The construction of the glass greenhouse was very smooth. Just now the summer passed, and all the two greenhouses in the palace were built. Even the greenhouse at Li Jie's home started construction. This winter, you can test the effect of the greenhouse.

During this period, Li Jie was relatively leisurely except for supervising the construction of the glass greenhouse. The Patent Office had completely gotten on the right track. He didn't need to help Zhu Yunyu watch it every day. He just had a name for martial arts, sometimes he wouldn't go once a month. As for the Xuzhen Academy, he didn't even have a name for him, and he only occasionally gave two classes.

It can be said that Li Jie's days were quite leisurely. After Zhu Yunyu had a conflict with Fan Yuner, his relationship went further. However, it was inconvenient for the two to meet, so he asked Zhu Yuning to help them arrange it. Although Lao Zhu turned a blind eye to such things, he could not be too frequent.

That morning, Li Jie was called by Zhu Biao to the Wenhua Hall where he handled official affairs, and helped him handle some of the affairs sent by the Peking Mansion, mainly some planning matters for the construction of the Beijing Prefecture. After all, Lao Zhu only gave two years to prepare for the capital to move the capital. Now the first year is almost over, and the construction in the Peking has also accelerated, and many things need to be nodded by Nanjing.

"By the way, the father said two days ago that he planned to let me go to Peking in advance next year. What do you think?" Zhu Biao asked Li Jie while handling official duties. After Li Jie officially became his son-in-law, Zhu Biao completely regarded him as his family and would discuss many things with Li Jie.

"There are many things that can be restrained from moving the capital in all aspects. It is indeed necessary to have a person with a very high weight to take charge in Peking. Your Highness's identity is of course the most appropriate, but your Highness's body..."

Li Jie showed a hesitant look at the end. He was always very worried about Zhu Biao's body. Zhu Biao almost died suddenly last time. Although he was rescued by himself, the root of the disease was still there. Old Zhu also knew this, so he specially sent an imperial doctor to follow Zhu Biao at all times and diagnosed Zhu Biao on time.

"Don't worry, I know my body myself. Since I lost the fat on my body, my body has improved a lot. The last time I fell ill was just an accident. I have been insisting on exercising more during this period. I even picked up my archery skills when I was young. I dare not say that I would go to battle and kill the enemy, but ordinary three or five young people are not my opponents!" Zhu Biao patted his chest and said proudly.

Although Zhu Biao's words were a bit bragging, his physical condition did improve greatly. Especially after losing weight, he insisted on exercising. In addition, he ate healthy and maintained a very strong body. In addition, Zhu Biao was tall, so he looked tall and burly, which was somewhat similar to Lao Zhu.

"Your Highness, the strength of your body does not mean that there is no internal problem. The last time you got sick, it was probably because of a heart problem. This disease cannot be treated by medicine and stone. You can only pay attention to rest and avoid recurrence, so you must not be careless!" Li Jie immediately advised again.

"I understand this principle, so I'm starting to pay attention to the combination of work and rest. You see, today I'll call you to help me with my work?" Zhu Biao smiled again.

Li Jie didn't know what to say when he heard this, so he had to speak, "Okay, but your highness would better pay more attention to your health, especially diet and exercise. After all, no matter what disease it is, it is best to focus on prevention!"

Just as Li Jie finished speaking, a eunuch suddenly rushed over and sent a document and said, "Report to your Highness, the urgent report sent by Japan!"

Zhu Biao was also shocked when he heard this. The emergency report from Japan might only be Zhu Chuang, which made him catch the document, but then he frowned and asked, "It's an urgent report, why not send it to his father?"

"Your Majesty is summoning the minister and told him not to disturb him, so the documents were sent here." The eunuch replied again.

Zhu Biao nodded after hearing this, waved his hand to let the eunuch go down, and then opened the document. At first, he looked solemn, but then he slapped the table excitedly and laughed: "Okay! That's great! The second brother did not disappoint us!"

"What good news is there to make Your Highness happy?" Li Jie also asked curiously when he saw this.

"You can see it yourself!" Zhu Biao directly stuffed the document to Li Jie, and he himself walked back and forth several times in the hall excitedly, as if he was digesting the good news on the document.

Li Jie opened the document and looked at it, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face. This was actually another document to announce the good news, and it could even be said to be a good news.

Zhu Ceng described the situation he faced in Japan at the beginning. Generally speaking, he was attacked from all sides. Of course, this was also his own fault. After all, he was eager to explore and grab people everywhere, which would definitely attract people around him to encircle him.

However, although Zhu Ceng had a very poor character, it did not prevent him from being a talented general. He actually fought back beautifully when he made enemies everywhere, and even used himself as bait to attract the enemies to unite to attack. As a result, he fought back in one fell swoop, and even fought a beautiful turnaround with less victory.

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In fact, this battle result seems surprising, but it is also normal. In addition to Zhu Chuang himself, the most important thing is the weapons and equipment of the Ming army, as well as their daily training, which are far superior to the Japanese army. After all, it is now the early Ming Dynasty, and the Ming army has not been corrupt, but is still in its peak period.

Actually, it doesn’t mean that it was the beginning. Even in the Wanli period, the Ming army was already corrupt, but it could still defeat the Japanese army in Korea. You should know that Japan was at its heyday. Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated all forces and unified Japan. This made him expand his ambitions to invade Korea, but he was defeated by the Ming army. At that time, the Ming army had long since disappeared from the bravery and good fighting in the early Ming Dynasty, but it was still not comparable to Japan.

After defeating the powerful enemies around him, Zhu Ceng did not become honest. Instead, after Zhu Di sent the recruited Jurchens to his subordinates, Zhu Ceng immediately realized the value of these Jurchens. He organized the Jurchens to establish a Jurchen cavalry, and then asked them to imitate the Mongolian cavalry and directly looted everywhere in Japan. Usually, the Jurchen cavalry did not bring any supplies at all, and they would rob wherever they went, causing chaos in Japan.

Zhu Ceng did this not only because of his cruel personality, but also had two very practical purposes. The first is to intensify the conflict between the Jurchens and the Japanese, so that there is no possibility of reconciliation of hatred between them, so that the Jurchens could only rely on his subordinates to ensure their loyalty.

As for the second purpose, of course, it is to take the opportunity to mess up Japan so that they cannot unite to deal with themselves. After all, no matter how strong Zhu Ren is, he is just an outsider and has no foundation in Japan. Before, just the forces around Ishimi Country united him, which made him a little tired of dealing with it. If Japan is really allowed to unite against him, he may be driven out of Japan even if he has three heads and six arms.

At the end of the document, Zhu Ceng reported another good news, that is, the large ore veins found before had been officially mined, causing the production of silver to rise sharply. Of course, this is mainly attributed to the silver smelting method improved by the craftsmen sent by the court. In just a few months, Zhu Ceng had mined one million taels of silver. If nothing unexpected happens, the production of silver this year is likely to reach more than three million taels.

After reading this document, Li Jie couldn't help but secretly admire that although he was not ashamed of Zhu Xi's character, he had to admire this guy's courage and decisiveness. He even didn't need the court's instructions to do many things, so he knew how to do it himself. For example, it was like the Jurchens, which was perfect for cooperation with the court.

"Let's go! Let's meet your father!" Zhu Biao stopped excitedly at this time and took Li Jie to the warm room where Lao Zhu was. Lao Zhu summoned the ministers and refused to see outsiders, but Zhu Biao was an exception.

On the way, Li Jie was thinking in his mind that now the silver has been mined, so shouldn’t it be put on the agenda for the treasure money?

Soon Li Jie and Zhu Biao came to the warm room. When they entered the room, they found that in addition to Lao Zhu, there was also a middle-aged man in his thirties. The middle-aged man was thin, with tall cheekbones on his cheeks, not big eyes but very energetic. He looked gentle and kind, but he was not wearing an official uniform and didn't look like an official, and Li Jie didn't know each other either.

Zhu Biao didn't seem to know this middle-aged man either. He just glanced at the other party and stepped forward to salute Lao Zhu and said, "Father, I'm so happy! The news sent by my second brother from Japan!"

"Oh? Come and see me!" Old Zhu immediately stood up and said when he heard this.

The middle-aged man standing below immediately showed a look of surprise when he heard Zhu Biao's name to Lao Zhu. He saw him look up at Zhu Biao, then bowed to Zhu Biao and said, "See Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

"This is..." Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment before asking Lao Zhu.

"This is Fang Xiaoru I mentioned to you at the beginning. Speaking of which, he is also a student of Song Lian, and you are also a fellow disciple!" Old Zhu pointed to the middle-aged man and introduced him. After saying that, he looked down at the document sent by Zhu Chuang.

Hearing the name "Fang Xiaoru", Li Jie suddenly looked up, and Zhu Biao showed a look of surprise. Then he looked at the other party and smiled: "It turns out that he is Mr. Liucheng, who is famous all over the world, and he is respectful!"

Song Lian was Zhu Biao's teacher, but later he was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and was almost executed by Lao Zhu. Fortunately, Zhu Biao saved Song Lian's life by threatening to jump into the river. Fang Xiaoru was also one of Song Lian's students. He had become one of the famous scholars at a young age and was quite famous among scholars. Because he lived in Hucheng for his former residence, he was known as Hucheng for Mr. Hucheng.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is so polite. You are so lucky to see Your Highness again after being summoned by Your Majesty!" Fang Xiaoru said very modestly at this time. After saying that, he also saw Li Jie behind Zhu Biao, and then smiled again, "I think this person should be the famous Jinghai Bo, right?"
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