Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his eyes and jumped off the carriage.
He had taken a nap in the carriage during the journey.
Zhu Yuanzhang got off the carriage and looked at the scenery around him. He couldn't help but nod slightly.
"Not bad!"
"Lan Yu, this guy, has finally done something. The manor he gave our eldest grandson is quite rich!”
Er Hu curled his lips in disdain.
"Emperor!"
"This has nothing to do with Great General Lan. This is all your grandson's doing!”
"What do you mean?"
Er Hu pointed at the rows of small courtyards with green brick houses not far away, and then pointed at the newly paved road on the ground.
"Emperor!"
"This place was newly built in half a month.”
"They are all thatched huts!"
"Uhh…"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was secretly speechless. How much did this cost?
"Erhu, do you know how much money our Eldest Sun has?”
Erhu shook his head.
"That's hard to say!"
"According to what I know, he has been selling salted vegetables in the Ying Tian Prefecture for seven to eight years.”
" That House of Taste restaurant is just a cover. It's an advertisement for salted vegetables…"
"According to what Young Master said, if we can earn fifty thousand taels of silver a year, just selling salted vegetables alone will earn us at least four hundred thousand taels of silver!”
"Hiss…"
"So many?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that there was so much money, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
Like all the other parents, he wanted to keep the money for his eldest grandson and save it for his future wife.
However, when he thought about how doing so would expose Qin Mu's identity, Zhu Yuanzhang forcefully suppressed this impulse.
However, with so much money in the hands of a young man, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that something was wrong no matter how he thought about it.
This amount of money was already equivalent to half a year's worth of tax revenue from the Great Ming's national treasury!
He was now short of money for the national treasury every day, so worried that he could not sleep.
This grandson was spending hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. This was simply too outrageous!
Standing on the green brick road of Xuanwu Manor, Zhu Yuanzhang was in high spirits.
"If all the commoners of our Ming Dynasty could live in such a house, I would be happy to close my eyes right now!”
"Erhu, which courtyard does our eldest grandson live in?”
"Don't say it yet. Let me guess!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the largest courtyard and said.
"Is it this one?"
Erhu shook his head.
"Your Majesty, this is a primary school. It's specially for the children in the village.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised to see that he had guessed wrong. He pointed to a slightly smaller courtyard.
"It must be that set, right?"
Erhu looked at it and shook his head again.
"Your Majesty, that is not the case either. It is said to be a health center, a place where the villagers will be treated in the future.”
Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he had guessed wrong again and was completely dumbfounded this time.
This was because after the reconstruction of Black Tortoise Manor, all the courtyards were the same size and specifications. Even the courtyard gates and walls were the same.
"Erhu, don't tell me that our eldest grandson also lives in such a small courtyard?”
Xiao Hu smiled and nodded.
"Your Majesty, you guessed correctly this time. Young Master really lives in a small courtyard like this like the other military households.”
"Uh…"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.
In his opinion, this child had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his hands. Even if he did not build a big house for himself, he would not have to suffer so much.
Unexpectedly, he was really like an ordinary military household, without any special characteristics.
"Take us to Eldest Sun's house!"
"Yes, sir!"
Er Hu led Zhu Yuanzhang to an ordinary courtyard and pointed at the plaque on it.
"Emperor, this is it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and looked at the plaque on the door. He saw the words " Xuanwu Guard Commander's Mansion " written on it, and he felt his nose turn sour.
"I didn't expect our eldest grandson to be so simple…"
Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation of Qin Mu rose another level.
In the past, he had thought that this child was smart and capable of great things.
However, in history, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yu, and Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty were all smart.
However, he still lost his country!
From this, it could be seen that the smarter a person was, the easier it was for them to be infected with bad habits.
For example, being extravagant and greedy for enjoyment.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Qin Mu was actually so simple, he was even happier than when he won the northern expedition.
The matter of Meng Yuan was not something that could be solved by one or two generations.
Even if they couldn't win today, after a few years, they would accumulate enough power to exhaust Meng Yuan to death.
But once the imperial grandson made the wrong choice, it would shake the Great Ming Empire!
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was about to knock on Qin Mu's courtyard door and enjoy the joy of being with his family, the courtyard door was opened from the inside.
"Old Yellow Head!"
"I was just about to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come knocking on my door!”
"Uhh…"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. He thought to himself, What's wrong with this child? Isn't he usually very polite to me? Why is he calling me Old Yellow Head today?
Qin Mu felt indignant and grabbed the old yellow head's arm, dragging him into the courtyard without any explanation.
"Old Yellow!"
"Did you tell Zhu Yuanzhang about me?”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes widened.
This child actually dared to call the Emperor by his name. Was he not afraid at all?
"Old Yellow, Old Yellow!"
"To think that I trusted you so much. Not many people in Nanjing knew about me selling salted vegetables. Yesterday, someone from the government actually informed me to pay taxes!”
"It's nothing to pay taxes. Our Big Ming's tax rate is low. It's only 30% tax. If we don't pay this little tax, are we still human?”
"But I shouldn't have, I shouldn't have, turned me into a soldier!”
"It wasn't easy for me to get into the scholar examination. My noble identity has been ruined by you!”
When Qin Mu mentioned the salted vegetable tax, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a little ashamed.
He felt that this was indeed not a proper thing to do. It was a little too much of a scam.
However, when it came to military households, Zhu Yuanzhang refused.
In his opinion, there was no difference between the military and civilian households of the Ming Dynasty. They were all people of the Ming Dynasty. Why did it sound like this kid looked down on the military households of the Ming Dynasty?
"Eldest Sun!"
"I apologize to you about the salted vegetable tax. It was indeed me who spoke too much in front of the emperor.”
"But being a soldier isn't something embarrassing, right?”
"Can't we honor our ancestors by protecting our country and killing our enemies?”
Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Qin Mu responded with a cold smile.
"Old Yellow Head!"
"Since you said that being a soldier is glorious and is a very glorious thing, then I want to ask you, why is there a punishment of exile in the Ming law?”
"In the laws of the Ming Dynasty, banishment is considered a punishment for criminals. You actually told me that being a soldier is glorious. Don't you think this is ridiculous?”
"Uhh…"
Zhu Yuanzhang only felt his head buzz as Qin Mu's two sentences directly exploded.
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