Ten miles outside Zhengyang Gate, Zhu Biao, Li Jie and others were all waiting anxiously, especially Zhu Biao, who stretched his neck from time to time, looking towards the end of the official road. Even if the sun was shining at noon, he would not want to hide in the shade of the tree.

Today is the day when Lao Zhu arrived in Beijing, so everyone in Beijing was mobilized. The civil and military officials first entered the palace early, met with Zhu Biao and went out to welcome him together.

Although Nancheng is well built now, strictly speaking, it is not a real Beijing city. Beijing city is north of Zhengyangmen. Nancheng is just because the population of Beijing is too large, so it can only be regarded as an affiliated area of ​​Beijing. Therefore, Nancheng has no city walls now. Later Nancheng has city walls and city gates, but that was built during the Jiajing period.

As time passed by, there was still no news about Lao Zhu's team. Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel anxious. Although he was no longer a child, he was still eager to see Lao Zhu. Because Lao Zhu was old and Lao Zhu was seriously ill before, Zhu Biao could not rush back, so he was also in a hurry to see Lao Zhu.

But at this moment, a horse suddenly rushed over, and then the knight on the horse reported loudly: "Your Majesty's imperial steward fifteen miles away from the city!"

When Zhu Biao heard that Lao Zhu's team was only fifteen miles away from here, he finally felt relieved. He immediately tidied up his clothes and stood on the road with everyone looking forward to it. Soon another knight came to report the news, twelve miles, nine miles, six miles...

Finally, he finally saw Lao Zhu's banner on the official road. Zhu Biao was also excited to step forward a few steps forward. When Lao Zhu's car arrived, he immediately led all civil and military officials to salute and said, "My son is the one who welcomes the emperor's emperor!"

Lao Zhu opened the car door and walked out. When he saw Zhu Biao and the civil and military officials, he also showed a rare smile and said: "All the ministers are flat, Biao'er, come and take the same car with me!"

"Yes!" Zhu Biao agreed immediately, and then stepped on Lao Zhu's car. However, when Zhu Biao looked at Lao Zhu at close range, he couldn't help feeling sad, because he found that in just two years he hadn't seen him, his father was much older than before. Not only did he turn whiter, but his face had more wrinkles, and even his back was hunched, and he looked like he had turned into an old man completely.

Li Jie also stood up at this time. When he saw the old Lao Zhu, he couldn't help but sigh. When he left Nanjing, he found that Lao Zhu was old. The reason why he was in a hurry to move the capital was to do the final thing for Zhu Biao and other children before leaving. Before, Lao Zhu fell seriously ill and grew older a few years ago.

"Brother-in-law!" At this moment, Zhu Yunxiu, who was following Lao Zhu's car on a horse, also waved to Li Jie, his face full of excitement.

Li Jie was very happy to see Zhu Yunxiu, but then he saw Zhu Yunwen riding a horse and following Lao Zhu's carriage. This made him frown slightly, but he didn't say anything. He just greeted Zhu Yunxiu. Then Zhu Yunxiu and Zhu Yunwen also stepped forward to salute Zhu Biao. The father and son met, so they were naturally very intimate.

Then all the civil and military officials also saluted Lao Zhu. After the ceremony, Lao Zhu issued an order to return to the palace. Speaking of the last time when he came to Beijing, it was not long after Xu Da and the others captured Beijing. At that time, they were called Dadu, but later they were renamed Peking and now they have become Beijing again. I guess Lao Zhu didn't expect that he would be so destined to be with Beijing.

Li Jie, Zhu Yunhu, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunwen followed behind on horseback. Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao were walking in front of the car. Zhu Biao also kept introducing the various things about Beijing City to Lao Zhu, especially some newly built areas in the South City, which was the focus of his introduction.

However, just when the team arrived in front of Zhengyang Gate, Lao Zhu suddenly stopped the team, then turned his head to look at the bank next to him and asked, "Is that the bank created by Li Jie?"

"Yes, the bank is now one of the most famous buildings in the capital. Countless people come here to handle various businesses, and the new Baochain has also been recognized by most people. I asked someone to investigate and found that the use of Baochain in the entire Beijing city has exceeded that of copper coins." Zhu Biao also answered immediately.

"It's not just Beijing, but even new treasure banknotes appeared in Nanjing, and even merchants paid taxes with new treasure banknotes. It is said that new treasure banknotes appeared in Guangzhou. Li Jie did this very well!" Lao Zhu said with a rare praise at the end.

"By the way, when will the bank expand to other cities?" Lao Zhu suddenly thought of something again, so he asked again. Now there is only the headquarter of a bank in Beijing, and there is a branch in Taijin. There is no bank in other cities. Although this does not affect the circulation of Xinbaobao, other businesses of the bank cannot be carried out.

"I'm going to ask Li Jie." Zhu Biao immediately smiled, and then poked out half of his body, then waved to Li Jie behind him and signaled him to step forward.

Li Jie also immediately understood and immediately took the horse and came to the side of the carriage and saluted: "My minister Li Jie met Your Majesty, Prince!"

"Tell me, when will the bank plan to expand to other places?" Lao Zhu asked with a smile. Although he was not in Beijing, the bank's movements were still often reported to him. Through the collection of these situations, he also discovered the importance of the bank, so he attached more importance to it.

"Uh? This... I don't know!" Li Jie was stunned for a moment before shook his head and said.

"What do you don't know? Isn't you always responsible for the bank?" Old Zhu frowned when he heard this, and the smile on his face became restrained.

"Your Majesty, I was in charge of the bank, but later Yun Ying went to Nanjing, so I took over the Patent Office. Most of the bank's affairs were left to someone else to take charge of!" Li Jie replied very seriously.

"Who?" Old Zhu didn't blame him when he heard this, but he was a little curious, because the bank is a new thing. Apart from Li Jie, he really couldn't think of anyone who could take charge of the bank instead of Li Jie?

Zhu Biao, who was next to him, was anxious when he heard Lao Zhu's question. He repeatedly winked at Li Jie and told him not to say it. At the same time, he secretly hated that he had forgotten that Zhu Xueqing was actually in charge of the bank, but he did not tell Lao Zhu about this. After all, Lao Zhu hated women's interference in politics the most, so in name, the bank was still under the control of Li Jie.
Chapter completed!