Princess Kunxing only stayed in the imperial study room for more than an hour, and then left in a hurry.
Regarding business matters, Zhu Cixiang has already explained everything that should be explained. As for the specific implementation operations, he also does not plan to take care of it personally.
After several years of experience, he believed that he, the royal sister, should know how to develop business in the next few years and have the ability to develop business according to his wishes.
"My concubines, Chen Yuanyuan, Dong Wan, and Li Jun, pay homage to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!"
"Meet the Queen Mother, may the Queen Mother be blessed!"
It was not until Princess Kunxing left that the three girls Chen Yuanyuan who had been waiting in the side hall were brought in.
The three girls have been in a state of excitement ever since they learned that they were going to be summoned by His Majesty. When they came to the Imperial Study Room, their excited voices were trembling.
Chen Yuanyuan's beautiful eyes were a little moist. When she looked at Zhu Cixiang, in addition to strong longing, there was also a trace of unknown resentment.
It wasn't until they met Zhang Yan's cold eyes that the three women suddenly realized and quickly lowered their heads.
However, Dong Xiaowan and Li Xiangjun were also secretly shocked when they saw the Queen Mother and Her Majesty sitting together on the dragon chair behind the desk.
"Everyone is free of charge."
"Sit down and talk! You three have worked hard in the past two years, and you are very satisfied with Fengyue Division and the Propaganda Supervisor."
Zhu Cixiang said with a gentle smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After receiving His Majesty's affirmation, the three women's noses felt sore and they almost shed tears. Fortunately, Zhang Yan was beside them, so the three women did not dare to be presumptuous. They thanked them and carefully sat on the small stool beside them.
"Yuanyuan, please go ahead and introduce to me the specific development level of Fengyue Division."
Although Jin Yiwei reports the general situation of Fengyue Division once a month, they only know the superficial information. Only Chen Yuanyuan knows the specific data.
Seeing that Xinger wanted to talk about Feng Yuesi, Zhang Yan wanted to avoid it, but thinking of the look in the eyes of the three vixens just now, she gave up the idea immediately.
Although she doesn't have much ill feelings toward the three girls now, there are still ten talented people in the palace who are waiting for Xun'er's favor to support the old Zhu family, so she really doesn't want Xun'er to waste all his energy on these three brothels.
On a famous prostitute.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly stood up and replied, then took out an account book from her arms. Seeing that there were no maids or female officials in the study, she was immediately happy and took it to the bookcase in person and presented it to it.
"Your Majesty, Fengyue Division currently has a Meixiang Pavilion in all the southern state capitals and larger counties, with a total of 567, as well as 500 flower boats, more than 10,000 geishas, plus various
There are more than 80,000 people in total, including ten first-grade flower immortals and second-grade oiran..."
"Wait a minute, please introduce to me the rank of this oiran and the related selection system first."
Zhu Cixiang said curiously. He had naturally heard that Chen Yuanyuan divided all prostitutes into nine grades, from first grade to ninth grade, so he felt it was very novel and wanted to know more about it.
Zhang Yan snorted at Chen Yuanyuan. She obviously knew about this, but she was even more shocked. She actually opened more than 500 brothels and more than 500 flower boats without saying a word.
Come up with so many tricks and tricks.
"His Majesty…"
Chen Yuanyuan glanced at Zhang Yan weakly, then lowered her head and explained in a low voice.
Last year, Fengyue Division assigned a grade to all prostitutes based on their appearance, appearance, talent, temperament, fame and other aspects. From high to low, they were grade one to grade nine. The higher the grade, the higher the treatment.
Among them, the flower fairies of the first rank and the courtesans of the second rank each have an independent flower boat. Especially the flower boats of the ten flower fairies are the largest and most luxurious. Every time they go along the rivers and lakes, they will cause a huge sensation and attract people.
The local literati, gentry and merchants spent a lot of money just to drink with the flower fairy on the same boat.
Because these ten flower fairies are usually not seen at all, and the flower boat they are on does not do business, and they only choose three places to cruise once a year, so let alone wanting to have a kiss, no matter how much money they have, they can’t
Fragrance is hard to find.
Such a rare and mysterious flower fairy, coupled with the publicity of the royal newspaper, has written a legendary love story for each flower fairy. The ending may be romantic or sad. After a few operations, it is almost boring.
It captured the hearts of all the literati in Jiangnan and drove them crazy.
It can be said that there are only more than a hundred flower fairies and oirans in total, but they account for 30% of the money earned by Fengyue Si every year, and the remaining more than 9,000 prostitutes only account for 70%.
"Papa! Wonderful, really wonderful. Haha, I didn't expect Yuanyuan's talent in this area to be so high. It's amazing to me. A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as stealing, and stealing is not as good as not being able to steal. Haha, it seems that Yuanyuan is so talented in this area.
Yuan Jiang has a firm grip on the man's heart!"
After Zhu Cixiang heard this, he clapped his hands involuntarily, and was shocked in his heart. This Chen Yuanyuan was going to heaven. It was full of routines. What man could handle it?
Although Chen Yuanyuan was elated by the praise, she did not dare to take credit. Instead, her cheeks turned red, her head lowered, and she whispered: "Your Majesty, I did not think of these alone, but the sisters discussed them together.
"
"Hong'er, if things continue like this, I'm worried that extravagance will become more prevalent. Although we'll make money, it will not benefit the country or the people, but will do a lot of harm."
When Zhang Yan saw that Zhu Cixiang not only did not intend to stop him, but also praised Chen Yuanyuan, she couldn't help but show a solemn and worried look on her face.
"Don't worry, Auntie, I know this well."
Zhu Cixiang nodded. He didn't care much. There were few entertainment projects in ancient times. It didn't hurt that Chen Yuanyuan did this to enrich his life and add a little fun.
What's more, those flower fairies and oirans do not choose people based on money and appearance, but choose people based on talent and learning. Based on this alone, their values are hundreds of times nobler than those in the entertainment industry of later generations.
"Yuanyuan, tell me how much money you can make every year."
"Your Majesty, Fengyue Division made a net profit of more than 5.3 million taels of silver last year after deducting all expenses. Now the total amount of silver is more than 11.3 million taels. If we include the 300 taels allocated to the propaganda supervisor.
There are more than 10,000 taels, Fengyuesi should have earned a total of 15 million taels of silver as of today."
This time, Chen Yuanyuan's tone finally had a hint of asking for credit and being good.
Zhu Cixi was fine, but Zhang Yan gasped and stood up in shock.
Although I knew that Chen Yuanyuan's Fengyue Division was making money, I never expected that it was so profitable, with a year's net profit of up to five million taels.
"Chen Yuanyuan, Fengyue Division's money will be handed over from now on."
Zhang Yan recovered quickly and sat back slowly. After thinking about it, she said to Chen Yuanyuan.
Originally, she thought that Fengyue Si could earn dozens or millions of silver every year, so she didn't care. She just let Chen Yuanyuan and the others use it for themselves. But with five million taels of silver every year, she couldn't let it go.
Although Chen Yuanyuan and the others had earned all this money through hard work, without the royal family as their backing, it would be difficult for them to not only make money but also protect themselves. Zhang Yan still knew this.
"It's the Queen Mother."
Seeing that His Majesty did not speak, Chen Yuanyuan had no choice but to reply.
"Xiao Wan, Mr. Xiang, please tell me about the specific situation of the propaganda prison. Yuanyuan actually subsidized you three million taels of silver. You two are really wasteful."
Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan. The Propaganda Supervisor had only been established for more than two years, which meant that the annual expenditure was as high as 150,000 taels, which was already more than Jinyiwei and Dongchang, so he was a little curious.
, how did the two of them get involved? As for whether the two of them could commit corruption, he believed that they would not.
Compared with Chen Yuanyuan's achievements, Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan can indeed be called prodigal sons. Both women stood up quickly and came to the Long Case in shame. Dong Xiaowan took out the booklet and introduced it with a blushing face.