Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty and swear not to be an official!

Chapter 40 Another opportunity to make meritorious deeds
Outside Yingtian Mansion, many victims had already arrived.

Although the laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that people must travel by road, and if they don't have such a thing, they will be arrested if they leave the village for a few miles, but now Fengyang has been hit by the disaster, and the people now think that their fellow villager Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, and want to come to Yingtian Mansion to find someone. Help, don’t worry about anything else.

The government officers and soldiers along the way also knew that this was Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow villager, and it was not possible to arrest him. If he didn't arrest him, he would not be able to persuade him. After a long time, all the troops came.

At this time, the defenders in the city were on alert and the city gates were closed.

Liao Tiancheng and Prince Zhu Biao have been wandering around the city for a while and recruited a total of 500 people.

"Brother, are you done? These five hundred, plus the original two hundred, make seven hundred craftsmen enough!"

Liao Tiancheng still had some unfinished ideas: "Seven hundred people are just making a small fuss. Selling food is not enough."

Zhu Biao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "With so many people, they can raise tens of thousands of stones of food for you a year. Isn't this enough?"

"Brother Zhu, once my wine comes out, as long as the quantity is large, it will cause other wineries in the country to close down! Ultimately, I want to supply it to the people of the entire Ming Dynasty. Do you think it is enough? Not to mention selling it to surrounding small countries in the future. Just saying that we sell it in various places in Ming Dynasty, we need to build many wine shops, which also requires a lot of manpower."

Zhu Biao rubbed his forehead: "Brother Xian, please speak slowly and let me take a moment... our wine can be sold by merchants from all over the world, so why do we have to sell it ourselves?"

Liao Tiancheng smiled: "Other merchants can sell wine, but we must open our own store so that we can get more profits!"

"But isn't this competing with the people for profit? If you open a shop to sell wine, the price will naturally be much lower, and other traders may not be able to survive."

As the prince, Zhu Biao thought things through quite well.

But Liao Tiancheng looked surprised: "Brother Zhu, I am a citizen, and I am also a businessman. This is called competition between businessmen. If they lose, it means they are incompetent. How can this be called competing for profits with the people?"

Zhu Biao rubbed his forehead for a while, and then he realized that he was still thinking about the problem in his own capacity secretly, but Liao Tiancheng was right. His making and selling wine was a personal behavior, not the operation of the court, it was a matter between the people and the people. The affairs of the people are not about competing for interests with the people.

"Hmm, that seems right. How many more people do we need to recruit?"

"It depends on how many counties we have in the Ming Dynasty! Does Brother Zhu know?"

"What a coincidence, this brother really knows! The total number is about [-] cities."

Liao Tiancheng did the math and sighed: "Even if there are only five clerks stationed in each place, there will be 7000 people!"

Zhu Biao was shocked: "7000 people! Where can we find so many people! We can't recruit more people from Yingtian Mansion, otherwise if we need to recruit refugees temporarily for some reason, there will be a situation where no one is available!"

In fact, this is not a problem. The Ming Dynasty now has a large territory, and it can recruit people anywhere.

At this time, the two of them noticed that many soldiers had gathered in the direction of the city gate.

"Brother Zhu, come over and watch the fun?"

Liao Tiancheng suggested.

Zhu Biao was afraid of being recognized by others, so he refused directly: "It's best not to go over there. The officers and soldiers are on errands, and they are easily injured by accident."

Liao Tiancheng thought so, and he and Zhu Biao planned to return home.

Just halfway through, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang looking around as if looking for someone.

"Brother Zhu, isn't that your father?"

"It's true! Who is my father looking for?" The two went up in confusion, but Zhu Yuanzhang happily grabbed Liao Tiancheng.

"Tiancheng! I finally found you!"

Liao Tiancheng looked surprised: "Old man, you are so anxious to find me, is there something wrong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed for a while. It was really shameful that the Ming Emperor actually asked a young man who was not an official for help.

Fortunately, this kid doesn't know that we are the emperor!

As long as you don't know, we don't have to be too embarrassed!

"Tiancheng, I really need your help! Fengyang was hit by floods recently, and their fields and houses were washed away. Nearly ten thousand families fled and wanted to ask the court for help. But you also know that Xu Da is still fighting in the north right now. , when money and food are tight, how can the court have money and food to give them?"

"So, old man, the court can't do anything, but it comes to me? This is too high a regard for me!"

Liao Tiancheng looked confused: I'm not a fucking official. If such a big thing happened, why did you come to me?I am a human being, not a god!

But Zhu Yuanzhang still looked at him with hope: "Tiancheng, we know that you have always been smart, so why don't you come up with something for us? If you can resolve this crisis for the court, it will be a great achievement!"

Liao Tiancheng scratched his head: "Old man, I want money now, I want a house, and I have a beautiful maid at home. I don't need anything. Why do you think I should do meritorious service? If the emperor discovers that I am a talent, I will live or die. If you want me to become an official in the court, what should I do?"

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were stunned for a while.

The world is so big, but there is still this freak?

Those who are afraid of being an official don’t want to give advice to the court!

"Brother Xian, I think it can be like this. You see, my father and I have a good relationship with the emperor. We will deal with you. We will not be officials. We will only get you some land, beauties, and even titles! As long as you If you are willing to contribute to the imperial court, we, my father and our sons, will fight for you whatever you want, and if you don’t want anything, we will definitely give it back to you!"

Liao Tiancheng was overjoyed: "Seriously? Old man, do you think so too?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had something to ask for, so he could only grit his teeth and agree: "Of course! At least on the matter of being an official, we can guarantee you that as long as you don't want to be an official, we will not...the emperor will not force you to become an official!" "

Liao Tiancheng thought for a while and then tried again: "Then I have really made a meritorious service. Can the death-free iron coupon be refunded?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened: "You kid, you are so ignorant! That thing can prevent death and is a treasure that many people want. Why do you always want to return it?"

For this reason, Liao Tiancheng did not dare to speak directly and could only express his views tactfully: "I hold this thing because I am afraid that I will expand and do something outrageous. Without this guarantee, I would be able to abide by the rules. .So if you can retreat, it’s better to retreat.”

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want him to retreat.

The iron coupon to avoid death is the highest reward you can give to your heroes. If someone returns it, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

This kind of thing cannot happen under any circumstances!
However, the current situation was special and Liao Tiancheng didn't know his identity, so Zhu Yuanzhang started talking nonsense.

"Then let's do this. As long as you can solve this problem for the court, we will persuade the emperor later and ask him to take back the iron coupons!"

It’s just persuasion, but we didn’t guarantee success!
Liao Tiancheng also heard the implication of these words, but he didn't mind, why not do it if he could fight for it?

If you succeed in striving for success, won’t you make money?

(End of this chapter)