Back to Ming Dynasty as Zhu Biao

Chapter 275
Early spring always makes people happy, and it’s the season for all things to grow, transplanting seedlings and sowing seeds.Yesterday, Lao Zhu personally took people outside the city to see the people preparing for spring plowing, chatting and saying that he hoped that Daming and the people could live a safe and prosperous life.

Some are happy and some are depressed, such as those businessmen, because the court's commercial law stipulates that they are not allowed to drive up prices and hoard at will.Seeing that the fat can no longer be eaten is more uncomfortable than a dead old lady.

The happy thing is that those small traders went to various places in the north to do business. In addition to taxation that would be collected in proportion to the contribution to the local people, the imperial court also gave subsidies.

As long as it helps the imperial court to operate a branch shop in the north, tea, silk, salt, iron ore, etc. will get certain benefits. If traders from all over the country join the government-run workshops, there are other preferential policies.

At the end of the morning court, Zhu Biao stood at the gate of Fengtian Hall with a smile, holding discount tickets for the museum in his hand, and distributed them to each of them.

The bright yellow cover, when you open it, the ticket price is free, and the tea and cakes cost one tael of silver, simple yet grand.

"Ah, Li Xiang. I heard that the museum ticket a few days ago cost one tael of silver, and today it is free. Why don't Li Xiang meet?"

Li Shanchang opened it, smiled and said: "It's a good thing, I've been there, you go. There are many famous writers."

"General Tang, you go too."

"Brother Zhang, let's go together."

"Liu Zhongcheng, you didn't go, did you? Let's go and have a look together, sip tea, and look at calligraphy and calligraphy. It's better to be alone than to be happy."

"Call your literary friends, go to the museum, and cultivate your temperament."

All the officials went there a few days ago, and today they took another one, and His Royal Highness gave it out. This is a good opportunity to strike up a conversation.

Hu Weiyong saw that Yang Xian took more than a dozen tickets to solicit customers, and he immediately asked Zhu Biao for more than 20 tickets and said: "Your Highness, I will take it and let the boys and girls from relatives go and see it."

"Tsk tsk, you're still sensible." Zhu Biao gave him more than twenty photos and patted him on the shoulder.

"Your Highness, give me dozens more, and I will invite the Imperial College to take a look."

Guozi Jijiu came to take it, and left with a smile.

Normally the crown prince favors those academicians of the National Academy of Scholars, this time they should seize the opportunity to get acquainted with each other.

Old Zhu saw Zhu Biao with the invoice outside the hall, and said with a smile, "This kid has made money and earned our Fengtian Hall."

"Do you want to..." Yu Yidao.

"Let him go, haha, we and Chen Di can walk around casually, you don't have to follow."

He Qing, an academician of agricultural officials from the National Academy of Scholars, brought the academician of Liguan over and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness."

"Don't look at it, both of you, and go back to the National Academy of Scholars. He Qing, have you read the structure diagram of the greenhouse that Gu gave you, and we will do it well this year."

He Qing smiled and said: "Naturally, it's just that the material has no thoughts, and I'm still thinking about it."

"Li Yan, the location of Zhidao also includes the area of ​​Yunnan? What do you think?"

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this won't work. I'm afraid this place will consume too much material." Li Yan said truthfully.

"Then let's get through the straight roads between Nanzhili and other prefectures and counties first. How about the materials for the straight roads?" Zhu Biao handed the museum tickets in his hand to Sanbao and asked him to continue issuing them.By the way, I went to the harem to distribute the tickets for the drama club.

I followed Li Yan while walking and talking.

"Your Majesty, after studying the city walls of the Qin Dynasty and the materials His Majesty used to build them for the past six months, I have some ideas."

Zhu Biao told him before that he would try to fire it with limestone and see what happened.The Qin Dynasty mixed glutinous rice with lime and limestone to make a paste-like building material, which was very stable.

Old Zhu Xiu's, that's called firmness.

"Tell me."

What Li Yan meant was that he took limestone from various places and fired it and found that after firing limestone with clay, what he got was hydraulic lime.

His Highness told him that it is good for underwater use after it is made of hydraulic lime and northeast volcanic ash.

"How about mixing limestone with plant ash and then heating it and grinding it into powder?"

"The effect is better than the former." Li Yan honestly replied that he had experimented with firing several kinds.

"That's right, I just told you my thoughts, but I didn't expect the effect to be so good." Zhu Biao felt that this group of ancients had really strong hands-on skills.

Although it is only primary cement, the effect is very good. It is just that when crushing limestone, it is a bit difficult, and calcination is a bit difficult.

A few days ago, Dai Sizong went to have a discussion with the medical officer of the National Academy of Sciences to replace the sheep's heart with the injured soldier, and continued to record.

"Li Yan, after we go back, we still need to continue to study those instruments. We must not forget to go in this direction. It's only a matter of time before we think about it."

"Your Highness, Dean Tao can make granules of gunpowder and fly into the sky, so we officials should not relax."

"Your furnace for firing limestone is too small, and steel needs to be smelted. Remember? The materials needed will be shipped from various places soon."

Sanbao brought Daotong over, Zhu Biao glanced at Daotong holding the box and said, "I haven't seen you in a few months and you have lost a lot of weight. There are many things in the weaving bureau? After adding up this year, what is the benefit?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, this..." Dao Tong showed embarrassment: "This... The Weaving Bureau's efficiency this year is really weak compared to last year, and I'm here to apologize." Dao Tong told the truth.

Zhu Biao frowned and said, "What is Shen Qiancheng doing to eat? I can't do this well."

"Returning to Your Highness, Boss Shen has indeed tried his best. He used to do things like cloth and silk. Miss Shen used to do it. But rest assured, Your Highness, I will do my best."

"Daotong, can you be busy with those things? The overall situation is still waiting for you to preside over it."

Zhu Biao and Dao said as they walked, with emotions in their voices.

"Biaoer." Lao Zhu and Chen Di came from the other side of the palace road, and heard Zhu Biao's voice from a long distance away.

"Father, Mr. Chen."

Chen Di also taught Zhu Biao, and now he is Minister of Rites,
"Biao'er, what's wrong with you?"

"Dao Tong has seen His Majesty." Dao Tong followed behind Zhu Biao.

When Lao Zhu saw Daotong, he remembered the matter of the weaving bureau, so he asked Daotong a few words. Hearing that this year's profit was not good, he understood that his son was worried about this matter.

Chen Di smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, it will be fine."

"I hope it is as Mr. Chen said."

Old Zhu turned his head and said, "Chen Di, let's remember that in Taiping, your family also went into business."

"Your Majesty, the second younger brother is now managing the family business." Chen Di laughed.

Leading Dao Tong to the East Palace, Lao Zhu also continued talking with Chen Di, seeing Zhu Biao's disappearing figure, Lao Zhu rolled his eyes and said, "Your second brother, I remember, is called Chen Zhi."

"Yes, Your Majesty has a good memory."

"Apart from Taiping, is there any business in Nanjing? How many sons and daughters does Chen Zhi have?"

"Two sons, three daughters, now only my niece Minglan is left unmarried, and they all have their own businesses to manage."

"Biao'er was born in your family back then. We had him and won battles year after year. It's already this big."

"Your Majesty is blessed. Duke E's daughter is also virtuous and virtuous, and she is pregnant with the emperor's grandson. This Crown Prince has the demeanor of His Majesty when he was young."

"Chen Di, you already have two grandchildren, so let's just look forward to it. There is only one grandson, and he is still in the mother's womb."

Lao Zhu felt that he had to arrange a few for him.

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