Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 303 Zhu Yuanzhang: How much will it cost?

Zhu Yuanzhang was fascinated by Zhu Han's words, he didn't want to do anything else now, he just wanted to know what good things were in the craftsman camp.

If it hadn't been for Zhu Han's reminder, Zhu Yuanzhang would never have thought about the craftsman camp.

He has too many things to deal with every day, and he can't be busy at all!
During the meal, Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Han and kept asking about the craftsman's camp, but Zhu Han didn't say anything, and mysteriously asked Zhu Yuanzhang to wait and see.

What are you waiting for!

Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his heart curiously, hurriedly finished the meal, then dragged Zhu Han and ran outside.

He can't wait to see what good things are in the crafting camp.

Zhu Han was very helpless about this, and Ma Xiuying was also very helpless, but she knew Zhu Yuanzhang's character, and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's urgency, she said to Zhu Han: "You and your brother go to work, I will take care of my brothers and sisters at home."

After finishing speaking, Ma Xiuying glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, shook her head and did not speak.

They came here today to relax, but as the emperor of a country, how can Zhu Yuanzhang relax?Although Zhu Yuanzhang has Zhu Han by his side now, and he is willing to delegate power to the ministers, but now the territory of Daming is too large, and the things he has to deal with have not been reduced too much.

It's hard to take a day off... When you arrive at the craftsman camp, it's considered a rest.

……

The craftsman camp is not in Yingtian, but in a county next to Yingtianfu, not far from Yingtianfu, about twenty miles away.

This is the place Zhu Han specially picked, he regards this county as a subsidiary county of Yingtian Mansion.

The craftsman camp in the past was just blacksmithing, making some weapons or agricultural tools, and they did what the court needed, but now that Zhu Han appeared, the situation has changed, and they have become a separate operation. Individuals, although the court is still the most important thing, but when they are not busy, they make some things and sell them. Among other things, at least paying them salaries is enough.

Of course, the bulk of the money spent on crafting camps is still in research and development. A lot of money has been poured into it. Some things can’t be seen after the results are made. This makes people feel uncomfortable, but Zhu Han understands very well that some There is no rush at all, you need to do it a little bit, only in this way can you make what you want.

On the way, Zhu Han told Zhu Yuanzhang the money he had spent on the craftsman camp, and Zhu Yuanzhang's scalp tingled when he heard it: "How can there be so much...you still draw copper wire...you really have money to burn."

"Brother, it's impossible not to do this. Without good conductors, we can't use the electricity we have researched."

Zhu Han was also very helpless, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, you will know when you go, how important this electricity... is to us."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: We also want to see how important this thing is!

……

There are now 6 craftsmen in the craftsman camp. This county town called Jishou was originally small, but because it was relatively close to Yingtian Mansion, it was selected by Zhu Han. Zhu Han completely remodeled the city to accommodate In a big city of 40 people, because there are 6 craftsmen, their families are pulled here together, and there are 40 people together, old and young.

Today's Jishou is full of people. When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the neat houses, clean and wide streets, and the smiles from the heart on the faces of the people passing by, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that these were all thanks to Zhu Han. He took pictures Pat Zhu Han on the shoulder: "Qi Wu, you have a heart."

"Brother, don't say that, we are also a part of Daming, so we have to work for Daming, right?"

Zhu Han pointed to Jishou, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "This city is still too small and needs to be expanded, brother... I plan to expand this city towards Yingtianfu, trying to connect these two places together. "

"Okay, just look at it and do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang believes that as long as Zhu Han mentions something, it is very forward-looking. He may not understand it now, but he will know what is going on in the future, so he will agree to whatever Zhu Han said: "Don't worry about money matters. , if you have no money, come to me for it."

Zhu Han said with a smile: "If you have money, you can't spend it all."

……

When Zhu Yuanzhang came to Jishou, he did not hide his itinerary, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not need to hide it. He just wanted to let the craftsmen of Jishou see that Zhu Yuanzhang came here, and let the craftsmen know that Zhu Yuanzhang had not forgotten the craftsman camp.

The people in the city already knew the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was coming to the city, and they were so excited that they ran to the street and stood on both sides, stretching their necks and resting their feet, wanting to see the honor of the Ming emperor.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance is not a secret. There are Zhu Yuanzhang's portraits on both silver and gold coins.

But real people and the portraits on coins are two different things.

When Zhu Yuanzhang approached Jishou City, the surrounding people became excited: "Here we come! Here we come! Our emperor is coming!"

so excited!
After Zhu Yuanzhang approached, the common people knelt on the ground together with the officials of Jishou and shouted 'Long live Your Majesty'.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the dense crowd on the street, he suddenly knelt down and shouted long live. The sound of mountains and tsunami made Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help being excited.

Then he walked forward quickly and stood with the people.

He likes to be with the people, it makes him happy.

The people in Jishou didn't expect that the emperor who only existed in "legends" would be so easy to talk, and would pull people to ask his parents about his family. Is this something the emperor can ask?
The people were a little uncomfortable at first, but after a long time, they slowly let go of their worries and chatted with Zhu Yuanzhang.

The scene where Zhu Yuanzhang and the people stood together really frightened the county magistrate of Jishou. On the one hand, it was for Zhu Yuanzhang's safety, and on the other hand, he was afraid that these people would say things that were not good for him. The county magistrate of Jishou Although Ling thinks that he has done a good job on weekdays and has not done anything illegal, he is not gold after all, and he cannot be liked by everyone. In case someone says something bad about him to Zhu Yuanzhang... Is this not a suicide apology?

Fortunately, the common people were speechless when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang excitedly. It was often Zhu Yuanzhang who asked them what they said. After entering the city, Zhu Yuanzhang found that Jishou was different from other places, even on the streets of Yingtianfu, Zhu Yuanzhang I don't have this kind of feeling at all, it's just... a sense of freshness.

On both sides of the street, there are two-storey small buildings, which are shops, and the most eye-catching one is a medical clinic, which occupies one-third of the street.

"Hey, this hospital is so rich."

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the medical center, and asked the Jishou county magistrate who was with him, "Whose medical center is this? With such a big store, can the people afford the medicine?"

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the medical clinic does not need to be so big, they only need to have a small street shop.

Then it’s just a matter of taking medicine for the common people. How much does such a large store cost?

No profiteering, no business, don't all these costs have to be shared in the medical expenses of the people in the end?

The county magistrate hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this pharmacy belongs to the county government. The doctors here work in the medical department of the county government. They get a fixed salary every month like us. What the doctors do here is to The common people see a doctor, and as for the common people taking medicine...the medicinal materials in this pharmacy are [-]% lower than those in private pharmacies in the market."

"Low?"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard the county magistrate say this, he knew it was definitely not his idea.

Let the doctor receive the salary of the county government, this kind of thing has never happened in Yingtian Mansion, how can the little county magistrate have such courage?
No need to ask, it must be Zhu Han.

Zhu Yuanzhang simply didn't ask if this was Zhu Han's idea, and directly pulled Zhu Han to his side:
"Qiwu, tell us, what's going on with this medical clinic?"

"Brother, this pharmacy is related to the life, old age, sickness and death of the people, so it can't be sloppy, so it's a good thing for the people to let the county government come forward to manage it and set a benchmark for the whole industry."

Zhu Han explained briefly, and then said: "Brother, this matter is related to people's livelihood. We want to let the people enjoy the benefits they should have. This is one of the responsibilities of the government... The things involved are very complicated. I won't be able to explain clearly in a while, let's take a look at Jishou first, and when we return to Yingtian Mansion, I will sort out these thoughts and send you some previous files."

Zhu Yuanzhang could feel the complexity of the matter without Zhu Han's words, so he nodded and didn't continue. The county magistrate behind heard Zhu Han's words, couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and quickly wiped the sweat on his face furtively , quickly followed Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang.

If Zhu Han hadn't appeared to rescue him, and Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask, the county magistrate would have really lost his grip.

He was the county magistrate in Jishou, but he was actually a tool man. The most important place in Jishou was the craftsman camp, including this city, which appeared because of the craftsman camp. It is not so much the county magistrate as the owner of this city. It was Zhu Kai, because basically everything in this city was planned by Zhu Han.

He was just carrying out Zhu Han's plan honestly.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw a lot of slogans on the streets, such as paying attention to hygiene, preventing fires, caring for public property, etc. These are scenes that Zhu Yuanzhang has never seen before.

Everything in Jishou City is very new, which opened Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

From this city, he felt the incomparable prosperity.

"If all the cities in Ming Dynasty were like Jishou City, what kind of scene would it be?"

When this thought came to his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hide his excitement. This was what he wanted to see, but it wasn't what he wanted to see... How disappointing would it be if he couldn't see such a scene?

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if he couldn't see that all the cities were like Jishou City, he would die in peace.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't dare to think about it any longer. A Jishou city was enough to comfort him.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Han's shoulder excitedly, "Qiwu, I'm looking forward to your crafting camp more and more."

Zhu Han smiled and said, "I'm sure you'll be surprised! There are a lot of good things in it... It's just that I haven't had a chance to take it out yet."

After Zhu Han said this, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more looking forward to it.

……

The craftsman camp was in the north of the city, and even stretched outside the city. Some dangerous research, such as gunpowder and firearms, were placed in separate places outside the city, so as not to affect the good order of the city due to improper operation.

When Zhu Yuanzhang came to the craftsman camp, there were already craftsmen waiting outside. After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, they began to approach and pay respects to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy now, he held his hands up, and said: "Get up, get up."

As he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to walk in, accompanied by Zhu Han, and called a very familiar craftsman to let him lead the way, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Brother, I will show you a good thing first."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and followed Zhu Han inside.

"Brother, come here."

Zhu Han brought Zhu Yuanzhang to a room, opened the door and signaled Zhu Yuanzhang to go in, Zhu Yuanzhang did not doubt that he was there, and followed Zhu Han in, but after walking in, Zhu Yuanzhang was confused: "What are you doing here? There is nothing."

"Isn't there a table here?"

Zhu Han pointed to the table in the corner, and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang walking over, he hurriedly grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, don't go over there, we are right here."

"What?"

"Stand!"

standing?

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled and looked at the square table.

The table is not an empty table with a trumpet-like thing on it.

Zhu Yuanzhang understood: "Is this what you let me see?"

Zhu Han did not answer Zhu Yuanzhang's question, but said to him: "Brother, take a look first."

The two waited for a while, and the loudspeaker sizzled: "His Royal Highness? Can you and Your Majesty hear it?"

Ok?
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, and he looked at the loudspeaker on the table... the sound came from inside.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel unbelievable: "This, what is going on?"

"This is the intercom. The person on the other end is in an empty house 20 meters away. Brother, I'll take you to find him!"

Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang walked out, and after five rooms were separated, they saw the person who had just spoken, a young craftsman. When he saw Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang, his eyes were still full of excitement.

He often saw Zhu Han, but this was the first time he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, and he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

Zhu Han introduced to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother, his name is Li Qi. He is a craftsman from our craftsman camp. He is young but not weak. He is now researching the telephone."

He stepped forward and took the speakers in his hands, one connected to his ears, and the other to his mouth: "Brother, this is how we communicate. There is a copper wire at the back that connects the two ends."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully to Zhu Han's explanation of the intercom, for fear of missing a word. After Zhu Han's introduction, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to ask: "How far is the farthest you can talk?"

Zhu Han didn't answer, but gave the opportunity to Li Qi next to him, Li Qi was so excited that he stuttered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's only 50 meters away, and the communication can only be made at a distance of 50 meters. "

50 m.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little disappointed. It would be even better if there were fifty or five hundred miles.

In the future, no matter how big Ming's land is, their communication will be unimpeded. He is also worried about what those people overseas will do if they are disobedient, so he will directly scold them on the intercom to see who dares to be disobedient.

It's a pity, it's only 50 meters now.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little disappointed, but he was not disappointed. Instead, he asked Zhu Han:

"Is the copper wire you speak of... the copper of the mint?"

"……Yes!"

"Ah...how much will it cost?"

Zhu Yuanzhang began to feel sad again.

(End of this chapter)