After sending Ru Taisu out, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly called the prince Zhu Biao, and then told him about it one by one.

Zhu Biao thought about it carefully, and then said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Father, this matter is what the ministers think, Zi'an can do a deal casually, it can be worth 800,000 taels of silver, if it is monopolized by the Ministry of Household or the Department of Domestic Products, it will not make a lot of money."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, in fact, he also meant this, Zhu Biao got to the point.

"You're right, if that's the case, the treasury can earn at least two million taels of silver a year, which can do a lot of things, let's let Zi'an's kid make more contributions."

Hearing this, Zhu Biao said to Zhu Yuanzhang with a bitter face.

"You are not very reliable in this matter, I heard a report and sent someone to investigate, so that Zi'an definitely has some opinions on the imperial court, and besides, why don't people keep it themselves? handed over to the Department of Domestic Products for no reason, and he is not a fool. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little helpless, but he felt that there was no difficulty in this matter, so he replied to Zhu Biao.

"What you said seems to be reasonable, but who made us his uncle, he is our eldest nephew, if he makes some contributions, it should be no problem."

Zhu Biao sighed, it was worth letting his father think so.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang is a person who does what he says, and he went directly out of the capital to Changning.

After coming to Changning, he went directly to the small courtyard, and it happened that Lu Ning was resting in the past two days, and he was basking in the sun in the small courtyard.

Seeing that it was his uncle who came, he was also happy in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Uncle, why do you have time to come here to see me, isn't the domestic product department not too busy, you are also an old person, you can't run too much, in the future, when I resign from this county order, I will often go to see you."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, do you still want to resign this official? That's absolutely not good, I still want to give you a promotion, what are you kidding.

So, he said to Lu Ning with a smile.

"Actually, I really have something to ask you for this time, after His Royal Highness King Yan found out about your sale of cosmetics, he wanted me to talk to you."

Lu Ning understood that this uncle's intention was to be a lobbyist for the Domestic Products Division, and he wanted to hand over the formula directly.

If someone else came, he would definitely make a mess and blow out, but he did have a lot of respect for his uncle.

So, Lu Ning said bluntly.

"Uncle, don't take my words, in fact, the imperial court is also interested in this and wants to earn this money, so you want me to dedicate the formula for making cosmetics to the imperial court, and then give me an honor casually, is that what you mean?"

Zhu Yuanzhang originally prepared a stomach full of words, but it directly made Lu Ning say a word, but he didn't know what to say.

Now that the words have been said to this point, he can only admit to it.

"What you said is true, the imperial court is indeed interested in this matter, after all, it can make so much money in a year, which is a supplement to the household department and the domestic goods department."

Lu Ning sighed and said helplessly.

"Uncle, haven't you thought about it? I'm a businessman, although I have a knighthood now, but I'm still a businessman at heart, I just want to sell things to earn money and pay taxes normally, if the court has to want my skills, it's a bit of a trick. ”

There is nothing wrong with what he said, and Zhu Yuanzhang can't find any reason even if he wants to refute it.

After being speechless for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang continued.

"What Zi'an means, do you want me to say this to His Royal Highness King Yan after I go back, I am an errand boy in the Department of Domestic Products, if you give me such a closed-door soup to eat, then how will King Yan treat me?"

Lu Ning sighed, he naturally respected his uncle, and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang playing the emotional card, it was also worth saying helplessly.

"Okay, don't say that, since His Royal Highness King Yan forced you to come over, I will naturally let you have a way to make a difference, isn't it just to get a way to get money for the National Products Division, and then make more money for the treasury, this is not difficult to do."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Lu Ning say this, a stone in his heart could be regarded as falling to the ground.

"Is there any other way Zi'an can earn money, let me go back and hand in this errand, that's really good."

Lu Ning nodded with a smile, and he said to Zhu Yuanzhang very solemnly.

"Let me tell you this, if you weren't on an errand in the Domestic Products Division, even if His Royal Highness King Yan himself came, I would be able to fool him back, after all, the way to get the money is my own, why should I let it out."

If he knew that the uncle in front of him was the emperor, he was afraid that he would not say so, but now he said this is also a true expression.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, he could understand Lu Ning's mood, but more importantly, he wanted to know how to make more money.

After all, after years of conquest, the imperial court has withered in the people's strength, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, it could be regarded as a hundred ruins waiting to be rebuilt.

The imperial court wants to go on a northern expedition again, and it also has to appease the border people, and there are too many places to spend money.

Coupled with the future battle of Dongying, Zhu Yuanzhang himself doesn't know how much money he needs to spend to fill such a big hole.

So he looked at Lu Ning with hope and said to him.

"Zi'an, in fact, we don't want to take advantage of you every time we come, but I work in the domestic goods department. Many things are involuntary, if you can make meritorious contributions to the court this time, the title will definitely continue to be sealed. ”

Lu Ning shook his head helplessly, he originally thought that the higher the title, the more troublesome he would be, and there were not many of them, so why did he want this false name.

"If you really have a title, you might as well keep it yourself, I'm already a viscount, and it's too ostentatious to go any further."