Chapter 54 – The Dragon’s Face is Angry

Forbidden City, Wu Lou.

Zhu was looking out the window at the depression with his hands behind his back, not saying a word.

And that’s when someone tiptoed in.

The visitor had a cold face and wore soft-soled shoes, so much so that even when he entered the hall, it was silent.

Dressed in his flying fish suit, he entered the hall and made a grand salute, saying succinctly and forcefully, “I, Ji Gang, have met Your Majesty.”

Zhu Di faintly said, “What is it?”

Ji Gang is the Commanding Officer of the Jin Yiwei, when the time of the Jingan disaster, he was Zhu Di’s personal guard, his nature is reticent, never talk too much.

Because of this, he gained Zhu Di’s trust.

And Zhu’s trust proved to be right.

Kijang never made personal contact with ministers and always kept to himself.

Most importantly, as the Commander of the Brocade Guards, there were far too many secrets he could pry into, and for someone like Ji Gang, he also knew deep down that the more he did, the more he had to abide by the rules.

What is meant by abiding by the rules, what his majesty lets him inquire about, he must inquire about in any case; what his majesty does not let him inquire about, then he will absolutely not touch it.

Ji Gang’s eyes only had Zhu, and only Zhu.

At this moment, Ji Gang’s obsequious body bowed slightly, he looked like a beast with latent claws and teeth, after a short silence, Ji Gang said, “Your Majesty, the Brocade Guards have detected that a merchant house has appeared in the area of the Fuzimiao Pier.”

Zhu still had his hands behind his back and was unmoved.

Ji Gang continued: “After the establishment of this merchant bank, immediately prosperous, not a month, has been passenger ships, merchant ships more than seven hundred, monthly profits, even up to 30,000 taels of silver huge, and the growth of the rapid, teach people to marvel.”

Zhu Di looked back, he was only slightly moved at this time, gazing at Ji Gang, “Thirty thousand taels of pure profit in January?”

This is definitely not a small amount, even if this merchant bank doesn’t continue to grow, the net profit per year, is 400,000 taels, what about ten years?

This is real money, not treasure money!

“This and other folk things ……” Zhu Di deliberation for a moment: “What is the relationship with me?”

Ji Gang said, “I have probed and heard that the person …… doing this trade is ……”

Zhu immediately noticed the abnormality, “Who is it?”

Ji Gang categorically said, “Marquis Zheng Heng of Wu’an!”

Zhu froze.

“This old guy …… he still in business? Is the information solid?”

“Your Majesty.” Ji Gang squarely said, “At first just the wharf there rumors, I also thought it was just an ordinary marketplace rumors, but involved in the river transportation, I also dare not slack off, so …… checked, and finally someone in Yingtianfu there, searched for a deed.”

Zhu looked at him and said, “Go on.”

“In the deed, Marquis Wuan is indeed the person behind this merchant house.”

Zhu Di could not help but say sourly: “Good guy, this goods usually reckless, did not expect that there is such a skill, so much silver, he can spend it?”

Kizuna could only be silent.

Apparently he can’t answer that question.

Zhu Di said, “Men, summon Marquis Wu’an to see you.”

Kizuna also had the good sense to exit quietly.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, he could not help but murmur: “A year is 400,000 taels, or real money, this is not about to be more powerful than the printing of treasure money? Once upon a time this guy looks like a jerk, I did not expect so unobtrusive, really shrewd ah, also lost ha, you say? ”

Yizhuoha stood aside and stumbled, “This …… slave girl is not clear.”

Zhu Di then said, “I’ll try him to see.”

In fact, Marquis Wuan Zheng Heng has been very annoyed lately, he is on duty in the Central Military Governor’s Office, and in recent days, he always feels that many people look at him a little differently.

But what’s different is a little hard to tell.

He was straight, and when he approached someone to ask them in person, they just smiled and didn’t say anything.

Or say a few shifty words, like riddles.

When I think of this, Zheng Heng is on fire, damn, if I can guess the riddle, but also fucking from a fart army.

Upon hearing Zhu Di’s summons, Zheng Heng immediately flew his horse to the noon gate and then had an audience.

He thought that a military situation had arisen and that His Majesty had sought his counsel.

But once he entered the martial arts building, he was a bit confused, as if His Majesty had summoned only him, where were the other governors of the various armies?

Jung Hyung saluted.

Zhu Di looked at him with a smile and said, “Zheng Heng ah, I have how many days have not seen you ah, when you with me to pacify the time, we are even large were sleeping together, now ah …… biased, biased ah!”

Zheng Heng was alerted when he heard this, and he wasn’t stupid, so he was busy carefully saying, “Your Majesty, is it because I have made any mistakes? It is true that the Central Military Governor’s Office has been slacking off in the past few days ……”

Zhu Di pressure hand, smilingly said: “Well, we do not talk about this, I am now the son of heaven, do the emperor, to care for the world’s subjects and people, not to mention the other, now I daily exhaustion, for what? Is the Songjiang and Suzhou Province of the affected people ah, those people …… food is not enough to eat, clothes do not cover the body, I sent to the Chin ambassador to bring back the news, is even more shocking, said the starving corpses all over the place, the red earth thousands of miles, Songjiang Province and Suzhou Province is traditionally a rich land, the people countless, and now this flood, a hundred years of hard to come by, the real suffering of the people, the world of bitterness! ah.”

Zhu said and sighed.

Zheng Heng a little confused, said …… me a military minister, this Songjiang and Suzhou’s catastrophe, and I have what to do

Just saw Zhu Di cleared his throat and said: “Now the country everywhere to silver, the treasury is empty, Zheng Qingjia ah, I am worried about the hair is white, when I was in Beiping Jingdian, is Zheng Qingjia such a person …… and I work together with one mind, now the country to such a point, Zheng Qingjia is still willing to work with me Together with the heart?”

The more Jung Hyung listens, the more he is alarmed ……

Why does that sound a little diabolical?

Still, he dutifully said, “Naturally, naturally.”

Zhu Di smiled, “Excellent, in that case, can we ask Secretary Zheng to donate some silver money to aid the monks and lay people of Songjiang and Suzhou?”

“Ah …… this ……” Jung Hyung hesitated.

Looking at Zheng Heng’s seeming hesitation, Zhu Di raised an eyebrow, “What, is Secretary Zheng refusing?”

Zheng Heng hurriedly said, “Ken, Ken s …… minister …… is willing to donate three hundred …… no, five hundred taels.”

Jung Hyung’s flesh hurts.

But Zhu Di heard, but burst into a rage, suddenly cursed: “into your mother, I pull down my face to beg you to donate, you will take 500 taels of silver to send me, you send a beggar?”

Zheng Heng’s eyes went black and he was about to faint, “Your Majesty, I …… am poor ……”

Zhu Di’s face blackened: “Zheng Heng you old man, you think I am blind and deaf, do not know you Zheng Heng family fortune? Damn, are you still a person? Calamity people can not eat, to starve to death, you such a lot of money, do a good deal, but also with me crying poor?”

Zheng Heng suddenly shocked, said I where to do a good big deal, so quickly swore: “Your Majesty, I was wronged, I was wronged, I was wronged ah, I was more wronged than sinus e, I really poor …… Your Majesty, you have to believe in the minister ah, I …… what is it? person, your majesty you still do not know? Your …… Majesty.”

He howled like a pig, his voice shaking the rubble.

Zhu Di, however, was even angrier: “You’ve changed!”

Zheng Heng only heard a cold chill in his heart.

Zhu Di scolded: “You this guy, is drilled into the eye of the money, I when you are an old brother, you when I am an ignorant child, good, good very much!”

Zheng Heng could not help but curse in his heart, this is what kind of dog says bad things about me, there are traitors around the emperor.

So he continued, “Your Majesty …… I’m really poor …… If not, I’ll smash the pot and donate 3,000 taels …… I’ll just have this much silver, I’ll …… sold the ancestral home ……”

Zhu Di was angry and gnashed his teeth, but this guy pretended to be poor to this point, he really can’t take him.

So he waved his hand, “Well, no more, heck, now there are net such bird people around!”

Zheng Heng was sent out, and now his mind is still blank, thinking carefully, more and more do not feel right, want to go back to find Zhu Di, a good explanation, but the thought of Zhu Di’s anger, but I am afraid to continue to offend the face of the Holy Spirit.

He left the martial arts building and didn’t go far, but he also heard Zhu’s roar coming out of that martial arts building, “This old pimp doesn’t even want to lose his face for the sake of silver!”