Two days later, early morning.

The teahouse business continued to be booming, and Zhu Ying made a lot of money from it.

"Boss, business in the capital is so good. The money comes in so quickly."

Uncle Zhang said excitedly while holding the accountant's account book.

Zhu Ying just glanced at it briefly and then put it beside him.

Although Zhang Bo has always followed me, he has only lived a life of fighting and killing on the grassland and has never seen much of your money.

The wild Jurchens are obviously weak in arithmetic.

As for the little money from the teahouse, it was actually just a drop in the bucket for Zhu Ying.

Not to mention the countries in the Western Regions, even the snowflake salt is exported overseas.

But the profits from trading in tea and horses are enough to be a hundred times the profits of a teahouse.

However, Zhu Ying never allowed the many forces under his command to interact with each other.

Zhang Bo's department is mainly responsible for business on the grassland.

Even for the snowflake salt, they were mainly responsible for escorting it, and did not fully understand the benefits involved.

However, most of the transactions on the grassland are based on barter, and there is very little knowledge of silver.

"How is the internet business going in the capital?" Zhu Ying asked casually.

Zhang Bo felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. In recent times, he and the guards who came with him were all immersed in the joy of silver.

Apparently, he was not very dedicated to carrying out the tasks Zhu Ying had assigned him earlier.

"Boss, the connections in the capital are too difficult to establish. Our people can't infiltrate at all and are hitting a wall everywhere." Uncle Zhang said helplessly.

This is also the biggest factor.

Zhu Ying nodded. This situation was basically within his expectations.

The current Ming Dynasty, especially the Ming Dynasty in the 25th year of Hongwu, is indeed too stable.

Outside of Nanzhili, he could still make some waves, but it was too difficult when he arrived in the capital.

The officials here are really clear-headed.

On the streets of the capital, it is impossible to see things like women being forcibly abducted or officials bullying the people.

Even if someone's family lost chickens or ducks, the Wucheng Bingmasi would go to great lengths to help find them.

As for petty thefts, Zhu Ying has never heard of any during the time he has been here.

Because the Ming Dynasty policy was implemented, those who were able to settle in Nanjing City basically had good family conditions.

Not everyone is well-educated, but there are quite a few who can read.

Moreover, the understanding of the Ming Dynasty laws is very thorough in the entire capital.

Living in the current city of Nanjing gave Zhu Ying an illusion, a sense of security similar to that of later generations.

Of course he knew that this situation was caused by Zhu Yuanzhang's strong pressure.

"Unfortunately, we can't stay in this capital for too long." Zhu Ying said with some regret.

"Boss, why is this happening? I feel like Nanjing is a pretty good city. We're doing a decent business, and it's so popular. Why would I leave?"

Uncle Zhang asked with some confusion. In his opinion, life here was many times better than on the grassland.

Zhu Ying frowned slightly, glanced at Zhang Bo and said, "If you like it here, you can stay in the capital in the future."

Zhang Bo was terrified when he heard this. He knelt on one knee and said, "I swear to defend the Dong family until my death."

Or maybe they think it’s not formal enough.

Zhang Bo knelt on the ground with his palms facing upwards, and his forehead touched the ground. He said, "I once swore an oath in front of my ancestors, witnessed by the shaman, to follow the master forever."

"Get up. I have no doubt about your loyalty. Also, this is Ming Dynasty. Don't try to act like a Jurchen tribe."

Seeing this, Zhu Ying said calmly.

An aura of superiority arose spontaneously. At this moment, Zhu Ying was the overlord of the grassland and the ruler of the Western Regions.

Rather than a lowly merchant in the Ming Dynasty.

"Thank you, master." After Zhang Bo's forehead touched the ground again, he slowly stood up.

"Go check how long it will take for our caravan to reach the capital."

"Yes, Boss."

Zhang Bo said nothing more at this moment and left.

After Zhang Bo left, Zhu Ying was alone on the second floor, lost in thought.

Although half of the second floor is designed as private rooms, it is not actually open to the public.

This was prepared by Zhu Ying for some private arrangements or individual receptions in the future.

Even if you enter the lobby on the first floor, you won't be able to see the stairs unless you look carefully.

"What exactly does Zhu Di want to do?"

At this moment, Zhu Ying thought about his last meeting with Zhu Di two days ago, and always felt that there was a hint of conspiracy.

Not to mention the current Ming Dynasty, even in the future, there has always been hatred without reason, but no love without reason.

Zhu Ying had made too many assumptions about Zhu Di's behavior, but he could not find out his true purpose.

Especially in the past two days, Zhu Ying has discovered that the people who were monitoring him near the teahouse have completely evacuated.

From the day the teahouse opened, Zhu Ying felt that someone was watching her.

After years of fighting and starting from scratch, Zhu Ying is still wary of this.

It is not difficult to guess that they are Zhu Di's subordinates.

But after we met two days ago, all those people disappeared.

It was as if Zhu Di suddenly let go.

Zhu Ying had no intention of interfering in the Jingnan Campaign that later broke out between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Ying never considered helping Zhu Yunwen.

Mainly because of Zhu Yunwen’s personality, he didn’t like him very much.

Secondly, Zhu Yunwen's identity would not allow him to truly trust a businessman.

If there is a rebellion, there is currently no soil for it in the Ming Dynasty.

For Zhu Ying, establishing a country overseas is the best option.

At present, Zhu Ying’s power is mainly in the desert, grassland, and in the gaps between the countries in the Western Regions.

But in fact, Zhu Ying’s main target was Annan.

Whether considering the location or any other angle, Annan is an excellent choice.

Annan is located at the junction of the Indochina Peninsula and its geographical location is extremely important.

It can control Champa, Siam, and Cambodia nearby, and Manchuria and Sumatra, Johor Bahru, Java, and Nepal near the peninsula far away.

It has a very important significance for Zhu Ying's great navigation plan.

However, if this were the case, after Zhu Di had quelled the rebellion, when Zheng He sailed to the West, he would inevitably come into conflict with him.

But would Zhu Ying be afraid?

First of all, let’s not talk about Zhu Di’s focus on the Wala tribe on the grassland.

Now it is the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, and it was not until Zhu Di's successful suppression of the rebellion in history that he arranged for Zhang Fu to lead his army deep into Annan and win a great victory in the fourth year of Yongle.

That’s still fourteen years away.

If Zhu Ying still hasn't grown up in fourteen years, then he should just find a piece of tofu and kill himself, so as not to embarrass future generations.

However, due to the influence of many factors, Annan has not intervened at present, but has only arranged for secret personnel to collect intelligence.

Although the Chen Dynasty of Annan was established in the first year of Jianwen, when Hu Jima deposed the young emperor and proclaimed himself king, establishing the Hu Dynasty.

But the current Annan regime is in chaos.

Zhu Ying's original plan was to leave Peking and head to Annan.

But he didn't expect to be forced to come to the capital by Zhu Di.

Of course, the key to impressing Zhu Ying was Zhu Gaochi's thoughts on firearms.

Just when Zhu Ying was thinking about how to find a way to stimulate Zhu Gaochi to get the warrant as soon as possible and go to the Armory or even the Gunpowder Bureau.

The housekeeper downstairs came up to report: "Boss, the old man from a few days ago is here again today."

Zhu Ying was speechless.

The last time he left, Zhu Ying told the old man that he could come and visit more often.

only,

I was just being polite, why did he take it seriously?