Bright Spring

... Shortly after Zhu Gaoxu took over Yunnan at the beginning of last year, his [-]th uncle Zhu Quan was also sent to Nanchang.

At the beginning of the "Battle of Jingnan", Zhu Di promised to share the world equally with Zhu Quan; at the beginning of Yongle, King Ning Zhu Quan was very interested in not mentioning that, and only asked to be sealed in Suzhou or Hangzhou.But anyway, King Ning went to Nanchang in the end.

Uncle Seventeen is not a few years older than Zhu Gaoxu. He likes to read and is proficient in rhythm and opera. It is said that his family has raised thousands of actors.

Zhu Gaoxu wrote a letter last year, describing the story of "The Peony Pavilion" and some scripts, and asked King Ning to arrange the play.There were several exchanges of letters, and recently King Ning finally sent Chang Shi to send the playbook.

The person who bought "A Match Made in Heaven" was Ning Wang Changshi.

So Zhu Gaoxu summoned Ning Wang Changshi in the Hanwang Mansion, and wanted to buy this thing with [-] guan.The Palace of the King of Han invited all the officials, celebrities, wealthy businessmen and their families in Kunming to watch the ceremony, and Zhu Gaoxu accepted the treasure presented by King Ning Changshi in public in the front hall.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhu Gaoxu ordered people to carry out two boxes of silver and put them on the hall.Ning Wang Changshi is also a wonderful person, and he took the entourage to count the silver in the hall.A white ingot of silver dangled in front of everyone's eyes, making people dazzled and unbearably vulgar.

After fiddling for a long time, the money was finally counted.Ning Wang Chang Shicai presented the "Heavenly Match" in carved red sandalwood to the public seat.

The opened wooden box was placed on the public case, and many of the guests and women in the hall stretched their necks to see it, but they were too far away to see clearly.

Zhu Gaoxu said quickly: "Come here, ask someone to come in, put it on and have a look."

Eunuch Wang Gui hugged Fuchen and said, "Your servant obeys."

After a while, Yao Ji, the stunning beauty who had been prepared, walked into the hall lightly.There was a sound of sighing in the main hall, if not everyone in the Han Palace did not dare to make a noise, the uproar might not stop here.

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted by Yao Ji.They can't see jade objects clearly, but they can see people clearly.

I saw Yao Ji wearing a goose-yellow skirt, light-colored light-yellow silk, with a bit of elegance in her poise and luxury; she didn't have any jewelry embellishments, which were originally reserved for emerald ornaments, but it made her look even more reserved.

Everyone held their breath, people probably have never seen such a bright and charming young lady in Yunnan.

"I pay my respects to the lord." Yao Ji blushed, showing a bit of embarrassment and shyness when people watched her.

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the wooden box in front of him and said, "Put on this match made in heaven and let me see it."

Yao Ji slowly knelt again and said, "Yes."

When she stretched out Yubai's hand, she raised her head and said softly: "Can I really wear my body?"

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, because when he was preparing to act, he didn't have this line.

After all, it is a rare treasure, and Yao Ji should really want to wear it; she still asked softly, which seemed redundant, but she showed a very obedient attitude.Yao Ji's character is not really submissive, but she expresses her implicit grace and understatement to the fullest.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and looked at her expectantly.She carefully and gently picked up the jade and put it on her belt, then slid the jade bracelet into her wrist.

The color on Yao Ji's body is brighter.There are spacious windows on both sides of the main hall, and the sunlight from the east just shines on her body. Her jet-black hair is shining, Gu Pan's radiant black eyes, jade-white skin, vermilion lips, goose-yellow clothes... and bright green... The emerald jade pendants and bracelets are so bright and gorgeous that people are amazed.

Many female relatives in the main hall stared straight at the eyes.Like the unblemished beauty from the Heavenly Palace, many women dream of having it.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at it for a long time, patted the armrest, looked back at the guests and said with a smile: "Although this king spent [-] guan, it seems that this 'marriage made in heaven' is worth the price. , well-deserved reputation."

There was a burst of echoing and complimenting voices in the hall, and many people saluted to congratulate the King of Han for obtaining the rare treasure.

Zhu Gaoxu waved Yao Ji to wear the jade and stepped back. She looked a little shy and agitated, and walked through the entire hall from the side of the public seat, and walked out through the main entrance of the hall.It seems that she just left the Chengyun Hall, but she has actually shown it once in front of the guests and female relatives.

Everyone almost watched Yao Ji's figure leave the palace gate.

At this time, the sound of drum music was played, and the banquet in the palace began to celebrate the joy of the King of Han's treasure.

... When Zhu Gaoxu returned to the front palace, he couldn't help but said to Guo Wei: "Today, I will show the guests a 'marriage made in heaven'. Wei'er is a princess with a noble status and is not suitable for such an occasion. I did this just to hype jadeite. worth."

Unexpectedly, Guo Wei smiled and said: "My lord, don't worry, I shouldn't show my face so easily."

Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This set of 'a match made in heaven', neither Hanwang Mansion nor Ning Wang Mansion, can have it. I will ask Du Qianrui to come over in a while, and you can play with it, it's okay."

Guo Wei smiled and nodded.

Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: "Meng Yangxuanwei envoy is still mining, and he will surely discover rare treasures in the future."

Guo Wei asked in a low voice: "Then King Ning Changshi bought a match made in heaven, is it also the prince's intention?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "Of course, the value of an item needs to be confirmed by constantly changing hands and raising the price. Whether it is me or King Ning, if you really want a certain treasure, there are plenty of ways. Why spend so much money on it?"

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(Xifeng returned to Beijing in the middle of the night last night, and returned to Chengdu today. After returning home, he took a short rest and resumed normal updates.

The annual meeting was held a while ago, and the update was often interrupted. It was really a last resort; Xifeng was not in a bad attitude and didn't greet everyone... At that time, there were two situations. One was that some book friends didn't see it because they didn't update it. It can only be said in the book review area or in the group; one is to make up your mind and tell yourself that you must write a chapter before going to sleep, but you are too tired with the group, and sometimes you accidentally fall asleep.

Just like last night I vowed to update it, but I got a terrible headache after flying, and the quality of a chapter was so poor that I really didn’t dare to post it.Later recoded this chapter.Not much to say, I have to catch a plane and return to Chengdu today.

Anyway, sorry everyone.Xifeng was also very restless, and I knew very well in my heart that what was most important, except for the readers and the book itself, was nothing but floating clouds.Respectfully, book lovers, please forgive Xifeng and continue to like my books.I won't be idle. )

2 Seventy Chapters Daming City

Whenever Han people go to a place, they must open a restaurant.

Zhao Ping brought a hundred and fifty people from the Ming army, as well as hundreds of people including merchants and petty criminals, to Mengyang. It has only been two months; more than a dozen food shops have opened on the simple streets of the village. wine shop.In addition, grocery stores, drug stores, iron shops, etc. have also opened one after another.

When everyone first arrived at the mine, there were very few locals in the nearby villages, and everyone who could run ran away.The food and fodder of the people can only be supplied by the Sizhi Office of Meng Yangxuanwei Envoy, who buys homesick food at a high price with silver.

But not long after, the natives discovered that the Ming army had strict military discipline and did not plunder, and soon many locals appeared near the village of the Tunjun.In less than a month, the natives have continuously sent the supplies that everyone needs... Of course, they are not free, they want to exchange for things in the shop.

The locals quickly fell in love with the delicious food in the Tunjun village, and even more wanted the items sold in the shops.

Iron tools such as farm tools and hatchets are very easy to sell, and the iron tools forged by Middle-earth craftsmen are sharp and strong, with high quality and low price.In fact, the iron smelted here is superior to that in the interior, because it is better to smelt iron with charcoal than coal (coal).Wood and charcoal in the interior are now expensive, and coal is mostly used in ironmaking, and ironware is relatively brittle.

The strangest thing is that miasma medicinal materials are also very popular with the local natives.However, the miasma prescriptions collected by the Han doctors are the local methods learned, and the medicinal materials are also collected from the nearby mountains.

It is said that people from the near left have already named this mine village, "Daming City", and some of the natives who came here to exchange things came here on foot from villages dozens of miles away.

The natives came with rice, melons, fruits, herbs, etc. The rice could be exchanged directly with the Ming army for copper coins, and then they could buy goods at will in the village of the army.As a result, a large amount of grain was hoarded in the barracks warehouse in a short time, so that the price of rice grain continued to fall within ten days.

In the name of the capital, Zhao Ping began to collect taxes on the "Daming City". According to the "Daming Law", the commercial tax was one out of fifteen; then the military funded people to ram the city wall, and armored soldiers were on duty to provide protection for merchants.

... When he got up this morning, Zhao Ping led a group of people out of the military camp, passed through the military village of the mine, and went to the main road to pick up the people.

The native county magistrate, who was in charge of interpreting for Zhao Baihu before, contracted miasma and died; the Tengchong Qianhu Office sent another native surnamed Diao to report the matter, and the scout reported that it was just this morning.

Accompanying him was Xu Caiqi, the big treasurer of the Shen family's mine. He was a young man under 30 years old, and he said that his brother was the big treasurer of Liyuan in Kunming City.

It often rains in the place of Meng Yangxuanweishi, but today's weather is good, and the sun has reached the top of the mountain in the morning.However, it will be very hot on sunny days. In short, it is not as comfortable as the climate in the Central Plains.

The vegetation on both sides of the road is overgrown, making the road look narrower.Zhao Ping rode slowly on the horse, turned his head and chatted with the shopkeeper Xu Caiqi: "Are there enough people in the mine?"

Xu Caiqi also rode a horse, bowed respectfully on the horse and said, "Back to Zhao Baihu, there are enough people. There are many young and strong local people in the nearby villages, and they are willing to work in the mine, and the wages are not high. It’s just that the natives are not easy to use when they are young and strong.”

Zhao Ping nodded.