SFS First Minister Section 539
First Minister Section 539
"Your Majesty, look! This is much better than the old-fashioned loom."
Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded again and again. One person is worth dozens of people. This is a big improvement, so it goes without saying.Lao Zhu looked at it for a while, and then asked curiously: "By the way, how about the woven fabric? Let's have a look!"
Soon someone sent samples, which were stored in mahogany boxes and delivered to Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma.
This thing is not unfamiliar, Zhu Di gave it to Zhu Biao before, and it caused controversy.Zhu Biao strongly promoted it, and provided woolen clothes to the students.
At this moment, Empress Ma held it in her hand, looked at it again and again, and suddenly said with a smile: "Your Majesty, how about I make you a dress?"
Old Zhu was taken aback for a moment, then grinned.
Empress Ma said again: "Your Majesty doesn't like it?"
"I like it! My sister made it, why don't we like it!"
Empress Ma smiled slightly, "Zhu Di, I'm afraid this workshop is not enough. Next, the courtiers and soldiers will have a set of staff. Do your calculations, how much money can you earn?"
7Chapter 17 Official Big Purchase
Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang did not visit the back of the woolen factory. The couple praised Zhu Di tacitly, and then went to stay in my camp in Kaiping City.
The peacock is very beautiful, but there is no need to look forward from the back.
As a parent, is it fun to tear down your own son?
Not only can't it be disassembled, but it has to be held hard.
Empress Ma sat in the tent, took a piece of cloth, and began to study it.Gradually, Empress Ma discovered the advantages of this material.
The fleece is soft and thick, not easy to wrinkle, and very warm.
This thing is placed south of the Yellow River, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Just one piece is enough to survive the winter.In terms of starting price, it is definitely cheaper than furs. As for the comparison with cotton clothes, it is hard to say. After all, the high-quality cotton cloth and cotton are not cheap at all.
The main objection to woolen fabrics is that the clothes made do not have long sleeves fluttering and look like a fairy.
It is a bit inconsistent with Chinese tradition, and many literati despise it very much.
But looking at it from another angle, this thing is thick and straight, but it can create a feeling of broad shoulders, thick back, and mighty majesty, which is very suitable for the heroic appearance of a martial artist.
Didn't Daming want to sweep away the decadence?
Isn't it going to reopen Qiankun?
How is it different from the previous dynasty?
How to reflect the atmosphere of Daming?
……
How else can I put it, Queen Ma can be called the husband of a woman, and her vision is amazing. If she were a man, Zhu Yuanzhang would have nothing to do with her.
Empress Ma thought about it again and again, and decided to spend some time designing one by herself. It took three days before and after. Every day, Empress Ma only slept for two hours, and her eyes were red from the heat.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang felt distressed, "Sister, we are not in a hurry to wear it, so don't tire you out."
Empress Ma gave him a blank look, "I think you did it for you? It's just for you to try my idea." As he spoke, Empress Ma took out a woolen cloak and waved at Lao Zhu.
"Come on, put it on!"
Zhu Yuanzhang is really determined to die. As his majesty the emperor, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he wants to verify the exotic clothes for his daughter-in-law. Isn't this ridiculous?
Let Zhang Ximeng come and forget it, he is not afraid of embarrassment.
It's a pity that Zhang Ximeng has long been hiding away, so he won't throw himself into the trap!
There was no other way, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to bite the bullet and put on this woolen cloak.
After Lao Zhu put it on, he found that it was pretty good!
It's heavy, very warm, and doesn't have any wrinkles.
Since the weight is sufficient, the verticality is also very good.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it for a while, then suddenly shouted: "Quick, quickly bring a knife!"
In an instant, he felt a pair of murderous eyes?
what happened?
Do you think I did a bad job?To be cut?
Zhu Yuanzhang quickly explained, "That's not what it means... Sister, you, look, this material is so thick, if you are riding a horse, can you block the bow and arrow that is being shot?"
Empress Ma was startled, and then said angrily: "If you are willing to try, just take some materials, what are you doing with what I made for you? My heart is all in vain!"
Old Zhu slapped his head, "Sister, don't be angry, we were negligent, and we were at fault. After we verify it, we will come back and apologize."
Zhu Yuanzhang fled in a hurry and went to the school grounds. Now Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Di couldn't run away, so they could only accompany Lao Zhu to verify the effect of the woolen cloth.
First of all, the warming effect of this thing, needless to say, when worn on the body, it looks majestic and mighty, and it is also very temperamental to the warrior.
The next step is whether you can hold the bow and arrow.
Zhu Yuanzhang found a pig, wrapped it in woolen cloth, and hung it a hundred steps away, and another pig without any protection.
Then he recruited soldiers, shot arrows directly, and staged a hundred-step piercing pig!
In fact, Zhang Ximeng looked funny, Lao Zhu, your brain is really not working well, it’s better to wrap it in an extra layer of skin, it’s better than not wrapping it, do you still have to try it?
This time, Zhang Ximeng was confused.
After Lao Zhu shot more than a dozen pigs to death repeatedly, he showed a satisfied smile, and it can even be said that he was relieved.
"Zhu Di, my father has never taught you anything. I heard that you learned from Mr. Zhang and from Lan Yu... Today I will teach you one thing. That is, you can fight whatever you want!"
Zhu Di immediately listened attentively, his father's art of war is extraordinary.
Zhu Yuanzhang paused, then suddenly smiled, "Let's think about it, when Zhang Shicheng raised his army, he had only bamboo poles and no weapons. He tied the crucian carp to the bamboo poles, and went to attack the Yuan army at night. The scales of the fish were cold, and the Yuan army was frightened. If you dare to make a move, just run away!"
Zhu Di turned pale with shock, there is such an outrageous thing?He subconsciously looked at Zhang Ximeng, sir, didn't my father make it up?
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "This story is indeed widely circulated, and Luo Guanzhong also said it happened. But Zhang Shicheng refused to admit it."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "We don't care if he recognizes it or not, we say yes!"
This unreasonable person came up again, "We tell you this because we want to say that even if you only have a pole in your hand, when it's time to fight, you have to fight with your life! Now the conditions in Beiping are better, and there are many things that can be used. , you have to think about how to use troops more effectively, spend less money, achieve good results, and be invincible and invincible!"
Zhu Di nodded again and again, you are always right, but what exactly are you going to do?
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice, "In the past we had few cavalry, and our riding skills were not good. So we were all heavy armored cavalry, so we could fight against the Mongols. Now that the Yuan army has retreated to the grassland, there is a serious lack of iron. The battlefield in front of us has to It's vast, and although the heavy cavalry is powerful, it's not easy to catch up with the Mongolian cavalry, and Wang Baobao ran away after several battles, that's the reason."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled while holding the cloth covered in pig blood: "Fourth, look at this thing. It is very thick and strong. It will be damaged when shot by an arrow, but it is not serious... If we are in the cloth The inside of the cloak is lined with iron or cowhide. It can keep warm at ordinary times, and it can also protect their arrows when encountering Mongolian cavalry in wartime. The most important thing is that this thing is light and flexible, and does not take up any weight. If we prepare a An elite Qingqi with 5 men collided with Wang Baobao, how could he escape from our grasp?"
As expected of you!
Lao Zhu, I really have you!
When others get the woolen cloth, they think about how to get rich, but when they come to Lao Zhu, the first thing they think about is still the war.
But after careful consideration, what Lao Zhu said was indeed reasonable.
Today, the traditional heavy cavalry of the Ming army, covered in armor and wrapped like zongzi, is indeed becoming more and more useless.
It's not that they are not powerful, the heavy cavalry is still the king of war, but the problem is that the heavy armor greatly slows down the cavalry.
The Mongols are not fools, if you know that there are tigers in the mountains, then don’t go to the mountains!
Facing the heavy cavalry of the Ming army, they just let the pigeons go.
When you are tired, people will come back and beat you.
In the future, Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mongolia encountered such a situation. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops pursued frantically in the vast grassland, but they couldn't catch the opponent's main force.
Although this kind of plowing and sweeping also greatly consumed the power of the Mongols, the harvest of the Ming army was not rich enough.
But today's Lao Zhu hit the nail on the head and pointed out that Qingqi should be formed, and speed should be used against speed!
Even Zhang Ximeng was tempted by this proposal.
"My lord, goodbye!"
Lao Zhu snorted slightly, and said in his heart that if you don't show something, you will stop respecting us as emperors!
"Fourth, what do you think?"
Zhu Di rolled his eyes, and suddenly burst into tears, crying so hard that even Old Zhu couldn't figure it out.
"Ahem! Zhu Di, don't be presumptuous!"
Zhu Lao Si managed to put away his grief, and said aggrievedly: "Father is all for the sake of the child. He has thought hard and come up with a wonderful way to let the child make contributions. It's just that the child is incompetent, and Beiping is too poor! The people have no clothes and food. , The soldiers are poor and poor, lack of medical care and medicine. Even if the child wants to follow the teachings of the father, he is powerless, so the child is crying, the child is not filial!"
At the end of Zhu Di's speech, he even hugged Lao Zhu's legs, tearing from his nose.
Two words: make money!
Zhang Ximeng subconsciously backed away, but luckily it didn't get out, otherwise with such an apprentice, where would he put his old face?
"My lord, Yan Wang Chunxiao is not unreasonable, why don't we discuss it later?"
Old Zhu snorted, and suddenly burst out laughing, "Mr. Zhang, do you think we are also stingy?"
Zhang Ximeng was startled, isn't it?
"This money should not be spent when it shouldn't be spent, and it should not be spent. When it's time to spend it, you must also consider how to spend it! It must be spent wisely and not recklessly!"
Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a while. From Zhang Ximeng's point of view, he really cared about money and was unwilling to pay for it.
After a long while, Lao Zhu gritted his teeth and said: "The material of woolen clothes is indeed very important! You must not be stingy, you must not be stingy! All civil servants, from the ninth rank and above, will be given a woolen coat. A woolen cloak. The guard in the palace, the general of the Han Dynasty, wears a red woolen cloak, lined with a flying fish suit."
When Lao Zhu continued to speak, Zhang Ximeng turned pale with shock. Zhu Yuanzhang was really bleeding a lot. Just ordering these coats and cloaks is not a small amount.
In the future, Jinyiwei's signature will not only be the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife, but also a woolen cloak!
And Lao Zhu didn't give up yet, "There are also all the schools, starting from elementary school and above, the imperial court purchases the materials uniformly and makes a woolen jacket. All the students who graduated from the university, the outstanding ones, will be given a scarlet woolen coat!"
Old Zhu said again: "All the above clothes are purchased from the Kaiping wool spinning factory... How about it, what does the fourth brother have to say?"
Before Zhu Di could speak, Zhang Ximeng hurriedly stopped him, "My lord, just buy woolen clothes, and you must not designate a workshop!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback, and asked back: "Aside from the fourth brother's, are there other workshops?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "My lord has an order, and it will be ready soon. King Yan has already seized the opportunity. If this workshop is appointed, the quality of the woolen fabrics produced will be poor, and my lord will have to pinch his nose to recognize it."
Old Zhu took a deep breath, and suddenly said to Zhu Di: "We want to give it to you, but Mr. Zhang won't let it go, so what can we do?"
Zhu Di didn't bother to cry this time, and grinned loudly and said, "I am grateful for the kindness of my father. My husband's concern is also for the good of Peiping. If others open wool spinning workshops and produce output, don't they still have to pay taxes to Peiping! My boy I know it!"
Chapter 748 The emperor's grandson is sick
Zhang Ximeng was very satisfied with Zhu Di's reaction. The order from Lao Zhu represented the Ming Dynasty... To put it bluntly, this is to support the woolen textile industry in Beiping with all the power of the whole country.
This is not a cheap gift from the father to his son, it is the painstaking wish of the people of Ming Dynasty.
If you can't figure out this point and want to take it all by yourself, then Zhu Di even broke through the final limit, and the next thing is Mr. Zhang's thunderous anger.
Zhu Di could guess what the teacher was thinking, but Zhu Di had his own reasons, I'm not that stupid!I do it all by myself, because I don't have such a large production capacity, and I can't invest so much money for a while.
Secondly, in terms of making money, there are many people who lack great virtue, and I, Zhu Di, are not the only ones. If I do it all by myself, wouldn't I have to bear all the infamy.
But if more people enter the arena, people will soon find out that I, Zhu Di, are actually pretty good. As long as the reference target changes, I can become a saint one day.
After all, Zhu Di learned an experience from Lan Yu, a country, especially those small countries, often has no lower limit.
Of course, this is Mr. Lan's teaching, and Zhu Di still doesn't plan to tell Mr. Zhang.
After some conversation, the father and son were happy, and the monarch and his ministers had a good time.
Zhang Ximeng also returned to his residence, but just as he arrived, he received a letter from Yingtian, written by his wife Jiang Nan.
Ever since Zhang Ximeng went to the north to give lectures, he and his wife have been communicating frequently, which is nothing.But now that he has come to Kaiping, if it is an ordinary letter from home, it will be fine to send it to Peiping, and it will be the same when he goes back to read it.
After all, we are old couples, so there is no need to be so anxious.
But since it was delivered, it was not an ordinary thing.
Zhang Ximeng quickly unfolded it and looked carefully.
Jiang Nan told Zhang Ximeng directly that smallpox was already prevalent in Yingtian and other places, and many children were infected. She had asked Xia Zhifeng to close the Royal Library and refuse visitors.
At the same time, she also advised Li Shanchang whether to close the school to prevent the spread of smallpox.But Li Shanchang felt that his studies were the most important thing, and the scale of the smallpox epidemic was not large, and it could still be controlled. If there was a large-scale infection, it would not be too late to close the school.
Li Shanchang's reaction was not unexpected, and Zhang Ximeng was also responsible for this.
When Lao Zhu raised his troops, smallpox patients appeared from time to time wherever he went.