Chapter 963 Is it bad to be greedy for money (for all monthly tickets)
Li Baiyu held up the ink pen and glanced at the stunned Young Master Liu, smacking his lips helplessly, another victim of his father!
Unexpectedly, Gouzi... His father has changed. He spits sweet fragrance at him every day and yells at him. Now he sees that his extremely favored brother-in-law has also become his father's victim. Li Baiyu
I finally felt more comfortable.
Typical schadenfreude.
"Father, my son is even poorer. You don't know. He is so poor that he almost took his official robe to a pawn shop and asked Yan'er to pawn it for money!"
Young Master Liu suddenly burst into tears, but not a single tear fell.
Li Zheng and the prince were caught off guard, and were startled. They looked at Young Master Liu with a look of astonishment, as if he were mourning for an heir, and his face was a bit unnatural.
Li Zheng's eyes twitched. Young Master Liu was so shameless that he felt ashamed of himself!
Li Baiyu's ink pen flickered, and his face became gloomy as he looked at the ink marks on the memorial.
Damn it, my prince, I provoked whoever! Everyone is at odds with me, right? This memorial will be issued the day after tomorrow. What should I do with such a large ink stain?
"I think my father has met the people who are working on the hoeing, and I learned the art of forging cannons from them!"
"However, when I heard the words of the hoeers for the first time, I was skeptical, thinking how could there be such a powerful thing in the world!"
"But I know very well that if you want to explore the results, you must do it on your own. In order to cast these fifty cannons and the required ammunition, you will lose all your money and almost sell your sons and daughters!"
"All the coal was spent, and all the property my father gave me to start my own business was completely consumed. My son's salary was barely enough to support the family. I had no choice but to shamelessly go to Zhurun, the Marquis of Guan Nei, to borrow it.
I bought six million taels of silver to continue research!"
"This is all the money I borrowed with shamelessness. I may seem like a good person, but who would have thought that I actually owe six million taels of silver!"
"The son's wife, Mrs. Liu Qiyun, was reluctant to use rouge and gouache for a whole year. Fu Zhengping's wife, the wife of the Liu family, Li Yan, had to put aside the dignity of her daughter's family and go to the queen mother to beg for some clothes to wear in order to reduce the pressure on the son-chen!"
"My concubine Qinglian and the others dare not go out for a stroll, for fear that their shoes will be worn out and increase my burden!"
"There are several children who are crying for food and can only eat porridge and water. The wet nurse is not willing to spend money to hire one to provide them with more nutrition! Several children are so hungry that their faces are yellow and skinny!"
Young Master Liu raised his sleeves: "Father's dragon robe still has patches to use! I don't even want to use patches on my son's clothes, just to save two pieces of cloth for my son Chenggan to use as diapers!"
"When I had not established my own business, I kept pretending to be poor. Now that I have established my own business, I have shown my cards. I no longer pretend. I am really poor. You can tell it at a glance without even pretending!"
"My father is poor and still needs subsidies from the treasury, but my son is poor and has no one to support him!"
"It took thirty million dollars of silver to cast fifty cannons and thousands of shells. I did not dare to report it without on-site inspection, for fear that my colleagues in the DPRK would accuse me of using my whims and monstrous words to confuse the public and deceive the emperor!"
"We can only take advantage of the opportunity of the Western Expedition to test the power of artillery. However, once the cannon is fired, gold is worth ten thousand taels, but during the Western Expedition, the cost of shells was as high as three million taels of snowflakes and silver!"
"I am using all my property to serve my father! Just when I was thinking of finding time to ask my father to reimburse my expenses to support my family, my father turned my attention to Erchen's artillery and wanted to have sex for free.
.......Can’t get any money!"
"If my mother didn't feel sorry for my son and secretly gave him some money she had saved, which is one hundred and twenty-three taels and six copper coins, I remember it clearly. If my mother didn't love my son so deeply, I would have been there long ago.
I took my whole family to beg for food to survive."
"I think that when I am about to turn 30, I still have to rely on my mother to support me. I am so ashamed that I have no face to meet the ancestors of the Liu family!"
"God, is there any truth in this world?"
This time it was Li Baiyu who was stunned, and Li Zheng's face twitched.
Mr. Liu and Mr. Li Zheng were dumbfounded when they heard Mr. Liu's constant complaining words.
Li Zheng swallowed his saliva and looked at Mr. Liu who looked miserable. Is it so miserable?
She wears a Sichuan brocade woven jacket worth three hundred taels, a Fuyao-pointed emerald cloud smoke pleated skirt worth about one hundred taels of silver, walking shoes with golden threads on the clouds, a snow-white clouded leopard skin cloak, and a jasper-inlaid gold hairpin on her head.
This outfit is worth at least a thousand taels of silver, which is more than enough.
The clothes the three princesses wore when they entered the palace flashed in Li Zheng's mind.
Li Zheng's face turned a little red. If Yan'er hadn't just entered the palace and I saw it clearly, I would have believed you!
A single outfit is enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary person's family for nearly ten years. You and I are crying about poverty. I'm afraid you are treating me like a fool and fooling me!
If you don't have money, your concubine won't be able to afford a few rooms.
Li Zheng's face turned dark and he rubbed his forehead.
"Come on, don't pretend to be poor, and I won't complain. Open the skylight and speak frankly. I won't force you, but don't bullshit me either. You and I, my husband-in-law, give me a good time. How can you use firepower?
Support Wu Guogong in his northern expedition. It’s okay to have some money, but don’t open your mouth like a lion!”
"Fifty artillery pieces cost 12 million taels. We don't have any shells right now. Let's get some and give them 3 million taels before we go on the expedition. This is an honest price given by me out of consideration for being both a monarch and a son-in-law!"
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"Your damn artillery is made of pure gold. The artillery and shells together cost half of the tax revenue of the treasury. You dare to ask for 15 million silver for something made of iron. Pure gold is not worth the price!"
Li Zheng suddenly stood up and looked at Young Master Liu furiously!
"Father, it's not like this. What I gave you is an honest price. You can't let me keep the money spent on researching artillery. You can't really bankrupt your family by working hard for Dalong. Marquis Guannei
There is still a foreign debt of six million taels over there. If my father doesn't believe it, I will get the account book immediately!"
"Then where do you want me to get the fucking fifteen million taels of silver? I'll sell the palace!"
All the imperial dignity and royal face were thrown away by Li Zheng, and he started to spit out fragrance.
The face of an emperor is worthless in front of fifteen million taels of silver.
As long as we don't talk about money, it won't be a problem if you let me pretend to be otherworldly.
When it comes to money, I admit that I am a scoundrel.
"It's not like selling the palace. Even if the artillery cannons cost me five million taels at least, my father can't let me pay for the money to make the cannonballs. When the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels, and every shot is worth silver, isn't it?
I blew it with my mouth!"
"There is no money. The national treasury only has four million taels. The tax money for several years has not been confiscated. The Northern Expedition will consume a lot of money. Where can I get money for you?"
Young Master Liu closed his eyes and muttered for a while, looking at Li Zheng faintly.
"Father, the treasury should have nine million taels of silver!"
"How did you know..."
Li Zheng looked at Mr. Liu helplessly, and he was so angry that he was confused. Liu Mingzhi was the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He knew how much money the treasury had than himself, the emperor!
"You must leave some emergency cash for the national treasury! Once the war breaks out, you know better than anyone how much money will be spent on transporting grain and grass to the soldiers, and there won't be much money left at all!"
Young Master Liu looked at Li Zheng coyly: "Father, the share of the coal business in the past few years, the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said it was twelve million taels of silver!"
"Bullshit, there are only more than 800 left... What do you mean, Liu Mingzhi, you bastard, you are not afraid of God's punishment, but you are thinking about the coffin book of my father-in-law and me. You want me to be exposed in the wilderness a hundred years later."
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"Long live my father! Long live my father!"
"Stop trying to bullshit me! If I really wanted to live forever, I wouldn't be in a hurry to go to the Western Seas and march to the north. I would endure them to death! Besides, that's my private money in the inner treasury. It doesn't make sense.
Use my private money to subsidize the national treasury! I am already forty-seven this year and have only a few years to live. You are not so shameless as to take my coffin book. You are my son-in-law, and I will marry Yaner.
I've become your wife, isn't this a great kindness?"
"Father, when it comes to our relationship, we have to have a good time talking about it!"
"In the past, when you went to the south of the Yangtze River incognito, your sons and ministers saved the court so much money through your favor. How much money was saved by horseshoes. How much money was saved by the telescope for the training of scouts. How much money was transferred from the border trade. How much money did the coal business have?
Boxes and boxes of banknotes were sent to the palace. Those were banknotes, so I didn’t say anything at all!"
Li Zheng took a few deep breaths: "That's all, let's just pretend that my coffin can no longer hold it. Instead of covering the coffin, I will give 3 million taels to Liu Chengfeng. The two sisters Liu Yiyi will upgrade their titles to one level in exchange for your 50.
A cannon plus enough shells!”
"Five million taels don't require a title!"
"Get out of here!"
"Is your son studying the consumption of artillery before?"
"I'll write you a note and return it to you when the treasury taxes come in!"
"Your Highness, please lend me a writing brush!"
In the blink of an eye, Young Master Liu took out a piece of rice paper and a brush and lay face down in front of Li Zheng's dragon case.
"Father, thank you for your work!"
Li Zheng looked at Young Master Liu with a darkened face: "Is it true? I am a man of gold and gold!"
Liu Mingzhi's face turned bitter: "Father, don't you intend to default on your debt?"
Li Zheng groaned and took the brush from Liu Mingzhi with a dark expression.
"I write, you can live your whole life holding on to your money, or you will be crushed to death!"
"Don't talk about crushing me to death, I would be happy to smash you to death!"
The brush was flying in one fell swoop, and Li Zheng helplessly threw the rice paper to Liu Mingzhi.
"get out!"
Liu Mingzhi checked it carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and spread the rice paper in front of Li Zheng again.
"Father, seal!"
"you............."
"My father, my son, and my ministers have a hard life!"
"Isn't it enough for me to cover it? Liu Mingzhi, believe it or not, if anyone else besides you dares to bargain with me like this, the grass on the grave will be three to five feet high and sway in the wind!"
"My son, I believe, this is the reason why our father-in-law and son-in-law have a deep love for each other!"
Liu Mingzhi's eyes were fixed on the IOU and he couldn't bear to move away. The cost of researching artillery by himself was considered a return!
"My son, please retire!"
"Go away, by the way, before you cry for poverty next time, put the Donghai White Warm Jade worth 20,000 taels of silver in your waist at home. Don't treat me like a fool, ha!"
"Forehead.........."
Liu Mingzhi scratched his head angrily: "Father, this was given to me by my father before I established my own business. I will return it to him after my son returns. A man of seven feet must be self-reliant and self-reliant!"
"Yes! If you are ambitious, Yan'er will change into a maid's clothes before returning to the palace next time! A poor person wears Shu brocade. Do you know that I also want to be so poor?"
"Yes, yes, I promise to pay attention, sir! What about the three million taels of silver notes?"
"Old Zhou, you quickly took him to the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and paid him three million taels of silver. I don't want to see him!"
"Obey...obey the order!"
The chief manager had an extremely weird expression on his face, clutching his fly whisk and walking towards Young Master Liu.
"Prince-in-law, come with us!"
"Father, I have resigned, and I have a job to take care of, the general manager!"
After a long time, Li Baiyu put down the ink pen in his hand and walked hesitantly to Li Zheng: "Father, brother-in-law..."
"I never mentioned the disaster relief in Qingzhou, the suppression of bandits in the south of the Yangtze River, or the military exploits of the various countries in the Western Regions. I only talked about money."
"What my father means is..."
Li Zheng suddenly laughed and patted Li Baiyu's shoulder meaningfully.
"Is it bad to be greedy for money? I'm going to your mother's place, so you can continue your work!"
The prince looked at his father's back and nodded understandingly!