Zhu Hao told Zhang Yanling a lot of content.

To sum it up, child, if you want to pit the eldest brother, you must resolutely pit to the end, and you can't give up halfway.

Sell your eldest brother, so that you may be able to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and in the future, you will be prosperous and rich, and let your eldest brother eat bran vegetables, otherwise you two brothers will be unlucky together.

After Zhu Hao's earnest and seductive "enlightenment", Zhang Yanling's face looked much better, and he rekindled his hope for the future.

After about half an hour, Zhu Hao said goodbye to Zhang Yanling, Shi Shiran turned the corner, and the carriage had been waiting on the side of the road in front for a long time.

And next to the carriage, Lou Suzhen stood there in men's clothes.

This time, Zhu Hao needed to take Lou Suzhen with him for private affairs, so he didn't choose to take a sedan chair...... The carriages were always wider, so that men and women would not be crowded together.

"Say it on the way."

Zhu Hao smiled and invited Lou Suzhen to get in the car.

When the carriage started, Lou Suzhen was very curious about the purpose of Zhu Hao's coming to see the Zhang brothers, and couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Hao said honestly: "I only saw the second eldest of the Zhang family, but I didn't see the eldest of the family, and the purpose is still to divide and disintegrate...... As long as their brothers are not at odds, they will be in chaos and will bury them in the torrent of history without superfluous actions."

"It's not easy, is it?"

Lou Suzhen said, "I heard that although the two brothers of the Zhang family are very fierce to the outside world, they seem to have a very harmonious relationship with the brothers."

"Huh, Harmony? In the matter of comparing who returns to the capital first and who obtains military merit first to gain power, as long as the brothers fight and use the means to deal with outsiders on the other, it is estimated that the brothers can beat each other until their heads are bleeding." Zhu Hao is very confident in this.

Lou Suzhen didn't ask any more questions.

Zhu Hao lifted the curtain of the air window and looked outside.

Lou Suzhen said: "This year is a good year, the business under the name of the son is very good, let's just say that this workshop is trading, so far this year, the profit has been more than 20,000 taels."

Zhu Hao shook his head: "It's only 20,000 taels, a little less."

Lou Suzhen said with a smile: "What I'm talking about below is a weaving workshop, not any other industry."

Zhu Hao nodded seriously: "I just said that weaving only earns 20,000 taels, a bit less, according to my assumption, in the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the people of the Ming Dynasty, I at least monopolize the same, why don't you earn it a million taels in a year?"

Lou Suzhen was speechless: "That master is more stable to open a silver account, weaving for a living, but I am afraid that I really don't have the ability to bring such a big profit to my son...... As for the silver accounts, they are not accessible below."

After Lou Suzhen returned to the capital, Zhu Hao didn't use her as a staff member, but simply let her be the big housekeeper of the business under her name.

Finding something to do for Lou Suzhen and letting her realize her personal ambitions, Zhu Hao just pushed it away.

This is a very assertive and capable woman, even if she has the opportunity to contact ordinary people in the first half of her life, but the idol burden is too serious, she is always a princess, not to mention many constraints, let alone too many mundane affairs, and now incognito, Lou Suzhen does not need to worry too much, she can let go of her arms and do practical things.

There was silence in the carriage again.

Zhu Hao kept looking out the window, with a hint of confusion in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

Lou Suzhen stared at Zhu Hao's eyes for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Childe has never said, what kind of business are you going to get involved in this time...... In fact, if the son trusts him, the concubine can always help the son take care of the weaving workshop......

The reason why she came over this time was that Zhu Hao told her to open a new business and let her be the big shopkeeper.

Lou Suzhen has no bottom in her heart.

Although she thinks that she has no great future in taking care of the weaving workshop and being a shopkeeper and bookkeeper, she can always earn tens of thousands of taels of silver in this business in a year, and how much money can a new business make?

Zhu Hao said, "Arsenal."

Lou Suzhen looked puzzled: "What is an arsenal?"

Zhu Hao continued to look out the window and explained, "It's similar to the Wang Gong Factory and the Armor Factory in the capital, but this time I'm looking for someone to make nitroglycerin, which is needed to open mountains and build roads and dredge waterways, which is the kind of powerful thing

In addition to the gunpowder that blew down the city walls, it was necessary to make new types of firearms, and instead of bulk gunpowder and projectiles, they used projectiles that could be replaced in the blink of an eye, and the accuracy and range of weapons could be greatly improved. I'm going to build artillery...... This matter will be entrusted to you Jingde."

"You...... Childe isn't laughing, is he?"

Lou Suzhen smiled bitterly.

Sounds very good, but Lou Suzhen doesn't think that the "arsenal" that Zhu Hao said has nothing to do with her as a woman.

Zhu Hao said, "Is this funny? In the past, Yang Ge was in the court, and His Majesty and I were constrained in everything I did, and it was impossible to open an arsenal, but now it is ...... Actually, let's put it this way, the person in charge of this matter is Mr. Tang, but you know his character, he can't beat a fart with three poles, and now he wants to be a loose person, so he has to bother Jingde to be specifically responsible."

Lou Suzhen was almost wrapped in.

But then I roughly understood that if she was simply put in charge of the arsenal, it was obviously unrealistic, who would listen to her orders from a woman? Even if she can always disguise herself as a man, it is obvious that the arsenal has to contact with officials at all levels, as well as a large number of craftsmen and lifu, and she is not an official, so why should others listen to her?

But if Tang Yin is used as a guise and is actually dispatched by her, the situation is different.

She can do things justly, and things like contact with the government can be handed over to others to do, and she is only responsible for supervising production and clarifying accounts.

"Jingde, I think it's time for you to accept some challenges, since you don't want to settle for the boudoir life, why don't you come out completely? Just looking at a workshop, how boring is it? My plan is to let Jingde you be the actual person in charge of the arsenal, and after making achievements, you can even become an official directly......

"It's not an official in the traditional sense, but a newly added official position, which is only responsible to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty knows your identity anyway, and will trust you more."

Zhu Hao planned the future path for Lou Suzhen.

Lou Suzhen smiled bitterly and said, "How can Your Majesty trust a guilty woman?"

"Hey, you're wrong, your previous identity is not allowed by any force, that is, you can't form a party with anyone...... Except, of course, for me. In this way, in the eyes of His Majesty, you are a person who has no party affiliation and only obeys His Majesty's orders. Zhu Hao smiled.

Lou Suzhen thought about it, is this a compliment?

The dignified champion actually complimented me?

Lou Suzhen said: "Childe is really elevated."

"It's not a lift, it's to tell the truth, in the past, I have always persuaded you to get closer to Mr. Tang, but now I feel that maybe Mr. Tang is not worthy of you, that is, you are not a man, otherwise...... Whether you are an official or take the imperial examination, you are better than him." The more Zhu Hao said, the more direct he became.

At this time, Lou Suzhen couldn't help it, and shook her head frequently and smiled bitterly.

Do you know what you're talking about, little boy?

It's just a joke about me!

Zhu Hao continued: "Let it be, sometimes it's good to be a friend, looking for a soulmate in the mountains and rivers? Anyway, Jingde, you don't want to do anything, just ask me to resign, and I will let you return to the quiet life of the house at any time...... Alas, I'm in a hurry for Mr. Tang, why doesn't he work harder!"

Lou Suzhen glanced at Zhu Hao, and had a little more of her daughter's smoky eyes, but said quietly: "It's better for the son to think more about the people around him, but I don't know how many Hongchen women are haunted by the child's dreams."

"Huh? Oh, who does Madame say? Red Dust Woman? Why isn't it a dusty woman?"

Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Lou Suzhen said, "The prince should know who the concubine is talking about."

It's just a bickering.

Zhu Hao wouldn't dwell on these topics with someone who came over like a big sister, because Zhu Hao knew ...... In terms of other things, he has hundreds of years of leading knowledge, which is enough to suppress Lou Suzhen, but if it involves the love of children, he is not an opponent.

No matter what kind of ability Lou Suzhen usually shows, she is always a woman, and she is a mature woman, and a woman's nature is to gossip and gossip in the family, otherwise why

Matchmakers are usually seven aunts and eight aunts?

With Lou Suzhen's age, isn't it easy to tease a man like a little brother who has no idea?

Zhu Hao has also learned to be smart, not in a field that he is not good at, to fight with an expert, that will make him suffer, and if he suffers, he will lose face, why bother thankless?

……

……

Zhu Hao took Lou Suzhen to the preparation site of the arsenal, to be precise, it was just the office of the arsenal in the capital.

Because the arsenal designed by Zhu Hao involved the manufacture of gunpowder and ordnance in large quantities, and the danger of nitroglycerin was much higher than that of ordinary gunpowder, this forced Zhu Hao to move the location of the arsenal to the vicinity of Beijing.

West Mountain is not proper.

Xishan is the place where the coal mine is opened, and it is too close to the capital to do anything to keep it secret, and the Yongping Mansion is very good, but because it has become the target of the public, the civil ministers and military generals are all staring at it, so it is not suitable.

Zhu Hao simply found a place to build a factory in Huangcun, fifty miles south of Beijing, and transported materials from all over the country by water and land to start manufacturing.

Tang Yin had been waiting there early.

Seeing Zhu Hao's carriage stop, Tang Yin came over and was about to greet him, but when he saw Lou Suzhen getting down from the carriage, his footsteps were obviously stunned.

Zhu Hao smiled, "Mr. came quite early this time."

Tang Yin nodded, and then greeted Lou Suzhen with his eyes, because there were many people around, Tang Yin was usually a little wilted in front of women, and he didn't want to or dare to go up and talk to Lou Suzhen.

Then Lu Song walked over from behind Tang Yin, followed by Jiang Lun and Jiang Rong's father and son.

Jiang Lun kept coughing and didn't look well.

「…… Little sir, I've been waiting for you for a long time...... After autumn, I occasionally feel cold, cough and snot, I am afraid that I will have to recuperate for a period of time...... Ahem......

Jiang Lun still coughed.

Zhu Hao nodded, but he pondered in his heart.

In history, Tang Yin died in the second year of Jiajing, and Jiang Lun died in the fifth year of Jiajing.

Lu Song said: "The venue has been chosen, how to arrange it inside, and how to arrange it in the future, please Mr. Zhu speak."

Zhu Hao smiled: "How is the venue in the capital, it's not the point, at best, it's a liaison office. Go in first, I'll bring the drawings, take them out later, and then call the craftsmen to discuss the improvement plan."