Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 167 Doing Experiments

The night before, he went to bed very early, and on the new day, Zhu Yuan still slept until after nine o'clock before getting up.

too tired.

It is not easy for Zhu Yuan to be talked about various things by Lao Zhu continuously. Not only are many things related to the future of this country, but also, even if Lao Zhu treats him as a close relative, Zhu Yuan does not forget to reflect on himself from time to time , to avoid getting carried away.

Keep your duty, this is the long-term way to get along with the emperor.

Therefore, many words, seemingly random on the surface, are actually only spoken after careful consideration.

Burning too many brain cells, physically and mentally exhausted.

In Jinling City, where winter is about to begin, the morning was still cloudy and cloudy, with a northerly wind blowing, and the temperature was not too high. When I went to bed last night, I felt that the house was already on fire.

During breakfast, Xieyi mentioned that some officials from the imperial court, such as Secretary Shan Anren, Minister of Rites Qian Yongren, Zuo envoy Sun Shouzhen of the Imperial Hospital, etc., had sent people over early to ask when Zhu Yuan would be free, and hoped to visit and discuss something matter.

Zhu Yuan knew that one was about the placement of artisans, one was about the upcoming imperial examination, and the other was about Houhu Medical College.

In addition to these officials, there are other people of all colors.

For example, some old people from Xieyi and Liubai, some elders from Qingniang’s family, and several master craftsmen from Zhiyongzhai, and even Lao Zhu who rewarded Zhu Yuan at first, but Zhu Yuan took the initiative to return him to the field and insisted on recognizing Zhu Yuan as the master. The tenants of the family, and so on, hope to come and see.

These are the people who depend on Zhu Yuan.

What's more, many scholars who came to Jinling to take part in the imperial examination followed the practice of the previous dynasty and came to Zhu Yuan to submit papers, hoping to be appreciated in advance.

For these, Xieyi specifically mentioned one, Gu Zhongren from the ancient family in Zhangzhou, Fujian, who had visited Zhu Yuan in Dinghai before, and is now in Jinling, bringing a thousand younger generations to take part in the imperial examination.

After listening to Xieyi roughly finished speaking, Zhu Yuan thought of a certain scene. If he let go of socializing, it must be full of people.

For this, what Zhu Yuan thought of was Sapphire.

In the 26th year of Hongwu, before the Sapphire case broke out, this general who was training troops in other places was recalled. For a while, the Duke of Liang’s mansion was full of people, with thousands of people coming in and out every day. A piece of evidence of attempted treason.

Of course this is bullshit.

In the feudal era, the position of Sapphire was achieved. Not to mention other things, it is normal for Liangguo Mansion itself to have thousands of fake servants, and the daily flow of more than a thousand people.

Extending the association, the other heroes who died well and passed on in the same period, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, Wei Guogong Xu Da, Wuding Hou Guoying and other princely families, will definitely not be much more shabby than Liang Guogong Lanyu, let alone old Zhu Na A group of sons who were divided into various places.

Therefore, the root of the matter is obviously not in that busy market.

But let's understand it, before you get the title of a certain county king, you should keep a low profile.

What's more, there is still a long way to go.

Long.

It's just that Lao Zhu's side... According to previous calculations, there are still 30 years left.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan even felt that living too long was quite boring.Because, I am here with Lao Zhu, as long as I don’t have a brain twitch and confess something, everything else will definitely be fine, but in the future, it may not be so.

Zhu Biao is not a good match.

Ok.

This was once.

This time...it depends on the situation.

Thinking about the past, Zhu Yuan even felt that in the future, it would actually be a good choice for the fourth son to ascend the throne. At least, someone is very good to the clan and heroes.

Thinking so wildly, after eating, I don't think about it anymore.

I turned down all visit requests, and I don't want to hear about some arrangements for my family for the time being, so I plan to visit the yard and do some activities.

How big is the house covering an area of ​​130 mu?

Zhu Yuan didn't feel much when looking at the picture before, but when he walked, he felt that it was really... not small.

It is more than half a mile from east to west, north to south, which is not comparable to the university he used to be, but it is much larger than the high school in his previous life that accommodated more than 2000 students. I vaguely remember that the total area of ​​the high school was only one hundred mu. .

Let's talk about the present.

On both sides of the inner house, there are two gardens that occupy four side courtyards on both sides, both of which are about 15 mu, which is exactly the same as the garden in the other courtyard in the southeast corner earlier, that is, before Zhu Yuan left Jinling, he had no physical strength. The one that walks around well.

This time, there are two.

Ok.

Counting the previous ones, there are three.

Left garden, right garden and front garden.

This time it was not much better. Zhu Yuan wandered around the right garden on the west side for half a circle, and came to the long two-story library built next to the wall by the west wall, and never wanted to leave again.

The study building spans a two-story courtyard from north to south, similar to the row of photo rooms on the northernmost side of the mansion, but it is much shorter than the photo rooms. It is also two floors. The photo rooms are completely covered with the back wall, reaching 88 feet. There are only 27 feet, a total of 16 rooms of different sizes are separated from top to bottom.

To the east, there is the same one.

Going in and walking around, Xieyi and the others have collected a lot of books in advance, as well as various handwritings of Zhu Yuan and the women around him, but they are far from being filled, which makes a certain obsessive-compulsive disorder very uncomfortable. So come out again.

I didn't even think about reading a book today.

Thoughts drifted away again.

I thought of the Heshen Treasure Building I saw when I visited Prince Gong's Mansion.

It seems that it is not bad for me to collect books in the west and treasures in the east.

Ok.

wrong.

Why do you think of Lan Yu or He Shen today?
This thought is dangerous.

To reflect!
When I came to the small pavilion on the top of the rockery in the garden, which was only one foot high, I reflected on the result.

It's time to eat.

Xie Yi ordered a maid to deliver lunch, while squatting down to help her little official rub her calf, she remembered something and said: "Little official, Wutong...the windbreaker is ready, and there are new boots, I want to see Is it?"

At this time, when I mentioned Wutong, the bearded woman, I realized that my little official was not in high spirits, and I was worried that my appetite would also be bad.Xie Yi felt that calling out something delicious might also give her petty officials a bit more appetite.

Zhu Yuan nodded: "There are others, call me to see?"

Xieyi agreed, and gestured to Lu Bai who was squatting on the other side.

Liu Bai blinked his eyes pretending not to understand.

Don't go.

Feeling helpless, Xie Yi could only turn her head, and told a beautiful maid next to her who had been changed from 'Poppy' to 'Ugly Slave': "Slave, go to the front yard and call Wutong and the others to come over after changing their clothes."

The servant girl agreed to leave again.

Zhu Yuan waited for Xieyi to speak, and swayed his legs: "Okay, don't rub it anymore."

The two women stood up.

Sitting facing south at the moment, Zhu Yuan propped his chin on the stone table, condescendingly looked down at the layers of courtyards in front of him, and suddenly smiled: "It's too big, it's a bit deserted."

Xieyi was listening, paused, and said: "Then...how many more people will you call around the little officials every day?"

There was nothing I could do in Dinghai before, but when I came back here, almost instinctively, Xieyi, Liubai, Qingniang and Luoshui arranged other groups of Yingying, Yanyan, flowers and plants in a small distance from my home. The courtyard far away from the official's inner house.

In fact, it is the courtyards in front of which Zhu Yuan is looking at.

After all, it was used by my own small officials, so it can't be arranged too far away.

Zhu Yuan nodded: "I like to be lively."

As he spoke, he looked around, Xinyi, Liubai, and the other two girls, he could probably tell that they were Mulanhua and Qingpingle, two of them left just now, one with red lips and one with ugly slaves.

Qing Niang and Luo Shui are over there in the kitchen.

Ok.

So he asked again: "Where are the sack and Nuan Niang?"

He writes: "Yu'er went home to visit her parents, Nuan Niang... The little official ordered her to go back to Jinling and continue to be a teacher. She went to the medical school in the north early this morning."

"Yu'er..." Zhu Yuan remembered: "...their family used to live on this island, right? Now?"

Xieyi pointed to the south: "On the front island, some courtyards were also built there, and the lake residents rewarded by His Majesty were arranged there. Watch over there."

After Xie Yi finished speaking, seeing his little official nodding again, Lu Bai next to him interjected: "Little official, there are two islands on the east and southeast of this lake, and they belong to our family logically, do you want to find some time to put them away?" ?”

Zhu Yuan looked to the east, but he was not high enough, and his vision was blocked by layers of layers. He didn't see it, so he just asked with a smile, "How to do it?"

Liu Bai obviously thought about it, and said: "In the east, I think I can build a larger garden. The few at home are too small. The southeast... The glass workshop is very important, or the workshop can be built there. Not to be spied on by outsiders."

"You are thoughtful." Zhu Yuan smiled, but shook his head: "It's better not to make trouble, but this house, someone is already impeaching me."

Liu Bai heard the words, what else to say, noticed the freehand look, stopped, hummed lightly, and didn't mention it again.

Qingniang, Luoshui and a group of maidservants came here with various food boxes.

After the meal was spread out, Zhu Yuan picked up the chopsticks, but continued: "However, these islands should have a proper name, and this lake, I always think Houhu is not good, so it should be called Xuanwu Lake. In addition , the plaques in the various halls of the house, take the time to ask the ancestors to inscribe some names."

Zhu Yuan is also very fond of naming names.

However, for some things, it is better to get them from Lao Zhu than to do them yourself.

The emperor's pen.

There is another name, called amulet.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan remembered another one, and said to Luo Shui: "Tomorrow is the birthday of our ancestors, you can give me advice this afternoon, what are the etiquettes?"

Before returning from Dinghai, Zhu Yuan had thought about this matter.

Prepared for the return journey.

However, it still needs to be improved.

Luo Shui said cautiously: "Young official, why don't you ask an official from the Ministry of Rites to inquire, I'm afraid I didn't think thoroughly."

Zhu Yuan thought about it too.

This is the big deal.

The birthday of ancient emperors was called "Tianshou Festival", which is consistent with the importance of festivals such as "New Year's Day", "Chongyang", and "Winter Solstice".

Don't be careless.

So he said: "After dinner, ask He Xuan and Zhao Xu to go to the Ministry of Rites and ask. It's best to invite someone to come back and talk to me carefully."

Talking here, the ugly slave who left before brought a group of girls who didn't match this classical Chinese garden, with different skin colors, different appearances, and, the biggest difference, different clothes.

Not only the sycamore, drizzle, and little bits from Northern Europe, but also various other kinds. Zhu Yuan asked the girls around him to help them make corresponding costumes, whether it was the ones he had given or the original national costumes of these girls, anyway. , just look good.

It doesn't matter how much money you spend or how much material you spend on it.

Not bad for these.

Looking at it right now, apart from Chou Nuer and the other Loulan who followed, there are dozens of girls in the other party, Hulala, Zhu Yuan remembers, there are 38 of them, 22 from 'Xun Xun Mi Mi' to 'Dian Dian'. There are still 16 'didi', too many, so they have been lined up along the rockery path to the ground corridor.

Not to mention the International Exhibition, there are also various kinds.

This time is really lively.

Among them, the tall Wutong who was brought to the front is the most conspicuous. Not to mention other things, it is just a camel-colored windbreaker with a slim fit, which matches the figure of more than 1.8 meters, and this time there is an extra cowboy hat and feet. Putting on the tough black short boots, a heroic foreign girl suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

If you carry a double-barreled shotgun at this time, it will be perfect.

Ok.

Take the time to try.

As soon as Zhu Yuan finished sketching, before Zhu Yuan could nod his head in satisfaction, a certain big girl came to his side, knelt obediently, raised her face covered by a cowboy hat, and clumsily called out with hope: "My lord... "

Zhu Yuan: "..."

You... swallow your saliva before you speak, it all flows out from the corner of your mouth.

flowed out.

Out.

coming……

Once again, an instant shattered.

Zhu Yuan almost blurted out, feeling taken away and sent to Lamo.

Ok.

Exhaling helplessly, Zhu Yuan took off the cowboy hat of the girl who was kneeling next to him and was almost as tall as he was sitting, and handed it to one side, then looked at the table in front of him, and pointed to a plate of pancakes.

Luo Shui held back a smile and picked it up, and put it on the stone bench beside him.

A foreign girl who got her wish instantly forgot the "adult" in front of her, turned around, bowed her head and started eating.

Ahhhhhhh.

what--

How can this still protect food?

Zhu Yuan wanted to reach out to check it out, but he was afraid of being bitten, so he had to start eating too, while motioning to the girls who lined up next to him: "Come over here and let me have a look."

Freehand they began to arrange.

Accompanied by the sound of 'Ah Woo' from the side, and the beautiful and delicious foreign girl like flowing water, Zhu Yuan quickly finished his lunch and asked them to share the rest. Without staying longer, he got up and returned to the main courtyard.

There are too many things.

Relax a little in the morning, and start busy in the afternoon.

In addition to preparing for Lao Zhu's birthday tomorrow, other things are one after another. If you want to do it, you can never finish it.

If you don't want to do it, you can't do it.

A small study on the west side of the main house in the main courtyard.

When Zhu Yuan arrived, there was already a pile of documents here, which were delivered one after another from yesterday afternoon to this morning.

First noticed a copy from Dinghai.

On the other side of Mingzhou, Zhu Yuan had ordered before that Ying Haisi quickly found a guano island. Along with the documents, there was also a field drawing, which was probably a cliffside of an island, densely packed with seabirds.

Estimates are also given in the paperwork.

That piece of island cliff has accumulated a lot of guano, and at least five or six ships can be collected at a time. Well, it is about the standard 500-material sea-going ship.

Zhu Yuan made some calculations.

It is still based on 100 catties per load, 500 loads per ship, and if you count six ships, you can have 30 catties.

At first glance, quite a lot.

However, it cannot be counted that way.

For a change, based on the calculation of 100 catties of bird droppings fertilized per mu of land, the 30 catties can actually only satisfy 3000 mu of land.

Immediately, it was a drop in the bucket.

However, although a little less.But it was a good start.After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yuan wrote back and asked Ying Haisi to collect all the guano on the island and send it to Jinling.

Going to do an experiment.

Although I told Lao Zhu before, seeing is believing after all.

If Lao Zhu and the court officials are not allowed to see the effect, it will be difficult for Ying Haisi and the court to let go and spare no effort to invest.You know, this project is not as simple as simply collecting bird droppings.Confirmed to be effective, Zhu Yuan also plans to artificially build guano islands.And, this matter will also involve the duck farming industry chain.

All of these require a lot of investment.

(End of this chapter)