Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

That year, dozens of strong men were recruited from Lao Wang's village, while those who gave gifts only recruited about ten men and passed.

He has always remembered this lesson.

Especially when the army passes through the village, the damage to the village is even greater.

Now the old man only asks this army to take the things and leave quickly, and not stay to harm the village.

Ma Li looked at Zhu Zhankan with an inquiring look.

Zhu Zhankan naturally didn't care, and said that Ma Li and his men should follow the usual rules.

At most, they can give these villagers some compensation from other places.

Hearing that the emperor's grandson asked them to do it at their own convenience, Ma Li collected the old man's big and small packages.

He took a rough look at the things he gave, which were all commonly used things, and some money.

Of course, Ma Li didn't plan to take them away.

After the old man said a few polite words and left, Ma Li found a way to return all the things to the villagers in front of Zhu Zhankan.

Accepting the gifts was just a reassurance to the villagers.

Zhu Zhankan also paid a sum of money to let the Jinyiwei exchange the body of the big yellow cattle.

He didn't intend to take the villagers' big yellow cattle away by force.

Seeing that the noble who had just killed the mad cow was actually planning to buy their beef with money.

They went home with joy on their faces.

That was a mad cow, and they didn't dare to let these honest farmers sell the mad cow meat.

If they let it slip, they would be in big trouble.

Besides, there are so many people now, and the whole village has basically noticed the movements of the mad cow.

It's not easy for them to sell it.

And the fifth brother Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting in the carriage, was puzzled.

He turned his head and asked Zhu Zhankan, who had just got on the car, "Old Six, why don't those villagers look sad when their family members died?"

Isn't the death of a family member a big deal? Shouldn't they cry for seven days and seven nights, then guard the spirit for a long time, and then bury the dead sadly?

Why did these people go back to their homes after crying for a while?

And the person who received the money for buying the cow was actually happy!

Zhu Zhankan explained: "Because they don't have time to be sad!"

After solving this little episode, Zhu Zhankan urged Xiaohong to continue on the road.

Not far away was a base of the Jinyiwei.

Seeing that Lao Liu didn't intend to say more, Zhu Zhanzhang turned around and asked Ma Li who was riding a horse next to him.

Because they were almost at the accommodation, the group's walking speed was not very urgent.

Ma Li was stunned. He didn't expect that the fifth grandson of the emperor was still concerned about these issues.

So he explained with emotion: "To your Highness, the lives of the people are indeed a bit..."

"They work from sunrise to sunset, and they have to pay taxes every year. Apart from living expenses, ordinary farmers basically have no surplus."

"If there are more kids in the family, life will probably be much more difficult. If there are some years of famine, it will be even more difficult. Death is inevitable. In other words, they may be used to the death of their family members."

Zhu Zhanji seemed a little depressed when he heard this, and said: "In the future, I will definitely become a good vassal king! Let the people under my command have food to eat!"

Although he was young, he knew that he would become a vassal king in the future.

Zhu Zhankan praised: "You have ambition, I hope you don't forget your original intention."

The pot bang~pot bang~

The carriage gradually arrived at the Jinyiwei's base, and the group settled down. There was no conversation all night...

The next day.

Zhu Zhankan, who got up early, was doing morning exercises in the yard.

And his mind had begun to waver.

The mad cow that appeared in the village last night was definitely not an isolated case. It might be a microcosm of the current villages in Daming.

The current beasts are not very powerful at all.

For the villagers, they can barely deal with them.

But what if the beasts start to improve in the future?

Although there may be mutants among humans, the number gap is too large compared with wild beasts and livestock.

Zhu Zhankan looked up at the sky and made up his mind. He brought spiritual energy to Daming and brought the opportunity of longevity.

Then he should guide Daming to develop as soon as possible.

Besides, in his previous life, he had a good impression of Daming, where the emperor guarded the country and the king died for the country...

Chapter 80 The Bustling Changlu Salt Field (1 update)

After a few days of rushing, Zhu Zhankan and his party have entered Hejian Prefecture.

The Changlu Salt Field is located here and is the pillar industry of the local area.

As early as the second year of Hongwu in the previous dynasty, an independent Hejian Changlu Salt Transport Envoy was established in Hejian Prefecture.

Originally, there was only one salt transport envoy with independent management rights, the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy. The salt transport in other regions was under the management of Lianghuai, or temporarily managed by the salt inspectors sent by the court.

The Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy sounds like he only manages salt administration, but his official rank is as high as the third rank, and he is a genuine high-ranking official.

It was not until the establishment of the Hejian Changludu Salt Transport Envoy that another third-rank salt transport official was established.

The salt transport envoys in various places were directly responsible to the emperor.

Even so, the emperor still sent salt inspectors to various salt transport areas every year.

The morning came, and the winter was high and refreshing.

According to the previous practice life rules, Zhu Zhankan still got up early for morning exercises.

Of course, the weak and helpless old fifth Zhu Zhanji naturally could not escape the bad luck of being woken up.

Zhu Zhanzhen could hardly open his eyes as he looked like he was having a meal.

"Lao Liu, why do you have to get up so early? I'm still a child!"

"It's okay. Practicing can make up for your sleeping time, so it's not a big problem."

"Ah? I can understand getting up early, but getting up early before dawn is nothing!"

"Shhh!!" Zhu Zhankan closed his eyes to rest and began to practice.

If he continued, he wouldn't know how to make it up.

However, now that they are all up, Zhu Zhanzhen can only think about it so much.

Let’s start practicing with Zhu Laoliu!

Zhu Zhanzhen's body is not that strong yet, and his cultivation level is not high.

After practicing for a period of time, he began to read Taoist scriptures.

Eight-year-old Zhu Zhanzhen already knows a lot of words.

However, there are still many things that I don’t understand about the simplified Taoist scriptures.

When he found some Taoist scriptures that he could not understand, he asked Zhu Zhankan for advice.

However, Zhu Zhankan couldn't help but be startled when he saw the Taoist scriptures that Lao Wu was reading.

It seems...maybe...he hasn't read many Taoist scriptures at all.

Even the Taoist scriptures he has read may not be as many as the Taoist scriptures Lao Wu has read.

"Ahem, this 'existence and non-existence'..."

I have a chance to catch up on the Dao Jing course.

As a cultivator of immortality, Zhu Zhankan naturally cannot translate this Taoist scripture using literal translation.

"The meaning is very profound." Zhu Zhankan said seriously: "This sentence was taught by the Taoist elder Laozi, so naturally it cannot only have a little meaning, but it involves many and complex things.

All I can say is that you understand everything. You are still young and the water inside is too deep. "

Zhu Zhanzhen's face was full of questions, what does it mean to be young? Aren't we twins?

Just as he was about to continue questioning, Ma Li rushed over with people.

Ma Li said with a respectful but not flattering expression: "Shangguan, if we walk more than ten miles to the northwest, we will reach the Changlu Salt District. Do I need my subordinates to hand over the official documents?"

According to normal procedures, with Zhu Zhankan, the superior officer here, they would have no problem even if they broke into the salt area directly.

This is what the Jinyiwei does, and they are only responsible to the emperor.

Although Ma manages a thousand households, he is really not qualified to break in.