Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

The main reason is that it is the Ming Dynasty, and smoking has not been widely popularized yet.

Zhu Tao also only got some shredded tobacco seeds during the daily check-in, and tried to popularize it on a small scale in his Huaxiang Village experimental field.

Last year, I received [-] catties of shredded tobacco, which was dried and processed, and all of them were collected.

Old Tang took all the white papers and turned them into small pieces, then filled them with shredded tobacco, rolled them into rolls and handed them to Zhu Tao.

Zhu Tao looked at Yuan Tiandi and Ye Sudie'er with a smile and said.

"This is the Daming Zhutao brand cigarette that is all the rage now. Sorry, because I invented it, so it is named after me."

As he said that, he picked up the flint and lit the cigarette, then took a puff, puffing, and seemed to be enjoying himself.

"How about it, does it look good?"

This thing is a sledgehammer, Ye Sudieer and Yuan Tiandi are not fools, they coughed from the second-hand smoke, but they praised insincerely.

"Wang Dingyuan's invention is really good, but we really won't be able to enjoy it for a while."

Zhu Tao knew that they had to experiment with this thing to get the best effect, so he handed one to Yuan Tiandi and lit it for him.

Emperor Yuan Tian tried to take a breath.I exhaled a circle of smoke, and then took another puff. I even felt some aroma, and gradually I felt a little intoxicated.

He felt that he was smoking and talking about things, as if he was floating in the clouds, and he was really intoxicated.

Thinking of the appearance of smoking while enjoying the singing and dancing banquet after I went back, that is really a very wonderful thing.

"Your Highness's cigarettes are indeed very good, and they are delicious to smoke, so I want to buy a few hundred catties to try first, and you can just set a price."

Zhu Tao replied with a smile.

"This stuff is not only good for smoking, but it is also very useful in the army. A new soldier may be afraid when he goes to the battlefield, and his mood will be stabilized when he smokes a cigarette. A veteran who is injured and a cigarette will not feel pain. .”

Hearing that this thing had such an effect, Emperor Yuan Tian was immediately moved. If he took these things back with him, it would become his most handy weapon just like the Mauser gun and grenade.

He immediately told Zhu Tao.

"How many of these things do you have in stock? I bought them all. The price is not a problem. As long as you can make a price, I will pay according to the order. It's not a problem at all."

Ye Sudie'er also ordered one and tasted it just now, thinking that this stuff is really pretty good, but Yuan Tiandi can't let all the good things go away.

So, he immediately stopped in front of Zhu Tao and said.

"Your Highness, if it's a good thing, both of us have to have it at the same time, otherwise, you're a bit biased."

Zhu Tao asked Lao Tang with a smile.

"How much tobacco do we have in stock?"

Old Tang just thought about it roughly, and then answered him right away.

"Last year, more than 8000 catties were harvested. Now there is nothing to consume to supply the army. The State Commercial Department has already said hello and said that they want these shredded tobacco."

Zhu Tao chuckled and answered Old Tang.

"The Fourth Brother is in charge of the Guoshang Department. You just need to send someone over to answer the question. Just say that this year, these things will not be given to them. We will give them to the Mongolian brothers."

After he finished speaking, he immediately said to the stranger.

"Your tribe is much larger than Yesudie'er's, so this time I'll just follow you first, and you will take five thousand catties."

Then, he smiled and said to Ye Sudieer.

"You can take three thousand catties. If there is a better harvest next year, you can all get more. Let's arrange it like this this year."

They are all very aware of Zhu Tao's position in Daming, and they can almost be regarded as Zhu Yuanzhang's spokesperson.

Zhu Tao's speech is naturally a golden rule, and it is already very good to get so much.

At this time, Yuan Tiandi and Ye Sudie'er were very knowledgeable, and they both asked Zhu Tao in unison.

"Dare to ask Your Highness, I don't know how much these tobacco shreds cost, we are ready to send them to you."

Zhu Tao said with a smile.

"I'll let you have a taste of these things, so I decided not to ask for money. After all, you have done a lot for Daming, so I will give you what should be given to you."

After the two listened, they didn't refuse any more, and immediately thanked Zhu Tao. After all, they did sell a lot of grassland interests to Daming.

It's a pig's head not to take advantage of the advantages, not to mention that the advantages they take are really not worth mentioning compared to what they paid.

Old Tang also took them down to collect shredded tobacco and other items. After they left, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Tao.

"You are quite generous, kid. You didn't ask for so much shredded tobacco, and you didn't know what we thought, so you just gave it away."

Zhu Tao said with a smile.

"This is just an introduction. As long as they become addicted to smoking, they will have to spend a lot of money to buy shredded tobacco from my Daming, and then we will be able to make a lot of money."

Hearing what he said, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very interested in this question, so he said with a smile.

"Since this is the case, let us taste the good things first. You can roll one for us and let us try how it feels."

Zhu Tao glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, shook his head and said.

"Don't be so curious. If it was really a good thing, I would have sent it to you a long time ago. This thing is not a good thing. After smoking too much, your lungs will get sick."

Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his head, it turns out that such a good thing has such side effects, he is also a person who knows how to restrain himself, of course he will not consider smoking anymore.

"Well, you can figure it out for yourself, but if they know about it, they probably won't buy it again."

Zhu Tao said to Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile.

"Father, you overestimate the IQ of these Mongols. I'm sure that after they become addicted to this stuff, they will not only come to our Ming Dynasty to buy it in large quantities, but even our military expenditure will be enough in the future only by buying shredded tobacco."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unbelievable. Although he always thought that Zhu Tao was reliable, these words really surprised him.

"Tao'er is talking nonsense again. Do you know how many troops Daming has? We have hundreds of thousands of armored men, including millions of soldiers!"

Zhu Tao was not joking at all, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a straight face, and repeated it again.

"I'm telling the truth, this time we have opened up the business of shredded tobacco, and we can completely rely on these as future military expenses."

After finishing speaking, he began to popularize some other functions of shredded tobacco to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Finally, while Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, Zhu Tao added another sentence.

"And I have to rely on these, and then abolish the guard system. After all, this system is effective in the early stage, but there are many disadvantages in the later stage."