Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 47 Are you going to rebel?

"This is?"

Fu Youde looked at the glass all over the floor in front of him, and swallowed hard.

It's not that he doesn't know this glass, it's quite popular among the rich and powerful, and it's often hard to come by.

The huge amount of wealth in front of him was thrown on the ground at random.

Ruthless things!

This was the first thought that came to Fu Youde's mind.

"How is it, old Fu, isn't our eldest grandson amazing?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Fu Youde, who was already stunned, quite proudly.

"This...is this all made by His Highness?"

Fu Youde licked his dry lips, and asked in disbelief.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded without doubt.

Fu Youde suddenly thought of something, and his heart pounded.

Such a fetish can be artificially produced in large quantities!
what is this?
This is the magic touch!
Now Henan and Shandong are suffering from serious floods, and the government’s food relief fund gap is as high as 200 million taels. No wonder the emperor has to come here early in the morning.

"Your Majesty, do you want to..."

Before Fu Youde finished speaking, he saw Huang Xiongying walking in, and hurriedly swallowed his words back.

"Grandpa, Grandpa Fu, you are here!"

Huang Xiongying walked in with a smile.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Huang Xiongying, he smiled unconsciously, and said, "Xiongying, your glass is much more than what we saw two days ago!"

"That's not."

Huang Xiongying smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you that this thing is not real colored glaze, and it's not difficult to make. If it's mass-produced, you can have as much as you want!"

Fu Youde who was on the side couldn't hide the shock in his eyes when he heard the words.

Not Liuli!

As many as you want!
So if you use this thing to buy it as colored glaze, wouldn't it become a cornucopia?

Just thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Xiongying, can you make this thing into various and colorful shapes?"

Huang Xiongying was slightly taken aback, he didn't understand why the old man asked this suddenly.

However, he tried to make a glass cabbage yesterday, and now that the old man asks about it, let him show it to him.

The production process of glass cabbage is not difficult.

It only needs to be reprocessed with the glass that has been fired into a gelatinous state. The most difficult point is the craftsmanship.

Only good craftsmanship can make good-looking glass cabbage.

Huang Xiongying hadn't had any problems with his handicraft after ten years of signing by the Qinhuai River.

"Grandpa, wait here for a moment, I will come as soon as I go."

With that said, Huang Xiongying turned around and entered the back room...

When he came out, Huang Xiongying was already holding a glass cabbage in his hand.

"This……"

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde's eyes widened.

The glass cabbage in front of me has crystal clear roots and green leaves. At first glance, it is simply a fetish!
Even the two who were used to seeing treasures were greatly shocked in their hearts.

It's amazing how easy it is to produce such an object with strong visual impact.

Simply incredible.

Swallowing again, Fu Youde asked dryly, "Master, can you really make this thing as you like?"

Huang Xiongying nodded: "To tell you the truth, not only me, but many people can make it as long as they master this craft, so as long as this craft spreads, it will be worthless, but if the craft If it’s good, it might be worth some money.”

Zhu Yuanzhang stared blankly at this glass cabbage for a long time, and when he raised his eyes to look at Huang Xiongying, he couldn't hide his enthusiasm: "Xiongying, can you help grandpa make some, just like this cabbage, make it Come out with some horses, tigers, birds, carp, etc.?"

???

Huang Xiongying showed a puzzled expression, and asked, "Grandpa, do you want to..."

Before the words were spoken, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"But……"

Huang Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "But didn't grandpa say two days ago that grandson should not use this thing to make money?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly, and said: "We did say it, but now the situation is forcing us, and we have nothing to do. Besides, this thing is something that the rich and powerful can afford, so it's okay to take some money from them." .”

Huang Xiongying nodded, but still said worriedly: "Grandpa, you also said that those who can afford it are rich and powerful, even the royal family. If this technology spreads in a few years, wouldn't it be Offend all these people to death?"

"Although this move can quickly gather a fortune, it also has considerable risks!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It's okay, grandpa is not afraid!"

Huang Xiongying heard the words, pondered for a moment, and asked: "Grandpa is short of money recently?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, rubbed his hands together, and said, "Dasun, to tell you the truth, grandpa's money... is really tight recently."

Huang Xiongying nodded, expressing his understanding.

Money is such a thing that there are few uses and many uses.

He was not too surprised that the old man was short of money. After all, the salaries of the officials in the Hongwu Dynasty were not much.

"Grandpa, then you can pick a few and sell them."

"No!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and clenched his fists: "I want them all!"

"Can you give us another hundred colored glazes like cabbage?"

Ok?
a hundred!

Huang Xiongying looked at the old man with some surprises. In his impression, the old man had always practiced strict frugality. Why did he become so greedy at this time?

Just the glass cabbage that I gave him just now would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver if I took it out, so if I put out a hundred of them, that's not a small sum!
Enough to rebel!

What exactly does this old man want to do?
Thinking in his heart, Huang Xiongying tentatively said: "Grandpa, this thing is not a real treasure, maybe it will be worthless in a few years, you have to think about it, maybe you will offend all the dignitaries in the capital all at once, Maybe...the royal family will be involved..."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to interrupt Huang Xiongying, and said, "It's okay, even if we offend all the dignitaries in the capital this time, we will do it."

"But……"

Huang Xiongying continued: "But if it gets to Emperor Hongwu, you know that Emperor Hongwu has always hated corrupt officials and merchants who want to make money by all means. Once the old man gets angry, I'm afraid he won't have enough heads to chop off!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he said, "My dear grandson, you don't have to worry about this matter, we have our own discretion, if anything happens, we will take responsibility, and you will never be hurt."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were firm, and it seemed that he had to make money for this money.

Huang Xiongying saw it and sighed.

Everyone in the world says that man dies for money, and birds die for food.

In this regard.

Huang Xiongying, who has been a man for two generations, has a deep understanding.

The old man shouldn't be such a person, does he have any difficulties?
He did not hesitate to offend the dignitaries of the entire capital, even Emperor Hongwu couldn't hold him down.

Last time I said to myself again, if you are the emperor Yunyun.

Could it be...

Thinking of this, Huang Xiongying asked: "Grandpa, to be honest, what do you want such a large sum of money for?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, sighed softly, and said, "Let me tell you the truth, this time we are also doing it for the people. A few days ago, Henan and Shandong suffered heavy rains, and many embankments burst, flooding countless fields and houses, and millions of people were displaced. , There is a shortfall of more than 200 million taels in the imperial court's disaster relief silver taels, that's why grandpa thought of your Liuli here, to see if it can make up for the shortfall."

"call--"

Huang Xiongying let out a sigh of relief: "So it's like this, my grandson thought..."

"Why?"

Seeing that Huang Xiongying did not continue, Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.

Huang Xiongying secretly glanced at Fu Youde who was drinking tea next to him, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Your grandpa Fu is one of his own, so it's okay to say what's the matter."

Huang Xiongying then said: "Just now, my grandson thought that you were going to rebel!"

puff!
Fu Youde took a sip of tea and sprayed it out.

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Stinky boy, what are you thinking about in your head!"

"no……"

Huang Xiongying smiled awkwardly, and said: "Last time you said that if your grandson is the emperor Yunyun, this time you suddenly want to seek a huge amount of money, it's hard to keep your grandson from thinking about that..."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Okay, now that we've figured it out, grandson shouldn't object to us selling your colored glaze, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

No, Huang Xiongying shook his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled: "Why, is there a problem?"

Under the puzzled eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde, Huang Xiongying replied: "If you want to raise funds for disaster relief, you don't need to offend all the dignitaries and big families in the capital."

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly showed a curious look: "Could it be that our eldest grandson has a better way?"

Huang Xiongying nodded.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde look expectant.

Especially Zhu Yuanzhang.

He didn't want to use fake colored glaze to deceive the dignitaries and big families in the capital, not because he was afraid of offending them, nor because he thought it was inappropriate to defraud them of their money, but because, in this way, he opened a very bad head.

Even the emperor took the lead in seeking money by all means, so merchants all over the world have not followed suit, and since then there has been an extra excuse, such a trend cannot be opened.

But in the face of millions of victims in the disaster area, he must not sit idly by.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang very contradictory.

After almost a sleepless night, he finally decided to solve the urgent need first, after all, human life is at stake!

Now that his eldest grandson said there was a better way, how could he not look forward to it?
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Huang Xiongying take something out of the house, and after a closer look, the thing in his grandson's hand was still made of imitation colored glaze, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help showing a puzzled look.

"Xiongying, what is this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked puzzledly, but in the next second, his mouth opened slightly, and he was completely stunned, as if frozen.

Because Huang Xiongying put the product imitating colored glaze in front of him.

in that thing.

He could clearly see his already dull face.

is so clear.

Even the wrinkles on the face can be seen clearly, as if behind the mirror is a real self.

This is a mirror.

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang knew.

There is such a description in the "Mulan Song" of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when the window is arranged with clouds on the temples, the decals on the mirror are yellow.

At this time, people used copper mirrors. After the copper was polished and smooth, they could reflect the images of people. The high-quality bronze mirrors could see a little bit more clearly, and the poor-quality ones could only see the outline. As for How to do makeup and hair accessories basically depends on blindness.

However, the clear mirror in front of him is the only one Zhu Yuanzhang has seen in his life.

It turns out that I have so many wrinkles on my face and a lot of age spots, but fortunately, my heroic appearance has not changed...

Zhu Yuanzhang was fascinated for a while.

Fu Youde also hurriedly came over to take a look, and was immediately dumbfounded.

It's been a long time.

The shock in the hearts of the two dissipated a little.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying with burning eyes: "Dasun, you also made this...this mirror?"

Huang Xiongying nodded: "It's actually not difficult, just put a thin layer of silver liquid on the back of the glazed imitation."

Not difficult?

Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched slightly.

a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed:

"Da grandson, our great grandson is really... so wonderful!"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang could not find any words to praise Huang Xiongying.

It's just that the love and joy in those eyes are ten times better than words.

Huang Xiongying looked at the excited Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "Grandpa, if you want to raise funds for disaster relief, let's not sell the fake colored glaze, let's sell the real mirror!"

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded heavily.

Only Huang Xiongying said: "Because it is a special period, we will sell a small mirror for ten taels of silver, and larger ones will be more expensive. For a large mirror that can illuminate the whole body, we will sell it for 100 taels of silver."

"There are millions of people in the capital, and there are not a few rich and powerful households. Such mirrors are considered novelties, and they are also necessary for home use. Small mirrors are not too expensive to sell, and large mirrors are affordable by wealthy and powerful households. would refuse."

"In this way, we only need to sell tens of thousands of mirrors, which is enough to make up enough money for disaster relief!"

Huang Xiongying talked eloquently, but Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were red.

Holding the mirror in his hand tremblingly, Zhu Yuanzhang looked and looked, touched and touched, with excitement and love overflowing in his eyes, and muttered in his mouth:

"What a great grandson, our great grandson..."

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes to look at Huang Xiongying with burning eyes, and said, "You have made a great contribution, sharing the worries of the court, solving the problems of the emperor, and benefiting millions of victims in the disaster area!"

"Xiongying, tell me, what do you want? Grandpa asked Mr. Hongwu to reward you!"

(End of this chapter)