Zhu Ying wanted to build a house in the courtyard from before, but he didn't know which government department he should go to.
Thus, he called out Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji An.
Lu Zhongheng brought him to the Ying Tian Prefecture and settled everything.
Not only that, but his name was also recorded in the Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book.
Emperor Hongwu combined household registration and land registration, and implemented the "Yellow Book" system and the "Fish Scale Book" system, so that land and household registration could be matched one by one. The yellow book was the household register, and the fish scale book was the land register.
After obtaining the approval, Zhu Ying asked the craftsmen to start the construction.
The craftsmen sighed. Were the Beggar's Sect so rich now? This courtyard that was built according to the blueprints was almost comparable to the Imperial Residence.
As the house was under construction, Zhu Ying brought Ding Xiu to live in Qianjin Terrace.
The top floor of the Thousand Gold Platform was vacated.
Zhu Ying lived on the top floor and did not allow any outsiders to come up.
The Ghost Market was completely controlled by Beggar's Sect.
This was because Ding Xiu had led the 1,000 people he had trained to sweep through the ghost market.
Either he was convinced.
Or kneel down and sing 'Conquer'.
This was what Zhu Ying had told Ding Xiu. For the troublemakers, they should be killed directly.
Ding Xiu used his two-meter-long Zhanmadao to kill seven or eight of them.
No one in the ghost market dared to refuse.
The entire ghost market was located in the southeast corner of the capital. Because of the earthquake, a large area caved in and became the current ghost market.
This was the edge of the capital, and the government did not care.
After Zhu Ying walked around the ghost market, he realized that it was quite big, almost equivalent to a village in his previous life.
He gathered the women and men of Beggar's Sect and ordered them to reclaim the land.
Then, he planted corn and sweet potatoes.
There were 3,000 catties of corn and 3,000 catties of sweet potatoes in the system. It would be a waste if he did not use them.
Moreover, he had to make use of the Beggar's Sect.
Some of them were farmers, while the rest were salt processing plants.
The equipment was already in the system.
The refined salt processing plant was hidden in the ghost market, so it was not easy for the government to find it.
After Beggar's Sect took over the Ghost Market, it gradually changed.
……
On this day.
Zhu Ying met Old Zhu at the construction site and pulled him to Qianjin Platform. They took a special passage to the top floor.
"Old Zhu, how is it? High-end and classy, right?" Zhu Ying walked to the balcony." You can even overlook the night view of Beijing from here.”
"It's just so-so." Zhu Yuanzhang looked around.
"This is just so-so? Old Zhu, keep bragging." Zhu Ying was annoyed.
He invited Zhu Yuanzhang to sit down.
Then, he took out a jar and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang. He smiled mysteriously and said,"Open it and take a look. Good stuff."
Zhu Yuanzhang opened it and was shocked.
It was actually salt.
The fine grains of salt were snow-white.
"There's actually such fine salt!" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked.
This was because the jar of refined salt in front of him was even more refined than the refined salt used in the imperial palace.
He picked up his chopsticks and put some into his mouth.
Then, his expression changed drastically.
This was because he had never tasted such fine salt in his life. There were no impurities at all, and it was not bitter.
"Where did this come from?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in surprise.
Even his salt department could not produce such fine salt.
He was extremely curious.
"Tell me, will I make a fortune selling this kind of salt?”Zhu Ying asked.
"That would definitely be a great fortune." Zhu Yuanzhang blurted out.
He was the one who set the current salt policy, and it was extremely strict. As for the sale of salt, it was mainly related to solving the problem of border pay. The court called on merchants to transport grain to the border towns in exchange for salt. Every two buckets and five liters of grain transported was exchanged for one salt.
Merchants rely on salt to lead salt to the saltworks to pay salt, transport and sell, interest can reach five-tenths.
Because of the high profits from selling salt, from the princes and nobles to the wealthy merchants, everyone competed to plunder this huge profit.
"However, selling illegal salt will result in death.”Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly.
"What are you afraid of? I'm in the dark world business.”Zhu Ying said nonchalantly.
Zhu Yuanzhang's mind raced.
Such good salt must be in his hands.
"Can you make a few jars for us?”He smiled." Let's bring it back to our brothers in the army. Maybe they can help you find a market.”
"Isn't that simple?" Zhu Ying turned around and took out a few more jars.
"Later, let's see if there are any brave old brothers who dare to work with you.”Zhu Yuanzhang said.
"In this day and age, the bold will starve to death.”Zhu Ying spread his hands." Aren't there many nobles who do this?”
"It can't be, right? I heard that Lord Hongwu strictly forbade relatives, dignitaries and officials above the fourth rank from selling salt.”Zhu Yuanzhang said.
"Bullshit! His Fuma, Ouyang Lun, was doing this.”Zhu Ying snorted." This guy's smuggling network is spread all over the 13 provinces of Ming Dynasty.”
Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze suddenly turned sharp.
Fuma Ouyang Lun had been arrested some time ago for smuggling. His servant had actually killed an official of the Imperial Court's Inspection Department.
However, the Ministry of Justice later found out that this matter had nothing to do with Ouyang Lun. It was the servant who had returned home to visit his relatives and brought tea leaves. He had a conflict with the patrolling officials of the Inspection Department and accidentally killed them.
Zhu Yuanzhang was already suspicious.
Ouyang Lun's case was too clean.
After hearing what Zhu Ying said today, he was even more certain that there was a problem.
"The Emperor just issued a warning, and the Fuma dares to go against the wind and commit crimes?”Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be curious." Tell me, what's going on here?"”
"You don't dare? If there was a 100% profit, they would risk it. If there was a 200% profit, they would disregard the law. If there was a 300% profit, they would dare to trample on everything. Although Lord Hongwu was wise, he couldn't tell that everything was fishy from the memorial.”Zhu Ying sighed." Smuggling salt and tea leaves, how much profit is this? How could they let go of those merit points? They formed a huge smuggling network, from the capital to the local areas, and then to the border, almost all over the Ming Dynasty..."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with killing intent as he listened to Zhu Ying's narration.
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