After the emperor's birthday passed, the next day the vassal king wrote a letter asking for his resignation.

It's just that some of these people who write are sincere, and some are false.

Zhu Di also went to the book, but he didn't ask his family to pack their bags, but with the idea that he could drag it out for a day.

Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, didn't even have the idea of going to the book, and spent all day thinking about how to get the confiscated brothel back from the old man.

Zhu Li went to the book, but was rejected by Lao Zhu, asking him to live in the capital for a few days without rushing back.

Zhu Li knew that this was his father's compensation for himself, compensating for his hard work in going to Wudang Mountain to visit Zhang Shenxian some time ago, but as the king of the border domain and a courtier, how could he take it lightly?

Therefore, he entered the palace today to accompany his father to dinner, and the meaning of his words was that he wanted to go back!

"Father, Zhang Shenxian has said, you can still hold the country for thirty years, according to me, this prince is not in a hurry at this time, and it is not too late for you to hold the eldest great-grandson and think about it in a few years, hehehe......"

"As for the son, there are a lot of fiefdoms, and I have to deal with the Duke of Liangguo from the side, so I won't stay too much in the capital."

Lao Zhu Wenyan smiled and waved his hand, as if he was denying Zhang Shenxian's words, and as if he was dispelling Zhu Li's idea of returning to the fiefdom.

"Zhang Shenxian's words are just a joke to deceive you."

"If we hold the country for another thirty years, won't we also become old immortals?"

"We don't have that blessing!"

"In our opinion, we can live for another ten or eight years, and that's all God's face!"

"As for you......"

"If you are really worried about the closure of the country, then take your family back in a few days. We don't ask you to make any great military achievements, we just ask you to protect the territory and the people, supply the grain and grass on Lanyu's side, and don't let him give up his achievements because of the grain and grass. ”

"No!"

Zhu Li agreed, and seeing that Zhu Yunxi was not with him today, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Father, why didn't you see my eldest nephew today?"

Lao Zhu smiled bitterly when he heard this.

"Your eldest nephew, the injury on his butt is just a little bit too good to sit still, so he ran to the workshop outside the palace early in the morning, saying that he hadn't seen it for a long time, and he had to go over and see it himself."

Zhu Li was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking about what Zhu Yunxi had said to several of their "shareholders" before, and couldn't help but say a few words for Zhu Yunxi.

"Father, in fact, Zhu Yunxi's child is not greedy for money."

"When he ran the workshop before, his original intention was to give the imperial court a surplus of one million taels of silver every year."

"Even if he supplies weapons to the imperial court, he doesn't plan to ask for materials and silver, but Chen Zongli, the head of the household, will be wrong and insist on stuffing the money into him."

"Oh?"

Lao Zhu was slightly moved when he heard this, and ten thousand "unbelievers" flashed in his eyes.

"Then the rebel grandson will have such good intentions?"

"In addition, can he really say that he can supply military supplies without the silver of the imperial court, and can still give the imperial court a surplus of one million taels a year?"

Zhu Li originally wanted to give his eldest nephew a long face, but when he saw his father asking like this, he naturally patted his chest as a guarantee.

"That's nature!"

"My son has seen the accounts of the ironsmith workshop, and in the past month alone, he has made a profit of 300,000 taels of silver. In this way, it is three million taels a year. ”

"Even if he gives one million taels to the court, that kid still has something to earn!"

"This, this, this ......"

Lao Zhu always knew that Zhu Yunxi had built another workshop in private, and the people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry had complained about it in a book before. said that Zhu Yunxi was not kind, how could he sell the front foot to the imperial court workshop, and build another one on his back foot?

Lao Zhu ordered people to investigate, and after learning that the new workshop only produced some scissors, kitchen knives, and some farm tools, he no longer bothered about the matter.

After all, Zhu Yunxi has made meritorious contributions to the imperial court, and it is also his duty to let him earn some pocket money.

It's just that he didn't expect that there would be so much pocket money!

"Someone!"

"Call the second tiger in!"

"No!"

Not long after, the two tigers walked in.

"Humble to meet the emperor!"

"Erhu, tell us about it

, how much does our grandson's new workshop in the north of the city earn per month? ”

As soon as Erhu heard this, his heart chuckled. looked at King Jin who was sitting on the side, and couldn't help but complain in his heart that this guy was a big mouth.

The three emperors and grandsons are just taking everyone to make a little money, why is this guy still publicizing it everywhere?

"Back to the emperor, it is said that last month made a profit of more than 300,000 taels ......"

As soon as Lao Zhu saw the tone of Erhu's speech, he knew that this guy was not telling the truth, so he couldn't help but ask in a deep voice.

"How much more?"

"That's more...... More than 200,000 taels ......"

"Shhh

When Zhu Li and Lao Zhu heard this, they all gasped.

When Zhu Li saw the account book, he saw that there was a surplus of 300,000 taels in the account, and he was already shocked in his heart. In the past month, the profits of the ironsmith workshop have nearly doubled......

Lao Zhu was even more shocked, and secretly said in his heart Why is the money-losing goods in the hands of the imperial court able to turn decay into magic in the hands of this grandson?

Even if this grandson has a hydraulic workshop, it won't be so outrageous, right?

In addition, he has made so much money, why is he still staring at the little money of the birthday gift, and smearing the royal face in vain!

"You tell us how much it is!"

"Back to the emperor, I made a total profit of 596,300 taels last month."

"Hiss......"

Lao Zhu was speechless for a while when he heard this.

"What's the difference between this and 600,000 taels?"

Erhu replied awkwardly.

"It's still a little different......"

"The Three Emperors and Grandsons said that we must pay attention to seeking truth from facts in life and doing things, and don't say big things to make people laugh......"

Lao Zhu secretly rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said in his heart that this rebellious grandson is quite good at hiding it. As for Erhu, there must be a dry stock in the new workshop, otherwise how could he cover it up for him like this?

"How did he make so much money?"

"You can't make that much just by selling scissors, kitchen knives, etc., right?"

"Back to the emperor, mainly by selling iron, now workshops from all over the country come to the three emperors to buy iron, the best iron is only 300 wen a catty, has been robbed crazy."

"Last month, I sold a million catties of iron alone, and I collected a lot of deposits from workshops, so there was so much surplus."

One million catties of iron sounds like a lot, but it's actually only 500 tons.

This bit of steel will certainly not be of much importance in the future, and there may be more iron in any scrap yard than this.

But for the current Ming Dynasty, the output of Zhu Yunxi's one workshop is already comparable to all the government-run workshops of the Ming Dynasty combined.

"How can there be so many?"

"Back to the emperor, His Royal Highness the Third Emperor Sun has developed a new type of iron-smelting furnace, which can produce thousands of catties of iron in one furnace......"

"Blast furnace?"

"A furnace of thousands of pounds ......"

The more Lao Zhu listened, the more outrageous he felt, an ordinary iron-smelting workshop could produce a hundred and ten catties of iron in one furnace, which was already good. The blast furnace that reverses Sun, a furnace can produce thousands of catties of iron, which is simply unheard of.

Zhu Li also felt outrageous, although he was the major shareholder of the Minggang Chamber of Commerce, he never asked about the workshop. Even if I occasionally walked around, I just walked around the workshop where I made weapons and looked at all kinds of new machines.

Now that he heard Erhu say such an exaggerated statement, and seeing that his father was so interested, he immediately proposed.

"Father, if you're curious, why don't we go over and take a look?"

Lao Zhu was obviously a little moved when he heard this, but he thought that he still had a lot of twists and turns that he hadn't criticized, and he was a little drumming in his heart.

He doesn't like to procrastinate, and today's things are finished today, and he will never stay until tomorrow.

Zhu Li saw his father's concerns and proposed again.

"If my father is worried about state affairs, he can take the fold with him on the road to review it!"

"Zhu Yunxi gave his son a new carriage a few days ago, which is the lightest and most stable, and he can hardly feel the bumps when sitting in it, and his father can take his son's carriage over."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately remembered that Zhu Gui also gave him a carriage.

"Erhu, bring the carriage that Zhu Gui gave us, compare it with the carriage of the third family, see if the filial piety of the thirteenth is great, or the filial piety of our little rebel grandson, ha

Ha ha! ”

"Okay!"

When Erhu heard this, he hurriedly ran out to prepare the car.

Not long after, two carriages appeared at the gate of the palace, Lao Zhu and Zhu Li glanced at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

Because the two carriages are exactly the same, they are all the color of a watery wood, and they have not even been painted, and they look extremely shabby.

However, this satisfies Lao Zhu's idea of low-key travel.

So, Lao Zhu ordered someone to drive his royal carriage to open the way in front, and he took a few guards and followed behind in the log-colored carriage that Zhu Gui gave him.

When the carriage was in the city, it was not obvious, but after leaving the city, it suddenly felt the benefits of the new carriage.

No matter what kind of road surface you pass through, you can barely feel the bumps.

When reviewing the folds, I will not be blind for a while, and even the hand holding the pen is much more stable.

When Lao Zhu and the others went out of the city, Zhu Yunxi had already taken a turn outside the city.

He first went to the workshop of the Ordnance Bureau under the Ministry of War to check the operation status here.

Fortunately, they were all craftsmen he selected at the beginning, and they had been working with him for several months, and they were already familiar with his management methods.

Therefore, although he himself did not go for ten days and a half months, the foremen of each workshop did a good job.

What worries him the most is the new workshop, which not only has to make some farm tools and daily necessities to be responsible for making profits. Another very important task was the development of the steam engine.

The steam engine is not complicated in nature, and he took out all the principles and drawings, and just drew the scoop according to the gourd.

It's just that when it comes to details such as the strength of the material and the air tightness, it takes a certain amount of time to polish and test.

It is naturally much more convenient to have ready-made materials, and you can file the parts with two mature craftsmen with a file.

The difficulty is that some parts require different material properties, some need a certain toughness, and some need wear resistance and other characteristics.

As a result, he spent a lot of time and energy just researching new materials.