Zhu Huai returned to the courtyard by the Qinhuai River.
Now that he had a business household registration, he could do many business things freely.
A few years ago, Zhu Huai had studied what he should do after obtaining the business register.
His study was already filled with business operation books.
Among them, the salt industry was the one that satisfied Zhu Huai the most.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the salt industry inherited the system of the Yuan Dynasty, and the common people could not sell salt privately.
If one wanted to sell salt, they needed to obtain salt from the government.
Of course, Zhu Huai would not consider doing terminal sales. He did not have the capital to rent a shop in Yingtian Prefecture, nor did he have the money to purchase salt from the imperial court or the salt merchants.
However, just because they couldn't do terminal sales didn't mean they couldn't do salt business.
Now the imperial court had two policies for salt. One was the " open law ", which was used by civil officials to collect and sell salt.
The other was the "outline law" of buying and selling.
In other words, Zhu Huai could refine the salt himself and sell it to the government or merchants!
Currently, most of the common salt in the Ming Dynasty was refined from sea salt. As for the extraction of mineral salt, the people still didn't know how to do it.
Many salt mines were known as the Poisonous Salt Mountains. The commoners did not dare to touch them, and these rocks were free. To Zhu Huai, this was definitely a cost-free and high-profit transaction.
Zhu Huai still had some money left in his hands, all of which he had obtained from weeding for the tenant owner.
In Great Ming, without a business register, everything was out of the question! If they wanted to make money, they had to either farm their own land or farm for the tenant.
Zhu Huai took out his remaining 28 taels of silver and went to Chang 'an Street to buy a large iron pot and some bittern.
This cost Zhu Huai a tael of silver.
When he was done with his work, the sky was completely dark. Zhu Huai went to wash up and sleep first.
……
On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang had already arrived at the palace.
Two very nervous old farmers, who looked to be in their fifties or sixties, called Zhu Yuanzhang a noble when they saw him.
Zhu Yuanzhang said kindly,"Don't be so polite, fellow townsmen. Let's just ask something."”
"Please ask."
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's amiable appearance, the two old farmers temporarily put down their nervousness.
After all, it was inevitable that she would be nervous when she was brought to a strange place for no reason.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be a little afraid. After a long time, he asked softly,"I heard that nine years ago, you gave a bowl of rice to a child at the foot of Mount Zhong?”
"Yes, I am."
The two old farmers replied without hesitation," Mount Zhong is a desolate place. There are very few people coming and going. We had a deep impression of it that time.”
"It rained heavily that night.”
"The child outside was covered in mud as if he had crawled out of the ground. He gave us a big fright.”
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and asked with his hands behind his back,""Do you remember it so clearly?"
"Yes!" said the two old farmers. I remember it very clearly because the only person we've saved in our lives is that child.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded thoughtfully, then motioned for the old couple to continue.
The two old farmers continued," That child was very sensible. He knew that he had frightened us. After eating a bowl of rice, he left.”
The two of them sighed. At that time, we didn't dare to take that child in. The imperial court was very strict with investigating people with unknown identities. They were afraid that Meng Yuan's spies would appear. She should have taken him in back then!”
"He's just a child. From the looks of it, he's at most seven or eight years old. I really don't know how he's doing now!”
As the old couple spoke, their eyes began to redden.
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart tightened, and his eyes were a little sore. He continued to ask,"What was the child wearing?”
The old couple shook their heads." I can't see clearly. He's covered in mud, but it looks like…very similar…"
" What?!" Zhu Yuanzhang asked anxiously.
"Shroud!"
Swoosh!
Zhu Yuanzhang's vision turned black and he could not stand properly.
Jiang Meng hurriedly signaled to the Brocade Guard beside him, and the Brocade Guard invited the two old farmers out.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat weakly on the armchair and reached out to touch the tea on the table. He seemed to have thought of something and quickly took the wine gourd from his waist as if it was a treasure. Then, he suddenly began to drink!
This gourd of tea was brewed by Zhu Huai before he left.
"Our grandson, our eldest grandson, is really not dead…is he really not dead?”
"But, but there were so many imperial physicians who diagnosed it at that time. How could it be like this?”
……
At this moment, the Blue Jade Residence was already filled with people.
These martial artists were the Marquis of Changxing, Geng Bingwen, the Duke of Song, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde…
Looking at these people, they all had the same identity, Huaixi General Group!
"State Duke of Liang, what important matter do you have to tell us?”
These martial artists, like Lan Yu, were Zhu Biao's trusted aides.
They were loyal to Zhu Biao because Zhu Biao was broad-minded. Every time Zhu Yuanzhang was angry with these people, Zhu Biao would be the one to deal with them. Otherwise, with Old Zhu's personality, these people would be buried in the grave!
This group of martial artists had contributed greatly to the founding of the Great Ming Dynasty. They were also born as poor commoners. The Great Ming Dynasty was stable, but they were not. They had caused a lot of trouble!
These martial artists were absolutely convinced of Zhu Biao.
Of course, other than trusting Zhu Biao's character, they also had another big brother called Chang Yuchun!
Because they were all from Huaixi, these people from the Huaixi Military Group trusted the War God Chang Yuchun very much.
Zhu Biao was Chang Yuchun's son-in-law, so they naturally loved him.
"That's right. If the old master finds out that you've summoned all of us here at this time, I wonder what he'll think!”
This was a very sensitive period.
After Zhu Biao's death, these martial artists supported the Chang family. The eldest Zhu Xiong died, and now they could only look at the second Zhu Yun.
However, this kid was really not something that these martial artists could support. Not only was he timid, but he was also very afraid of these uncles.
How could he be a monarch?
As for Zhu Yunwen?
They had never considered it at all!
Because Zhu Yunwen had nothing to do with them! And because these martial artists were close to the Chang family, Zhu Yunwen's mother, Lu, was very hostile to them!
Lan Yu pressed her hands together and said in a low and hoarse voice,""This old man…I think I see a male bird!”
Finished speaking!
Silence!
A pin drop could be heard!
Everyone froze at the same time!
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