"This salt...... Where did you get that? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was solemn, and he looked at Huang Xiongying with burning eyes.

Salt is an indispensable thing in people's lives, and without salt, everything seems to become bland and tasteless.

It seems ordinary, but no one can live without it.

Since ancient times, salt production has been firmly in control of the hands of all dynasties and generations.

It's not just because salt is important.

It is also because in this era, when most of the means of production and living are self-sufficient, salt cannot be self-sufficient, and must be obtained from the outside world, and controlling salt is equivalent to controlling the economic lifeline of the entire society.

The salt refining of Daming can be said to be quite mature.

The main source is sea salt.

The salt from sea salt is coarse salt, but these coarse salts contain a lot of impurities, which not only affect the taste, but also harm the body.

The quality of well salt is slightly better, with fewer impurities than sea salt, and it belongs to high-grade salt, which can only be enjoyed by powerful families.

The natural condensation of the shape of the salt with a special shape is the symbol of the etiquette of the feudal state, called the tiger-shaped salt, the symbol is mighty, has always been the treasure of important national activities such as sacrifices.

Until the Manchu Qing Dynasty, tiger-shaped salt was a symbol of state etiquette and ranked first among sacrificial items.

It can be seen that in this era, the importance of salt is attached.

So when Zhu Yuanzhang ate the refined salt refined by Huang Xiongying, the shock in his heart can be imagined.

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's eager gaze, Huang Xiongying said unhurriedly: "Grandpa, this is something I figured out when I was free." ”

"Foolishly?"

The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes twitched, and he looked at Huang Xiongying with some incredulity.

"That'...... That wine, you also figured it out? ”

Huang Xiongying nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying blankly, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Talented!

Zhu Yuanzhang unconsciously came up with these two words in his mind.

In fact, Huang Xiongying is not a genius when he asks himself, and his advantage is naturally that he is a person from later generations.

And he has a check-in system.

On the bank of the Qinhuai River, he has signed for ten years, and it can be said that he has almost filled up the necessary skill points of the traverser.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down slowly in shock, and after a while, he beckoned to Huang Xiongying.

"Kid...... Come here! ”

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Huang Xiongying put down the dishes and chopsticks, walked over, Zhu Yuanzhang's big hand grabbed Huang Xiongying's hand, and Huang Xiongying squatted down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Xiongying, you tell us, is this really what you did? Don't lie to us! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying, and his eyes were as bright as two lanterns, as if he could see Huang Xiongying's heart.

The old man's suspicious personality is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

It is really unusual for a teenager to be able to spare such something that affects the whole country.

Facing the old man's gaze, Huang Xiongying said firmly: "Yes!" ”

The old man patted Huang Xiongying's shoulder and showed a loving smile: "Good boy, we believe in you!" ”

Huang Xiongying looked at the old man and said, "Grandpa, I want to discuss something with you." ”

"Say."

The old man answered simply, and Huang Xiongying didn't ink.

"I want to change my household registration, can grandpa help me?"

The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was the most severe and elaborate household registration system in ancient Chinese history and also in the ancient history of the world.

Military, civilian, craftsman, stove.

There are four categories, and the profession is determined by nature, hereditary from generation to generation, and no one has the freedom to choose.

For example, if you are a soldier, then your children and grandchildren will be soldiers for all generations, unless you are an official and do the post of secretary of the military department, you are not allowed to leave the army, in the same way, if your father is a tailor, then you and your descendants will always have to make a living as a tailor, whether you are six fingers or disabled.

Huang Xiongying couldn't do anything, and now his hope was all on the old man.

I can only hope that the old man has some power in the court and help him think of a way to change this hereditary household registration.

"Oh?"

The old man listened to Huang Xiongying's words, and frowned slightly: "What household registration are you now?" ”

"Military!"

"Isn't it good to have a military membership?"

"It's good, it's good, but my grandson doesn't want to join the army for the time being."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

If this child is really his eldest grandson, he really doesn't want this child to go to the battlefield.

Zhu Yuanzhang knows the cruelty of the battlefield best.

He doesn't want the next generation to suffer what the older generation has suffered.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Child, what kind of household registration do you want to change?" ”

There's a play!

Huang Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and replied seriously: "If you can, my grandson hopes to be, business!" ”

"Why?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly raised his voice, and his whole face changed color.

In fact, under the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, most merchants did not have a special registration and were included in the civil registration.

Only a small number of people can obtain business status.

However, in this era when they had just recovered from the troubled times, the status of merchants was extremely low, and even despised.

In their eyes, the businessmen are all unlearned, unskilled, and unwilling to farm and work with peace of mind, mercenary, dogs and flies, and people who stretch out their hands in coffins.

Huang Xiongying replied seriously: "Because of my grandson, I want to be in business......"

"Bastard!"

Before Huang Xiongying finished speaking, he was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"You...... You bastard, you should fight! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his slap, held back again, and pointed at Huang Xiongying: "I don't want a good military registration, I just ask us to get you a cheap business registration, you, you, you really lose your money!" ”

Facing the annoyed Zhu Yuanzhang, Huang Xiongying was not stunned, helped Zhu Yuanzhang to sit down, and said:

"Grandpa, don't be angry first, these three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, why is the merchant low? Our Hongwu Emperor is still a beggar, hasn't he also achieved a great cause? ”

"Hmph-"

The old man snorted coldly: "How can it be the same?" Merchants are opportunistic, despised by the ancients, and the ancestors put businessmen last, that is to say, businessmen are a kind of cheap industry! ”

Huang Xiongying shook his head and said firmly:

"This is the prejudice of the ancestors, do not steal or rob in business, use your mind to capture the difference, and earn money from your feet, hard-earned money, businessmen are buying and selling things, far and near, distinguishing between high and low, adjusting surplus and shortage, there can be no ...... in the world"

"Enough!"

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Huang Xiongying: "We won't promise you!" ”

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who had a resolute attitude, Huang Xiongying sighed helplessly.

In this era, the prejudice against businessmen is too heavy.

Huang Xiongying said: "It's really not good, that grandson can only go to the army!" ”

He believed that with his own ability, he could also make meritorious contributions and achievements in the army.

"No way!"

No, Zhu Yuanzhang once again denied him.

Before Huang Xiongying's identity was clarified, he would never let Huang Xiongying leave rashly.

Does Jinyiwei eat?

Until now, the identity of this child has not been clarified!

Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more anxious.

Huang Xiongying couldn't help it, and said: "Grandpa, since you don't change your household registration, then your grandson is a military member, and our father also retired from the battlefield. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying, who looked resolute, and said in his heart:

If this child is really our eldest grandson, his temper is not as gentle as his father's, but like us.

The sky is not afraid of the earth, and there is an unstoppable momentum.

"Good boy."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face softened a little, and said, "Wait a little longer, give us two days to think about it, our expectations for you are more than that." ”

More than that?

This time it was Huang Xiongying's turn to be stunned.

What the old man meant by this, Huang Xiongying couldn't understand it.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying's face that was both familiar and unfamiliar, and said slowly:

"Okay, let's not talk about that, kid, let's go see your daddy, okay?"