Since Lao Zhu is now eager to find him, things may not be simple.
"Do you know what it is for?" Han Du looked serious and asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Chao quickly replied: "The general asked, but the eunuch didn't say anything. He said he would not tell until he saw Jing Haibo. The general has already checked the token, and there is no problem. It is true."
"Uncle, look..." Zhang Chao asked, not knowing what Jing Haibo meant.
Han Du immediately said: "Where is the person? Take Uncle Ben there quickly."
Zhang Chao nodded in agreement, not daring to delay at all, and quickly led Han Du to find the eunuch.
When the eunuch saw Han Du, a happy smile suddenly appeared on his face. The fatigue of waiting for Han Du for so long was immediately gone, "I have met Jing Haibo."
"You're so polite, father-in-law," Han Du returned the gesture with his fists raised.
But the more he looked at the eunuch, the more familiar he felt to Han Du. He hesitated and asked: "This father-in-law, have we met somewhere?"
The eunuch nodded with a smile and reminded: "When uncle Jin announced the decree for Jinghaibo, the slaves were among the group of people who announced the decree."
Han Du suddenly recalled that he had indeed seen this person at that time.
Without any signal from the eunuch, Han Du directly waved his hand and retreated.
"I wonder why my father-in-law came here?"
When the eunuch saw that he and Han Du were alone, he whispered, "The emperor secretly summoned my uncle to come to the capital."
When Han Du heard this, his pupils shrank sharply. Secretly summoning him to Beijing? It seemed that the matter was more serious than he thought.
"What happened in the palace?" Han Du thought, something terrible must have happened in the palace, otherwise Lao Zhu would not have summoned him to Beijing at this juncture, or would have secretly summoned him.
"Of course, if the father-in-law has anything inconvenient to say, just pretend that we didn't ask." Han Du added, fearing that it would involve palace secrets.
The eunuch listened, nodded and said: "It's no inconvenience at all. Our ancestors had already given instructions when the slave came. Even if the uncle doesn't ask, the slave will tell the uncle everything in detail. It's not something happening in the palace, it's
..."
Millions of tons of food were destroyed!
No wonder Lao Zhu was so anxious that he had to call himself back to the capital even though it was the peak fishing season.
Han Du pondered, and kept rubbing his fingers between the two. After a long time, he asked: "Then, father-in-law, do you know why the emperor summoned us to the palace?"
"This ancestor has not given an explanation, and I dare not make random guesses."
Han Du nodded subconsciously.
Seeing that Han Du had no other questions to ask, the eunuch urged: "Since uncle is back, let's go to Beijing quickly."
"Of course," Han Du did not refuse, but he changed the topic, "But there are many affairs here. To be honest, my father-in-law, not long ago, this place was attacked by Japanese pirates. It was all thanks to the emperor Hongfu and the brave soldiers that they were able to annihilate them.
Japanese pirates. I hope my father-in-law will be accommodating and allow us to make arrangements before setting off."
"If my uncle wants to arrange some affairs and delay for a while, it is certainly okay." The eunuch nodded and agreed, "But the emperor is waiting impatiently, and this servant has been delayed here for so long. There is really not much time left.
Please forgive me, uncle."
"Please father-in-law, please stay for a moment. We'll be back as soon as we go. Don't worry, we won't be delayed for long."
The things Han Du arranged were not complicated. They mainly involved fishing in a step-by-step manner. In addition, he asked Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao to strengthen the defense here. In addition, Han Du also took away more than a dozen baskets of salt. Since there is salt here,
, and the quality is no worse than tribute salt, so Han Du naturally wants to send some to Lao Zhu. For no other reason than to let him know that there is such good salt in this place.
In this way, even if someone slanders the salt here in the future, Lao Zhu will not agree with it. In fact, the salt output here is so high and the quality is so good, maybe one day Lao Zhu will allow it to be sold.
?
Han Du and the eunuchs took a boat by sea, entered the Yangtze River, passed through Dinghuai Gate and entered Beijing. They entered the inner city from Shicheng Gate and went straight to the palace. Han Du got off the boat at a secluded boat dock at the river mouth and got on a gray carriage.
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Even the eagerness to return to the capital city was suppressed by Han Du. However, when entering the city gate, Han Du took a look at the city through the small gap in the carriage window.
Lao Zhu summoned Han Du in Jinshen Hall.
"Han Du, a humble minister, pays homage to the emperor. Long live the emperor."
"No formalities, stay on your own terms."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Du responded and stood up.
Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du's face from side to side, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you would get tanned just during the time you went out. It's hard to fish on the sea, right?"
"It's hard work," Han Du said with a cautious smile. "It's just that the wind is strong and the sun is strong at the beach, and there's no place for shade. Being exposed to the sun from morning to night every day naturally makes you darker.
A little. It has somewhat tarnished the Emperor’s view.”
Han Du can't say it's hard work. If he says it's hard work, it will appear that Han Du is eager for quick success and quick success.
But you can't say it's not hard work. If you say it's not hard work, what should you do if Lao Zhu takes it seriously? Han Du himself doesn't care, it doesn't matter whether he has made a contribution or not. But Han Du is not the only one who goes fishing now.
Yeah, there are still a large group of people down there waiting to be rewarded for their meritorious service? Han Du can't completely ignore their hard work because of his own selfishness, can he?
Therefore, Han Du said the last sentence. It is not hard, but under the scorching sun, there is no shade, and you have to work from morning to night. If anyone feels that it is not hard, you can let him try.
"It's hard for you." Lao Zhu nodded and said with a smile. Lao Zhu was also a commoner, so he naturally knew that this feeling was uncomfortable.
When Han Du heard what Lao Zhu said, he felt relieved. He smiled and said: "Last time, the emperor gave Wei Chen permission to dry salt at the seaside. Thanks to the emperor's great blessing, the salt came out for the first time. I took it upon myself to do it."
I brought some back and asked the emperor to take care of them."
"Oh? Did you really reveal it?" Lao Zhu became happy, "Where is it? Bring it in quickly and let me have a look."
Lao Zhu has always been very interested in things such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. He knows that these things are related to the lifeblood of the people. Therefore, every harvest of food will make Lao Zhu happy for a long time. This represents
The people now have more food, and fewer people can starve to death.
The same is true for salt.
Even now, there is not enough salt in Daming. If it weren't for the food stability at the border, Lao Zhu might have been eager to let Han Du sell the salt when he sent a letter to the coastal areas.