Baima Pavilion is driving away guests!

The one who drove people was not the Baiming He, but the entourage of the prince. They drove all the royal families in the Baima Pavilion out. But what was amazing was that they only drove men and did not dare to be women. Whether it was the princess, princesses, or princesses, they still stayed in the Baima Pavilion.

Bai Minghe returned to the attic. When the person was still on the stairs, he heard Qinghe's voice in the room: "Why is your husband fighting like a child!"

"Ah..." Bai Minghe sighed softly: "Actually, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty is quite pitiful."

"It's pitiful. They cannot go into politics, do business, or even communicate with each other. The only thing they want is the annual support silver. As far as Qinghe knows, many princes are masters of calligraphy and painting. There are also several royal family members who are not enough for raising silver. They rely on the subsidies for their daughters and husbands' families to maintain the glory of the royal family."

After Bai Minghe sat down, Qinghe came over with a cup of tea and then pressed Bai Minghe's forehead.

Qinghe continued: "The Ming Dynasty has been established for six dynasties. None of the royal family has received the lowest lieutenant of Fengguo. Two hundred stones of grain a year is not a big deal for the royal family? Husband knows how much the government spends every day. Not to mention the monthly salary, just rice alone will be eaten more than one hundred stones. If you add the people who stayed here in the Dongchang, at least three hundred stones of grain will be eaten every day."

I probably know this number.

There are many servants at home, how many maids there are around the princess, and how many servants and guards there are in the mansion. These are all fixed, and the identities are matched with as many people. There are rules in the Ministry of Rites to check. This is also another main reason why Yu Qian lived a poor life, which is that he cannot lose his identity no matter what.

This is also the special guards needed by the white-name crane official, plus the guards sent by the Dongchang. It is not too much to eat 1,000 kilograms of rice a day, and the number of people is there.

"Qinghe, if you go to find the Princess of Shu, just say I'll ask the Prince of Shu to chat alone."

"I'm afraid I won't be there. The King of Shu is a good man. He won't give you the opportunity to divide the alliance of the royal family!" Qinghe was a little suspicious. Bai Minghe had just had a fuss with the royal family again. Now he is going to invite someone again. Can he come?

Bai Minghe was very confident: "Believe me, he will definitely come."

How confident is Bai Minghe’s heart? It’s because he just quarreled all this time that he is most likely.

Several princes moved into the tent in the open space between Baima Pavilion and Shanglin Garden. They must get what they need from Baiminghe.

Rumors in the palace have come out, and they are still encouraging children and bringing blessings.

However, the number of children born in the future will be less and less. In other words, when the number of children reaches five, not only will it not be able to make more children, but it will definitely be compensated. Unless you have a daughter, it is net profit. Because when marrying a daughter, the daughters of the royal family will usually marry wealthy families and receive a considerable amount of bride money.

When several princes heard that Bai Minghe was looking for the King of Shu, several senior citizens discussed it together.

"This thing always has to be a step behind. We need money, but no one will give the money in our pockets out of thin air to anyone. Bai Minghe is a young man who is talented and very slippery. The most troublesome thing about such a person is that you don't know where his limit is, and you don't know what he cares about or hates?"

The one who spoke was that the prince was a prince from Henan.

If there are many princes there, Henan has the most princes. There are four or five princes in Henan alone in the Ming Dynasty, and the ones that have been cut off later are not included.

"Go and listen, what will Baiminghe say? Rumors come out of the palace, Baiminghe will spread the crystal making method, but I don't believe it. That thing is profitable. Even if Baiminghe wants to be released, I am afraid that I will not be willing to do it now."

When another person heard this, he also said: "The rumors in the palace may not be credible, but one is very credible."

"Tell me!"

"Bai Minghe has calculated the calculations for the current royal family. He said that according to the current worship of the royal family, in another one or two hundred years, he is afraid that the taxes of a province will be given to the royal family and cannot afford to support it. This is probably because Long Live is deliberately spreading this. When he thought of Taizu, there were only a few dozen clans, and when he was Chengzu, he was a little cut off, but there were nearly 200 people. This is another fifty years, and now there are more than 1,000 people in the royal family."

Hiss... several princes took a breath.

Although they are royal families, if the court cannot afford to support them, they are not afraid of the people or officials. They are afraid that a cruel emperor will cut off the supply of the royal family. If they are more cruel, they may use these fattening royal families like fat pigs.

"Speaking of this, Bai Minghe or a kindhearted person?" asked a prince.

"A kind heart may not be necessary? But what he is loyal to is Long Live Now. Now it is indeed the Shanxi side. Last year's royal family offerings accounted for 70% of Shanxi's taxes, so we also have to talk to Bai Minghe. We want to ask for more, but Bai Minghe may not want to give more. So, let's see what he said." After saying that, the King of Shu stood up and nodded at the princes.

The princes also nodded, thinking that they had to go this time.

Bai Minghe was still sitting in the attic, fiddling with a set of tea sets from Jingdezhen.

The King of Shu went to the attic, where there were no maids or eunuchs, and there was not even a guard. Seeing Bai Minghe sitting there holding a small teacup in a daze, she didn't say anything about Bai Minghe not getting up to greet the rude things. She sat opposite Bai Minghe, without saying anything, and quietly looked at Bai Minghe.

This time I sat for a quarter of an hour, and it can be said that I was trying to be patient.

"Uncle Wang, do you think this cup can be made more refined?" Bai Minghe spoke.

The King of Shu smiled: "Yes, and I can tell you with certainty that the masters of the kilns in Shuzhong have been working hard day and night since August last year. I hope they can burn out porcelain that makes you call me. Uncle just knows that if you call me well, it will be a harvest of 10,000 taels of gold a year!"

The King of Shu did not call himself the king, but called himself uncle.

In terms of seniority, it is not wrong to call King Shu Wang and Uncle Wang, but this title is closer.

"Uncle Wang, I just thought about it. If the Shu Palace gave up the court's support grain and then kept the land for only 1,000 hectares, I can make the Shu Palace actually collect 700,000 to 1.2 million taels of silver a year. If it is less than 700,000 taels, I will make up for it!" Bai Minghe's tone was very calm.

The King of Shu knew how much income he earned in a year.

Take myself as an example. It is 50,000 shi of rice, and the banknotes have been invalidated, but the combined silver, silk, silk, yarn, silk, silk, cloth, salt, flowers, spices, horses and other materials will be almost 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver per year.

Just talking about the 200 salt, it is only 2,000 taels of silver. A thousand pounds of spent is a huge sum. Not to mention the hard goods such as silk and cloth, so even if the market price is 70,000 taels of silver, 65,000 taels can be guaranteed.

His prince is considered to be a prince, and he is about half of his own. It is just 40% of the rice and horse material.

There are also a few brothers, who are now princes and titles. They all say they are branches of the Shu Palace, or they can also be considered to be from the Shu Palace.

The King of Shu did not believe in Baiminghe's name 700,000 taels, and only said that he was a father and son, plus those concubines who were conferred the title of generals of the country, as well as daughters such as princesses.

"Seven hundred thousand taels, some less?"

"I don't count my princes who are far away from each other, I only talk about Uncle Wang's Shu Palace. Of course, the prince counts, and the four concubines who have been granted are also counted. The other Uncle Wang counts only within one generation."

This explanation from Bai Minghe naturally has a lot.

The first term of the King of Shu was the eleventh son of Taizu. Now the generation of the King of Shu has become the fourth generation. Just say that the eleventh son of Taizu has, the number of children and grandchildren is counted as large as the number of people, and there are almost sixty or seventy people.

"Let me put it simply. I heard that Uncle Wang has a very clever craft. The bamboo paper and bamboo ink in the Shu Wang Mansion are definitely the first in Shu, and there are some tributes in the palace every year. Uncle Wang passed this craft out. After signing for ten years, 10% of the workshop's revenue will be returned to Uncle Wang. There are many places south of the Yangtze River. This business earns Uncle Wang 700,000 taels a year, which is not much."

"Will they give it?" The King of Shu didn't believe it.

Bai Minghe smiled: "I will definitely give it to you if I say I give it to you. There are 19 yarn shops in Fuzhou. Each one is more or less handing over a part. The most he pays is 1.5% of the yarn machine, and half of the yarn craftsmanship. The money collected is the yarn machine by Ningbo merchants, and the yarn craftsmanship is collected by Shandong merchants. There are others, which add up to 1.5% of the yarn. This is the rule. Whoever has the craftsmanship can earn ten years."

The King of Shu believed the words of Bai Minghe, but what reason did he not believe it?

"But, what about ten years later?"

"In ten years, the process may be lagging behind, and someone will develop a better process. Take the yarn machine for example. The best yarn machine at present is four people, but the yarn machine with four people and six people has already made a prototype a few days ago. It is estimated that within three months, four people and eight people are old technology. There is a set of very strict rules in it, and no one can take advantage of the loopholes."

Speaking of this, Bai Minghe stretched out five fingers: "Uncle Wang, don't believe it when you say it. Ningbo Shanggang threw five stones of gold into the yarn machine for research."

The King of Shu sighed: "If I don't throw five stones of gold to study bamboo ink, I guess this bamboo ink will be ranked among the three famous inks in about a year."

"Yes, next is venture capital. If you want to study, there is no silver. Then come up with a proposal, and someone will pay the money to borrow Uncle Wang for your research. After the matter is completed, your income must be divided into one portion. No matter how much money you invest, the maximum income cannot exceed 30%. The technology is more expensive than silver. This is my rule."

The King of Shu nodded silently and asked again:

"What if someone doesn't follow this rule?"

"The Jinyiwei has been too idle recently. They have been free to do their work in Beijing. Because they are not allowed to collect shops, they are free to do their work."
Chapter completed!