Poor family mother and son

Chapter 763 "Fire"

When Chu Qing was trying to sway prices with others, Xiaobao sent a post to the princes, inviting them to come to the "Juwantang Game Hall" to experience.

This action made the princes feel a lot more balanced. After all, the Blue House advertised them, and it was true that they were in shock for a long time.

Little Treasure graciously didn't charge them money, and let them play as they please—anyway, the game hall is still very deserted at present, people would rather go to gambling houses and brothels than go to the game hall to see what new things are.

The princes didn't know that they were being used by Xiaobao to advertise again, and they just thought it was Xiaobao trying to curry favor with them out of guilt.

After the princes came, the game hall began to attract people's attention, especially the princes and buddies in Beijing.

Compared with gambling houses and brothels, game halls look much more decent; and compared with painting appreciation parties or poetry clubs, game halls are much more interesting.

Not only are there new gadgets that are not found in other houses, you can play here, and you can also contact the younger generation of each family.

Because composing poems and appreciating paintings are things that educated people do, dudes can't do it, and don't want to do it; while drinking and gambling are too vulgar and are looked down upon by others.

It is said that a dandy is a dandy, and the original meaning is a rich man, what is the difference between elegant and vulgar?Therefore, the existence of the game hall suddenly blurred the boundaries between dudes.

To put it simply, the blockade of the Chu family's shop is tantamount to freezing assets, resulting in no money to buy grain, let alone transport grain, not to mention the maintenance and replacement of various mining tools.

The emperor was also really helpless—look, Chu Qing was so anxious that his mouth was full of froth.

Chu Qing is the shopkeeper who makes money for the emperor, what is the shopkeeper?Chu Qing didn't know the definition of a shopkeeper, but she only knew that she was in charge of the emperor's cash box.

Chu Qing sincerely pleaded guilty with his mouth full of blisters: "I beg the emperor to come down!".

The Chu family store ushered in a new round of hot sales. The prices of second-hand goods have not been reduced, and all new products are half-price.

Poor transportation is the biggest excuse, and not allowing price increases is the biggest reason. If prices are not raised, commercial taxes cannot be guaranteed under the situation of unfavorable transportation, and the national treasury will reduce revenue!
The fire that couldn't be spread in the court could only be directed at Chu Qing.

Parents of baby chickens with little money can also buy "educational" checkers, army chess, and animal chess.

As traditional chess and card games such as leaf cards, chess, and go, although they are classics, they also have their limitations-no one specializes in researching new ways of playing; and a kind of card has been played for a long time and loses its freshness.

The cards in the game hall are firstly of good paper quality, secondly, of various types, and thirdly, of new pictures, and can also be customized into different qualities, such as the "Monopoly" that girls love to play, and you can order silver or gold cards On the surface, it can be inlaid with gems, but the construction period is long.

The emperor couldn't vent his anger in the court, because at the beginning, he was pushed back by a bunch of excuses and reasons from the officials.

However, Chu Qing's "rebellion" incident caused another big loss - the production of the jade mine was reduced.

Half the price is still making money, who makes the raw materials cheap, and they are all delivered to the door by the people in Kyoto.

This result was caused by Chu Qing and Xiaobao's coincident behavior of "putting it down".

Ordinarily, Chu Qing sent another 3000 people to Voss in May. Together with the workers who had been mining jade in Voss before, there were a total of more than [-] people. They should return more jade mines before the end of the year, but they did not.

Ladies from rich families can also buy "Monopoly", "Xiaoxiaole", "Puzzles" and other things suitable for them to play here through their brothers in the family.

Not only did the Chu family's business not be hit by them, but it became more and more courageous, and a wave of "game industry" emerged.

Seriously speaking, Chu Qing is only responsible for the income of the emperor's private treasury, and the amount of money handed over to the emperor this year is not less than last year, but has not increased.

(Chu Qing ate too much of the unripe mango brought back from Xiaobao’s island last night, and he was allergic!)
The emperor knew that he was "self-inflicted and can't live", no wonder Chu Qing, but his original thought was that Chu Qing had "turned the tide" this year, and there should be a good harvest?
Too much hope, too much disappointment.

The reason is very simple. The Chu family's shop has been blocked for too long, and various materials cannot be delivered to Voss normally. These workers had to suspend mining and scattered to find a way out.

After the emperor saw that prices in Kyoto and surrounding areas were stable, and the courtiers were no longer talkative, he was delighted for a few days before being drenched in such a tank of cold water.

If you freeze my assets, I will naturally freeze your cash drawer.

Those people in the court hall, even if they are all laid off immediately, they will still have enough food and clothing when they go back. The iron-clad aristocratic and flowing dynasty, let's see who can spend more than who.

However, cultivating enough talents is not something that can be done in just a few decades.

Unless, like the Chu family, the water and land transportation lines are connected into a network, and there is a mansion shop in each network point, the goods can be allocated nearby, the transportation time can be shortened, and the cost can be reduced.

From the time of the first emperor, the child birth test was brought forward to 12 years old, and in this dynasty, it was even brought forward to [-] years old. Why?
It is to weaken the power in the hands of the aristocratic family, re-hold the power in the hands of the royal family, and replace all officials related to the aristocratic family in the court.

Not only is there no such large jade as last year, but even ordinary jade can only barely maintain the level of last year.

Chuan Chuqing went to interrogate, it was really an exhortation, and he was short of being punished.

The transportation cost in this world is too high. For goods that are not easy to transport, such as grain and minerals, if you go by land, let alone people eat horses and feed them, the transportation cost will reach dozens or even hundreds of times the goods themselves.

For example, another plague of locusts.

This is no longer a full score to complete the task assigned by the emperor, but an excess.

In short, the game hall opened the door to a new (poisoned) world (drug) for the young generation in Kyoto, and also contributed to enriching Xiaobao’s pocketbook.

Before the end of the year, prices in Kyoto were successfully suppressed, and the supply of materials for the people of Kyoto during the Spring Festival was guaranteed, which also drove the individual transportation business in surrounding areas.

Those bastards who like to gamble, are stupid and have a lot of money can also go to the private room and close the door to "hang the pole" to discuss how much a shot is, or how much a ball is.

6000 people, just to eat, how much food will be consumed in a day?Without food, they have to find a way to make ends meet by themselves?
In addition, a large number of Daxuan people have entered the country of Voss, and they must not be closely supervised and strictly controlled?It is not easy for them to survive.

Autumn is the best time to mine jade, and every second counts when mining jade. However, there is no food and no tools. How can we mine jade mines?
Therefore, even though the existing Shililaoyu River Beach has been extended by another [-] miles, the mine has also expanded to the east along the snow line to the same large area, and the height is not capped, and the number of people has increased by [-], but it is still a complete waste up.

"Freezing assets" is a double-edged sword. When one edge is aimed at Chuqing, it is equal to the other edge aimed at the value that Chuqing is about to create.

But why is the emperor so angry?Due to the poor transportation in the second half of the year, prices in various places from Kyoto to the local area were unstable, tax revenues were also reduced, and the treasury received less money.

It is relatively convenient to travel by water, but it is also affected by the climate and pays high taxes, which is also extremely costly.

With less money in the private treasury, what is the concept of giving the daughter-in-law and children some rewards, and the reduction in the treasury?That is, the country will run into a fiscal deficit if there is any situation!

Relying on their own economic strength and monopoly on cultural and educational resources, the aristocratic families are still the mainstream talents selected by the imperial examination system.

Moreover, they support each other through in-laws and blood relations, and to a large extent, they still keep the officialdom monopoly airtight.

If you can't get angry with these people, it's different with Chu Qing. Chu Qing has no foundation and is a complete "tool man". If you are told to go east, you can't go west.

So the emperor's original intention of calling Chu Qing to spread fire was to discuss how to restart the operation of the jade mine.

(End of this chapter)