Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "The imperial government has a lot of relief money, so I'm afraid it won't last for five days, and it will collapse."

Zhu Tao shook his head.

"Father, have you ever thought that if the price of grain is high, the news will spread like wildfire? This is a business opportunity. There will always be some businessmen with a keen sense of smell who will continuously transport grain trucks to the northwest. "

"Is it possible to limit the number of grain trucks when more people arrive? After all, there is no such silver in the imperial treasury."

Zhu Tao shook his head.

"Tell Shaanxi to open up the road. No one will be rejected. The more the better. In the beginning, the radishes are too fast to wash the mud. We want all kinds of food, but when there are too many, should we start with the quality? This way we have a choice. right."

Although the three chief assistants have many talents to help the world, but few are good at business, they all listen to Zhu Tao's talk like ducks listening to thunder.

"At that time, the food from far away will continue to be shipped in, but our demand will always be sufficient. When the market is saturated, it is impossible to bring back the food they shipped, and the loss will be even greater. So in order to get rid of it as quickly as possible, they have to sell it at a low price."

"At that time, without official intervention, the price of grain will drop in less than ten days. At this time, the imperial court will let the grain be shipped to Shaanxi for free without spending any money. The imperial court will not spend a little subsidy. Let the food price drop little by little, and even lower when it reaches the parity level."

"And what the imperial court lost was the silver that was collected at a high price in the first three days, but what they got was the good news that Xi'an's grain prices were stable and the people survived the famine safely. Isn't that great?"

"Wonderful!"

The three chief assistants who were listening at the side immediately applauded, and Zhu Yuanzhang also slapped the table.

"Tao'er, immediately issue this order to the Shaanxi chief envoy and tell him to follow this method."

Zhu Tao looked sad.

"Father, what stand do you have for making this decision? Are you not afraid of being beheaded by the court? Even if you, a wealthy country, have the right to make suggestions, you don't have the right to make decisions."

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment.

"Well, then, you can send a telegram to your Taiping cousin and ask him to give some suggestions to the chief envoy. As for the court, father will mediate and try to make your suggestions come to fruition immediately."

Because of the method of disaster relief, Zhu Yuanzhang and the three chief assistants rushed back to the palace without stopping, so he held a cabinet meeting to ask all the officials if they knew about the disaster in Shaanxi.

At this moment, Zhang Hanwen, the servant of the household department, stood up.

"Your Majesty, now that the world is at peace and the world is peaceful, we will never allow some unscrupulous people to confuse the public with their lies. I ask the Emperor to decree that those who lied about the disaster and incited the civil uprising will be beheaded for public display. We must not tolerate it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang replied: "If everything is as you said, what is the use of the imperial court wanting you as the Minister of the Household Department? Today, there is a reason for this. We will not punish you severely. I will temporarily remove you from the position of Minister of the Household Department and change to the Secretary of the Imperial College. You go to the Imperial College Read a few books and talk again!"

Because the imperial court adopted Zhu Tao's suggestion, the food price in the northwest gradually came under control, and Zhu Biao, because of his excellent completion of the task, will soon return to the imperial court.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't come over these days, and Zhu Tao just took time to study the experiment of magnetoelectric conversion.

It's a pity that the copper wire and iron wire here are quite rough in workmanship, and the experimental data he has done are not precise, and it is still impossible to produce the kind of motor that is used in actual production.

It seems that industrial modernization is still quite far away from the Ming Dynasty, and it is definitely not something that can be achieved overnight.

Just as he was sighing, he suddenly received a message from his fourth cousin, asking him to go for a swim on the Qinhuai River this morning.

Fearing that he would refuse, Zhu Di clearly mentioned in the letter that he would not drink flower wine and not recruit prostitutes, but that the brothers had a good time with each other, and he asked his cousin to meet his family.

Hearing what the fourth cousin said, Zhu Tao felt unable to shirk, so he rode a fast horse to the river, and saw Zhu Di leading a servant, waiting on the bank.

Seeing Zhu Tao coming, Zhu Di was very affectionate, and led him to a painting boat by the lake. Zhu Tao had known for a long time that the fourth cousin followed Yan Wang Zhu Di to work for the State Commercial Department. The official title of the product owner.

Recently, he has earned some money with His Highness the King of Yan, and saved some family property, and this painting boat is one of his family properties. When he is free, he enjoys rowing the boat and enjoying the river scenery, which is quite a pleasure.

There are quite a lot of maids and servants on board, and there are also a few singers and musicians raised at home. After watching the distinguished guests come, they start to play music and dance.

At this moment, a young maid came out from inside and said to Zhu Di: "Master, Madam burned a carp with her own hands, please treat my little uncle to eat and drink."

Zhu Di was quite forthright: "Everyone is a family, so what's the taboo? This is my cousin Zhu Tao, please come out and meet Madam."

After a while, I heard the sound of wearing a ring inside, and a graceful and luxurious woman walked out slowly leading a little doll who was just walking.Seeing someone coming out, Zhu Tao quickly stood up.

Zhu Di hurriedly introduced: "This is your fourth cousin Xu, and next to you is your nephew Zhu Chi."

Zhu Tao didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly got up to salute.

Mrs. Xu seemed to be inconvenient to move, she just bowed slightly and returned the courtesy and said: "Uncle, you don't need to be too polite, we are a family, just be casual."

Zhu Di continued: "Since I have been working with His Highness King Yan, I have had a good life. My eldest son, Chi'er, is three years old, and now my second child is about to be born. It can be said that I have both good fortune and longevity, and I cherish the current life."

Seeing his slightly emotional words, Zhu Tao didn't know how to respond, and echoed a few times, but who knew, Xu who was next to him spoke.

"It's a pity that this wealth is like an ice flower in spring. When the sun comes out, it will soon disappear. It's hard to say whether the current wealth can be preserved."

Zhu Tao was taken aback.

"Why did the fourth sister-in-law say this? Is there something wrong with doing business recently?"

At this time, Zhu Di took over the topic.

"You know, His Royal Highness King Yan is highly valued by the emperor, and he is always given priority when he has any errands, but recently there have been some messages saying that His Royal Highness Yan has a heart of disobedience, and some ministers have suggested that His Highness not be allowed to come to Yan. The land is the country, and the palace of the capital will be confined forever."

Zhu Tao frowned, thinking that if Zhu Di wanted to rebel, I mentioned it before, but who passed it on to the court?There were only two cousins ​​and my father at home that day.

Cousin Taiping is a modest gentleman, and he will never blindly read other people's rights and wrongs. The fourth cousin works under King Yan, and it is estimated that one thing more is worse than one thing less.

The only possibility is my old man who has seen the beginning and the end of the dragon, what are you doing?Spread our private discussion to the temple, do you think we have lived in this quiet life for too long?

In the future, it is better to talk less about government affairs in front of them, so as to avoid trouble, so he smiled.

"We don't understand the affairs of the court, so don't worry about the fourth cousin. Anyway, we are a family of merchants. We can't do business here. The big deal is investing in the other side. Never participate in court affairs, and nothing will happen."