Emperor Hongzhi suddenly missed Xiao Jing a little.

I haven't been able to care about it before. After thinking about it, it seems that there are indeed many inconveniences without Xiao Jing by my side.

Xiao Jing is a bit awkward, but...

Emperor Hongzhi thought and said lightly: "Let Xiao Jing return to Beijing."

He gave an order to the eunuch beside him, and then looked at Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard that the silver price has dropped a lot these days?"

Fang Jifan thought to himself that he released so many loans out of thin air, and the stocks soared several times. To put it bluntly, things are still the same thing, but the price has risen. Can the silver price not depreciate?

But there is no way to do this.

Fang Jifan nodded: "It's a lot more."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I am worried that it will affect the national economy and people's livelihood, and this is not a fun thing."

Fang Jifan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this appropriate price of silver is of great benefit to the country. Think about it, ordinary people have already spent a month to get their salary, food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they can save money wherever they usually save. Those who have the money are rich. The more money they save, the more they lose. If they continue to hide the money, they will lose all their money. Therefore, they have to take out the money, either to buy stocks, to buy a mansion, or to trade. Isn't this the business banks that support listing? These businesses get the money from them, engage in trade and production, and need a large number of people to create value. What's wrong with it?"

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

It turns out that this matter has something to do with stock trading.

Could it be that the silver price will still push up the stock price when it falls every day?

Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I am not worried about them, these wealthy families are just afraid that ordinary people will suffer from difficulties. In recent years, Zhenguo Mansion has temporarily solved the problem of people's food. Of course, this is due to the military farm guards, but... the people are not limited to food and drink."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "Don't worry, my father, I'll solve the problem of dressing in the people of the capital within one month."

"Huh?" Emperor Hongzhi was stunned, and then laughed: "You always don't do anything serious, but you have such a big tone."

Zhu Houzhao patted her chest: "I promise that the price of the cloth in the capital will be reduced by more than half. If my father doesn't believe it, I... I promised to protect Fang Jifan's head."

Fang Jifan: "..."

It’s so sad, how sad this is, Fang Jifan looked heartbroken, Your Highness, where is your conscience?

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao deeply: "It seems that you are going to issue a military order?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Your minister can sign and write. Fang Jifan is his good brother. If he dies, you will definitely be very sad. Just use him as a bet."

Fang Jifan immediately said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness is just joking, but... the sons and Your Highness have indeed thought of ways to relieve the people's difficulties."

Seeing that Fang Jifan said this, Emperor Hongzhi became curious.

Although Emperor Hongzhi loved silver, it did not mean that he did not care about the suffering of the people.

This is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Recently, a censor reported that prices have indeed soared. If this continues, how can the people live?

First, the land price surged, followed by the stock price overflowed countless wealth. Even if we knew that the stock market and mansions benefited the country and the people, it forced Emperor Hongzhi to pay attention.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the two of them deeply: "One month?"

"One month!" Zhu Houzhao said happily.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "Very good, I will give you one month. I will do it well, and I will not treat you badly."

After watching Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan, they watched them go away.

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his head, and the eunuchs beside him poured tea for him.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "These two boys are so stingy, but today... they plucked their hair from them."

The eunuch didn't know what to do, and looked inexplicable.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "Parent Xiao is no longer smart, so you are even more stupid."

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cabinet.

Your Majesty’s treasury has been preserved.

The cabinet was relieved.

Over the past year, especially after the emergence of the stock market, the cabinet has been in a state of turmoil.

As Your Majesty said, the price is indeed going to rise to the sky. Of course... the decline in silver prices has indeed increased work for countless people, and this decline is barely within a controllable range.

But...it's not a solution if this continues.

At noon, Liu Jian and the other two were drinking tea in the cabinet's ward rounds, while discussing the changes that took place in Beijing.

They were like a group of boatmen driving a big ship to a strange sea, and they were already a little confused about the direction.

As he was speaking, a eunuch sent a note from His Majesty.

Liu Jian took the note and saw that he urged the cabinet to issue an order as soon as possible and granted the title of King Shouren.

Liu Jian looked at the eunuch and nodded: "Tell Your Majesty that the old minister has already assigned the waiting room for the imperial edict. After the imperial edict is drafted, he will be sent to the rank of the official tomorrow."

The eunuch smiled and said, "It's a problem for Mr. Liu."

Liu Jian smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is so excited that he seems very happy."

"Yes." said the little eunuch: "Your Majesty is so happy today that I don't know what's going on, and I am very happy for Your Majesty. But... I am not considerate in serving Your Majesty, and Your Majesty calls me stupid. I am really trepidated."

Liu Jian thought: "Oh? Why is this?"

The little eunuch said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince and Duke of Qi have made a bet with Your Majesty. If the price of this cloth is to drop by nearly half within one month."

When Liu Jian heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, who were standing beside him, looked at each other, and their eyes were also shining.

"Is this serious?" Liu Jian said with a smile.

"yes."

Liu Jian exhaled: "Haha, it's a bit of meaning, okay, okay." As he said that, he closed his smile: "Go back and report to you."

The eunuch was still puzzled.

Why do everyone laugh so happily?

Could it be that it's just because of a bet?

He was confused and nodded.

The eunuch left.

Liu Jian and the other two couldn't help laughing.

"It's not easy." Liu Jian sighed: "It's not easy. Fang Jifan will suffer a loss."

Xie Qian was also happy: "Yes, the cloth has fallen by nearly half. This bet is very interesting. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, will definitely not be able to come up with much money. If you want to make the cloth price fall, it is simply Fang Jifan took out the silver to fill this pit. I will calculate, if you want to subsidize the cloth price by nearly half, how much money will it take?"

"The capital is now large. Now, there are more people with salary. There are always many demands for buying cloth. If you really need subsidies, it will take longer. If you don't have millions of taels of silver, you're afraid you don't think about it. Fang Jifan should have to clean up like this. He has so much money, and he hides it and doesn't take out a little, which is beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood. How can you say it? His Majesty has a way to make a bet and he will submit. Thinking about the past, he wants to take some silver from his hands..." When he said this, Liu Jian couldn't help but shake his head.

After Li Dongyang smiled, he frowned slightly: "You guys... is it possible... there is other way around Fang Jifan and His Royal Highness?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "What else can I do? I think I can only pay."

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is true. After two or three years of development, the price of cloth has always remained high. Moreover, winter is coming, and the people have a very high demand for heating items. Almost everyone thinks that the price of cloth is probably going to a higher level.

In addition to Fang Jifan taking out the silver and subsidizing the cloth price, what else can he do? This bet, even if His Majesty loses, will be worth it.

"Let's wait and see, let's see how much money this Fang Jifan has to take out to block this hole."

"Extremely wonderful, wonderfully wonderful."

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After coming out of the palace, Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a resentful look on his face.

Zhu Houzhao felt guilty. The more he felt guilty, the more he shouted, "What should I see?"

Fang Jifan said: "Why does Your Highness use my head to bet?"

"Because we are friends, for you, I will never lose. This is a guarantee that you have never been betting with others like this before?"

"No." Fang Jifan was very confused: "These are two different things."

"One thing, I've learned it from you anyway." Zhu Houzhao patted his shoulder: "Okay, Lao Fang, don't be quacky anymore. Let's think about how to increase the output of this cloth so much, so that he always feels that we are idle."

Fang Jifan sighed: "I misunderstood the bandits, our Fang Jifan..."

Zhu Houzhao patted his shoulder: "Stop talking, go to the workshop."

Fang Jifan didn't want to go with him.

But if you think about it carefully, this bet has been beaten.

So I had to obey.

This is the first textile workshop in Xishan.

After several debugging, the female workers recruited have gradually begun to have some "explosiveness".

After understanding the characteristics of this machine, it is to arrange work stations and formulate production plans.

During the trial production period, some problems occurred.

Fortunately, these problems were quickly solved by the craftsmen of the Steam Research Institute.

After taking care of some of the problems and solutions submitted by Wang Jinyuan, who was guarding here, Zhu Hou looked up and said, "In this way, the cotton has almost been collected?"

"All of them have been collected, and they have completely met the demand. Not only the cotton from Hexi, but also the ones from Jiangnan have been collected. They can collect as much as they have on the market. Don't worry, the villain has always been reliable in doing things."

Fang Jifan thought about it, that others were doing things with money. But Wang Jinyuan was doing things with his life. After all, if he was not careful, he might beat him to death. I think it was still very safe to do things.

"Very good. Tomorrow, I will try the production for another day, and the next day, the work will be officially started. Remember, the machine cannot be stopped, and I will work in three shifts."

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