Zhang Zhen's heart tightened when he heard this, and he still couldn't hide from what he should have come! It seems that his guess is correct, the emperor must be asking for money again!

"We decided to build a road and build the cement road from Yingtian to the northwest!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly.

"Hasn't His Royal Highness King Su been building roads?".

Zhang Zhen asked with a puzzled face.

Because it is no secret that Ganzhou is building roads now!

Not only have the cement roads in Ganzhou been repaired to Xi'an, but they are also continuing to expand outward, and now they have been repaired to Shangluo Danfeng County!

Although it is still in Shaanxi, it will enter Henan in the southeast!

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless when he heard this!

What does this Zhang Zhen think?

This guy shouldn't be thinking about letting the old fourteen pay for this road, right?

"Why do you think King Su will build the cement road to Henan?"

"If we hadn't discussed it with Lao Fourteen, this road might not have been from Xi'an to Henan, but directly from Ganzhou to the Chengdu Basin!"

"Even the King of Shu knows the benefits of building roads, Zhang Aiqing, as the head of the household, can't he not see it, right?"

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Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

Zhang Zhen smiled wryly!

How could he, the head of the household, not know the benefits of building cement roads? For example, recently, the supply of honeycomb coal in the northwest has been in short supply due to transportation problems!

If there is a cement road leading directly to the south of the Yangtze River, more honeycomb coal can be transported! The output of honeycomb coal in the northwest is sufficient, but if it cannot be transported, it will be in vain!

But Zhang Zhen also has his plans!

Anyway, the King of Su and the King of Shu were willing to pay for the road construction by themselves, so why should they rush to pay for it by themselves when they took the imperial court? He also saved a lot of money for the imperial court! However, looking at the emperor's intentions, he was still very dissatisfied with this!

It's really difficult to be a book in the household department!

"This ...... Naturally, the minister knows the benefits of building roads!"

"But although there are millions of taels of silver in the treasury, they can't all be used to build roads!"

"And you had to promote the cultivation of rubber before, which is also a lot of money!"

Zhang Zhen explained with a look of embarrassment.

"Whether it's the planting of rubber or the construction of roads, it's all for the benefit of the country and the people, since you also think it's a good thing, how can there be any reason to oppose it?"

"The old fourteen rubber seeds will not be given in vain, and the cement used for road construction will not be given in vain.

"During this period of time, the treasury is so full, if this money is not used, it is no different from a pile of scrap iron in the treasury!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said indifferently.

Besides, isn't there only a few million taels of silver left in the imperial court, and isn't there still a steady stream of silver earned back every month? This is also where Zhu Yuanzhang's confidence lies!

"This ...... Obey the order!"

Zhang Zhen sighed helplessly.

He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang invited him over for dinner today, and he discussed with him in a good voice, which was already enough to give him face! If he still didn't know how to raise and had to go against Zhu Yuanzhang, then it would be a bit too much to say, Zhang Zhen, as the leader of the household department, was also a compulsory course for judging the situation and sizing up the situation!

And it can also be seen from this that His Majesty still attaches great importance to him!

If it were another minister, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably have issued a direct order with a holy decree, and whoever still discussed it with you would have directly informed you!

So although Zhang Zhen was slamming the door, he was also able to figure out some issues!

The main thing is to build roads and plant rubber trees, which are indeed good things, but he is just distressed about the money invested in the early stage, not that he is against building roads or planting rubber!

"We know that Zhang Aiqing knows the general situation!

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"In that case, the silver for road construction and rubber planting will come out from the household department, and send someone to talk directly to King Su's side!"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhang Zhen was relieved, and immediately nodded with satisfaction!

Although this old boy is an iron rooster on weekdays, he is still quite sensible at critical moments......

Beiping Yanwang Mansion.

Ten days passed in a hurry.

Zhu Di looked at the reply that the imperial court had just sent him, and his face turned pale!

The old man actually rejected his request, and this year he didn't give a penny of grain to Beiping!

The only thing that made Zhu Di feel a little better was that all the vassal kings were treated like this, and it was not just for him Zhu Di alone!

Of course, he didn't know that it was because of him, and the old man also rejected all the requests of the other vassal kings!

Sooner or later, he would have to take the blame for this matter!

In fact, it wasn't that Zhu Di suddenly had a brain twitch and opened his mouth to Zhu Yuanzhang! He was just unwilling and wanted to test the old man's attitude towards him!

In the final analysis, it was because of the old fourteen, he felt that the old man was too partial, and gave all the benefits to the old fourteen!

He just wanted to see what kind of weight he would have in the old man's heart? Although Zhu Di himself felt that it was too much for a million taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth, but in his opinion, even if the old man did not agree, he should give a little more! Even if he gave two or three hundred thousand taels, it would be a little higher than in previous years!

But he didn't expect that the old man would do such a great job!

This also made him feel more and more that the old man was really good to the old fourteen!

"Master, what do you think about this matter?"

Zhu Di asked Yao Guangxiao with a pale face.

"Actually, Your Highness doesn't have to be so persistent, even if His Majesty doesn't agree to give food, it can't mean anything, didn't all the vassal kings give it?"

Yao Guangxiao laughed disapprerovingly.

In his opinion, Zhu Di is a little overthinking!

To put it bluntly, it's just the red-eyed Su King Zhu Ao!

Many times, it is often because of a little interest in front of them that people are easily confused, and Zhu Di may be in this state!"You mean, the father did not favor the old fourteen?"??

Zhu Di frowned! "In fact, King Su has been able to develop to the current level, and Your Majesty has not stopped him at most, have you ever seen Your Majesty help him?"

"On the contrary, King Su Zhu can also help the imperial court, for example, in the matter of refined salt, it can make the imperial court follow suit!"

"To put it mildly, that's indeed King Su's ability!"

"If His Royal Highness can also have this ability, then the one who is having a headache now may be King Su!"

"There is no such thing as partiality or impartiality!"

Yao Guangxiao reminded him that he was tired.

Hearing this, Zhu Di's face became more and more ugly! .

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