Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 146, the emperor is jealous

"Oh, is it?"

Hearing Empress Zhang's words, Emperor Hongzhi immediately became interested. He has been working hard for a long time, and his myopia is actually quite serious. When looking at people, he can only see a blurry outline. You have to get very close to see it clearly.

Last year, getting a magnifying glass was like getting a treasure, because with the magnifying glass, it was much easier for him to read, and now he heard that there is such a shortsighted eye that can make people see more clearly, so he hurried to get it.

He took a closer look at this pair of eyes. The lenses were made of glass, the same material as the telescopes and magnifying glasses he had seen, but this time the lenses were not convex, this time they were concave.

The spectacle frame is made of gold, which tastes like gold-wire glasses. The workmanship is very fine, and there are even engraved dragon patterns on it, which is lifelike.

Emperor Hongzhi put on his glasses lightly, and immediately couldn't help but widen his own glasses.

"This~"

At this moment, he felt that the world in front of him seemed to become extremely clear all of a sudden, the original hazy and fuzzy feeling disappeared all of a sudden, and everything could be seen clearly.

He couldn't help taking off his glasses and looking at everything in front of him again, everything became blurred again. The outlines of Empress Zhang in front of him, maids in the palace, eunuchs, etc. were blurred, and he could only see the outline. When looking at brighter things such as crystal chandeliers, candles, etc., it was even more blurred, and there was even a slight tingling in the eyes, and tears poured out unconsciously.

Putting on the glasses again, suddenly the whole world became clear again, and the eyes became more relaxed without that kind of fatigue. At the same time, when looking at the light source, the eyes were more comfortable without the tingling feeling.

"Yan'er, you actually have white hair on your head."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Empress Zhang, couldn't help touching her black hair, saw a trace of white hair, and said very distressed.

"Your Majesty, there are still people."

Empress Zhang blushed, lowered her head, and looked sweetly, then looked at Emperor Hongzhi and said, "Your Majesty, you should pay more attention to the dragon body. This is an important state matter, and your majesty's dragon body is even more important."

"Yan'er only has a few gray hairs, but you are much older, Your Majesty."

"Haha, when everyone gets old, I am no exception. Fortunately, the prince has grown up and knows how to honor his parents. I like these glasses very much. I will definitely reward the prince again."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled happily, then put on his glasses, looked carefully at a full-length mirror and asked, "Yan'er, do you think it's okay for me to wear glasses like this?"

"Okay, of course, His Majesty wears glasses, and the whole person looks more wise and powerful, with extraordinary bearing."

Empress Zhang naturally praised repeatedly.

"Haha, then I will wear it every day from now on."

"Although I'm not used to it now, I can see things very clearly and my eyes are much more relaxed. It's really a good thing."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became happier, and he also became smug in the mirror.

"Mother, mother~"

Just when Emperor Hongzhi was smug in the mirror, Zhu Houzhao walked in excitedly. Before he arrived, his voice had already come in. From his voice, it could be heard that he was in a pretty good mood.

Zhu Houzhao almost bounced all the way back to the palace. He came to report his brilliant achievements to his mother, but when he entered Qianning Palace and saw Emperor Hongzhi, he immediately changed his appearance. Pretending to be very stable.

"I've seen my father, I've seen my mother!"

While saluting, Zhu Houzhao looked at Emperor Hongzhi carefully with his small eyes. Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was wearing the glasses he had given him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he seemed to be in a good mood.

"The prince is here~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao, and then remembered that Yang Tinghe seemed to have reported to himself today that the prince often said that he was sick and did not go to class recently, and immediately said with a straight face: "Prince, why do you keep not going to class recently? Don't tell me you And unwell."

Regarding the teaching of the prince, Emperor Hongzhi was still very caring. There was no other way. With just one son, sooner or later the great power of the Ming Dynasty would be passed on to him. Naturally, this aspect of education could not be left behind.

But Zhu Houzhao is a master who escapes. He always has various ways to skip classes. He has a stomachache today, a headache tomorrow, and foot pain the day after tomorrow. Yang Tinghe, who was his teacher, was so angry that he invited Emperor Hongzhi over and over again. The rhetoric is sparse.

Originally, at this time, if Emperor Hongzhi could be strict, Zhu Houzhao would still be honest, but Emperor Hongzhi was just a son who loved him so badly that he was reluctant to punish him too harshly. Naturally, there was nothing he could do about it. , formed his willful character.

But fortunately, although Zhu Houzhao is more capricious, he does things out of the way and absurdly, but his heart is still as kind as Emperor Hongzhi, and his character is not bad.

"During this period, I was busy with the glass factory, especially in the past few days, I was busy with today's opening, so I asked my husband for leave."

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he immediately drooped his ears and said weakly.

"Ask for leave?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his beard rose up in anger. Does skipping class count as a leave?
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but shook his head, then thought for a while and said: "Your glass factory is finally willing to open. During this period of time, the mirrors in the capital have already been sold at sky-high prices. Let's talk, the one you and Liu Jin made today How much money did the store make?"

The affairs in the capital naturally cannot escape the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi. Although he is busy during this period, he also knows the mirror style that has become popular in the capital, and knows that Zhu Houzhao should have made a lot of money now, but he still does not know the exact figure. , so I asked directly.

"No... not much, just earn some pocket money."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately looked at Emperor Hongzhi with small eyes, and said very modestly as if he was afraid that others would miss his treasure.

"A little pocket money?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao's appearance, and then said to Liu Jin behind Zhu Houzhao: "You follow the prince, and you should know everything about it. Tell me, how much silver did the prince's shop sell today?"

When Liu Jin saw Emperor Hongzhi looking at him, he immediately knelt down and replied very respectfully: "Returning to Your Majesty, the turnover of Gujinlou today is [-] taels of silver."

"what?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, his face full of disbelief, and then he came to Liu Jin's side and asked again: "Speak again, please speak slowly."

"Returning to Your Majesty, the turnover of Gujinlou today is nine hundred and seventy-eight thousand five hundred and sixty taels of silver."

Liu Jin lowered her head even more, and answered one word, one word, very clearly.

"Nine hundred and seventy-eight thousand five hundred and sixty taels of silver?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he asked repeatedly with his eyes wide open.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with it. When the Gujin Building closed, it was counted again and again. It is indeed nine hundred and seventy-eight thousand five hundred and sixty taels of silver."

Liu Jin said respectfully again.

"you~"

Zhu Houzhao on the side couldn't help touching his forehead, wishing he could kick Liu Jin to death right now, he didn't know how to say less at this time, his eyes were already red before seeing Emperor Hongzhi.

"Access a million taels of silver every day!"

"This…"

Emperor Hongzhi still couldn't believe this figure, and so did Empress Zhang. The turnover of this day was nearly one million taels of silver. No one believed it.

"Prince, how did you do this?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the prince and asked seriously.

"Actually, it's all thanks to Liu Jin. It's a sales strategy he came up with. I don't know much about it."

"However, father, you don't know that there are so many rich people in our capital. When they come to Gujinlou to buy things, they buy things worth tens of thousands of taels of silver without even blinking an eye."

"As for that Zhang Yushi who tells father every day that you are diligent and thrifty, his wife showed up at Gujin Building today and spent more than [-] taels of silver."

"There's also that Zhou Papi, don't look at his poor appearance, his family is also rich, and their family directly purchased more than 1 taels of goods today."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately regained his energy and began to speak incessantly.

"I know now that the ministers in this court are very rich and live a very luxurious life, but they just stare at the emperor every day, call the emperor to be diligent and thrifty, and let the emperor shrink his clothes every day. , to set an example for the world, what about them?"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I would have thought that they were all liars as they said and showed."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Emperor Hongzhi was also slightly taken aback. He didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to bring this matter to the ministers of the court.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with being thrifty."

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it for a while and said, he has a kind nature, and in fact he also knows about the extravagant life of these ministers in the court, but he has never paid much attention to it.

"I don't know if it's good or not. Anyway, now that I have money, it's the money I earned by myself. I can use it as I want. Father and Mother, I will give you one hundred thousand taels of silver. "

Zhu Houzhao doesn't bother to be diligent and frugal. He looks to Liu Jin now and firmly remembers Liu Jin's words, money is earned by finding ways, not by saving.

"The prince has a heart."

Empress Zhang is naturally full of smiles. This son knows how to be filial to others, and she is naturally the happiest when he grows up.

"Only one hundred thousand taels?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao, as if he would not let you go until he squeezed you out. He is indeed poor now, and he needs to be poor to do great things.

"Two hundred thousand taels, is it too much? The premise of this glass factory requires a lot of investment, and the cost is also very high. In fact, the profit is not much, and there is still a lot of money to be spent in the follow-up. If there is more, I will be poor." It's time for dinner."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became anxious and began to pretend to be poor.

　The 3000-word chapter should be enough to read.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)