Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's hard work, Zhu Tao also made him a new massage chair, and now the old man is happy.

"That's right, if you have your mother, you should have your father. If you forget us next time, we will beat you up."

Even though he said so, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Tao with love in his eyes.

Suddenly, he thought of something, and asked Zhu Tao, "Tao'er, how is the black bean you mentioned last time, how is it doing now? Whether the experiment will be successful, we can wait and see the result."

Seeing that his father was so concerned about the national economy and the people's livelihood, Zhu Tao also felt that he was really not in vain as a rich man, so he told Old Tang to say.

"Old Tang, hurry up and tell my father about the planting of black beans. It's been a few months now, and the black beans should have been harvested."

Old Tang nodded and said to Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile.

"The master really asked about the right time. I just rushed back from the experimental field in Huaxiang Village. The black beans are just ripe for harvest these few days. The yield per mu can reach nearly two thousand catties, and all the grains are full."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was naturally overjoyed. Of course, he knew very well what the successful cultivation of black beans meant.

"Old Tang, you said that the black beans are full of grains, can you show me some?"

Of course, this is not difficult. Old Tang also brought a few catties with him when he came back, so he quickly found a farmer and brought up the black beans.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the black beans were bright in color and plump. If the yield per mu could reach [-] jin, which could be eaten by humans and animals, that would be a great merit.

He said loudly to Zhu Tao.

"Tao'er, these inventions and crops of yours are all things that have made great contributions to the court. You can't refuse this time. Father will hire an official for you no matter what."

Zhu Tao shook his head again, of course he knew that his father was doing it for his own good, but he didn't want to do it.

"Father, I understand your intentions, but being an official also has its own difficulties. As an official, you don't have so much time to do these inventions and researches. It is not necessary to do things for the court and make contributions to the people." You have to be an official."

This sentence was completely on point, and Zhu Yuanzhang no longer insisted.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, Zhu Tao was thinking about how to deal with these black beans.

But don't worry, my fourth cousin works in the State Commercial Department. The black beans produced in these experimental fields will probably be purchased by the State Commercial Department. After all, this is also a good food and military supply.

A few days later, Zhu Tao suddenly overwhelmed the case, talking to himself loudly.

"I can do whatever I want, and when I want to sleep, someone will hand me the pillow. It's really great. With the drawing of this oil press, I can mass-produce the oil press and form a scale again."

Zhu Tao is an absolute man of action, he has to do it immediately when he thinks of something, without any delay.

He called Old Tang over and ordered excitedly.

"Old Tang, hurry up and find the skilled craftsmen in our village according to this blueprint, at least build me ten oil presses first."

Having followed Zhu Tao for so long and seen many of his inventions and creations, Old Tang was not surprised by this, so he asked.

"Master, is this oil press machine much better than the oil produced by our traditional oil press workshop?"

Zhu Tao nodded excitedly, "Not only is the quality much better, but also the speed is much faster. Relatively speaking, the quality has more than doubled, and the speed has increased by more than ten times!"

After hearing these words, Old Tang couldn't suppress his excited expression, and he immediately remembered the situation of the loom at that time.

If the oil press can be successfully tested and popularized in Zhujiazhuang, then wouldn't the farmers in Zhujiazhuang also form a chain industrial chain, improve the efficiency of oil extraction, earn a lot of money, and become richer.

Of course Zhu Tao knew what Old Tang was thinking right now, so he nodded at him and said.

"There's nothing wrong with your thinking. That's why I was happy just now. As long as the scale and industry can be formed, then our Zhujiazhuang will have a steady stream of silver, and everyone will be rich."

Old Tang was indeed a very reliable executor. He urged the craftsmen to build ten oil presses in just two days.

Zhu Tao tested the quality of these oil presses with black beans, and the speed was as expected, and the oil extracted was also of very high quality.

Then he told Old Tang to speed up the production of oil presses and train everyone how to use them.

And opened a large-scale oil-pressing workshop in Zhujiazhuang, recruiting farmers to come to work, and the treatment is very generous.

In addition to pressing oil from black soybeans, Zhu Tao also presses different crops at the same time.

The types include melon seed oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, and various sesame oils, all of which are sold at different prices.

And in order to achieve the goal of common prosperity, he also donated [-] oil presses to nearby Majiazhuang.

For this, Ma Weiran, the patriarch of Majiazhuang, also specially brought many elders to express his thanks.

Due to the high speed and efficiency, and the high quality and cheap price of the squeezed oil, it was quickly sold out, and a large scale of sales was formed in the capital.

Moreover, Zhu Tao packaged some of these well and sold them as gifts, and began to sell them to tourists in Jingxin Lake.

These tourists are basically those who are not short of money, so they are naturally very interested and spend a lot of money.

In less than a month, apart from the workers' profit share and basic salary, Zhu Tao's net income reached nearly 1 taels.

Now his road of being a playboy is even more paved with property, after all, the economic base can determine the superstructure.

At this time, Shen Meizhuang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was holding a regular meeting of the Ministry of Household Affairs. At this time, a chief executive said with joy.

"Master Shangshu, it's a great joy. We just received a report from the Shibo Department, saying that there is a Zhujiazhuang in the suburbs of Beijing. There is a owner who opened an oil-pressing workshop, and the transaction price is 3 yuan a month. An extra tael of silver would be nearly 4000 taels of tax collection, if this oil press machine is extended to the whole country, how much more tax can our household department collect in a year, and worry about the treasury running out of money!"

After Shen Meizhuang listened to it, his eyes lit up instantly. As the secretary of the household department, he has always lived a tight life. He has to hesitate every time he allocates funds, and what he likes most is to see the national treasury full.

Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Okay, then who of you is willing to go there to investigate the situation, if everything is true, I will report to the imperial court and promote it throughout the country!"