Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent and asked Zhu Bai: "Tell me, why do you want to be an official." ”

Zhu Bai said: "Today, Erchen saw two merchants fighting in the market because of the price negotiation. Erchen thinks I can help them with this problem. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Wouldn't that be too hard for you." ”

Zhu Bai said: "Since the son has taken the court, he is the master of the people and shares the worries of his father. It's also okay to work hard. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang straightened his face: "Do you think I don't know your little abacus?" You don't just want to lower the ask price, pull up the bid price, and then make a little difference from it. People are doing a good job, why do they want to send it to you for no reason? ”

Zhu Bai frowned: "Father, it's too unfair to say this. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "Don't waste your tongue." I won't let you get your wish. You work honestly for me, and after seven or eight years, you will obediently go to Changsha to be your king of Xiang, don't always think about rubbing my oil and water. ”

Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Bai still has to grind.

Zhu Yuanzhang glared: "Didn't you say that after today's patrol, you should stop for a few days?" Then go and stop. Don't get tired here. Otherwise, you will continue your tour tomorrow. Or come and watch the excerpts with me in the afternoon. ”

Zhu Bai hurriedly saluted: "Let's go, let's go." Goodbye to my father and eldest brother. ”

Then he ran away in a puff of smoke.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hold back a smile, pointed to the door and said to Zhu Biao: "Take a look." I also said that he was a monkey cub, and that he was clearly a little fox. If you're not careful, you'll fall into his trap. ”

Zhu Biao said: "The twelfth brother's brain turns fast. If you train it well over time, you will be a good talent. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Alas, if you become a talent or something, you don't expect it." I just want him to cause less trouble and grow up safely. ”

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Zhu Bai was unwilling, and changed into civilian clothes and came out again on the second day.

He walked around the Midtown Bazaar, looking east and west.

I don't see anything to start with.

Seeing the boundary of Beicheng, he grinned and said to Fugui: "Let's go, go and go to my fourth brother for tea." ”

I thought that Zhu Di would be busy with the wedding in the past few days, and he might not be in Beicheng, but he saw Zhu Di standing by the Taiping Gate.

Zhu Di's appearance on the horse quietly became more and more handsome and majestic, causing many passing women to quietly look back at him.

Zhu Bai smacked his lips: It has to be my Yongle Emperor.

"Fourth brother." Zhu Bai greeted with a smile.

Zhu Di was also surprised when he saw Zhu Bai, and got off the horse and walked over: "Huh? Twelfth brother? Why did you come to Northside today, shouldn't you go to Midtown? ”

Zhu Bai said: "I will rest today and come out for a walk." ”

Zhu Di immediately glanced at Fugui.

Fugui hurriedly said: "The slave follows closely step by step, and he doesn't dare to be negligent for a moment." ”

As he spoke, more than a dozen carriages loaded with goods came in from outside the city gate, stretching for half a mile, and passed by Zhu Bai and them.

Zhu Bai waited for them to leave before asking, "Fourth brother, don't you have to prepare for the wedding?" ”

Zhu Di's face turned red almost invisibly, and said, "It's all the queen mother who is directing them to prepare." I don't have anything to do, just measure the size and make dresses, and learn etiquette. ”

Then a dozen more wagons came in.

Zhu Bai was surprised and pointed to the carriage and asked Zhu Di: "How can there be so many goods?" ”

Zhu Di replied: "These are all goods unloaded from Guandu." It was transported from the official road to the Taiping Gate into the city, and then pulled to various places in the city. I'm worried that someone will enter the city with weapons or something, so I'm going to guard here. ”

When the guards of the North City saw him here, they could also check it carefully.

Zhu Bai nodded slightly, and suddenly realized a serious problem.

These goods are shipped from all over the country by wholesalers and need to be sold to various retailers.

He searched the whole city, but he saw no distribution center for goods.

Was he too careless, or was the place too hidden.

In order to prevent gangsters from coming out at night to kill people and set fires, steal and commit adultery, Lao Zhu clearly stipulated in the "Da Ming Law" that it is forbidden to travel after beating the dusk drum at three o'clock. The street can only pass after the morning bell rings at three o'clock on the fifth watch.

Those who were walking in the streets on the third and fourth watches were caught by the guards who patrolled the city at night, and were to be flogged forty times. Those who run around after the night ban on the first watch and shortly before the ban on the fifth watch are also flogged thirty times.

Is it in the evening or early in the morning that he comes out around noon?!

So Yaxing has always been there, but he came out at the wrong time.

But he can't get out of the palace in the evening and early morning, how can he check it?

Zhu Bai twisted his eyebrows and pondered about this matter.

Zhu Di looked at him with a distressed look and laughed: "What, do you want to eat roast chicken again?" ”

Zhu Bai asked Zhu Di: "Fourth brother, have you ever tried to go out to patrol the city at night?" ”

It stands to reason that the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division now has a clear responsibility to catch bandits and robbers, and they have to patrol at night.

Because thieves mostly come out at night.

Zhu Di shook his head: "No." ”

It's not that he's lazy, he can't get out of the palace!

Zhu Bai said, "Do you want to try it once?" The two of us quietly. ”

Zhu Di frowned: "How quietly?" ”

Zhu Bai said: "For example, if you don't go back to the palace. ”

Fugui immediately said, "Your Highness thinks twice. ”

Zhu Bai squinted at him: "I want to talk to my fourth brother alone." ”

Originally, the princes were talking, and the slaves should not interject.

It's just that Zhu Bai has always been more lenient to his subordinates, so he forgot about his wealth.

Fugui shuddered, bowed his head and retreated with the people.

Zhu Di said: "Well, it's to take a tour." ”

Zhu Bai was secretly happy.

Zhu Di said again: "However, I'll just come to patrol." The twelfth brother is still young, and he still stays in the palace honestly. ”

Zhu Bai looked disappointed: "Ah, how can this be." ”

Zhu Di held back a smile and touched his head: "When you are older, we will go to the domain, and this Terracotta Division will naturally let you take care of it." When the time comes, it's okay to patrol when you want to patrol and as many times as you want. ”

Zhu Bai almost flipped the table:, do I want to patrol the city? I want to see where these people trade so that they can make money.

Zhu Di glanced at Fugui: "Father-in-law, it's not early." Hurry up and send His Highness back to the palace. ”

Fugui now got Zhu Di's order, and hurriedly took Zhu Bai away.

Zhu Bai looked at his tooth card, and wanted to smash it: he was also commanded by the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and he had a magnificent name, which looked good, and he didn't use it at a critical time.

Oh, that's not right.

I have an even more powerful brand.

The sign that says "I'm here in person"!

How did I forget this stubble?

I'll go out of the palace by myself tonight with that sign, and I'll just come back before dawn.

Zhu Bai got up after knocking on the fourth watch, then groped in the dark to freshen up and dress, tiptoed out of the dormitory, pushed his bicycle and rode all the way to the northernmost Xuanwu Gate.

There was a small depression in the gate to give the soldiers guarding the gate a place to stand and shelter from the wind and rain.

This was the time when people were most sleepy, and the soldiers hid here to sleep.

Zhu Bai went over and shook the guard awake.

The man subconsciously bounced, and Zhu Bai had already taken out the gold medal and slammed it in front of him: "Don't make a sound." ”