The road to the emperor begins with farming

But Luo Zhan was teased by Luo Yu that day, and after returning home, the more he thought about it, the more he felt wrong.The two of them have slept together before, Luo Yu has always been honest and never had such a thing.Could it really be...

The more Luo Zhan thought about it, the happier he became. After waiting for two days, he felt the need to ask.Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Awang when he went to Qinyuan, and Awang told him that Luo Yu had gone wandering by himself.Luo Zhan also stopped by to look for him, but saw Luo Yu hugging a handsome young man, and the two even kissed.

Luo Zhan was greatly shocked. He suddenly understood that maybe Luo Yu likes men, but it doesn't mean that he only likes himself. He is still young, so he might just play for fun.When he grows up, he will definitely find a woman to marry.

So Luo Zhan felt a little disheartened, and turned back to the barracks.

Luo Yu saw that his brother was running so fast that he would definitely not be able to catch up, so he turned around and severely reprimanded Luo Jingang.Although I feel that this little guy has a pitiful background, I can't let him do it.And he only likes his brother's one, and now he doesn't call anyone.

Luo Yu called Manager Hu and asked him to arrange something for Luo Jingang.This person, if he makes money by himself, he won't think about relying on others.

Manager Hu looked at the slender young man, and asked, "How about putting it in the Yiqing Hall? There are all handsome boys over there."

Luo Yu thinks it's okay, there are many people there, and it will save him from thinking wildly.He also asked Ngawang to prepare a horse for him, and went straight back to Luofu.

He didn't know that Luo Zhan never came back until he went back, so Luo Yu wanted to go to the military camp outside the city to see tomorrow.

As a result, early the next morning, a young eunuch in the palace came to report, saying that someone would come to announce the decree in a while, and told him to prepare quickly.

As soon as Luo Yu heard it, he knew that Emperor Hongyou was planning to recognize him back.

After receiving the order, he changed into the prince's robe prepared by the little eunuch, and entered the palace in a carriage.After that, it was another busy work, reading the imperial decree in front of civil and military officials, canonizing Ruiwang, and bestowing Yuhua Palace.The prince of Great Yin left the palace to build a mansion at the age of 16, and Luo Yu is 15 years old this year, that is to say, he can still live in the palace for one year.

Emperor Hongyou also rewarded many things, such as pearls and emeralds, the four treasures of the study, gold, silver and jewelry.

Then I have to fast and bathe for seven days, offering sacrifices to heaven and rewarding gods. I have been busy for nearly a month in a messy way.Luo Yu was in a hurry. He had just made some progress with his brother, but there was a misunderstanding. As a result, he became the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, and he couldn't see her at all.

When he was finally free, Luo Yu hurried out of the palace with the guards and went straight to the barracks.As a result, Luo Zhan took the soldiers into the mountain for practice, and he didn't know when he would come back.

He has a different status now, and the chief guard didn't dare to let him stay outside, so he invited him back to the palace again.

Luo Yu felt that living in the palace was really troublesome, and it was inconvenient to meet his brother.It happened that He Weixi hadn't said anything yet, so he went to find Emperor Hongyou.

Luo Yu greeted his emperor's father, and Emperor Hongyou expressed his warm concern for this newly recognized son. After the ceremony, the two sat down to talk.

Although Emperor Hongyou was the emperor, he had always had no airs in front of Luo Yu and was very approachable, so Luo Yu was not afraid of him.Then he got straight to the point and said the matter.

"You mean, set up a new department to include glass factories, tile factories, and cement factories?" Emperor Hongyou felt that Luo Yu was addicted to having fun all day long, and wanted to find something for him to do, but he didn't expect brought up.

"It's more than that." Luo Yu said, "In the future, more things will be produced. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation related to the national economy and the people's livelihood can be involved, but we must avoid competing for profits with the people. But when it comes to competing for profits with the people, I... Uh, my son suddenly remembered about salt, this is really a competition for the people. The reason why the price of salt is so expensive now is mainly because there is a problem with the method of making salt, and cooking salt takes time and effort. Have you ever thought of changing the method?"

Emperor Hongyou was taken aback, and asked, "Aside from boiling salt, is there any other way?"

"Of course there is, you can dry salt." Luo Yu then popularized the modern salt-making method to his emperor father.

To put it simply, it is to choose a large flat beach to build a salt pan in an area with a mild climate and sufficient sunlight.The salt pan is divided into evaporation ponds and crystallization ponds.First introduce seawater into the evaporation pool, and when the water is evaporated to a certain extent by the sun, it is then poured into the crystallization pool and continued to be exposed to the sun, the seawater will become a saturated solution of table salt, and the table salt will gradually be precipitated after being exposed to the sun.The crystals obtained at this time are common coarse salt, and then dissolved and filtered to obtain edible salt.

Emperor Hongyou's eyes lit up when he heard it, he quickly took a notebook to write it down, and asked, "What else?"

Luo Yu hurriedly said: "My son has come up with this salt-making method. When you implement it, you have to take it easy and advance slowly. My son knows that some big salt merchants are almost as rich as the country, and they have to talk to the officials in charge of salt tax. If they collude with each other, it will be troublesome."

Emperor Hongyou rolled his eyes at him, "It's up to you to say, I know what to do. I'm just asking what else is your new department going to do?"

Luo Yu laughed happily, and then said: "Let's build another textile factory and use water power to spin and weave cloth. This is much faster than manpower. But my son just said that we can't compete with the people for profit, so don't release the extra cloth weaves." To circulate in the market, so as not to disturb the market order. The cloth woven by our textile factory can be used exclusively for the Ministry of War, so that soldiers can also have new clothes to wear."

Luo Yu got a little off topic while talking, for example, when he talked about the national economy and the people's livelihood, he immediately thought of salt, and now he thought of camouflage uniforms, "Speaking of the clothes worn by soldiers, the clothes my son saw in the barracks in the New World are similar to ours. There is a big difference here. Their military uniforms are very strong and durable, and the colors are also very interesting. They are dyed with four colors, which are close to the color of grass and trees. That is to say, it is difficult for a group of soldiers to hide in the forest or grassland. Discovered, able to blend in with the surrounding environment.”

"Really... really so miraculous?" Emperor Hongyou was a little surprised, "Then we have a great chance of winning if we fight Heyan."

"Of course. As you know, the world is much more advanced than ours." Luo Yu repeated the benefits of the camouflage uniform, and continued, "My son also plans to open another brewery. My son has a new recipe for brewing wine. Guaranteed It's stronger than Heyan's wine. When the time comes, the alcohol will be purified. Alcohol can be used to disinfect wounds and reduce casualties. As for the rest, let my son think about it slowly. By the way, apart from the factories built, the firearms manufacturers Let’s also pull out the military factory. This department not only makes money, but also spends money.”

Seeing that Emperor Hongyou didn't understand, Luo Yu explained: "Although those factories can definitely make money, the research and development of firearms is bound to cost money. You know how much money has been invested recently. My son thought about it, the research and development of this firearm It’s not a day or two of work, and if you continue to invest like this, those people will quit, so my son took this over and made money to develop it himself, without depending on people’s faces.”

Emperor Hongyou suddenly rubbed his head and said with a smile, "Okay, I have ambition."

Luo Yu blushed, and said again: "Just researching and developing some firearms, I will certainly not be able to spend all the money I earned. My son has made up his mind that [-]% of the money he earns in the future will be used for disaster relief. If there is any natural disaster, you can use it from here." Allocate funds to prevent the Ministry of Households from being unable to raise money for a while. The other [-]% is dedicated to the logistics of the Ministry of War. The research and development of firearms, grain and grass for sudden wars, and military supplies can all be paid from here. It is better if there is no war, so buy more food and supplies. Put it in the library, in case of a rainy day."

Luo Yu spoke passionately, "My son wants to set up a department dedicated to benefiting ordinary people and soldiers on the front line. When the son earns money, he will be exempted from all kinds of exorbitant taxes. Even bleeding, sweating and tears, with these two things, there is no need to worry about the instability of the father's country."

Emperor Hongyou was also a little emotional when Luo Yu said it. He nodded again and again, and immediately made a decision, "Okay, I will do as you say. If you want money or people, just tell me. What do you plan to call this new department? "

Luo Yu said: "Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, what do you think?"

Emperor Hongyou: "Along with the Six Parts?"

"No, this is a separate department, and it has nothing to do with the Six Departments. The highest leader is not a minister, but a minister." Luo Yu said, "By the way, father, my son will recommend someone to you. I met him in Linjiang. His name is He Weixi. He and I have been doing business together, although he is young and capable, I plan to let him be my deputy, what do you think?"

"Okay, let me have a look at him later." Emperor Hongyou suddenly remembered what he said just now, and asked again, "You just said that [-]% of the money you earn goes to the household department and [-]% to the military department, so what about the remaining [-]%? "

Luo Yu said: "The remaining [-]% ​​will naturally go to my father and you can allocate it as you like. The other [-]% will go to your son. You can't just let work without food. The remaining [-]% will be given to my deputy. To pay wages to the people below, er, salary. By the way, father, we have to strengthen the mining of ore, coal, iron ore, copper ore and oil... These things are very useful. When my son develops a steam engine, At that time, we will build trains, ships, machine tools... to carry out overseas trade and do business with foreigners."

"Train?" Emperor Hongyou asked, "Is it the thing you said before that travels thousands of miles a day?"

"Yes." Luo Yu nodded, "In short, my son has good things in his head. Just transfer the best people to my department, and I will help you build a prosperous and powerful Yin!"

At this time, Luo Yu wanted to wave his hand very much, and said to Emperor Hongyou: Look, this is the great country your son built for you!

But he suddenly thought, is this stall a bit too big? People say that the strides are too big, and it is easy to tear the egg.Forget it, let the emperor's father have a good imagination first. It will take decades or even hundreds of years to complete these things.

Emperor Hongyou looked at Luo Yu, and suddenly hugged him in his arms, "Yu'er, it's a good thing you're back, and our Great Yin will rely on you from now on."

Luo Yu didn't know why his emperor's father was so excited all of a sudden, he cursed in his heart: How can you rely on me, the emperor is you.