"Your Highness, try this. It's the eight-treasure duck that the cook is best at.”Madam Xie was obviously in a good mood. Zhu Su's words had changed her opinion of him.
Madam Xie had even begun to secretly complain about her husband, who was drinking ice and sleeping in the snow in the north of the desert, fighting everywhere.
If he had not seen it with his own eyes today, he would have missed such a rare son-in-law.
In Madam Xie's eyes, Prince Wu and Miao Yun were a perfect match!
Madam Xie was not offended by Zhu Su's words of defending Xu Miaoyun. On the contrary, she liked Zhu Su more and more.
Therefore, Zhu Su was a temporary outsider at the Duke of Wei's family banquet tonight.
" Ah…Thank you, Aunt…" Zhu Su smiled obsequiously, feeling a bit confused.
Opposite him, the third son of the Xu family, Xu Zengshou, was winking at him. His eldest brother, Xu Huizu, was as silent as ever.
Zhu Su glanced at Xu Miaoyun, who was sitting beside Madam Xie and had been silent since he returned to the mansion, and he had a strange feeling in his heart.
In the past, he would occasionally eat with the Xu family. Why did it feel different today?
Thinking of this, Zhu Su picked up some vegetables for Xu Miaojin, who was eating quietly beside him.
Then, Zhu Su looked at Xu Miaojin, who looked like she wanted to cry but had no tears because of the delicious food. His mood suddenly became better.
Who cares? Perhaps he was thinking too much.
In any case, what he said was good. Even if Xu Miaoyun bumped into him, what was there to be embarrassed about?
After sorting out his thoughts, Zhu Su's mood became cheerful again.
Then, Zhu Su remembered his original intention of coming to the State of Wei.
" Ahem, ahem... auntie, actually, I came here today..." Zhu Su stood up and apologized to Mrs. Xie, Xu Miaoyun and Xu Miaojin sincerely.
" That day, I was the one who spoke without restraint in front of my father. Elder sister Miaoyun, younger sister Miaojin, I was really hot-headed at that time..." Zhu Su wanted to continue, but Xu Miaoyun had already put down her bowl and chopsticks and left the table.
Xu Miaojin, on the other hand, slightly wrinkled her delicate nose and gazed at Zhu Su for a while. Then, she added two spoonfuls of Zizania latipes into Zhu Su's bowl as revenge. Xu Miaojin knew that this was Zhu Su's least favorite vegetable.
The Xu brothers did not interrupt. They turned their eyes to their mother.
Madam Xie also tried to smooth things over.
" Su 'er, Miaoyun is shy. Auntie, please talk to her later..." Madam Xie glared at her naughty little daughter and continued to comfort Zhu Su who was embarrassed.
"... In the future, you have to be more tolerant of Miao Yun. You two grew up together. You should know her best. This child is kind-hearted, but her personality is usually a little cold..."
The more Zhu Su listened, the more puzzled he felt. Why did his aunt seem to entrust Sister Miao Yun to him?
Fortunately, Zhu Su had a good habit of not using his brain unless it was absolutely necessary. Otherwise, he would easily bring trouble to himself.
Therefore, when Zhu Su returned to the palace, he swore that he had obtained the forgiveness of his aunt and the Xu sisters. Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma looked as if they understood. Although Zhu Su saw it, he quickly forgot about it.
There were more important things waiting for him.
The production of refined salt was rising day by day, but even so, the market was still in short supply.
Therefore, Zhu Su spent an entire night recalling most of the Ghost Shadow Soldiers in the distant Changbai Mountains, leaving only about 200 Ghost Shadow Soldiers to continue waiting.
Zhu Su was still unwilling to give up. He wanted to see if he could find the two exotic beasts and subdue them.
With more free labor, Zhu Su immediately put them into the production of refined salt.
The current Juxian Village was no longer the name of Zhu Su's villa. The Crown Prince, Zhu Biao, had included the entire village into the Imperial Villa and gave all the rights to Zhu Su. This meant that Zhu Su had his own small fief outside Jinling City.
And all of this was obviously acquiesced by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Other than his love for his son, it was probably because the refined salt business was too profitable.
The imperial court had set the price at 12 taels per catty, but the supply never met the demand.
In just half a year, the imperial court had earned millions of taels of silver from the refined salt alone!
As long as the salt merchants bought the refined salt, they could still make a lot of money even if they sold it on the spot.
The price of refined salt in Jin Ling City was 15 silver taels per catty, which was a premium of 25%.
And in the more remote areas of Da Ming, the premium would double.
After understanding this, Zhu Yuanzhang had already begun to seriously consider the feasibility of Zhu Su's words," Business taxes support the country, farmers will never increase taxes."
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually became like Zhu Biao, opening up a convenient way for Zhu Su's business expansion.
For example, Zhu Su used the reason that he planned to set up a caravan to go to Koryo to harvest salt and asked Zhu Yuanzhang for the big tiger from his idle family.
Zhu Su was prepared to let Da Hu, the new loyal and brave uncle, be the leader of the caravan.
However, this was just the beginning of the plan. Zhu Su estimated that it would take at least another month or two to have enough refined salt for foreign trade.
Zhu Su could afford to wait.
Just as Zhu Su was happily idling away his days, happily passing the entire summer, and was about to muddle through the autumn, Li Jinglong came to him one day with an excited face.""Great General Xu Da, we have won the Northern Expedition and will return to court in a few days!”
Zhu Su, who had been preparing a birthday present for Zhu Xiong-making a rattle drum-couldn't help but shiver when he heard that. Then, the hair on his neck stood up, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition...
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