After resigning at noon and packing up their things in the evening, Zhu Gaoxu and his son ran away with the officials of the household department early the next morning.

Oh yes, the officials of the household department followed them to Yunnan for the wool business.

In fact, Zhu Zhanyan was not disgusted with the matter of wool, and even welcomed it.

He was reluctant to say it before, mainly because he didn't want to say it behind his cousin's buttocks, which would make it seem that he didn't know how to measure and didn't save face for Zhu Zhanji.

Later, his father spoke, and Zhu Zhanyan was actually happy, because the wool thing was a very profitable thing for him.

If you want to process wool, you must use a chemical, which is sodium hydroxide, which is commonly known as caustic soda.

Caustic soda was in high demand until the eighteenth century, and until the eighteenth century, and at the end of the eighteenth century, the chemist Lublan succeeded in producing caustic soda cheaply by electrolyzing salt.

Before this, there was only one way to refine caustic soda, that is, to make soda ash from plant ash first, and then use soda ash to make caustic soda.

As soon as you talk about plant ash, you know how difficult this thing is, how low the yield is, processing wool is not a one-shot deal, it is necessary to do it every year, and the quantity and output will increase year by year.

Therefore, this has to use the second method, which is similar to drying salt.

On the planet beneath your feet, there are three, and only three, alkaline lakes.

One is Lake Texcoco in Central America, one is Lake Chad in Africa, and the last one is Lake Chenghai in the territory of the flower planter.

Coincidentally, Cheng Haihu ...... in Yunnan.

That is to say, if you want the wool trade to continue, you must make caustic soda continuously, and the method of making caustic soda from plant ash is too troublesome and the yield is low, so it can only be done from Yunnan.

In fact, there is another place besides Yunnan where you can get caustic soda, because in addition to the alkaline lake, there is also a kind of lake called saline-alkali lake.

It's just that the saline-alkali lake of the flower planter is Dabusu Lake, which is on the side of the current Nuer Gandusi.

The saline-alkali lake is the winter when salt is dried in summer, alkali is fished in winter, and Xiaoice the early stage of the river......

Tsk, the price is too great, don't mention it.

After the showdown with the old man in the eighth year of Yongle and the ninth year of Yongle leaving Beijing to become a vassal, what Zhu Zhanyan did for Ying Tian was full of interest factors.

Either it was for the sake of expanding the scope of his family's control, as happened to Chen Jikuo, or for personal enmity and minerals like the Wa Kingdom, nothing was done in vain.

This time, it's the same.

It's just that the people from this household department make Zhu Zhanyan feel a little embarrassed, because this person's name is Chen Xun.

But that was before, and the current Zhu Zhanyan only remembered who this person was after chatting with Chen Xun.

In fact, he is not to blame, Zhu Zhanyan was originally very hostile to civil officials, because fundamentally speaking, there may be many, many other factors in the fall of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, but Confucianism will never escape.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Zhu Zhanyan had a deep hostility towards civil officials, but in fact, not all of them were rotten people.

For example, the current Xia Yuanji, and the future Yu Qian.

And this Chen Xun is actually a person who can be compared to Yu Qian, because the two of them are from the same period, and their thoughts and ways of doing things are also very similar.

Many people know that after the Tumubao Change, many civil officials started to shrink their heads, trying to make the Ming Dynasty move the capital, give up Shuntianfu and move south to respond to Tianfu, only Yu Qian's attitude was tough, and he tried his best to eliminate the proposal of moving south and defend Shuntian, which led to the later defense of Beiping.

Such an account makes many people think that Yu Qian is lonely, and he has single-handedly reversed the situation of moving south and defended Shuntian.

But in fact, Yu Qian is not the only one who has such an awareness, but so is Chen Xun.

Chen Xun in history, Yongle 13 years out of office, was awarded the Hanlin Academy to revise Yongle in the 22nd year of the promotion of the Hanlin Academy, Xuande five years to the Hanlin Academy of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, orthodox nine years to enter the cabinet with the official position of the Hanlin Academy bachelor, successively served as the right attendant of the household department.

In the first year of Jingtai, Chen Xun reached his peak and became the first assistant of the cabinet, and was favored by Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, the achievements of Jingtai are attributed to Chen Xun.

It's just that with the later change of seizing the door, the Ming God of War killed Yu Qian, who was regarded as a treasure by the four emperors of Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande and Jingtai, and Chen Xun was also liquidated as a supporter of the original defense of Beiping.

Although he was not beheaded, he was also removed from his official position, was given a hundred court staffs, demoted to Tielingwei, and reduced his nationality to the people.

Therefore, Baozong's mistake is not only to kill Yu Qian, but also to lose Chen Xun, which is also a big mistake.

"You said that you, a civil official, don't stay in Yingtianfu well, climb up hard, be a cabinet chief or something, what do you have to do with me in Yunnan?"

Leaning on the side of the boat, Zhu Zhanyan looked at the river that was being stirred by the breeze, and was full of disgust as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, this is only on the surface, after all, Chen Xunke is a talent, and Zhu Zhanyan is still very happy to get such a talent.

"Xia Guan has already said that in this world, only martial arts can be safe."

Chen Xun stood behind Zhu Zhanyan, feeling the majesty of the river, and his expression was indifferent.

"In Yingtian, the lower officials can't see the hope of a peaceful world, but it's Your Highness, let the lower officials see it."

"Me?" Zhu Zhanyan pointed to himself in surprise, it was the first time he had heard this level of evaluation.

"I'm a rough person, I only know how to fight and kill, and the souls under my name are not a million, but you think of me like this?"

"But, it works, doesn't it?" Chen Xun met Zhu Zhanyan's gaze and did not retreat.

Zhu Zhanyan was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Xun with a firm face, and seemed to understand a little.

Being able to choose to defend Shuntian in the face of the invasion of Waranan, this kind of character is not cultivated, but is born with a kind of firmness that others do not have.

In the current environment, civil officials will only become more and more rotten, because those who are close to ink are black, and the people around them are infected all the time.

It must be natural to want to get out of the mud without being stained and not to be rotted with other people.

"Whatever you want." Zhu Zhanyan sighed lightly.

Chen Xun is a person who needs him the most, but Ying Tian, the future Emperor Jingtai.

Zhu Zhanyan himself is already the top in this area, even Chen Xun can't do it to his level, so Chen Xun can only be a good assistant for him, but for Emperor Jingtai, Chen Xun is at the right-hand level.

One is the icing on the cake, and the other is a charcoal in the snow.

"I'll go to the country with the British Duke first, do you want to go with me?"

Zhu Zhanyan looked at Chen Xun and decided to give Chen Xun a chance, and also let himself see where Chen Xun was.

"Since it is required by His Highness, the subordinate is naturally an entourage."

Chen Xun's eyes were all clear and firm, without half a point of confusion.

……

In front of Zhu Zhan Yan, or should I say the front of the boat he was on, Zhang Fu stood at the stern of the boat, watching Zhu Zhan Yan and Chen Xun talk happily.

He is the Dinghai God Needle of Daming, who is now guarding the kingdom of Wei, and this Chinese New Year's Eve return to Beijing is to add to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, because if there are not so many envoys who come to pay tribute this year, he is likely to let Chen Mao come back and forget it.

In the end, it is still for the sake of face, after all, the number of people who came to pay tribute this year can be said to be the most in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and he must come back to strengthen this face.

In fact, Zhang Fu planned to return yesterday, although Chen Mao was also a relatively outstanding military general in the Yongle period, but on the whole, it was not enough.

Like the current Wa Kingdom, what is needed is a person who is bold and has enough weight, and Chen Mao is not good at this point.

So he had to go back as soon as possible, but Zhu Zhanyan suddenly decided to go to the Wa Kingdom, which made Zhang Fu have to postpone his departure by a day.

In fact, Zhang Fu really didn't want Zhu Zhan to go to the Wa Kingdom, because he knew that every time this prince of Wu appeared outside of the Ming Dynasty, he would only bring one situation.

This is usually something that most people don't want to see.

However, Zhang Fu is really not qualified to speak.

Let's not say that Zhu Zhan Yan is the son of King Wu and a member of the royal family, even if Zhu Zhan Yan is not, this Japanese country was also beaten down by Zhu Zhan Yan, and it has nothing to do with him Zhang Fu.

He Zhang Fu went to the Wa Kingdom after Zhu Zhan Yan pacified Heianjing, and said that it sounded better to give Zhu Zhan Yan a top position, so that Zhu Zhan Yan could free up his hands to be busy with Yunnan's own affairs.

said that it was ugly, and he Zhang Fu just went to eat ready-made.

When Zhang Fu went, more than half of the land of the Wa Kingdom had been pushed across by the Ming army, leaving only the vast and sparsely populated areas to the north and Ezo.

In addition, Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng are on Sado Island, even if there are Japanese people who want to resist, the first to be hit is Sado Island, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Fu in Iwami Ginzan.

He went, just sat back and enjoyed the success, although the merit will not be great, but there must be hard work, and it is still far from the Ming Dynasty, and the reward will not be less when the time comes.

What qualifications does he have to criticize Zhu Zhanyan?

Thinking of this, Zhang Fu sighed heavily, he didn't know what Zhu Zhan's arrival would bring to the country this time, he only hoped that Zhu Zhan'an could be a little more restrained, because the current miners are becoming more and more difficult to find.

……

In Liujiagang, Taicang, Zhu Zhanyan said goodbye to his father.

He was going to go to the Wa Kingdom, and Zhu Gaoxu was going back to Yunnan.

Although there is a Mu family in Yunnan, the current Mu family is not the previous Mu family after all, Zhu Gaoxu is gradually becoming the person in power in Yunnan, and he can't leave for too long.

Because the implementation of the new tax system has brought great benefits to the people of Yunnan, coupled with the practice that the Mu family used to curry favor with Tusi and stabilize the situation in Yunnan as soon as possible, the people are more inclined to Wu Wangfu after thinking about it.

The current Mu family can basically only convey orders to the Wu Wangfu, if they really let them make their own decisions, the people may listen, but there will definitely be strong resentment.

Seeing his father's ship drifting away, Zhu Zhan Yan also ordered to set off and head towards the Ryukyu Kingdom, preparing to go to the current Ming Dynasty back garden.

Wa Kingdom.

(End of chapter)