Chapter 532: The Story of Ten Thousand Households
"Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang!"
Ying Tianfu, the main hall of the emperor's imperial palace, which should be solemn and solemn, came from a child's voice today. Old Zhu Ben was still sitting behind a pile of cases and frowned deeply, and when he heard this, he unprecedentedly skimmed the music in his hand and walked down the stairs quickly. ‘
"Our great grandson! Where is our great grandson? We heard the voice, why didn't it disappear? ”
Seeing Zhu Xiongying hiding behind the pillar and revealing one eye, Lao Zhu obviously saw it but pretended not to see it. This is the favorite game of the grandfather and grandson, Lao Zhu deliberately circled around, until Zhu Xiongying couldn't help laughing, he picked Zhu Xiongying up.
"Grandpa Huang is so stupid, he can't find his grandson."
"Hahahaha, our grandson is smart and clever, it's common for us to not find it." He carried Zhu Xiongying to the top of the imperial steps, put him directly on the side of the wide dragon chair, and said with a smile: "Didn't you learn to ride a horse with your father today, why did you come to the imperial grandfather again." ”
"Could it be that you miss the emperor's grandfather?"
"No, it was the mother who brought Ying'er into the palace. Father was too busy. Ying'er had only been riding the foal for a while when her father was called away by a group of white-bearded uncles. Zhu Xiongying said in a milky voice. Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, he knew that Biao'er had always been busy, and in the past few years, under his own deliberate arrangement, Biao'er has more and more yamen in charge, and his affairs have naturally become more and more busy.
It's just that their family always keeps in mind the advice of the fifth child, and the child's growth must be accompanied by his parents, so Zhu Biao must have two days a month not to worry about court affairs and concentrate on accompanying Zhu Xiongying.
Today is the day of Zhu Biao's "baby". It stands to reason that as long as there is no major event in the court, all the yamen are not allowed to disturb Biao'er, why was he called by the courtiers today?
I was about to summon the second tiger and ask what happened in the DPRK. Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiongying's eyes rolled, and his little hand was taken into his arms: "Grandpa Huang, I heard that you are going to celebrate the Halloween." Is it okay for Ying'er to give you a gift? ”
"Huh? Our good grandson is really filial! However, there is still some time for the emperor's grandfather's Halloween, and it is not yet time......" Seeing Zhu Xiongying's face collapse as if he was about to cry, Lao Zhu hurriedly comforted: "Don't cry, don't cry, the eldest grandson said that our longevity is today, that is today." Come, show Grandpa what treasure you want to give Grandpa? ”
Zhu Xiongying turned crying into joy at this time, happily took out a stone from his arms, and showed it to Lao Zhu with his small hand: "Grandpa Huang, look, this is what those white-bearded uncles just fell to the ground, Ying'er saw that this stone was beautiful, so she wanted to pick it up and give it to Grandpa." ”
"Grandpa Huang, do you like such a beautiful stone?"
Lao Zhu looked at the "stone", but his brows couldn't help frowning. The stone in front of me is all yellow, glowing in the sun, how could it have been an ordinary stone?
It's clearly a piece of natural gold!
"Ying'er, you said, this stone was given to your father by Uncle Whitebeard?" Lao Zhu's face gradually became serious, could it be that someone dared to bribe the prince? That's not right. Biao'er is honest and will never leave Ying'er behind because of bribery.
And this gold has a natural shape, and it is obviously not smelted gold. There is also a broken corner on one side, which may have been cut from a large irregular piece of gold. Even if someone wanted to bribe the prince, he would not use such unruly gold, and he would definitely smelt it in advance.
Moreover, Biao'er left temporarily, and it would never be because of such a trivial matter such as bribery.
was asking Zhu Xiongying, but saw that Zhu Biao, Ru Taisu, and Liu Bowen had entered the palace together. Behind Zhu Biao, there is a small yellow door holding an object. Stepping into the hall from afar, Zhu Biao said with joy on his face: "Father, father, great joy!" ”
"Oh? What a joy. Lao Zhu hugged Zhu Xiongying aside and asked curiously.
"Father, please see." Zhu Biao turned his body to the side, revealing the thing that the little yellow door behind him was holding.
I saw that the thing was shining, and it was a large piece of dog's head gold!
"Just now, the cargo ship under the command of the fifth brother who returned to Beijing from the Wa Kingdom has arrived in Yingtian. Erchen received the message and went to the dock to check. ”
"Father, do you know what the fifth brother sent? A whole ship of gold ore! The whole cabin was full of golden light, almost blinding the child's eyes! ”
"The fifth brother and the Daming children under his command have successfully controlled the Sado Golden Mountain, and they have already begun to produce!"
"What!" Lao Zhu's face was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but stand up and walked quickly to the little yellow door. Xiao Huangmen hurriedly knelt down and raised the tray in his hand high, Lao Zhu ignored him, and grabbed the dog head gold directly with a pair of big hands.
This grasp only feels heavy. It seems that someone has cut off a small piece next to it, which should be the corner in the hand of the good grandson. From the inside of the cut, the inside is also clear yellow. What a piece of good dog head gold!
Even though it is impossible for a shipload of gold mines to have such a quality, it only needs to have half or even one-fifth of its purity, and a whole shipload of gold is enough to make today's Ming Dynasty much more financially comfortable.
Not to mention, there is a whole gold mine and an undeveloped silver mine in the Wa Kingdom!
"Hahahahaha, the fifth child is doing well! Well done! God bless me! "After several years of business, today we finally have results. A few years after he set the goal of conquering overseas, he got these ships of gold before he had the first harvest. Taking this first step, Lao Zhu suddenly had a sense of reality that he began to break the curse of reincarnation in the Ming Dynasty. "There are still people in the DPRK and China who think that we are sending troops overseas and that we are reckless and unbridled."
"When these boats of gold are put into storage, we want to see, who else dares to say that ours is not!"
"Your Majesty, although this matter is very happy, it is really not appropriate to interrupt Your Majesty's joy, but the old minister has another matter, and he dare not do it." Liu Bowen came forward and said, his serious tone instantly pulled Lao Zhu's emotions back from ecstasy.
"What can be bigger, bigger than taking Sado Gold Mountain?" Lao Zhu waved the sleeves of his robe, only to feel that he was now rich. "Just play it."
"It's a long story, it's like this." Liu Bowen said.
It turned out that all of this had to be related to Zhu Su's past hot air balloon flying into the sky and teaching the three elders of Pingyang.
At that time, there was a merchant Tao in Jinan. Although this family started in the Yuan Dynasty, they helped when the Ming Dynasty rose, so after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, they also found a grain chief messenger and had an official body. And because his family wealth is abundant, comparable to the family of ten thousand households, so the people of the time do not call it by their first name and surname, but only call the head of the Tao family "ten thousand households".
This Wanhu is also a strange person, he doesn't like official careers, and he doesn't like wine and wealth, he just wants to fly. It is said that he once wanted to tie fireworks and firecrackers on the bamboo chair, hoping to use the power of gunpowder to promote his flying to the sky, and said that he would die for this, and he was also willing to die. It was only under the persuasion of his family that he failed to act. However, the heart of Wanhu Feitian has never died, and he still wants to find an opportunity to use this "fireworks flying" method to go to the sky to see.
This idea was persuaded by his family and revived, and everyone at the time felt that with the chattering appearance of the gods of Wanhu, maybe one day he would really leave behind his family wealth and family, and he would be killed by the gunpowder chair.
Wan Hu himself has always been thinking about his dream of flying. Until one day, a message came from the mouths of the merchants who came and went:
The Fifth Highness of Beijing created a big ball that could fly into the sky, and took the famous three elders of Pingyang to the sky for a circle!
(End of chapter)