Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 132, do business with the prince

"Old Liu, you don't know, although my father gives me a lot of things every year, but I can't see any money. I am really short of money and poor!"

When it came to this, Zhu Houzhao was stunned.

How should I put it, although this prince has no worries about food and clothing and is extremely honorable, he really doesn't have much money when it comes to money. According to the rules established by Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, this prince can get [-] shi of rice and [-] banknotes a year Forty pieces of brocade, three hundred pieces of silk, one hundred pieces of yarn and one hundred pieces of silk, five hundred pieces of silk, one thousand pieces of winter and summer cloth, two thousand liang of cotton, two hundred pieces of salt, one thousand catties of flowers, all annual branches, and horse fodder. , fifty horses a month.

If you take a closer look, you will find that although there are many various things in it, you can't see real money at all, and the banknotes in it are just precious banknotes.

This thing was invented during the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang and his descendants did not understand the true meaning of currency. Toilet paper made no difference.

So originally the [-] guan notes can be said to be real money, but at this time, it is estimated that even a few thousand guan can't be exchanged for money, and no one will accept it at all.

Of course, this is the crown prince's treasure. Even if it is worthless, he can still suppress it with the power in his hand, just like other rich and powerful, layer by layer, and finally transferred to the poorest. in the hands of ordinary people.

There are many kinds of things, but there is no real money. This is also a major feature of the Ming Dynasty. The court is poor, and the emperor is also poor. The real rich are those gentry and merchants.

Originally there were so many things, in fact, they could be sold for a lot of money, but Zhu Houzhao is the crown prince, and his every move is watched by people. If he does this, some people will make irresponsible remarks. The censor has nothing else to do, but stares at the emperor's family every day to pick bones from the eggs.

He Zhu Houzhao is not pretending to be poor now, he is really a little poor, especially this kid likes to have fun, and it will cost some money after all.

"Okay, since you've talked about it, let's do this glass business together. Anyway, I don't have any foundation, so I want to find someone to do business with. Partnering with you means knowing the basics."

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's bitterness, Liu Jin thought about it and readily agreed.

The business of the Xishan Coal Industry can be done in a hurry, not because of the backing of Emperor Hongzhi, otherwise Liu Jin would have been troubled by the dignitaries of the capital.

This glass is definitely more profitable than honeycomb coal. If Liu Jin does it by himself, he will definitely not be able to keep this golden mountain. He must only find someone to cooperate with him.

Originally, Liu Jin wanted to continue to do this business under the name of Xishan Coal Industry, but now that Zhu Houzhao came to him, it would definitely be the best.

Partnering with Zhu Houzhao in business, this backer is naturally stable, not to mention that you can split [-]-[-], and you can earn a lot. If you partner with other powerful people, Liu Jin estimates that he will be swallowed up to the bone. .

"Haha~ It's still Lao Liu, you are refreshing, enough friends, enough brothers."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he laughed happily and patted Liu Jin on the shoulder.

"Ahem, I'm going to do business in a partnership. Let me make a deal first. Our brothers will settle the accounts clearly, so as not to turn our faces over such trivial matters in the future, first clarify the rules and some things. In the future, everyone will act according to the rules. That's good. Let's get rich together."

Liu Jin smiled, and then said very seriously and solemnly.

"Of course, don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem in doing business with me."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao immediately patted his chest and said.

"Alright, I will provide the glass-making technology. Shouldn't you provide the money for building a glass workshop and opening a store in the capital to sell glass products?"

"I can't be the one who pays for the money, and the secret recipe for making glass, right?"

Liu Jin nodded and continued.

"Old Liu, you're right, but I don't have any money right now, so that's a problem..."

Zhu Houzhao listened, nodded, then thought for a while and patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, the investment in building glass workshops and the like is all mine, and I have raised the money in the past few days."

"That's fine, I'll prepare for the glass-making first here. I already have this manpower, and Xishan doesn't need so many people here."

Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao, and didn't know how he would get the money, but he was the prince, so it shouldn't be difficult to get some money, so he said it with confidence.

"Okay, I'm going to raise money now, and I'll come to you in two days."

Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry to do things, and immediately left in a hurry after finishing talking about the business.

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On this day, Emperor Hongzhi habitually came to his study room after his morning court, and then he habitually looked at his favorite painting, a pair of "Painting Saint" Wu Daozi's "Spring River Snow".

"Come here~ come here."

Emperor Hongzhi widened his eyes, it was unbelievable that his beloved painting had disappeared.

"Your Majesty~"

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, Xiao Jing hurried over and said respectfully.

"What about my painting?"

Emperor Hongzhi pointed to the place where "The Picture of Snow on the Spring River" was placed before and asked.

Xiao Jing looked at the location that Emperor Hongzhi was pointing at, and suddenly turned pale with fright, he quickly knelt down and said, "I'll investigate right away, and I will definitely recover the painting."

"Who is on duty?"

Emperor Hongzhi's face was full of anger, and it was not uncommon for things to be lost in the palace. These little yellow gates, little maids and the like in the palace would occasionally steal royal things and sell them, but they dared to take the emperor The person who loves the most has never done it, and it is definitely not done by ordinary people.

"Yes, it's me."

Hearing the words, a little yellow man knelt down and said in fright.

"Who has come into my study?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the small yellow door, and asked sharply, the emperor's study was related to military and state affairs, and ordinary people were strictly prohibited from entering and leaving.

"Only the prince came here once today."

Xiao Huangmen replied weakly, he remembered this very clearly, after all, there were very, very few people who came to the emperor's study.

"Prince?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his eyes went dark, and he immediately said to Xiao Jing: "Go and check immediately, recover my painting, and then see if there is anything else missing."

"Yes~"

Xiao Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if it was the prince, it would be fine, but if it was someone else, it would be really bad.

Thinking carefully about the prince's character and actions, Xiao Jing estimated that the painting was probably taken away by the prince, but he couldn't figure out what the prince was using for this painting.

　The court of the Ming Dynasty was really poor, and the commercial tax was too low, and the tax exemption for the gentry was very fatal. In the later period, they were basically poor and couldn’t get rid of it~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)