Headache! Zhu Youcong's head hurts very, very much now. The news he got from the candied haws feast a few days ago gave him a headache!
The family does have land, but it is not the 20,000 hectares mentioned in the history books. The 20,000 hectares is literally, in fact, the grains of land given are grains of silver, which is about 20,000 taels a year. Money, let alone what year.
The income was 46,000 taels, but more than 10,000 taels. Various miscellaneous taxes along the Yangtze River from Yangzhou to Anhui Taiping were often owed. Of course, there is no record of Zhang Juzheng's wealth in the history books, and the remaining officials were allocated to the Fu Mansion.
There are a lot of them, about one million taels. The biggest sum of money is probably the 1,300 yin of Huai salt that he cheated on when he left Beijing. Counting the income from his family's shop and his fat taels over the years,
My father got it through extortion. Now the family should have 2 million taels of silver in savings. However, in the coming troubled times, this is simply a drop in the bucket. Because the fields are actually converted into silver taels and do not really belong to his family and can be distributed.
If people go to farm, the food problem will be highlighted. If you don't have enough to eat, who will mess with you! Not to mention taking advantage of the disaster to win people's hearts! There is also no land, so now military training has become a big problem.
How can we train without land? Where can we train troops? We can't follow Gou Jian's example of digging pits back then. Even if we dig pits, we have to have a place to dig! Is it possible to dig in Prince Fu's Mansion? Where will the family live?
In this way, Zhu Youcong is confused. It seems that traveling through time is not so fun! What to do? Now it seems that the first problem to be solved is to make money, crazy money! But how to make money? This is a big problem, like
His fat father controls the salt and other daily necessities in Luoyang like that? That is really the stupidest way. Not to mention the thin profits of daily necessities, what is even more frightening is that it will conflict with the group of Jiangnan scholars in the court.
If you are not careful, you will be accused of competing with the people for profit. Therefore, Zhu Youcong will definitely not do this kind of thing that offends people.
You have to take money out of your pocket, but how do you do it? You can’t bring a big knife to the door? Well, this is a good idea to consider! But robbing cannot be a long-term strategy. You can rob once or twice, but you can also do it ten or eight times?
Producing mobile phones, TVs, computers, cars, and airplanes? Don’t be ridiculous, it’s the Ming Dynasty now, and you’re back to the 20th century if you have those! Making glass products? It’s a very good wish, and it’s also what many time travelers like.
.But our little fat boy Zhu Youcong is only eight years old. You can’t ask him to tell people what quartz sandstone and feldspar are right now, and at the same time teach people how to make crucibles and refine soda ash! He will be arrested as a human being.
For exhibition!
"Hey... it's difficult..." Zhu Yousong was so anxious that the room was spinning in circles. Suddenly, he set his sights on a porcelain bottle sent by his elder brother last night. According to Zhu Yousong, this
The porcelain vase was fired in the imperial kiln of Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of Zhou Dynasty in the early years of Zhou Xiande after the Five Dynasties. It has the reputation of being "as thin as paper, as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, and as loud as a chime". It is worth thousands of gold, and the wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are very happy to buy it. It seems that there is something in my heart.
I have some ideas, but they are too vague to figure out clearly!
"Fourth brother..." While hesitating, Zhu Yousong led a group of people to the door again. Why do you say again? Well, Zhu Yousong, my dear eldest brother, has been meeting at this point every day since he came back.
He brought a group of people and brought a lot of food. On the pretext of his father's orders, he fed Zhu Youcong like a duck until he felt like vomiting when he saw the food!
"Brother!" Zhu Youcong became even more depressed when he saw this formation.
"Well, come on, let's serve the food!" Zhu Yousong said to Zhu Youcong while greeting people: "Fourth brother, didn't you say a few days ago that the closer the meat is to the bones, the more delicious it is? The eldest brother called the cook this morning, I personally supervised the cooking of this dish for them, come and try it!"
"Ah..." Pick the meat off the bones to make a dish? Brother, I know you are good to me, but there is no need for such luxury. This plate must have at least two kilograms of meat, so how many bones do you need to pick? When I go outside, I don’t know what people will say about me, why am I so ridiculous!….
Well, wait, bones? Zhu Youcong turned around and looked at the wood kiln vase again! I really wish there was something similar to this legendary masterpiece!
"Yes!" Zhu Youcong was so excited that he hugged his elder brother and shouted, haha...bone china! Great, it's bone china! The production method is the same as today's porcelain, that is, 30% of bone carbon is added to the ingredients. The finished product has high whiteness, good transparency, fine porcelain quality, and a bright and smooth glaze, which is almost comparable to that of a firewood kiln! As long as you control the porcelain craftsmen well, you can fool people into saying that this is a fine product from a firewood kiln. Are you afraid that you can’t? Taking money from the pockets of wealthy businessmen from the south of the Yangtze River? What? Fake and shoddy? So what if it’s fake? Do you have an appraisal report? Can you ask the police uncle to travel through time to arrest me?
"Fourth brother, what's wrong with you?" The sweat on Zhu Yousong's head is almost like a stream. He is afraid that the most precious fourth brother in the family will suddenly lose his mind. If he jumps into the lake with him, he will be killed. Their fat dad was scolded like a sieve!
"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay. Eat, eat! After eating, I have something important to discuss with my elder brother!" Zhu Youcong knew not to think that his elder brother was not favored by him, but after all, he was so much older than himself, so some things passed It's much better for the elder brother to do it than to do it on his own.
"Brother..." After dinner, Zhu Youcong dragged Zhu Yousong to the garden without allowing anyone to follow him. He rubbed his hands in a very obscene manner.
"Fourth brother, what do you want to do?" Zhu Yousong was quite scared. This fourth brother is not an ordinary alternative! Some time ago, he was planning to commit suicide, and recently he often locked himself in the room. Now he is so wretched, shouldn't he? ...Zhu Yousong, who was in the middle of winter, was so frightened by this idea that he broke into a cold sweat.
"Well, big brother, I've been busy recently..." Zhu Youcong didn't know what his big brother was thinking, otherwise he would have jumped into a rage. He continued to rub his hands and winked! Yes, it was a wink, a fat eight-year-old boy The kind of flirtatious eyes that can definitely make an army of 100,000 people vomit!
"What are you doing! The fourth brother is short of money?" Zhu Yousong is so scared. At the same time, he is also surprised that his fourth brother usually never leaves the house or takes a step forward, which makes his family wonder if he is in the warning period of transgender. Why did you suddenly mention money to him?
"On weekdays, I see my father and several elder brothers diligently running the house and living frugally. I really can't bear it!" It's just nonsense. Prince Fu's family is not as extravagant as the legend says, but it certainly has nothing to do with thrift and frugality. Above! In order to fool his elder brother, Zhu Youcong was simply shameless.
"Hey, it's my little brother Ming Shili! Although the family has a lot of income, the expenses for such a big family are also a lot! But it's okay. Although it's not rich, it's still better than ordinary households. Yes!" Zhu Yousong was not a good person either. He quickly caught the snake and took advantage of it, almost saying that King Fu's family was now begging for food.
"Brother, do you still remember the younger brother Nan Ke Yimeng a few days ago?" Zhu Youcong quickly ended the two brothers' talk of reminiscing about the bitterness and sweetness, otherwise the hibernating toads would have to come out and glare at them before turning around and going back to sleep.
"Remember, what is the fourth brother going to say?" Zhu Yousong looked confused and really didn't understand what his fourth brother was going to do.
"Well, today, when I saw the vase that my elder brother sent me the day before yesterday, I suddenly remembered the instructions from the fairy in my dream!" Zhu Youcong became a magician for the second time. The first time was of course to trick his fat father into looking for Lu Xiangsheng.
"Oh? What advice did the immortal give to the fourth brother?" Zhu Yousong suddenly became excited. Could it be that by smashing the vase and tinkering with it, he could make some elixir of life? Let alone a vase worth thousands of gold, even if it was dropped, You have to pay ten pounds of meat and run around the palace ten times as pants!
"Well, I remember that the immortal taught me in my dream that adding 30% of bone charcoal to porcelain clay, calcining it into shape, and then applying glaze can make it into an object. Its lightness, smoothness and smoothness can be called an immortal product, even comparable to that of a wood kiln!" Immortal products are of course immortal products. Well, according to the Taoist and Buddhist views on all animals having spirits, isn’t that a fairy product or something? It can’t be said to be a ghost product? Anyway, it’s not a mortal product!….
"Ah? What? Burning porcelain with bone charcoal?" Zhu Yousong was frightened again. No wonder, let alone the Ming Dynasty, even in the 21st century, do you dare to tell people that that thing is called bone ash porcelain? I'm afraid don't say that. It's sold. If people don't know it, they still think of your store as Lanruo Temple!
"Shh! Keep your voice down, it won't be good if others hear you." Zhu Youcong quickly stopped his elder brother and said mysteriously: "Quietly, elder brother will go find a few craftsmen and try it out. If it really works, you might as well find another one." If someone goes to Jiangnan to sell it, we will definitely not be able to use it anyway!"
"Yes! Yes! We definitely can't use it at home, but it would be good to make it for us brothers to earn some pocket money!" Zhu Yousong is worthy of being a rich second generation, and his reaction is quite sensitive. Although it is not the immortality he first imagined. medicine, and the formula was really scary, but that didn't stop him from seeing the business opportunities in it.
"You don't need to tell your father about this?" Zhu Youcong tried, fearing that Brother Zheng would accidentally leak the news and have his stingy father intercept it.
"No, of course no need. Why bother bothering my father with this little thing? Just leave it to my eldest brother!"
"Then I'll thank you first!"
"Why are you so polite, little brother? If you have anything to do in the future, just tell the elder brother!" Zhu Yousong waved his hand and pulled Zhu Youcong over and said: "Let's go! Go to the room first. It's not good for the fourth brother to catch the cold after recovering from a serious illness. The elder brother will arrange this when he gets back. Craftsman. Even if this doesn't work out, if you want money, just go to your eldest brother!"
Done! Zhu Youcong was so happy after sending away his eldest brother. If it weren't for his weight, he would almost learn monkey somersaults. Now it seems that the problem of startup funds is not big. What should I do next? Training and other things are waiting for startup funds. It’s fine once you have it, but does it not prevent you from considering the equipment first? Well, you have to prepare for this. Now is the Ming Dynasty, and the army now uses a large number of firearms such as blunderbuss and Hongyi cannons. There are also magic machines in the capital. Camp. The trouble is that the firing speed of current firearms is too slow. Improve the firearms of the Ming Dynasty first? It is not impossible. After all, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty have reached a considerable height. There are many types of firearms. The only ones he knows are magic guns and big guns. General's Iron Cannon, Second General's Iron Cannon, Great General's Bronze Cannon, Little General's Bronze Cannon, Divine Gun, Big Bronze Folang Machine, Divine Cannon, Flying Cannon, Copper Gun, Iron Gun, Horse-mounted Folang Machine, Divine Arrow, Tiexuan Wind cannon, tassel cannon, iron folang machine, iron three gun, bowl-mouth cannon, small divine cannon, iron caltrop, new equipment include nine dragon pan gun, iron whip gun, rocket pan gun, double and double cannon, rocket, etc. The difficulty is gunpowder. The ratio of gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty is already close to the optimal ratio. There is not much room for improvement as a propellant. In this way, some things that are said to be impossible to appear in the late Ming Dynasty must be created.
"Hey...Tatars..." Zhu Youcong's heart was so dark. In front of his eyes, he seemed to see the smoke and cannons roaring all over the place, and the Tatars falling one by one. A grand and terrifying plan was just like this. The little fat man, who is eight years old, has delicate features and weighs over 100 kilograms, has formed in his heart.
"Four...fourth brother!" While Zhu Youcong was thinking wildly, Zhu Yousong turned back again for some reason. As soon as he entered the door, he was frightened by the ferocious expression of an unscrupulous little fat man.
"Brother! What's the matter?" The angelic expression came back, and the little fat Zhu Youcong's facial expressions changed as fast as a Sichuan Opera master.
"Well, the eldest brother was so busy that he almost forgot about it just now!" Zhu Yousong nodded and said: "My father gave me an order today to take the fourth brother out of the house every few days to pick out some small items for your birthday from Linglong Pavilion. Prepare!"
"Birthday?" Zhu Youcong was so unhappy. Isn't it just a birthday? What kind of birthday can an eight-year-old kid talk about? It's not like he is seventy or eighty years old. But it's okay, he hasn't left the house after so many days, and he's going out for a walk. It’s not bad to go shopping!….
ps: Regarding the family property of King Fu, the reference is Huang Renyu’s passage in Chapter 3 of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", Note 2: "There are many misunderstandings among Chinese and foreign scholars about some of the plots of King Fu's Zhuangtian... Wanli's instructions set 40,000 hectares as the King Fu's farmland was just a way of bargaining with the ministers. After bargaining, Wanli reduced the price to 20,000 hectares, and King Fu himself repeatedly expressed his "rejection". But what Wanli really asked for from King Fu was not the land but the rent. .Because Henan was vast and sparsely populated in the early Ming Dynasty, the land added by private reclamation was called "white land", and there were often problems with its ownership. The taxes levied by local officials on this kind of land were not included in the general land tax. , it is difficult to regard it as the land rent of official fields. In Shandong, due to the changes in the course of the Yellow River, the flooded fields were redeveloped, and the situation was similar. In Huguang, due to the large number of rivers and lakes, the former lakes and swamps became polders, and the barren soil on the river banks was only reclaimed. At this point, Luke's land has a tendency to become fertile land. In addition, there are confiscated farmlands in various provinces, and the situation is extremely complicated. Although the tax revenue from these lands has not gone into the private pockets of local officials, there has never been a public and detailed account. Wanli's intention was to require the local officials of the three provinces to pay 46,000 taels of silver every year from this income to cover the expenses of Prince Fu's palace. As late as 1617, Huguang officials only stated that they would bear 3,659 taels of silver. Prince Fu himself once expressed his disbelief because he did not believe it. In response to reports from various places, he sent people to measure the above-mentioned land in Henan, which led to conflicts with local officials and people." What does Huang Renyu mean by this statement? In other words, the so-called granting of 20,000 hectares of land to King Fu does not mean that King Fu actually owns 20,000 hectares of land. It is just the corresponding provinces that provide King Fu with a sum of money every year corresponding to these lands, nothing more. So the number of lands seems to be amazing, 4 million acres, 2 million acres, it is really a heinous crime, but in fact The amount of silver represented is only more than 40,000 taels or more than 20,000 taels. A medium-sized businessman in the Ming Dynasty would have carried more than this amount of capital for a business! This is the truth that some people denounced that the clans of the Ming Dynasty occupied a large amount of land! !In fact, according to Huang Renyu's research, the actual amount of money that King Fu received each year representing these lands was not even 20,000 taels. The local officials in various places tried their best to evade and prevaricate for their own local interests, so King Fu " The amount of silver exchanged from most of the land in the field does not exceed 20,000 taels per year.”