Chapter 89 Rescue Zhu Di

"Don't make such a fuss in front of me. When a person dies, it's like a light goes out. Now, except for you, who else would take your father seriously?"

Looking at the nonchalant Rosen, Zhu Di gradually calmed down.

Even if he went out and said now that Rosen insulted Emperor Taizu, no one would believe him.

"You said, if I..."

"No."

Without waiting for Zhu Di to finish his words, Rosen directly denied what Zhu Di said next.

"What do you think of this king, Mr. Luo?"

"He has the appearance of a heroic leader."

"Mr. Naro, are you willing to help me?"

"What good can I do for you?"

Zhu Di smiled and said, "If I can really obtain that position one day, you will be the most powerful among the dukes and marquises."

Rosen shook his head: "If you become emperor, dismiss my son from office and expel him from the court."

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows. Many talented people under his command came to him for money, fame and power, but not one of them wanted to make his son lose his job.

"Why?"

"A bookworm in the court will either become a puppet at the mercy of others, or he will gradually lose himself and become corrupt like those Confucianists. I, Rosen, can afford a useless son, but I don't need a son who harms the people."

"What kind of help can Mr. Luo provide to this king?"

"If you want money, I will give you money. If you want food, I will give you food. If you want to leave Yingtian Prefecture now, I will also send you out of Yingtian Prefecture."

Zhu Di looked at Luo Sen in surprise: "I really didn't know that the Luo family had such a fortune, and they paid so much just to make their son lose his official position and title."

"It's better than having future generations nail him to the pillar of shame and humiliate him."

"You are so pessimistic about your own son?"

"I don't think highly of him and Zhu Yunwen."

"How do I know that you were not sent by Zhu Yunwen to test me?"

"In a month, 10 million taels of silver will be delivered to Prince Yan's Mansion in Yanjing. You can wait for news from Prince Yan's Mansion."

Zhu Di's pupils suddenly contracted. What does ten million taels of silver mean?

In the first year after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, the treasury was 700 million taels, and in recent years it had reached 2800 million taels.

In other words, Rosen could take out 30% of the national treasury income and give it to him at one time.

Rosen stood up and waved his hand: "If you need anything else, find a trustworthy servant to work for me."

At this moment, Zhu Di really believed what Rosen said. After all, no one would spend so much money to conduct sting operations.

In the following days, Zhu Yunwen began to blatantly reduce the power of the princes, and his methods were extremely cruel.

Each of Zhu Yunwen's uncles was in a state of constant fear. Zhu Di was trapped in Yingtian Prefecture and even started to act crazy and competed with dogs for food.

"Your Majesty, you can't eat that...you can't eat it..."

A steward from Prince Yan's mansion pulled Zhu Di, but Zhu Di ignored him and went into the pigsty.

The steward of the Prince of Yan's Palace whispered in Zhu Di's ear: "Your Highness, there was a letter from the Prince of Yan's Palace saying that half a month ago a caravan delivered 10 million taels of silver to the Prince of Yan's Palace."

Zhu Di trembled all over, and the steward pulled Zhu Di towards his residence.

"Don't pull me. You are so brave to stop me from enjoying the delicacies."

Along the way, Zhu Di's actions and words attracted a lot of people's attention, but Zhu Di still performed hard as if no one was around.

After returning to his residence and making sure that there was no one around, Zhu Di's crazy look faded away and his eyes became sharp.

"Did Prince Yan's Palace really send tens of millions of taels of silver?"

"It is absolutely true. It is the handwritten letter of Princess Yan. I burned it after reading it. I did not dare to keep it. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Di waved his hand. He naturally trusted the person in charge beside him, and he did this to ensure that the news would not leak out.

If the little emperor knew that his Prince Yan's Mansion had 10 million taels of silver, would he still be able to sit still?

"Go to Zuixianju and buy three and a half catties of brine."

"Your Majesty...this..."

"Go ahead, the shopkeeper of Zuixianju knows what it means."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Three quarters of an hour later, the steward came back.

"My Lord, I have bought the things."

"Did the shopkeeper of Zuixianju say anything?"

"The shopkeeper said that at 3:30 pm in the evening, a bucket of swill would pass by the gate of Prince Yan's mansion."

Zhu Di nodded without any objection.

Isn't it just hiding in the slop bucket and getting out? As long as he can get out of Yingtian Prefecture, he is willing to do it even if it is in a dung bucket.

In the evening, a cart of泔水桶 passed by the gate of the mansion on time. However, the guards arranged by Zhu Yunwen outside the gate were nowhere to be seen. Zhu Di quickly came out from the gate and got into the泔水桶.

The donkey cart carrying swill passed slowly through the city gate. The guards at the city gate did not even check the swill buckets, but urged the donkey cart to hurry out.

Ten miles out of Yingtian Prefecture, Rosen was already waiting here.

When Zhu Di came out of the swill bucket, Rosen immediately took a few steps back.

Zhu Di looked at Rosen a few more times and felt hurt.

"I thought Mr. Luo was not particular about small matters."

"It stinks, I don't care if you are embarrassed or not. Here are the clothes I gave you, and there is a bathtub next to it. Hurry up and get happy."

Zhu Di did not expect Rosen's arrangements to be so meticulous. Since he fell into trouble, no one had been so considerate to him except his wife and children.

After cleaning, Zhu Di felt much refreshed and more energetic.

"I will repay you handsomely in the future for your great kindness today."

"Remember what you promised me." Rosen said solemnly, and at the same time took out a book and handed it to Zhu Di: "Shuntian Prefecture has a lot of coal mines. This book records the uses of coal, steelmaking technology, and the manufacturing technology of new firearms. It also comes with a distribution map of the mine resources around Shuntian Prefecture."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di became more curious about Rosen and bowed.

"I have done what I should do. Now it depends on your performance." Rosen waved his hand and turned to leave.

"Mr. Luo, have you ever thought about what would happen if I failed?"

"I have nothing to lose. It's just a little money, which won't make me feel bad. At most, my son will be dismissed from office due to illness. You are betting on the lives of your entire family. If you win, you will have the whole world, but if you lose, your whole family will die. So you shouldn't ask me this question, you should ask yourself."

It took Zhu Di ten days to travel two thousand miles, and five horses died on the way.

"Silang." When Xu Miaoyun learned that Zhu Di had returned, she excitedly ran through Prince Yan's Mansion and threw herself into Zhu Di's arms.

"Miaoyun, it's okay, it's okay, I'm back."

"Amitabha, Your Majesty, welcome back." At this moment, a monk in a black robe walked in. The monk's eyes were inverted triangles, but there was a calmness and composure in his eyes. He was the black-robed demon monk Yao Guangxiao: "Your Majesty, your return this time is so sudden, we are not prepared at all."

In fact, Xu Miaoyun and Yao Guangxiao had already planned to rescue Zhu Di, but unexpectedly Zhu Di ran back on his own.

"Miaoyun, did someone send 10 million taels to our Prince Yan's Mansion some time ago?"

"That's right, Shiro, but is there something wrong with this batch of silver?"

Zhu Di thought about it and recounted the story of how he met Rosen.

Yao Guangxiao was surprised: "So this Mr. Luo gave the prince tens of millions of taels of silver and even went to great lengths to rescue you from Yingtian Prefecture, just to make his son lose his official position and title?"

Xu Miaoyun was also shocked. What kind of weird request was this?

Zhu Di took out another book and said, "Master, please see if this is feasible."

Yao Guangxiao opened the first page, which recorded the mining, use, and detailed distribution of coal in great detail. Then he turned to the second page, which was a map of the entire Shuntian Prefecture, which recorded the distribution of copper, iron, gold, and silver mines in the Shuntian Prefecture area.

"My Lord, what is this book?"

"Mr. Naro gave it to me."

"This book is very useful! Now in the hands of the prince, it is like adding wings to a tiger." Yao Guangxiao said excitedly: "There is a method called assembly line in it, which can speed up the process of making weapons by several times. If we use this method to make fire guns, we can build a fire gun battalion of 10,000 people in two or three months."

"Master, do you think there are other forces behind Mr. Luo?"

"No." Yao Guangxiao said firmly.

"Why?"

"The power of the world has basically been divided among the emperor, officials, and gentry. There is no room for a fourth force in this world."

"But these ten million taels of silver are not something that one person can come up with."

Yao Guangxiao patted the book in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the records in this book?"

"I don't know."

"I guess this person has the means to accurately survey various mineral deposits, so he has such wealth. To him, money is indeed worthless." Yao Guangxiao said: "Assuming that there is a force behind him, then what they are seeking is nothing more than power and profit. Imagine if he gave the 10 million taels to the little emperor, could he get power in return?"

"Naturally."

No one could refuse the astronomical figure of 10 million taels.

"If there are other forces behind him, do they want the emperor to be weak or strong?"

"Cowardly."

"That's right. Only an individual can be so willful and spend money at will."

"Is there a bigger conspiracy?"

"If they have a bigger agenda, they will choose someone else to support them."

"Silang, I also think that Mr. Luo is more like a willful person." Xu Miaoyun said.

"Do you feel the same way?"

"From his conversation with you, it's not hard to tell that he disdains officialdom and has no respect for the imperial power." Xu Miaoyun said, "I am a little curious about this Mr. Luo."

"I'll see you when I get a chance."

Now that Zhu Di has fled back to Shuntian Prefecture, Zhu Yunwen will definitely issue an order to arrest him.

So from the moment he fled Yingtian Prefecture, he had no way to retreat.

Fortunately, the distance of two thousand miles gave him two or three months to prepare.

The most urgent task is to recruit soldiers and horses. King Ning Zhu Quan still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

As long as Zhu Quan is willing to lend him troops, coupled with the steelmaking technology he has at hand, he will be able to have a powerful armed force in a very short time.

"I'm going to go to Zhu Quan, and I'll leave the affairs of Shuntian Prefecture to you."

"Silang, you just came back. You must have been exhausted from all the traveling. Why don't you take a rest for two days?"

Zhu Di shook his head: "If we can't borrow troops from Zhu Quan this time, it will be difficult for us to accomplish our mission. We should do this as soon as possible. There is no time to delay."