"My son's recklessness has caused my father to suffer." Zhu Biao lowered his head and sincerely admitted his mistake.
Lao Zhu Lao Huai was greatly relieved and said with a smile: "You and I are father and son, there is no need to be like this."
As he spoke, he sighed, "It has been my negligence over the years. I have only taught you loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, but I have not taught you the ways of the world and the human heart. Those Confucian teachers of yours cannot even teach you."
"My son, please remember your teachings," Zhu Biao said without a smile on his face, and he couldn't laugh at all. "But since my father has no money or food in his hands, what should the people of Henan do?"
Whether he is being plotted against or gets a bad reputation, that is all a matter for the future. The most important thing now is that without money and food, the people in Henan will starve to death. When he thought that millions of people were about to starve to death, Zhu Biao said
I couldn't help but tremble with fear.
Seeing that his father had a smile on his face, Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "My son, I don't have the majesty of my father who remains unchanged despite the collapse of the mountain before me. I really can't smile."
Lao Zhu shook his head, with a contemptuous smile on his face, and said: "Since ancient times, people have been inferior to God's calculations. God's will is like this. The painstaking calculations of those officials are really ridiculous."
Seeing Zhu Biao's puzzled look, he handed Han Du's memorial to him and said, "Take it and take a look."
Zhu Biao took the memorial in confusion and saw the words "Chen Han Du Qi Memorial" on the cover. He immediately asked happily: "Father, is Han Du back?"
Lao Zhu nodded and said with a smile: "You'd better take a look inside."
Zhu Biao immediately opened the memorial. What he saw at first glance was that he couldn't believe it. Forgetting things like gold and silver, there were even millions of dans of grain.
"Father, with this kind of food, Henan can be saved."
"Although we have food, you don't think that the three ships Han Du went to sea can transport millions of tons of food back?" Lao Zhu said angrily, "If you want food, you also need navy
Just go and get lucky."
"How long will this take?" Zhu Biao couldn't help but asked with concern.
"Han Du said in the memorial that it takes about a month to go back and forth." Lao Zhu pointed to the memorial in Zhu Biao's hand.
"One month" Zhu Biao looked miserable.
Can the Ming Dynasty wait for a month? Can the people of Henan wait for a month? After one month, there will probably be no victims in Henan, but bones all over the ground.
There is no greater pain than this. Hope is right in front of you, but like a mirror, the water in the mirror cannot save the fire near you.
"Father, is there no other way?" Zhu Biao looked at his father with a hint of hope in his heart.
Lao Zhu asked instead: "Do you have any idea?"
Zhu Biao was silent for a moment.
Seeing that Zhu Biao was silent, Lao Zhu immediately ordered the old eunuch, "Pass the decree, order Tang He and Han Du to enter the capital."
"This slave obeys your order."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Lao Zhu pondered for a while and immediately said: "Wait a minute."
He picked up the imperial pen and scribbled down a handwritten letter. "Bring this handwritten letter to Han Du, he knows what to do."
The old eunuch took the handwriting and left quickly.
As soon as Han Du docked at the river, he received Lao Zhu's decree and handwriting.
Tang He couldn't help but glance at the manuscript in Han Du's hand and asked strangely: "The superior actually gave you a special manuscript. What does it say?"
"Master, let's take a look." Han Du smiled and casually
Then he handed the oracle to Tang He.
Seeing this, Tang He also understood that it was not something that should be kept secret, so he didn't have any scruples and took it over.
When he saw it, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "The superior actually asked you to show off your gold and silver and enter the capital in a grand manner? Why is this?"
Since ancient times, everyone has adhered to the concept of not revealing wealth. Now the emperor actually asked Han Du to reveal the gold and silver for everyone to see, which made Tang He a little confused.
Han Du looked at the capital in the distance, like a giant beast crawling on the ground. The high city walls were like two long arms, extending out on both sides.
"It seems that the emperor has been having a hard time while we were away."
Tang He was silent when he heard this. He also thought that this was the only possibility. Only when the superiors were extremely short of money and had to spend a lot of money, would Han Du be so abnormal to put all the gold and silver in the open. Its purpose
, I’m afraid it’s just to give confidence to the people of the world.
"What are you going to do?" Tang He couldn't help but ask.
Lao Zhu did not specifically ask Han Du to do anything in the handwriting, but just told Han Du that he needed to reveal the gold and silver. How to do it is obviously Han Du's business. If what he does is not good enough, or cannot satisfy the emperor, then Han Du
Of course, if Han Du does well enough, he will naturally leave a good impression in the emperor's heart that he is "useful". .??.
"My lord, please ask the navy for help." Han Du didn't show any politeness and held his hand towards Tang He.
Tang He waved his hand and said, "Of course, you just need to say how many ships are needed."
"Of course, the more boats the better, but in addition to the boats, the boxes also need to be specially made." Han Du said, approaching Tang He and whispering a few words.
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After Tang He heard this, he burst into laughter, pointed at Han Du's nose and cursed, "You are such a naughty boy. Okay, no problem, I'll do as you say."
Just one day later, news of Han Du's return to Beijing spread in the capital. However, due to the rise in food prices, the people have long lost interest in the various gossips that they used to talk about.
Therefore, except for people related to Han Du, such as the Han family, the Baobao Lifting Department, the Jiaofang Department, etc., others simply don't care whether Han Du is back.
But as Han Du entered Beijing from Dinghuai Gate and along the Qinhuai River, he instantly attracted everyone's attention.
I saw one boat after another, with boxes on the boats filled with gold and silver. The gold and silver shone with an alluring brilliance under the sun, making everyone who saw it hold their breath.
Many people have seen gold and silver, but no one has seen so much gold and silver at one time. There is so much gold and silver that every ship is filled with gold and silver. The ships in front have entered the palace from Tongji Gate, and the ships behind
Ships are still queuing up to be loaded from warships.
Ship after ship carrying gold and silver passed majestically along the Qinhuai River. The Qinhuai River traversed the entire capital, forming an inverted 'ji' shape in the capital. The ships passed along the Qinhuai River, almost the entire city
Everyone can see it.
The people looked at the continuous ships with excitement and couldn't help but ask: "Is it true that there is so much gold and silver?"
"Hmph, this is what Jing Haibo wants to send to the palace. Do you think it's still fake?" The people on the side all looked at this man with mocking eyes.
Now they have no doubt about Han Du. After all, it is the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty that Han Du can be so generous. It can be regarded as an eye-opener for them, the common people in the capital, and they will have something to talk about in the future.