Although Eunuch Xiao Yue was not born in the Yan Prince's Mansion in Beiping, he had conveyed news to the Northern Army as early as the Jingnan King of Yan.

In fact, this situation was very common in the palace at that time. Emperor Jianwen believed in being close to ministers, but was extremely distant to eunuchs, and even treated them more severely than when Emperor Taizu. However, Zhu Di was just the opposite. Whenever he arrived in the capital, he was always polite to these eunuchs and even offered a lot of rewards. So after the Jingnan Dynasty, countless eunuchs like Xiao Yue served Zhu Di in the entire Forbidden City.

It is said without hesitation that the eunuchs have made great contributions.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Yue quickly emerged after Zhu Di ascended the throne and immediately became a trustworthy person Zhu Di could not bear.

More importantly, he is the adopted son of Eunuch Liu, and this Eunuch Liu has an extraordinary identity.

Eunuch Liu served the crown prince as early as the Taizu period. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was not good to eunuchs, he praised this Eunuch Liu, saying that the best eunuch is Liu Chang. With the favor of Emperor Taizu, Eunuch Liu quickly became a popular figure in the palace. He was almost inseparable from all sides. At that time, no matter which vassal king was, he had a good personal relationship with him. When King Yan was in the capital, Eunuch Liu helped Zhu Di a lot and also said a lot of good things to Zhu Di in front of Taizu.

More importantly, he had a high status in the palace, so there were thirteen adopted sons alone, and everyone had a great status in the palace. When Eunuch Liu got old, Zhu Di pleaded with him and remembered his kindness, so he did not send him to Fengyang, Zhongdu to guard the spirits, but instead let him leave the palace to enjoy his old age.

Allowing eunuchs to leave the palace was considered a very high courtesy, because the Ming royal family always had to squeeze out the eunuchs. Even when they were old, they would arrange to guard the spirits. However, the emperor Zhu Di set a precedent for the Ming emperor to treat eunuchs well. Not only did they let Liu Chang leave the palace, but they also sent two small eunuchs to serve his daily life.

Only the princes of the royal family had such qualifications to let eunuchs serve and live, and Liu Chang did it. It set a certain precedent for the Ming Dynasty. This of course had something to do with Zhu Di's trust in the eunuch, and it also proved Liu Chang's special status.

Xiao Yue's face was gloomy at this time. Since the news came to the palace, he had not slept well for several days and nights. He finally got a chance. He volunteered to urge the shipyard to build ships. His actions were very compatible with Zhu Di's stomach. Zhu Di had always been concerned about the construction period of the shipyard. At this time, the eunuch in charge of the military commander's seal and demanded to urge the shipyard, but he was unsuccessful.

So Eunuch Xiao came here on behalf of the palace.

Eunuch Xiao's face looked very bad. At this time, he was sitting, not drinking the tea on the table, but just had a gloomy face, listening to Zhu Qian's reward of adding fuel to the fire.

After a long time, Eunuch Xiao smiled, raised his fingers with orchids raised and said sharply: "You, why are you panic? Isn't our family still holding on to you when the sky falls? Don't be afraid! Hao Fenglou is always striking around you... Well... It seems that he really wants to make some noise."

Eunuch Xiao narrowed his eyes and opened his phoenix eyes suddenly, saying, "Your Majesty asked him to come and check the shipyard. Who doesn't know that our family had done a bad job in the shipyard before? It seems that Hao Fenglou is prepared, and he is afraid that it will have many connections with the palace."

Zhu Qian said in surprise: "What does this have to do with the palace?"

Eunuch Xiao smiled even colder and said lightly: "This Hao Fenglou has a close relationship with Zheng He. Zheng He is from Peking. Our people have always been in the capital. To be honest, the people in Peking and the people in Nanjing have always been incompatible. Of course, this is not the case. Back then, everyone served the Holy Emperor. Why is the Holy Emperor now ascended the throne? Fat and Que have given many people in Peking? Of course, His Majesty still treats us well, but the palms and backs of our hands are full of flesh. This inevitably leads to the following people. Hao Fenglou and Zheng He are wearing pairs of pants, and it is hard to guarantee that he is not trying to use this shipyard to vent his anger."

Eunuch Xiao's smile became even stronger, but the smile was not enough to reach his eyes. He then said, "But it is so easy to find a scum? We did have such a little braid in the past, but it is not a big deal to really discuss it. Rights and wrongs cannot be judged by him, a commander, but it depends on what the emperor thinks. Don't you know that if we tied it to this shipyard, we are actually invincible? Hao Fenglou has a great courage and dare not break the emperor's plan."

"Okay, since this person is so troublesome, there is no need to be polite, just find an excuse to drive it away."

Zhu Qian smiled bitterly and said, "But I don't know how to get rid of the law?"

"This is simple, creating trouble and disrupting the production of the shipyard is that our family is ordered to supervise it, and everything is based on shipbuilding. Hao Fenglou is here to investigate the case. He is the imperial envoy, and our family is also considered an imperial envoy. Let's wait and see when the time comes."

"Don't worry, even if something happens, our family will take it."

Zhu Qian frowned and said, "My father-in-law means..."

Eunuch Xiao picked up the teacup, drank it leisurely, and then continued: "Our family has nothing to do. You can do it yourself. If we only have the result, don't come to our house for the rest. Originally, Hao Fenglou has been in the limelight recently, and our family really doesn't want to provoke him, but since they come to the door, we can't blame our family for being rude."

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The shipyard has been calm these days, and Zhou Fang still has to go to Haofenglou to report it early in the morning every day. The accounts have been found out, and the ship materials in the warehouse are also being inspected, and it seems that they can't detect anything strange.

After reporting, Zhou Fang arranged for the clerk and the lieutenant to go for a meal together at noon.

The dining hall was near the warehouse. Because Hao Fenglou and others were all very bad, most of them arranged to have a meal with the helpers.

However, people like Hao Fenglou or Eunuch Xiao, and Doctor Zhu made other arrangements, and a clerk brought them food boxes.

At noon, Shuli Zhou and his men had arrived at the kitchen hall. Everyone laughed and said a few dirty words while writing a document. When they were receiving the meal, the chef at the kitchen hall said, "Everyone... Unfortunately, the food has been divided today. You really can't do it. You might as well go to the shipyard to order some wine and food."

When Zhou Sili heard this, he frowned and couldn't help but say, "What are these words? They usually have them, why are they gone today?"

The guy said seriously: "Today is different from other times. Today, the food is gone and there is no time to purchase it. As for the rest of the shipyard, they all have to eat enough to work, so they have to feel sorry for the fate of the world."

Zhou Sili suddenly felt something was wrong. What did he say? It was clearly provocative. Doesn’t this mean that people like him are all having a good meal here?

Zhou Sili was calm and felt a little unusual, but he could calm down, but the others were angry. A captain said angrily: "Bold, what are you saying, "We're going to have a good meal? Humph... Just you have to work hard, don't we have to do something bad?"

As soon as he said this, helpers from other places and several low-level officials immediately surrounded him. Someone said, "He has such a big temper. He is indeed worthy of being from the Jinyiwei. But it is too arrogant to make trouble in this shipyard. If you don't have food, you won't have food. What are you calling? I've been serving you for more than a month. Do you still have to serve us?"

Someone fanned the flames, and others were immediately angry.

Speaking of which, these low-level foremen and officials have indeed been very angry during this period. The people of the Jinyiwei refused to leave. They wanted to take advantage of some small gains. They cut off their wealth and lived a tight life with just the salary. At this time, someone took the lead first, so they shouted: "I have disliked them for a long time. After checking for so long, what did they find? I can't find anything, but I still refuse to leave. What does this mean? Do you treat us all as corrupt and abusers?"

"I shouldn't give them food, I'd rather feed them dogs."

Someone even pushed Zhou Sili directly. Zhou Sili shook his foot and was quickly supported by the lieutenant behind him, so he did not fall to bite the mud.

But at this time, the lieutenants finally got angry.

Any lieutenant from Neidongcheng often has a bad temper. During this period, he was already full of anger at this shipyard every day, but now he is ridiculed and can't bear it. Some people even pull out the sword on their waists.

He pulled out the knife and ignited the powder barrel.

Someone shouted: "The Jinyiwei drew his sword and killed someone, he killed someone..."

So hundreds of foreman were suddenly in anger. Some were holding lunch boxes in their hands and threw them directly at the Jinyiwei's body, some were swaying their teeth and claws, and some shouted: "It's outrageous. What crime do we have? Can we commit a knife? Brothers, take action."

Suddenly, the kitchen was in chaos, pots and pans were flying, and many people had vegetable leaves on their faces. Zhou Sili's face changed. He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't restrain himself at this time. As soon as these foremen took action, the Jinyiwei naturally fought back. However, some clerks, without the power to tie the chicken, could only roll up their sleeves and shout, "Blow him." After that, they were punched to the ground by the stout foreman.

"I've hit someone, I've started fighting."

"The Jinyiwei is going to kill someone..."

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Chapter completed!