Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

"Let's put it this way! Apart from my wife, if you like anything I have, you can sell it all. If that doesn't work, even the house, I won't say anything."

"Anyway, I only have this much money. I can't afford to give more. If even this isn't enough."

Having said that, Wei Wu tore off his clothes and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with his chest open.

"Just look at all the parts I have and think about how much they're worth. Just find a buyer and sell me by the pound for money!"

"At worst, I can go to my aunt and tell her that I have no money to support my family and I am going out to beg for food. I'm sure my aunt will give me something to eat!"

After saying that, Wei Wu sat down on the ground, looking like, "I'm a salted fish, you can do whatever you want with me."

It’s no wonder that Zhu Yuanzhang had never experienced such a thing since he became emperor.

Before he became emperor, he had done something similar in front of Empress Ma, and she immediately laughed.

"Alright, alright, stop throwing a tantrum and threatening me with your aunt. I haven't even settled the score with you for selling me out!"

"You think we're harming you? Can't you see we're giving you a benefit? Jiangnan Road covers the most prosperous area of ​​the Ming Dynasty."

"We've extended the timeframe as you requested. The successful bidder for the road construction contract will enjoy the right to toll collection for fifty years."

"If you take over this place, set up a post station and collect tolls as you said, you can make a lot of money!"

I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang's plan was really good, but it was a pity that Wei Wu didn't buy it at all.

"Don't try to deceive me. Post stations and tolls are for later, and the money can only be recovered bit by bit."

"The entire Jiangnan Road is so big! Once the road construction begins, how much money will I have to invest in the early stages? Even if I sell myself, it won't be enough!"

Seeing that Wei Wu was unmoved, Zhu Yuanzhang could not force him, so he could only patiently and gently persuade him:

"You can build it piece by piece. I'm not asking you to do it all at once, but rather take it one bite at a time."

"And we're being especially lenient. The contract term won't start until the road is completed and fully open to traffic. Isn't that quite considerate?"

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Wei Wu couldn't help but complain in his heart: It would have been better if we could just pass through the road!

At the same time, he still shook his head and refused in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Uncle Zhu, it's not that I don't want to, but I really can't do it. Jiangnan Road is too big to handle it!"

After hearing Wei Wu's refusal, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say something, but at this moment, Zhu Biao suddenly stood up and smoothed things over.

"Dad, this is indeed difficult. Xiao Wu is also worried that things will go wrong. I think we can make some changes."

"The entire Jiangnan Road is too big. It would be better to change it to Nanzhili. This way, Xiaowu won't be too embarrassed."

After hearing Zhu Biao's words, Wei Wu was so touched. My elder brother really loves me!

Thinking about this, Wei Wu immediately got up from the ground and patted his chest and said:

"That's right. If it's just Nanzhili, then I can still think of a way to raise the money."

To be honest, it wasn't that Wei Wu was unwilling to help, it was just that the Jiangnan Road was too big.

In fact, what Wei Wu was really willing to help with was to build a road from one place to another, such as Nanjing to Yangzhou.

He really didn't want to take over Nanzhili. After all, it would only take one road, which would not only be fast but also easy to get the funds.

But if it was Nanzhili, he could only say that he would find a way to build the road, but the construction period would be much longer.

Nanzhili is different from Jiangnan Dao. It is the general regional name for the prefectures and counties of the six ministries of the Zhili court.

The areas under its jurisdiction included Yingtian Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, and other fourteen economically prosperous prefectures.

A considerable part of Nanzhili overlaps with Jiangnan Dao. Although the area is not that large, it is still 200,000 square kilometers.