At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was still possible to make brown sugar (brown sugar), as well as decolorized little white sugar, similar to the rock sugar of later generations, and the crystal like snow cotton white sugar, but also got the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Fujian puppets and found the yellow mud water drenching sugar method, and it is precisely because of this invention that the white sugar at that time became the three major export commodities alongside silk and porcelain.

"And sugar?" Sheng Yong also asked strangely.

"Try more, find someone to think of a way, you can turn brown sugar into white sugar, like snow, you can sell it at a high price." Zhu Gaoxu patted his head, but unfortunately Lao Tzu couldn't think of it.

Wang Li said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will find a way." The expression was extremely serious.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Inform everyone, no matter who you are, as long as you think of a way to turn brown sugar white, or other aspects, including farming, planting sugarcane, and various ways to make technology fly in and increase production, there will be a heavy reward." ”

"A thousand taels of silver or items of the same price start, Liangtian Jewelry, what do you want."

Zhu Gaoxu said this, even Sheng Yong was moved, after all, who would look at the craftsmen and farmers in the Ming Dynasty, how could there be such a heavy reward.

A few people went around outside, ate a little at random in one of the tunbao at noon, went around the neighborhood again, and in the afternoon, returned to the south bank of Baoyue Pass.

There is a market here, mainly the local natives, who take out all kinds of treasures and specialties in the mountains and sell them for trade, and trade with the local Ming people.

Because before Zhu Gaoxu came, there were three or four hundred Ming people here, among which there were a few officials in Guangnan Prefecture, and most of the Ming troops were stationed at Baoyue Pass, that is, the Ming army was the most here, so the natives made the market here.

After Zhu Gaoxu's tens of thousands of horses arrived, in addition to the barracks and at various intersections, most of the barracks and garrisons were also mainly based on the Xiyang River, and the natives saw this and made the market bigger, and there were hundreds of stalls here every day.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others came here in the afternoon because there were the most people at this time.

The original garrison of Yuebao Pass has all been transferred away and replaced by the cronies of the three guards of the Han Dynasty.

There are 40 local tunbuns, and 100 people in each tun have to train every day, usually resting at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, a large number of people will come to the scene to see if there is anything fun and delicious to change.

The natives do not accept treasure money, but the copper coins and silver of the Ming Dynasty are collected, and they prefer the salt, sugar, cloth and other things of the Ming Dynasty.

The tunhu didn't have much money, but the garrison of Yuebaoguan had a monthly salary, and they were rich in the eyes of the natives.

Zhu Gaoxu not only gave money, but also salt and sugar, and arched the three guards well, which is his foundation and biggest backer.

Fortunately, the imperial court shared most of the military salary, and Zhu Gaoxu only sent a little more on the premise of the imperial court's salary, so the total annual expenditure was about 100,000 taels of silver.

If it weren't for the fact that he made money in the early stage, he would really not be able to do so many things and raise so many soldiers and horses.

When Zhu Di was martyred, he completely relied on the accumulation of Yanwangfu for many years, plus the looting during the battle and the destruction of the city, which supported the salary and consumption of the Jingnan army.

Zhu Gaoxu has only been open for a few years, and how much silver can he save, so he has to do his own business.

At this time, the market was full of people, and there were shouts everywhere, but most of the local people's words were not understood by the Ming army.

Fortunately, there are translators everywhere on the scene, and there are also local Chinese dialects who speak more slippery, after all, from the Dali Dynasty to the Song and Yuan Dynasty, there have always been Han people here.

Zhu Gaoxu listened to the meeting, and felt like Cantonese, considering that Guangnan Prefecture and Guangxi are very close, and Kunming is very far away, and this side is at the junction of the two provinces, it is normal for them to speak like Cantonese.

There are more Dai people in Yunnan now, and the Nong family is actually the Zhuang people, and the sound is a little more Cantonese, but it is more difficult to understand than Cantonese.

If they speak slowly word by word, Zhu Gaoxu will probably be able to understand part of it.

But as long as he said hurry up, Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand it at all.

Zhu Gaoxu took Sheng Yong, Hong Zheng, Sun Cheng, Wang Li, and the eunuch Zhong Xian, just a few people walked in the market, not far behind a team of personal soldiers.

Listening to the noisy voices around me, watching the natives and the Ming people bargaining, there was even a feeling of unreality.

Sheng Yong and the others listened even more with a blank face, completely unaware of what the people around them were talking about.

A few of them were well dressed, like high-ranking officials, so the natives would wave when they saw them, signaling them to come and see the goods.

A lot of people will say, "Cheap, cheap, look, look." ”

They all know these Chinese characters, but most of them are turned over and over these words.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the things on the stall with great interest, and found that most of them were medicinal herbs, which should have been planted by the natives themselves or dug up from the mountains.

There are also some mushrooms, animal skins, and local fabrics, which are woven with a mixture of various fabrics, which look colorful and strange.

There are also wild camellia and flower tea, Zhu Gaoxu also asked specifically, that guy happened to be very slippery in Chinese, and said violently, saying that it was picked from the cliff, Zhenzong wild camellia.

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself, didn't he say that the mountain people are simple? This cowhide is even more powerful than Zhu Di?

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was not interested, this person looked at Zhu Gaoxu and a few others, like a general in the army.

He rolled his eyes and picked up a herb from the stall: "General, this is okay, you can use it, marching in the mountains can avoid miasma, we can use it when we go up the mountain to hunt." ”

Wang Li took it in his hand and looked at it, and whispered: "It's like traditional Chinese medicine." He sniffed it again and shook his head: "It's not like traditional Chinese medicine, it smells of smoke." ”

Zhu Gaoxu's heart moved, he took it and sniffed it under his nose, and immediately felt a familiar feeling.

He asked quietly, "What is this called?" Planted or wild? ”

"Wild, let's call it miasma."

“。。” Zhu Gaoxu.

He thought for a moment and asked, "What's the point?" ”

"It can be sucked and it makes people feel refreshed."

The native said, and took out a big pipe from behind his waist, and Zhu Gaoxu was happy when he saw it, isn't this a big smoking gun?

Originally, it was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty that tobacco was transmitted from Luzon to the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect Zhu Gaoxu to see it in this mountain now.

"You suck it and show me." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.

The man took a little bit in his hand, first chopped it with a knife, then put it directly into the smoking gun, then took out the flint and lit it a few times.

Suddenly, a burst of white smoke slowly rose from the scene, and Zhu Gaoxu, who had not smoked for a long time, closed his eyes slightly and inhaled deeply.

Special mother's, that's the taste.

It's really like the tobacco of later generations.

But the taste is definitely not as good as in the later generations, cough cough, the native on the other side coughed after a few sips, and all the generals around laughed.

"What the hell." Sheng Yong scolded with a smile.

"Good stuff." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile, this is really an unexpected discovery.

“。。” Sheng Yong.

"Can this thing be grown?" Zhu Gaoxu asked the native directly.

The native was stunned and shook his head: "I haven't tried it, there are only wild ones on the mountain, and there are not many of them, and the price is -——"

I also want to say that the price is relatively high.

"I don't want you here, you want to be able to help me grow it, I will give you a hundred taels of silver, a hundred catties of salt, and fifty catties of sugar every year, and the whole family can follow me, and give you ten acres of fertile land, if you don't want to farm, the rations of the whole family, I will come out."

When Zhu Gaoxu said this, Sheng Yong and the others were also stunned, what kind of thing is this, asking for so much money?

It's better than the treatment of an ordinary thousand households.

brush, the native face was flushed in an instant, and his eyes were glaring: "The general's words are true." ”

"We, the people of the Han Palace, never lie to people." Zhu Gaoxu said quietly.

After Hong Zheng and the others came to Guangnan Mansion, the most commonly used sentence was: "We people from the Han Palace's Mansion never deceive people." ”

It is said day and night that the brainwashing seems to spread in Yunnan, thus laying down a good image of Zhu Gaoxu in Yunnan.

The natives also know that many natives here in Guangnan are married to the Ming people, and they seem to have a good reputation.

"My name is Nongbima, and the general will give me some time."

"Okay." Zhu Gaoxu turned around, and Zhong Xian immediately handed over an ingot of ten taels of silver.

Horn, Zhu Gaoxu put it heavily on his stall: "This is a deposit, and after the matter is completed, there will be another heavy reward." ”

"Where do I go to find the general?" Nongbima hurriedly asked.

"You go to Baoyue Pass and report your own name."

Zhu Gaoxu stayed in Guangnan Mansion for a few more days, and Nanong Bima found Baoyue Pass several times and asked for land.

He wanted to plant on dry land, because only dry land is suitable for large-scale planting, so Zhu Gaoxu agreed one by one and gave him a large piece of land for experimentation.

A few days later, goods from Ping An and Guangdong entered Yunnan from the north bank of the Nanpan River and came to Guangnan Province.

The three met for the first time.

Ping'an has always been unruly, whether Li Jinglong led the army or Sheng Yong commanded in the past, he didn't take them seriously.

When he saw Zhu Gaoxu this time, he bowed down and bowed to His Royal Highness the King of Han, with an extremely respectful attitude.

In addition to the fact that his whole family will rely on the protection of King Han in the future, he has followed Yan Chen all the way, and what he has seen and heard, he has clearly felt that Zhu Gaoxu has been secretly operating in the past few years, which is really amazing.

Sheng Yong was surprised, because in his impression, except for Taizu, Ping'an had never respected anyone else, even if he followed Zhu Di to march in the north, he had never been so humble.

Zhu Gaoxu was very happy to see the arrival of peace, and invited their whole family to the dinner that night, and the next day he first took him to see the situation in Guangnan Mansion, and then asked, General Gao, what else do I need to do here?

After Sheng Yong arrived, Zhu Gaoxu usually called him General Chen in front of the public, and after Ping An came, he changed his name to General Gao.

Most of the low-level soldiers and generals in the three guards of Yan Wang didn't know them, and Sheng Yong and Ping'an didn't go anywhere else, and often followed Zhu Gaoxu, if they needed to go out, they would change their clothes and dress up, and wear hats to pretend to be farmers, so except for Zhu Gaoxu's henchmen and generals, no one knew that they had arrived here.

Like Wang Li and Shen Ji, they don't know Ping'an and Sheng Yong, they only know General Chen and General Gao.

Hearing this, Ping An thought about it and said slowly: "King Han looks good here, but there are still shortcomings. ”

Sheng Yong glanced at him quietly, this peace is old and direct, not likable, if you change it to Sheng Yong, you will definitely not say that.

But King Han likes this kind of direct person, Sheng Yong stayed with Zhu Gaochu for a while, and found that Zhu Gaochu has a lot of personality charm, much stronger than Zhu Di, King Han is very willing to listen to the suggestions of his subordinates, if he is wrong, he is willing to admit his mistake and change it immediately.

This is a character that many big people do not have, and some people would rather make mistakes than damage their prestige.

"You say, what's missing?" Sure enough, Zhu Gaoxu was not only not unhappy, but quite excited.

(End of chapter)