Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

Chapter 32 Zhu Di was arrested

Li Shanchang shook his head, feeling that he was thinking too much.

In fact, Mei Yin would have nothing to gain without Hu Weiyong taking action.

A noble young man who used to be aloof and well-dressed.

Suddenly he was turned into a civilian and went to farm and feed pigs.

For him, this kind of suffering was even more painful than killing him!

It is really painful for people who have never lived through hard times to suddenly live like this.

He felt that Hu Weiyong did not need to take action at all. Just this huge contrast and the hardships brought by rural life were enough to defeat Mei Yin, who did not know the heights of the sky.

But he did not stop Hu Weiyong from taking action.

On the one hand, he wanted to see Hu Weiyong's attitude towards him from this incident.

On the other hand, I also want others to see my attitude from this matter.

Anyone who dares to provoke the move of the capital must bear the harshest blow!

If you dare to fight with Li Shanchang, if you dare to go against the distinguished nobles of Huaixi, there will only be one end, death!

……

The city of Zhongdu City is tall and majestic.

But corresponding to this majesty are countless common people serving here in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles.

They are like teams of hard-working ants, working tirelessly.

The Zhongdu City is being built.

There are overseers armed with sticks or whips who monitor the prisoners as if they were prisoners.

Eagle-like eyes stared at them.

Anyone who makes the slightest mistake will be whipped down hard.

The whip had barbs on it, and every time it was whipped, the skin and flesh were torn apart!

Some people will scream when they are whipped, but more people are like walking zombies and have long been numb.

He didn't say a word when he was whipped, and would only speed up his feet under the stimulation of pain.

"thump."

Someone stumbled and fell to the ground.

Immediately there was a person in charge of overseeing the work, yelling and cursing at him and telling him to get up quickly.

And he was whipped twice hard.

Two whips were struck, but the man still couldn't get up.

Seeing this, the supervisor stopped the other two laborers and asked them to carry the man and throw him to a corner not far away.

The place was already littered with the corpses of more than twenty people.

The man left here is obviously not dead yet.

Still hanging on for a breath.

Judging from his condition, he was just too hungry and overworked.

Rest for a few days, take some medicine, and eat more food to recover.

But here in Zhongdu City, he has been sentenced to death.

Resting was impossible, taking medicine was impossible, let alone eating.

Their lives are not as valuable as these things!

At least in Li Shanchang's eyes, that's the case.

The various policies formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang to treat laborers well are just a piece of paper here.

Li Shanchang refused. He just wanted to build Zhongdu City as quickly and as well as possible.

It doesn't matter to him how many people die.

Li Shanchang walked out of the Zhongdu Industrial Department Office and stood on the completely built city wall, looking at the spacious, open and extremely strong city wall.

Looking at the many majestic buildings rising from the ground within the city wall.

Looking at the Hongwu Bronze Bell, which cost countless coppers and a lot of manpower to build, and looked at everything in Zhongdu City.

They are all full of pride and intoxication!

These are all due to Li Shanchang!

When Liu Bowen built Yingtian Mansion, it was far behind the Zhongdu City he built!

From now on, Zhongdu City will be the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!

The Yingtian Fucheng built by Liu Bowen is nothing!

He's not even worthy of wearing shoes for his own Zhongdu!

In Li Shanchang's eyes, he only saw the majestic Zhongdu City, his great achievements, and the eternal inheritance of his children and grandchildren.

But there are only so many people who were squeezed by him and paid the labor of their lives...

When Li Shanchang was thinking this, he didn't know that four brothers had changed their identities and became ordinary people and came to Fengyang to work as farmers.

Unexpectedly, as he accelerated the construction period, many laborers died at an accelerated rate.

In order to meet the construction deadline, more labor is needed to supplement the work.

His people who were responsible for catching laborers also arrested the four brothers who had just arrived in Fengyang for two days.

Together with the other captured laborers, they were sent to Zhongdu City.

He thought he had planned everything very well.

He thought Zhu Yuanzhang would stand firmly on his side.

I thought that Mei Yin, a little fluttering moth, couldn't survive any big storms.

Little did he know that many things had changed quietly.

I just don’t know what will happen if the four brothers are captured and taken into Zhongdu City like ordinary people after doing these things and being treated like this?

Can Li Shanchang bear it...

…… ˆ ˆ “Wow~”

The rope was stretched straight, the fish jumped, and a touch of blood spread in the water.

After a while, the fish, which weighed ten kilograms, was pulled to the shore and put into a large basket.

Mei Yin's eyes were like lightning, looking at the river.

He has super fishing skills and can judge from all aspects.

Even across the river, the numerous fish underwater were unable to hide under his gaze.

That is to say, the place where Han Cheng lives now is Shuangshui Village, with only two small and medium rivers.

If he lived along the coast and went fishing at sea, his super fishing skills would be even more effective.

It's really a bit unfair to use it here now.

But there is no way, now Mei Yin can only play its role here.

Use this method to accumulate your first pot of gold.

Mei Yin has decided to sell soap, but selling soap also requires start-up capital.

Other raw materials for making soap are okay, but fat is the most expensive one.

In this day and age, fat is definitely the best thing.

Ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

It is only during the New Year and festivals that some wealthy families are willing to cut off some fat and get some oil to eat.

I only eat a little bit each time.

From here we can see the poverty of the people, the scarcity of fat, and its high price.

Therefore, for his plan to sell soap, Mei Yin needs to catch fish for a few days, accumulate some start-up capital, and purchase the required raw materials before he can make the first batch of soap.

Mei Yin caught fish here, and Zhao Jiachang and several people he knew well from Shuangshui Village took the fish Mei Yin had caught before to sell them at Siwai Zhuangzi.

This is the result of discussions between Mei Yin and Zhao Jiazhang.

It would be impossible to do this kind of thing just by relying on him alone.

He needs some help.

And Chief Zhao and some other people from Shuangshui Village are his best helpers.

This is a mutually beneficial thing.

They work for Mei Yin and help Mei Yin make money.

Mei Yin gave them wages to work and increased their income.

Mei Yin can be regarded as relying on her own efforts to promote employment in Shuangshui Village.

In fact, Zhao Jiachang and others refused Mei Yin to give them wages at the beginning.

In their opinion, they just helped Mr. Mei and did something.

Maybe I can make Mr. Mei my son-in-law in the future, and we will become a family, so why bother raising money?

It’s not good to withdraw money everywhere!

This is how people in rural areas are. If they don't accept you, you will be ostracized everywhere here.

It is very difficult to stand firm.

But when they agree with you, they are so simple and cute.

Mei Yin firmly disagreed with the fact that Chief Zhao and the others did not want wages.

If this happens only once or twice, just ask Chief Zhao and the others to help without paying wages.

But I will be in business for a long time from now on.

Others also have many things to be busy with, so how can they be allowed to work for free all the time?

So under Mei Yin's forced request, Zhao Jia Chang and several others had no choice but to agree to Mei Yin's request...

……

When it was getting late, Zhao Jiachang and others had already returned from selling fish.

Brought back a lot of things.

In addition to a small amount of money, there are more food, cloth, eggs and other things.

In the early Ming Dynasty, money was scarce, and most transactions in the countryside were carried out by barter.

Through this transaction, Mei Yin also has a clearer understanding of this.

According to estimates by Zhao Jiachang and others, if all these things are calculated into money, the income from selling fish today will exceed five guan of money!

After deducting the wages Mei Yin paid them, Mei Yin could also score five goals!

Five Guan money is really a lot!

Many of them work hard for a year, but they may not be able to earn anything!

But now, Mei Yin made money in one day!

Is this what scholars do?

They were deeply shocked!

Although shocking, no one was jealous.

Because Mr. Mei achieved this through his hard work.

His miraculous fishing skills and his step-by-step instructions are something that even these people cannot learn!

When Mei Yin was giving money to Zhao Jiachang and others, there were some noisy sounds.

After listening for a while, I realized that another outsider had moved to Shuangshui Village.

Who is this unlucky guy! It turned out to be even later than myself!

There are no good fields left in Shuangshui Village.

If this unlucky man comes here at this time, he is afraid that the land he will be allocated will be even worse than his own.

This was the first thought that came to Mei Xin...

(End of this chapter)