000 horses and cattle to Beiping, and if you delay, be careful that your head will not be safe. ”

The smile on his face instantly froze, Tang Ming couldn't speak with his mouth wide open, he knew that Zhu Laosi, who had always been slamming the door, would definitely not be so generous. His grandmother's, 10,000 taels of silver, 5,000 horses and a few cattle, this is not a bandit. wanted to shout grievances, but saw that Zhu Di didn't seem to be joking with himself, and his face was serious.

For the sake of his own life, he can only swallow bitterness in his stomach, not to mention how depressed he is. In order to compensate for his injured heart, Tang Ming felt that there was no need to be polite to Yang Qing anymore. We can't do a loss-making business to the end, a hundred craftsmen? Very good, very good.

Thinking of this, Tang Ming put away the stunned expression on his face, knelt on the ground and said, "The emperor can afford to be a micro-minister, and he will definitely deliver the cattle and horses in time at the beginning of spring." But it is difficult to open a desert island by relying on Weichen alone, and the minister implores the emperor to transfer some more households for the ministers to drive, or let Weichen recruit people by himself. ”

In Zhu Di's opinion, the things Tang Ming mentioned were not a matter, so he immediately wrote a holy decree and threw it to him, asking him to look at it himself. Afraid that Zhu Di, the emperor who slammed the door, would make some strange requests, Tang Ming immediately flashed as soon as he got the holy decree, and he didn't dare to stay for a moment.

When he came, it was a carriage, but when he left, it became four, and Tang Ming could no longer pay attention to the silver on the cart. Sure enough, the good thing of pie in the sky will not come to his head, and he can only see that he can't spend 10,000 yuan of silver from Zhu Di, and now he has to pull it hard to his fiefdom.

Don't talk about working in vain, it is possible that you will have to pay for it in the end, and hurriedly open the holy decree and browse it quickly, but fortunately, Zhu Di did not pit himself again. The holy decree did not mention anything unrelated to the households, nor did it ask him to recruit a large number of households, Tang Ming thought about it for a while, and felt that he should take advantage of this loophole to recruit more people.

Yao Guangxiao, the first prime minister of the dynasty, did not have his own mansion, and it cannot be said that there was none, in fact, Zhu Di repeatedly persuaded him to return to the vulgar but was rejected. Reward its gold, silver and jewelry, slaves and maids and mansions, he also don't want them all, usually change into official clothes when going to court, and change back to monk's clothes when going to court, and now generally live in Qingshou Temple.

The carriage and the silver two Tang Ming asked Lingyi to follow Zheng He's guards to his mansion first, and he himself took Xiaobai into the Qingshou Temple. The temple does not have the scene of continuous incense as Tang Ming imagined, but on the contrary, there are no people who come to burn incense and worship Buddha.

A little monk was sweeping the floor in the courtyard, suddenly heard the movement at the door, and when he looked up, he saw a young military master who should be close to him and entered the door. There was a huge white dog beside him, and his eyes kept looking around as soon as he entered the door.

The little monk seemed to have seen too many such people, so he ignored him and continued to sweep the ground. But I was also curious in my heart, in recent days, it was the day of His Majesty Zhu Di's great cleansing of Nanjing City, and most of the officials in the city were either directly beheaded or put in prison. It stands to reason that these housekeepers' children should also stop, how can there be such a brainless gentleman who dares to bring a big dog and swagger to Qingshou Temple.

After looking around, Tang Ming felt that the temple seemed to be a little desolate, and its popularity was not strong, I don't know if Yao Guangxiao did it deliberately or for another reason? Slowly came to the little monk's side, bowed down and said, "Little master, may I ask, is Master Yao Guangxiao Yao living here?" ”

The little monk stopped what he was doing and glanced at Tang Ming suspiciously, he didn't expect this gentleman to be so polite. Isn't that right? No matter how many gentlemen he had seen in Nanjing before, none of them were the same as the person in front of him. To say that this was pretending, he didn't believe it, just from the smile on Tang Ming's face at the moment, he was sure that this was a smile from the heart, so bright and kind.

Could it be that I guessed his identity wrong? The little monk was a little confused for a while, but after looking at Xiao Bai a few times again, he was still sure that the person in front of him must be a gentleman. Otherwise, how can anyone go out with a dog so majestic and big, this is obviously those evil little pretends, forcing the necessary outfits!

"Who are you? Since he knew that this was Lord Yao's residence, he dared to step in at will. Although my master is an outsider and a high-ranking monk, he doesn't allow you gentlemen to mess around here. Seeing that you were quite polite just now, the little monk didn't care about you, so let's retreat quickly. ”

Tang Ming said this inexplicably, how could he be a good Weihai Houye, a disciple of Yao Guangxiao, who was said to be a gentleman by this little monk? After looking at his clothes a little, he didn't find any problems, and he asked suspiciously, "Why does the little master think I'm a gentleman?" I am Weihai Hou Tang Ming, Master Yao is a family teacher, and the disciple naturally has to come to Nanjing to listen to the teachings of the family teacher, there should be no rudeness, right? ”

"Disciple? Tang Ming? ”

The little monk muttered silently, his eyes wandered on Tang Ming's body again, and after a while, he seemed to think of something, patted his forehead, and suddenly said, "You are Tang Ming?" Master did mention it to me recently, but your dress made me preconceived and regarded you as a gentleman, so I misunderstood you. ”

The little monk's eyes kept looking at Xiao Bai when he spoke, and Tang Ming naturally noticed his small movements, and now he also understood why he was misunderstood for a fool.

After bowing down and bowing, he just wanted to explain Xiaobai's matter, but suddenly heard Yao Guangxiao's voice from the temple: "Why don't you go to the shipyard to find a way to build the keel of the treasure ship, and run to the poor monk?" ”

It turns out that Yao Guangxiao doesn't know that this matter has been solved! Tang Ming suddenly, his eyes peeked at the temple, and he saw Yao Guangxiao wearing a big red robe and coming slowly.

"Teacher Qiyu, the disciple has solved the matter of the treasure boat keel, and the emperor has also given me the reward promised to the disciple. I happened to be passing by when I was about to go back, so I stopped to visit the teacher and listen to your teachings. Tang Ming's waist was bent to ninety degrees, and this salute could be described as extremely respectful.