Chapter 45: Ming Qiang?
Ten thousand taels, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.
Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were even red.
"Your Majesty, this man actually earns tens of thousands of taels a day from this wine shop. He must have done it by exploiting the craftsmen. Let me lead my troops and go to the Baoyuan Bureau to find out the truth!"
"etc..."
Zhu Di raised his hand to stop the excited Han King Zhu Gaoxu. How could he hide his son's temperament from his father?
If the King of Han were allowed to go.
It is estimated that the Baoyuan Bureau's workshop will appear in a royal palace outside the city tonight, and it is basically impossible to find it again.
The corner of Wang Siqi's mouth kept twitching. He was worthy of being the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu. How dare he look a little more ugly... Fortunately, he had a good father. By the way, he held hands with Rong Changbo and his family also had a share. If ordinary people with flat heads would not be allowed to suffer by the King of Han
have eaten.
Zhu Gaochi looked at this scene and said coldly: "This is still the prince's business. The King of Han is so urgent. Could it be that the King of Han only has money in his eyes?"
"If we were ordinary people, I'd be afraid that your family would be destroyed by you."
King Han's face suddenly turned red. He did not give Zhu Gaochi any face, but because Zhu Di was right next to him, he could only say: "How could it be! It's just that Wang Siqi has only been in Baoyuan Bureau for a long time, and something like this happened here.
Things that many imperial courts don’t know about.”
"I think there must be something fishy in this."
"So I just wanted to take care of my father's worries and went to take a look."
"Brother, do you really not know that Baoyuan Bureau is so profitable?"
"Ahem..."
Zhu Di suddenly coughed, interrupting the exchange between the two, and then turned to look at Wang Siqi. This young master of the Wang family really gave him a lot of surprises, and then Zhu Di said: "You boy
, I asked you to go to Baoyuan Bureau to supervise the minting matters, but you actually went to make money?"
"Your Majesty, I didn't put any money in my pocket!"
"I know, I know, I know... Everything Aiqing did was for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the common people of the world, for the people of the Ming Dynasty... I know it all, so why not do this... I will move you to the Taiyuan Hospital first.
For a while, where will you work as a medical officer?"
"How do you like it?"
"not good.."
"Your Majesty, the Baoyuan Bureau's business has just begun. The tens of thousands of taels of silver that I took out from home have just been poured in. If you let me leave now...then I can only take all those workshops away."
"How dare you?! Aren't those things belonging to the imperial court?"
Ten thousand taels of silver a day, and several million taels a year, are enough to support a brave and capable army. Even if it is used by the Ministry of Industry to manage local water conservancy, even if it is used to control the Yellow River?
As long as there is money, Zhu Di will never be short of it.
"Your Majesty, none of those things belong to the imperial court... The new place for the workshop was rented with money from Chenhua's family. Although many of the equipment there were made by the craftsmen of Baoyuan Bureau... But I also gave
Baoyuan Bureau paid labor fees, which means they did not work for me in vain."
"Not only that, how much money can they earn every month when they are in Baoyuan Bureau? After ensuring the basic needs of coinage, other craftsmen take turns to work in Chen's brewery. Those who earn at least a month can earn
A reward of more than one tael of silver."
"Your Majesty, my minister, aren't you conscientious enough?"
...
As soon as these words came out, there was a moment of silence.
Although Wang Siqi's words sounded very convincing, the eyes of the three people including Wang You, Chen Xian, and Zhu Gaochi showed a hint of worry for a moment.
That's right.
But the question is who should say this.
If he had told Zhu Gaochi on a normal day, I am afraid that Zhu Gaochi would have smiled and reassured Wang Siqi, saying that as long as he could make money and benefit the common people and craftsmen, then the business could be done.
But now Wang Siqi is facing Zhu Di!
"So, I blamed you wrongly?"
The King of Han suddenly became unhappy, and Zhu Gaochi's face was already full of displeasure. You must know that one of the important factors that troubles the prince Zhu Gaochi now is lack of money.
In fact, he was poorer than him, the King of Han, much, much poorer.
Even though the East Palace is supported by Zhan Shifu, and the annual expenses are borne by the national treasury, it is precisely because it is borne by the national treasury that many civil servants in the court are nagging about this issue, which makes life in the East Palace quite tight.
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The days of Han King Zhu Gaoxu were different.
Although he was in the capital, Zhu Gaoxu had a fiefdom. Even if Zhu Gaoxu never went to the half of Yunnan that Zhu Di gave him, a lot of the money that should be given to him every year was given to Zhu Gaoxu.
The king of Han had the people of his fiefdom to support him.
Naturally, he is richer than the prince who relies on the treasury.
Now seeing that the Baoyuan Bureau is about to become a money-making tool comparable to the mint, Zhu Gaoxu can't sit still, so he quickly said: "You guy! The emperor said that you should go to the Imperial Hospital, so just be obedient.
Just go to Tai Hospital, where do you have any room for bargaining?"
"What do you think this is?"
Just when Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, Qingyuan Bo Wangyou and Rongchang Bo Chen Xian looked at each other for an instant and chose to cough at the same time.
It seemed that he wanted to remind Zhu Gaoxu.
That is, one of them is Wang Siqi's biological father, and the other is Wang Siqi's godfather.
Even in the entire capital, he is considered a figure. He followed your father and fought with his life during the Jing Dynasty, and now he is also the uncle of the Ming Dynasty.
How could anyone teach his son a lesson in front of me?
Even if you are a prince, even if you are the King of Han, it will not work.
A cough is heard.
Zhu Gaoxu raised his head in surprise and looked at Wang and Chen who were not far away. As if he suddenly realized something, he continued to say: "Why don't you quickly apologize to the emperor!"
This is for Wang Siqi.
Unexpectedly, Wang Siqi shook his head, looked straight at Zhu Di and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I'll be honest, now that Baoyuan Bureau is minting money, it's better not to do it than to do it."
"oh?"
When Zhu Di heard what Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han, said, he wanted to interrupt him with a scold, but he wanted to use his own hands, the prince of the Han Dynasty, to sharpen Wang Siqi's temper.
Even if what he said was wrong, how could he confront the emperor?
So there was no hindrance.
Now Wang Siqi took the initiative to raise a new question.
Zhu Di was equally curious.
So he motioned for him to continue talking.
Wang Siqi said: "The coinage of the Ming Dynasty was led by the Ministry of Industry, with the cooperation of craftsmen from Baoyuan Bureau. On weekdays, the coinage was mostly recycling old coins to cast new coins, or purchasing copper coins from outside, and then slowly passed through the hands of the Ministry of Household.
When deployed to the Ming Dynasty, is it true what I said?"
Zhu Di said nothing, but Zhu Gaochi nodded.
"That's right."
Chapter completed!