Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Dad, what I mean is that no one should be appointed, and we should see what tricks the people below can come up with. My second and third brothers are often encountered by chance. I have never had a quiet time during my last court session. With these three bets, won't it be clear who is a human or a ghost?"

Zhu Gaochi felt that the current situation was very good.

It would be better if it lasts a while longer.

As long as the three brothers are not alienated.

In three to five years, all the ministers with ulterior motives in the court will be exposed.

"It's time for your brother to get married! The three adult princes are living in the palace, and the old guys are urging him every day."

Zhu Di was annoyed by the urging.

In fact, there is no suspense about this matter.

Zhu Gaochi was the crown prince before and now he is the prince.

He said that he was not satisfied with his fat and fair eldest son, but that was just words.

After Zhu Gaochi got married, he became braver, lost weight, and had a son.

Zhu Di liked Zhu Xiaopang so much that he started to like Zhu Dapang as well.

"So, the position of the crown prince has nothing to do with me, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Xu.

He had thought about it, but not too carefully.

Now, seeing the way his father was talking to Zhu Gaochi, he felt relieved.

"Yes, the eldest son shall be the heir."

Xu nodded.

"Well, alas!"

Zhu Gaoxu sighed.

I don't really want it, and my parents have no intention of giving it to me at all. There is still a bit of a gap between the two.

"Nephew, how about Uncle Seventeen take you to occupy territory overseas?"

Prince Ning had some sympathy for Zhu Gaoxu.

His brother stole the throne for fun, but he knew the situation and suffered the consequences. It's a pity.

"Okay, let's hang out with Uncle Seventeen."

Zhu Gaoxu put his arm around Prince Ning's shoulder, and both of them looked up at the sky.

"Tsk tsk tsk, they should both play an erhu -, throw a few more fallen leaves from the sky - the wind is whistling and the Yishui River is cold, the warrior will never come back once he leaves -"

Princess Ning complained.

"Hahahaha!"

Xu laughed.

"Come here, put on the pen and ink."

Prince Ning became interested after hearing Princess Ning's description.

After the young eunuch got the brush and ink ready, Prince Ning painted the bleak autumn wind described by his wife vividly with just a few strokes.

Zhang Xin's eyes were full of stars, and she sighed:

"Uncle Seventeen is really proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

"You are amazing too. You can fry, stir-fry, steam and cook anything."

Xu understood Zhang Xin and comforted her.

"Pfft - Fourth sister-in-law, now that you mention it, I have to show off a bit. There are only two things I can't do. I can't play the piano, chess, calligraphy, or painting, and I can't fry, stir-fry, or steam or cook."

Princess Ning burst into laughter.

"How dare you say that!"

Xu walked up and pinched Princess Ning.

While the women were laughing together, the men became much more serious.

"Then make all three of you kings. Move out of the palace so they can seduce you more easily."

Zhu Di did not have to appoint a crown prince now. Since Zhu Gaochi had better ideas, he could follow their lead.

"Please don't add the word 'king', thank you!"

Zhu Gaochi black line.

"Is it time to argue about those homophones in the conversation? How can you be the crown prince if you are so out of tune?"

Zhu Di immediately withdrew his intention to make Zhu Gaochi the crown prince.

"Dad, I'm on Big Brother's side this time. The bastard in front of you has another one behind him! It sounds green."

Zhu Gaoxu's depressed mood only passed for a moment, and he couldn't miss the opportunity to complain about the emperor.

"roll--"

Zhu Di, who always felt that his son had reported something wrong, turned his hatred towards Zhu Zhanji and his children again.

Suddenly I realized that, hey, that night, the little guys didn't make any sound after they finished eating.

A few little heads gathered together, and I don’t know what they are doing.

"Little Fatty, what are you doing?"

When Zhu Zhanji was called, he raised his head slightly and saw that it was Zhu Di who called him. He responded:

"Grandpa, we are talking about the length of the stems of the mushrooms used in the longevity dish tonight."

Upon hearing this, Xu was surprised and asked:

"why?"

"Grandma, did you buy these mushrooms? Do we have them in our royal farm?"

Zhu Zhanji did not answer but asked instead.

Xu was stumped by the question and looked at Zhang Xin. She hadn't been involved in these purchasing matters for a long time.

"We can't grow them in our imperial farm. These are mushrooms from Rucheng, tributed here. The same goes for the bamboo shoots in the longevity dish."

Zhang Xin answered with a smile.

"Oh. Teacher Xia was teaching us economics today, and he was talking about the stems of the mushrooms. I just ate one, and I think the stems are a bit long."

Zhu Zhanji held his chin with a look of dissatisfaction.

"What did you say? Do you think the mushroom stems have grown longer?"

Zhu Di was a little curious.

He had never heard how Xia Yuanji actually taught the children.

It's so wild! Is there a rule for the length of mushroom stems?

"Okay. Today, Teacher Xia gave us a question and asked us what we should do and what we learned. We were just discussing this."

Zhu Zhanji agreed and began to lecture.

Rucheng has become a wholesale and distribution center for fresh and dried mushrooms since the emperor granted permission to cut and cultivate mushrooms in the early years.

Rucheng mushrooms are of good quality and taste great. Although the price is relatively high, they are also quite popular among traveling merchants.

There was a big merchant who specialized in mushrooms, and he would add 30% to the price when buying.

The requirement is that all mushrooms must be of specified size and have their stems removed.

Because the big merchants mainly supplied high-ranking officials and nobles, the price of large mushrooms with the stems removed could be several times higher than that of ordinary ones. It was too troublesome and time-consuming for him to arrange people to pick the mushrooms by the stems, so he simply let the mushroom farmers earn this part of the money.

The mushroom farmers are very happy.

Removing the stems of the shiitake mushrooms only makes it a little more troublesome to pick them, but the lost weight is not a problem at all compared to the 30% price increase, so the farmers all agreed.

It is impossible to pick mushrooms in one go.

The merchants stayed in Rucheng waiting for the mushrooms to be completely picked.

Farmers come to deliver mushrooms every day.

At first, the farmers did go and deliver the children as required.

But within a few days, when the big merchants received the goods, they found that someone had mixed the mushrooms with stems into the mushrooms without stems.

The big merchants were very dissatisfied.

Because of this small number of mushrooms with stems, he had to ask someone to check all the mushrooms. His original intention of spending some money and saving trouble was not achieved at all.

But the mushroom farmers came from far away to send the mushrooms, so he could only suppress his dissatisfaction and accept them.

And once again, do not collect mushrooms with stems.

But the good intentions and concessions of the big merchants were of no use.

As soon as one mushroom was mixed with a handle, a second one appeared. Within a few days, all the mushrooms harvested from different households were mixed with handles.

Later on, a local mushroom farmer, Li Si, directly brought several hundred kilograms of shiitake mushrooms with handles.

Big merchants won’t do that.

Refuse to accept delivery.

Li Si relied on the fact that he was the enemy and argued with the big merchants. He also brought other farmers who were present at the scene to join the quarrel and demanded that the big merchants accept the goods according to the negotiated price.

The big merchants were weak and had to give it up in the end.

The next day, all the mushrooms sent by mushroom farmers not only had stems, but also had a strong smell.

The big merchant originally planned to buy all the mushrooms in Rucheng this season.

Seeing this situation, you can't afford to provoke it, but you can afford to hide away.

I left directly on the third day.

[Small science: Shiitake mushrooms are mushrooms that parasitize on chestnut and oak trunks. Longevity vegetables are a famous Ming Dynasty imperial dish that Zhu Yuanzhang liked, namely, fried winter bamboo shoots with shiitake mushrooms.]