Better to live forever [Rebirth]

The business of the Dajing Dynasty was developed, and correspondingly, the control was stricter than before, especially the three major types of barter that merchants were prohibited from buying and selling.

Gold and silver, salt, iron.

Once it is discovered that mining without the permission of the imperial court, or that the mine is not reported, it is a great crime.

The Dajing Dynasty included gold and silver in the ranks of prohibited trades. It originated from the weakness and incompetence of the imperial court at the end of the previous dynasty.Such an approach preserved the existence of the former court in a short period of time, but the under-government was in dire straits and the officials were turbid. In the end, the uprising soldiers rose up to resist, overthrew the former court, and established the current Dajing Dynasty.

The legacy of previous dynasties persisted, and currency was a major scourge.

Emperor Dajing Taizu ordered to rectify the currency of the whole territory. The price of 1000 taels ([-] copper plates) is equal to one tael of silver, and the price of [-] taels of silver is equal to one tael of gold, making copper coins valuable, and ordered merchants to lower prices to stabilize by means of thunder. situation.

Now that the dynasty has been established for a hundred years, the mining volume of gold and silver mines is still insufficient to make ends meet, so the control is even stricter than that of salt and iron. If it is discovered and not reported, it is a crime of beheading, and private mining will bring disaster to the whole family.

No matter how ignorant Zhu Dingbei was, he still had some common sense. Seeing Ning Heng's idea of ​​developing a gold mine, his eyes changed a bit.

He wasn't surprised at all that Ning Heng knew why there were gold mines on this mountain, but judging from his disapproving tone, it couldn't be... that he often does private mining of gold and silver mines.

Ning Heng looked at him inexplicably, looking at him with innocent and clear eyes, full of doubts.

Zhu Dingbei gave a dry cough, leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Have you ever collected it privately before?"

Ning Heng understood, looked at him with a strange expression, and also said in a low voice: "The Ning family helped the royal family find gold and silver mines, and after mining, they will share [-] points with the Ning family."

"Mother, hello!"

Zhu Dingbei yelled, his eyes widened like a cow, and he gasped and said, "Then your home is not a mountain of gold and silver? It's bigger than the emperor's private treasury—cough cough, you mean this mine was mined, Can I get [-]% too?"

Even if [-]% is only [-] taels of gold, judging from the current value of gold, it is enough for the three generations of Zhenbei Houfu.

Ning Heng nodded, and explained: "However, this mountain must be assigned to the Ning family first."

Zhu Dingbei laughed like a fool a long time ago, as if the shining gold was right in front of his eyes, no matter what Ning Heng said, he just nodded, smiling so hard that his eyes couldn't see his teeth.

Ning Heng was speechless. Isn't this stupid boy afraid that he will take it for himself after he gets the land deed.

Thinking of this, an unprecedented smile appeared on his face.

He is too stupid, so I have to protect him from being bullied by others, Ning Heng thought to himself.

On the same day, Zhu Dingbei happily handed over the title deed of the mountain to Ning Heng, and left the rest of the matter to him, waiting for the final collection of gold.

The gold that the shadow has not seen made Zhu Dingbei smile these days. Three days later, the old Hou Ye called him to him and told him that the [-] retired and wounded soldiers he wanted had been assembled.

Seeing his grandson carefully reading the list, the old Hou Ye couldn't rest assured that his small body with small arms and legs not reaching his chest, couldn't help telling him: "Little brat, although these soldiers have injuries in their hands and feet, they are all young. Li Zhuang is good at doing hard work. You have to be careful, don't do things that are unclear, and I won't allow them to do things for you, you know?"

Zhu Dingbei: "Grandpa, you think too much. I'm bringing them to prosperity, not killing people, setting fires and stealing chickens and dogs. Why are you so nervous?"

"...You, you are still a child." Old Hou Ye felt rather uncomfortable when he heard his words.

A year ago, the black boy who was hated by people as a dog, how could he turn into this white, tender, mean-spirited and docile boy in front of him without paying attention.Hey, he still doesn't know what caused his grandson to change, but he didn't say much.

Although the grandson did not meet his wishes and grew up too quickly into a successful and strategic adult, the old Hou Ye could only give him the greatest support.He will watch the kid behind his back, not letting him fall, and not letting him go astray.

"Grandpa, let's make an agreement in advance. From now on, these hundred people will be my soldiers. You can't appoint them beyond me, let alone ask them about it." Zhu Dingbei put down the roster and reiterated with a serious face.

Old Hou Ye laughed loudly, grabbed the tender flesh on his face and rubbed it a few times, and said jokingly: "Yes, General Zhu, this Marshal obeys orders."

Only then did Zhu Dingbei smile at him.

The next day, Zhu Dingbei rushed to Zhuangzi in the western suburbs without stopping to meet the hundred retreating soldiers.

Zhu Dingbei did not let the old Hou Ye or the housekeeper he arranged to accompany him, but brought Zhu Shuisheng, and the two came on horseback.Zhuangzi in the western suburbs is the largest manor in Zhenbei Houfu. The title of title bestowed by the Holy Lord to the old Houye is rare in terms of land occupation, scenery and the fertility of nearby fields.

Zhu Dingbei thought this place was spacious enough.When he arrived, the hundred people had already lined up in an orderly manner.

"I've seen Young Master."

Although it was strange that he came alone, everyone present knew from the old master that it was the young master who found a way out for them, so even though the one who was on the horse was only a nine-year-old child, they did not despise him.One person led the voice, and the hundred people still performed the half-kneeling military salute according to the military custom, and the sound was like a bell, neat and neat.

"Excuse me." Zhu Dingbei said loudly, and jumped off the horse.

With a short stature, Zhu Dingbei looked up at these tall and mighty soldiers, but his aura was not inferior.Several people were shocked when they saw this, and then there was a surge of joy. It really was the grandson of the marshal, with an extraordinary demeanor.

Zhu Dingbei's voice is still clear and childish, but his expression and tone are the same as those of generals who have been fighting for many years, even more majestic and calm: "Serve the army for one day, and serve the country for the rest of your life. The heroes of Zhu's army are not weak, even if they retire from the battlefield, We are still soldiers. Even if we are disabled, we are still the bravest Zhu Jiajun! I hope you will always remember this, no matter where you stand in the future, always remember Zhu Jiajun's precepts and serve your country."

Everyone was shocked and shouted: "Yes, this subordinate understands!"

Zhu Dingbei laughed, eyes full of relief.

The spirit of the soldiers of Zhu's army is the strongest in Dajing, no matter where they go, they are the invincible Zhu's army.

"We'll talk about other things later. I'm here today, and everyone must already know why I'm here." Zhu Dingbei paused and said, "Centurion, where are you?"

There were several people facing each other, and one of them stepped out of the queue and stood up straight: "Go back to my little lord, please pick me up."

Zhu Dingbei recognized this voice, it was the one who led the greeting earlier.He nodded and said, "Report your name."

"My subordinate, Zhu Xiang, was the centurion under the command of General Zhu Zhiyi."

Zhu Dingbei had seen the life of this person on the list. He was a war orphan like his mother and was adopted by a veteran of the Zhu family army.As a scout in the army, he had three fingers cut off and the veins in his left leg were severed in the battle of Xianbei.The person in front of him was ordinary in shape, with a beard on his face that made it difficult to distinguish his appearance, but his eyes were piercing and full of energy.

What is rare is that this person not only has prestige among the hundreds of people, but also can organize everyone. From his short self-introduction, it is known that this person is intelligent.He is the best candidate for the centurion, Zhu Dingbei nominated him, and asked him to nominate two captains, ten chiefs and twenty corporals.These retired disabled NCOs are managed in a military fashion.

Seeing that Zhu Xiang was moving very fast, he obviously knew the hundred people well, so he praised them without hesitation, and then said: "One thing, let me declare in advance. From now on, you 100 people will be under my command, Zhu Dingbei. It is not deployed by anyone else, even the old marshal Zhu Chengyuan has no right to overstep me and order you to do things. You only have one commander, do you understand what I mean?"

Several people were surprised, but obeying orders is the bounden duty of sergeants, they said without hesitation: "Understood!"

"Don't be nervous. If you feel that you can't do this, or feel that I am not good enough to lead you, you can quit now."

Zhu Xiang immediately said: "Young Lord, we are soldiers, we swear allegiance to the death, we have no second thoughts."

"Swear allegiance to the death, never mind!"

The rest of the people shouted loudly when they saw this.They were soldiers who had just retired back to Beijing with Lord Hou, and most of them were war orphans.Years of military service has made it difficult for them to adapt to normal life, and now they are all disabled. Thanks to Marshal Zhu who still misses them and takes care of them, how can they betray when it is too late for them to be grateful?

They have faith in their hearts that Zhu Jiajun, the son of the Zhu family, will never do anything that harms the family and the country or harms his colleagues.Pledging allegiance requires no hesitation at all.

Zhu Dingbei's eyes showed appreciation, the hard life and sufferings in the past six months did not dampen their ambitions.

Zhu Dingbei talked about their arrangements for building Tangchi Villa and mining saltpeter in a few years, and introduced Zhu Shuisheng, telling him that Zhu Shuisheng would be in charge of contacting him in the future.In the end, I gave them the routine money for next year's festival, and told them to have a good year, and then return to the villa to gather and start work on the fourth day of the lunar new year.

After doing this, he mounted his horse and returned home.

The first thing Lao Hou Ye did for his grandson was naturally very attentive.These hundred people used to be strong in the army, and their character, temperament and ability were all better than each other.The most important thing is that there is no burden behind them.

Zhu Dingbei has long planned for them, but now is not the time...

Everyone watched Zhu Dingbei's figure getting farther and farther away. One of the captains said to Zhu Xiang: "Centurion, the young master is indeed the blood of the old marshal and the marshal. Although he looks fair and weak, but I think he will be a soldier like the marshal in the future."

Zhu Xiang withdrew his gaze and looked at the crowd. He grinned and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I think the young master may not be worse than the old marshal in the future. Follow him, it's worth it."

After Zhu Dingbei returned to the mansion, the housekeeper wrote a letter on the floor, "Young master left, and Lord Changxin arrived behind. He said he was going to celebrate the New Year in the palace, so he said goodbye to you. Seeing that you were not here, he left this letter." letter."

Zhu Dingbei put away the envelope and asked, "Where are Grandpa and Grandma now?"

"The old lady is in the study in the backyard, and told you to have dinner together when you come back. Lord Hou has invited Commander Qin to drink, and I'm afraid he won't return home until evening."

Zhu Dingbei nodded, turned around and went to the backyard.

After having lunch with the old lady, Zhu Dingbei returned to the middle and small study in the courtyard, and only then opened Ning Heng's letter.There are only a few words in the letter, stating that he will leave the palace and return home on the sixteenth day of the first month of the coming year. The most important thing is that the Marquis of Changxin moved quickly. He has already arranged manpower to deal with the mine in one night. Sooner or later, he will be able to leave the palace in about two months. The first batch of gold.

Zhu Dingbei was overjoyed to see the letter, went to the courtyard and punched for a while to calm down his emotions, and then went to the small study to sit quietly and read a book.