Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

Royal study room. ♢

Mao Xiang nodded with a smile and followed Zhu Biao in.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, Mao Xiang held the secret music in both hands and handed it over.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao, who was joining in the fun, and ordered: "Tell me, the prince, as his elder brother, is also very interested. He wishes he could give up his position as prince and become a farmer!"

How could he not know what Biaoer was thinking?

Zhu Biao laughed helplessly.

He just said a few nice words to the fourth child, but what?

Father, you yourself are beginning to regret it, and everyone is actively building steps for you.

Take advantage of this opportunity and take the initiative.

Keep holding it, you will be the one who loses face when the time comes.

Mao Xiang didn't know what Zhu Biao was thinking, so he nodded with a smile and opened the secret music.

In fact, he could memorize the content inside.

"Your Majesty, yesterday, the main body of Zhu Silang's new house was completely built, leaving only the interior decoration. Zhu Silang..."

"Wait!" As soon as Mao Xiang said this, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted to stop.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked: "Does the roof need wood? Why didn't we hear your report about his purchase of wood?"

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang suspiciously.

Father wants to pay attention to details, to this extent?

Mao Xiang was obviously used to it, and as his eyes and ears, he collected and reported these details more and more, and gradually he began to understand why Zhu Yuanzhang cared so much about these details.

In spring, when King Yan plowed the fields.

The emperor cares very much about these details.

Plowing the land, sowing seeds, transplanting rice seedlings, hoeing...

Every detail of building a house.

These small details reflect that King Yan can support a family independently.

As a father, the emperor felt very pleased when he looked at these little details.

Perhaps this is a father's concern for his son.

But he didn’t dare to talk about the wood!

"Your Majesty..."

"Say!" Zhu Yuanzhang saw Mao Xiang hesitating and urged him angrily.

Zhu Biao also watched with interest.

‘Your Highness, you can’t blame me. ’

Mao Xiang ventriloquised at the same time, and said bravely: "I learned that after Zhu Silang started building a house, I learned that during the free time between summer and autumn, Zhu Silang went to the mountains of Tuqiao Village to cut wood..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually turned dark as he listened. ♦♜

Snapped!

As soon as Mao Xiang finished speaking, he slapped the table angrily and asked: "We remember that the mountain forest to the east of Tuqiao Village belongs to the imperial court. As a farmer, not a woodcutter, what qualifications does he have to cut down our wood on our mountain?" Tree!"

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise, and at the same time had a strong smile.

The forest in a village, my father remembered, belonged to the imperial court, and he also knew it was to the east.

It was obvious that he was familiar with the surrounding terrain of Tuqiao Village.

Although he has many things to do every day, he can understand the terrain of a small village by heart.

I'm afraid that in private, I pay a lot of attention to it.

Paying attention to every plant and tree in Tuqiao Village is actually caring about the fourth child!

But he is stubborn and unwilling to admit it.

Why!

Zhu Biao shook his head subconsciously, attracting Zhu Yuanzhang's glare.

Immediately, he turned around and asked Mao Xiang: "Tell me, he is a farmer and not a woodcutter. What qualifications does he have to cut down our trees on our mountain?"

Mao Xiang lowered his head, not because he was afraid, but because he was suppressing a smile. He hurriedly replied: "Zhu Silang said that although he was expelled from the family tree by the emperor and became a commoner."

"But the emperor said that the king is the king and father of the people."

"Since the emperor is his father, it is only natural for his son to build a house and cut down a few trees for me!"

puff!

No matter how calm Zhu Biao was, he couldn't help but laugh when he heard these words.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang glaring at him, he suppressed a smile and lowered his head to bow, "Father, I think there is some truth in what the fourth child said."

Zhu Yuanzhang's lips twitched, 'We are actually unable to refute! ’

Jun father is what he said.

Now that bastard is using the theory of king and father to kill him openly and openly!

At the same time, it also posed a huge problem for him.

He knows farmers too well.

Logging is profitable.

If the common people follow the same example, shouting "Jun Fu", they will be shirtless and swing their axes to chop wood.

It won't be long before the Ming Dynasty, with its beautiful scenery, green waters and lush mountains, will be cut down and bald by countless farmers!

Just picture that scene in your mind and it will make you shudder.

As a king and father, he really wants to stop the people.

I'm afraid I'll lose a lot of people's hearts.

‘Damn it! What a bastard! You have posed a big problem for us! ’

After sending Mao Xiang away.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Zhu Biao and went straight to the harem with a dark face. new

"Your son has done something good again!" When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Ma Xiuying, he threw the secret memorial to Ma Xiuying with a dark face.

Ma Xiuying was sitting at the table, sewing small clothes with the maid.

He raised his head and looked at it with a half-smile...

After waving the maid away, he picked up the secret music and looked at it.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down next to him with a dark face, "He was on our mountain, cutting down our trees, and he also found a set of fallacious reasons to justify himself, saying, we are the king's father, my son built a house, and I cut down a few trees. , it’s only natural!”

puff!

Ma Xiuying was immediately amused and couldn't help but said, "That makes sense!"

"That's ridiculous!" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table, "If all the people in the world followed suit, with their shirts bare, shouting "Father of the Lord" and swinging their axes, the mountains of Ming Dynasty could be chopped bare!"

"..."

Ma Xiuying put down the secret note with a smile and asked: "Tell me, you come to me, what do you want me to do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately laughed, "You go out of the palace and go to Tuqiao Village and talk to that bastard. He can do this kind of thing."

"After the local village community in Tuqiao Village is built, they will soon become rich. They will not be short of money to buy lumber. Let him not take the lead in doing this kind of thing."

"Don't spread this nonsense."

"People secretly go up the mountain to cut down some trees to make furniture and the like, and the court can turn a blind eye. But if it develops into a situation where everyone shouts "Master" and wields an ax to cut wood and sell it for money, it will be difficult for us. It will definitely not work if we let it go. The people are so profitable that they can cut the green hills of the Ming Dynasty bare."

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"Forcing a ban on it, as a king and father, we will lose the support of the people."

‘Only the fourth child can cure you! ’

Ma Xiuying is funny and angry, but she won't refuse to go to Tuqiao Village.

During this time, she made many small clothes.

Moreover, she also wanted to see Miaoyun and their newly built big house.

"Okay, let's wait a few days. When the fourth child's big house is built, I will go and take a look."

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was not allowed to go before, but now he begged to go. He was worried that Xiuying would be pretentious. Then he smiled and warned: "After you go, don't come back empty-handed. Bring some of their freshly ground rice and noodles. We like to eat.”

Ma Xiuying laughed angrily, "Zhu Chongba, your face is so big!"

"It is only natural for him to chop down our tree, and it is only natural for me to eat my son!" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately glared.

…

"Brother-in-law, we have agreed that on the New Year's Day this year, we will come to see you and sister after the reunion dinner."

In front of the red brick house, Xu Huizu looked at it and said.

"Okay, the more people there are, the more lively it will be."

Hearing this, Zhu Di raised his head and looked at the newly built big house.

Brick wall and wooden roof structure.

It is similar to the architectural style of Jiangnan water town.

There are six large rooms in a row, including a kitchen and a living room, and the remaining four are bedrooms.

This time, relatives came to the house, and they didn’t have to come and go back the same day.

As for the cost.

Extremely cheap.

Except for the labor fees paid to the villagers, as well as the tiles on the roof and the large square green bricks on the ground, almost all the materials were obtained by himself with enough food and clothing.

The red bricks were burned together by the villagers.

The clay for the bricks was dug from the mountains to the east.

The wood needed for the roof, tables, chairs, doors and windows was cut from the mountains to the east.

Zhu Yuanzhang: Let’s build a house together with you, and we’ll be the ones doing the work?

Xu Huizu looked at it and felt a sense of accomplishment. He also had a share of the credit. He turned around and squatted down next to Zhu Di.

Looking at the fish glue melting and bubbling on the small clay stove, he asked suspiciously: "Brother-in-law, if this stuff is mixed with white clay powder, can it really be used to paint the inner walls of the house?"

"It should be possible." Zhu Di answered somewhat uncertainly.

He only knew that the putty powder used in modern times is talc powder plus glue.

After the house was built, he faced a problem.

Interior decoration.

To make it simple, you can use a sieve to sift fine clay like the cabin you live in now, and spread it evenly.

For a better look, you can also paint it with white mud water.

But this is not bright enough.

So he wanted to try to see if he could use white clay and fish glue to create a decoration material similar to putty powder.

After a while.

Under Xu Huizu's curious attention, Zhu Di mixed the fish glue and fine white mud powder with warm water.

"Brother-in-law, try it quickly." Xu Huizu urged.

Zhu Di did not dare to delay.

There are temperature requirements for keeping fish glue in a melted state.

He quickly picked up the shovel and quickly spread the sticky white mud in the small wooden basin onto the wall, smoothing it evenly.

One pot is used up.

The brother-in-law and brother-in-law stood at the wiped position, eagerly observing and waiting.

After a long time, Xu Huizu reached out and poked it, and said in surprise: "Brother-in-law, it has solidified and stuck to the wall. It's done!"

Zhu Di smiled.

There is also a trouble with this approach.

Before the fish glue solidifies, the thick white mud must be applied to the wall and spread evenly.

The experiment was successful, and the two started working together.

…

Ten days later, there are only five days left before the New Year's Day.

Morning ends.

The imperial retreat begins.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not go to the imperial study, but went straight to the harem.

When they arrived at Ma Xiuying's palace.

In the palace courtyard, a very low-key carriage was already parked.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ma Xiuying and her little maid, who was also carrying a big baggage, and immediately asked with a black face: "Are you going to stay for a long time? Bring so many things!"

Ma Xiuying had no such plan. After hearing this, she immediately had this idea and said with a smile: "Yes, I heard that two days ago, the fourth child and the others held a housewarming party and moved to a new house."

"Now there is a place to stay over at the Fourth Brother's side. I want to stay at least one night."

"I want to see the granary they built, and I want to see Miaoyun and Laosi teach the children, and taste the food cooked by Miaoyun and Laosi, and I want to compete with those bright-eyed people in Tuqiao Village who say some people are stupid. The women talked..."

In front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying talked about what she planned to do. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's face getting darker and darker, she deliberately smiled and said: "Are you envious? It's a pity that you have no face to go now!"

"We are so majestic and solemn, and we live in a magnificent palace, we don't envy you!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, showing that he didn't care and had no envy.

The subject changed, his tone softened, and he warned: "Just stay for one night. As the New Year is approaching, there are many things in the palace that need you to deal with."

‘Just be tough, your envy is written all over your face. ’

Ma Xiuying whispered secretly, smiled and nodded, "I know."

With that said, he got on the carriage.

The carriage started, and Zhu Yuanzhang was behind, shouting loudly: "Remember, bring back some of their freshly ground rice noodles! We love eating, don't come back empty-handed!"

Before the words could be finished, the carriage had already driven out of the palace courtyard.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the palace. Apart from the palace maids and eunuchs, he was the only one left. With a black face, he threw up his sleeves and left, muttering as he walked: "We are not envious!"

…

On the carriage, Ma Xiuying smiled and lowered the curtain.

The little maid said excitedly: "Mother, do we really want to stay at His Highness's place for one night?"

"Of course it's true. There aren't many opportunities like this."

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