Zhu Biao's happy life, which had just been relaxed for ten days, was over again.
Zhu Biao returned to his daily routine of waking up early in the morning to attend court.
However, Zhu Biao was only attending court meetings and did not need to make decisions on his own. Other than waking up a little early, it was not a big deal.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's ability was no less than anyone else's, so he didn't really need Zhu Biao's help in many areas.
Most of the time, Zhu Biao just listened from the side.
Occasionally, when Zhu Yuanzhang was in a dilemma, he would speak up.
After hearing the political affairs day after day, Zhu Biao had a better understanding of all the major military affairs.
Zhu Biao's prestige was also growing rapidly.
He could even gradually suppress Li Shan Chang, just below Zhu Yuanzhang.
Other than the daily morning court session.
Zhu Biao also wanted to look through the various materials that were sent over. These were naturally Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions.
It was so that he could better control the court in the future.
Every time there was an important military and political matter, Zhu Yuanzhang would bring Zhu Biao over without any hesitation.
At this moment, Zhu Biao was not paying attention to the previous dynasty.
It was the workshop in his backyard.
Inside were skilled craftsmen that Zhu Biao had found from all over the world, as well as all the guards in Zhu Biao's residence.
In the workshop, Zhu Biao was ordering people to develop two things.
One was glass, and the other was a fire tube.
Forget about the glass, Zhu Biao had put in a lot of effort into this fire tube.
He even ordered that without his own warrant, no one was allowed to approach the place where the fire cylinder was made. Anyone who violated the order would be killed.
However, due to the limitations of the era, although Zhu Biao had a complete blueprint, he could not make it at all.
Even the progress of the glass was extremely slow.
Other than attending court meetings and copying military intelligence, Zhu Biao spent almost all his time in the workshop in the backyard. He might not have been successful.
"This…"
Zhu Biao looked at the situation before him that had come to a standstill again and was a little anxious.
"Yao Guangxiao, go and find some skilled craftsmen at a high price.”
Yao Guangxiao laughed bitterly.
"Lord Shizi, it's not a matter of price. It's because we can't find other craftsmen.”
"Why?"
Zhu Biao was shocked. He had only gathered less than two hundred craftsmen here, but there should be at least a thousand craftsmen in Ying Tian City.
"Prince, ever since the Duke issued the decree, craftsmen, carpenters, and bricklayers have all gone to open up wasteland. Who can still be a craftsman now?”
Zhu Biao could only laugh bitterly.
This was indeed true. For thousands of years, who didn't love the land? Now that it was barren, it was their own land.
"Then you can only keep an eye on them. There's no need to be anxious. These two things are not something that can be done in a short period of time.”
"Yes."
While Zhu Biao was worrying about the craftsmen…
Zhu Yuanzhang's forces were developing rapidly.
The temptation of Zhu Yuanzhang's new decree was too great!
For those refugees who did not have land, land was their life.
Now that he had opened up the wasteland, those lands were his.
How could they not try their best to clear the land?
Now, this policy might disappear at any time. They definitely had to work hard to open up more land for their descendants and leave more land.
For the original owners, this policy was even more tempting.
They had no choice but to leave their hometown because of the war. Now, why didn't they hurry back and reclaim their land?
As the saying went, the fallen leaves returned to their roots. They were naturally happy to be able to return.
What if the imperial court didn't keep their word?
They had to come back as soon as possible.
Only when the land was in his hands would it be his fault.
Because there were too many ownerless lands now, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have to worry about the problem of insufficient land.
The current situation was that no matter how many people came, there was enough wasteland.
Even those tenants who used to rent the land of the landlord were the same. If they could have their own land, why would they want to plant other people's land?
Moreover, the land taxes of those landowners were much higher than what Zhu Yuanzhang had offered.
After the soldiers got their own five acres of land, their morale soared. They all learned the Wolf Breaking Army's training methods and trained with all their might.
They had five acres of land now, and in the future, they would have twenty or thirty acres. If he could make a contribution, he might even get fifty acres of land like the Wolf Breaking Army!
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was very cunning. He directly used the method of "Liu Bangfeng Yongchi".
It had greatly increased his credibility.
After Liu Bang unified the world, the ministers could be said to be sleepless every day. They were very worried that they might not get what they deserved.
Therefore, Liu Bang adopted Zhang Liang's policy and first conferred the title of Marquis to Yong Chi, who had a grudge against him.
When the ministers saw that Yong Chi was made a marquis, their hearts were relieved. If a person like Yong Chi could be made a marquis, then I definitely wouldn't have a problem.
Zhu Yuanzhang also borrowed this method.
He did not reward the soldiers who were still in the army first.
Instead, they distributed the land to those who were already injured and could no longer participate in the battle.
Then, he gave the land of the deceased soldiers to their families.
Zhu Yuanzhang even ordered that if there was only one child left behind from the soldiers who died in battle, the child would be raised by the Duke of Wu. When the boy grew up, if he wanted to join the army, he would be given priority. If he did not want to join the army, he would be given 30 mu of land. The woman would be betrothed to the soldier, and the Duke of Wu would pay for the dowry.
With Zhu Yuanzhang's two decrees, the other soldiers would no longer doubt whether they could get their 30 mu of land.
These people, who were useless to Zhu Yuanzhang, were treated so well, not to mention the people who had to accompany Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world.
Zhu Yuanzhang's army was greatly reassured and won several battles in a row.
Not long after, an emissary from Longxing City came looking for Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the Ministry of Central Affairs.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat at the head of the table while Zhu Biao sat on his left.
The father and son stared at the person in front of them.
"Foreign minister Zheng Renjie greets Duke Wu and the prince.”
A middle-aged man with an ordinary figure but a shrewd look on his face bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.
"No need for formalities!"
"Thank you, Duke Wu!"
"Zheng Renjie, why did Hu Tingrui send you to Yingtian?”
"Duke Wu, I came here today with a message. Now, Chen Youliang has betrayed the original owner and proclaimed himself emperor.”
"On the contrary, Duke of Wu, the people here are living and working in peace and contentment. I, Long Xing, want to change my allegiance to a wise ruler.”
Thud!
After saying this, he knelt on the ground again and kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Oh? Is Hu Yanrui planning to betray Chen Youliang and submit to us?”
"I dare not lie to Duke Wu. I only hope that Duke Wu can treat the soldiers of Longxing equally and calm our hearts.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was overjoyed.
Just as he was about to speak, Zhu Biao interrupted him.
"I'm afraid Hu Yanrui has other requests.”
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