Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 268, back to Beijing

On the Dongzhimen side of the capital, the huge whale could not enter the city because the city gate was too small. In addition, Zhu Houzhao’s goal had been achieved, so he also followed Emperor Hongzhi’s suggestion and directly dismembered the big whale on the Dongzhimen side. , and on-site sales.

Undoubtedly, the scene was extremely hot, and the many legends about whales made whales very popular. Whether it was the whale skin that could make people soar to [-] miles, or the legendary thing that could rejuvenate the eunuch Kilometer, Or whale bones that don't have much effect at all, etc.

Everything on the whale was sought after, and young and old men in the capital competed one after another. Now it was so hot that this big whale was sold for a sky-high price of more than [-] taels of silver.

After all, this is the capital of Ming Dynasty, and the rich and powerful gathered here. There are many rich people, and the consumption power is naturally not comparable to that of Tianjin.

"Father, let's get some whaling ships out to sea to hunt whales. After all, it won't be difficult to earn a million taels of silver this year."

On the way back to the palace, Zhu Houzhao suggested to Emperor Hongzhi with a hippie smile.

"You are the prince, why are you thinking about business affairs in your head?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he frowned slightly. He was a person who was extremely influenced by Confucianism, and the education he received since childhood was also the classic way of kings. Silver, I really, really don't like it.

"Father, Lao Liu, that is, Liu Jin said that the most important thing in governing the country is the economy. No matter what our court does, we need money. We need money to pay officials, and we need money to pay the generals in border towns. Relief for the victims is also indispensable."

"This money is not everything, but it is absolutely impossible without money. Sometimes money is much more useful than our words."

Zhu Houzhao didn't take it seriously, he now knows the charm of money, so he is also very concerned about the business that can make money. With money in his hand, he can do whatever he wants without looking at people's faces everywhere.

"Let Liu Jin leave some ships for me later."

Although Emperor Hongzhi wanted to find a lot of reasons to refute Zhu Houzhao, but after thinking about his own situation, no emperor in history was poorer than himself. .

It took more than ten years of hard work, diligence and thrift to save millions of silver in internal money, and then just set up a briquette with Liu Jin, earning hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year.

As for Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin who set up a glass factory casually, they easily made millions of taels of silver in a few months; at the beginning, it was just to go to sea to find good seeds. Traveling to North Korea, he brought back millions of taels of silver to Emperor Hongzhi's internal funds.

He now understands that this money is not saved. Although it is important to save money, the more important thing is to increase income and have his own profitable business, so that a steady stream of money will flow into his internal funds. .

So when Zhu Houzhao said that this whaling business could earn millions of taels of silver a year, he thought about it and said, after all, he, the emperor, is still poor and short of silver.

"Hmm~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he immediately laughed. Although he is headstrong, he is very smart. He knows that his father, Emperor Hongzhi, is a man who is short of money. The gentry, at least these wealthy businessmen and gentry all have three wives and four concubines, but Emperor Hongzhi has only one wife.

"Is Liu Jin still in Tianjin?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard Zhu Houzhao mention Liu Jin, he thought about it and asked.

"No, he also returned to Beijing this time. He was still behind me just now. I guess he should be returning to his house now."

Zhu Houzhao habitually looked behind him, and found that the carriage that Liu Jin was riding in had already disappeared.

"Take him back to see me. I have a lot of things I want to ask him."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said after thinking about it.

"Okay...Father, let me tell you, the scenery in the sea is actually very beautiful, especially during the sunset and sunrise, when the water and the sky meet, it is all red..."

While walking towards the palace, Zhu Houzhao also happily told Emperor Hongzhi about his experience of going to sea this time. When talking about this, his whole body was beaming with joy, and what he said was also very vivid.

And Emperor Hongzhi also knew how his son was feeling, so he listened quietly and asked him about things he was interested in from time to time.

"There are a lot of whales in the sea, and often there are hundreds of whales in a group of whales. This whale is different from ordinary fish. It cannot breathe in the water, so it has to surface every time it breathes. A huge water column protrudes, and when hundreds of whales breathe at the same time, hundreds of water columns will rise on the entire sea surface, and some of these water columns can be as high as several feet, which is very spectacular."

"..."

On the other side, as soon as Liu Jin arrived in the capital, he immediately walked in a big circle. Dongzhimen was blocked and he couldn't get in. He was not in the mood to go to Dongzhimen to see dismembered whales, so he also walked in a circle from Xizhimen. Here we entered the capital.

Liu Jin also owns his own mansion in the capital city. He bought it at a huge price. It is a large courtyard with three entrances. The location is also very good. It is close to the imperial city. However, after buying this courtyard, Liu Jin rarely has it. Time to live here.

When I was in the capital, I was usually busy on the Xishan side, so I also lived on the Xishan side. Later, when I went to Tianjin, I didn’t need it anymore. After all, I lived for a few days.

Back at his home, the first thing Liu Jin did was to have a good sleep.

Following Zhu Houzhao's leisurely return to the capital, Liu Jin hasn't had a good night's sleep in the past few days. Although the carriage is comfortable, it's too noisy outside, so he can't sleep at all. With the swaying situation, the whole person's condition is terrible.

Liu Jin slept until noon the next day.

"Brat, brat~"

When Liu Jin was still in a daze, Zhang Mao, the British official who had just left the early court, came to Liu Jin's mansion in a hurry, without any scruples, and walked straight to Liu Jin's bedroom, walking He also yelled out.

"It's still comfortable for you, kid. I've been sleeping until noon."

When he came to Liu Jin's bedroom and saw that Liu Jin was still soundly asleep, the British Duke Zhang Mao couldn't help but said enviously that he had to get up early every day to go to court, and he rarely had the chance to sleep until noon.

"Mr. Zhang, have you just come to the morning court?"

Liu Jin lazily got up, this old Zhang is getting more and more over the top, he almost regards this place as his own home, and went straight to his bedroom when he came in, it seems that he is looking for a wife, so no one will dare to disturb him in the future I fell asleep by myself, this bachelor has no human rights.

"Yes, I heard that your boy returned to Beijing yesterday, so I came to find you this morning."

"Get up and dress up, dress up, and follow me."

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin's appearance, couldn't help but shook his head with a smile and said.

"what?"

Liu Jin asked with some doubts.

"Why? Take you on a blind date. I've told you a long time ago that I'll introduce you to everyone's ladies as soon as you return to the capital. I, Lao Zhang, spit on each other and nail each other. Naturally, I mean what I say. Hurry up, hurry up. "

Zhang Mao sighed while talking: "For your son's affairs, I have put my old face on the line, and I have already found a few for you in the whole capital to find out who is waiting to marry, but Whether or not you have this blessing depends on your own destiny."

Hearing Lao Zhang's words, Liu Jin immediately regained his spirits. This Lao Zhang is really interesting, and he even took this matter to heart. Thinking of this, Liu Jin also hurriedly got up.

　Looking for the heroine's name~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)