My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 99
Zhu Di's gold-lettered signboard was still very useful, and Princess Han stopped twisting Zhu Zhanhe's hand as expected.

"Will your grandpa agree to do business with you?"

Han Wangfei asked with some doubts at this time.

"The business is different this time. You must know about the fleet sailing to the west, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe felt the pressure on his ears loosen, so he breathed a sigh of relief and continued.

"Who doesn't know about the voyage to the West? Didn't Zheng He just come back some time ago, and brought back a unicorn with a long neck, and countless gold and silver treasures. In our warehouse, there are still many rewards from your grandfather. overseas rare treasures."

Princess Han replied.

"That's right, Zheng He will go to the Western Ocean next year, and Grandpa Huang has given me a lot of places on accompanying ships!"

Zhu Zhanhe said excitedly.

"What accompanying ship?"

Princess Han still didn't understand.

"That is, when Zheng He and the others go to the West, I can arrange ships to accompany them. Of course, we need to prepare these ships, personnel and goods by ourselves. Apart from paying taxes, the money we earn is also our own!"

Zhu Zhanhe introduced excitedly again.

"What! Is what you said true?"

Princess Han's eyes lit up when she heard this, she grabbed Zhu Zhanhe's shoulder, and her face turned red with excitement.

"It hurts, it hurts, mother, you caught the meat!"

Zhu Zhanhe gasped in pain, Princess Han was so excited that her long fingernails almost pierced his shoulders.

Princess Han hurriedly let go when she heard the words, but then she asked excitedly again: "Son, is what you said true? Your grandpa really agreed with us to intervene in the voyage to the West?"

"It's absolutely true. When I went to see Grandpa Huang today, he promised it himself. At that time, the young teacher and Shangshu Xia Yuanji were present."

Zhu Zhanhe rubbed his shoulders and grinned and explained.

He really wanted to ask, is the Nine Yin White Bone Claw a family tradition of the Han Palace?

"Great!"

Concubine Han's hands were trembling with excitement, and then she thought of a key question, so she asked again: "How many places did your grandpa give you?"

Zhu Zhanhe stretched out a palm.

"Five ships?"

Concubine Han cautiously guessed.

"Be bolder!"

Zhu Zhanhe raised his eyebrows as a reminder.

"Five hundred ships!"

Princess Han's eyes widened in shock, with a look of disbelief.

"It's been a while!"

Zhu Zhanhe covered his face, Zheng He's fleet of voyages to the west was only two hundred ships at most, sometimes only a few dozen ships, and Han Wangfei said five hundred ships, which is too inflated.

"Fifty! That's a lot!"

Seeing Princess Han's body swaying when she spoke, she felt a sense of happiness rushing to her forehead, and she felt dizzy for a while.

Zhu Zhanhe was also startled when he saw this, he rushed forward to support Princess Han and said with concern: "Mother, calm down, don't get excited!"

Unexpectedly, Princess Han recovered quickly. She stood up straight, clenched her fists and said excitedly: "If fifty ships are managed properly, one trip can bring back a mountain of gold and silver. Hanwang Mansion, I'm afraid it won't last for a few lifetimes!"

"Wait, mother, you don't want to take the quota of these fifty boats all by yourself?"

Zhu Zhanhe felt something was wrong when he heard this, so he asked immediately.

"Nonsense, this is given to you by your grandfather, that is, to our Han Palace. Of course, it is all mine, and no one can try to snatch it!"

Concubine Han stared and said domineeringly.

Zhu Zhanhe was speechless, not only did his own mother know how to use nine-yin and white-bone claws, but she was also a glutton, so don't even think about spitting out the things in her mouth!
"Mother, that's fifty ships. With such a big benefit, isn't it good for our family to eat alone?"

Zhu Zhanhe was very patient and guided the way in a persuasive manner, hoping that Princess Han could figure out this problem by herself.

"It makes sense!"

Princess Han actually listened, and Zhu Zhanhe finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Princess Han contemplated for a moment, then she slapped her hands and said, "Then give your uncle's family two places, lest people say I'm married and forget my mother's family!"

Concubine Han also had a smug face at the end, feeling that she was really a model of a married woman, and when she made a move to her natal family, she was like two ships.

Zhu Zhanhe shook his head feebly, he and his mother were not on the same channel at all.

"Mother, let me just say it straight, these fifty ships are not all given to me, but Grandpa Huang asked me to allocate them on my behalf!"

Zhu Zhanhe simply made his words clear, so as not to misunderstand Han Wangfei again.

"Let you distribute it on your behalf? To whom?"

Princess Han finally woke up from her dream, and asked with an unhappy face.

"Of course it is the nobles of our Ming Dynasty. Although it is impossible to take care of every family, it is best to let them participate in some important princes!"

Zhu Zhanhe patiently explained.

"Do you really want to share it with others?"

Princess Han still asked a little unwillingly.

"My mother, think about it carefully, the price of a ship is not low, each ship has dozens of people on board, and you have to gather the goods for a ship, to put it bluntly, even if you If we sell the entire King of Han Mansion, I'm afraid we won't be able to get the fifty ships together!"

Zhu Zhanhe persuaded again earnestly.

Princess Han finally gave up completely after hearing this, and asked again after a moment of silence: "Since the quota is allocated by us, can we reserve a few more ships and take care of the people who are close to us?"

"This is definitely no problem. After all, people have to be divided into relatives and distant ones. Since Grandpa Huang entrusted me with the allocation of places, we naturally have to select some close people to allocate!"

Seeing that his mother had figured it out, Zhu Zhanhe immediately nodded and said, if he doesn't have this bit of power, then wouldn't his busy work be in vain?
"It's almost there!"

Princess Han finally nodded.

But as soon as Princess Han's words fell, she seemed to think of something again, and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed non-stop.

"Mother, what are you laughing at?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked puzzledly.

"I...I laughed at your aunt!"

Princess Han laughed even harder at this moment.

"Why are you laughing at my aunt?"

Zhu Zhanhe still didn't understand.

"You... think about it, she is also a princess after all, but let her family sell men's underwear, or steal your ideas, it's not shameful enough to say it, and look at our house, there are dozens of ships Sailing to the West, in comparison, is she ashamed to show her cleverness?"

Concubine Han felt complacent and funny at the end of her speech. In the end, she was so out of breath from laughing that she couldn't straighten her waist.

Princess Han completely forgot how angry she was when she learned that the underwear was Zhu Zhanhe's idea just now.

Zhu Zhanhe was stunned, women have a strange comparability, even this kind of thing should be divided into high and low?
"Mom, regarding quota allocation, making money is actually secondary. The most important thing is to try to bring in as many influential nobles as possible, so that more people can participate in this matter!"

Finally Zhu Zhanhe exhorted again.

"How come making money is secondary?"

Concubine Han was a little unhappy when she heard her son's words. She was in charge of the entire Han Palace's expenses, and the food and clothing of thousands of people was not a small amount every day. That's why Princess Han was so obsessed with making money.

"Mother, take a long-term view. Going to the West is not a one-off deal. This time is just the beginning. Only when more people are brought in, so that everyone can make money, can the scale of going to the West be expanded in the future. , are you afraid that you won’t be able to make money by then?”

Zhu Zhanhe patiently explained again.

"It makes sense!"

Concubine Han is a person who listens to persuasion. Of course, the main person who persuaded her was Zhu Zhanhe. After all, her own son would definitely not deceive herself.

"Mother, I will leave it to you to allocate quotas, and you have to consider it carefully. It is best to invite some wives of the prince's family to your home and have a face-to-face conversation. Then you will form a circle, and you are the one." The core of the circle!"

Zhu Zhanhe suggested again.

It was also Zhu Zhanhe's idea to hand over the allocation of places to Princess Han. In this era, the male masters and the female masters, especially for some nobles, the land, shops and other properties of the family are all owned by females. The master is in charge.

Therefore, for things like voyages to the west, it is best for Han Wangfei to come forward. They sit together with a group of women, and it is easier for them to make decisions than men.

"Where is the need to invite? Believe it or not, as long as I let out a little word, all the noble ladies in Jinling City will rush to our house, and the threshold of our house will probably be stepped on!"

Concubine Han thought of the future scenery, and smiled proudly again at this time.

"I believe, and I believe in your ability even more!"

Zhu Zhanhe flattered him, but then reminded him again: "Mom, you must remember that the most important thing this time is to get as many people as possible to participate, and the second thing is to make money. Everyone else who participated has tasted the sweetness!"

"I'm not stupid, of course I can tell the difference!"

Concubine Han gave her son a blank look, then continued.

"In the past two days, I will meet with the wives of each family first to find out their realities. When the list is drawn up, you can also help me to check it out!"

"No problem, the two of us will discuss this matter!"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately made a decision and said that he didn't dare to let go completely, after all, it was the first time for Princess Han to do such a thing, and someone must be behind her to give her advice.

The mother and son discussed it, and Princess Han is leaving immediately. She still has a lot of things to prepare in advance.

However, when Concubine Han left, she took Sun Ruowei away, saying that she would borrow it for a few days, because this matter was of great importance, so there must not be enough people around her.

Don't underestimate Sun Ruowei, this girl can write and count, and has read a lot of books, which is more than most girls.

Of course, Princess Han also wanted to use this incident to cultivate Sun Ruowei's ability, so that she could help Zhu Zhanhe do more things in the future.

It's just that Zhu Zhanhe was pitiful, Ma An went to the printing workshop and couldn't come back, and now Sun Ruowei has gone, and he has become a lonely family again.

(End of this chapter)