The corner of Zhu Di's mouth began to twitch. He finally understood. The brat had said a lot of things, but it turned out that he was asking for money in a roundabout way!
What no progress?
They were all excuses!
However, even so, Zhu Di was not angry.
He had four sons. The Crown Prince was kind but cowardly. The King of Han and the King of Zhao were both extremely ambitious.
Compared to power.
Zhu Di preferred the money-loving Zhu Gaochen because he did not have much desire for power and was very smart.
"There are five thousand taels here. After receiving the money, you have to do something.”
Zhu Di took out a crumpled banknote worth five thousand taels from his pocket with a pained expression and handed it to Zhu Gaochen unwillingly.
In the past few years, they had conquered Mobei, Wala, compiled the Yongle Grand Ceremony, and built the canal. The Ministry of Revenue had already run a financial deficit.
Now that Zhu Gaochen was taking advantage of the situation, how could Zhu Di not feel the pinch?
After receiving the money, Zhu Gaochen immediately put on a smile and said,""Father, don't worry. I promise to help you settle this matter properly.”
Zhu Di didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw his money-grubber look. At the same time, he reminded him,"If there's any movement on your second brother's side, remember to tell me immediately. If there's an urgent matter, you can act first and report later!”
Zhu Gaochen nodded, but his gaze was attracted by the exquisite iron box on the table in front of Zhu Di.
"Father, what's that box on your right?”Zhu Gaochen immediately recognized that the small box beside Zhu Di's hand was imported.
"You mean this?" Zhu Di picked up the exquisite iron box on the table and smiled."Zheng He brought this back from overseas. He said that it contains immortal leaves that have the effect of refreshing and relieving fatigue. In fact, there is a stack of dead leaves inside.”
"Immortal Leaf?" Zhu Gaochen was a little confused. He stood up and walked to Zhu Di's side, taking the exquisite metal box from him.
When he opened the box, there were indeed some yellow leaves inside, and there was a pungent smell.
"This, this is spicy grass!"
The pungent smell was very familiar. Zhu Gaochen immediately recognized that the so-called Immortal Leaf in the box was the spicy grass.
There was another general term for spicy grass, which was tobacco!
Zhu Gaochen never expected to see tobacco leaves in this era.
He suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked up at Zhu Di, asking,"Father, did Zheng He only bring one box back?”
Logically speaking, Zheng He's trip to the West would definitely bring back more than one box.
"There are still many in the warehouse. If you like them, zhen will have Little Snot send them to your residence.”Zhu Di didn't care too much. In his eyes, the dead leaves in the iron box were worthless.
"Thank you, Father." When Zhu Gaochen heard that there was still a lot, he immediately became excited.
Zhu Di didn't understand why Zhu Gaochen was so happy. In the end, he waved his hand and said,""You can leave now."
He had wanted to summon the other party into the palace to ask about the progress, but in the end, not only did he not get anything, but he even paid five thousand taels of silver.
This deal was too bad.
After Zhu Gaochen received the metal box containing the tobacco leaves, he did not have the mood to stay any longer. Seeing Zhu Di waving his hand, he smiled cheekily and bowed, then turned around and left.
After leaving the Imperial Palace, Zhu Gaochen rushed back to King Nan's Mansion.
In a room in the mansion.
Zhu Gaochen found a pair of scissors and took out a whole leaf from the box. He cut the leaf into thin threads and then used another whole leaf to roll the tobacco.
A small self-made cigarette was completed.
Zhu Gaochen took out an oil lamp and lit a cigarette that he had made himself.
Hiss--
He took a deep breath. Although the taste was a little spicy, it was better than nothing.
"The taste is too pure. It would be great if it could be processed multiple times.”
As he smoked his cigarette, Zhu Gaochen thought of the many tobacco leaves in Zhu Di's hands and became excited.
That night.
The old eunuch, Little Snot, led a few young eunuchs to carry a few bundles of tobacco leaves to King Nan's residence.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
In the backyard of the mansion, Butler Old Xiao looked at Zhu Gaochen curiously when he saw the tobacco leaves sent by the palace.
"This is called tobacco. It's a good thing to refresh yourself.”Zhu Gaochen smiled mysteriously.
"Cigarette? Refreshing?" Butler Old Xiao scratched his head in confusion. Shouldn't tea leaves be used to refresh one's mind? How could it be tobacco?
"Old Xiao, order the servants to move all these tobacco leaves to the warehouse. Remember, don't let them get wet.”Zhu Gaochen ordered.
"Got it." Old Xiao nodded.
Not long after, the butler, Old Xiao, found a few servants in the residence. Everyone worked together to move the tobacco to the warehouse.
A night passed.
Early in the morning, Zhu Gaochen got out of bed with the help of his servants.
Ever since the failure of the assassination attempt on the Emperor by Jingnan's orphan, Yingtian Manor had been unusually quiet these few days.
It was often too quiet, which also indicated that a storm was coming.
Zhu Gaochen put on his clothes, washed up, and walked out of his room.
Outside the room, Zhao Yun had been waiting there since early in the morning.
Seeing Zhu Gaochen walk out of the room, his expression immediately became serious. He cupped his fists and said,""Master... No, Your Highness, where are we going today?”
He had wanted to address Zhu Gaochen as Lord.
However, thinking of Zhu Gaochen's warning, Zhao Yun reacted quickly and immediately changed the way she addressed him.
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