Chapter 313 The younger brother teaches the older brother
I thought Kang Duo might have come to ask for the Yan Ling Dao.
However, he could only refuse. After all, Zhu Biao said that he would match Mu Ying this time.
Besides, this time Lan Yu and Mu Ying worked together to suppress the rebellion of Xifan. Lan Yu had the Yanling Sword, but Mu Ying did not, which was not conducive to the unity of the army.
So Mu Ying must be satisfied first.
Kang Duo said: "The minister came here to express his gratitude to His Highness. I heard that the military salary and rations this time were all raised by His Highness."
Zhu Bai looked at Kang Duo carefully: Hey, it's strange that there is such a reasonable person among these "second generation heroes".
Think about the last time the residential property was appraised. Although Kang Duo also protested, he turned around and quietly disposed of the privately occupied property, and then got away first without letting anyone get caught.
Speaking of which, later Lao Zhu allowed the son of a military general to enter the Imperial Academy and serve as a civil servant. The military officers were delighted. Only the Kang family was quiet.
Kang Duo didn't want to go himself, and he didn't allow his brothers to go. He clearly saw through Lao Zhu and Zhu Bai's intentions.
No wonder Lao Zhu would give him this rare opportunity to gain experience.
Zhu Bai replied: "You're welcome, it's all for the imperial court."
Kang Duo said: "Wei Chen is going to Changsha to get military rations. I wonder if His Highness needs me to bring something to Mr. Hu."
In fact, the official teeth bureau has a fleet of vehicles traveling between the Huguang first-level official teeth bureau and the general bureau every day. Where does Kang Duo need to bring things?
This is Kang Duo showing his kindness to Zhu Bai, and also looking for an excuse to visit Hu Mei.
Zhu Bai couldn't help but secretly sigh: This guy really has the highest EQ and IQ among Zhu Biao's friends, and he is the most aware of current affairs.
Zhu Bai nodded and Wen Xiao said, "No need. Just say hello to Master Hu for me."
This sentence was enough for Kang Duo, and he hurriedly handed over his hand: "Then I won't waste Your Highness's time."
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After the New Year, Zhu Bai added a small desk in his "office" for Zhu Rui. Some things were left to Zhu Rui to handle.
It's not that he wants to be lazy, but Zhu Ru may go to Kaifeng the year after next, and he wants to teach Zhu Ru how to deal with some things, especially the affairs of the Guanya Bureau.
At that time, Kaifeng's second-level official dental bureau will be handed over to him.
Let Zhu Ru have something to rely on and have some loose money.
Zhu Ju didn't say anything, but he understood Zhu Bai's thoughts in his heart, so he studied everything seriously.
Recently, businessmen from all over the country have been out for activities after the Chinese New Year, so Guanya Bureau is particularly lively.
All the agents are on duty today, but they are still too busy.
Chief Ya was originally checking accounts with Zhu Xi, but after sitting there for a while, he was asked to go down and help.
Not only Ya Chang, but also Fu Gui, Zhang Yu and the others were called.
A few guards were left to guard the back door and the small door from the yard leading to the hall.
Zhu Bai was slow-tempered and extremely patient. Sometimes Zhu Bai couldn't bear to look through the complicated accounts. But he went through them carefully one by one, and then checked the subtotals of each page twice, for a total of three times throughout the day.
above.
Even if it takes just a quarter of an hour, it's all done.
Then he calculated the accounts for this half month again, which took another half an hour.
Zhu Bai frowned without knowing what he was looking at.
Zhu Tong didn't want to disturb him, and was bored sitting here, so he quietly got up and went down.
He looked over all the herbs he had just planted, watered them and pulled the weeds.
Some of them have been verified for medicinal properties and taste, so there is no need to plant them this year.
The hall outside was very lively and full of people, and he could hear it clearly through the door in the backyard.
Nannan, who came over after sweeping the floor to help Zhu Zhu pull weeds, smiled: "It's really lively today."
Zhu Ru thought for a while and said to Nannan: "I'll go to the front to help. You close the door."
Nannan: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Your Highness to go out like this."
The danger is not dangerous, but I am afraid that there will be some unsighted guests who will not recognize him and order him around. If the time comes, he will commit the crime of overstepping, and he will not know who to blame.
Zhu Tie looked at himself, ran to the nearby lounge, rummaged through a set of manager's clothes, put them on, and then went out.
Nannan wants to call Ya Chang.
But Ya Chang was surrounded by several people over there, so he couldn't hear it at all.
Nannan only saw Zhu Rui being surrounded by two merchants, and the door was closed by the guards.
She was so anxious that she couldn't help but choose the smallest agent uniform, put her hair up, tied it up casually, put on her hat and ran out.
The guard only felt a small figure flash in front of him. He blinked: Huh? Isn't this His Highness Prince Xiang? Why is he wearing the clothes of an agent?
Then all kinds of noises and people walking around made him very nervous, so he didn't pay attention.
Zhu Tie was surrounded by two customers: it turned out to be a merchant selling medicine, and he quoted a price of ninety cents per catty for the goods in his hand. The price the agent set for him was also ninety cents.
However, the buyer felt that the price was exaggerated and the medicine was only worth thirty cents per catty.
Then the seller became very excited and felt that the other person was humiliating him. He shook the small cloth bag containing the samples in his hand and shouted: "How can such a good product be worth only thirty yuan a pound?"
Zhu Xi took the cloth bag, took out the medicinal materials, looked at it, and then nodded: "That's it."
This medicinal material is about the same size as sesame seeds. It is plump and smooth. Put it in the palm of your hand and rub it vigorously without breaking it.
Sellers and buyers alike looked at him.
Zhu Ru asked the seller: "What do you think this is?"
The seller said: "Huang Tengzi."
Zhu Ru asked the buyer again: "What do you think?"
Buyer: “Psyllium Seed.”
Zhu Xi said softly: "Yes. These two medicinal materials look very similar, but their prices and medicinal properties are completely different. Huangtengzi can be used internally to nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen sperm and reduce urine, prevent miscarriage, and improve eyesight. It can be used externally to eliminate wind and freckles."
Plantain Seed is a diuretic, relieves heat, detoxifies and clears away heat. This is the best yellow vine seed. The price is 90 cents per catty, which is not high."
The buyer muttered: "I have never seen yellow vines with such a dark color."
The seller said: "Plantain seeds have oblong grains, while yellow vine seeds have round grains. The smell is also different. My yellow vine seeds are picked after the vines have dried up and the seeds are fully ripe. The natural color will be darker. Do you want it?"
Don't keep getting in my way."
Buyer: "I originally wanted to buy Psyllium chinensis, but since this yellow vine is so good, I'll take it too."
Nannan said softly to the buyer: "My lord, the name of the item is written on the list in the seller's hand. Take a look at it first so you won't admit it wrong."
The buyer blushed: "I'm ashamed, I don't know much about words. I just looked at it for a long time and didn't understand it. The owner asked me to buy it."
Then Nannan led them to the counter to trade.
Zhu Bai actually looked at the consumption quantity of various daily necessities last year collected from various government agencies today.
Lao Zhu attached great importance to the seven ancient items of salt, tea, wine, copper, iron, gold, and silver. It stands to reason that salt alone would be enough to cover the court's expenses.
But Lao Zhu never had enough money.
Therefore, Zhu Biao has always been puzzled and planned to study it carefully.
After the official teeth bureau began to operate, he asked the official teeth bureaus at all levels to collect and compile statistics on this data.
As a result, due to various reasons, the data was not truly collected and reported until the end of last year.
