He left just like that.
In the carriage.
The family set off.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked forward to seeing Meng Yin soon.
But at this moment.
Empress Ma suddenly spoke,"Chongba, our family is going to find Meng Yin. Are we still going as wealthy merchants?"?”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
This trip was a private visit.
If he wanted to see Meng Yin's true colors, he naturally couldn't use the identity of a humble official to meet the other party.
Empress Ma was relieved. It seemed that Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to directly question Meng Yin.
....
Very quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang's carriage arrived outside Meng Yin's residence in the North District.
He summoned a guard to report.
After the guard went over to communicate with the gatekeeper, he seemed to be angered by the other party.
He returned to Zhu Yuanzhang and the others with an ugly expression.
"What's wrong?"
"Could it be that he doesn't want us to go in?”
Zhu Yuanzhang asked doubtfully.
However…
He saw the guard's hesitant expression and stammered,"No, I'm not. It's not."
Zhu Yuanzhang glared.
"Then what is it? Tell me quickly!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's temper roared.
The guard then said,"Master, that person said that we can go in."”
"But... You have to pay."
As expected!
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression turned ugly.
The guard knew this would happen.
In the next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang arrived in front of the gatekeeper.
"You want money to meet your magistrate?" he asked coldly. There wasn't such a rule in the laws of Ming Dynasty, right?”
The man glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and was not threatened at all. Instead, he said mockingly,"Why would you want to see the magistrate if you don't have money?"
"Just now, your people said that you were rich merchants from the capital.”
"I think it's 80% fake, right?"
"If you don't have money, quickly stand far away!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's tiger eyes glared, and he was furious.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiong were also dumbfounded.
This Meng Yin is not bad
They had directly taken money from their father.
He was so greedy, as if he was afraid that others would not be able to catch him!
Zhu Yuanzhang's temper was so bad that he immediately rushed forward.
Empress Ma pulled him back.
She walked up and smiled at the gatekeeper."There are ten taels of silver here, enough for us to go in and see the magistrate, right?”
Empress Ma had a gentle temperament, and her words were not as blunt as Zhu Yuanzhang's.
This made the other party's attitude a little better.
However…
The gatekeeper returned the ten taels of silver to Empress Ma.
"Ten taels of silver is not enough."
"Our county magistrate has made it a rule that the people who meet him have different identities, and the money they receive is also different.”
"Sir, I beg you to pay me 200 taels as an entrance fee. Doing business with you is 100 taels.”
This time.
Even Empress Ma, who had always been good-tempered, was stunned.
Not to mention the father and son behind her.
Their faces turned green with anger.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't take it anymore.
He almost rolled up his sleeves and said with a cold gaze,"Your county magistrate is so greedy. Aren't you afraid of retribution one day?”
Who knew.
The other party was not afraid at all.
"Since you know that our lord is greedy, you should have heard that our lord loves to covet the money of the rich.”
"Especially a caravan like yours that says it came from the capital.”
"A few hundred taels of silver is already a small amount.”
"If you don't have money, leave quickly! Don't block the door."
The gatekeeper seemed to be chasing away flies, not giving them face.
"You!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was about to go berserk.
Empress Ma appeared once again and took out a hundred silver taels in one go.
"Please go in and report."
The man took the money from Empress Ma and said with a smile,""This madam is still the one who knows the ways of the world.”
This once again mocked Zhu Yuanzhang and his son.
He watched the man leave.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he said fiercely,"Dog slave, really, like master, like slave!"”
At this moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion of Meng Yin had become much worse.
"Don't be impatient. Let's go in and take a look later.”
Only Empress Ma's words could make Zhu Yuanzhang listen.
The family stood at the door and waited.
.......
After a while.
The person from before came out.
"Alright, I've already informed Milord.”
"You guys can go in now."
Zhu Yuanzhang walked in like a tiger.
He was filled with anger.
He originally thought that as long as he saw Meng Yin, he would ruthlessly settle the score with him.
However…
The moment they walked in, they were all stunned.
The layout of the courtyard was completely different from that of an ordinary wealthy family.
At this moment, there was a large pool of water in front of him, but there were many small streams of water that sprayed up to a certain height before splashing back into the pool like a clear waterfall.
Moreover, each stream of water was exactly the same, forming a ring.
It looked beautiful, like sections of silk.
Standing in front of the pool, he could still feel a cool and comfortable feeling.
"What is this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect to see another novel thing.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Xi also started to shop.
"Father! Come over and take a look!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard his son call him, he went over curiously.
Just as she was about to walk forward, she was stopped by Zhu Biao.
"Dad, there's a transparent thousand year crystal in front of you.”
Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and touched it.
As expected, he touched a very smooth surface. If he was not careful, he would have thought that this place was empty.
He was shocked.
"How did you make the thousand-year crystal so thin?”
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was filled with curiosity.
At this moment.
He heard Zhu Biao calling him again.
"Father, look here."
Zhu Yuanzhang went over again.
Then, he saw transparent bottles filled with all kinds of flowers.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened!
"Azurite actually used it to arrange flowers?”
Such extravagance!
"Father, the calligraphy and painting hanging on the door are worth a hundred gold in the capital.”
Zhu Yuanzhang took a look.
As expected, although the calligraphy and painting were not very famous, the embellishments on it were all kinds of jewelry that had been dismantled into small pieces and stuck to the calligraphy and painting.
There was only one thought in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind!
It was too extravagant!
How much silver was there here!
Even as an emperor, he felt his heart ache when he saw such a scene.
Moreover, he was thrifty to begin with.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said in a low voice,""Zhen wants to mobilize troops to raid his house!”
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