Li Jinglong really panicked.

He could imagine that if it weren't for him and the emperor's grandson having such a friendship, then his elder brother Li Zengzhi would be the next Zhou Ji, and their Li family would also be the next Zhou family.

Glancing at Li Jinglong, Huang Xiongying said: "If I didn't want to pull you, I wouldn't have told you so much!" ”

When Li Jinglong heard this, a lot of big stones fell in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Please also ask Huang Gongzi to teach you!" ”

"I can't say what I teach, so I'll tell you what I think."

Huang Xiongying said lightly: "Actually, you don't need to check, I also know that a noble like you, few of them are clean under their buttocks, even I know it, do you think the emperor will not know?" ”

When Li Jinglong heard this, he gently gave himself a mouthful.

Truly.

The old emperor didn't want to check on them, because no one had stabbed the old emperor yet.

Like Wang Guangyang, Yang Xian, Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, and then Zhou Dexing not long ago, if the old emperor really wants to kill people, he won't blink his eyes.

"Childe, what should I do then?"

Li Jinglong looked at Huang Xiongying with blank eyes.

Huang Xiongying said: "Before the matter is revealed, return all the fields and forests that have been occupied." ”

"Retreat, I'll retreat!"

Li Jinglong nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"To tell the truth, the emperor has already rewarded your Li family with enough land, and it is useless to ask for more, it will only fall into the hands of others and bury the root cause, why not hand over all the land that has been illegally obtained over the years to the imperial court, in this way, not only will the old emperor not blame your Li family, but also earn a good reputation for your Li family, and also go to worry about the future."

"Follow me, money is indispensable to you, there is no need to engage in those shady things."

After listening to Huang Xiongying's words, Li Jinglong hurriedly said: "When I come back this time, I will immediately ask someone to write an excerpt and hand over the extra fields to the imperial court!" ”

"Hey—"

Huang Xiongying sighed lightly and said, "Cao Guogong, you are really ...... You don't want to grasp this opportunity to change the image in the old emperor's mind, put your sincere heart on the table, and find someone to help you write it? Write it yourself! Write with heart! Got it? ”

“…… It's me who is stupid, thank you Huang Gongzi for reminding me! ”

Li Jinglong suddenly realized and nodded again and again.

He finally understood why the old emperor liked him so much as his eldest grandson, and now he opened and closed his mouth to be our eldest grandson.

Just thinking about it, I heard Huang Xiongying continue:

"And your younger brother Li Zengzhi, if there is a next time, even the emperor Lao Tzu will not be able to protect him, I Huang Xiongying said!"

Although the voice is flat, it reveals no doubt.

Li Jinglong hurriedly replied: "Don't worry Huang Gongzi, when I come back this time, I will strictly discipline that bastard, if he dares to commit it again, I will kill him without Huang Gongzi's action!" ”

"Hmm."

Huang Xiongying nodded......

While the two were talking, the carriage left Yingtian City.

didn't want to be on the official road outside Yingtian City, but they ran into a familiar person.

"Old man!"

Huang Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some surprise: "Why are you here?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, smiled at Huang Xiongying, and said, "What, can't we come?" ”

Huang Xiongying smiled: "Of course you can, it's too late for my grandson to look forward to it!" ”

"I heard that you went to Huai'an Mansion to get land, and we happened to have something, so let's go and have a look!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

In fact, Huai'an Mansion is not far from Yingtianfu, about 100 miles away, and today he heard Li Jinglong's report that his eldest grandson was going to Huai'an Mansion, so he decided to go with him.

Because he also wanted to go to the Ming Ancestral Mausoleum in Huai'an to have a look.

It was the tomb of his great-grandfather, great-grandfather, and the actual burial place of his grandfather.

The ancestors of the Zhu family lived in Zhujia Lane, Tongde Township, Jurong County, Jiangsu Province.

Later, in order to escape the hard labor of the government at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather Zhu Chuyi took the whole family and fled to Sizhou and Xuyi in Huai'an Prefecture.

Xuyi Yang Jiadun has a depression, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather Zhu Chuyi often lies in it, once, a Taoist priest passed by here, passed by this terrain and said, "Buried here, descendants can produce the son of heaven." ”

Zhu Chuyi told Zhu Yuanzhang's father, Zhu Shizhen, the words of the Taoist priest.

Ten years later, Zhu Chuyi died of illness, Zhu Shizhen buried Zhu Chuyi here as the Taoist priest said, and half a year later, Zhu Shizhen's wife Chen became pregnant with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang really became a real dragon emperor.

After ascending the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the crown prince Zhu Biao to lead the civil and military ministers and craftsmen to Yangjiadun in the north of Sizhou City and began to build the ancestral tomb.

To this day, the ancestral tomb is still under construction, which shows the huge scale and the importance of Zhu Yuanzhang.

And Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to go back to his hometown to have a look this time.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang greeted him, and went to Huai'an Mansion with Huang Xiongying......

……

For most of the day, a team of people also came to Huai'an Mansion.

At this time, it was already dark, Huang Xiongying followed Li Jinglong to stay in his mansion here, and Zhu Yuanzhang arranged it himself.

Early the next morning.

Huang Xiongying took Li Jinglong to Zhuqiao Town.

The town of Zhuqiao is located on the eastern outskirts of Huai'an Province, where huge salt deposits are stored underground all the way to Hongze Lake.

This salt mine is also a treasure for future generations.

So Huang Xiongying has to buy it no matter what.

This time, Huang Xiongying shipped all the Daming treasure banknotes earned during this time, and now he must complete the transaction as soon as possible, and he must not drag his feet into the water.

Before coming, Huang Xiongying had made full preparations.

It took the Guo brothers half a month to investigate all the plots here, which one belongs to whom, what land nature it belongs to, etc., all on a map.

The investigation found that the land here was basically annexed, and most of it belonged to a family surnamed Shen, and some of it belonged to Li Jinglong's family, but Li Jinglong didn't know it.

And among them, I have to mention that there is also a barren mountain belonging to the Qi family, that is, the Jinshi of the seventeenth year of Hongwu, and the current head of the military department, Qi Tai's family.

Huang Xiongying's principle is not to collect farmland, cultivated land, fish ponds and other places, only barren mountains.

The land repossession went very smoothly.

First, because the land collected by Huang Xiongying is a barren mountain, these places are useless in the eyes of the landlords, and it is extremely difficult to develop, and the price given by Huang Xiongying is higher than that on the market, which makes the landlords also wonder, where is this a stupid and rich loser?

Second, with Li Jinglong's help, as the only prince of Huai'an Mansion, no one dares not to sell his face.

Soon after dealing with these things, the old man came.

After learning that Huang Xiongying had taken down this place, the old man's eyes widened in surprise.

The last time his eldest grandson took a piece of land from Jiang Xiahou, it was also a barren mountain, and he could still understand it, after all, it was a prostitute for nothing, don't be in vain.

But now......

Why did you come to Huai'an Mansion more than 100 miles away and take such a large piece of land?

Before he came, he also knew that his eldest grandson was coming to get the land, but he never thought that the good guy would take thousands of acres of land.

Could it be that his eldest grandson has a penchant for collecting wasteland?

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang with a puzzled face, Huang Xiongying smiled and said, "Grandpa, do you want to ask your grandson why he ran so far and took so much land?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is also extremely smart, glanced at Huang Xiongying, and said, "There are good things in this land?" ”

There is only one plausible explanation.

Huang Xiongying nodded in surprise, and said, "Yes, there are extremely important things down here, so Sun Er took a lot of effort to take this place." ”

"What is it?"

Seeing Huang Xiongying like this, Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more curious.

Huang Xiongying replied: "Salt mine, there is a large area of salt mine down here, if all of them are mined, it will be enough for us to eat for a thousand years!" ”

"One...... A thousand years? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he looked at Huang Xiongying incredulously.

Huang Xiongying smiled and said: "Sun Er just guessed an approximate situation based on the topography of this mountain and river, and how many there are are specifically, and I will only know if I dig down, but the reserves are absolutely amazing!" ”

In fact, the salt mine in this has been proved by later generations, with reserves of 250 billion tons, according to the calculation of 100 million people in the Ming Dynasty, each person consumes 4 catties of salt per year, which is indeed enough to eat for more than 1,000 years.

Moreover, today's Ming Dynasty does not have a population of 100 million, about 65 million.

Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses after a while, he had been in contact with his eldest grandson for so long, of course he knew that his eldest grandson was by no means a boastful person.

And often in many cases, his eldest grandson is still modest.

So if there really is enough salt for the Ming Dynasty to eat for a thousand years, what a terrifying wealth it will be.

Even if it's the imperial court, I'm afraid it's going to be red-eyed!

No, it's not just red-eyed!

Zhu Yuanzhang felt his heart beat faster when he thought about it, he now found that his eldest grandson was even more terrifying than Shen Wansan back then, at this age, Shen Wansan is estimated to be still crawling, and his eldest grandson quietly won a fortune that made the court blush.

If he is not his own great-grandson, then ......

"Son, what are you going to do after you take these lands?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously and tentatively.

Huang Xiongying did not hesitate, and replied directly: "Grandpa, I want to develop this salt mine with the imperial court, and please help me to accommodate, I only need a profit, and I only need five years of management rights!" ”

"What?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying with some incredulity: "With such a huge amount of wealth, all that's all?" ”

Huang Xiongying nodded firmly, and said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, and Sun Erzhi is not about money, but just asking for some money to do what Sun Er's wants to do." ”

On this issue, Huang Xiongying has considered it.

Making money is not difficult for any historical traveler.

And for such an era when the economy is dominated by small farmers and the economy is weak, it is not a good thing to concentrate a large amount of wealth in the hands of one person or family.

In fact, no matter in which era, the concentration of wealth and land annexation is a truth, when more and more wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, then it means that more and more people are reduced to the lowest level of workers, become slaves of capital, just like the tenants of this era, no land, no roots, dissatisfaction will become more and more intense, and eventually shake the foundation of the dynasty.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable that today's Hongwu Emperor hates the merchants who accumulate wealth the most.

The living Shen Wansan is the best example.

He has earned an infinite amount of silver, but what good has it done to the people and what good has it done to the country?

The strength of an era is multifaceted, productivity is the most fundamental element, and commercial interests will promote the development of productivity, but there are many undesirable factors in commerce itself, which has also led to the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business in successive dynasties.

However, in the real history, Shen Wansan was not killed by Emperor Hongwu, but was sent to Yunnan, and finally because his son-in-law Gu Xuewen had an affair with a woman, he was involved in the Lanyu case, which caused the Shen family to be almost killed, causing Shen Wansan to die of depression.

So at this point in time, Shen Wansan is still alive.

And at this time, he should be in Yunnan, using the ancient tea horse road to resume his old business and continue to do business, I have to say that Shen Wansan is indeed an unborn business wizard, even if his family is in the middle of the road and is demoted to Yunnan, he can still regain his vitality......

At the moment, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Huang Xiongying's words, and his eyes were full of relief.

Of course, he wouldn't have thought that Huang Xiongying would think about it so much, but just Huang Xiongying was able to calm down in the face of huge interests, which already made him feel gratified.

"Good grandson, good grandson!"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Huang Xiongying on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's discuss this matter back in Beijing, let's go, let's take you somewhere!" ”

"Where?" Huang Xiongying asked subconsciously.

"You'll know when you go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said a word and got into the carriage, and Huang Xiongying had to hurriedly follow......

……

The carriage traveled all the way down the official road.

After walking for a long time, I finally stopped in front of a majestic building complex not far from Hongze Lake.

Huang Xiongying got out of the car with the old man and was suddenly shocked by the building in front of him.

At first glance, it looks like a huge palace complex.

But if you look closely, there is a forest of cypress trees here, and a straight, wide and long Shinto road appears in front of you, and the Shinto is flanked by a huge stone statue of symmetry, with unicorns, stone lions, and military generals.

"It's ...... Daming Ancestral Mausoleum?! ”

Huang Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some consternation: "Grandpa, this is the royal ancestral mausoleum, how can you say that you can enter?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "The emperor sent us to inspect the construction of the ancestral tomb, why can't we enter?" Let's ask you, do you want to go in and have a look? ”

"Yes!"

Huang Xiongying replied without the slightest hesitation.

The ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty has been submerged in the water for more than 300 years in later generations, and it was only then re-excavated, but it has long lost its grandeur in the past.

Now that I'm lucky enough to be here, why don't you want to go in and have a look?

Following the footsteps of Zhu Yuanzhang, Huang Xiongying passed along the solemn Shinto, passed through the outer city wall, and then crossed the imperial bridge, the golden palace on both sides of the Ming Tower, the scale is grand, the momentum is majestic, and it is very spectacular.

Now the Ming ancestral mausoleum has been built eight or nine times out of ten, and occasionally one or two eunuchs guarding the mausoleum can be seen.

They saluted respectfully to Zhu Yuanzhang, but they didn't say anything.

Under the leadership of Zhu Yuanzhang, the two of them continued to go deeper and deeper as if they were in a no-man's land, and finally came to a high ridge, where there was a small mound of dirt.

The mound is like the tomb of ordinary people, and it is incompatible with the majestic imperial tomb.

"This is the grandfather of the old emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not sad, but introduced Huang Xiongying in a calm tone.

Huang Xiongying was surprised in his heart, if he hadn't come in, who would have thought that a mausoleum comparable to the majesty of the imperial city would be guarded by an ordinary tomb.

Exactly, the people's graves in the past, and the emperor's mausoleum today.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it for a while, and said leisurely: "Let's also put incense on the old man." ”

"Hmm."

Huang Xiongying nodded.

Then the eunuch guarding the tomb brought two sticks of incense, one to Zhu Yuanzhang and the other to Huang Xiongying.

Grandpa, let's bring our eldest grandson Xiongying to see you.

Our eldest grandson, like us, is also a hard-working baby, fortunately blessed by the spirit of the ancestors in the sky, our eldest grandson is back.

You blessed us to lay down this great country back then, and now please also bless our eldest grandson to inherit the country smoothly, and bless our bright day, moon and prosperity.

Zhu Yuanzhang prayed secretly in his heart, and after bowing respectfully, he inserted incense in front of the grave.

Huang Xiongying also followed......

……

Peiping.

Qingshou Temple, the temple was founded in the 26th year of Jin Shizong Dading, there are twin towers in the temple, so it is also called the Twin Towers Temple.

One tower is called the nine-level Haiyun Tower, and the other tower is called the seven-level Kean Tower.

At this time.

Yan King Zhu Di was standing at the top of the highest ninth-level Haiyun Tower, looking out with his back hand.

All the scenes in Beiping and outside the Saiwai are in full view.

The autumn wind blew and the curtains of the tower windows rattled, and in the towers below, the sounds of wooden fish and monks chanting were intertwined.

"The old man took the emperor's grandson to the ancestral tomb of Huai'an?" Yan Wang Zhu Di's voice sounded, and there was not much emotion in his tone.

Behind him was none other than his bodyguard, Deputy Qianhu Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng bowed and replied: "Yes, the old emperor went to Huai'an for a while, and it was for this reason. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Di still stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looked out the window for a while, and said, "You go down first." ”

Zhu Neng retreated silently, but Zhu Di stood still, looking at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains further north of Beiping, not knowing what he was thinking.

At some point, a slight footstep sounded.

A monk in a black robe appeared behind Zhu Di, and his voice sounded slowly: "What is the prince thinking?" ”

Zhu Di didn't look back, and only replied after a while: "This king is thinking...... How could something so weird happen? Isn't it bizarre that someone who has been dead for ten years has appeared at this time? ”

Dao Yan said slowly: "The prince thinks that the kid is ...... Fake? ”

Zhu Di shook his head: "This king doesn't think so, with the old man's methods, he won't find out clearly, the old man has already taken him to the ancestral tomb to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and he can't fake it." ”

He knew that the ancestral tomb was where their Zhu family's dragon vein was located, and it was of great significance for the old man to take the emperor's grandson there.

Dao Yan has served King Yan for a long time, and he is familiar with his character, so he just smiled slightly, and did not refute, and after a while, Fang said: "Now that this matter is clear, I don't know what the prince will do?" ”

"Huh-"

Zhu Di smiled bitterly and said: "The old man has already recognized him, it is said that this time the king of Qi went out to suppress the Kou, it was a young man's suggestion, it seems that the old man already trusts him very much, this king is far away in Beiping, what else can he plan?" ”

"Providence is already like this, what can this king do?"

(End of chapter)