East Palace.

"Sister, I didn't pass the national exam."

Zhang Kejian, the brother-in-law of the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, was pestering the Zhang family with a sad face at this time.

In this national examination, it stands to reason that this Zhang Kejian is not qualified to participate in this examination.

So Zhang Kejian licked his face and found Li Xiao, wanting to find an official position.

Li Xiao is also very embarrassed, although he is fair and selfless, and pays attention to fairness and justice in doing things.

But this relational household

Zhang Kejian, anyway, his brother-in-law is the crown prince.

After some hesitation, Li Xiao still opened a back door for him and asked the high school principal to issue him a high school graduation certificate, which was an exception to qualify for this national examination.

As a result, the total score was 35 points.

"Don't toss if you're thrifty." Zhang was also helpless about this younger brother, and persuaded: "Isn't it good to do some small business with peace of mind?" ”

"Then that sister, you give me some money and I'll do the sale."

Zhang Kejian said ashamedly: "I lost 3,000 taels of silver last time I opened a restaurant, and now I have no capital, younger brother."

"Three thousand taels of silver are gone?"

Zhang frowned and said, "How can you lose money?" Didn't the national teacher give you two recipes for the Eight Great Shovels? ”

Zhang Kejian sighed: "Sister, don't you know how fierce the competition in the catering industry in Beiping City is now, this business is not easy to do now, it is the Red Sea." ”

Zhang said helplessly: "Sister is not having a good time now, last time I hid from your brother-in-law and gave you three thousand taels of silver, but I haven't told your brother-in-law yet, forget it, you can divide it at home, don't do business, I don't think you have that brain." ”

"Who said that? The national teacher said that failure is the mother of success. ”

Zhang Kejian begged: "Sister, you can help your brother for the last time, I am your own brother." ”

Zhang didn't want to help this younger brother anymore, but she was soft-hearted, thinking that her parents had explained to her before they died, that she must treat her younger brother well, and she was moved with compassion again.

"Alright, I'll help you one last time."

Zhang sighed and said, "You say, how can my sister help you?" If you have money, you really can't get it. ”

"Sister, I need you to help me with two little favors this time, brother, I will definitely make a lot of money."

Zhang Kejian swore that this time he had put in a lot of effort.

He found that he always lost money in his own business, because it was not an exclusive business, there were no barriers, and the competition was too great.

And now, he's found an exclusive business.

"What's the busy?" Zhang asked.

Zhang Kejian said: "Sister, have you heard?" Now the glass factory in Beiping City has developed glass. The glass factory is a state-owned enterprise, isn't that our enterprise? ”

Zhang Shi said angrily: "What is our company, that's the imperial court, I know about it, you want to do glass business?" ”

Zhang Kejian said excitedly: "No, a more profitable business than the glass business, hehe, you don't know yet, the national teacher has built a new railway, which can be opened to traffic not long ago, and the railway leads to Tianjin, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, and Shanhaiguan." Brother, I have found a big business opportunity!! ”

Shanhaiguan is located at the east end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, is a small city, the whole city is connected with the Great Wall, with the city as the pass. It is the only place where the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty intersects with the sea, to the north is the western section of the West Liaoning Corridor, is the northeast starting point of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and outside the pass is the Jianzhou Haixi Zhuwei.

After Li Xiao discussed with Zhu Di, he finally decided that the second railway of the Ming Dynasty was built here because of his own considerations.

In the first year of Yongle, the chief of the Huli Reform Department Aha went out of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming court placed the guard with its department, attacked the name of Jianzhou, so it was ordered to be Jianzhou Wei, Yongle four years, because of Aha's recommendation, the Ming Dynasty appointed Mengge Timur as the commander of Jianzhou Wei.

It is now mainly divided into three major divisions: the Jianzhou Jurchen, the Haixi Jurchen, and the East China Sea Jurchen.

In the late Ming Dynasty in the future, Nurhachi rose here, unified the Jurchen tribes, plundered in the Ming Dynasty, established Houjin, and then Huang Taiji attacked Shanhaiguan, and the Ming Dynasty died.

In fact, Zhu Di has the idea of sinicizing the Jurchen, but it has never been realized.

The purpose of building this railway is to speed up the circulation on both sides, so that it can slowly sinicize the northeast region.

Now that is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, although the Manchu Li Xiao doesn't like it very much, but as long as the layout is laid out in advance, it will be slowly sinicized after two years, and that kind of thing will not happen.

In addition, if it is really reversed, the railway will be able to transport troops quickly.

As a result, this railway was born, and trial operation began not long ago.

Many merchants used to trade and make money.

This Kejian smelled it.

Zhang was puzzled: "What is a good way for you to make money through the railway?" ”

"Of course there is."

Zhang Kejian analyzed: "Now the people of Beiping City are living a good life, the consumption power is good, I see that many merchants bring back dairy products there, are quite popular, my brother I think of an exclusive way to make money, absolutely unique." ”

Zhang was also interested, and said, "Let's hear it?" ”

Zhang Kejian was relieved when he saw his sister, and hurriedly said: "Sister, you ask the national teacher to approve a strip for me, let me contract two train cars, brother, I will go to the glass factory to produce a batch of glass bottles, and bring back the fresh milk over there to sell through the railway, and I will definitely make a lot of money!" ”

Jianzhou is still the production mode of fishing and hunting, and there is a Dulbert prairie, with herds of cattle and sheep, and the milk of cattle and sheep over there is not enough, and the main way to make money is to sell furs to the Central Plains.

"Huh"

Hearing this, Zhang's eyes lit up and said, "It seems to be a good idea, can your brain come up with such an idea?" ”

"Hey, hey."

Zhang Kejian said: "No. Are you really a younger brother, I can't make a wine bag and a rice bag? ”

Zhang felt that this method could make money, and asked, "How much capital do you need?" ”

Zhang Kejian raised three fingers, "Sister, only three thousand taels of silver is enough, and in less than half a year, I can earn at least ten thousand taels of silver a year, and when the time comes, the three thousand taels of silver that my sister gave me, brother, I will double it for you." ”

As he was talking, Zhu Zhanji came out of nowhere, and said with a smile: "Uncle is coming to cheat money again?" ”

"Go, go, go." Zhang Kejian waved his hand angrily, "What is it called cheating money, uncle, this is to bring your family to get rich." ”

"Zhanji, how many points did you score in the national exam this time?"

Zhang looked at Zhu Zhanji with a smile and asked.

"More than 300 points, among the best, but it's a pity that I am the emperor's grandson, otherwise I would have to get an official." Zhu Zhanji said proudly.

“.” Zhang Kejian felt like he was slapped in the face by his nephew.

As soon as Zhang was happy, he rewarded Zhu Zhanji with some silver coins and asked him to go and play by himself.

Zhu Zhanji was elated, took the money and went to buy crickets.

"Sister"

"Alright, got it, one last time."

Zhang still decided to help this younger brother, mainly because the idea was not bad, so he gritted his teeth, took out three thousand taels of silver from his private money, and then took Zhang Kejian to the Guogong Mansion in person.

After a short time, the two came to the Yongle Mansion in a carriage.

After Zhu Ningyun learned the news, he cordially welcomed Zhang and Zhang Kejian in.

Generally, those who want to find a relationship can't enter the gate of the Guogong Mansion, but with the crown princess personally leading the way, it's different.

Zhang Kejian brought many gifts, all of which were accepted by Zhu Ningyun with a smile.

After greeting each other, Zhang's got straight to the point: "Sister, you must help with this, I am such a younger brother, he is honest and honest"

Zhang Kejian on the side was very nervous, showing a well-behaved appearance, for fear that the princess would not agree.

"Do you want to buy glass bottles, and then go to Jianzhou to buy milk and ship it for sale?"

After hearing the other party's intention, Zhu Ningyun was slightly startled.

She thinks it's a good idea.

"Yes, this milk is good for your health."

Zhang Kejian rubbed his hands and smiled: "Princess, if you agree, I will pack the milk of the Guogong Mansion in the future." ”

"It doesn't have to be."

Zhu Ningyun thought about it and said with a smile: "Normal business is welcome, it stands to reason that if you want to contract train cars, you need to be qualified, but since it is the crown princess who speaks, we are also relatives, so there is no need to be so troublesome." ”

Zhu Ningyun didn't think much about it, called someone to bring paper and pen, wrote down the note with his own hands, and stamped the fire seal in the house.

With this subordinate, you can go to the railway department to contract two train wagons for commercial transportation.

Although this railway division has now become a state-owned enterprise, and all the money earned has been handed over to the imperial court, the main manager is still Li Xiao, and others can't play it at all.

"Thank you so much!" Zhang Kejian was overjoyed.

He knew how hard it was to contract a train wagon.

Many businessmen look for relationships everywhere, run procedures, and break their legs without necessarily taking down a carriage, and they take two at once, selling milk in winter and skins in summer, and the silver is not a lot of money.

"Then thank you, sister." Zhang was grateful.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Ningyun smiled.

After greeting for a while, Zhu Ningyun sent the two outside the house.

"That's right, sister."

Before leaving, Zhang pulled Zhu Ningyun and whispered: "Sister, I live in the palace all the year round, how much can I inquire about that princess Baoqing, do you know?" ”

Zhu Ningyun nodded: "I know, what's wrong?" ”

Zhang said mysteriously: "It's all women, I can see it, I'm afraid that Princess Baoqing is interested in Li Xiao, I don't want to say this, you have to pay attention."

Originally, it was not appropriate to say this, but Zhu Ningyun helped so much, and the Zhang family had to think of a favor to return the favor, so he still said it.

"This" Zhu Ningyun was a little confused.

Zhang regained his calm complexion again and said, "That's it, sister, sister will leave first." ”

"Sister walk slowly."

After Zhu Ningyun said goodbye, he also returned to the mansion, and muttered as he walked: "The charm of the husband is really great. Even my aunt loves it. But I believe in you."

Zhang Kejian, who got the approval, immediately called his friends to show off after he went back.

Then he began to customize glass bottles and went to Jianzhou to purchase cow and goat milk.

His way of doing business is also very simple: he gives the bottles to the herdsmen there, boils the milk and puts it in the bottles every day, and then sends someone to pick it up and pull it back to Beiping by train, making a round trip a day.

He also spent money on newspaper advertising, and this milk was really popular, and many rich people ordered it one after another, and this milk became a luxury for the rich for a while.

The empty bottles are recycled the next day and then sent to the herders.

A bottle of milk is priced at half a penny, but the purchase price only requires a copper plate, and it is really a fortune to remove the round-trip travel and labor costs.

As for the herdsmen, they also tasted the sweetness, they didn't know that the cow and goat's milk could be sold on the rich man's table for half a penny's high price, but a copper plate to sell a bottle of milk, they felt very profitable, after all, these people living outside the customs live by grazing, very poor, dairy products can not be drunk and can not be kept, it is the money picked up for nothing.

It didn't take long.

Li Xiao was surprised to find that he had an extra bottle of milk for breakfast.

Tasted it and it was very fresh!

Full of milky aroma, with a layer of milk cap hanging on it, this is fresh milk.

"Huh?"

On this day, Li Xiao, who got up for dinner, was surprised: "Where did this fresh milk come from?" ”

Zhu Ningyun smiled slightly and said: "It's not the railway you built, the fresh milk of the herdsmen outside Shanhaiguan has been transported." The bottle will be recycled later, and it will be delivered again tomorrow. ”

"Which clever guy came up with an idea?"

Li Xiao was slightly happy, sure enough, now that he encourages business, many people can come up with ideas to get rich according to the existing conditions, isn't this the 'prince's milk' model?

It seems that in the future, you don't need to worry too much about business, just let it develop freely.

"It's that Zhang Kejian." Zhu Ningyun said.

"Zhang Kejian??" Li Xiao was slightly stunned, "His brain, can he come up with such a good idea?" ”

Zhu Ningyun said: "It seems that he came up with it." ”

Li Xiao nodded slightly: "Before opening a restaurant for this product, I gave two recipes for eight shovels, and he could lose money, it seems that people will always have a day to open up." It's also good, this cow and goat milk is a long-term consumable, which is good news for herdsmen, and they can make more money. ”

Thinking of this, Li Xiao opened his mouth again: "In this way, Ning Yun, you ask the newspaper to give him a free discount advertisement, just call him a cup of milk a day, strengthen the Chinese people, give more layout, and make the milk sell better."

Li Xiao wants to promote more trade between the two sides, so as to speed up the process of sinicization.

How could Zhu Ningyun not know what her husband meant, he has always been committed to national unity, and wants everyone in the world to live a good life.

"Leave this matter to me." Zhu Ningyun nodded with a smile, set up a dumpling and sent it to Li Xiao's mouth, and said with a smile: "Husband really cares about the world." ”

"Brother-in-law!"

At this time, Zhu Gaosui somehow ran over again.

This is the fifth time Zhu Gaosui has come to visit recently.

I just saw the scene of love between the two, and I couldn't help coughing twice.

"Gao Sui"

Li Xiao frowned slightly and said, "You've been running here lately, do you have something to say?" ”

"It's nothing." Zhu Gaosui smiled, sat down, picked up the steamed dumplings on the table and ate them, then saw the milk and sighed.

"What's the sigh?" Zhu Ningyun asked.

"Don't mention it." Zhu Gaosui's face was full of unhappiness: "This milk is the business that Zhang Kejian did, right?" ”

"yes." Zhu Ningyun looked at Zhu Gaosui suspiciously.

Zhu Gaosui flicked his greedy finger, "This kid, relying on himself as the eldest brother's wife, has now made a few stinky money, and he is very angry, and he doesn't take other people in his eyes at all." ”

Zhu Gaosui went to Zixiang Pavilion to participate in the auction house last night, and he took a fancy to a calligraphy and painting.

However, this person's identity is not ordinary, and he can't deal with it casually, so he is very angry.

"Gao Sui, do you want to do a profitable business?"

How could Li Xiao not hear that there was resentment in Zhu Gaosui's words.

Obviously, he complained that he didn't do this business for his brother and did it for outsiders, but this third child doesn't like to speak directly, and always likes to knock on the side.

In April of the second year of Yongle, Zhu Gaosui was named the king of Zhao and set up three guards in the Zhao Mansion. Peng Chengwei is the guard of Changshan, the left guard of Yongqing is the left guard of Changshan, and the right guard of Yongqing is the right guard of Changshan, but there is no fief.

At the same time, Zhu Di ordered Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, to live in Beijing, in charge of the Jinyi Guard and the five military camps, and together with Zhu Gaoxu, he was the supreme leader of the military and government in the actual sense.

Zhu Gaosui has Zhao Wangfu in this capital, but Li Xiao has not taken him to make a fortune in these years, so he lives on the prince and the prince issued by the imperial court.

Zhu Gaosui did a lot of things for Zhu Di, and he didn't have a fief, so Zhu Di gave him 10,000 stone of grain a year.

It stands to reason that the prince gave out 5,000 stone of grain a year, and he gave 10,000 stone, which was converted into 10,000 taels of silver, which was not a lot.

But after all, it's the prince, the pomp is big, and the cost is a lot

Which prince doesn't privately engage in his own industry?

But Zhu Gaosui thought that the business was relatively busy, and there was no industry so far.

"Brother-in-law, look at what you said, you misunderstood your brother."

Zhu Gaosui smiled and said: "What makes money or not, isn't money just dung, it's just that I have a wife and brother, and I really don't have anything to do, and I can't let him be idle, don't you, look at it, what kind of business is it?"

Zhu Gaosui naturally doesn't go into business in person, but the subordinates in the family, relatives or something, seek a profitable business, he sits on dividends, and he has face when he earns money and goes out.

"So that's the case, Gao Sui, or your brother-in-law understands you."

Zhu Ningyun sneered: "No wonder you run here every day, you just say it, your brother-in-law can treat you badly?" ”

Li Xiao opened his mouth and said, "Gao Sui, give you a train wagon." ”

Zhu Gaosui said: "One"

Li Xiao said: "One is enough, you also go to transport milk back, but don't grab business with that Zhang Kejian, brother-in-law will teach you a new product, bubble tea!" As soon as this product comes out, it will definitely make the ladies in Beiping City rush to make a fortune! ”

Zhu Gaosui said: "Bubble tea. It sounds good, do you have pearls in it? ”

Li Xiao said angrily: "Of course you don't put pearls, if you want to drink the dead, just boil milk and tea leaves, and then add taro balls, ice powder, turtle jelly and the like."

After speaking, he touched his chest and took out the formula from the system warehouse.

This milk tea formula will automatically be synchronized to a product that conforms to modern technology, and naturally there is nothing that cannot be manufactured with additives.

"According to this recipe, you go and ask your wife and brother to open a bubble tea shop, and make money for you." Li Xiao swore solemnly.

Seeing Li Xiao take out the formula from his chest, he thought it was prepared in advance, Zhu Gaosui's heart warmed, it turned out that his brother-in-law had known it for a long time, and he didn't say that it was because he was studying the formula of this milk tea. My brother-in-law was so good to me.

Zhu Ningyun thought to herself. The husband took things from the future again, and when the milk tea shop was playing in Happy Valley, it could be seen everywhere, and it turned out to be made of milk and tea.

Li Xiao thought to himself, refuse the imperial examination and hard work, and start from the Ming Dynasty.

"By the way, Gao Sui, is there anything else that came to me today?" Li Xiao drank the milk in one gulp and ate a few more bites of the leek box.

"I almost forgot about it." Zhu Gaosui smiled: "It's my father who asked me to call you, saying that you haven't been to the court for a few days and miss you." ”

For Li Xiao, the early dynasty is the vegetable garden gate, go if you want to, don't go if you don't want to go, in recent times, Li Xiao has been planting flowers and grass in the courtyard of the house, and has truly achieved "Chao is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is Tianzitang".

"Oh" Li Xiao smiled helplessly, it seems that it will be difficult to clean up for a few days.

"Then I'll go to the palace."

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Ningyun and got up and said.

"Hmm." Zhu Ningyun got up to help Li Xiao tidy up his clothes, and said with a smile: "Husband, I've gone to the palace, remember not to do something out of the ordinary." ”

“？？？？” Li Xiao felt full of question marks, and he didn't know what to say.

What can I do out of the ordinary?

After a short time, Li Xiao went out and rode towards the palace in a carriage.

Zhu Gaosui had a breakfast in the Guogong Mansion, and said while eating: "The food in this Guogong Mansion is good, and I have to come often in the future." ”

"Gao Sui." Zhu Ningyun looked at Zhu Gaosui and said, "There is something for you to do, staring at your brother-in-law."

"Sister, what's wrong? Brother-in-law has a problem? Zhu Gaosui said strangely: "Brother-in-law shouldn't have a problem, you can rest assured." ”

"That Princess Baoqing, it seems to" Zhu Ningyun.

"Oh, I have already heard about it, and the things in the palace cannot escape my ears."

Zhu Gaosui smiled mysteriously and said: "Sister, since I know, I will secretly tell you that Princess Baoqing is thinking about her brother-in-law, and she has already asked the imperial grandfather for instructions, saying that if it is not Li Xiao, she will not marry."

Zhu Ningyun asked nervously, "Huh? What did Grandfather Huang say? ”

Zhu Gaosui said: "Grandfather Huang said. It's not impossible, as long as Li Xiao is willing."

Zhu Ningyun: "???? ”

With the end of the national examination, the 2,000 people who were admitted to the examination then underwent a three-month unified ideological education, and the content of the training was the study of the mind, and the great Confucian Confucius Maoxue himself gave lectures.

In addition to cultivating mental learning, Li Xiao also invited many district chiefs stationed at the grassroots level to share their experience and conduct case studies, including dispute mediation, land division planning, leading villagers to get rich and planting cash crops, starting village enterprises, and so on

In the future, most of these people will be used for officials who have taken root in the countryside, and they must learn some books so that they can serve the imperial court in the future, lay out the world, completely abolish the moths such as landlords, reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, and put an end to land annexation.

These are the foundations that have allowed the dynasty to stand for thousands of years!

To put it simply, it is to vigorously cultivate grassroots talents, rather than training court officials.

However, there are too many talents who participated in the national examination this time, there are 100,000 people, and only 2,000 people are in the examination, so many of the remaining talents have not been admitted.

Of the 100,000 people, half of them returned to their hometowns, and the remaining half stayed in Beijing with 50,000 people.

Lai is not going to leave in the capital. Some are unwilling, after all, they finally had the opportunity to eat the imperial grain, but they didn't get in, they didn't get in, they were unwilling, and they didn't say anything to see Jiangdong's fathers.

Most of them don't even have the money to go back, and they are really poor talents.

Fengtian Temple, above the early dynasty.

Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair.

Recently, he has also had a headache about this matter.

Because the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang directly ordered to cancel all the talents.

"Shengshang, now this Beijing division has gathered 30,000 Xiucai, and now the monthly salary of Xiucai has been canceled, and these people have not been admitted, and now so many people are stranded in the capital, please also ask the Shengshang to be considerate of the people in the world, keep the original policy unchanged, and let these Xiucai have money to return to their hometowns."

Zhang Shaoqi, the head of the household, suggested in the main hall.

His proposal can be described as a temptation.

The abolition of Xiucai's salary is only the first step, and other preferential treatment may be slowly canceled in the future.

This undoubtedly made the landlords all over the country a little panicked, and began to operate one after another, hoping that the officials of the imperial court could persuade the saint to retract his fate.

However, it is impossible to cancel it, so how can Chrysostom say that it will be changed?

Zhu Di was silent and did not answer.

Another official stood up and arched his hand: "At the beginning, the Emperor Taishang wanted to let the people of the world study with peace of mind, but now they have read, but it is difficult for them to be admitted to the officials, and they have no means to make a living, these people must have a way to deal with them. I can't chill the hearts of the students. ”

Immediately after that, many officials spoke one after another.

However, there has been no discussion about how to deal with it.

It was in the heat of the main hall when the noise was in full swing.

A familiar voice sounded outside the hall.

"Wouldn't it be solved if they were given an errand?"

Everyone looked over, and halfway through the early dynasty, this Li Xiao walked in with a swagger, walked to the front, and bowed his hand slightly: "I've seen the saint." ”

Li Xiao's version is arrogant, but no one dares to impeach him, after all, he is still a saint, who dares to impeach a saint, he is not afraid of infamy through the ages?

As soon as Zhu Di saw Li Xiao coming, his face immediately turned cloudy, and he said excitedly: "National teacher, you come and listen, more than 30,000 people arrange errands, how to arrange them?" ”

(End of chapter)