"Your Highness!"

At the gate of Jiangdong, when the officials of the hundred households saw Li Zhong and Zhang Guang escorting Zhu Gaoxu back to the city gate in armor, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, and then took out a small amount of money from his arms, and figured it out with his fingertips, visually inspecting about dozens of pieces.

"It's hard for you to make a trip, and I'm going to invite the brothers in the house to have a drink."

He threw this small amount of money to Li Zhong, Li Zhong didn't seem to expect it, he hurriedly took the money, and finally accidentally dropped the money on the ground.

He bent down to pick it up, and when he looked up again, he only heard the sound of his own hundred household officials sending off and the sound of horses' hooves drifting away.

When he came back to his senses completely, Zhu Gaoxu had already ridden into the corridor of Jiangdong Gate on his red horse, and his figure gradually disappeared.

"Good! I'll just say that there must be oil and water on this errand, and after the end of the shift this year, the two of you will make ten catties of rice wine and invite the brothers to drink. ”

The Baihu official patted Li Zhong's shoulder with a smile, and Zhang Guang next to him also smiled, only Li Zhong was still stunned, looking at the direction where Zhu Gaoxu disappeared and refused to return to his senses for a long time.

"What are you seeing?"

But if he was afraid, he could stand up and explain to Zhu Gaoxu, which had to make people sigh about his feelings for Zhu Gaoxu.

"Make no mistake! How could such a virtuous person be grounded by His Highness?! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly retracted his gaze, and glanced at everyone in the hall with gloomy eyes, and for a while, everyone was like a man's back, and he didn't dare to move.

Due to the rising sun, there are already many people working in the fields on both sides of the road in the outer city.

This person doesn't need to say much, he is naturally Zhu Gaochu's good brother Zhu Gaochi.

"Now the two governments of Susong use banknotes to offset taxes, and the consistent banknotes can top the consistent tax amount, so the wealthy merchants of the two provinces have offered a high price of 400 yuan to buy treasure money."

"Dismissal!"

At the moment, they didn't know what was going on, they just thought they were going out to patrol the streets.

Since entering the palace, it is the first time he has seen someone like Zhu Gaoxu, so he naturally doesn't want him to suffer anything, which is why he has been helping vaguely during this time.

The seventeen or eighteen-year-old little eunuch held a token to deliver the message, and the general of the Yulin Left Guard, who was wearing a mandarin duck battle jacket, knelt down to listen to the message.

"By the way, Commander Sheng, the palace has an oral explanation, but it is only grounded, and the rest are not forbidden, if you want to send someone, it is best to send some polite people, don't make the one in the palace unhappy."

"I also hope that it was a mistake, but I heard it clearly at the time, and the people in the palace were talking about His Royal Highness......

When Zhu Yunwen saw his move, his face was terrified, and he quickly got up to apologize, but he was very happy in his heart.

If he remembers correctly, when he changed copper coins a few months ago, he could only exchange the treasure money for 300 yuan, that is, ten to three, but now the Jiuwen treasure banknote can actually top three yuan, almost close to ten to four.

"It's better for us to go than others on this errand, at least we won't be harsh on Your Highness."

"Let's take a lunch break!"

"I must be mistaken, His Majesty's preference for the Second Highness has long been spread, how can he be willing to grounded the Second Highness!"

It's just that even though he was already like this, Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't lose his anger, but glanced at Zhu Gaochi, and explained to the eunuch beside him in a very calm tone:

Zhu Gaoxu picked one with the longest name, and the vendor smiled when he heard it: "This thirsty water is enough to make the last one, and the one who picked it at the right foot is really right." ”

For a while, there was silence, and everyone in the hall looked at Zhu Yunwen in surprise, and the eyes seemed to ask him why he mentioned Zhu Gaoxu at this time.

He turned his head to look at Zhu Yunwen, who had been lowering his head, and commended him: "Yunwen, your younger brother has the knowledge of a gentleman." ”

Opposite him, Zhu Yunwen lowered his head to review the recital, while Zhu Shangbing and Zhu Jixi raised their heads from time to time and paid attention to him with playful eyes.

Different from the east and south of the inner city, the Qingliang Gate in the west of the city can see the Qingliang Mountain not far ahead as soon as you enter the city.

Zhu Gaoxu slowly took out the three cents from his arms and handed it over, and the little trader didn't think much about it, explaining:

"Moreover, most of these performances were performed by military generals, many of whom were illiterate in their early years and have only learned to write in recent years."

"Head, you go ask ...... again."

Sheng Yong also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him, after all, Zhu Gaochu has the grace of Wang Jian, if Wang Jian receives money to guard Zhu Gaoxu, then he is not worried that he will withhold the money and food in the guard, let alone worry that Zhu Gaochu will be unhappy.

It doesn't taste greasy, but has a faint milky sweetness, similar to a cone of yogurt.

It was only half an hour before Sheng Yong, the commander of Yulin's left guard, saw the token of the eunuch on duty in the Wuying Palace.

Even if the second government of Susong occupies one-tenth of the world's taxes, it stands to reason that this kind of rise will not be formed, after all, there is no electronic communication equipment in this era, and the transmission of news can only rely on people.

"If it weren't for the Holy Monarch to give these policies, the people would have been displaced and exposed to the wilderness."

"Ling Yulin Left Guard commanded Sheng Yong to send people to protect him, and he was responsible for three meals a day."

When he was frantically rushing home, Zhu Yuanzhang in the Wuying Hall was also frowning with a copy of the note, and the corrector of this note was standing in a position at a loss.

Wang Jian quickly conveyed the oracle in the palace to the brothers of the hundred households, but when they heard that they were going to guard their own 'Zhu Baihu', they immediately blew up.

In the city of Nanjing, some business-minded people would spend a lot of money to build an ice house underground at home, and then take water by the Qinhuai River in winter to filter it, put it in ice-making utensils, and wait overnight to get hundreds of catties of ice.

Thinking of this, he turned around and said to an ordinary figure in the crowd: "Wang Jian, a hundred household officials!" ”

As soon as Wang Jian's words were spoken, the people below gradually calmed down, and Lin Wuliu and Wu Zhangyi also looked at each other and said:

As for "Sushan", it is a smoothie made by mixing milk and honey with the name of the fruit after adding the name of the fruit to the thirsty water.

"In!" Wang Jian in the crowd subconsciously responded, and everyone looked at him one after another.

'Paying taxes with banknotes' was proposed by him, and he naturally knew that this method could slowly bring the treasure money back to its original denomination.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and then raised his head to question Zhu Gaochi, who hurriedly replied: "Grandpa Huang, there are some text fallacies in the recital. ”

After the small merchant and vendor finished speaking, they saluted Zhu Gaoxu again, and then pushed the wooden cart and continued to sell.

After that, he successively ran to several popular markets in Nanjing, and without exception heard the sound of vendors collecting treasure money.

But the problem is that in his presupposition, such a rebound will take years or even more than ten years, rather than a three- or four-percent rebound in a few months like now.

Wang Jian glanced at Wu Zhangyi and Lin Wuliu, and said to the two: "The small flag of the first character will go back to rest, and then the dusk drum will go to change shifts, and the official of the small banner of the second character, Lin Wuliu and the soldiers in the banner, will go to the residence of His Royal Highness with me." ”

They were kneeling not Yishaha, nor the little eunuch, but the token of the Wuying Palace.

Without this sign, they are nothing.

"After you reviewed this piece, could it be that you didn't find any problems?"

The only one who was not affected was Sheng Yong, the commander who knelt at the front.

Seeing them leave, Wang Jian could only take Lin Wuliu to the front guard of the government army, but their steps were very heavy......

In order to test his own idea, Zhu Yunwen specifically mentioned Zhu Gaoxu, but unfortunately he didn't see any joy on his grandfather's face, only anger.

"Hmm......" Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard, a smile appeared on his face, and he seemed to be very happy for Zhu Gaochi's insights.

After a short time, he carried a cloth bag containing twenty yuan to the outside of the yamen, and when he was about to go out at the door, he did not forget to look back at the courtyard, and only left with the permission of Sheng Yong's nod.

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the street, looked at the bustling crowd and took a sip of his drink, then turned over and drove back home.

In just two quarters of an hour, Zhu Gaoxu came to Qingliangmen, and rode into the inner city after simply showing the token.

"Even if there is a court to help the trouble, it is difficult to create such a situation, and this matter is probably not so simple......"

With this worry, he found a eunuch he trusted, took off his waist card and handed it to him, relaying the emperor's punishment of Zhu Gaoxu.

Every time he said this, Zhu Gaochi's body couldn't stop trembling a little, and finally he trembled into a sieve.

"If you know, why don't you dismiss it?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "Is it because you have neglected it?" ”

As he spoke, he skillfully moved his hands, and soon handed Zhu Gaoxu a drink in a bamboo tube, and handed Zhu Gaoxu a bamboo straw the thickness of chopsticks.

"Wait!" Seeing that he was leaving, Yifu thought about it again and again, but gritted his teeth and grabbed his arm.

Relieved, Yisha turned around and returned to the Wuying Palace, and the little eunuch also took his token and went to the Yulin Zuowei Fang.

For example, Zhu Gaoxu was stopped by a trader and opened the cover on the wooden car.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head and took a sip of his drink, and led Chiyu out of the Qingliangshan Market.

When he saw the ice cubes, Zhu Gaoxu was not surprised, after all, ice cellars have been in the folk since the Tang and Song dynasties.

Standing in the hall, Yisha saw Zhu Yunwen's order, and unhurriedly returned the salute: "The slave and maid receive the order......

It's just that compared to the blandness in the hall, he showed a little worry when he walked out of the hall.

"Thirsty water" is the name of the drink, and adding the name of the fruit to the thirsty water is the drink, which is equivalent to the fruit and vegetable drinks such as orange juice, lemon juice, and apple juice in later generations.

As Wang Jian expected, as soon as the brothers of the hundred households heard that they were going to guard Zhu Gaoxu, they immediately exploded.

Speaking of which, there is still a big difference between the Jiangnan snacks in the early Ming Dynasty and the Jiangnan snacks in later generations, but no matter how much this difference changes, the preference for sweetness and yusheng is still the constant atmosphere of Jiangnan.

However, the little eunuch did not leave, but just walked into the main hall of the Yulin Zuowei Yamen and sat down, obviously waiting for Sheng Yong and Wang Jian to finish the matter, and then received the token and returned to the palace to resume his life.

"Humph!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and didn't say much.

"Imperial ......"

"Yes ......" Although they should be ordered, the brothers of the two banners all showed a sense of fatigue, and Wu Zhangyi and the others returned to the alley as if they had lost a battle.

His change of topic made Zhu Gaochi a little flustered, but Zhu Gaochi still gave the answer after thinking about it: "Sun Er thinks that the people of the Tang Yao Shangtang period were able to survive the disaster because the Shengming monarch had a good policy of compassion for the people. ”

Zhu Gaoxu took a sip of it, the taste felt similar to mung bean soup, with a little more herbal flavor, but it was not difficult to drink, but it was very refreshing.

"Would you like to have something to drink? I have thirsty water, a crisp mountain, and a five-colored drinking ...... here."

"As the emperor's grandson, in order to help outsiders count me, does he think that he is my grandson and can talk nonsense!"

"Yes!"

"This ......," Zhu Gaochi bowed and responded, "Sun Er feels that he shouldn't dismiss Song Shu because of this small mistake. ”

When they finally got out of the market town in Jiangdong Gate, Zhu Gaoxu shook the reins of his horse and rushed all the way to Qingliangmen with Chiyu.

Zhu Gaoxu stood in place and looked at his back, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

At the critical moment, Zhu Gaochi actually hurriedly walked out and knelt down, and after five bows and three knocks, he buried his face on the back of his hand to explain to Zhu Gaochu:

His voice became smaller and smaller, obviously he was also afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment.

"How much money?"

The five-color drink is a flower and fruit tea with various spices, fragrant flowers, and fragrant fruits as ingredients, in short, there are many types, which dazzle Zhu Gaoxu, who is a later generation.

"Grandpa Huang's anger is relieved!"

"Passing on His Majesty's Message......"

After reminiscing, he glanced sideways at the eunuch on duty in Wuying Palace: "You do what Grandpa said, and let the people below not be too harsh." ”

The eunuchs on duty in Wuyingdian rotated, and the eunuchs had no power personally, but whoever got the token had the power to pass on the message on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

"Yes!" Wang Jian responded with the sweat on his forehead.

In this situation, Zhu Yunwen, who was the initiator, felt the pressure and couldn't help lowering his head.

"If the other brothers asked, they said that they had arranged an errand to patrol the streets, and they were all strict-mouthed."

Although Zhu Yunwen didn't raise his head, he had been paying attention to the conversation between the two, so when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang open his mouth to commend him, he also thought about it, slowly put down his pen, and then said:

"What Grandpa said is very true, Gao Chi is the same as Gao Xu, they are both future officials of the imperial court."

In the past, there were eunuchs from the outer court who came with tokens, and the soldiers of the Yulin Left Guard all bowed their heads and complied, but when the content of the little eunuch's edict was announced, the people below couldn't help but squint at their comrades around them.

As if worried about the brothers, Wang Jian added: "But you can rest assured, the people in the palace also said that this is temporary, and I think His Highness will be safe in a few days." ”

The little eunuch had never met Zhu Gaoxu, just regarded it as an ordinary errand, so he took the waist card and turned around to prepare to go to the left guard of Yulin to transfer troops.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Zhu Gaochi wanted to say something more, but Zhu Yuanzhang announced a lunch break without waiting for him to speak, and at the same time got up and walked out of the hall.

"Remember, let the people below respect His Second Highness, maybe he will get out of trouble in these days."

"What's there?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at the two dozen bamboo tubes and asked, and the young trader also smiled and introduced them one by one.

Seeing this, Sheng Yong also glanced at Wang Jian and reminded in a low voice: "Go and go back quickly." ”

"It's not time to pay the autumn tax yet, and it is estimated that when that time comes, the price of this treasure money will rise again, so the small merchants and vendors who have been doing business recently have tried their best to collect the treasure money and sell it to the merchants of Susong Erfu."

After following up, Zhang Guang couldn't help but say, "People like Second Highness, what do you say they are doing every day?" ”

"Yes! Did you pass on the wrong oracle, and the Jin Mansion and the Zhou Mansion were mistaken for the Yan Mansion? ”

Among them, the two little flag officials, such as Lin Wuliu and Wu Zhangyi, couldn't believe it, and they couldn't stop spitting out questioning words in their mouths, and the other brothers were even more angry.

"Sun Er thinks that if Wenchen makes such a mistake, he should be punished, but he doesn't have to be so harsh on military generals, as long as he can accurately convey military information."

Zhu Gaoxu took a sip, satisfied and ready to pay for it at the same time, the vendor also smiled when he saw this: "I promise you to take care of the business, collect three yuan, if there is a treasure banknote, you only need nine treasure money." ”

Subsequently, Yishiha walked out of the Wuying Palace.

Sheng Yong took the Wuying Palace's duty token and led the generals to get up slowly, and the little eunuch also smiled when he saw this:

Under their gaze, Wang Jian also walked up to them and said with an embarrassed face: "Brothers, ......"

What Zhu Gaoxu can think of, he can naturally think of.

"Just leave this matter to the two of us."

This small beverage vendor alone told Zhu Gaoxu how old and how many types of drinks the Han people have.

You must know that Zhu Gaoxu only collided with the emperor yesterday, even if he is the grandson of the emperor, it is impossible to make the emperor angry in one day.

"Gao Xu is still young, and sometimes he offends the imperial grandfather by saying unscrupulous words, please calm the imperial grandfather's anger......"

Zhu Gaoxu's remarks just gave his grandfather an excuse to stop, so his grandfather did not blame Zhu Gaoxu, but was very happy in his heart.

They looked at Zhu Gaoxu with envy, and when he walked away, they could only look down at themselves with their feet stuck in the mud.

It's just that in the face of their doubts, Wang Jian could only show the token of Yulin Zuowei Yamen, and said heavily:

Half an hour after he left, the two flags and hundred brothers wearing armor and holding long and short soldiers gathered on the streets of Yulin Zuoweifang.

If you eat too much and are thirsty, there are also vendors who push wooden carts to sell drinks.

"Why did the price of this treasure money rise so fast?"

They put the ice cubes in the ice room and sell them at a high price until the following summer.

Of course, it's not that he doesn't ask for anything in return, it's just that the reward can't be found by Zhu Gaoxu for the time being.

"Tell me that Yan Erzixu will be confined to the wall of his house for three months, and he will not be allowed to see anyone."

Most of the sweet snacks in the early Ming Dynasty came into the court after the rise of the people, which was filled with milk and cane sugar into the puff pastry, which was very similar to abalone, so it was named "abalone snail with bones" and was a sweet snack famous in the south of the Yangtze River.

It's a pity, no matter how difficult it is, Sheng Yong has to arrange someone to do it.

"Minister, leader!"

"Let's have a 'sugar mung bean licorice ice and snow cold water'."

"Good ......" Wang Jian was a little tired, he looked at the brothers of the two banners, and explained: "Don't tell the other brothers about this, so as not to make them feel uncomfortable." ”

"Yes!" The little eunuch thought that this was the emperor's intention, and smiled in return to show that he had listened.

Looking at his appearance, Zhu Shangbing and Zhu Jixi couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, but Zhu Yunwen's attention was not on him, just frowning and reminiscing about his grandfather's actions just now.

The sound of horses' hooves kicking was very conspicuous on the streets, and the people passing by the road were looking at Zhu Gaoxu and Chiyu.

"My grandson doesn't choose what to say, please forgive my grandfather for my sins......"

Zhu Gaoxu came to the gate of the stone road and turned over and dismounted, led the red donkey to wander back and forth on both sides of the stone road, and bought some common Jiangnan snacks in the early Ming Dynasty, such as tea soup, fire buns, glutinous rice cakes, milk skin, etc.

Sheng Yong shouted, but the generals were accustomed to responding loudly, and then they dispersed, all busy with their own affairs.

"Yes......" Wang Jian's face was ugly, but he still stiffened his head, turned around and went to the backyard of the yamen to get money and food.

"What's the matter, Big Brother Yi?" The little eunuch who turned around showed a puzzled expression, and the next second he saw Yishuha repeating to him solemnly:

Since last night, Zhu Yunwen has suspected that Zhu Gaoxu's remarks did not move his grandfather at all, and the reason why his grandfather did not do it is very simple, that is, he did not want to kill Fu Youde and Feng Sheng.

"What else can I do, of course, I have to learn the art of war." The Baihu official smiled and spoke, but he didn't know that the second highness he was talking about was walking quickly on a road at the moment.

Baihu Guan patted Li Zhong's shoulder vigorously, looked back and pouted: "Don't look at it, such a character, people like us will never see it a few times in our lives." ”

After that, he got up and walked outside the palace, but Yishaha looked at his back, and his face showed a little helplessness: "Your Highness, the slave can only do this to this extent......"

None of them spoke, just looked curiously at Wang Jian, who was walking towards them with an iron arm.

Looking at Wang Jian, Sheng Yong's face was flat and said: "Choose two Xiaoqi brothers from your office, take turns to guard the residence of the second son of Yanfu, and receive twenty yuan from Weili, don't be harsh on food." ”

I saw that Wang Jian's forehead was full of fine sweat at this time, and he was obviously frightened by this sudden commandment.

"Treasure money?" Zhu Gaoxu paused when he took out the money, he didn't expect this vendor to take the initiative to ask for treasure money, and only needed five treasure money.

With that, he motioned for Li Zhong and the others to follow.

There are many people coming and going on the mountain road, there are pilgrims who go up the mountain, and there are small traders who carry burdens on both sides of the mountain gate stone road to sell.

However, in this regard, the generals can understand him, after all, Wang Jian is deeply taken care of by His Royal Highness the Yan Mansion, and now that His Royal Highness the Yan Mansion is in trouble, he is naturally difficult to accept.

After he left, the two eunuchs stepped forward to help Zhu Gaochi, he was already sweating at this moment, and the whole person was almost carried back to his position by the two eunuchs.

"I know." Sheng Yong frowned slightly, thinking that the errand in this palace was really as difficult as ever, and he had to be grounded in Zhu Gaoxu, and he couldn't let him be wronged.

As the vendor introduced, he opened the wooden plank, revealing more than 20 small bamboo tubes inside, a wooden bucket of ice cubes and a bucket of fruit next to it.

Such a voice did not exist in the past, after all, the people of Jiangnan resisted the treasure money not for a day or two, but for more than ten years.

Zhu Gaochi's words had his own opinions, Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak in a hurry, but asked him rhetorically: "During the Tang Yao and Shang Tang periods, floods and droughts broke out all year round, so what can the people rely on to survive the disaster?" ”