Chapter five hundred and eighty fifth indulge in businessmen, can not extricate themselves
Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry. He always felt that agriculture was the foundation, and commerce only adjusted the products of various places and exchanged what was needed. Although it was indispensable, it must not take over the host.
Therefore, future emperors must govern the country with agriculture as the foundation of the country.
But Zhang Ximeng doesn't see it this way. It's obvious that he advocates agriculture as the basis and industry and commerce as the basis to make the country rich.
In other words, agriculture is only the foundation of the country. If you want to move forward, you must rely on industry and commerce to develop and prosper, and make the country rich and prosperous... One person treats industry and commerce as a subsidiary, while another person treats industry and commerce as a treasure.
Although it is not a tit-for-tat confrontation, it can also be said to be polar opposites.
Zhu Yuanzhang has always wanted to attack Zhang Shuning, and he also planned to influence the next generation and win Xiao Zhang on his side... What Zhu Yuanzhang never expected was that he failed to get Xiao Zhang and instead lost Xiao Zhu.
It’s only been a few days and you’ve forgotten everything you taught me?
What is the point of Zhu Biao, a bastard who only wants to stir up business affairs?
My own education failed!
"Sister, tell me, what should we do? Is there any good way to warn him about Zhang Ximeng?"
Madam Ma chuckled lightly, and then sat down on Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon chair, leaving Lao Zhu standing next to her. She said with a smile: "What? My son, why are you bullying Mr. Zhang?"
"You, what did you teach him?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in surprise: "What did you teach him?"
"It's nothing. I just asked him to go to the quilt factory and have a look at the spinning wheels in Suzhou, and then go to the Baochao Bureau, the food bank... After all, this is our family's industry, and his young boss should know about it."
Ma said it lightly, but Zhu Yuanzhang's head suddenly became big, and he seemed to realize something!
broken!
Let Zhang Ximeng scheme again.
In other words, Zhang Ximeng had been planning around him from very early on, and the most critical Queen Ma was pulled over and became the largest businessman in the Ming Dynasty.
Although Empress Ma doesn't value that little money, she still has the concept of making the country rich through industry and commerce.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang always led the expedition in person. As a result, Zhu Biao was influenced by Queen Ma.
It’s not that Xiao Zhu changed as soon as he went to Peking, but the foreshadowing was laid early!
Zhang Ximeng!
You are cruel!
Zhu Yuanzhang could attack anyone, but there were only a few people he could do nothing about. The most helpless among them was his wife Ma...
"Sister, you, aren't you afraid that Biao'er will learn bad things? You can't tolerate him like this." Lao Zhu was heartbroken.
Ma chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, Shengming, you have been in Peiping for several months. You should know that the land over there in Peiping can only harvest one crop a year, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded subconsciously, "Yes, it is indeed only one season, so what?"
"We just captured Dadu last year, and everything is in ruins. There is a depression. There are still two months until spring plowing, and more than half a year has passed by the time of autumn harvest! Now there is a shortage of everything there, no food, no seeds, no people.
There are no farm tools... Chongba, what do you want them to do in this situation? Let them starve and wait until food is produced?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was instantly asked, "This... we also know it won't work. If it wasn't too difficult, why would we leave it to Mr. Zhang? He has so many ideas!"
"No matter how many ideas he has, he can't create food out of thin air. All he can do is use salt, wood, and other things that can be turned into money to attract businessmen and traffic supplies to Peiping. Isn't this just playing tricks on China?
What was your original intention?”
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "We all know this. We are saying that Biao'er should not be allowed to get involved in this. He is the crown prince of a country, how can he?"
"How can you do that?" Ma laughed and said, "Are you going to say that I shouldn't touch you? You are going to say that it is virtue for a woman to have no talent. Are you going to issue a female precept and teach me not to be involved in politics in the harem?"
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Empress Ma was not polite in her questioning. Zhu Yuanzhang felt a chill on his neck and shuddered all over. His wife got angry, which was really scary.
He quickly defended: "We don't mean that. We just think Biao'er is too young. If he indulges in it and cannot control it, I'm afraid he will learn to be cunning, which will be bad."
Ma took a deep breath and suddenly said: "Chongba, do you think Mr. Zhang is a treacherous villain?"
"Of course not!"
"That's right." Empress Ma said: "Chongba, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. You have conquered such a big world, from a little monk to a nine-five supreme... Ask yourselves, where is your success?
"Are you sure you can teach Biao'er well and make him do things like you?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled helplessly and said: "We knew it wouldn't work, so we looked for a master for him."
"Then you want Mr. Zhang to teach another Zhu Chongba? No! It can't be done!" Ma said earnestly: "I think Biao'er is doing well now. He sympathizes with the border guards and knows that it is not easy to gain territory.
Keep it up. He is thinking of ways and working hard. That's good."
Ma said again: "It's easy to conquer a country, but it's hard to defend it. Chongba, since ancient times, it's not easy to be the son of a hero. Don't push yourself too hard."
Lao Zhu frowned. He wanted to defend himself. How could a father not want his children to be well?
What a good sign, but the people below will put in a hundred times more effort and force the child together... How old is he! If I don't think about this, how can I be willing to send him to Peking, do you understand? "
Lao Zhu was stunned for a long time, and finally he sighed and said nothing. He suddenly strode outside and went directly to Zhu Laosi's residence. He found this kid climbing a tree with a loud noise. Lao Zhu reached out and hugged him down.
Clamped directly under the arm.
"Let's go, let's take you to ride a horse!"
Zhu Di paused for a moment, rolled his little eyes several times, and realized that his father was not lying. He finally grinned and danced.
Zhu Yuanzhang put Zhu Di in front of him, and the father and son rode on the same horse, rushed out of Yingtian, and went directly to hunt outside the city...
His Majesty took the fourth son of the emperor to hunt, and sent the prince to Peiping.
Almost instantly, it became the hottest topic in Yingtian.
It stands to reason that no one can shake the status of the crown prince, and it is impossible to shake it. Everyone is trying their best to move towards the East Palace. If Zhang Ximeng were not there, the people who wanted to fight for the crown prince's division would have been able to overwhelm him. Civil servants and military generals would use all their skills.
pole.
But now, looking at it, how come there are variables in this certain thing?
Everyone began to set their sights on Zhu Di, but unfortunately, apart from a lot of dark history, the fourth prince had absolutely no merit.
Playing tricks on the teacher, peeing in Fengtian Hall, almost setting the palace on fire.
How can such a naughty little thing compare with the sensible Crown Prince?
Everyone is puzzled. Is it possible that our Majesty is out of his mind? He doesn’t like good children, but likes noisy ones?
Should I let my child be a little more naughty and run rampant on the streets of Yingtian, maybe even attract the attention of the emperor?
Fortunately, Jane is in the emperor's heart!
Ying Tian's heart was in a state of flux, and he had all kinds of thoughts, but Zhu Biao couldn't care about it anymore. He was participating in a very important technological innovation!
That's right, Zhang Ximeng personally took charge of it. It is currently the largest scientific research project in Ming Dynasty...salt salt!
Zhang Ximeng had already told Hu Dahai about this, and Hu Dahai did indeed do it.
The price was that Lao Hu had diarrhea for three full days, and for such a strong man, he almost collapsed.
It turns out that the practice of drying salt has been around for a long time. It's hard to say when it started. Kitchen households introduced seawater into the salt fields and used sunlight to evaporate it. When crystals were precipitated below, they took away the concentrated seawater above and fried it on a plate.
To cook it in a pot is to boil the sea into salt.
Isn’t it a bit embarrassing?
There is already salt precipitated below, why not continue to evaporate?
In this way, you can get salt directly without using an iron pot or firewood. Wouldn't it be wonderful?
The result of Zhang Ximeng's thinking was that Hu Dahai had to do it for several days and almost lost his life.
The salt produced directly from seawater has too many impurities and the sanitary conditions are not up to par... After repeated trials, clean seawater was selected, and the salt produced in the end can only be used to feed livestock, and people cannot even think about it.
The process of drying salt is related to Zhang Ximeng's overall plan. Whether the salt business can succeed and whether the problems of kitchen households can be solved all depend on this innovation.
He had no choice but to go into battle himself.
After some observation, Zhang Ximeng also figured out that the kitchen households would transport the concentrated seawater back home and let it sit for a period of time to allow the impurities to settle. They poured the clear seawater into the pot and then cooked it over high heat.
In this way, there are fewer impurities, high-temperature sterilization, and water evaporation... most harmful things can be removed, and the salt produced meets the standards for human consumption.
Therefore, the wisdom of ordinary people is still very remarkable, and many of their practices are also meaningful.
Zhang Ximeng thought about it repeatedly and decided to dry out the salt first, then pour the sea salt into clean water to rinse the impurities on it.
But after doing this, the salt dissolves in the water again. Should I continue to cook it in the pot?
Isn’t that taking off your pants to fart?
Obviously, someone was already looking at Zhang Ximeng with strange eyes.
Even Song Lian muttered in a low voice: "Prime Minister Zhang, even Confucius, cannot know everything!"
This sentence seems to have touched Zhang Ximeng's sore spot. If Confucius couldn't do it, we can!
Zhang Ximeng was so cruel that he dissolved the coarse salt in the sun with clean water... wasn't it just to remove impurities?
Who says you have to use an iron pot to cook?
Zhang Ximeng asked people to get stones, coarse sand, fine sand... and then put these things in layers in a wooden barrel, and then made a hole in the bottom.
Pour the dissolved brine into the wooden barrel and filter it layer by layer. The brine that comes out immediately becomes much clearer.
Zhang Ximeng was still dissatisfied, so he added some charcoal to absorb dirt and then filtered it again.
After struggling five times, he finally asked someone to build an evaporation pond with bricks and stones.
This time, pour the clear salt water into it again and wait for the time to pass.
Gradually, after two or three days, crystals appeared under the pond, and then more and more crystals appeared, covering the entire bottom of the pond.
After a windy night, I got table salt as white as snow!
The experienced salt workers held it in their hands, tasted it, and smiled.
This salt is better than theirs!
On the other side, Zhu Biao had already stuck his butt out and filled a jar full for his father... After all, he was here to do the work.
Zhu Biao even planned to ask his father to help him give it the name Royal Salt and sell it at a good price!
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Well, it's not that the update is late, it's that I went to buy lollipops...