Wanli was still the emperor, but he was still made lose temper by the civil servants, locked up in the palace, and never left the house. What's more, he was just a little grandson of the emperor, with only a few royal guards to catch his teeth.

Since Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, memorials like snowflakes flew to Wanli. Among them were the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who had heard about the memorial, and the officials of the Department of Science and Technology. However, most of them were seventh-rank minor officials, and the big bosses all

They couldn't hide and watched quietly.

Not surprisingly, these memorials, which almost filled the General Affairs Department, were left unpublished and did not receive any reply. Wanli had no way to deal with the civil servants, and similarly, the civil servants had no way to deal with Wanli. The civil servants' pens were not so strong.

Can force an emperor to deal with his grandson.

However, official punishments and reprimands cannot be made, and the civil servants are not helpless. Many rumors that were originally only circulated in the palace were instantly spread to the people, and many things were added with added fuel and jealousy, and some were even reported to the public.

Scholars who wrote scripts compiled plays and sung them everywhere.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao, the grandson of the emperor, became famous. Starting from the capital, it slowly spread to the outside world. Various jokes about him appeared. Although his name was changed, there were many scholars and other scholars.

Explain. His bad reputation slowly spread among the people.

But that's all. This is just an interesting thing for ordinary people to talk about after dinner. No one really thinks that a child of only eleven years old can be so bad.

After returning, Zhu Youxiao did not pay attention to these things, and only focused on developing himself, proceeding step by step according to the plan in his heart.

The battle in the salt field gave Zhu Youxiao the most valuable experience. After the war, he also carefully questioned all the personnel who participated in the war and absorbed the sparks of their wisdom. Combining these, he began to formulate his own military system.

Improve the combat system and train your own officers.

Although the number of more than 200 people is small, it is enough for him to build a complete army. After everyone is trained, he plans to recruit 800 people.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Youxiao went to see Wanli specifically, intending to report everything he had done. However, after the meeting, Wanli did not mention a word about his leaving the palace this time, and just took him with him.

He talked about family matters, but every time Zhu Youxiao wanted to bring it up, he would change the subject. After a few times, Zhu Youxiao also understood what Wanli meant, and would not draw on it, but would just talk about the trivial matters of life.

"Just do whatever you want, no one will stop you." At the end, Wanli said this, which shocked Zhu Youxiao. Before he could ask, Wanli waved his hand tiredly and went back.

rest.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Youxiao still didn't understand what Wanli wanted to express. Maybe it was just simple support, or maybe there was something else? He didn't understand, but since then, he has been used to putting everything he has done into his own.

Everything was recorded in the internal notes written by Liu Ruoyu, and then a copy was given to Wanli.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, Zhu Youxiao did this. The thoughts of superiors are so strange, especially the emperor. If you look for him every day, he will find you annoying. If you don't look for him, he will feel very lost. Once he is lost, he will not be able to protect himself.

Nothing will go wrong. Just make a copy of the record and leave it to others.

Although Wanli said it sincerely, Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to believe it. Whether it was in novels, movies, or history books, the emperor was a kind of narrow-minded creature. His life would not come to an end until it came to the last second.

Zhong, they will never give up their power.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao would not be so stupid and really do everything. Things such as developing new guns, casting artillery, steelmaking, and forging steel armor must not be involved, otherwise he will be reported.

Let Wanli know that even if he is the emperor's grandson at this moment, he will definitely be abolished.

So now what Zhu Youxiao can do is very limited, except to bring the current two hundred and twenty-three people, oh no, two hundred and twenty-four people, Zhang Shize was also thrown in after he came back. In addition to bringing in

Apart from the more than 200 people who are now well trained, he can only engage in economic activities to make money.

One month after returning, Wang Wenyan established a sales network. All the more than 100,000 yuan of salt in stock were sold, making a net profit of more than 113,000 taels of silver. Zhu Youxiao led people to run away again.

Make a trip and escort the silver back.

It was this experience of escorting silver that gave Zhu Youxiao the idea of ​​building roads.

The roads in the Ming Dynasty were really pitiful. He really realized this time. It was fine when people walked on it. Apart from being a little dusty, there was nothing. Once the vehicles hit the road at thirty, it would be really annoying and full of potholes.

There was no better road. It could have been reached by walking in one day, but it took him three days.

If you want to be rich, you must first build roads. If the roads are not built, you will not be able to get there even if you arm an army with all weapons. But building roads involves nothing, it only requires money and time, which are exactly the two things.

He doesn't lack anything now.

But now there happens to be a major disaster in Beizhili, and there are homeless victims everywhere. There is no shortage of manpower at all. As long as they are given stutterers, they can attract a large number of green people.

Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind to set off.

This shareholder wind is very simple, it is cement. In Zhu Youxiao's view, as long as he has three things, he can travel sideways throughout China. One is cement, the other is steel smelting, and the other is shipbuilding. With this

With three things, he can dominate the world.

This is what he thinks and does. These three techniques are the most detailed in his computer and have been recorded clearly. They are just in use now.

The technology of cement is very simple, not to mention that he now has technical guidance, which saves him time to explore. The main body of cement is limestone and clay, but adding different materials and different calcination times can obtain different properties.

product.

In just one week, he commanded the craftsmen he transferred from the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Palace to calcine Portland cement. Although it was only ordinary standard, in this era, nothing could destroy it.

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There is convenient waterway transportation from Tianjin to Beijing, but it is a special channel for water transportation and not everyone can use it. Besides, Zhu Youxiao does not put his own things under the control of others like walking by waterway.

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Moreover, if you think about it from another way, if it is not convenient to place the firearms workshop and blast furnace for steelmaking in the palace, why not place it over there in Tianjin or over there in the salt field? Tianjin is so close to Beijing. When the cement road is repaired, we can put the four-wheeled

The carriage was put into use and it started running with all its strength. It only took three hours and it arrived quickly.

Thinking of this from Xiu Lu, Zhu Youxiao immediately felt like a fish jumping out of the fish tank and an eagle flying into the blue sky. He immediately felt that the world is so vast. As long as he places the location in Tianjin, he can do all the things he wants to do but doesn't want to do.

You can do whatever you dare to do with confidence and boldness.

Concerned, Zhu Youxiao immediately went to find Wanli.

"What? You want to build a road, and a road to Tianjin?" After hearing the news, Wanli felt incredible. His original casual demeanor disappeared, replaced by endless curiosity.

"There is a canal from the capital to Tianjin, and the waterway is convenient. Why are you building a road to Tianjin?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled shyly, looking a little embarrassed, "My grandson has a salt farm over there, and there is a lot of salt in Tianjin, so I can't buy it for money there, so my grandson wants to sell it in the capital.

After all, water transport involves the intervention of civil servants, and my grandson doesn’t want to create a place where they can attack.”

After he explained this, Wanli suddenly understood. He was obviously very clear about the relationship between Zhu Youxiao and the civil servants. As long as they really knew that his precious grandson was walking on the canal, those civil servants who made trouble out of nothing would not seize the opportunity.

That's weird.

Wanli shook his head and said with a smile, "You are a little money man, you are not good at being a banker, you have to deal with it yourself."

"Grandpa Huang, please. I really can't get a good price for my grandson's salt in Tianjin. Those salt merchants bully my grandson because he is a newcomer and keep the price low. There is really no good income." Zhu Youxiao

This is true. Since he left, the salt farm has produced more salt. Adding the previous ones, the total amount is more than 200,000 kilograms.

However, with so much salt, only 50,000 taels of silver were sold, and the average salt was only two taels of silver per catty. The weight unit of the Ming Dynasty was very strange. One catty was sixteen taels, but one tael was worth ten coins, and one tael of silver.

That's ten denarii.

The price of salt at this time in the Ming Dynasty was also very expensive, varying from place to place, but it was roughly around four cents of silver. This price had doubled. From this we can see how much Zhu Youxiao's price was suppressed, even by wholesalers.

, was also crushed.

As for the capital, all kinds of businesses have always been the exclusive domain of the various powerful figures in the court, and the common people also eat official salt. However, Zhu Youxiao himself is a member of the ruling class, and he is also the emperor's grandson at the top level.

He is not afraid of these things.

The mine supervisors sent by Wanli to various places were opposed by all civil servants, from the central government to the enemy, from the officialdom to the people, but so what, no matter what kind of opposition, they were all inseparable. Wanli still went his own way, relying on these people from all over the country

The eunuch accumulated great wealth.

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang!" Although Wanli's agreement was expected, but it was so easy, Zhu Youxiao was still overjoyed. He stood up, wrapped his arms around Wanli, and kissed him twice on the face.

Accidentally, his old tricks to please Wanli came to fruition again. Regarding Zhu Youxiao's actions, the eunuchs and maids serving around him took a curious look and then lowered their heads indifferently. They had seen such a scene before.

I've done it countless times, but it's become less common recently as my great-grandson is getting older.

"This kid." Wan Li was startled, but then relaxed. He had not enjoyed this kind of treatment since Zhu Youxue was banned, and he did not expect to experience it again this time.

Shaking his head, Wanli watched Zhu Youxiao leave Qianqing Palace happily, and a warm smile appeared on his lips involuntarily. It was Zhu Youxiao's casualness that made him so loved. In him, Wanli

I truly feel the joy of family affection.

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