Domineering Daming

Cao Huachun sat there, and smiled at Zhu Xu after speaking.

Zhu Xu came out to relax, sitting there, looking downstairs and upstairs.

Downstairs was full of traffic, people coming and going, laughter and laughter.

Although Daming suffered numerous disasters, at present, especially in the capital city, the impact is not too great.In particular, Zhu Xu's suppression of rice prices caused a wave of enthusiasm in the capital and drove a lot of the economy.

Upstairs, not far from them, a middle-aged woman and two little girls were talking and laughing softly while drinking tea.

"Hey, little brother..."

Suddenly, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy squeezed to Zhu Xu's side abruptly, and wrapped his arms around his shoulders.

Cao Bianjiao's face changed slightly, and he suddenly pulled out a short knife from his sleeve.

Zhu Xu lowered his hand calmly, turned his head and looked at the young man next to him, he was grinning, clean and handsome, but there was a sly look in his eyes.

The young man glanced at the two people next to Zhu Xu, then slapped Zhu Xu again, and said enthusiastically, "Little brother, have you seen that? The branch of the Huimin Chamber of Commerce in the back has shares in our family."

Zhu Xu didn't even turn his head. He had seen it just now, and there was indeed a semicolon.

At this time, Xiao Er quickly ran over with the teapot in hand, turned over the teacup deftly and said, "Guest officer, your tea is ready, it's the best Yuqian Longjing tea."

The boy's eyes became brighter when he heard this, and he put his arms around Zhu Xu and said, "Little brother, there is really a share in our family behind us, and we can get thousands of taels of silver from it every month..."

Zhu Xu picked up the teacup, took a sip, looked at him and said with a smile: "Our family also has it, and it can be divided into 10,000+ taels every month..."

The young man was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Little brother really knows how to joke, except for the big boss, how can outsiders share so much."

As he said that, he took out a bank note from his pocket, handed it to Zhu Xu, and said, "This is a bank note from Huitong Commercial Bank, 50 taels. Brother, I will mortgage it to you. I will only borrow 20 taels. I will settle it with silver in the past." How about I redeem the meal money again?"

As the boy said, the middle-aged woman and the two little girls on the opposite side looked curiously.

Cao Huachun and Cao Bianjiao's expressions remained unchanged, they were secretly amused in their hearts, this brat is bragging to the emperor.

Zhu Xu picked up the bank note, looked up and down, put down the bank note, smiled and said: "I'll give you 20 taels first, you take this bank note to Huitong Commercial Bank, take out 50 taels and we split it half and half. Sample?"

The young man's face changed slightly, he looked at Zhu Xu with a stiff face and said, "What do you mean, little brother, my silver ticket is real!"

"I didn't tell lies?" Zhu Xu was also rarely in a good mood, and said to Cao Huachun, "Come on, spend 20 taels with him, turn into a jellyfish, and lead him to the silver, just take it out, if you can't take it out, just break your leg Then send it to the yamen."

"Hey, Xiaoer pays the bill." The boy jumped up, threw the broken silver on the table, jumped over the bench in a hurry, and ran downstairs in two or three steps.

"Pfft!"

The middle-aged woman couldn't help smiling, and quickly covered her mouth and turned her head.

The two little girls had no scruples and giggled as they watched.

The little girl in pink on the woman's right smiled very happily, and said to the opposite side: "Sister, that brother is so stupid, he was spotted right away!"

The little green girl opposite her pursed her lips, glanced at Zhu Xu quietly, and said nothing.

Once Zhu Xu was interrupted by this young man, most of the boredom in his heart was relieved. Looking at Cao Huachun and Cao Bianjiao, they said, "Drink tea, we don't do anything today, just drink tea."

As he spoke, he picked it up and savored it carefully.

Cao Huachun, Cao Bianjiao and both of them also picked up their teacups silently and took a sip.

While Zhu Xu was drinking, a handsome young man of thirteen or four came up quickly, and said to the middle-aged woman, "Mrs. Zhang, it's a great fortune to meet you here."

When the woman saw it, she hurriedly stood up and said, "The woman has seen Mr. Xu."

Unceremoniously, Mr. Xu sat down opposite the woman, then looked at the little girl in green and said, "Miss Zhang is here too, it's really easy for Xiaosheng to find."

The little girl in pink pursed her lips, and quietly shrank away from the woman.

The little girl in green was very calm, with her small body upright, she responded fearlessly, "Mr. Xu."

This Mr. Xu did not admit his birth, and he never saw anyone else in his eyes. He stared at the little girl in green with green eyes and said, "Miss Zhang, my father will come to Beijing in a few days. When the time comes, our marriage ..."

The little girl in green blinked her big eyes and said, "Mr. Xu, what marriage?"

Mr. Xu moved his butt towards the little girl, and said, "Hey, it's all a matter of certainty. As long as my father enters the capital and meets the Duke, our business will be settled. You don't have to stay in the capital, just follow me." Let's go back to Nanjing together..."

Zhu Xu's good mood drinking tea was completely destroyed by Mr. Xu, and he was speechless, "It's such a beast that I miss it at such a young age."

The little green girl pursed her lips and said, "It's the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, Mr. Xu, you are too menglang."

Mr. Xu didn't feel Meng Lang at all, he sat down on the little girl's bench and said, "Miss Zhang, sooner or later we will all be a family..."

The woman couldn't stand it anymore, hurriedly pulled the little girl in green to block her, looked at Mr. Xu and said, "Mr. Xu, why don't we wait until Duke Wei enters Beijing and arrives at the British residence. What do you think?"

Zhu Xu, who was originally in the state of watching a play, was startled, and began to observe the table carefully.

According to Wei Guogong in Nanjing, it is indeed the Xu family, the descendants of Xu Da.

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes and asked Cao Huachun in a low voice: "Can the dukes marry each other?"

Cao Huachun was stunned, leaned closer and said, "There is no rule, but there is a tacit understanding, and we won't get too close."

Zhu Xu nodded, thought for a while, and said: "You send a letter to Lao Cao, asking him to pick a thousand elite soldiers, train them well, and keep them ready at any time."

Cao Huachun didn't know what Zhu Xu was going to do, so he said in a low voice, "Observe the order."

The middle-aged woman hurried away with the two little girls, and Mr. Xu followed behind, chasing after him, chattering endlessly.

Zhu Xu drank tea again, stood up and said: "Let's go, go back to the palace, and continue to critique papers."

Zhu Xu thought about the mountains of memorials in the Wenzhao Pavilion, and finally understood why there was a cabinet and a supervisor of ceremonies.If he had to read and deal with these memorandums one by one, he wouldn't be able to finish them in twenty hours a day!

Chapter 226

When Zhu Xu returned to the palace, he had nothing else to do except continue to critique the papers.

Although it is unclear how much effect the other papers will have if they are approved except for the matter of the military reform, they cannot be left alone.

Ye Xianggao, together with almost the entire Donglin Party, kept submitting reports, asking for additional cabinet ministers, six officials, and King Xin also asked to see him, but Zhu Xu insisted on stopping the court discussion and imitated Emperor Shenzong.

Until the beginning of September, news from all over the world also spread.

Nurhachi is indeed seriously ill, and he probably won't live long.

Playbooks from coastal areas also quickly entered Beijing, and local restructuring was almost done. In addition to the fixed garrisons in each prefecture and county, the province also had a standing army of 3 horses.The bandits along the coast have been almost wiped out, and the prefectures and counties along the coast have also sent people to supervise them, and the bandits must be severely suppressed.

Zhu Xu flipped through the joint playbook of Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting and others, with a smile on his face, he was secretly relieved.

With these soldiers and horses, no matter how reforms or changes are made in the future, I will have confidence in my heart.