Since Zhu Houzhao got married, except for the last dynasty, he has basically accompanied Bai Yulian. Everyone has always stayed leisurely, or they went to Huangzhuang to play. At this time, the fruit trees planted in Huangzhuang have either borne fruit or bloomed, looking at it from afar, a sea of flowers, and the nose can also smell bursts of fruity fragrance, which makes people linger.

Today's Huangzhuang has these fruit tree mountains, and has developed a new project, that is, visitors can go up the mountain to pick by themselves, how much to pick, how much to count, the price is half more expensive than the market. But the people who come to play are either the children of the eunuchs, or the scholars with the top cards in the Qinglou, and even the married couples who come, and they don't care about the money, so the business is good.

Bai Yulian also felt very happy during this time, which was different from what she thought before. originally thought that it would be difficult to get out of the palace as soon as she entered the East Palace, but she didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to take her out to play for three days and two ends, Hongzhi and Empress Zhang not only did not stop it, but also encouraged it, and Empress Zhang sometimes came out with them.

On the eighth day of the first month of April, news came from Tianjin that the newly built ship was about to be completed, and it would be launched in a few days. It was not the Daifuku ship that was launched this time, the Daifuku ship had been launched more than 2 months ago, when the Bohai Sea thawed, and there were two ships at a time. This time it was a new-style sailboat, which was a drawing provided by Zhu Houwei.

When eating dinner in Youranju, Zhu Houzhao smacked his eyes at Zhu Houwei, Zhu Houwei had no choice but to say to Hongzhi, "Daddy, the child will go to Tianjin in a few days." As soon as the words fell, the little girl immediately became elated, waved her chopsticks and left hand and said, "I will go too, and when I come back, I will bring the most beautiful shells to my father and mother." Hongzhi looked at the little girl and shook her head helplessly, and Empress Zhang said a little unhappily, "Why are you going again, didn't you go some time ago?" ”

Zhu Houwei had no choice but to explain, "This time it is a new type of sea ship, which is different from the existing sea ships in Daming, and once it succeeds, it will be of great significance." In less than ten years, the world is so big, I can go to the ends of the earth. Empress Zhang said with some doubts: "Isn't the end of the world in Qiongzhou Mansion in Guangdong?" Where to do something, remote places, diseases are rampant, Hou Wei, you are not allowed to go there. The little girl smiled and said, "Mother, you are wrong, the second brother is talking about the world outside the Ming Dynasty, just like the overseas countries that the Three Treasure Eunuchs have visited." Empress Zhang nodded thoughtfully. Zhu Houwei's feet hurt, and when he looked under the table, it was really Zhu Houzhao's foot that stepped on his foot, and he kept giving him vicious looks.

Zhu Houwei kicked him angrily at first, and then said cautiously, "Daddy, this land and water camp was established by me and my eldest brother, and he is still the head of the water and land camp, do you want him to inspect it too." ”

Hongzhi's face was pale, and he looked at Zhu Houzhao, who responded with a flattering smile. Hongzhi said slowly, "It will take at least 6 or 7 days to go to Tianjin, so you can't go to the court, right?" Zhu Houzhao's face stiffened, shrunk his neck and said, "It's okay not to go once in a while, it's not too much to take a break in a few years." ”

Hongzhi sighed slightly, he knew that Zhu Houzhao was a person who couldn't sit still, and to put it bluntly, he was as active as a child, not stable enough. Now that it's okay to ride on his own body, let's bear more for him, "Okay, go early and come back early." Don't play outside without knowing the severity, Yulian, when you get to Tianjin, you have to stop him more, don't let him make any mistakes. "Bai Yulian got up and was blessed," Daddy said seriously. Hongzhi smiled and nodded, for this daughter-in-law, Hongzhi and Empress Zhang are very satisfied, needless to say, the appearance is naturally excellent, except that the complexion is not fair enough. Generous, mature and steady, and Zhu Houzhao can complement each other well.

Empress Zhang's face was a little entangled, since Hongzhi had agreed, then the matter was a foregone conclusion, she had no opinion on her children's travel, but she was usually by her side one by one, and she was all gone coldly, and it was inevitable that she was a little disappointed.

Zhu Houwei saw Empress Zhang's expression, so he turned his head to Hongzhi and said with a smile, "Daddy, it's better to let your mother go with us on this trip, with your mother here, nothing can go wrong." And my mother personally married into the palace, and there are few opportunities to go out of Beijing, so it's better to go to play together. Tianjin is not far from the capital, and it won't take long to go back and forth. ”

As soon as the words fell, Empress Zhang spoke, "Then how can it be done, I will accompany your father in the palace, and what kind of system will this palace become." Hongzhi looked at Empress Zhang with a complicated look in his eyes. Empress Zhang has been married into the palace at the age of 17 for almost 20 years, and she has given birth to three children for herself, and she is even more conscientious in managing the affairs of the harem, never slacking off, so that she can focus more on the government and politics. It's just that the years are ruthless, and the girl of the year has now become a mature woman, although she is well maintained, but the corners of her eyes are slightly wrinkled. In the past 20 years of ups and downs, I have never felt lonely, and when I am frustrated, I will calm down when I arrive at Kunning Palace. Looking back on the experience over the years, Hongji is also not very impressed. After a while, Hongzhi smiled and said to Empress Zhang, "You can go with them, if you don't go, they may not know what to do." At the beginning, no one was with them, but they ran to the north to fight the Tartars, and one by one it didn't make people worry, and I was relieved if you went to watch me. ”

Empress Zhang also smiled when she heard this, but her eyes were a little red. She is the one who knows Hongzhi best in this world, she knows that Hongzhi wants to let herself play, and the province has been in the capital. This kindness can't be refused, so Queen Zhang nodded and agreed.

The little girl and Zhu Houzhao were the happiest, but when Zhu Houzhao was smiling happily, his arm hurt, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly looked to the side, and saw Bai Yulian looking at Empress Zhang and Hongzhi with a smile, as if the pain in Zhu Houzhao's body had nothing to do with him.

On April 10, the traveling team set out on its journey. This time it is a private visit to the microserver, at least in name. Under the banner of a land and water battalion, there are many of them.

The water and land battalion touched 200 people, and the Imperial Forest Army, that is, the escort of the Beijing camp, dispatched 200 people. The carriage is close to 30, you must know that this is a large carriage, pulled by four horses, and the load of 2,000 pounds is not a problem.

The first carriage sat on the Zhu Houzhao brothers and two maids, and the second carriage was Empress Zhang, the little girl, Bai Yulian and Empress Zhang's maids and Hongling. The third is a public car, in which are the father-in-law of Li, who is accompanying Empress Zhang, Liu Jin of the East Palace, and the father-in-law of Huang, who is the Fuwang Mansion. As the same organization, these three people can be regarded as having a lot of topics to talk about.

Nowadays, the cement road between Tianjin and Beijing is busier, with caravans coming and going, and pedestrians are endless. However, after the implementation of traffic laws, there was no jam during the busiest hours, and if there was something wrong with the carriage in front of it and it could not move, strangers in front and behind would also help lift the carriage to the side of the road to prevent congestion.

Although Zhu Houwei's team is huge, it only occupies half of the road, and if someone is in a hurry, he can also overtake from the side. Brother Zhu Houzhao sat in the carriage and was also chatting.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "How much money is there now, if you want me to say, then vigorously develop the army, especially artillery, and build more for me, and build a large number of them." I don't think the Tartars in the north can be so arrogant. When the number of people in the land and water battalion was enough, the army went north, and the little prince was captured. Ships will also be built, and after beating the little prince, he will go to sea, destroy all those disobedient small countries, and directly change the land and return to the stream, becoming the land of the Ming Dynasty. After the cannon was built, Zhu Houzhao also went to see it, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and then he danced like crazy, as if he saw himself expanding his territory and being majestic.

Zhu Houwei glanced at her and said lightly, "Huangzhuang still has 1.2 million now, and there are abundant materials and grain, but the road construction is about to start, and the food can't be moved, and the money is not enough." The World Chamber of Commerce is better, there are more than 2 million taels of silver, and now the soap is about to be listed in large quantities, and the profits are not few. It's a pity that this money can only barely maintain its business, and it is not even a matter of thinking about investing vigorously. "Zhu Houzhao is in a hurry" How can this be, there is a lot of money, adding up to nearly 4 million. Zhu Houwei smiled and took out a booklet from the small table, "From the 19th to the 21st year of Hongzhi, the military factory artillery research cost a total of 3,765,000 taels, and I won't talk about the fraction, now there are three kinds of cannons, the cost of the smallest caliber is 200 taels, the intermediate one is 600 taels, and the largest one is 1,000 taels." The average number of artillery shells is 2 taels to 5 taels per round, and the artillery training of the amphibious battalion has to fire 200 taels a day, which is 700 taels. The battalion now has a total of 4,500 people, and the monthly expenditure is 25,000 taels of food, uniforms, muskets, etc. There are a total of 153,000 workers in Huangzhuang, and 350,000 taels of monthly money alone will be spent in a month. Chaoyang Courtyard now has 4, with more than 40,000 students, and more than 50,000 taels of books, food and other expenses. We are about to recruit workers to build roads, and this time we are going to recruit 200,000 people, and the expenditure on food, monthly money, gunpowder, and building materials is about 700,000 taels a month. The shipyard is still working on new boats, and now it mainly manufactures fishing boats, which costs about 30,000 taels a month, and you calculate that 4 million taels can last for a few months? After this calculation, Zhu Houzhao suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and asked with some hesitation, "What about the entry?" You can't spend it all. Zhu Houwei said lightly, "The main thing is Crystal Zhai, the profit of 10,000 taels of silver per day is basically 300,000 taels a month, Nanjing Wang Juan has passed, and now it is estimated that they have been opened, and there are many rich people in the south, and it is estimated that it can also be 300,000 taels a month." At this time, the largest input, now that the weather is warmer, the sales of briquettes have declined a little, and about 10,000 taels can be harvested a month. But when the soap is sold, it will be much more relaxed in your hands. Last year's canned fruit also had a lot of money, about 3 million taels, and this year it is estimated that it will not be less, and it will not be more after Nanjing. "Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief, this is okay, you have to save some silver quickly, once the road is built, there must be a shortage of both monthly money and food, otherwise something will happen, by the way, when are you going to start building?"

Zhu Houwei thought for a while, "Those who went out to explore the road with the Ministry of Industry should probably come back, so we will start next month and try to repair a little more before winter." The south does not freeze in winter, and it is possible to build roads in winter. It's just that the tents and tools needed by these 200,000 people are still being made, and it is estimated that they will be ready by next month. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked with some concern: "Who are you going to ask to manage the road construction this time, if the Ministry of Industry comes, it would be good if half of the money spent can be used to build the road." Zhu Houwei snorted disdainfully, "This time the management basically let the original Huangzhuang road construction team be responsible for the foreman, and the road was repaired in sections by a group of 100 people." The Ministry of Industry can send people to supervise the money and grain, but they will not do so. I want to see if the Ming Dynasty values it from top to bottom, and who dares to stab the project under the royal command. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said with great satisfaction, "Anyway, the World Chamber of Commerce will be handed over to you to deal with, I can't leave Beijing from time to time, so you can do more." Zhu Houwei shook his head lightly, "You can command remotely in the capital, and I can't keep it, after all, it will be a country in the future." When I leave the capital, I can only manage the vicinity of my fiefdom. Zhu Houzhao said indifferently, "What's the matter, just don't let your father make an order, you can stay in the capital with peace of mind." Zhu Houwei said with a serious face, "This is not good, as a prince, I have been staying in the capital and have not been played by civil and military officials, and then the music can flood the Qianqing Palace." It's just that I want to discuss with my father when I choose a fiefdom, go to the south, and we will echo each other from afar. Zhu Houzhao asked, "Nan Zhili?" Zhu Houwei looked out the window, with longing in his eyes, "Further south." ”

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