Bright Spring

Qiu Yueshi covered her mouth and laughed.Maybe it was Zhu Gaoxu's gentle attitude, and she was not so nervous anymore, so she rubbed her fingers on Zhu Gaoxu's palm and observed curiously.As an emperor, Zhu Gaoxu's palms are indeed a little rough, with calluses on them.

Zhu Gaoxu also stretched out his hand to stroke her neck and cheeks, only to feel very soft|tender.The skin of a young beauty is very shiny.The two were very close, and Zhu Gaoxu smelled a fragrance mixed with the fragrance of flowers on her body.He also twirled her hair on the sideburns with his fingers, looking at it under the light, the hair was black and shiny.As soon as his finger moved to her ear, she turned her head and smiled unbearably: "Hey."

Qiuyue's facial features gave people a special feeling; she was standing in front of Zhu Gaoxu, and when Zhu Gaoxu was admiring her beauty, she was also looking closely at his face.Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand to gently wrap his arms around her waist, and the slender and soft touch immediately hit his palm.

She was very obedient and did not resist at all. Instead, she put her little hand on Zhu Gaoxu's chest and stroked it carefully.She should also be very interested in Zhu Gaoxu.

The two people who are a little strange, since the name is justified, everything is logical.

... Zhu Gaoxu was still in good spirits the next day, and he performed his duties step by step early in the morning.He didn't enjoy himself at all last night, so he naturally wouldn't feel tired.But he knew that Xiaoniang was like this the first time, so he didn't care.

Lunch was eaten in Rouyi Hall. After walking around for a while, he went to a gallery behind the main hall, preparing to take a nap in the afternoon and continue working in the afternoon.

At this moment, a woman came in, bowed silently to Zhu Gaoxu, then walked to a cabinet, looking for something inside.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw her, he quickly remembered, isn't that Lian Shi?After meeting Lien last time, although he had a good impression, but he didn't see each other again after that, so he inevitably forgot about it soon.Seeing her again at this time, Zhu Gaoxu could easily remember it.

Lian Shi is still the same, with a casual and decent appearance, which makes people feel that she can be serious at any time.

"What are you doing?" Zhu Gaoxu wondered.

Lian hurriedly said: "The weather is getting colder, my family will change the quilt for Majesty to a thicker one."

Her movements are nimble and skillful, and she is busy there very seriously.Zhu Gaoxu looked at her, under the simple and neat dress, the contours of the body were graceful and graceful, and the skin on the face and neck was very fair, showing a restrained beauty.After a distance, he seemed to feel the breath like a clean quilt.

This woman lives

But have you lived in the palace for so long?

Zhu Gaoxu stood beside her for a while, seeing her fixed eyes, he couldn't save his face from saying anything too much, not to mention he didn't know Lian very well.

When the new quilt was spread out on the bed, Zhu Gaoxu took off his robe and black gauze cap and put it on the table, kicked off his boots and lay down.It was just a nap, and he couldn't sleep for a while, so Zhu Gaoxu pulled the quilt and put it on his body casually.

Lian Shi seemed to be a careful woman, she came forward to pull up the quilt and cover it for Zhu Gaoxu, but she was a bit slow.

"I'll build it myself." Zhu Gaoxu pulled her hand, but unexpectedly held her hand.Lian Shi was startled, reacted greatly, subconsciously avoided.

She glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, but said nothing.Lien Shi is a woman who has experienced human affairs, but she has lived alone for a long time, and the reaction should indeed be great. It is understandable that she should be so panicked when she is touched suddenly.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her with great interest, and said, "If you want to take care of me, there will inevitably be some skin-to-skin relationship."

His choice of words seemed a bit inaccurate, Lian Shi lowered his head and remained silent, looking even more nervous.Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Those maids who serve me closely are like this."

Lian Shi glanced at him, and asked seriously, "In that case, wouldn't His Majesty have any ideas?"

Zhu Gaoxu laughed, but Lian didn't laugh.He also felt that laughing alone was boring, so he stopped it and said: "There are so many women around me every day, how can they be so sensitive? And most of the maids are not human, so they don't know much about it. If they have experience, it takes a long time Women who have never experienced the joy of fish and water may feel differently."

At this time, Lian's ears were also red.

"Holy, the Holy Majesty is the son of heaven, but he molests the slave family, don't you think the slave family is a ruined flower?" Lian said in a low voice.

Zhu Gaoxu thought: You are not my wife, why should I care about that?Besides, am I teasing you?

Of course he would not say those words, he never wanted to embarrass others.

He told Lian Shi what he wanted to say to Qiuyue Shi last night. He shook his head to show that he didn't dislike him, and said, "However, this place is a prison for women. Do you understand?"

Lien asked back: "Where is it not a cage?"

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he waved his hand, and Lianshi approached cautiously.He said kindly: "Why do you always look unhappy?" Asking kindly, he naturally took her hand lightly.

Lien Shi was prepared and no longer panicked.She said: "My life experience, what is there to be happy about?"

Zhu Gaoxu sighed slightly: "What do you remember about him?"

Lian thought for a while and said, "His right index finger can't be bent. Once he hurt his tendons and it didn't heal. Every time my family and his parents saw his fingers, they felt a little uncomfortable, fearing that it would affect his writing. Later he lay down In the coffin, I saw that finger again, and suddenly felt that the finger was disabled, and finally it was not important."

Zhu Gaoxu stroked his forehead a few times and said, "Close the door. If I sleep too soundly, wake me up within half an hour. If you sleep for a long time at noon, you will feel uncomfortable."

Lian Shi glanced at him, bent his knees and said, "Yes."

Chapter 838 The Ultimate New Deal

When Zhu Gaoxu woke up, he heard that several ministers were already waiting outside Rouyi Hall.The eunuch Cao Fu and others waited on him to put on his clothes, and mentioned that it was probably because the Secretary of General Administration received Sheng Yong's memorial.

When it came to the main hall, Zhu Gaoxu sent an order for the prospective ministers to come in and have an audience.

Six people came, Qi Tai, Gao Xianning, Xia Yuanji, Ru Yu, Song Li, Qian Xun.They knelt down and kowtowed twice, once outside the temple gate and once inside the hall.

Because Zhu Gaoxu had just woken up, he was still not sober, and he didn't pay much attention to etiquette, so he beckoned and said, "Excuse me, get up." He walked to the big table and reached out to find Sheng Yong's memorials among a pile of memorials.

Cao Fu bowed forward, picked up a book and handed it to Zhu Gaoxu with both hands.Zhu Gaoxu took a look at Cao Fu, then stood there and opened it.

Zhu Gaoxu felt a little thirsty, so he walked to the coffee table in the northwest corner and sat down.Cao Fu gave Lian Shi a wink, and Lian Shi came over to make tea.While looking at the memorial, Zhu Gaoxu looked up at several ministers: "Come and sit here."

Everyone said: "Thank you, my lord, for giving me a seat."

Everyone's expressions were very happy, and Xia Yuanji's face almost died of laughter.Originally, when it was time to use troops against Japan, Xia Yuanji had objections; but when it came to the harvest season, he was the happiest.Most of the silver obtained by the imperial court must be used in the national treasury, and the royal family cannot monopolize it.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't bother to talk about him, but just looked at the memorial and said: "How can there be harvest without sowing, and how can there be return without investment?"

In the memorial, Sheng Yong described the process of discovering the silver mine.

It is very simple to find silver mines, because it was not discovered by the Ming army.More than a hundred years ago, the Ouchi family and some local people had found silver mines, and records could still be found in a temple; the Ming army even discovered a relatively shallow old mine pit.The Japanese did not mine on a large scale, firstly because they did not have refining technology, and secondly because they did not know the size of the silver mine.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu is very sure that Ishijian Yinshan is a huge silver mine; otherwise, he would not have the impression, it must be a very famous place to leave a memory in his mind.

After Sheng Yong arrived at the place with a group of officials and craftsmen who were proficient in mining, he quickly found at least two different veins.One is copper-silver ore, and the other is sulfur-silver ore.There is a shortage of silver mines in various parts of Daming, and most of the silver mines do not contain high silver content, so the government still found them and carried out mining and refining; for rich ores like the Iwami Silver Mine, there is no difficulty in mining and refining with the existing technology of the imperial court .

The most difficult process of the big event, of course, is that the Ming army firmly occupied Iwami Yinshan.Not only was a war waged, but many compromises were negotiated.Now that it has been recognized by the Muromachi Temple, the Ouchi family has been attracted, and the Ming army has set up a guard fortress in Iwami country, so that it is possible to open the mine.

After the memorial passed through the Secretary of General Administration, several ministers probably already knew the content.After reading it, Zhu Gaoxu handed it to them for circulation.

Soon Lianshi made the tea and handed it over one by one.Zhu Gaoxu found that her technique was quite skilled, but considering that she came from a wealthy family, it made sense; if Lian's husband's family was poor, he might not be able to get along with dudes like Yang Ji.

Ru Yu was the first to speak and said: "I thought that after the workshop was built in Shi Jianguo, the 'mined silver' could be smelted first, and then the mined silver could be transported directly to Taicang, Songjiang Prefecture. The 'Papermaking Bureau' of the Ministry of Industry is in Taicang Set up a factory (the Papermaking Bureau was originally under the Ministry of Households), and use the 'soot blowing method' to refine gold and silver."

He paused for a moment, then continued

Shi said: "This has two advantages. First, the mined silver is black and cannot be used directly. Refined ore silver can be found in unusual places, which can reduce the risk of cargo ships being robbed by pirates. Second, there is no need to set up Blast furnace, making charcoal or charcoal (coking coal), reducing the dispatch of Ming craftsmen to prevent the refining skills from spreading.

The silver mining workshops in Japan only need to extract black silver ore, grind it, wash it with water, and screen it. It can be done by hiring local people; Japan's Izumo country transports, and can also order regular supply from North Korea.Separation of copper, silver, gold and sulfur by 'soot blowing' is done in Taicang. "

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Ru Butang is very proficient."

Ru Yu clasped her fists and said, "I used to work in the Ministry of War, but I have been a minister of the Ministry of Industry for several years."

Xia Yuanji said: "I suggest that the 'Papermaking Bureau' set up a factory, which should be near the Longjiang port of the capital. Sea ships can enter the capital from Dajiang, so why hoard silver in Taicang? After the gold and silver are refined, they have to be transported hundreds of miles to the capital. Isn’t the Beijing Mint an opportunity for corrupt officials and thieves to take advantage of?”