The eunuch left after thanking Zhu Gui.

Soon there were only Zhu Gui, Xu Guogong and Xu Miaoqing left in the conference hall.

Xu Guogong took the lead in asking: "Acting king, isn't the emperor only one million taels?" Why did you give 1,500,000 taels? Doesn't that invite suspicion? ”

Zhu Gui shook his head and said: "This king has already stated in a letter that the 500,000 taels were earned by doing business in Nanjing recently, so that the emperor will no longer come to trouble this king because of this matter." ”

Xu Guogong thought about it for a while, although he still didn't understand Zhu Gui's intentions, but none of what he had done during this period of time could he understand, fortunately, there had been no mess so far, and he didn't want to give his opinions.

Instead, Xu Miaoqing looked at the holy decree and said, "A little seven-rank official will make you like this, and ah, with this, when will we be able to return to Yunzhou?" ”

This is the problem of Xu Miaoqing's relationship, although Xu Miaoqing grew up in Nanjing, but she has now regarded Yunzhou Datong Mansion as her own home.

Zhu Gui died for a while and said: "As long as the matter here is dealt with, the rest can be handed over to the Datong Chamber of Commerce to manage itself, the biggest problem has been solved, and the rest are small problems." ”

Zhu Gui looked out of the door, and his mood suddenly became brighter.

"Small question, does the prince refer to the three major families of Shi, Lin, and Li?" Xu Guogong immediately understood.

Even if he is the Duke of Xu Guo, he usually deals with these three families occasionally, which shows the influence of these three families in Nanjing City.

And now that Zhu Gui has become an official appointed by the imperial court in charge of commerce, he naturally intersects with them.

Zhu Gui said: "Yes, it's just that it's not just these three, they are at most businessmen with some backgrounds, and now that the emperor is on the side of the king, they will also see the situation clearly, this website is worried about the queen mother's mother's family, the Guo family." ”

"The Guo family? Shouldn't they be counted as their own people? How can it be against you? Xu Miaoqing asked puzzled.

"It is precisely because they regard this king as their own person that they will not be able to recognize their own identity, and there is a good saying in the shopping mall, 'Brothers settle accounts', and few people are willing to suffer in the face of interests."

Zhu Gui said lightly.

Xu Guogong looked at Zhu Gui with a surprised expression, it was hard to believe that these obscure words came from the mouth of a young man who was only fourteen years old.

And half a year ago, he was a little prince who only knew how to act recklessly.

It was hard for him to imagine what Zhu Gui had experienced in the six months he had been in Yunzhou.

But in any case, although the temperament and temperament shown by Zhu Gui at present made him a little worried, it was generally good.

Xu Miaoqing didn't notice the strange look on her father's face, but kept staring at Zhu Gui, her eyes were full of light, and she couldn't stop nodding.

"Although what you said is very reasonable, they are Concubine Hui's mother's family after all, if you can, you should discuss it with them."

Xu Miaoqing said with a look of relief.

"This is natural, this king is not the kind of unreasonable person, by the way, Xu Guogong rarely comes to the palace, this time the king personally cooks and prepares a table of wine and food."

Zhu Gui suddenly became interested and wanted to show his hand in front of Xu Guogong.

Xu Guogong originally wanted to refuse, but Xu Miaoqing hugged his arm.

"Dad, you don't know, the prince cooks very deliciously, and he is not worse than the imperial chef, he usually has a hard time cooking, so don't shirk it."

Xu Miaoqing said coquettishly.

Xu Guogong saw that his daughter said so, so he could only reluctantly stay.

The next time was for Xu Guogong and Xu Miaoqing to chat in the living room, talking about her and Zhu Gui's affairs in Yunzhou.

And Zhu Gui was busy in the kitchen.

The reason why he cooked the meal himself was not a whim.

On the one hand, Zhu Gui wanted to study the situation of daily necessities in Nanjing, which was the economic center of the Ming Dynasty.

Condiments are one of them.

When he was in Datong Mansion, Zhu Gui also studied it, but he didn't care much about it, after all, he had more important things to do.

But now it's different, with the official position of the Ministry of Commerce, Zhu Gui can completely let go of his hands and feet and start to study things related to the livelihood of ordinary people, which can also make targeted adjustments to the commodity allocation of the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

Although the ordinary people's kitchens at this time in the Ming Dynasty had 'firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea', things like peppercorns, chili peppers, and other things were only introduced from the Western Regions in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gui recorded all of these one by one, and then exchanged some from the system store, and also exchanged a copy of "Su Cuisine Cookbook", and then selected several Nanjing specialties from it to make them.

And this operation has another intention, that is, to let Xu Guogong not be overly biased towards Yanwang Zhu Di now and in the future.

Although it seems that at present, because Zhu Gui is too unthreatening, he and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, can still get along relatively well.

But Zhu Gui himself knew that he would not have to come in the future, and after the Battle of Jingyan broke out, he was likely to have a fierce conflict with Zhu Di.

Zhu Gui has no opinion on Zhu Di being the emperor, after all, the other party is also a Ming Jun who created the prosperous era of Yongle.

But Zhu Di, like Zhu Yunwen, implemented the policy of cutting the feudal domain.

This will inevitably conflict with Zhu Gui, the vassal king.

As for what to do in the future, Zhu Gui has not thought about it so far.

Does he want to overthrow Zhu Yunwen one step ahead of Zhu Di and then replace him, or can he find a way to live in peace with Zhu Di?

No matter how things will develop in the future, Zhu Gui hopes that Xu Guogong will be his and Zhu Di's father-in-law and not pull the shelf.

Soon, Zhu Gui made a table of Nanjing's local specialties.

Among them, saltwater ducks, squirrel fish, and anchovy shrimp are the most amazing.

Even Xu Miaoqing couldn't help but say, "Lord Wang, why haven't I seen you cook these dishes before?" ”

Zhu Gui hurriedly explained: "These are all Nanjing specialties, and the ingredients need to be taken on the spot to ensure the umami. ”

After hearing this, Xu Guogong also nodded and said: "Yes, Nanjing cuisine is characterized by the original umami of the ingredients, and my father will try it." ”

As he spoke, Xu Guogong took the lead in clipping a piece of saltwater duck and chewing it in his mouth.

He first showed a puzzled look, then looked at Zhu Gui in surprise, nodded again and again: "Yes, this taste is even more delicious than the emperor's birthday banquet, Qing'er is right, the prince really has a talent for cooking." ”

"I'll try it too." Xu Miaoqing thought he was polite when he heard his father say this, so he also took a piece and ate it.