Early the next morning, Fang Chen went to Lu Caihuang and informed him of what happened last night.
"I really didn't expect Zhang Yu to have this trick, it's so destructive!"
"Although this trick can completely suppress you and even prevent you from becoming the owner of Dongchang Factory, they also revealed that they collected protection fees and forced these merchants to sign some unwarranted loans. These things will definitely be watched.
It doesn’t do them any good.”
"The Zhang family is really going all out to deal with you!"
Fang Chen also had a look of hatred on his face: "When I become the owner of Dongchang Factory, the first thing I will do is to check on the Zhang family. I will check on their house every day if there is nothing to do. I will check on everything if there is nothing to do. I will follow behind them to check on Zhang.
I will not let go of everyone in my family!"
"You should think about how to raise money now. I can't come up with such a large sum of 400,000 taels!" Lu Caihuang was helpless.
As a queen, there is no problem in spending two to thirty thousand taels, but four hundred thousand taels is really too much.
Fang Chen was stunned: "Queen, as the Lord of the Sixth Palace, you are the richest person in the harem, how come you can't afford four hundred thousand taels of silver?"
Lu Caihuang said: "I have one thousand taels of silver per year, and almost a hundred pieces of various silks and cloths. The concubine has 600 taels per year, the concubine has 400 taels, and the others are even less."
Fang Chen was helpless. He felt that he had been deceived by TV dramas over the years. There were tens of thousands of taels of silver and tens of thousands of gold in the TV dramas.
Actually the real situation.
You can buy a large house with several floors for a few hundred taels of silver, while ordinary people's houses only cost a few taels to dozens of taels.
Lu Caihuang had tens of thousands of silver coins here, but Fang Chen didn't ask for them.
He needs to find another way.
After Fang Chen left, Zhao Qian walked in: "Queen, are you really unable to get hundreds of thousands of silver?"
Lu Caihuang smiled faintly: "Of course I can get it, but I really got so much money for Fang Chen. What do you think will happen if His Majesty or others find out?"
"How should I explain the origin of this money?"
"Some things cannot be discovered and must never be taken out."
Zhao Qian said with some worry: "But this time we don't help Fang Chen. What if Fang Chen can't get the factory official position?"
Lu Caihuang looked confident: "Do you think Fang Chen is only capable of this? He promised to hand over 400,000 taels to Zhang Fengwu within three days, and he can definitely do it!"
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After Luo Ningxin retired from the court, she returned to Qianqing Palace.
Zhang Yu from the Ministry of Revenue was recuperating from his injuries. Today, they discussed the disaster in the south. There were no other matters, and there were no quarrels or conflicts. It was a rare calm.
And when Luo Ningxin saw Fang Chen and heard what happened last night, Luo Ningxin felt bad again.
"The people of the Zhang family harm the people and do whatever it takes to make money. They are really lawless. They are no different from those heinous villains, and even more abominable!"
"They dare to expose their evil deeds, then I will definitely investigate. Sooner or later these things will be found out clearly, so that they can't live with it!"
Luo Ningxin didn't know about these things before.
If the minister's son did something like this, he would definitely not report it and spread it to his majesty.
Now they no longer have to worry about so much in order to deal with Fang Chen.
Besides, even if His Majesty knows, there is no evidence.
The money allocated for disaster relief last time ended up sinking the entire ship on the waterway.
Zhang Yu could do such things, but what his son did was even worse.
Fang Chen said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Can you give me four hundred thousand taels of silver?"
Luo Ningxin said: "Do you think my whole body is worth 400,000?"
"Although the Ministry of Revenue allocates a certain percentage of money to me every year, all of this money taken from the people and used for the people has been spent."
"Besides, when I need money, I can just go to the household department and get it. There is no need to save money at all."
Fang Chen was very helpless.
The emperor has his own inner treasury, which is different from the national treasury.
The country's money belongs to the household managers, while the money in the inner treasury belongs to the emperor.
In the past few years since Luo Ningxin came to power, if he saved his money, it would be a huge fortune. However, Luo Ningxin has no habit of saving money at all. He will use the money for the people.
In recent years, the country has been in recession. Just like this disaster in the south, a lot of manpower, material and financial resources were lost, and the victims flocked to the imperial capital. This has not happened in a hundred years.
There is money in the treasury, but it cannot be withdrawn without the approval of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Fang Chen couldn't borrow money, so he had to think of other ways.
The emperor had no money, and the queen didn't have much money either, but the young master of the Ministry of Household Affairs just asked for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
How ironic!
In the afternoon, Fang Chen left the palace and came to a busy road.
He went to one shop after another and observed them for a long time.
Fang Chen was thinking about what kind of thing to make, which should be simple and practical, easy for people to accept, and not too shocking.
While Fang Chen was visiting a ceramics store, suddenly a familiar voice came from behind him.
"Master Fang is so leisurely and elegant, you actually have time to go shopping."
Fang Chen turned around and saw that it was Ye Fan, the minister of Honglu Temple with a crazy and cool name.
"It turns out to be Mr. Ye. According to Mr. Ye, I can't have time to go shopping?"
Ye Fan held a porcelain bowl in his hand and looked at it: "Master Fang, I heard that you owe someone 400,000 taels, but you are not in a hurry and are still shopping here."
It’s true that good things don’t go out and bad things spread thousands of miles.
Fang Chen smiled: "Master Ye is really well-informed! But I am anxious and there is nothing I can do, so I just go out for a walk and relax! Is it possible that Master Ye has 400,000 taels to lend to me?"
Ye Fan smiled mysteriously, leaned into Fang Chen's ear and whispered: "If you kill me, I don't have 400,000 taels, but just because I don't have it, it doesn't mean that others don't have it."
Fang Chen's eyes lit up, it was obvious that Ye Fan had an idea.
So Fang Chen asked: "Master Ye, you might as well say what you have to say directly."
"I have also just received news that Hu Yanzhuo, the envoy of the Western Empire, will arrive tomorrow morning and will come to our Ye Mansion as a guest. I wonder if Mr. Fang will have time to visit the humble residence by then?"
Hearing the three words Hu Yanzhuo, Fang Chen suddenly understood.
Last time Fang Chen and Hu Yanzhuo discussed the black powder business, Hu Yanzhuo said that he would go back and discuss it with the country's senior officials, and that after the discussion, he would give Fang Chen a result.
Fang Chen said: "Master Ye, I have plenty of time. Didn't you see that I'm very free? So I ran out to go shopping. Master Ye, it's better to meet by chance than to invite me. I'll treat you to a meal!"
Ye Fan smiled: "It's still early for dinner. If you want to eat, I'll have to eat tomorrow. I'll be waiting for Mr. Fang at the mansion."
After saying goodbye to Fang Chen, Ye Fan left. He seemed to have other things to do.
As long as Hu Yanzhuo comes, the 400,000 yuan matter can definitely be solved.