King Zhu Suyi of Qi gave orders in a completely commanding tone, which did not allow Xia Xun to shirk at all, so Xia Xun had to seriously think of a way.
What method can be used to make money quickly and make a lot of money? It must be enough to make up for the shortage of funds caused by the suspension of imperial appropriation. What a huge amount of money is this? Apart from stealing and robbing, what other good ways are there?
Inventing? In the era before the "Patent Protection Law", the only guarantee for making money from inventions was that the technological content was so high that others could not imitate it. Otherwise, unless you set up a small workshop, hire three or two close people, and put it under your nose
Look, once it is mass-produced, there is no way it can be kept secret. Damn it, given the basic conditions of this era, what invention can I come up with that would make people rush to buy it? In this period in history, what invention is there?
Can this industry make a fortune? Let me think about it, let me think about it...
Xia Xun was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. After thinking for a long time, he vaguely remembered that the people who made a lot of money in this era seemed to be Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants. The reason why they made a fortune and accumulated a large amount of wealth was based on
The geographical location and the court's policies are used to sell salt, transport, and create ticket numbers. In the final analysis, I have a keen sense of smell and take advantage of the policy market. But if I have the ability to let Zhu Yuanzhang adjust national policies for me, what am I still doing here? Besides, even if
Those Shanxi and Huizhou merchants who are extremely wealthy have accumulated so much wealth after several generations of hard work. How can they become rich overnight? Unless I win the lottery...
etc!
Xia Xun's eyes lit up, lottery! Yes, is there any way to make money faster than this? This is a good business with no capital and huge profits, and it is a sure thing!
"Do you have any idea?" Prince Qi saw his expression and immediately asked.
Xia Xun said excitedly: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have thought of a way, we can do a lottery!"
Prince Qi frowned and said, "Lottery? What is a lottery? Tell me slowly."
King Qi returned to the Luohan bed and lay down sideways. Eunuch Shu caught up two steps and raised his body. Xia Xun explained the principle and operation method of the lottery to King Qi in detail. King Qi was cold after hearing this.
He snorted and said disdainfully: "I think this is some brilliant idea. Isn't it just 'casting lots to shoot profits'? No, this method will never work."
Xia Xun said blankly: "What's the point of casting lots?"
Eunuch Shu said curiously: "No way? Young Master has never heard of 'casting lots to shoot profits'? So this method is really the young master's own idea? If so, the young master is really a quick wit."
He looked back at King Qi and saw that King Qi had no objection, so he introduced Xia Xun carefully.
He could be the father of the world's lottery. Unexpectedly, the ancients were not stupid. As early as the Yuan Dynasty, people had already played lottery.
During the Yuan Dynasty, monks, nuns and Taoists played lotteries, but the name at that time was not called lottery, but "drawing lots to shoot profits." When temples needed a lot of money to build large buildings such as palaces, pagodas, and courtyards, some smart monks invented the "lottery."
, they prepare dozens of highly attractive valuables as lottery prizes in advance, entrust powerful protector donors to sell marked lottery tickets, and then draw a public lottery. This method was once popular.
However, this kind of thing is still gambling in essence. Even the Mongolian Yuan government, which did not completely inherit the Han tradition and Confucian culture, could not withstand the strong condemnation from all walks of life, and finally terminated this project in the name of suspected gambling.
Activities, Zhu Yuanzhang, a staunch supporter of the ancient patriarchal system and etiquette system, hated getting something for nothing. Even general gambling activities were within the scope of his resolute attack. Are you engaging in "lottery" in the Ming Dynasty? You really don't want to die.
How to write the word.
Moreover, the main reason why the issuance of lottery tickets was resolutely stopped by the ruling class is that once a lottery is launched, it is difficult to ban large-scale gatherings of tens of thousands of people. And such large-scale mass gatherings are too dangerous, which is not allowed in any feudal society.
Yes, the main reason why King Qi vetoed this method was because of this. He didn't care about Feng Xianguan's impeachment or the condemnation of the government and the public. If something really happened, he would have the Palace Chief Shi to take care of it. The Palace Chief Shi had the same position as the Wang Xiang, in fact, he was the prime minister.
The scapegoat for the prince's crimes, a professional scapegoat.
But the charge of rebellion is excepted! If the prince himself rebels, or if his fault contributes to someone else's rebellion, that is an unforgivable crime. Even if he is a prince, he must bear the main responsibility.
King Qi's face suddenly sank, and he said displeasedly: "Yang Xu, the lonely king saw that you were shrewd, so he entrusted you with important matters. Now you can only come up with such a good way to win over others?"
Xia Xun sighed, and had to bite the bullet and tell the second method Feng Zongqi said. He kept it in mind. Among the three methods he thought of, this method was the least harmful, and King Qi
If he didn't adopt it, he would at most be scolded by him for being ridiculous, but the King of Qi would not be so angry that he would be kicked out of the palace.
After hearing this, King Zhu Su of Qi turned slightly sideways, patted his knees gently, and began to think deeply.
Xia Xun secretly wondered: "Strange, why is he not annoyed at all?"
Zhu Su pondered for a moment, then stopped with his raised palm, suddenly waved it into the air, and said decisively: "Good idea, just do it like this!"
Xia Xun was stunned, but Zhu Shu asked curiously: "What? What's the problem?"
Xia Xun hurriedly said: "Oh, no...no problem."
King Qi smiled and said: "This method works."
He got off the bed, walked slowly, stroking his beard and said: "Selling animal sinews, cowhide, and raw and wrought iron should make a lot of profit, but... it's still slow. It's hard to make a profit in at least two months. It can't be
This method can be used to quench my current thirst, but I still need to think of a way to solve the current difficulty and a way to make money faster. Do you have any good ideas?"
If he was just asking for advice, Xia Xun would have shaken his head and said nothing. The problem was that King Qi's eyes were burning. Although his words seemed to be asking, the look on his face had already made it clear: "If you can't help it, just think about it. In short, I won't bother you."
"Second Master, you must deal with me." Xia Xun gritted his teeth and told him the method taught by Feng Zongqi to expand the palace and make money, thinking: "To disturb the people in this way, to exploit them in a clever way."
This place has ruined the reputation of the palace, so the prince must be furious this time, right?"
Unexpectedly, King Qi laughed loudly after hearing this, and couldn't help but praise: "Wonderful! What a great idea, what a great idea, haha, I'm really sorry you came up with it, this method is so wonderful!"
Xia Xun was dumbfounded after hearing this. After a long while, he calmed down and reminded carefully: "Your Majesty, this method can certainly fill the palace's treasury and solve the immediate urgent needs, but... expanding the palace and occupying people's residences will inevitably boil up the public resentment. So,
The prince’s virtuous reputation is greatly disadvantaged.”
He looked at King Qi's face and said: "The sale of cowhide, animal tendons and pig iron is even more prohibited by the national law. Once detected by the officials, it will probably be very detrimental to the prince. Although these methods can make a profit, whether they are feasible or not, I don't know.
I feel that there is a lot of room for discussion..."
"Hey, there's nothing that can't be done."
King Zhu Shu of Qi disagreed: "This world belongs to my Zhu family, and this Qingzhou Prefecture is a vassal state given to Gu by my father. The mountains, rivers, and thousands of people here belong to Gu. King Gu wants them to show their filial piety.
What's not allowed? Those officials, rich gentry all have families, businesses, and permanent property. If I ask them to show some filial piety, how dare they rebel?"
The King of Qi said eloquently: "Besides, the trafficking of cowhide, animal sinews, pig iron and wrought iron is controlled by the imperial court. It is for fear that someone will buy these things to make soldiers and rebel. Would you do such a treasonous thing? If you make money, why don't you use it locally?
Go up? Does it not cost money to buy stone, wood, paint, bricks and tiles? Doesn’t it cost money to hire craftsmen and workers? Take it from the place and use it for the place. What’s the big deal? The idea you think of is very good.
, that’s it.”
Xia Xun couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this. He thought that the prince didn't know the benefits, so he asked, but he didn't know that King Qi didn't know the benefits, but that he was arrogant and perverted the law and didn't care about the benefits at all. In the eyes of King Qi, the country is home, and family is
It's the country. Since the world belongs to their family, what they want to use and how they want to use it are naturally justified. What laws are set up for the subjects, don't worry about them.
It was Xia Xun who misjudged King Qi's consciousness because he didn't know what other vassal kings had done. The king of Gu, Zhu Su, seized people's fields, invaded public taxes, killed innocent people, and hid in exile. The chief historian Yu Ting advised him to immediately
He found a crime to kill him, which was extremely arrogant. One day when King Zhu H of Jin had nothing to do, he surrounded a village with troops and horses, massacred more than 200 families of innocent people, and often fed vicious dogs for pleasure in biting people.
, he is simply a pervert; King Zhu Zhu of Min killed officials and people, and collected the seals of various officials, blatantly. Compared with what these brothers did, King Zhu Su of Qi was considered good.
In fact, the nine sons of the dragon are all different, and it cannot be said that all of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons are bastards. For example, King Yan and King Ning guard the land and guard the borders, but they do nothing to the people, and they love the people very much in the vassal state; King Zhu Chun of Shu, known as
A scholar of Shu, a filial and kind-hearted man, a humble gentleman. Not only did he never do anything to disturb the people, but when he learned that there were students in the vassal country who were in poverty, he would use his salary to help them. Another example is that King Zhu Zhuan of Qing Dynasty was wise, diligent and studious, and not only wrote
He is good at calligraphy, and he also vigorously promotes culture, collects and compiles it in the domain, and publishes many classics and articles; and Zhou Wang Zhu Ju is also a wise king who cares for the people under his rule. Now he is recruiting people to try again.
Baicao is planning to compile a book of all edible wild plants to benefit the world. Once the book is completed, it will become a masterpiece in the history of the development of Chinese botany.
It's a pity that although King Zhu Su of Qi is not as domineering as those bastard princes, he is definitely not a virtuous king. Neither morality nor law can restrain him. The reason why he is not evil is that he does not have the mentality of a brother prince who kills people for no reason.
Abnormal, there is no need for him to do evil. Now that the vassal king is stumped by money, it is natural and reasonable for him to readily accept the strategy offered by Xia Xun.
The Jin Yiwei knew this prince very clearly. The reaction that Qi King Zhu Shu should have in every step of the plan was already based on their calculation and judgment. Xia Xun's role was just to lead him to the guillotine.
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Xia Xun saw that King Qi was so fond of "receiving advice", so he did not dare to bring up the suggestion of opening a gold mine. To mine a gold mine, a mine protection team must be built. This matter could be big or small. It would not matter if Zhu Yuanzhang continued to be in power.
, if it were Jianwen who came to power, this would be a charge of rebellion. Fortunately, King Qi was immersed in the joy of solving the problem, and had no appetite to continue asking for more bad tricks on how to make money.
King Qi excitedly told Eunuch Shu: "Xiao Shuzi, tell the Gongzheng Institute to immediately expand the new location of the palace, and all the people in the enclosure will choose a place to build a new residence. Let the Gongzheng Institute reveal it privately, if there is any
I don’t want to demolish the house, hehe..."
Eunuch Shu understood the idea and said with a smile: "I understand, I understand..."
Xia Xun took advantage of the opportunity and hurriedly said goodbye to King Qi. King Qi turned around and said: "You go ahead, oh, by the way! Regarding the purchase and sale of cowhide, animal sinews, and raw and cooked iron materials, you have to start immediately. Where to buy and sell?"
Wherever you go, come up with a charter as soon as possible. If you need my intervention, just tell Xiao Shuzi."
"Yes, I will resign."
Xia Xun hurriedly left the palace, met the female bodyguard Miss Peng and several family members outside, and immediately rushed back to the palace. Then he summoned Manager Xiao to bring a large number of account books to his study, and the two of them discussed it in murmurs.
After a while, Manager Xiao left calmly, leaving a lot of account books in Xia Xun's study.
In the evening of the same day, Inspector Feng came to the door again. Xia Xun hurriedly came out to greet them. The two walked into the study in a friendly manner. As soon as the door was closed, Feng Xihui's face immediately darkened and he asked straight to the point: "I will give you three lessons face to face."
Why don't you tell the whole story in front of King Qi?"
Xia Xun said blankly: "What do you mean, sir?"
Feng Xihui's eyes flashed fiercely, and he said coldly: "Why do you think you are so smart and come up with any plan of 'casting lots to shoot profits'? But you don't directly tell me the three methods I taught you?"
Xia Xun was secretly surprised: "They really have eyes and ears in the palace. Fortunately, I took precautions."
If you think about it carefully, in addition to Eunuch Shu, there were seven or eight small Huangmen serving in the palace at that time. Eunuch Shu was the person who managed the finances for King Qi. If he was part of Feng Xihui's party, there would be no need for Xia Xun to offer advice.
It is completely possible for him to tell these methods, so this person can be excluded, then this person must be among the seven or eight small yellow gates. This person's status is limited. After being bribed by Feng Xihui, he can only serve as a whistleblower.
role.”
Analyzing secretly in his mind, Xia Xun said to Feng Xihui: "Excuse me, sir. I don't want to make my own decision. I'm just worried that the method of directly offering it to the Lord will arouse the prince's suspicion. Once the 'lottery shooting' is held, the people involved will
Thousands of people, the momentum is huge, and even if you want to hide it, it is impossible for Prince Qi to accept this suggestion."
Feng Xihui's expression softened slightly and he said: "Huh, you also know how to use tricks? You can't show off your cleverness in the future... This is not how fishing works. Even if you are doing it carefully, why didn't you come up with the plan to mine gold?"
What’s the reason for this?”
"Is this..."
Xia Xun hesitated for a moment, and Feng Xihui's eyes narrowed coldly. Two cold rays condensed like lines, staring at him fiercely.
only……"
"Just what?"
Feng Xihui took a step closer with his hands behind his back. Xia Xun took two steps back in panic. His lower back bumped into the desk. A pile of account books stacked crookedly on the desk fell down when he hit him. Xia Xun explained every time.
He said: "Young man... I just think that although the business of selling iron tools, cowhide and animal sinews is very profitable, in the end... it will not be as good as mining for gold.
If the two strategies are offered together, the villain will be arranged to traffic in iron and animal skins. My people are not in Qingzhou, and most of the money will have to be spent. Then...then I will have fewer shares in mining for gold. The benefits...the benefits
It would inevitably be taken over by someone else's house, so... So I didn't propose this plan right away. When I came back, I asked Steward Xiao to do an inventory of the villain to see how much living money could be transferred. I thought I would save up the capital first.
Again… again…”
Feng Xihui looked at the fallen pile of ledgers, and the murderous look in his eyes immediately disappeared. So it makes sense. Then he thought about it again, if Xia Xun could really take a big share of the mining industry, he would earn more.
With so much money, wouldn't he have to buy himself a wedding dress in the end? Feng Xihui immediately turned from anger to joy, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Well, you know how to seize the opportunity, well, it's okay if you want to get some benefits from it, but
You have to raise funds as soon as possible, and the time cannot be too long. The idea of mining for gold must be presented as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be difficult for me to explain to the superiors."
"Yes Yes!"
Xia Xun hurriedly agreed, and then explained to Mr. Feng Qi that King Qi asked him to contact the source of goods and buyers as soon as possible. Of course, Mr. Feng already knew this, because the plan was not from Mr. Feng, and neither did he.
Knowing these specific ways, I still need to ask the mysterious cave man for advice, so I didn’t ask much after hearing what he said. I just nodded and said: "I know, I will arrange these things as soon as possible.
I’ll let you know as soon as possible.”
When Xia Xun saw him off, it was already the beginning of the lanterns.
Looking at Mr. Feng Qi's retreating back, and then looking at the crescent moon on the horizon, the murderous intent in Xia Xun's heart rose quietly: "General Feng Qi has other eyes and ears in the palace. I don't think it's possible to prevaricate on both sides. He's keeping pace with every step."
Force, force me into the trap, if I don't save myself, it will be too late to regret it, General Feng, get rid of him immediately!"