Wei Hongying naturally didn't want to dirty her eyes. When she heard that Zhu Houzhao was going to the backyard to take a bath, she glanced at the swimming pool in the backyard and thought to herself," This sickly guy really knows how to enjoy life. He built such a big bathtub in his own backyard. Isn't he afraid of being peeped at when he's bathing outside with such a handsome face?"
As for Zhu Houzhao? Whoever wanted to see it could.
Wei Hongying lazily jumped down from the roof and left with the Embroidered Spring Saber.
It was already May, and the weather was getting hot after summer. The swimming pool did not need to be heated up. Zhu Houzhao took a comfortable bath and went to the wooden steam room to cool down for a while.
At this time, the middle of the small courtyard had already been dug out by the Imperial Army. The remaining bricks had also been pulled away and cleaned up.
Su Ce was a bit of a clean freak and couldn't stand the dust in the middle.
After Zhu Houzhao left, he carried a broom and cleaned the middle of the wall.
Your house has been upgraded to LV3. The house has increased its defense function.
[Note: The house can defend against all attacks such as bows, fire, water, and poison gas.]
In an instant, an invisible aura enveloped the courtyard.
In other words, even if the army came, as long as they attacked the house with bows, water, fire, and poison gas, the house could defend itself.
Su Ce was slightly delighted. Currently, the house had two functions,'nourishing' and 'defense'. These were the effects of the house and not rewards.
You have completed the expansion project of your house. You will be rewarded with two flintlocks and eight bullets.
Two brand-new flintlocks appeared on the table in the study.
Su Ce walked into the study room to take a look. There were two short flintlocks, just like the original western muskets, equipped with eight lead bullets.
This thing was more suitable for Su Ce than a crossbow. He might not be able to pull a crossbow, but a flintlock was the best offensive weapon. Unfortunately, there were only eight bullets, but it was enough.
Naturally, Su Ce did not know how to invent the flintlock gun. Even if he was knowledgeable and intelligent, he would not know how to make it without a complete assembly program in front of him.
There were already handguns in the Ming Dynasty, but the firing time of handguns was relatively long. If they encountered a flintlock firing in a hurry, there was almost no chance of gaining an advantage.
Su Ce put away the flintlock in the study. It was not of much use for the time being.
At this moment, Wei Hongying, who had just finished her dinner, had returned to the roof.
She frowned slightly. She felt that this courtyard had changed a little. This feeling was very strange, but she could not put it into words.
The sky was getting hotter, and Su Ce also planned to take a bath in the swimming pool in the backyard.
Wei Hongying's face turned red, but she had no intention of leaving. She lay on the roof with a piece of foxtail grass in her mouth, turning a blind eye.
"Miss, I'm going to take a bath. Do you…want to leave?”
Wei Hongying was so frightened that she almost fell off the roof.
！！！
How did he know I was here? When did he know I was here? Had he discovered it long ago?
Bastard! I didn't say it earlier!
He's playing me like a monkey!
He was the one who left the snacks and hot tea that night!
Wei Hongying panicked and thought about many things, but her expression was still cold. She snorted, jumped off the roof, and ran away.
Su Ce smiled knowingly.
He must have guessed that Wei Hongying was Wei Wenli's cousin.
That day, Zhu Houzhao said that he would send a girl to protect him. Because Wei Wenli had entrusted him with this task, he went to the Brocade Guard to look for Wei Hongying. The Brocade Guard told him that Wei Hongying was out on a mission…
With a series of clues together, Su Ce's guess was pretty close.
After Wei Hongying left, Su Ce took off his clothes and soaked himself in the pool. He leaned his head against the shore and closed his eyes comfortably. He felt the summer night breeze blowing. Everything was so comfortable. Occasionally, he would take a sip of tea. That kind of leisurely enjoyment was hard to describe to outsiders.
After taking a bath, he went to the sauna room to suffocate for a while. The sauna room had healing effects, but Su Ce had no external injuries, so this effect was temporarily useless.
After coming out of the saunas, Su Ce changed into a clean and refreshing black robe and went to the front yard. He quietly began to read under the light. Occasionally, a refreshing night breeze blew, making him indescribably comfortable.
……
Imperial Palace, Forbidden City.
The lights in the palaces were lit up, and it was beautiful. On a summer night, Zhu Youtang ate dinner and took a walk as usual before going to Yangxin Hall to review the memorial.
Zhu Houzhao walked over with a piece of ice water. It was worth mentioning that there was an ice storage room in the Imperial Palace, and the nobles in every household of the Ming Dynasty would also store ice cubes.
"Father, are you hot? Drink some iced honey water. I made it for you personally.”
Zhu Youtang laughed and said,"My son has grown up and is starting to feel sorry for his father. Good."”
He drank the ice water in one gulp.
"You brat, did Yang Tinghe give you the data that day at the Hall of Heaven's Tribute?”
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said,"Yes, it was given to me by my teacher. However, I wrote the analysis myself."”
Zhu Youtang smiled and gave him a thumbs up."My son has grown up. Not bad, very good!”
"Father, actually I haven't finished what I said that day."”
"Abolishing the Kaizhong system is not the goal. Your child's goal is to settle all the old debts of the salt that the Ming Dynasty accumulated.”
Hmm?
Zhu Youtang narrowed his eyes and said,"Kid, Father knows that you are starting to think for Father, but do you know how much salt has been piled up in the Ming Dynasty?"”
Emperor Hongzhi sighed slightly.
Starting from Xuande, the Ming royal family would not only give salt to merchants in the Nine Border Opening, but also reward salt to those who had made contributions to the dignitaries.
Until the Hongzhi period, this pile of old debts became more and more, and there were countless people waiting to go to the salt department to collect salt every day.
If Da Ming's salt was to be normally supplied to the market, they had to first ensure that the market had sufficient salt before they could exchange it for the rich and powerful merchants.
By now, they had delayed it again and again, and the salt that had accumulated in their hands could no longer be exchanged.
This was a muddled debt, and the Imperial Court could only drag it out as long as possible.
Over the years, many cabinet ministers had been determined to resolve this old debt, but there was no effective way at all.
Now, Zhu Houzhao said that he would settle the old debt caused by the salt for the Great Ming Dynasty. To Emperor Hongzhi, this was no different from a fantasy. Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi was indifferent and did not care much, nor did he take it seriously.
Zhu Houzhao said,"It's precisely because there are so many of them that I have to think of a way to solve them!"”
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