Common fake Taoist priests on the market, you can "refine" Jindan by getting an altar jar. However, the real Waidan smelting, from the standing altar to the Ding furnace, is completely a laboratory - Xu Yuanzuo even recognized many chemical experiment utensils used in high school, but now they use ceramics, and later generations use glassware.

Li Teng wanted to choose a secluded place to build a temple, but the remote place was bound to be inaccessible. It directly affects daily life and the transportation of a large number of medicinal materials and tools. There are nearly 100 kinds of Ding furnaces with different usages alone, and it is not just a kiln that can be fired. Some curved necks are also particularly easy to burn out, and if the kiln fails, it will have to be smashed and burned. These are the main parts of Li Tenghuayuan, and as for the temple building, the requirements are not high.

Xu Yuanzuo did not understand the Dan furnace Ding Cauldron at this time, nor did he understand the experimental utensils of later generations. The only thing he knew was that the laboratory was clean, bright and airy. People like Li Teng, who like to play with gunpowder, have to stay away from residential areas safely and firmly. Here he had to complain about the Ming royal family, and he actually placed the gunpowder bureau two or three miles away from the Forbidden City. Although the power of black powder is not too great, it can't hold up a large amount! Isn't that a joke?

On the utensils, Li Teng could not give in; On the premises, Xu Yuanzuo could not give in. So two thousand taels of silver is really not enough.

"Are you thinking about going to Liaodong?" Xu Yuanzuo asked.

Li Teng said: "That is an extremely cold place, and it is not a proper place because of laziness. ”

Xu Yuanzuo recalled the problem of the rate of chemical reactions, which seemed to be related to temperature. He said: "The main thing is that you study the gunpowder, it seems that it is safer in a cold place." "This is a common sense derivation, and it is also called Xu Yuanzuomeng. It is not technically difficult to build a greenhouse in Liaodong, but it is slightly more difficult to build a cool house in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is cold enough to safely study gunpowder.

Li Teng thought for a moment. Or said: "Jiangnan characters are convenient, and it is too remote to go to Liaodong." ”

Xu Yuanzuo's face darkened: "You said you wanted a secluded place......"

Li Teng's face was even darker: "That can't be secluded to the point where people are inaccessible." Where do I recruit apprentices? ”

"People have legs." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Tell you secretly, Liaodong looks remote, and it will become a treasure in the future." ”

Li Teng just didn't believe it.

It's no wonder that Li Teng didn't know anything, even if the information in later generations was developed, there were still many people who thought that the Northeast was a backward and desolate place. Until all kinds of economic data are brought out. They will be surprised: it turns out that there are cities in the Northeast!

The land in the Northeast was purely artificially abandoned. It is one of the three major black soil belts in the world, and once successfully developed, it can be transformed from the Great Northern Wilderness into the Great Northern Warehouse, becoming a major grain producing area in China. There is also Dongningwei in the northeast, which was renamed Benxi in later generations. It is famous for its open-pit iron ore with low phosphorus, low sulfur and low impurities, and the iron that is refined is called "ginseng iron". This kind of high-quality iron ore is rare in China, especially with high-quality coking coal mines, which is a treasure land for the establishment of coal-iron composite bases.

This black earth and coal and iron. With the technology of Daming at this time, it can be fully enjoyed. As for the high-end goods in Daqing Oilfield, Xu Yuanzuo can't use them for the time being.

By the way, there are gold mines in the Northeast!

It was developed in the late Qing Dynasty, and as long as it was instigated, maybe it could form a gold rush in the Northeast, which would be more difficult to develop in the Northeast.

Such a good place, there are still people who dislike it?

Of course, the Northeast is indeed off the beaten track now. In the early years of the dynasty, prefectures and counties were also established in Liaodong. However, because the number of people was too small, all of them were eventually abolished. Liaodong and Liaoxi were all divided into guards, and the military tun was implemented. This policy was the national policy of the Han people stationed in the northeast after the Mongols left, but it was hindered by productivity, and until the Longqing period, there were only hundreds of thousands of Han people in the northeast.

Hundreds of thousands of people. Once it spreads in Liaoshen, it is still a sparsely populated situation. And because of the cold climate in the Northeast, crops are harvested once a year. After the end of the sea transportation, the local products could not be delivered, and the Northeast Tun Army did live a hard and poor life. Plus you have to deal with the harassment and invasion of the Tartars. There are mutual victories and defeats, which makes the DPRK and China bigwigs also quite a headache.

"Since you don't want to go to the Northeast, let's go to Tangxing." Xu Yuanzuo said: "My family's general cabinet is in Tang Bank, so it is more convenient to transport silver to you." ”

Li Teng nodded this time and said, "I heard that you have also set up many academies, and you can just choose Taoist children who are literate and literate." ”

Xu Yuanzuo was a little embarrassed: "Reading is already popular in Jiangnan, as long as the family can get by, there is always a child who can study and improve." I don't have many colleges, but there are a lot of social studies in various places to help me recruit enough people. Look at me now, if you just know how to write three hundred thousand, you won't have the face to see anyone. ”

Li Teng nodded slightly and said, "The prosperous land of smoke and willow also has such benefits. ”

"I can still do this by finding a place to build a temple for you outside Tang Xing City." Xu Yuanzuo said: "When will you go south?" ”

Li Teng thought for a while and said, "I have to quit the errand of the Daolu Division first, and then I can go south." When will you return? I'm with you. ”

Xu Yuanzuo said: "That's fine, but I may have to stay in Beijing until June." ”

"So long?" Li Teng was a little puzzled: "Isn't it just for the sake of Cao's forehead?" ”

"Do you think it's a trifle?" Xu Yuanzuo had a headache.

The powerful families of the two prefectures of Susong came to Beijing to carry out activities, which is obviously a national event. Even if Zhang Juzheng was worried about the revenue of the national treasury and tried his best to open up sources and reduce expenditure, he did not dare to ignore the survival situation of the 120,000 troops up and down the canal, let alone the many interest groups involved behind these troops.

"The provinces along the canal all have huge benefits." Xu Yuanzuo sighed.

The economic centers of the Ming Dynasty were all along the canals, and after no longer relying on Cao Yun alone, Linqing, a metropolis with a population of more than one million in the Ming Dynasty, quickly became a "city".

Li Teng said: "There is no way to put a beak in this matter, only to wait for good news." ”

Xu Yuanzuo expressed his understanding, suddenly thought of Li Teng's identity as a Taoist priest, and asked, "Do you know the internal official?" ”

Li Teng said: "There are some seekers and fun-loving people among the internal officials, whose path do you want to take?" ”

"Imperial Horse Eunuch Feng Bao."

Li Teng thought for a while and said, "This person is greedy for money but is so elegant that he is not easy to deal with. ”

If you are greedy for money, you just need to give money. However, he is greedy for money and admires elegance, which forces people to come up with an elegant bribe.

Xu Yuanzuo has a lot of experience. With a wave of his hand: "Easy to deal with." ”

"Oh?"

"Since he admires elegance, he must have Mobao written on it. How about I pay for a few of them? Xu Yuanzuo said.

Li Teng smiled: "Feng Bao's handwriting is okay, but if you really want to be willing to pay the capital, go and buy his piano." The quality of the piano he cut is still first-class. And quite complacent. The key is to sell it expensively. ”

"Understood." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Three thousand taels, and then it will be put into the same wind, and everything will be up to you." ”

Li Teng said angrily: "I'm going to take two thousand taels and live and die for a long time, but it's so refreshing to give a eunuch!" ”

"Because it won't take long for him to bring me a return of far more than three thousand taels." Xu Yuanzuo said confidently: "When you bring me back the dividends, maybe I will have to 'forget to tell Nai Weng about the family sacrifice'." ”

Li Teng had no choice but to admit it. In the face of a profiteer like Xu Yuanzuo who fell into the eyes of money, no matter how big the truth is, it is not as big as profit.

When Li Teng left, Xu Yuanzuo had already arranged the cash and took it to Li Teng's residence with the car. This made Li Teng quite happy, as if he had seen the wind of ancient righteousness. It's truly unreserved trust. He didn't know that there was no impermeable wall in the world, and if he transported silver with such fanfare, it would definitely be spread, and this was Xu Yuanzuo's first shot when he came to Beijing.

Xu Jiazi went to Beijing with a lot of money, what did he want to do?

Everyone wants to know the answer to this question, especially the high arch.

So Gao Gong tested Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng wanted to know what the teacher thought. pretended to be ignorant and made an appointment with Xu Yuanzuo along the meaning of the high arch. And it's a secret appointment. Please Xu Yuanzuo go to the side gate of Zhang's Mansion after dark, and someone will lead him in. In particular, the message emphasizes that it is not humane, and the original words are "don't listen to noise" - don't beep blindly.

Xu Yuanzuo rested for a day, and finally didn't feel floating when he stepped on the ground again, so he took three or five guards to Zhang Juzheng's mansion. Speaking of which, Zhang Juzheng and Xu Fan are commensurate with each other. Therefore, Xu Yuanzuo's worship post should call himself "nephew", but politicians are the most important "name", and it is easy to be passive when they get close before they know the truth. Xu Yuanzuo thought about it again and again, and finally found an identity that was more comfortable in advancing and retreating.

admirers.

He bowed his head to worship Xu, who was too young.

Xu Yuanzuo's worship post is written like this.

"Taiyue" is not only Zhang Juzheng's number, but also can be understood as mountain worship.

"Bow your head for the rest of your life". Whether it is for elders or former sages, it can be used.

As for "small so-and-so", it has become popular in recent years. If you feel that you are too humble and lose your personality, and look at Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang's prayers, your posture is far lower than Xu Yuanzuo, I don't know how many times. "Muen under the door" and "lackeys under the door" are all necessary for the two of them in every book, you must know that these two people are the northern dry cities of the empire!

If you really admire it, it doesn't hurt to say that it is numb, but unfortunately Xu Yuanzuo's evaluation of Zhang Juzheng is only like this, so it is enough to stop.

Zhang Juzheng finished his day's work, sipping ginseng soup while flipping through the greetings sent by his subordinates. When he saw Xu, who had "bowed his head and worshiped Taiyue all his life", he couldn't help but smile and smiled. When the outside world only thought that Xu Yuanzuo was Xu Fan's own son, Zhang Juzheng knew that Xu Fan only had one son, Xu Yuanchun. And because he has been in touch, he also knows that the Xu family has not added Ding. This person should be the stepson of the clan, or it is completely guessed by outsiders.

In any case, to be able to grasp the balance so obediently, it is no wonder that he can be valued by Xu Jie.

"Please come in." Zhang Juzheng put down the ginseng soup and wiped the juice on his lips with a silk handkerchief.

The housekeeper You Qi hurriedly went out to the side hall to invite Xu Yuanzuo, for fear of delaying the master's important business.

Xu Yuanzuo came over after dark, and he was already a little impatient to wait. He passed the time while looking at the paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall, and wondered whether to leave early. When You Qi came in, Xu Yuanzuo finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile: "My lord, but I am busy with state affairs?" It's the same when Xu comes back tomorrow. ”

"Adult" still means elder in the Ming Dynasty. The Imperial Family refers to the Cabinet Ministers as "Old Gentlemen" to show respect for important ministers. Xu Yuanzuo called Zhang Juzheng an "adult" because the relationship between the two families was extraordinary, and it was somewhat similar.

You Qi really lowered his head again, and said, "Xiangye invited Xu Gongzi to the study to see him." ”

Xu Yuanzuo felt that You Qi, the "Xiangye", was quite expressive. It can be seen that he is not less arrogant and authoritative in front of outsiders. is also the housekeeper of Shoufu, Xu Cheng has never called Xu Jie's "Xiangye", only "Master".

Xu Yuanzuo was distracted, and his nervousness was relieved a lot. Speaking of his own extraordinary experience, the highest-ranking official he has seen is Zhang Juzheng, who is about to meet - this is the real leader of the country.

Zhang Ju is a person who pays a lot of attention to appearance, even if he is at home late at night, there is not the slightest wrinkle on Yanju's robe. As for the crown scarf and sideburns, they are even more meticulous.

Xu Yuanzuo entered the study, pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar, and paid a tribute to the future minister who ruled the world with his son and nephew.

Zhang Juzheng raised his arm weakly: "Sit." ”

Xu Yuanzuo sat next to each other, staring at the green bricks under his feet, not daring to look directly at Zaifu.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Xu Yuanzuo carefully, and secretly praised in his heart: Although I don't see the appearance of grace, there is really a god of grace!

Xu Yuanzuo admires Xu Jie, and Xu Jie's self-cultivation and self-cultivation skills are also becoming more and more perfect, and it is inevitable that he will unconsciously learn from him and even imitate him when he walks beside him. It's just that where can ordinary people learn the demeanor of the prime minister who stands tall and upright, neither humble nor arrogant? Only Xu Yuanzuo, who has no father and no king, can get one or two.

"Jinglian." Zhang Juzheng politely called Xu Yuanzuo's expression: "This time the boat in Beijing is tired, why not rest for a few days?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Fortunately, Yuanzuo can't come with wings, why do you have the heart to rest?" What's more, from Songjiang to Beijing, the sea boat is fast, and it only takes 15 days to arrive, and there is no fatigue at all. ”

Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and smiled: Sure enough, he came for the sea to collect grain.

"Hu Lian's vessel, can you teach me?" Zhang Juzheng half-jokingly.

Only Zhang Juzheng can say this. He has never been a willing person, but he always likes to put his status low, exalt others too much, and make people embarrassed, and take pleasure in it. The most famous prank is probably that he called Shen Qiyuan an "adult", which made Shen Qiyuan, as a subordinate official, not embarrassed.

This incident was written into his notes by Shen Qiyuan's grandson. His grandson's name is Shen Defu, and the notebook is called "Wanli Ye Ed.", which is the history of the Ming Dynasty that all lovers of Ming history can't fail to read.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "The kid is here to visit, just to spread some Jiangnan folk customs, and to help Xie manage yin and yang." ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't expect Xu Yuanzuo's kung fu to go around the bend was not bad, he was quite surprised, and he was a little happy to see the hunting, and said: "Let's come calmly." ”

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