The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 356
For Zhu Ying, there are too many ways to make money.

Not to mention making money from the rich.

Don't underestimate the economy in the hands of the rich, the total amount of money in the entire Ming Dynasty is very huge.

It's just that most of them are concentrated in the hands of a few people, mainly the big families in the Jiangnan area. Because of Zhang Shicheng's relationship, they were not affected by the war very much. After Zhang Shicheng was breached, they survived logically.

These hidden big households have silver cellars in every household.

The so-called silver cellar is a place where silver and wealth are specially stored, such as rare antique calligraphy and paintings, everything that one expects to find.

It is the part of worshiping the New Year to His Majesty, that is, when Zhengdan celebrates the court, there are special eunuchs to report, such as wishing the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and the prosperity of the country in the New Year.

This thing is charged by the word, [-] treasures for one word, and a minimum purchase of [-] treasures.

And it's limited.

This new thing is now very popular in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know how many big households are eagerly waiting for it.

Let's just say that everyone who has a little money in the south of the Yangtze River hates Zhu Yuanzhang to the bone, but the news of congratulations to Zhu Yuanzhang is really sweet.

Especially those merchants are now racking their brains, thinking about how to say those ten words.

One hundred thousand treasure banknotes, in exchange for a sentence from the court.

Ten sentences are millions of treasures.

This money came too fast.

Not so fast.

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a while after listening to Dasun's explanation.

He really couldn't figure it out, someone would actually issue a hundred thousand treasure notes just for a word of congratulations from the court?

When he learned from Dasun that the limited edition of thirty sentences was sold out in less than two days, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.

300 million treasure notes, just got it?

"Grandpa, my grandson has calculated that after deducting the entire palace expenses, the congratulatory money alone can save about a million guan. Recently, my grandson wondered if I should do something to give preferential treatment to the common people."

Zhu Ying said thoughtfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

He felt that he was playing with money, and the grandson's tricks were close to Taoism.

Business is very important to the development of a country. Zhu Yuanzhang is very clear about this. He cracked down on profiteers and belittled the status of businessmen. In fact, the policy has been supporting the development of overall business.

As for Dasun, he feels that business is in the palm of Dasun, and he can play with it at will like a plaything.

These operations, looking at ancient and modern times, have never been done before. They seem to be simple and casual. After thinking about it, they are deeply familiar with business, and they can be said to have insight into people's hearts.

At first glance, it seems that the status of the businessman has been improved, but it is not.

Money is not in the hands of merchants, or in other words, the clans behind those chambers of commerce are the real ones in your control.

And for such an opportunity to show off their fame, who would be willing to publicize for the businessman? In the letters Zhu Ying received, they were all congratulatory speeches from a certain family in a certain place.

"Besides this, Dasun has other places to get money."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly.

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "In the porridge sheds set up in the city, my grandson specially asked people to write on red cloth, which was named by the chamber of commerce. Those who are willing to pay some precious money can write the name of their own chamber of commerce on the porridge shed. "

"As the saying goes, the smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys. The current business is not bad. At least the money for the porridge before the Spring Festival has basically come out."

Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised and said, "What kind of method is this?"

Zhu Ying explained: "My grandson called it Advertisement, which means to advertise widely. The porridge factory is crowded with people, and if they can see the words on the banner, they will know that there are many shops."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Those refugees are mostly illiterate. What use is this banner?"

Zhu Ying smiled slyly; "Those who don't know big characters are naturally not the audience of this banner, but among the refugees, there are also scholars who are in trouble, or other children from poor families."

"Who says that today's refugees will be able to enter the ranks tomorrow? How many refugees in ancient and modern times have been appointed as marquises and ministers, just like grandpas, and even directly created the Ming Dynasty,"

"Thinking about it this way, it feels very good."

Zhu Yuanzhang had a meal first, apparently substituted by the words of the great grandson.

Then he reacted immediately.

"What a big grandson, you even used us as a comparison, but your hand is indeed very attractive. If you want to come, there will be a lot of followers."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

Zhu Ying's move is considered a sneaky change of concept, taking individual cases as the norm, giving people an illusion that as long as they hang their store name on the banner, some troubled children will be able to turn around in the future, and then thank them.

In fact, this kind of probability seems to be almost non-existent, and it is even more difficult than the 500 million grand prize in later generations.

Besides, banners are just the beginning now, and there will only be more and more in the future.

But right now, Zhu Ying has made a lot of money in the capital.

And because it is a monopoly relationship, the price is very comfortable.

If someone is similar.

Hey, the Secretary of Public Security, the yamen servant of the Wucheng Bingma Division, let me tell you what a fine is.

This can only be an exclusive sale, at least for now, Zhu Ying has no intention of opening up.

In the future, when there is enough money and more development projects, it will gradually open up.

At this time, outside the Zhengyang Gate, beside the pier, it was extremely lively.

This is the gate of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the place where a large number of goods come in and out. The moat outside the Zhengyang Gate is the place where the big ships coming from the Yangtze River can dock.

Although there are goods in other city gates, the volume of Zhengyang Gate is undoubtedly the largest.

There are many large ships on the pier. From a distance, there are at least a thousand ships passing by, and among them, a large number of ships are hung with signs belonging to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

Zhu Ying's Chamber of Commerce originally had no ships, and the shipping side also relied on other people's trade.

But since Zhu Ying entered the palace, it seemed that there was no such thing as plundering and plundering, and there were thousands of boats added to moisten things silently.

Some things, when they have power, they can be manipulated, and it was only a matter of a few words back then.

Regardless of Zhu Ying's extensive influence, but in Daming, it has always been developing secretly, without any power, and any county magistrate can control it at will, and there is no way to speak of it.

This is why Zhu Ying only dared to act on the border of Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of it, I really want to thank Zhu Di, because before that, Zhu Ying had never thought of coming to the Central Committee of the Ming Dynasty, especially the capital.

"Look, what is that? It's an army. What are they doing?"

"It's really a big army, maybe something happened again."

"No, they look like they are training. Which general is leading the soldiers who dare to practice outside the Zhengyang Gate."

"I guess it's a bit too big. God, what are they doing, what are they going to do!!!"

"Crazy, it's severe winter, I took off my armor and clothes, maybe I'm going to be punished, and there are two soldiers watching beside me."

"Look, look, they're in the water, they're in the water, it's horrible to be sent into the water in such weather, they will freeze to death."

On the pier, whether it is officials, businessmen, foreigners, common people, or workers, or even soldiers on duty.

All turned their attention to the west side of the moat.

Earlier, there were [-] soldiers, but their formation was very strange. Strictly speaking, it was [-] soldiers.

Beside the thousand soldiers, there were soldiers on both sides guarding them. It looked like they were monitoring and punishing them, but when they looked closely, they felt that the two soldiers were very respectful to the guarding soldiers.

Then, a shocking scene appeared.

I saw the thousand soldiers lined up by the river, and then began to take off their armor and cotton padded clothes to keep out the cold, until they only had a pair of obscene trousers before they stopped.

What is the difference between these punishments.

But those thousand soldiers didn't seem to have any complaints, instead they were doing movements, as if they were warming up?

Finally, after about half a stick of incense, the scene that shocked everyone appeared.

In this cold wind howling and icy cold weather, these thousand soldiers, lined up in an army formation, jumped directly into the river in a row.

Everyone is thinking that this is the cruel torture in the military.

Let the guilty soldiers freeze to death in the coldest river.

There was a sound of exclamation, but it didn't affect the soldiers in the slightest, they still jumped down row by row.

The diving was neat, without interruption, and not even one soldier hesitated at all, as if the biting wind and icy water did not exist.

One breath, ten breaths, a hundred breaths.

People were surprised and shocked to find that these soldiers not only did not cry out for mercy, nor did they flinch in fear, but instead swam freely on the river.

Everyone's eyes began to change subtly. The other two thousand soldiers standing by the river had already prepared their clothes and blankets, and seemed to be waiting for the soldiers to go down the river.

Can they still come up?

The answer is yes.

A quarter of an hour passed, two quarters of an hour passed, three quarters of an hour passed.

There are more and more people watching by the river, and even the common people who are carrying goods have no intention of leaving.

Everyone has already understood that this is definitely not a punishment, but rather like a drill?

But this kind of practice is simply unheard of and unseen.

After half an hour, these soldiers slowly came up from the river under the gaze of thousands of people.

The soldiers who were prepared immediately went over to wipe off the water stains, used blankets as enclosures, changed into dirty pants, put on cotton clothes, and put on armor.

Silent, speechless.

The bustling Zhengyangmen Wharf seemed to be suspended at this moment, and everyone just stared blankly.

It wasn't until those soldiers finished sorting out that they led the team again and gradually moved away, disappearing from sight.

boom! ! !
In an instant, the entire pier boiled violently like boiling water.

At this moment, everyone, regardless of their status or status, began to chat with each other as if they were the nearest person.

Perhaps the only ones who are more confused are those foreign ministers, foreigners, and people who don't understand Chinese.

They could only surround the translator and ask about what happened just now.

"Hey, you guys don't know, those soldiers just now are all the personal guards of His Highness the Grandson."

A voice came to mind, and the eyes of dozens of people around all turned away, waiting for the next sentence.

"Old Zhang, I know that you have been hanging around on this pier for a long time, but you can understand the military affairs, don't brag, you can understand and contact other soldiers, be careful what you say, Get into trouble."

The familiar person next to him immediately said sarcastically, obviously familiar with the old man who spoke just now.

The people around who were originally very interested booed immediately, showing signs of dispersing.

Old Zhangtou's complexion turned red. The older a person is, the more he wants to save face. How could Lao Zhangtou bear it when he was ridiculed in front of so many outsiders? He said directly:

"Don't underestimate the little old man, my granddaughter is married to the steward of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce as a concubine. The news about the little old man is very clear."

Upon hearing this, the crowd that was about to disperse suddenly gathered around again, and those who heard this also crowded towards this side.

Seeing so many people looking at him, Lao Zhang's face became more and more smug.

Just now, he mocked the belittler, and said in surprise: "I also know about this. Could it be that you really know the category, don't be secretive, and talk about it in detail."

Old Zhangtou is not much of a storyteller, so he was overwhelmed by others, and said triumphantly: "A few days ago, the little old man listened to the steward of the chamber of commerce, and occasionally talked about it, it's not a big secret. The chamber of commerce has a head and a face, and almost everyone knows about it."

"Your Majesty conferred on His Royal Highness the Xuanjia Guards as personal guards. Those who can join the Xuanjia Guards are extremely outstanding in terms of age, body, and military exploits. They must be the elite."

"It's just such an elite, the salary of His Royal Highness is two or three times that of ordinary people, and three meals a day are provided."

"I eat more than others, but when I practice, I really don't want to be ordered by a human being. Such training is something that ordinary people dare not even think about."

"The little old man thought it was just a joke, but when I saw it today, I didn't expect it to be so. A warrior who can survive such a drill, let me ask who in this world can stop him."

After a few words, everyone suddenly realized.

It turns out that there is still such a hard practice in the world, and what I saw today is just the tip of the iceberg, but thinking about swimming in this icy river for half an hour, I couldn't help shivering.

What's more, put your hands into the water to feel whether the river water is warmer.

An icy breath came from the palm of his hand, and he couldn't help shivering.

How can I bear this.

Someone next to him sneered and said, "What are you thinking, why are you comparing yourself with His Highness Taisun's personal guards?"

Hearing the laughter, the man wanted to refute, but he had nothing to say, so he could only stare fiercely.

The man who tested the water was tall and burly, with sharp eyes, and it seemed that he had martial arts in him.

The person being stared at didn't dare to look at each other, and left in a hurry.

The burly man straightened his body, ignoring the man who had just laughed at him, looked towards the direction where the grandson's personal guard disappeared, and murmured:
"Being an official can't make you happy in the future. Instead of taking part in the imperial examination, you should go to inquire about it. The grandson's personal guards still need manpower."

This person wears a Lun scarf and a Confucian shirt.

At least they all have a reputation as a scholar.

And a scholar, after watching the drill of the Xuanjiawei, did not feel afraid, but showed a strong longing in his eyes.

I have the idea of ​​abandoning my pen and joining the army.

(End of this chapter)