Soon the sun was setting, and the residential area in the east of the city was shining with sparks, and puffs of cooking smoke rose from the dilapidated yard of his house, and at this moment a rapid barking of dogs came.

Zhu Tong was still dozens of steps away from home, and vaguely saw a black shadow in front of the gate, the dogs in the courtyard kept growling, and the dogs in the neighborhood also barked wildly.

A trace of worry flashed in Zhu Tong's heart, his sister was still at home and didn't know the situation, looking at the black shadow, she couldn't help but clench her fists.

And in the next second, several fierce dogs in the neighborhood pounced on the black shadow, and then a child's cry came, Zhu Tong understood that the situation was not good, and this black shadow was likely to be Ma Sanbao.

Zhu Tong immediately became nervous, took three steps and made two steps and rushed forward to pick up the child, several vicious dogs pounced in the air, turned their heads to see Zhu Tong wagging his tail, and left one after another.

The child in Zhu Tong's arms was Ma Sanbao, his dirty face was full of tears, and he was still sobbing because of excessive panic.

"Brother Zhu Tong, I'm here to pay you back, my mother's body can't be found...."

Zhu Tong looked at the child in his arms and couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, this child is really miserable, his mother's body must have been stolen by someone, when he was wandering before, he often saw people stealing corpses to sell.

But in this day and age, it's not surprising that this kind of thing happens.

"Sanbao, don't worry, my brother will find you a mother, you can live in your brother's house first."

Zhu Tong said and carried Ma Sanbao back to the courtyard, and Jiang Pan also hurried out at this time.

"Brother, who is this child?"

Zhu Tong told the ins and outs of the matter, but he didn't expect Jiang Pan to be more sad than this child, and directly pulled Ma Sanbao to change clothes, Zhu Tong looked at Ma Sanbao and suddenly had a strange idea in his heart.

In the Fengtian Temple,

Zhu Yuanzhang finished the last book, looking at the hazy moonlight, and a sense of worry rose in his heart, although the world is stable, but natural disasters continue, and the urgent documents at the border have been piled up with bookcases.

The southern sea ban has been in place for several years, and there are still pirates who continue to harass coastal fishing villages, and it is necessary to send troops to suppress bandits.

The treasury was already tight, and if the military did not transport the grain and grass to the frontier, the soldiers would probably not survive the next spring, and they would be defeated.

Now my diet has been reduced a lot.

At this time, the prince bowed down with a bowl of porridge,

"Father, it's time to eat."

Zhu Biao felt faceless when he said this, the king of a country had such a simple meal, and at this time, there were still some nobles who were extravagant all day long.

Zhu Yuanzhang sensed Zhu Biao's thoughts, and comforted softly:

"It doesn't matter! That's how we came, not so delicate, what delicacies from the mountains and seas, we can't get used to eating. ”

Saying that, he picked up the bowl, and took a bite of a big bowl of porridge and was swallowed more than half, Zhu Yuanzhang just swallowed the porridge and paused for a while.

"This salt is not right!"

Then he put the bowl on the table, turned back to Zhu Biao and said,

"Call us the cook in the Imperial Dining Room!"

Seeing this, Zhu Biao hurriedly explained to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"No need for my father, my sons know where this salt comes from."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes slanted, staring at Zhu Biao with curiosity,

"Oh? Tell me about it! ”

Zhu Biao slowly explained:

"Father, do you remember the imperial brother?"

"Does it have anything to do with him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"You don't know, the royal brother is very capable, this salt is made by him himself, and today he also gave me a packet, and the queen mother was also present at the time."

Zhu Biao spoke eloquently, but Zhu Yuanzhang listened thoughtfully, he couldn't help but be full of curiosity about this long-lost son, young but versatile, he had a hunch.

This son also has unknown skills, but they have piqued his interest, such as finding an opportunity to delegate tasks to him, or going to test him.

At this time, Zhu Biao interrupted his train of thought with a sentence,

"Father, the son thinks that he should let the imperial brother enter the court to share the worries of his father, and he can't bury talents like this."

Zhu Yuanzhang was happy in his heart, he was thinking about it, he was worthy of being our son, he had seen such a profound and sophisticated way, but now he couldn't be in a hurry, so he said:

"There is no urgency in this matter, and if there is a chance, it is natural for him to experience experience."

Saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang drank the last mouthful of porridge, stretched his waist, and continued to walk towards the Ming Territory Map, looking at the northwest border.

Besides, in Liu Bowen's house,

Liu Bowen just came back from the court, so he rushed into the study and never came out, his son Liu Lian knocked on the door repeatedly and was reprimanded, everyone did not dare to take a step forward, and the housekeeper was ready to ask for merit and reward, but he was frightened by this momentum.

In Liu Lian's memory, his father rarely lost his temper, once he lost his temper, it meant that there would be a major event that would shake the world, the last time Meng Yuan was in power, the imperial court was going to prepare for the new construction of the Yellow River dam, and his father also locked himself in the study.

As a result, a peasant uprising broke out, Meng Yuan was overthrown, and at this time, it was also spread all over the world.

At this time, Liu Lian was stunned and his legs trembled, cold sweat kept wiping the beads of sweat that slipped down his forehead, staring directly at his father's study, afraid that his father would say something earth-shattering.

And the housekeeper had just come to Liu's Mansion not long ago, and he didn't know anything about it, just standing there for nothing.

At this time, there was a creak, the door of the study slowly opened, Liu Bowen came out of the study, and his son Liu Lian hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

"Father! But is there something big going on? ”

Liu Bowen fanned the feather fan, breathed a long sigh of relief, and did not answer, but looked at the housekeeper on the side and said:

"Do you have something to report to me?"

The housekeeper's originally relaxed nerves immediately tightened, he had heard of Liu Bowen's clever calculations before, thinking that it was just a rumor, and he entered Liu's mansion and saw that Liu Bowen was no different from ordinary people.

And today I was completely convinced, I just looked up at the old man, but I didn't expect him to guess his thoughts, which can't help but be creepy.

I didn't dare to hide anything, so I told the master about Zhu Tong's purchase of Yanshan in 1510.

Liu Bowen's face was full of suspicion when he heard this, and he couldn't guess the reason for Zhu Tong's actions for a while, Liu Lian saw that his father was thinking uncertainly, so he wanted to share his father's worries.

"Father, did the emperor ask Zhu Tong to test us?"

Liu Bowen glanced at his son unexpectedly, he didn't expect his son to be so stupid, and he hadn't grown up with himself for so many years.

Liu Bowen shook his head helplessly and said:

"This matter has nothing to do with Your Majesty, but what is this Zhu Tong doing? Buying Yanshan at a high price is by no means ignorant of the market, but has other plans. ”

Liu Bowen pondered for a moment, and suddenly let out a stunned sigh.

"Wait!"

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