Zhu Su was very proud of his success in changing the conversation from poetry to investigation of objects, and also fooled Fang Xiaoru and Xu Yungong. After taking a hot bath, he left Zhuangzi. On the mountainside behind Zhuangzi, there was a kiln heavily guarded by soldiers.
Zhu Su's top priority now is to develop fine steel that can be used to make high-quality firecrackers, and to bake cement that can quickly build cities.
When it came to forging steel, Zhu Su had in his mind the manual of home-made steelmaking that he had seen in his previous life. At a certain period in later generations, there was a vigorous steelmaking craze in China, and every village set up blast furnaces to engage in large-scale steelmaking. Although it is said that the waste products
The efficiency is also very high, but compared to the early Ming Dynasty, such steel-making furnaces are already sufficient for use.
Although some details are still being tested, Zhu Su believes that given time, these steel furnaces will be able to produce steel of far higher quality than today.
Cement also needs to be explored. Zhu Su only knows the general formula, but the cement produced in the trial is still unusable and breaks as soon as he holds it. It also takes time.
"Your Highness, I need to discuss something with you." Xiang Deng came over. After Zhu Su asked, he realized that there was no money in Huangzhuang's books.
"Didn't the palace allocate enough money for half a year? It hasn't even been a month yet, but it has been spent all?" Zhu Su was a little stunned. There are no talents in Huangzhuang now, so Xiangdeng will take over the management for the time being. It is difficult not to doubt whether it is
The eunuch's eyes widened when he saw the money.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty! Even if I have the courage, I wouldn't dare to reach out to your head!" Xiang Deng knelt down directly to Zhu Su. "It's really hard to get in and out these days. It's unexpected.
The cost is too much..."
As he spoke, he began to complain. First, he settled many of Wu Wangwei's family members, which cost a lot of money. Then he bought lime, iron ore, coal and other raw materials, all of which were purchased from various places by river transport. It cost a lot of money.
Then Zhu Su rebuilt his mansion and spent a lot of money on building fire walls, building water channels, erecting water towers, etc.
"Then Zhuangzi originally had land but had no income?" Zhu Su couldn't believe that with such a large land, future generations would be able to earn a lot of money from whatever they did.
As a result, he had to make ends meet in just one month?
"The real estate in Zhuangzi has some output. It's just that before, these farmlands were dedicated to Bifeng Temple for real estate."
"The tax grain produced has been delivered to the great monk in the temple in advance before it was classified as an imperial village. It's not yet time to collect taxes in the next season..."
"Why don't you, Your Highness, ask them to pay the taxes in advance?" Xiang Deng suggested.
"...You should step back first." Killing the goose that lays the egg? He is not stupid enough to do such a thing.
Xiang Deng didn't dare to say anything and resigned. Zhu Su sat in the room and thought about it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt more and more panicked.
The fields here were the property of the temple in the Yuan Dynasty. After Lao Zhu established the Ming Dynasty, he cut the fields here from the property of Bifeng Temple and distributed them to farmers.
But the Ming Dynasty was only established a few years ago? What methods did the bald donkeys in these temples use to swallow these lands into their mouths?
In the fifth year of Hongwu, there was already such land annexation in the suburbs of Yingtian City. What about Jiangnan? What about other places?
"Come on! Prepare the guard of honor!" Zhu Su said loudly.
These bald donkeys are plucking wool onto my head, Zhu Su? Do they really dare to deceive me for being young and ignorant?
When I came to Bifeng Mountain, I didn’t go to Bifeng Temple to meet the neighbors on the mountain. Now, I just happened to go and visit with the neighbors!
A fleet of vassal ceremonial guards were quickly prepared. This was the first time that Zhu Su used the vassal ceremonial guard since he became king. Otherwise, it would be hard to say that people need clothes, so Zhu Su usually put on this vassal robe with a carefree look.
The king's robe immediately became solemn and solemn.
Two platoons of Wu Wangwei, who had been training for half a month, were wearing helmets and armor. Although they were just teenagers, they lined up as neatly as if they were one person. There was a murderous look between them, and it was impossible to tell that these people were just new recruits.
"Fifth Uncle, are you going to destroy the Bifeng Temple?" Li Jinglong was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so he put back on that sexy moon-white gown. It's just that his face has been tanned a lot from exercise in the past few days, but he still looks charming and charming.
Get up. He looks more like a wretched dog-headed strategist than a young master.
"It's not a waste of time. We've been here for so long and we haven't even visited our neighbors. Today, I thought of it and I had to say hello to my good neighbors. Since I have to say hello, wouldn't it be rude if I didn't show off my guard of honor?" Zhu Su laughed.
The look in his eyes shows his charming demeanor.
When Li Jinglong saw it, he became even more excited and decisively asked to accompany him. He couldn't believe what Zhu Su said about visiting neighbors. These days, he has learned that his fifth uncle is a man who is accustomed to enjoying himself and is lawless. He is even more so than Li Jinglong.
This is particularly impressive. Even the toilet bowl used by the emperor must be made of white porcelain, and it must be placed in the house. A specially made thing that can be flushed. What is it called a toilet? Such a dandy style that knows how to enjoy has long made Li Jinglong
I am so impressed that such a person would politely visit those bald donkeys?
Resolutely follow up! The two evil young men led a large group of King Wu's guards and attacked the Bifeng Temple on the mountain in a mighty manner. The abbot in the temple was so frightened that he heard that soldiers had been sent from the imperial village down the mountain.
So he brought the monks in the room to greet him. "I didn't know that when His Highness King Wu came, the small temple was not far away to welcome him, but he still begged for forgiveness!"
"Small temple? I think your temple is not small at all." Li Jinglong is indeed a troubled person in Yingtian Mansion. Such an ordinary sentence can find fault with him. He looked at the temple
The towering mountain temple was full of admiration and sarcasm on its face.
"Great monk, to maintain such a big temple, you need a lot of money for incense, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the fat abbot was so frightened that he knelt down on the spot. It was not that he had never seen the noble man before, but it was his first time to see the noble man who brought soldiers to the temple and threatened him without caring about his face. This is not the Ming Dynasty.
The world? Why are the nobles of the Ming Dynasty more barbaric than the nobles of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties?
Zhu Su didn't say anything, and just led the guards past the abbot and rushed into the temple. A monk who only eats fast and chants Buddha can grow up to be so fat, big-headed, white and clean. If he is not so rich, he will be beaten to death.
I don’t believe it. It’s amazing! Such a Buddhist temple was established just a few years ago in the Ming Dynasty. It seems that Bifeng Temple is not ranked high in Yingtian?
The primitive accumulation of capital is bloody. Looting these fat-headed monks seems like a good idea.
The monks of Bifeng Temple were fighting. They discovered that the young and short His Highness King Wu looked at them like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Buddha, could it be a disaster from heaven?
?I was lucky enough to survive during the Ming Dynasty revolution, but I didn’t expect that I would die here and my karma will disappear in this peaceful and prosperous age?
Zhu Su looked around the temple, walked to the main hall in the center, and saw the majestic Sakyamuni Buddha with shining golden light. He was even more angry. He was too lazy to deal with this group of people anymore, so he turned his head and looked at the fat abbot.
"I will give you three breaths to think clearly."
"How much is the total rent paid in advance by the servants in the farms and fields owned by the King of Yamashita? Should it be given or retained?"
"You can give it if you want. I will offer a stick of incense to this Buddha. You can keep it if you want. I have warriors under my command, so you can take it yourself."
"You can also deceive me. This is a Buddhist temple, and I am still young. If it is burned by mistake, my father will only blame it a little bit..."
This straightforward threat scared the fat abbot to the point where he could no longer call himself a novice monk. He immediately took a few steps on his knees and kowtowed to Zhu Su:
"Your Majesty, your grace! Your Majesty's grace! How dare a villain take the first step and swallow up the prince's rent?"
"There is someone who has deceived this young monk! He is the only one who made a lot of mistakes! My lord, have mercy on me! My lord, please have mercy on me!"
In an instant, people knelt down in front of the Main Hall. These monks, who were usually solemn and dignified, had no demeanor of monks. At this moment, they were no different from ordinary people who took advantage of the situation.
"Who is it?" Zhu Su asked coldly. From the monks' chatter, Zhu Su already knew that this plan was the work of a wandering monk living here. Since there are such evil monks, Zhu Su
It is not recommended that he kill a chicken to scare the monkeys and clean up the temple customs for his neighbors.
"Haha, what His Highness King Wu is looking for is the young monk? This plan was devised by the young monk. If His Highness wants to kill or behead him, he can just attack the young monk. Why bother to scare those common people?" A voice came from behind the palace.
What was different from the panic among the monks at this time was that this voice was calm and upright, quite Zen-like. The magnetic voice seemed to have a natural ability to confuse people.
Zhu Su turned his head and saw a monk in black robes coming out from behind the palace as if strolling in a courtyard. He put his hands together and performed a Buddhist salute to Zhu Su.
Sorry, I have some personal matters today. There are few updates. I will update more tomorrow!