The officials from the Ministry of Industry were confused and looked like they were listening eagerly for knowledge.
"Please enlighten me, sir!"
Feng Baigong smiled slightly.
"Actually, it's a very simple matter. I want to ask you, who is the most powerful person in the world?"
"It's your Majesty!"
"Who does the Firearms Supervision Bureau sell fireworks and firecrackers for? For what purpose?"
Of course it's for the money.
"It's to build the Bronze Bird Palace for His Majesty!" Someone with a blessed heart answered wittily.
"So, the Firearms Supervision Bureau is now backed by the most powerful person in the world! What's wrong with the high selling price?"
"We are not doing this for ourselves, but for Your Majesty!"
"If the powerful have any objections, let them speak to His Majesty!"
this……!
All the officials from the Ministry of Industry raised their eyes and looked at Feng Baigong.
Such an interlocking plan not only pleases His Majesty, but also finds a backer, and is more likely to make their pockets bigger than before!
Lord Shangshu kills three birds with one stone!
high!
It’s really high!
Now they finally understand why Mr. Feng has achieved such a high position today.
Not only do you have skills, but you also have brains!
"Colleagues, what do you think of what I have said? Is it feasible?"
"It's doable! It's so doable!"
"Xiaguan, go and ask someone to raise the price right now! Xianguan has had enough of the cowardice of those powerful people! I want to raise the price twice! No, three times!"
Deng Xuezhi, the director of the Ministry of Industry in charge of the Bureau of Firearms Manufacturing Supervision, said that he was going to raise the price immediately.
Feng Baigong called him to stop.
"Only three times? The situation is too small!"
"And this kind of rude price increase without any excuses, aren't you afraid that the powerful people will suffer a loss in front of you but will beat you up on the way home?"
"For His Majesty's sake, I have nothing to fear!"
"Okay, the Ministry of Industry has done a great job. What's the use of just shouting slogans? Our Ministry of Industry is not good at management. We should seek professional consultation on this matter."
"Sir, do you mean Zhou Kongfang, the God of Wealth?"
"Do you have any comments?"
"No! No! Your decision is so wise, my lord!"
"I just wonder if Zhou Caishen is willing to lend a helping hand? The Ministry of Industry rarely dealt with him before, and we didn't have a deep friendship with him."
"I hit it off with him and I will be responsible for this."
"What I need you to do is to classify the firecrackers and fireworks in detail and make a detailed list. In this regard, Director Deng, you have to take responsibility."
"I'm going to go now."
"In addition, since I want to rip off His Majesty's tiger skin, the Tongque Palace must continue to work, and the movement must not be too small!"
"But it's hard for a good woman to make a meal without rice. Do you colleagues have any suggestions?"
"The Ministry of Industry reserves timber and stone materials all year round, but high-ranking officials often ask for them. I will not give them to you in the future. I will only build the Tongque Palace for His Majesty!"
"There are also exquisite craftsmen who are always loaned out by powerful people for free. From now on, I will build the Bronze Bird Palace for His Majesty!"
Feng Baigong listened quietly.
With a face as smooth as an ancient well, write these things down.
But his heart kept echoing the words His Majesty taught him and Zhou Kongfang yesterday!
Profit is the biggest motivation!
Your majesty is holy!
It's the twelfth lunar month of winter.
"Children, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after Laba..."
To prepare New Year’s goods, fireworks are a must!
But this year, a group of dignitaries in Jinling City discovered that the daring gang of the Firearms Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Industry had actually raised the price of fireworks!
And that’s not to mention twice as much!
The housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion was looking at the various price lists from top to bottom posted on the door of the Firearms Supervision Bureau.
I just feel dizzy and dizzy.
"Are you, the Firearms Bureau, crazy about money? The sky-high fireworks with drug-induced puppets only sold for ten taels of silver in previous years, but this year they cost three hundred taels! It's a robbery!"
Mr. Deng is absolutely right.
I just stood there and watched the first assistant butler spitting and watching the other powerful butlers talking about it, and they were determined not to lower the price.
"Please forgive me, everyone."
"Now the Ministry of Industry is in charge of Feng Shangshu. Everyone knows that he is strict."
"In the past, the Bureau of Firearms Manufacturing Supervision could use various pretexts to obtain precious fireworks materials at low prices, but now Feng Shangshu is stuck and has to spend every penny!"
"For example, the green vitriol needed for the puppet fireworks, Feng Shangshu simply did not open a warehouse to use it! Our Firearms Bureau can make this batch, but all the materials are obtained privately at high prices!"
"The cost has increased dozens of times. If you think it's too high, I can't help it!"
"Moreover, our Ministry of Industry has also taken over the task of helping the emperor continue to build the Tongque Palace. If you don't build it, you will be cheating the emperor, and if you build it, it will cost you a lot of money!"
"So, please be considerate."
"It's not that we're crazy about money, but it's the Ministry of Industry's new year that's going to be difficult this year!"
The stewards listened.
That makes perfect sense!
But no matter how reasonable you are, you are still robbing money if the price is increased up to thirty times!
If the price is too high, they must go back and report it to the owner.
Most of the housekeepers went back to the house to ask for instructions, but a few of them stood at the door and did not leave.
"Sir, I wonder how many first-class sky-high fireworks this year, such as the Fireworks Supervision Bureau, have in stock?"
"Not much, not as much as in previous years anyway."
"Sold out. During this period of time before the year, our Firearms Manufacturing Bureau would definitely not be able to obtain the materials to make them again."
"This is one thousand five hundred taels, I want it..."
At the same time, the housekeepers who went home to report received orders to buy!
“No matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it!”
"Every year we set off fireworks from the Bureau of Firearms Inspection and Manufacturing, and everyone around us is envious of them. Could it be that this year you want me to be like those poor people, just listening to the crackle of firecrackers?"
"If you don't set off fireworks, how can you ask me to go out to celebrate the New Year?"
"If someone asks if the Chinese New Year fireworks are good to watch, I'll tell you they are quite loud. That's not a shame!"
There are also some owners who are stingy.
He wanted to coerce the Firearms Supervision Bureau to reduce the price, but when he heard that the Firearms Supervision Bureau moved the emperor out.
Forget it.
It would be best not to provoke the emperor these days.
It is said that because he was teased by the officials, the little emperor now stands on the palace wall every day, looking at the slow construction progress of the Tongque Palace in the southern suburbs, sighing and cursing the officials!
You must not irritate the little emperor again.
Otherwise, if someone fails to open the treasury again, it will offend all the officials who are waiting to share the money and meat of the treasury!
so.
It is clear that the price of firecrackers and fireworks issued by the Bureau of Firearms Supervision this year is considered robbery, but no one raised any objections.
Instead, a lot of money was sent to the Firearms Manufacturing Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.
Some people even yelled for a higher price to buy because they were out of stock, and they no longer looked as expensive as before.
Many people also find fun in it.
"The Zhao family buys fireworks by the truckload, but the Qian family, which has always boasted that it is the richest man in Nancheng, only buys one load."
"You can tell who is really rich and who is pretending to be rich!"
And Zhu Youde, who was considered by the outside world to be incompetent and furious, stood on the palace wall every day.
At this moment, he is sitting next to the pile of silver sent by Feng Baigong.
Look at the fireworks sales bill.
"Everyone in the family is very rich!"
"If we can add a crime of unknown origin of huge amounts of property to the law of Daliang, and catch the pigs one by one according to the list, this year will definitely be a fat year!"
But unfortunately I can only think about it.
Amending the laws of Daliang is not something that the emperor can just say, and all the officials can say long live and agree to it.
Zhu Youde suppressed many thoughts back to the bottom of his heart.
He turned to look at Feng Baigong, who was standing respectfully below.
"Feng Aiqing, how do you control the Ministry of Industry currently? You are entrusted with the construction of the new firearms bureau. Can you guarantee that no secrets will be leaked?"
"Your Majesty, all the craftsmen signed the death contract. With the assistance of the East and West factories, there will never be any problems."
"Okay, Tongque Palace can be built slowly, but the new firearms bureau must be accelerated and the quality and quantity must be maintained!"
This is related to his plan for the new army!
"The profits from subsequent fireworks will not be transported to the palace, but will be used directly at Tongque Palace."
The emperor finished speaking.
Feng Baigong did not leave.
"Your Majesty, I still want to give you one more advice. The Tongque Palace is a waste of money and people, but Your Majesty not only continues to build it, but is also preparing to expand it massively. It is really not an act of a wise king!"
"Feng Aiqing just does her job well. I have my own plans for these!"