But when he is a son, can he be disobedient?

Zhu Gaoxian had no choice but to get up and follow his father to the Jinshen Palace, under the eaves of the corridor outside, knelt down with a minister, led by Xia Yuanji, seeing Zhu Gaoxian, he was very happy, and shouted, "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, the minister has something to say!" ”

"Gotcha, come first!" Zhu Gaoxian simply called Xia Yuanji's name, Xia Yuanji hurriedly got up, patted the ashes on his body, and came in happily.

"The fourth prince, this year's household tax is more than thirty percent more than this time in previous years."

Zhu Gaoxian was drinking a cup of tea, and when he heard this, he squirted out with a pop, "How much more?" ”

"Sancheng!"

"How can it be so little?" Zhu Gaoxian said in his heart, there are more than three percent, what do you have to worry about? “

"What the minister said is that in the two months of the winter moon and the wax month, the tax of Tianfu should be paid, which is thirty percent more than the total tax revenue in previous years, and the prefectures and counties below have not yet been paid."

Xia Yuanji was obviously very satisfied, and even told his wife that he was the most relaxed household secretary in the past.

After understanding, Zhu Gaoxian made a rough estimate and said, "It's okay, but it's still too little." At present, the industry has not yet fully developed, the concept of Shinong industry and commerce is still very common, many people still think that only by studying can they be profitable, and when the school is set up and all walks of life are prosperous, then the tax will be more. ”

There is no difference between a country and a family, when there is no way to make ends meet, there is no savings, and the dynasty has no ability to resist risks, it is basically the time for the dynasty to fall.

The only thing Zhu Gaoxian can do is to change the small-scale peasant economy, increase the ability to resist risks, and try to extend the life span of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di was speechless, his little son, his ambition is really not small, in the autumn and winter, what harvest can he have, he has received three percent more, he is actually too little.

Zhu Gaoxian asked Xia Yuanji, "You came here to tell me this?" ”

"The minister entered the palace by order, and when he saw His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, he wanted to talk to His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince about this by the way.

Xia Yuanji thanked him very sincerely, and it was Zhu Di's turn to spray tea, but he only felt that the object of Xia Yuanji's words was wrong, shouldn't it be said that it was under the emperor's wise and martial leadership that this achievement was achieved?

However, Zhu Di was not angry at all, and even felt that Xia Yuanji was worthy of being a wonderful person, and it was good to know gratitude.

"Dad let him in, isn't it the New Year? It's also time to reward you for your deeds all year round, and I thought, what should I reward you this year? ”

Xia Yuanji was very excited and grateful, "This is what the minister should do." ”

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaoxian, in this year, Xia Yuanji has indeed made a lot of contributions, if it is a reward, is it really appropriate?

"Lao Xia, if you don't want a reward, then my father will reward someone else, originally I planned to let my father reward you with a bicycle......"

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Xia Yuanji didn't wait for Zhu Gaoxian to finish speaking, turned around, and kowtowed to Zhu Di for a while, "Thank you, Your Majesty, minister...... I can't thank you enough! ”

Saying that, Xia Yuanji actually shed tears, Zhu Di was shocked, and said, "Xia Yuanji, saying that you will be rewarded with a bicycle is the words of the children of the four princes......"

Xia Yuanji was not happy when he heard it, "Your Majesty, you are the Ninety-Five, and you are the one who says nine things, once you make an order, it will not be changed." ”

What does it mean? Zhu Di was a little puzzled.

"Hey, then again, Lao Xia, what do you want a bicycle for?"

Zhu Gaoxian thought that his father was reluctant to give the bicycle to Xia Yuanji, and said in his heart, it's just a bicycle, if he didn't want his father to learn to wrestle on a bicycle, he could personally build the best bicycle in the world for his father, even if he looked down on his father's stingy character, Zhu Gaoxian also had to maintain his father's dignity.

"Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, you are wrong. In this world, the Shen family has a bicycle right now, oops, don't you know, these days, the Shen family is really a city, how many people go to observe the bicycle, in previous years, people who dare not talk to the Shen family, who does not come to the door in person, what a great honor it is. ”

Xia Yuanji looked satisfied and grateful, "Besides, if you have a bicycle, firstly, it will prove that the minister has face in front of the emperor, and secondly, the minister is thinking, in the future, he will learn to ride a bicycle, and he will come on a bicycle every morning court, wouldn't it be majestic?" ”

Burst! Ahem, ahem!

Zhu Gaoxian felt that something was wrong with his ears, and he asked in disbelief, "Riding a bicycle to the court?" Still majestic? Lao Xia, what kind of taste do you have? ”

It's more powerful to drive a tractor than to ride a bicycle!

Xia Yuanji didn't feel much embarrassed, on the contrary, he was still very proud, and his voice flew up, "The minister is also pursuing this, since he tried the bicycle here in the Fourth Highness, the minister has always wanted to buy one, and the old wife will not agree, now, she can't control the minister." ”

Zhu Di was a little stunned, a bicycle actually made Xia Yuanji so satisfied, did he really think that a bicycle could really be sold for 100,000 taels of silver?

Zhu Di reminded, "This time the bicycle was not built by the fourth prince himself, and I didn't inscribe anything on it. ”

Xia Yuanji said busily, "The minister doesn't care about these, the minister just wants a bicycle." ”

Zhu Di's heart was a little tired, and he waved his hand, "Let Huang Yan take you down to get the bicycle, you don't have to come in to thank you!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Xia Yuanji seemed to be afraid that Zhu Di would regret it, and kowtowed his head on the ground, as if this head was not his own.

Xia Yuanji had learned to ride a bicycle before, and at the door of the inner library, he saw a bicycle painted black, with three words "Maxima" on it, and the tires were rubber, and he was so angry that his tears were about to fall, and he took it with trembling hands, as if he had seen a lover who had been reunited for a long time.

"Lord Xia, please!" Huang Yan smiled, "You are the first person in our Ming Dynasty, how many people envy this bicycle, and they want one in their dreams!" ”

"Yes, yes, Huang Gonggong, you are reasonable, you are reasonable!"

Xia Yuanji couldn't understand what Huang Yan was saying, he pushed the bicycle, couldn't wait to take two steps, his foot slipped on the pedal, his body flew up, rode on it, quickly stepped on two laps, and steadily walked several feet away.

The oncoming wind blew on Xia Yuanji's face, and he didn't feel cold, but his blood boiled.

"Isn't this Lao Xia?"

Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng made an appointment to drink in Tongfu Restaurant, and then came out of it, the two rode horses and walked side by side, and while talking, they saw someone riding a bicycle on the opposite side.

"How did he have a bike? I went to him a few days ago and said that he would buy a bicycle for 100,000 taels, but he didn't sell it to me, saying that it was gone, so where did this car come from now? “

Zhu Neng was so angry that he turned over from the horse, he rushed towards Xia Yuanji, and stopped Xia Yuanji, "Old Xia, don't be righteous, you have a bicycle, don't tell us, what do you mean?" Look down on people? ”

This is the effect that Xia Yuanji wants, seeing that his colleagues look like they are going to eat people, and the eyes of envy, jealousy and hatred are about to swallow him, Xia Yuanji is very happy, gets off the bicycle, holds the handlebar tightly, and does not take the two military generals in front of him in his eyes at all, and does not feel that the other two can take the car away from him when they join forces.

"Two grandfathers!" Xia Yuanji was proud, and patted his right hand on the handlebar, "I just got this car, and I won't hide it from the two of you, this is what the emperor just rewarded!" ”

Xia Yuanji traveled all the way, and the wind was terrible, and at this time, he stopped, and many people, especially those young people, surrounded him from afar, envious of the bicycle in his hand.

"The emperor's reward?" Zhu Neng originally wanted to have a fight with Xia Yuanji, but when he heard this, he hurriedly pulled Xia Yuanji, "Old Xia, tell us, what does the emperor's reward mean?" ”

"That's what it means, at the end of the year, the emperor always has a reward, and this year, the emperor has rewarded bicycles and sewing machines."

Zhu Neng instantly saw hope, and turned his head to look at Zhang Yu, "Lao Zhang, you said that I went to ask the emperor, can I get a bicycle?" ”

"I can't!"

To be honest, Zhang Yu is also very envious, but the emperor's things will be rewarded if they want to be rewarded, and it must be a big taboo to ask for it.

"Grandpa Guo, don't worry, I heard that this time, the bicycle factory made a total of ten bicycles, three of which were used for the emperor to reward people, and seven were handed over to Baoming Auction House for auction, if you really want it, just prepare this!"

Natsuhara Yoshishi gave a demonstration, no doubt which meant to prepare the silver.

Zhu Neng is really happy and worried, happy that the bicycle he thinks about day and night has been settled, and worrying is that it costs a lot of silver, why is Xia Yuanji able to get a bicycle as an official in the same dynasty, and he has to pay for it himself?

Or compete with others.

In the palace, King Ning came, this was the first time Zhu Di talked to him alone, Zhu Gaoxian stayed on the side, holding a picture in his hand, writing and drawing, and the dog was serving on the side.

Seeing King Ning coming, Zhu Gaoxian got up and saluted King Ning, shouting, "Uncle Ning, you are here!" ”

Zhu Gaoxian of the Ning Dynasty glanced at it in his hand and asked, "What is this painting of the fourth brother?" ”

"Thermal power plant!" Zhu Gaoxian said with a smile, "I'm still telling my dad that I will build a large-scale thermal power plant in the future, which can provide stable power supply to a city. ”

King Ning naturally heard about the thermal power plant that has been rumored in the entire Yingtianfu recently, and he also heard that the thermal power plant will use coal as energy in the future, and many people are asking the students of the Ming Imperial Academy, and they know more or less about the situation.

"If you say that you burn coal, will we have to transport this coal from the north in the future? Or is there another way to solve it? King Ning had to think of his future foothold.