Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

Zhu Cihong and his entourage walked on the streets of the capital, pedestrians came and went on the road, so it was not lively, it was obvious that there were many outsiders in this city, and those who dragged their families were in a hurry in the city.

It seems that as soon as the news of recruiting craftsmen from all over the country is released, the people who are close to them are still very positive, and these days, the people who are willing to spend so much money on craftsmen, they are still the first time to see them, and now for people who have no land, it is even more difficult to support their families.

Don't look at the peaceful and peaceful appearance in the capital, but how sad the days outside are, you don't have to go out to know it.

Zhu Cihong walked, and suddenly beckoned to the front, and a brocade-clothed guard walked over quickly, bent down and said, "What does Your Highness command?" "

You go and find out what's going on with that White Lotus Gang in North City. "

Zhu Cihong always felt that there was something wrong with the White Lotus Gang, after all, the name of the White Lotus Sect was too big, others didn't know, but he knew, from the beginning of the Song Dynasty to the middle and late Qing Dynasty, it has been on the road of rebellion for a thousand years.

It is said that what comes from the Buddha of Buddhism, but there is no Buddhist doctrine, and all the White Lotus Sect in its religion is based on authority.

"Yes. When

the man received the order, he disappeared into the crowd.

......

Outside the city.

Tents covered with dirty black cotton cloth on the branches were set up on the ground, countless children and women squatted in the tents, and their men went out to line up to receive porridge.

Not far from the city gate, two or three porridge sheds were giving porridge, and the victims lined up in a long line, as if they could not see the end at a glance.

"Today's porridge has been distributed, so let's wait for tomorrow!" shouted

an official who stood on a high platform, and then the messenger began to chase people away with his whip, whipping the victims who were still squeezing forward, but the victims did not retreat at all, let the whip of the messenger be drawn on themselves, and rushed towards the wrinkled shed with pain.

"You dogs, wait until the adults are gone

!" "Get out of here!" "Get

away with your dirty hands, get my clothes dirty!" The

servants saw the crowd rushing up, and the whips in their hands became even harder, and then slowly escorted the soup kitchen officials back into the city.

Seeing that the people from the government had left, a group of people rushed into the porridge shed like crazy horses, and frantically scraped the remaining porridge grains in the pot where the porridge was cooking with empty bowls.

"Get out, this is Lao Tzu found first!" "Let go of your mother's fart!" "

Everyone, there are old people in my family, there are small ones, a family of more than a dozen people, don't fight with

you!" "Get out, Lao Tzu is going to starve to death!" Soon

,

more than a dozen cauldrons in the porridge shed were swept away, and some people who squeezed up later picked up the pot and licked it.

"Your Highness, do you want to arrest those officials for questioning?" Zhu

Cihong and the others had unconsciously walked outside the city, and Zhang Huaibin on the side couldn't stand it, how could this porridge be eaten by every victim, and only a handful of people in front of the team could really get a bowl of porridge, and most of the victims still couldn't avoid starvation.

"No, there are so many people here, they can't be fed by soup soup alone, they can only alleviate it, there is not so much food in the yamen, and they can't help it, so they can't throw themselves in it and cook it." The

cold wind blew, lifting the hem of Zhu Cihong's clothes, looking at the victims everywhere, he felt very uncomfortable, but this kind of disaster relief cannot be completed in one go, we must wait, and the same is true for saving the country, we must wait.

If all the victims were to be given every day, it would not take more than a month for the capital to run out of food, and hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers would all starve to death.

Thinking about it, Zhu Cihong raised his feet and walked out, looking at the dirty and black children, his heart ached, and he could only hope that Dapeng planting technology and sweet potatoes could mature quickly.

"Song Yingxing, it's up to you.

Zhu Cihong sighed.

"Listen, everyone.

At this moment, a man dressed as a merchant came out with a group of subordinates and shouted to the crowd: "I am a merchant in the city, and now I buy people for work at the price of a sack of rice, and I have to take care of food and shelter, as long as women under the age of twenty, those who are willing to sell come and line up."

As soon as these words came out, many people's daughters immediately stepped forward.

"Dad, sell me, my sister hasn't eaten for two or three days. A

girl of about ten years old walked out and looked at her two or three-year-old sister lying in the tent, tears flashing in her eyes.

"No, not for sale.

The middle-aged man was also in tears, and sternly refused: "A war has robbed our family, and now our family's wealth is scattered, and your mother is starving to death, and now my father only has the two of you, how can I be willing." "

My sister is only three years old.

After the girl said this, she wiped the tears from her face, a hint of determination flashed in her eyes, and walked out.

"Xuezhu!" The

middle-aged man looked at his daughter's back, with a thick reluctance and helplessness in his eyes, so he shouted, which made the girl pause, she turned around and cried and said: "Dad, just pretend that you never gave birth to my daughter, raise my sister." So

saying, he walked towards the merchant.

"Go, go, line up. As

soon as he walked up to the merchant, a man came up and pushed him aside.

"I can read and write, cook, play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and give me five bags of rice.

A hint of strength flashed in Xue Zhu's eyes.

"Well, interesting.

When the merchant heard this, he carefully looked at the little girl in front of him and asked, "What does your family do?" "

I have been doing business in Shaanxi for generations, and the thieves have robbed all my family, and I have fled here." "

Two bags of rice. The

merchant moved out of the corner of his eye, then held out two fingers.

"Four bags of rice.

Xue Zhu bit her lip, the merchant pursued profit, and she had already thought of bargaining.

"Three bags of rice, no more. The

businessman pretended to be embarrassed and thought about it, in fact, he made a lot of money, such a versatile little girl, he didn't need to be specially taught, he could immediately enter the Qinglou business, and in a few years, he would be able to make an Oiran selection and sell the first yes.

"Four bags of rice. The

girl said stubbornly

, and the merchant touched the dirty mud on the girl's face, and a smile appeared on his face: "You look good, but it's a disaster when it's big, and you are a little reluctant to let you do it."

"Just four bags of rice, go ahead and explain to your family." With that

, the merchant gave four bags of rice to the girl, and then continued to select the women in the queue.

"Go and bring the girl's family.

Zhu Cihong pointed at the girl and said to the Jinyi guard on the side.

"Yes.

Jin Yiwei immediately ran over, stopped the girl, and said, "Five bags of rice, my family has bought you, including your family, you can enter the city." "

Really?" the

girl's eyes flashed with surprise, but then she added, "However, I have already promised that one first."

Hearing this, Jin Yiwei grabbed the rice in the girl's hand and walked towards the merchant who was selecting the woman.

"My adult bought that girl. So

saying, he threw four sacks of rice to the merchant.

"Bastard, who is your family!" Before

the merchant could react, his subordinates stepped forward and scolded: "Blind your dog eyes, dare to snatch people from our master's hands......"

"Smack!"

Before the other party could finish speaking, he was slapped to the ground.

"Where are you mixed up?" the

merchant asked, with a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes when he saw this.

Jin Yiwei took out the waist card from his waist and shook it in front of the other party, and when the merchant saw that it was actually Jin Yiwei's waist card, his face immediately changed greatly, and he hurriedly retreated.

"Your Highness, people have brought it. Seeing

that this person was so fierce, the girl's family followed him in fear.

"What's your name?" Zhu

Cihong looked at the middle-aged man holding the child.

"Villain Jiang Ming. "

Your family has been in business for generations, so you are very good at doing business?"

Zhu Cihong said.

"Yes, very good at doing business, adults can rest assured that they can hand over their business to the villain, and they will definitely take care of the business for adults.

As soon as Jiang Ming heard this, he instantly reacted, the other party bought his whole family because he valued his family's role in business for generations, and he would do business.

"What's your name?" Zhu

Cihong looked at the ten-year-old girl again.

"My name is Jiang Xuezhu.

Jiang Xuezhu looked curiously at the young man in front of her who was about the same age as her.

"The autumn mountain and the evening water are far away, the snow bamboo wind and pine are drunk, good name, follow me into the city."

Zhu Cihong said and took the lead in walking towards the city, this Jiang Ming is useful, if you want to strengthen the country, it will not work just by collecting taxes, you must also transform the economy of the Ming Dynasty through business.

He had already thought about establishing state-owned enterprises, first, to make money, and second, to provide jobs for the people, so that they would not starve to death if they had no land.

"Your Highness, the White Lotus Gang in Beicheng has investigated clearly. When

he was about to walk to the gate of the palace, the brocade guard who went to investigate the White Lotus Gang ran over and handed over a booklet out of breath.