Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Two Talk Secretly
"Your Highness, can you let Shen Xuepeng buy some more ploughing cattle, one hundred and twenty ploughing cattle are completely insufficient."
This morning, Zhu Anlan interrupted his day's study plan while Zhu Gaoxuan was having breakfast.
"If the ploughing cattle are not enough, this king can't solve it, even if the ploughing cattle of Yingtian can't be used."
In the face of Zhu Anlan's request, Zhu Gaoxuan could only shrug his shoulders helplessly, ploughing cattle need to be domesticated, the Jiangnan region is mainly buffalo, and the north is dominated by cattle.
However, ordinary cattle cannot be used to cultivate land, and they must first be domesticated and trained before they can be cultivated;
The second is that the endurance of ordinary cattle is not enough to be competent for the task of ploughing, and they often either do not leave or run around in the middle of the ploughing.
Ploughing cattle have been a rare resource in China since ancient times, and all dynasties have clear laws and regulations on the status of ploughing cattle, and it can even be said that the life of ploughing cattle is more valuable than human life.
According to the provisions of the "Da Ming Law", even if the ploughing cattle die of injury and illness, they cannot be slaughtered casually, and they must be reported to the government and can only be dealt with after inspection, otherwise they are still crimes.
Shen Xuepeng was able to buy 120 ploughing cattle, not the Shen family cattle, but Zhu Gaoxuan used his princely power to negotiate with the state capital along the road.
Now even if he wants to buy ploughing cattle with the power of King Liang, it is estimated that the county orders of other counties will not let them go.
"Your Highness, if you don't ask the King of Han to buy some, there are a lot of cattle in Xi'an Mansion, and the King of Han cares so much about His Highness, he will definitely not refuse."
Zhu Anlan was prepared, and when he saw Zhu Gaoxuan's refusal, he directly gave his opinion, his eyes still rolled and looked left and right, and then said:
"I heard that King Zhao's Taiyuan is also a good place to produce cattle, or His Royal Highness will also find King Zhao to find a way."
Yes, Zhu Anlan wanted Zhu Gaoxuan to harm his brother.
The relationship between Zhu Rong, the king of Han, Zhu Yu, the king of Zhao, and Zhu Gaoxuan is okay, even closer than his own brother Zhu Rong, the king of Qi.
But Zhu Gaoxuan didn't want to trouble these two, after coming into contact with Zhu Rong, he had some precautions against his brothers, so it was better to avoid them if he didn't have a deep friendship.
"Your Highness, or we will use the big plow to exchange with the King of Han and the King of Zhao, I think they will be willing."
Seeing that Zhu Gaoxuan was still silent, Zhu Anlan continued.
If so, it seems feasible.
"I think it's okay.
Zhu Anlan, wait a minute, you go to Shen Xuepeng in person, and ask him to negotiate with Zheng Shaoyun to buy a big plow rake from the No. 1 blacksmith shop in accordance with the principle of normal business transactions and sell them to Ningxia, Henan, and Shanxi.
Everything is according to the rules of commerce, which can be exchanged for ploughing cattle and grain, and money and other things are not needed. ”
"Okay, my subordinates will go."
Hearing Zhu Gaoxuan's agreement, Zhu Anlan immediately ran out in surprise.
And Zhu Gaoxuan, who was sitting in the palace wing, thought for a while, and suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted:
"Not good, bad move!
Once I spread the big plow, the landlords were afraid that they would have to hoard a lot of land and plough their cattle.
I need to hurry up and give my father a recital! ”
Saying that, Zhu Gaoxuan immediately walked to the backyard, called Xiao Ju, who was growing vegetables in the yard, and was busy in the room for most of the day.
At noon, he also asked Xiaomei to invite Zhuge Xuan to polish his performance.
"Your Highness has indeed grown up, and this vision is also long-term.
Not only will he cherish good things, but he can also take into account the influence of advanced things on the court and the world, which is much stronger than the rash requisition of immigrants before. ”
"The master praised it falsely, isn't this king an afterthought?"
For Zhuge Xuan's appreciation, Zhu Gaoxuan shook his head, there was not much joy on his face, the longer he stayed in Daming, the more he knew that the wisdom of the ancients could not be underestimated.
This promotion of the big plough rake is not a test of his era.
Otherwise, he could have figured it out and stopped the trade of the big plow.
"Hahaha~ You can have the consciousness of Zhuge afterwards, which is the greatest growth.
"I look at His Royal Highness and do not have the intention of fighting for the Ninth Five, there is great talent in my heart and the inner show, and I hide it in every way when I should be in the sky, and now since I have come to Lantian, it is such a barren white land, and it is developed from scratch.
Why don't Your Highness put all that you have learned into practice. ”
When he said this, Zhuge Xuan's eyes flashed, and he stared at Zhu Gaoxuan tightly, as if he hoped that he would say something earth-shattering.
It's a pity that Zhu Gaoxuan rolled his eyes and said:
"Master, do you believe that when you respond to the sky, this king will sleep until three poles in the sun every day, spend every day drinking, get drunk every day, and brutally oppress the people?"
"Hehe~ I don't believe it, if you say that you want to bully men and women, I reluctantly believe it, and I don't believe it when you bully the people or something."
Zhuge Xuan smiled and patted Zhu Gaoxuan's shoulder, and said:
"Take out all your messy drawings, the old man will help you copy a copy, and send them all to Your Majesty, as for how to use them, whether to promote them, let Your Majesty decide.
As for Lantian, you will toss hard, as long as you don't die, there is absolutely no problem. ”
"Master means that the father will tolerate this king Hu Lai?"
Zhu Gaoxuan's eyes lit up, if Zhu Di really tolerated some of his excessive actions and policies, then could he use some things that were ahead of the times?
"Your Highness, do you know how many times the King of Han has been impeached since he became a vassal domain?"
"I don't know."
"It's been more than 3,000 times before the old man came to Lantian anymore!
But in addition to the reprimand, does Your Majesty have any heavy responsibility to King Han? ”
"Nope!"
Zhu Gaoxuan's eyes brightened, and he had a bold idea in his heart.
"Since the king of Han became a vassal, although there have been many small mistakes, he has guarded the northwest border pass, has the merit of expanding the territory, and is loyal to His Majesty, and he also respects His Royal Highness the Prince.
Your Highness, you are right. ”
Zhuge Xuan didn't dare to speak too clearly, but Zhu Gaoxuan heard his encouragement.
Zhu Gaoxuan and Zhuge Xuan did not leave the Liangwang Mansion for a day, and the next day Zhang Jun carried a big package on his back, and was escorted by fifty soldiers and two horsemen to respond to Tianfu.
Zhu Gaoxuan wanted to give Zhu Di a big gift.
"Your Highness, you don't learn any tricks in the palace, so you went to see these strange tricks?
Although most of the old man can't understand it, it can be seen from your description that they are indeed very practical skills. ”
Looking at the cavalry team in the distance, Zhuge Xuan looked at Zhu Gaoxuan with a little more appreciation in his eyes, and it could even be said to be admiration.
He once thought he was the Liang King of Rotten Wood, but he turned out to be a person who was a beautiful person, and he liked the art of the Mo family's organs, and he really learned something.
A plow rake ploughs thousands of acres a day, even if he is a great Confucian, he never thought that there would be such a magical instrument.
"Master, the disciple has only learned a little bit of the surface, but these small skills are not the right way after all, please teach the master more."
Zhu Gaoxuan felt a little proud in his heart, but he was still modest.
"Nonsense!