"You mean, I can't step out of the yard today?"

In the avant-garde workshop of the government army, when Zhu Gaoxu stood at the door of his small courtyard and asked who came, Wang Jian, who brought people here, lowered his head in shame.

Not only that, but also Lin Wuliu and the small flag behind him.

A few days ago, they were eating meat and drinking wine with their Highness here, but now they want to confine their Highness in this small courtyard, which is really ......

"Hehe, look at you guys."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and patted Wang Jian's shoulder, and said with a hearty smile: "Don't cry and mourn your face, isn't it grounded......"

"Your Highness, ......" Zhu Gaoxu's open-mindedness made Wang Jian and the others stunned, and looked at him in disbelief.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoxu turned around and motioned for them to follow, and said as he walked: "You come to watch me, at least you can tell me what happened outside, and it is not necessary to be someone else, so you should be happy." ”

Zhu Gaoxu led Wang Jian and the others into the courtyard, signaling them to wait in the courtyard, and he walked into the main house.

After more than a dozen breaths, Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the main house and threw the usual money at Wang Jian:

Without waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to think deeply, Lin Wuliu's voice shouted from outside the courtyard.

"Hehe...... Wang Jian himself smiled: "Anyway, the palace has also explained, don't be too harsh on you, just do it." ”

said that they were chatting together, but in fact, Wang Jian and Zhu Gaoxu chatted, and they just expressed their opinions from time to time, and most of the time they were just listeners.

"In the future, you will ask the brothers in the station to change shifts every day and have a few meals with me."

"Okay, send this letter back to Peking to my father."

"Daoyan, I'm back!"

Zhu Yunwen knew very well that his grandfather had already listened to Zhu Gaoxu's remarks, so he was naturally not willing to give the gold, silver and copper mines to the local squires and wealthy families to eat.

He slowly walked to his position as the master of the East Palace, and stretched out his hand to support his chair with his back to Huang Zicheng.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the minister also knew at noon, and I heard from the Ministry of Industry that the Jiuhuashan copper mine has traces of mining in the Tang and Song dynasties, but the use of gunpowder can still continue to mine copper ore, and the annual output of copper ingots is probably not less than 400,000 catties."

While talking and laughing, Zhu Di pulled Yao Guangxiao to the heart hall on the steps, and even almost dragged Yao Guangxiao down several times.

Huang Zicheng is an official from the Jiangyou School, and he has the same background as Wu Bozong, Xie Jin, Hu Guang, Wu Pu, Lian Zining and others.

He remembered that Lao Zhu only said that he had found a few gold, silver and copper mines, but he didn't think that it had only been a few days, and he had already explored more than a dozen.

Wang Jian didn't hide it, and directly pushed the money to Zhu Gaoxu: "Your Highness, in addition to being in charge of you here, I also have to continue to be in charge of the duty of the Ying Guo Mansion and the Song Guo Mansion, and I can't always be by your side, so I will leave this money to you to take care of yourself." ”

Looking at the setting sun, Zhu Gaochi sighed, didn't say anything more, but turned back to the study, and closed the doors and windows.

"Most of the immigrants in Yunnan are mainly people from Jiangyou, they have an advantage, and it is normal for them to have Longwangshu."

Facing Zhu Di's dark bearded face, Yao Guangxiao said all kinds of things unhurriedly.

"It's just that they want to eat, and they have to see if the people in Huaixi and Zhedong agree!"

Not long after, Huang Zicheng left the East Palace, and Zhu Yunwen turned around after he left, his eyes gloomy.

"The following means that such management is too laborious, and it is better to hand over the gold, silver, and copper mines to the wealthy local gentry and nobles, who will mine the mines, and use one of them every fifteen as a mining tax."

After a while, he stepped forward with a wry smile and handed the money to Zhu Gaoxu: "Your Highness can see it, and I can rest assured." ”

Zhu Gaochi walked in the mansion, even if the slaves and maids in the mansion asked him if he wanted to eat, he waved his hand and said that he had no appetite to refuse.

Huang Zicheng looked at Zhu Yunwen, who had a big appetite, and couldn't help but remind him, and Zhu Yunwen also wiped his mouth with a silk cloth when he heard it, and a smile appeared on his face.

Zhu Gaoxu asked Wang Jian, and Wang Jian replied without thinking when he heard it: "Most places in the south of the Yangtze River have risen, and the closer to Susong Erfu, the higher the price. ”

With Zhu Yunwen's thoughts drifting away, two days later, Beiping City, thousands of miles away, also ushered in a group of cavalry.

The eunuch's words did not arouse Zhu Yunwen's anger, on the contrary, he gradually restrained his emotions while the eunuch spoke, and he was already free in just a few breaths.

At present, all provinces in the Ming Dynasty have coin furnaces, but the annual amount of coinage is only about 190,000 yuan.

"Hehe...... Zhu Di stroked his beard and grinned: "Don't worry, this should be fine." ”

The people below are all staring at the gold, silver and copper mines that have been discovered this time, and it is impossible for the imperial court to swallow them all on such a large scale.

After they left, Zhu Gaoxu also smiled and quipped: "Look at you scaring people." ”

Intuition told Zhu Gaoxu that there might be some conspiracy in this, and it was related to the palace.

"If you still have important business, you can go back and deal with things first, and you and I might as well catch up tomorrow."

"I didn't expect the palace to be very attentive to me." Zhu Gaoxu chuckled, but there was no complaint on his face.

The method of collecting treasure money to offset taxes, and then using gold, silver, copper and other metals as anchors is not something that can be figured out with a tap of the brain, but needs to be imperceptibly more than ten years to be enough.

He thought he was very humorous, but when he looked up, he saw Yao Guangxiao's speechless expression when he had nothing to say.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing at himself: "What's the use of thinking about these now, it's not good to be a rice worm in the yard honestly, someone pays for it anyway." ”

"This ......" Huang Zicheng was choked by Zhu Yunwen's words, they were indeed worried and afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang and the king of the Northland Domain.

"They...... Hehe" Zhu Yunwen couldn't help sneering, and at the same time glanced at Huang Zicheng: "Grandpa and those uncles of Gu are not old yet, and if they want to move, they have to weigh whether they are enough." ”

The first is the first letter sent back by Zhu Gaoxu a month ago, which mentions Zhu Gaoxu.

In the Yanwang Mansion, Zhu Gaochi, who had just returned to the palace, did not rest, but wrote a letter to Beiping non-stop.

"More than a dozen?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, but he didn't expect the miners in the Ming Dynasty to be so fast.

Looking at Zhu Gaochi's lonely back, the palace guards couldn't help but comfort him, but Zhu Gaochi shook his head:

What Zhu Yunwen is really worried about has always been the vassal king, especially the three ...... in the north

He knew very well that Lao Zhu would not ground himself because of his words yesterday, and what he did today was probably to hide his thoughts that he didn't want to kill Feng Sheng and Fu Youde.

Zhu Yunwen absentmindedly tidied up the hem of his clothes, but when he looked up again, he sneered again:

"Your Highness, this northern tour, the barbarians in the north are very scared by us."

Sitting at the dinner table, Zhu Gaoxu calmed the emotions of several people, and then began to beckon them to move chopsticks.

Zhu Di skillfully turned over and dismounted, just greeted Yao Guangxiao and rushed home.

This matter was fully explained by Yao Guangxiao, and the content of each thing made Zhu Di unable to close his mouth in surprise.

They were only wearing mandarin duck jackets, breastplates, and arm guards, and they looked like they had returned lightly.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu looking at the money bag, Wang Jian untied it on the stone table without thinking: "There are nineteen yuan here, and I took five or six just now, you saw it." ”

In such an atmosphere, although everyone had no wine, they quickly opened their hearts and began to talk after a while.

"Don't be a burden, I'll be fine."

At this time, the eunuch who led the class in the East Palace, not far from him, also stepped forward to make a gesture: "Taisun, the hand of Jiangyou's gang is too long, and they still want to get involved in the mines of Yunnan. ”

Just when Yao Guangxiao thought he was going to say something, Zhu Di suddenly said: "Why don't you ask a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits for the second child?" ”

"Gao Xu was grounded by His Majesty......"

"Phew!"

Although Zhu Gaoxu is not surprised that the price of treasure banknotes can rise, he still feels that the price has risen too strangely and too high.

When Zhu Di saw the female students, he immediately threw Yao Guangxiao's hand away and ran towards the female students in great strides.

This enthusiasm lasted for a long time, until they came to the only bluestone road in Beiping City, and the people gradually disappeared.

"That's good!" Zhu Gaoxu took the money with a smile, sat on the stone bench, and explained to Wang Jian and Lin Wuliu at the same time:

"It's not okay to drink alcohol, let's drink some thirsty water and five-color drinks instead."

Seeing this, Yao Guangxiao also followed, and explained to Zhu Di the reason why the mansion called him back.

Wang Jian, Lin Wuliu and others lost their knots, so they went home calmly.

"Your Highness isn't hurt, is he?"

Where had the two restaurant guys seen this battle, their legs trembled immediately, and they glanced at the small armor-shaped flag soldiers wearing armor in the courtyard, but they didn't dare to look at it directly.

The wind with an earthy smell made the two doubt their lives, and Zhu Di even touched his belly with one hand and his beard with the other.

Compared with Zhu Dile, who had lost a lot of weight a few months ago, he responded with his mouth, one by one, which was very down-to-earth.

"You come to watch me, you don't have to blame yourself so much, you should come to my place to eat and drink......" Zhu Gaoxu said and paused for a moment, touching his chin:

"Poor monk ......" Yao Guangxiao also looked helpless: "The poor monk doesn't believe it either, but that's the way it is." ”

"But about this money, Your Highness doesn't have to worry, Commander Sheng asked me to receive twenty yuan to be responsible for His Highness's living."

"Yes......" Huang Zicheng stood up and saluted in return, as if he had listened to Zhu Yunwen's words.

"Your Royal Highness......" Wang Jian hurriedly grabbed the money, looked at the open-minded Zhu Gaoxu in front of him, and didn't know what to say for a while.

After his arrangement, the four brothers guarded the front and rear doors with weapons, Lin Wuliu personally ran errands to go to the restaurant of the Fujun Qianwei Fang to summon some food, and the remaining five brothers sat in the courtyard chatting with Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Jian.

He was still worried, but Zhu Yunwen had already eaten and stood up.

However, Zhu Gaoxu was more unlucky, he had just appeased Wang Jian and Lin Wuliu, but he wanted to enlighten Wu Zhangyi and others.

Seeing this, the guards could only helplessly put a box of dim sum at the door, so as not to make Zhu Gaochi get up hungry in the middle of the night.

"Settle down, and when I'm able to sit down in that chair, we'll talk about it again......"

In the middle of the way, people kept going out to change shifts and change the four brothers outside to eat, and Zhu Gaoxu also comforted them one by one, telling them not to blame themselves, and praised the benefits of their guards.

When it came to the title of 'Sister Xu', Zhu Di smiled very brightly, and the young man next to him also laughed, and seemed to have a lot of respect for the 'Sister Xu'.

He complained bitterly, but he did not know that there were others who were more miserable than him.

"I heard from other people in the institute that the merchants of the second prefecture of Susong have already offered a consistent price of 460 wen in banknotes, and the reason is said to be related to the discovery of more than ten gold and silver mines in Yunnan, and I heard that a copper mine has also been found in Jiuhua Mountain in the east of Nanjing."

Zhu Gaoxu knew all this, but he didn't think in this direction, perhaps to avoid how to solve this problem.

However, when Zhu Gaochi couldn't eat, Zhu Yunwen in the East Palace had a rare appetite, and asked the chef of the East Palace to arrange more than ten delicacies.

"I went out a while ago, and I heard that the price of treasure banknotes has risen by 30%, I don't know if it's just Nanjing or other places?"

It's just that before he could run, the female student raised the urgent letter in her hand, and with a hint of temper between her eyebrows, she was about to release.

On the street, some people who knew Zhu Di in the past asked Zhu Di about their concern, and Zhu Di also raised his hand to show around, responding to the people around him:

After that, Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the bag pinned to Wang Jian's waist.

Huang Zicheng responded to the information he knew, but Zhu Yunwen heard it but a smile appeared on his face.

It seems that with Zhu Gaoxu speaking, they are not as heavy as before, and after a while, they ate a table of meals with Zhu Gaoxu with laughter and laughter like before.

As for the content of the letter, it is naturally related to the punishment that Zhu Gaoxu was punished for "roaring" at Wuyingdian in the past two days.

At that moment, the three big characters of 'Yanwangfu' are particularly conspicuous, and what is even more conspicuous is the black-robed monk standing at the door.

"When they see me, it's like a mouse sees a cat, can they not run!"

With Lao Zhu's body deteriorating, these two will die after all.

"Hehe...... " Lin Wuliu laughed a few times, and then beckoned the other five people in the courtyard to set the table and wash the dishes.

"Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much, Your Second Highness will be fine."

First Zhu Gaoxu's, then Zhu Gaoxu's, and then Zhu Gaochu's Shandian Mine for the imperial court to point out more than a dozen gold, silver and copper mines, as well as Zhu Gaoxu's entry into the Wuying Palace to govern, and Zhu Gaochu did not hesitate to confront the emperor in the Wuying Palace three days ago in order to protect Fu Youde and Feng Sheng......

"I just don't know why Sister Xu asked me to come back, I'm in such a hurry."

"Here's the food!"

"The stakes are high, and it is rumored that there are already people in the DPRK and China who are ready to jointly send a name to His Majesty."

When he came here, Zhu Di couldn't hold back his emotions, so he urged the horse to trot forward and came to a mansion with a tall lintel.

Huang Zicheng did not dispel his thoughts because of Zhu Yunwen's words, but revealed a message to Zhu Yuanzhang through Zhu Yunwen.

I just don't know whether the person who contributed to such a situation is Lao Zhu or Zhu Yunwen......

The output of these gold, silver and copper mines is not low, and judging from the output of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Zhu Gaoxu's memory, they can provide at least millions of ingots worth millions of yuan every year.

If it weren't for the sound of the dusk drums, Wu Zhangyi and others came to change shifts, I'm afraid they would be able to talk about dawn at night.

"No, no, no...... We carry it ourselves! Lin Wuliu was taken aback by Zhu Gaoxu's words, and hurriedly turned around and beckoned the brothers to carry the chairs by themselves, and arranged for his brothers to be on duty.

Pity him with an old bone and finally accompanied Zhu Di to the door of the Cunxin Palace, but saw a woman in palace clothes wearing a red shirt and a phoenix pattern Xia Wei had been waiting at the door for a long time, still holding an urgent letter that had just been opened.

Although they did not have the merit of founding the country and the merit of condescending from the dragon, they still used the imperial examination to gain a firm foothold in the temple, and further squeezed the faction in eastern Zhejiang.

Why is it that this method is only half implemented now, and the effect is like this?

"Your Highness, you missed too many things on this trip, and the poor monk will tell you one by one."

"What Mr. said, Lone naturally knows, but my appetite is not just because of him."

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi's literary style was prosperous, and the number of Dengke Jinshi often crushed the provinces.

Huang Zicheng put forward an idea of the people below, but Zhu Yunwen frowned after hearing it: "I'm afraid grandpa won't allow it." ”

As the courtyard door was opened, Lin Wuliu also walked into the courtyard with two extremely nervous restaurant guys.

"The Ministry of Industry has already issued a amount, and these mines will need to invest at least hundreds of thousands of taels every year to run smoothly."

Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Di rushed to the Cunxin Hall of Yanwang's Mansion, and explained to him all kinds of things that had happened in the past month or so.

Zhu Yunwen turned his head slightly, and glanced at Huang Zicheng with his eyes.

It took half a word before he looked at Yao Guangxiao suspiciously: "Old monk, are you lying to me?" Can my second child have that ability? ”

This mine alone can increase the amount of coinage of Daming by nearly forty percent, and if you count the Yunnan copper mines that have been explored, Zhu Yunwen can't imagine how much Daming's coinage can increase.

This palace woman is taller than ordinary women, with thin eyebrows, long eyes, high nose, goose egg face, and a bookish atmosphere on her body, which makes people have to say "what a girl".

Most of the people in Beiping City are military families, maybe it is the family of one of Zhu Di's subordinates, so he responded to them enthusiastically.

“……”

In a short time, a table of food has been set up, and another table of food has been specially placed next to it for the four brothers who are waiting for the shift change.

"Eh, I'm back!"

"Gao Xu... Maybe I'm growing up, and it's getting harder and harder for me to help with his affairs......"

Zhu Yunwen casually threw the silk cloth in his hand into the tray in the hands of the eunuch next to him, and then looked at Huang Zicheng with blazing eyes: "Mr. should know about the Jiuhua Mountain Copper Mine." ”

When he heard these three words, Rao is Zhu Di was in a hurry to see the person he wanted to see, but he couldn't help but pause, his expression stunned.

"Sister Xu, I'm back!"

However, Zhu Yunwen did not take them to heart, because they belonged to the newly rising forces and could not compete with eastern Zhejiang and Huaixi.

"Your Highness, although there have been many discoveries in mines recently, mining also requires investment ......" Huang Zicheng was afraid that Zhu Yunwen would not look at the cost, so he reminded:

The north wind hunted and kept whistling and blowing in the square of the Cunxin Palace, blowing the hem of Zhu Di's mandarin duck jacket and Yao Guangxiao's monk's robe.

Such a speed is enough to make people jaw-dropping even if it is put into future generations.

However, his words also revealed that his return trip this time was not the end of the northern tour, but because someone urged him to come back.

Yao Guangxiao, who was wearing a monk's robe, was silent by Zhu Di's words, but Zhu Di suddenly laughed and said: "I'm laughing!" ”

At that dinner table, he was not the only one who ate, but also his mentor and friend, Huang Zicheng.

Huaixi and Zhedong were the veteran faction and the Later Jin faction that accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to start a business, and unlike the two, most of the Jiangxi officials who started their careers with the imperial examination were the right faction of Jiang.

Zhu Yunwen gave an eviction order, and Huang Zicheng also returned the gift and left.

Putting down their things, the two of them left the yard like they were burning their butts.

After that, he looked up at the people standing in the courtyard and scolded with a smile: "What? Do you want me to lift the chair for you myself? ”

"Your Highness, although it is good that Yan Yan's second son Xu was punished, you still don't show it too obviously, and you still have to speak well for him every day, so that Your Majesty can know that you have a brother in your heart."

In view of the fact that there were ten small flags and ten small flag officers, Lin Wuliu arranged everyone and himself into three teams, each standing guard for two quarters of an hour, and then taking turns.

At the front of the procession, a tall, exaggerated bearded man was hurrying forward, happy and even with the horse's hooves much crisper.

Standing at the door of the study, he watched the sun set with his own eyes, and listened to the end of the twilight drum in his ears, but a sense of helplessness rose in his heart.

He also knew that what he said just now annoyed Zhu Yunwen, so it was the best thing for both sides to calm each other down at the moment.

"If you find the Jiuhuashan copper mine, then it is not surprising that the price can rise, but the price is ......."

It's just that no one can be sure how long this mind can exist.

Although there are many ethnic groups, their scale is not large, only more than 600 horsemen.

"I know my father's character, if the second child really makes him unhappy, it is estimated that he will be locked up in Fengyang's wall by now."

Wang Jian's honesty made Zhu Gaoxu cry and laugh, he had never seen the guards hand over the food money to the prisoners, but he did not shirk it, but took it and replied: "What you say also means a little, but I always feel strange when I hear it." ”

Due to the scarcity of copper, these copper coins can only be cast with waste money and old copper, because of the complexity of copper, the purity is different, and the "Hongwu Tongbao" is not the same condition.

This cavalry is a chaotic ethnic group, with colored people, Mongols, Jurchens, Tibetans, and Han Chinese, which can be said to truly explain what a multi-ethnic cavalry looks like.

At present, if Jiuhua Mountain can successfully open 400,000 catties of copper ingots per year, then the annual amount of coinage in the Ming Dynasty can increase by 70,000 yuan conservatively.

"Taichang Temple does have something to do, and the minister retires ......"

Beside the bearded man, a majestic young man stepped forward with a smile, and his salutation also revealed the bearded man's identity.

"Go! Renew the money to the restaurant at the door, and ask him to make two tables of good meals, although we can't drink alcohol today, we can't eat too badly. ”

"Your Highness! You're back! ”