allendalepharm Chapter 338: The Dragon Slayer Becomes a Dragon!
Chapter 338: The Dragon Slayer Becomes a Dragon!
Chapter 338: The Dragon Slayer Becomes a Dragon!
Outside the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yunwen bowed to the two tigers.
"Trouble Lord Tiger, help me to pass on a message, I have something to see Grandpa Huang."
Seeing this, Erhu raised his eyelids, and issued the order to evict the guest without thinking.
What a joke, now the emperor is "communicating feelings" with the emperor's grandson, how can he let this grandson go in and disturb him?
"The emperor is busy, I don't have time to see you now, the second emperor's grandson will come back later!"
After Erhu said this, he leaned aside and continued to take a nap, leaving only Zhu Yunxuan standing there in a daze, not knowing whether to leave or stay.
During this period of time, Zhu Yunqi has also thoroughly experienced what it means to be warm and cold.
Ever since he came back from Datong, the prince's mansion has not had all the maids and eunuchs.Even when he was seriously ill, he was served by a little eunuch.
However, as soon as Zhu Yunxi canonized as the grandson of the emperor, Qin Deshun assembled all the people in the prince's mansion!
The small courtyard where Zhu Yunxi lived before was even renovated inside and out, and the imperial porcelain, vases and other objects from the Qianqing Palace were also placed there.
Although Zhu Yunxi did not live in the main hall, the main hall was also cleaned up, waiting for Zhu Yunxi to live in.
Several times he wanted to go in to get some relics of his father's life, but he was stopped by the eunuch guarding the gate, saying that no one is allowed to enter without the order of His Majesty the Emperor and the Emperor's grandson!
Zhu Yunwen was furious at that time, and yelled at the eunuch, Gu is also the son of the father, why is Gu not even qualified to enter the palace of the father!
However, only the eunuch's indifferent smile and silent ridicule responded to him.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and heard the laughter of the emperor's grandfather and the third younger brother, tears welled up in his eyes again.
This is the Forbidden City!
A person walks tea cold, does not believe in the place of tears.
Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood after beating the emperor's grandson, Qin Deshun hurried out and ordered someone to pass on the meal.As soon as he opened the door, he saw a thin figure leaving.
"what?"
"It's rare for the second grandson to be sensible today!"
Erhu also smiled and agreed when he heard the words.
"Who said it wasn't? I thought that the second emperor's grandson would have to entangle for a while. Who would have thought that he would be so knowledgeable?"
Qin Deshun just sighed casually, and didn't really take Zhu Yunqi to heart.Seeing that Zhu Yunqi had left now, he didn't even ask anything, and just talked to Erhu directly.
"The emperor is in a good mood today. He should be staying with the emperor's grandson for dinner. You should hurry up and order someone to go to the imperial dining room to say hello and let them prepare in advance!"
"okay!"
The two tigers agreed very happily, and then walked towards the imperial dining room.
Zhu Yunwen left the Qianqing Palace, but did not return to the Prince's Mansion, but ordered someone to prepare a carriage and went outside the palace to buy books.
To his surprise, he waited in the bookstore for an hour this time, but he didn't see his cheap cousin.
Zhu Yunwen was very disappointed, feeling that the whole world had abandoned him.
However, when he got back into the carriage, he saw a letter on his seat.
Zhu Yunqi was afraid that the guards would see the envelope, so he hurriedly sat down on it.It wasn't until the carriage started that he opened the envelope and read it word by word.
"There are people following you, it's inconvenient for my cousin to meet you."
"If you have anything to do, you can leave a note in the storybook of "Fights Break the Sphere" on the bookshelf of the bookstore..."
"Cousin will send someone who can rest assured to pick it up!"
When Zhu Yunwen saw the contents of this letter, his face turned pale with shock.There are only four big words left in my mind—is Gu being followed?
why!
Isn't Zhu Yunxi already the grandson of the emperor? Why is he still refusing to let me go!
Gu Mingming doesn't fight for anything, and doesn't want anything, why do you still treat me like this!
After Zhu Yunwen was angry, he was frightened for a while.When he saw the letter clutched in his hand, his hands trembled even more nervously.
Now that someone has already targeted him, it proves that the people around him cannot be trusted, and this letter will be a disaster sooner or later.
How to destroy this letter?
Burned?
The sudden smoke from the carriage must have aroused even more suspicion.
Also, soot can't be dealt with either!
ate?
Correct!
Just swallow the note!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen rolled the letter into a ball, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it vigorously, and then swallowed it with difficulty.
The paper balls were unpalatable, but Zhu Yunwen tasted something different.
He suddenly felt that he was strong, knew how to be cautious, and knew how to endure humiliation.
At this moment, many celebrities in history appeared in his mind.For example, Xiang Yu who broke the boat, Gou Jian who suffered from hardship, Han Xin who was humiliated under the crotch, etc...
"The next time I see my cousin, tell her about this, she will definitely praise me!"
When Zhu Yunwen thought of this, a trace of proud greatness appeared on his face, and he felt that he had done a very meaningful thing.
Zhu Yunqi ate the letter paper, but the envelope was too thick to eat, so he could only carry it with him, planning to find a chance to throw it away.
"parking!"
"I still have to go to that bookstore to have a look!"
"promise!"
Han Yunyan, who was running the tea stall, saw Zhu Yunqi turned back halfway, so angry that she wanted to jump and scold her!
If it wasn't for her uncle who happened to be sitting at the tea stand drinking tea and observing all this quietly, she would definitely teach Zhu Yunqi a lesson.
Even if you can't slap him twice with your own hands, you have to shoot two silver needles into the neck of the horse pulling the carriage to make him suffer.
This grandson is too stupid, how can he be so impatient, at least go home and stay for two days before coming out, for fear that Jin Yiwei won't be watching him!
Han Qing, who was drinking tea, also sighed secretly, secretly lamenting Zhu Yunwen's stupidity, and also lamenting how such a shrewd woman from the Lu family gave birth to such an idiot son?
Zhu Yunwen returned to the bookstore, pretended to buy some pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the second floor, and then used the excuse to go upstairs to have a look.
His guards had long been prepared to deal with errands, and they didn't stop him at all when they saw this, and they didn't even have the idea of accompanying him upstairs.
Zhu Yunqi was so happy that no one followed him, he hurried upstairs happily, and then found the only set of "Fights Break the Sphere" in the bookstore to read.
He had already read this book in Dahondo, and at that time only the third book had been published.In a blink of an eye, there are now thirty books published.
But seeing the dust on it, you know that this book is not easy to sell, and there are not even people who read it on weekdays.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart.
Even if a certain person is crowned the grandson of the emperor, so what, it's because the writing is too rubbish, and no one will read it for nothing!
He also manages the way of merchants all day long, so he doesn't look like a gentleman at first glance!
Zhu Yunwen thought triumphantly, and then saw the ready-made pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table on the second floor, and immediately wrote down his confusion with a splash of ink, and put it in the book of Fighting the Breaking Sky.
After Zhu Yunwen left, when the bookstore was closing for inventory at night, a middle-aged man walked in.
The middle-aged man went straight up to the second floor, picked out a set of "Fights Break the Sphere" and paid the bill, which aroused the praise of the bookstore clerk.
This book has been in their store for several months, and finally met a blind buyer.
When Han Qing returned home after buying the book, he threw the book heavily on the table.
Seeing this, Han Yushang hurriedly asked.
"what happened?"
"You'll know when you open it yourself!"
Hearing this, Han Yushang opened the book, only to see a note in the book, but the ink on the note was printed on the book!
"How can he be so stupid?"
Han Qing sneered when he heard the words.
"Now I understand your difficulties. It's really not easy for you to follow such an idiot without being exposed!"
"Look at the content on the note again!"
Han Yushang hurriedly looked down, and when she saw Zhu Yunqi saying that Zhang Zongjun was incompetent and asked her to recommend talents again, she turned pale with anger.
Zhang Zongjun is a talent respected by both his mother and concubine, but he still doesn't like him, how can he not look up to him!
However, this is not over yet, the next thing is to complain, saying that the people in the palace look down on him and don't let him see the emperor's grandfather, which makes Han Yushang so depressed.
Is this child just weaned, and he still has the mood to complain when it's so important?
When she saw the end, seeing Zhu Yunwen triumphantly telling herself that he swallowed the letter to keep it secret, a weird wry smile flashed across her face.
"Uncle, niece, do you want to tell him that the letter has been specially processed, and the handwriting will disappear automatically as long as it is exposed to light?"
Han Qing replied angrily.
"Need not!"
"Doesn't he like to swallow, then let him keep swallowing!"
"However, you must be careful when you write the letter, and stick to the original method, so as not to show any trace."
"Yes!"
Zhu Yunxi played with Lao Zhu for a while, and Lao Zhu stayed in the palace for lunch before letting him out.
After Zhu Yunxi left Qianqing Palace, he went straight to Dabentang.
In the main hall, Fang Xiaoru was inspecting the homework of the princes. When he saw Zhu Yunxi coming, he quickly got up and saluted him.
"My minister pays respects to the grandson of the emperor!"
Since Zhu Yunxi was canonized as the grandson of the emperor, according to the regulations, he can no longer study in the main hall, but accompanied by the attendants and scholars of the Wenhua Palace.
But in fact, he didn't need to accompany him at all.After all, there are still three old men idle at home. Who of these three old men can't teach him to read?
"Mr. Fang, I'm asking you for favors. Give them half a day off today."
Fang Xiaoru smiled bitterly when he heard the words, then picked up the book and cupped his hands towards Zhu Yunxi, and then left gracefully amidst the cheers of all the children.
As soon as Fang Xiaoru left, the princesses in the next class also had their holidays, chattering and laughing came down the ceiling.
Zhu Yunxi walked towards Zhu Gui, patted the little Shiqi next to Zhu Gui, and the little Shiqi immediately got up obediently, and gave the work to his eldest nephew.
Zhu Yunxi sat down next to Zhu Gui, and joked with a smile.
"I heard that the marriage is settled?"
"When will you be hired and when will you get married?"
Zhu Gui said a little shyly when he heard the words.
"I was just about to tell you, and I wanted to ask you something."
"What's the matter?"
"Can you be a bridesmaid for Uncle Thirteen?"
In normal times, Zhu Gui wouldn't even ask, and he could be the best man just by grabbing his eldest nephew.
But today is different from the past, Zhu Yunxi has already become the grandson of the emperor and the future emperor of Ming Dynasty.And he is just an ordinary prince, and will be an ordinary prince in the future.
Although the vassal kings are quite noble, there are dozens of vassal kings in Daming, but there is only one grandson of the emperor.
Therefore, when this matter was mentioned, Zhu Gui was quite uncertain, for fear that Zhu Yunxi would not give him this face.
When Zhu Yunxi heard this was the case, he immediately patted Zhu Gui's arm angrily.
"Uncle Thirteen, there's no need to talk about it. If you find someone else to be your bridesmaid, then you're looking down on me!"
Seeing that Zhu Yunxi agreed so happily, Zhu Gui immediately let go of a big stone in his heart, and felt extremely happy.
"it is good!"
"When that day comes, no matter how busy you are, you have to make time to be there!"
"Do not worry!"
"The biggest thing that day is your business!"
"That's good, I'll tell your thirteenth aunt in a while, so that she will be happy too, hehehe..."
Zhu Yunxi made fun of Zhu Gui again when he heard the words, but for Zhu Gui, a regular customer of the brothel, this little joke was not enough to make him blush.
The two chatted and laughed a few more words, and then Zhu Yunxi got up to say goodbye, and dragged Zhu Yunxi to Wenhua Hall.
"Zhu Yunxi, I heard from Mr. Fang that you have learned to skip classes recently?"
Zhu Yunxi felt guilty for a while when he heard the words, but there was a stern expression on his face.
"Don't worry about me!"
"You don't like reading, how can you have the face to control me!"
After Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately kicked Zhu Yunxi's ass, which made Zhu Yunxi beg for mercy.
"It hurts..."
"Third brother, don't kick it, can't I be wrong..."
Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly when he saw the grandson admitting his cowardice.
"Go in and do your homework. If you don't finish your homework today, you are not allowed to go out to play!"
Zhu Yunxi made a face at Zhu Yunxi, then reluctantly went to the side hall, and sat next to the three gentlemen who were marking the memorial for the third brother to do their homework.
Yang Xinlu, Gao Ming and the other three all showed a meaningful smile when they saw the daily life of the emperor's grandson and Zhu Yunxi.
The dragon slayer finally becomes a dragon!
Zhu Yunxi looked at the notes drafted by the three masters outside for a while, found some problems, and hurriedly took the notes to discuss with them on the spot.
However, after discussing for a while, seeing that Zhu Yunxi didn't do his homework anymore, he just opened his big eyes and watched curiously discussing with his master, so angry that he kicked him out on the spot.
"Go outside and do your homework!"
"I'll check after the meeting in a while, if you miss a word, I'll order someone to spank your ass!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi took the book with displeasure, made a face at Zhu Yunxi, and then left.
After Zhu Yunxi sent Zhu Yunxi away, he looked at the three masters seriously.
"Three masters, I have a slightly different opinion on this proposal you drafted."
When Zhu Yunxi was speaking, he handed over a memorial of "distributing and selling books".
After nearly a month of increasing production capacity, many of Zhu Yunxi's workshops are experiencing slow sales, with a large backlog of inventory.
For example, soap, glassware, matches and so on.
Gao Ming looked at the words on the memorial and raised questions on the spot.
"Dare to ask the emperor grandson, is there any objection to this memorial?"
"The reason why I proposed to assign sales tasks to the local governments is also based on the court's regulations."
"The government-run workshops of the imperial court also use such a sales model!"
Zhu Yunxi shook his head when he heard the words.
"When you formulate measures, you can't always think of referring to the imperial court's decree."
"Furthermore, is it okay for the court to assign sales tasks?"
"Aren't all kinds of low-quality and high-priced farm tools sold to the common people like this? How will the court win the trust of the people over time?"
When Gao Ming heard what Zhu Yunxi said, his face blushed, and he silently took back the note.
Yang Xinlu and Qin Hengbo nodded in satisfaction when they heard the words, and cast approving glances at Zhu Yunxi.
In fact, the two of them knew it was wrong when Gao Ming drafted this opinion.
Because that's what the imperial court did, and the disadvantages were very obvious.
The reason why the two didn't stop him was not to dig a hole for Gao Ming, but to take care of the old emperor's emotions.
Once they find another way and conflict with the old emperor's decree, it will inevitably arouse the old emperor's dissatisfaction, and thus create a rift with the emperor's grandson.
Although the old emperor loved the emperor's grandson very much, has there been less power struggle between the emperor and the prince since ancient times?
Liu Shi, the prince of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Yang Yong, the prince of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Li Chengqian, the prince of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, etc.
Which one is not the prince who was loved by the emperor?
But once they performed poorly or conflicted with the old emperor's political views, they would be abolished by the old emperor without hesitation.
Therefore, in the eyes of Qin Hengbo and Yang Xinlu, as long as the old emperor is still alive and the grandson of the emperor is not enthroned and proclaimed emperor, this matter cannot be said to be foolproof.
However, Zhu Yunxi's ability to deny this suggestion was also unexpected by the two of them.
It can be seen from this that the emperor's grandson has certain opinions and is well aware of the old emperor's mistakes in governing.
"May I ask the grandson of the emperor, in your opinion, how should we sell the surplus products produced by our workshop?"
"Buy it?"
The so-called rush to buy is somewhat similar to the auctions of later generations, but in Daming, it is more like a collection of trade fairs and auctions.
Zhu Yunxi nodded.
"That's not a bad idea."
"The market for our products in Yingtianfu is saturated, but they are still in short supply in other places, and we don't have to worry about finding buyers."
"Moreover, even if Ming's market is saturated, it can still be sold to Japan, Vietnam, North Korea and other places."
"If it doesn't work, it can be exported to Persia, Manga and other places."
"However, Gu thought of another way."
"Why don't we build a sales network of our own through this incident?"
The three of them all showed interested expressions and stared at Zhu Yunxi seriously.
"Appreciate further details!"
"Gu thinks this way. We can establish sales points at the county and township levels. While selling our products, we can also purchase other people's daily necessities, creating a convenient grocery store."
"At the same time, we can also buy surplus output from common people. For example, silk, chickens, ducks, cloth, etc., so that common people can exchange the goods in their hands for money. We can also accept barter, discounts based on market prices, etc. "
When the three of them heard what Zhu Yunxi said, their eyes lit up.
"Emperor Tai Sun Yingming!"
"In this way, not only will it be convenient for the common people, but it will also reduce the common people's dependence on the big households in the countryside, thus providing a lot of help for us to implement the whip method in the next step!"
Zhu Yunxi happily patted the table after hearing the words.
"correct!"
"That's what Gu thinks!"
"Didn't the three gentlemen tell Gu before that the biggest problem with the whip method is that the people have no money in their hands, and if they want to exchange for money, they have to suffer a second oppression from the big households in the country?"
"This time I will send someone to collect it myself, and I can also barter with the common people, completely cutting off the way for those big households!"
Seeing that Zhu Yunxi had thought so far ahead, Gao Ming not only dealt with the immediate difficulties, but even planned the government reform ten years later, he admired sincerely.
"Emperor Taisun Zhen is a natural born holy emperor, and the humble minister is far inferior!"
Seeing that Gao Ming was starting to flatter, the other two hurried to follow.
"The grandson of the emperor has a long-term vision, sees the details and knows the work, it is really the luck of Ming Dynasty, the luck of the world!"
Zhu Yunxi laughed out loud when he heard the three praise him so much.
"The three masters are too famous, Gu is just thinking wildly, hahaha!"
Zhu Yunxi said that he was modest, but in fact he was very proud of the solution he had come up with, so he ordered someone to go to the city to set off a few carloads of firecrackers to celebrate.
After Gao Ming praised Zhu Yunxie, he hurriedly poured cold water on Zhu Yunxie.
"Emperor Grandson, your method is really clever. However, we have no money in our account now, and I'm afraid we won't be able to spare much money to do this."
"Money, money……"
When Zhu Yunxi heard "money", he also looked embarrassed.
However, it's not that he can't make money, but he doesn't know which way to make money.
After all, once Pandora's box is opened, it's hard to say what ghosts and monsters are released.
"Guzi will figure out a way to deal with money, but you guys should help Guzi think of a name. What should this sales model be called?"
When it came to naming, Yang Xinlu, the naming waste, stood up out of control.
"Weichen proposed to call it Bianminfang!"
Qin Hengbo shook his head and said.
"This name is inappropriate, and it is not enough to reflect the benevolence and righteousness of the emperor's grandson. In my opinion, it is better to call it the grandson's convenience store!"
Zhu Yunxi shook his head vigorously when he heard the words, secretly wondering what kind of stupid names these two people took.
"Master Gao, what's your opinion?"
Gao Ming was also not good at naming names, but he could only reluctantly make up one when the emperor's grandson asked about it.
"Should we call it Huang En Store?"
Yang Xinlu and Qin Hengbo clapped their hands in applause when they heard the words.
"That's a good name!"
"The Emperor's Grace Store can not only reflect the benevolence and righteousness of the emperor's grandson, but also not be too ostentatious."
Zhu Yunxi still shook his head when he heard the words.
"Still not good!"
"Gu has a name, why not call it a supply and marketing cooperative."
"Supply and Marketing Cooperative?"
The three of them smacked for a while and said.
"It's a good name, supply and sale supply and sale, there is supply and there is sale."
"Not only is the name nice, but it's also catchy to read!"
Seeing that the three of them had no objections, Zhu Yunxi immediately decided on the name "Supply and Marketing Cooperative".
It's just related to the specific implementation level, and we have to study it with everyone.
After all, supply and marketing cooperatives are aimed at the county and township level, which involves setting up locations, recruiting thousands of people, and purchasing daily-use goods for the people, etc.
The three studied this matter for three days, held more than a dozen meetings, large and small, and finally finalized specific implementation measures.
First of all, in the name of the Ministry of Commerce, recruit a group of merchants for training, and act as managers and shopkeepers of various stores.
Secondly, the Ministry of Commerce will openly invite some private workshops and shops to bid for unified procurement.
In the end, they plan to conduct a pilot project near Gyeonggi, and then roll it out to the whole country after it is effective.
Half a month later, the first supply and marketing cooperative in Beijing, the Gulou Supply and Marketing Cooperative, was formally established.
In order to create momentum for the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhu Yunxi started to order people to post notices everywhere three days ago, telling the people in the city that as long as they enter the store today, regardless of whether they buy something or not, they will give away an egg!
Therefore, before dawn, Gulou Street was already crowded with hundreds of people.Some beggars begging along the street were lying at the door last night, just waiting for dawn to grab the top.
The enthusiasm of the people in the capital gave Xi Kui great confidence.He immediately ordered people to open the store half an hour in advance, leading the people into the supply and marketing building in an orderly manner.
As soon as the common people poured into the supply and marketing building, they were shocked by the ingenious layout inside.
The supply and marketing building is different from ordinary stores. There are dozens of counters in different categories. There is a young guy standing in each counter. When he sees them passing by the counter, he will greet them warmly.
"Grandpa and aunt, look at our new scented soap, it's delicious to wash your face and hair with, you don't need to use osmanthus oil!"
"If you think it's too expensive, you can buy soap. This thing is most suitable for washing clothes. No matter how dirty the clothes are, they can be washed clean..."
While the folks of the supply and marketing cooperatives are enthusiastically promoting the sales, the common people are also constantly comparing.
Whenever they spot a bargain, they call out to acquaintances with excitement.
"Aunt Liu's family, hurry up and take a look!"
"The lake silk in their store is [-] cents cheaper than outside!"
Aunt Liu's family heard the words and greeted the neighbors backhandedly.
"What's that? Come take a look at this glazed bowl, it only sells for [-] Wen, it's like it doesn't cost any money!"
"This thing is placed in another store, at least it will sell for two taels of silver!"
For a while, the people in the capital who came here to grab the eggs were dazzled by the dazzling array of eyes.
All of them only hated that they didn't have enough money, and wished they could take all the "bargains" on the counter home.
Zhu Gui also came to the store with his fiancée Xu Miaoqing, but he had a special status and went directly to the second floor through a special passage.
Compared with the daily necessities stores on the first floor, the goods on the second floor are of a much higher grade, and the prices are naturally more expensive.
There are not only pearls and emeralds that are rarely seen outside, but also gold and silver jewelry carefully crafted by the Silver Work Bureau.
"Aifei!"
"Our eldest nephew said that how much we spend today will be charged to his account, so you can buy it with confidence!"
(End of this chapter)