Zhu Yong, Duke Chengguo, his father was Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng died of illness during the southern journey, which was also the beginning of Zhang Fu's rise.

After Zhu Neng's death, Zhu Yong successfully replaced the title and has since been one of the top martial arts honors in the Ming Dynasty.

It is very powerful, this is the impression outsiders will see Zhu Neng’s beard.

In the Duke Cheng's mansion, Zhu Yong sat in the study, slapped the table with his hand and said angrily: "That kid is cunning. If I hadn't been able to enter the palace, I wouldn't know that Yan Yin would be gone, it's gone! They all need to be in the official camp!"

Aide Chen Yue sighed in his heart and advised: "Dude, it's no longer possible to plot salt rays, but Yangzhou Prefecture is a pool of muddy water, which is difficult to mix up!"

"What can't be mixed up?"

Zhu Yong was angry and his beard was ignorant, looking at it in a daze: "Do those salt merchants dare to be tough with me? That just happened to deal with them."

Chen Yue frowned and said, "Duke, let's get an imperial edict. What reactions did the salt chambers of state do are worth pondering. If you want to include them in the scope of the Duke's Mansion, you feel it's a bit big."

"Not whether the salt merchants will agree, even if they agree, your Majesty will have some surprise after all, so why bother?"

"Is it okay if there is the Duke Chenggong's Mansion to support them?"

Zhu Yong said proudly: "My family and the country are together. Can't I protect a few salt merchants?"

Although the Duke Chengguo Mansion has a lot of land, it is not good at business, which is also related to Zhu Yong's short-term vision.

Chen Yue advised: "Dude, those salt merchants will definitely not be willing to lose the salt intake. At that time, some disadvantages will inevitably arise. You..."

All the following words were swallowed by Zhu Yong's stare, and Chen Yue could only smile bitterly at this.

Zhu Yong stood up and said dissatisfiedly: "When I went to Yangzhou Prefecture, you should pay more attention to the foreign affairs at home."

Seeing Zhu Yong's burly body leaving the study, Chen Yue wanted to persuade him again, but in the end he was afraid of angering his boss.

...

The next morning, Zhu Yong led his army to set off. When saying goodbye to several friends, he said that Yangzhou Prefecture has his own control and is definitely as stable as Mount Tai.

Zhu Yong left before he could walk, and what followed was a decree.

"The court decided to start the official business of salt in the future."

"This is a good thing! The official business is always better than those salt merchants who are so ill-hearted."

"At least the price will not rise randomly, otherwise we can go to the parents' officials."

"After the court has this tax, our lives will be better, so I think this salt official business is a good thing!"

"But who will send the food and grass from the border?"

"Jiaozhi has been calmed down. I heard that Xing and Bo were busy farming there before leaving, and they couldn't finish eating. There was still excess transport to several surrounding places, and there was no shortage of food there!"

"What about the north?"

"The canal has been opened, and the food in the south will come from now on. What's the matter with the salt merchants!"

"Isn't this a bridge burning across the river?"

“…”

Fang Xing got the news after breakfast, but he ignored it and went to the academy.

"Everyone is optimistic. This is a kettle with good sealing performance. Now we see the water and it's about to open."

On the table on the podium was a carbon stove, and a kettle was set up on it, with brass.

Fang Xing held a block and shook it at the students, "I will stuff this block into the mouth of the pot, and tell me what will happen?"

The plug was made according to the size. Fang Xing stuffed it hard, then clapped his hands, pointed to the spout facing the door and said, "You will see the power of steam right away."

Everyone saw that Fang Xingshou's plug had a great power and thought that it would rush out of the lid.

"Don't look at the cover, it's threaded and can't be broken!"

The charcoal fire was red and the blue tongue was licking the bottom of the pot. Soon the water opened, but the steam had nowhere to vent, so the pot began to tremble.

The water vapor was soaking in the plug, and water vapor gradually emerged from the plug, and the kettle was shaken even more violently.

The students below looked at the slug intently. This time, even Fang Xing took a few steps back, fearing that the boiling water that was washed out would splash.

"Bang!"

Everyone saw that the plug was like a shell fired from the bronze cannon, oh no! It should feel faster.

The plug rushed out of the classroom, and a stream of water vapor mixed with boiling water rushed out of the spout.

Fang Xing walked to the kettle, and the mist was steaming. He asked, "What do you think of this power?"

Li Ermao scratched his head and said, "The mountain is long and very big."

Fang Xing gestured as if it was many times larger than the kettle and asked, "What if this kettle was so big?"

Gao Jingyan stood up and said, "Teacher, that power must be very great. The disciple thinks... he should be able to rush someone out."

Fang Xing wrapped a towel and lifted the kettle down, then drew a piston and a cylinder on the blackboard, turned around and said, "If we let the steam continue to generate, then push the piston back and forth, and then take another thing that needs to be used, something that needs to be rotated continuously, such as Zhu Fang's various processing facilities, what do you think?"

Ma Su was listening, and he stood up and said, "Teacher, this will require more high containers."

"Resolution."

Fang Xing smiled and said, "But this is not a problem. We can cast it. The key is that the manufacturing of the cylinder and piston cannot be scrapped after use, and the transmission mechanism after it goes out must be taken into account."

Seeing the students thinking about the pictures on the blackboard, Fang Xing winked at Ma Su and then slipped away.

This is just a germination. No matter how powerful Fang Xing is, he cannot cover all these things. Therefore, he needs to stimulate the interest of students and wait for these saplings to grow.

However, Fang Xing is still hesitating about enrollment next spring. Should he expand it? Or is the same number as this group?

After entering the house, Huang Zhong sent the latest news.

"Brother, Duke Cheng has already set off. Before leaving, he said that if he is with Yangzhou Prefecture, those salt merchants dare not move!"

"That's a good thing!"

Fang Xing touched his chin and said, "I just hope Duke Cheng can stabilize it. After all, this matter has just begun, and those salt merchants will not submit easily."

Huang Zhong remembered Zhu Yong's nature and couldn't help but smile: "Duke Chengguo is extremely brave, I believe those salt chambers will be obedient."

"Brother, there are rumors outside that are trying to stand up for the salt merchants, saying that the court is killing donkeys."

Fang Xing said disdainfully: "Greed is not enough! How much money have they made with salt? Do you want to take advantage of this kind of advantage? They are so beautiful!"

"My Lord, Your Majesty has sent a decree to Shan/Xiang, so you must control the local salt supply."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Fang Xing felt that as long as Lao Zhu was awake, his judgment on these situations was still very accurate.

Shan/Western is close to the border, and those salt merchants are the group that take the most advantage.

"Your Majesty also asked to take over the salt delivery, but it is estimated that it will not be able to completely replace those salt merchants for a while."

Fang Xing stopped and turned around and said, "What I am worried about is this time difference. Those salt merchants just need to move their hands and feet and complain in the local area."

Huang Zhong nodded and said, "Those salt merchants must have something to do in the local area. When the call for inconvenience in the government business is high, the people will clamor, this..."
Chapter completed!