The grassland issue is one thing.

In other aspects, Zhu Ying obviously pays more attention to the development of people's livelihood.

Especially regarding commerce.

Good development can enhance people’s lives.

As people's lives improve and their physical condition improves, recruiting soldiers will naturally become easier.

With sufficient manpower, the Ming Dynasty's military strength will not decrease.

At this point, Zhu Ying has set the tone for the development of animal husbandry.

Zhu Ying was well aware that corn was the best feed. While vigorously planting corn, he also constantly encouraged the development of animal husbandry.

After several months, more than a dozen white pigs were transported to the capital on a large ship outside Zhengyang Gate.

The news soon reached Zhu Ying, and even Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it.

"Grandson, is that white pig really as good as you said?"

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask his eldest grandson.

Because according to the eldest grandson, white pig has so many benefits.

They grow fat, raise fast, and produce many offspring.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born into a poor peasant family, certainly knew what these three advantages represented. This meant that more people would be able to eat meat.

As for the taste, it is not that important.

If meat could be eaten by millions of ordinary people, just like rice, it would truly be a prosperous age!

"Don't worry, Grandpa. These are the pigs that my grandson specially collected when he asked the Chamber of Commerce to travel overseas. When I was in the Western Regions, I heard others talk about this matter, and I have always kept it in mind."

As for Zhu Ying, no matter what time it is, just push it directly to the Western Regions.

There were many small countries in the Western Regions, and there were so many merchants from various countries that no one could tell what was going on inside.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang became obviously more interested.

On the dock.

Zhu Yuanzhang arrived in person. Even though his eldest grandson told him that it would be transported to the palace, he still wanted to take a good look at it as soon as possible.

It is naturally impossible to call a pig a pig nowadays.

After all, the Ming Dynasty belonged to the Zhu family.

If people shout "kill the pig", isn't it the same as shouting "kill Zhu"?

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was very considerate of folk affairs, for example, he even created his own font to name his descendants in order to avoid taboos, but when he heard about killing pigs or killing Zhu, he must have felt bad.

Therefore, pigs nowadays are more often called "豕", "豚", "彘" and so on.

Anyway, a pig can't be called a pig.

"Master, please come aboard. There are more than 300 white pigs shipped from overseas, from various countries. The ones in the ** are specially sent as samples."

After Zhang Bo saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying, he began to speak.

This trip was of the nature of an incognito visit, not a grand one, so naturally the titles and etiquette were much simpler.

The name Zhu Yuanzhang was called "Master" when he was outside.

The environment of more than 300 pigs together is naturally not very elegant, so this ship is specially packed in sections.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately boarded the ship to find out what was going on.

Although the boat was a pig farm, we had known that Zhu Ying would come here, as he was the boss, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Therefore, after two or three days, these white pigs began to be bathed every day, and even the bathing water was mixed with spices.

On the boat, incense was lit to remove the odor.

Even the feed for pigs will not have any strange smell.

So when Zhu Yuanzhang got on the boat, he saw a clean floor and white pigs that had been cleaned several times. Even their fur seemed to have been washed several times.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw this and couldn't help but touch the fat white pig. Feeling the fatness, he laughed and said, "As expected of a white pig shipped from overseas, it is so clean and even has a fragrance. I think we should call it a fragrant pig."

These words immediately made Zhang Bo, who was standing behind him, extremely embarrassed.

However, a clever boatman said, "Sir, you are a great nobleman. This white pig cannot be as dirty and messy as an ordinary pig in front of you. Therefore, in front of you, this white pig must also pay attention to etiquette."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look at the boatman and said, "He's a good talker."

The boatman, who looked to be in his early twenties, said quickly after hearing this: "Thank you for the compliment, sir."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said to his eldest grandson, "Are all these pigs this big?"

Zhu Ying replied, "Not entirely. Although all pigs are white, they are also differentiated by region. It's just that my grandson can't tell the best pigs from the others, so I asked people to buy a batch of white pigs from every region and ship them over."

"When raising them, we keep a record. The pigs that give birth the fastest and are the fattest are the good ones. In the future, in addition to raising them here, we can also purchase them in large quantities from where they are produced."

"My grandson will build special pig farms in Daming and the places where they are produced, for breeding and production, and then sell them to the public at a price lower than that of black pigs, so as to strengthen the people's self-raising."

After hearing his grandson's arrangement, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement and said, "In the early stage, the price of piglets should be kept as low as possible. It doesn't matter even if it doesn't make much money. The main thing is to get the people to start raising them."

"Within three to five years, the price of meat in our Ming Dynasty will be reduced, allowing more people to eat meat."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with the white pigs, and said on the spot that all the white pigs would be placed in the palace for feeding.

In the palace, the living facilities are relatively complete. Not only are there fields and vegetable gardens, but all kinds of meat are also raised by separate people.

Except for some special rare species, such as game, most of the needs of the palace can be self-sufficient.

However, these are naturally provided for the royal family to enjoy. The food eaten by ordinary palace maids, eunuchs, and guards is basically purchased from outside the palace.

The previous purchases in the palace have basically been cancelled now, and all the needs of the palace are now basically handled solely by the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

Whether in terms of price or other aspects, there is a certain guarantee.

This also changed the living standards in the palace dramatically. Even for the lowest eunuchs, although they did not have meat for every meal, it was no longer a problem for them to eat meat every day.

Zhu Ying's reputation in the palace is now no worse than that in the outside world.

All the palace maids and eunuchs received more subsidies in terms of food, clothing and other daily necessities.

The most common thing is clothes.

For example, as for eunuchs' clothes, it was considered good to have a new set of clothes a year. Now basically every eunuch will be given a set, even the old eunuchs who can no longer work will not be left out.

The palace maids designed many new styles, which, although simple, looked elegant and graceful.

Not to mention a series of chores such as the repair of each palace.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was already late October.

The weather in the Ming Dynasty is getting colder every year.

It was not long after the beginning of winter, but already at night, I could feel the chill as I spoke.

After just one year of coal mining, not only the entire Ming Dynasty, but at least the capital city itself became warm.

It was during this time that Zhu Ying rarely left Kunning Palace.

Apart from participating in the daily morning court meetings, he would always be by Ye Yueqing's side.

At this moment, Ye Yueqing's belly was already very big.

It is expected that the production period will arrive in more than a month.

In Kunning Palace, several famous midwives in the capital have moved in, and the best midwives who can give daughters gold also live in Kunning Palace.

Taking the pulse every day has become Ye Yueqing's daily routine.

The medical skills of the Ming Dynasty are still very good in today's era. Every imperial physician is from a family of imperial physicians.

Although the development of medicine was restricted due to the Mongol invasion of the Central Plains, its status was not lost.

Because Mongolians have great respect for doctors.

During the era of Genghis Khan, doctors reached the peak of their status.

The Mongols were bloodthirsty, but they had great respect for doctors. This was most evident in Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan's life was saved many times by Mongolian doctors. Therefore, no matter where they invaded, the Mongols would not only not kill people with medical skills, but would also provide them with good food and drink.

As long as famous doctors have real talents and skills, they will be sent to the Khan immediately and become talents sought after by princes and nobles.

The real powerful people in Mongolia also like compound talents. People who can handle affairs and treat patients at critical moments are very popular with them. Some famous doctors are also able to participate in politics and become bigwigs who influence Mongolia's political situation.

For example, Zheng Xianjing treated Ogedei while recommending talents to him. He played a role in Yelu Chucai becoming the Minister of the Central Secretariat.

During the Yuan Dynasty, there were many famous doctors who became court ministers. Mongke and Kublai Khan also vied with each other to recruit famous doctors to work by their sides. Famous Han ministers such as Xu Guozhen, Dou Mo, and Han Gonglin were originally imperial physicians.

It can be said that during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, medicine had a very good environment for development, and many famous medical families were not only preserved, but also developed extremely well.

However, because of this, as doctors had an overly high status and were associated with the powerful, there were many cases of bullying of the common people. The title of Mongolian doctor also began during this period.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang obviously did not value doctors that much.

A huge number of people were executed in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

It was only after Zhu Ying arrived at the palace that this phenomenon began to be curbed. With the establishment of the medical school, the status of doctors began to gradually rise.

Naturally, all the doctors have great respect for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

…

Di Yusen has been very depressed recently.

Because three months have passed, the murderer has not been found yet. Although there are several suspects, there is almost no evidence and it is impossible to identify him.

As for Lan Yu, it was naturally impossible for him to always fight with him, so he gradually stopped taking it seriously.

Zhu Ying didn't say that he was under any pressure, but Di Yusen himself was under a lot of pressure.

First of all, in the yamen, as the county magistrate of Jing, he had almost nothing else to do, and the county magistrate of Jing did not dare to assign him any work to do.

So now Di Yusen has nothing to do except investigating the assassination case of the commander-in-chief every day.

On the surface, the case of the assassination of the commander-in-chief has ended, but Di Yusen has received an order from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the real culprit.

"Husband, in two months it will be the New Year. It's so cold now. You go out all day, so you need to buy some good cotton clothes."

"I'll take up some of your time tomorrow. Come with me to the tailor's shop to get your measurements taken."

At dinner that day, Qin Lixue said to Di Yusen.

Di Yusen said, "Just do it according to the previous steps. You know your husband's current situation, so how dare you slack off?"

Qin Lixue heard this and complained, "Since you came to the capital, you've been leaving early and returning late every day, and you've hardly stayed at home. I don't dare to go out every day, for fear that I'll spend too much money."

"You've been busy for so many days, but you haven't found anything. It's just a short delay."

"I heard that the tailor in this tailor shop is the most famous. It took a lot of effort to make an appointment. How much time can you waste if you go there?"

Upon hearing this, Di Yusen put down his chopsticks and said, "Madam, you don't understand my current situation. It's because I haven't found out that I have to be busy."

"This busyness, even if it's just busywork, it still has to be busy."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince handed such an important matter to me. I thought there would be no problem, but it has been three months now."

"Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never urged us to do anything, we still need to show some basic performance."

"Now that the salary system has been reformed, we have so much treasure money every month. If we are punished for this, it will be difficult to deal with it."

Di Yusen is a smart man, especially when it comes to protecting himself.

He knew that many people were watching him now, so he should not underestimate the position of Jing County Magistrate. Although the rank was not high, the real power was considerable.

But these powers have not yet been truly handed over to him.

He has the title of the magistrate of Jing County, but other than handling cases, he is not involved in anything else.

At present, Di Yusen does not know whether this is the intention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or other officials, but no matter who it is, it means that Di Yusen must solve the case before he can have the possibility of truly taking power.

Qin Lixue couldn't help but frown when she heard this, and asked, "My husband, how long will it take you to solve this case?"

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince blames me someday, I won't be able to stay in the capital anymore. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to go back to Pingyang Prefecture."

Di Yusen nodded slightly when he heard this.

If I return to Pingyang Prefecture in such disgrace, my life will be over.

However, his eyes were firm, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my wife, I already have a specific goal."

"The New Year is coming soon. This case must be solved before the New Year."