"Family business?" Princess Anqing didn't understand what Li Yunrui meant.

"Auntie, the beauties club will do some small business in the future, and gold members can participate in it. If it is done well, it will not be a problem to get a dividend of 35,000 to 50,000 taels per year. Although it is not much, my cousin's life will be easier." Li Yunrui lowered his voice.

, whispered mysteriously.

Small business? Dividend 30,000 to 50,000 taels?

Ouyang Ping, a fourth-grade guard who directs the affairs, has a monthly salary of 24 dan, which is less than 300 dan a year, which is equivalent to less than 300 taels of silver. Li Yunrui actually said that a gold member of the Beauty Club can get 350,000 to 50,000 taels in dividends?

What kind of business can earn so much money? Are you going to rob houses?

Princess Anqing suspected that she had heard wrongly.

"Auntie, I'm going to tell you this alone, don't tell anyone else!" Li Yunrui said.

"Uh..." For a moment, Princess Anqing didn't know how to reply to Li Yunrui.

"I know you may not believe it, grandma, but you have always seen the Haotian Bright Mirror during the Queen's Thousand Autumn Festival, right? It is just an inconspicuous small business in the beauties club." In order to increase his persuasion, Li Yunrui revealed the truth and added

He opened the wooden box and said, "This is called glass, and it is also the voice of the Concubine Club."

"Tsk~~" When Princess Anqing heard this, she looked at the glass in the wooden box and was startled.

Haotian Mingguang Mirror, which has been envied by countless married women, is actually just an inconspicuous business.

Although the eldest princess of Anqing does not know how much a bright mirror can be sold for, winning the queen's favor must be worth a lot of money. If this business is not even eye-catching, how big is the business of the Beauty Club?

"Yunrui, are you telling the truth?" Princess Anqing calmed down and looked at Li Yunrui.

"Who am I lying to? I can't lie to you, my aunt!" Li Yunrui rubbed the back of his head and said with a wry smile.

Li Yunrui knew why Princess Anqing didn't believe it, because he was too young. Hongyan would have thirty gold members, and each member would receive a dividend of 350,000 to 50,000 taels, which would mean at least a profit of more than one million taels.

A thirteen-year-old kid actually dares to make such wild claims about earning one million a year. No one will believe it easily.

"Auntie, the membership fee of the Beauty Club alone is 400,000 taels. In fact, if you want to make money, there are many ways..." Li Yunrui had no choice but to use his trump card. This is a real case, and everyone has seen it.

After hearing what Li Yunrui said, Princess Anqing became even more confused. What is the membership fee? Does Li Yunrui need to spend money on the membership card he gave her?

Princess Anqing had only heard of the name of the Beauty Club, but she didn't know the details. When Li Yunrui said that gold members had to pay a membership fee of 3,000 taels a year, Princess Anqing felt a sudden rush in her heart. She would do nothing for a year.

So much money to pay...

"Does this card require money?" Princess Anqing asked.

"My grandnephew has already paid the membership fee for you for the first year, and you have to pay for the subsequent annual fees yourself! But don't worry, auntie, as long as the beauty will receive dividends, this membership fee is just a drop in the bucket." Li Yunrui told An Qing.

The eldest princess explained.

Three thousand taels is just a drop in the bucket. After hearing this, Princess Anqing couldn't help but feel sad and shed tears.

Li Yunrui saw Princess Anqing crying inexplicably. He didn't understand for a moment and didn't know that what he said was wrong, so he quickly apologized to Princess Anqing.

After some troubles, Li Yunrui finally understood the reason why Princess Anqing was crying.

I recall that back then, Ouyang Lun, the husband of the eldest princess of Anqing, smuggled tea in order to make money, and was sentenced to death by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. She became a widow. If Li Yunrui had been born a few years earlier and started such a business, her husband would not have to take risks.

? I don’t have to be a widow for so many years...

Li Yunrui rolled his eyes secretly. He really couldn't sympathize with Ouyang Lun. In his opinion, Ouyang Lun was a typical brainless person.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was a famous calf protector. It can be seen from the vassal system he designed. The clan of the Ming Dynasty adopted the policy of one son inheriting the throne and the remaining sons being demoted. To put it simply, the prince had five sons, one of whom inherited the royal title.

, the remaining four were demoted one level to the rank of county kings, all the way down to the lieutenant of Fengguo, and all descendants became hereditary lieutenants of Fengguo.

For his children, Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to arrange everything for them. Even if they made big mistakes, Zhu Yuanzhang would turn a blind eye. His eldest daughter, Princess Lin'an, married Li Qi, the son of Li Shanchang, who was involved in Hu Weiyong's case.

However, for the sake of Princess Lin'an, Zhu Yuanzhang spared Li Qi and his heirs and sent him to Jiangpu. You must know that the Hu Weiyong case was a major treason case.

For such a protective father to kill Ouyang Lun, it was entirely Ouyang Lun's fault.

Ouyang Lun came from an ordinary family. He was chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang because he passed the imperial examination and married his legitimate daughter Princess Anqing to him. This shows how much Zhu Yuanzhang liked and valued Ouyang Lun. As a result, Ouyang Lun became arrogant and sold tea in private.

When he went to the Western Regions, he angered Zhu Yuanzhang.

Some people would say, just selling tea leaves, how could it anger the emperor?

Tea was an important strategic material in the early Ming Dynasty. The countries in the Western Regions relied on beef and mutton as their staple food and needed tea to regulate their body balance. However, the countries in the Western Regions were too poor to afford tea, so most of them used

Horses come in exchange for tea.

After Zhu Yuanzhang came to power, he carried out several Northern Expeditions against the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, which required a large number of war horses. Once Zhu Yuanzhang calculated that all the countries in the Western Regions used barter transactions, he could provide himself with the war horses he needed, so he ordered the export of tea.

All business operations were handled by the imperial court.

Tea leaves are just tree leaves. If you fry them, you can exchange them for horses. How big a profit is this?

Mr. Ma told us that as soon as there is an appropriate profit, capital will become bold. If there is a 50% profit, it will take desperate risks; if there is a 100% profit, it will dare to trample on all human laws; if there is a 300% profit, it will

Dare to commit any crime, even risk hanging your head!

As a result, many people began to sharpen their heads to dig into the camp, and Ouyang Lun was one of them.

A large amount of smuggled tea flowed to the countries in the Western Regions through various means, causing the price of tea to plummet and the number of war horses obtained from the exchange to drop sharply. This situation aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's vigilance. The war horses were related to the remaining plans of the Northern Expedition to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered

Border officers strictly patrolled the border and prohibited tea smuggling.

The reason why Li Yunrui said that Ouyang Lun was brainless was because he committed the crime at this time and went too far.

Just one month after Zhu Yuanzhang's ban was lifted, when Ouyang Lun went to Shaanxi on business, he asked the Shanxi Chief Envoy to send fifty vehicles to help him transport tea to Hezhou.
Chapter completed!