Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 269 In addition to sweet potatoes, there is also big business (please subscribe!!)
  "The master said that no matter who comes, they have to pay the entrance fee. This is the rule." The Yamen servant shook his head.

"I have been here before, and your master personally led me in!" Guo Zi said solemnly.

"If there is a master who personally takes you in, the entrance fee will naturally not be charged, but if there is no master to take you in, you will have to charge it." The Yamen servant said firmly: "Please don't embarrass the villain."

"The entry fee is only six thousand taels, and you pay it once and it lasts for life. This amount of money shouldn't be a problem for you, sir, right?"

Six thousand taels! !

Guo Zi's eyes widened. Although he was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and was in charge of tens of millions of taels of silver, these money belonged to the state. He himself lived on dead wages. Six thousand taels was more than his ten-year salary.

Of course, he could indeed get six thousand taels, but the key was that he was in a hurry this time and didn't bring so much money with him!
  Who knows, it costs six thousand taels of silver to enter!

Just when Guo Zi was stunned, not knowing what to do, Zhu Yuanzhang walked up with a smile.

I don’t know why, but he was actually very happy when he saw Guo Zi being stopped because of the entrance fee.

"Ahem, six thousand taels. The entrance fee has increased again!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

The yamen officer recognized Zhu Yuanzhang at a glance and said, "It turns out to be Boss Ma. You are our master's friend, and you have already paid the entry fee, so you can go in directly."

"Our master said that in order to celebrate last year's achievements, the entry fee has been increased by one thousand taels. This is not excessive."

If the price increases, the price will increase, and you will find a high-sounding reason.

Zhu Yuanzhang murmured in his heart. To be honest, he really envied Ouyang Lun now. He had set the rules early and he didn't know how much he had collected in the past two years just from entrance fees!
  Nowadays, the entry fee has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and people in Beizhili all feel that it is reasonable.

Would it be okay if I also used the palace to collect fees?

As long as you pay the money, you can enter the palace and even meet me!
  Zhu Yuanzhang thought this was a good idea and he must try it after returning.

"This Master Guo, he came with me, and I paid for his entry fee."

"Jiang Wei, give me the money."

"Yes, sir."

Jiang Wei took out the gold bars and threw them directly to the Yamen servant.

The yamen officer took over today and quickly made way for a passage, "Several adults, please come in!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Guo Zi said quickly.

"You're welcome. Just remember to pay me back when you get back." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

"Uh" Guo Ziren was dumbfounded.

When his servants reported that Uncle Ma was coming, Ouyang Lun immediately came out to greet him, "Uncle, aunt, why didn't you tell me that you were coming! I can pick you up."

"Master Guo? Didn't you just return to the capital not long ago? Why are you here again, and with my uncle?"

uncle?

Why did Ouyang's consort call his majesty uncle again?

Gee, the relationship between the royal family is really messy!

But this is none of his business. It's better to ask less. Anyway, one thing is that His Majesty the Emperor's true identity cannot be exposed.

"Ouyang Lun, I'm here to discuss business with you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang went straight to the point.

"Business talk?" Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes, looked at Guo Zi again, seemed to understand something, and said with a smile: "It's good to talk business! But let's not talk outside, let's talk inside the house!"

"Zhou Bao, hurry up and serve tea!"

"Yes, sir."

Everyone just entered the room and sat down.

Empress Ma smiled and said: "Ouyang, I won't participate in your men's discussions. Where is Anqing, I'll go see her."

"Anqing is in the backyard, with Miaomiao, Miaoyun and the others. My aunt will go directly there." Ouyang Lun nodded.

"Okay." Queen Ma stood up and left.

"Uncle, it seems that you have also heard about sweet potatoes, right?" Ouyang Lun asked with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "The news about your sweet potato has spread to the capital, and it is so popular that it's hard for me not to know about it!"

"That's what I came here for this time."

Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "Uncle, I knew you would come to me. Just like my emperor father-in-law, you are a master who never sees rabbits but doesn't let go of hawks. But you are much better than my emperor father-in-law."

Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched, "Is my place ready?"

"At least you came in person! This is a matter of attitude." Ouyang Lun said seriously: "Do you know what my emperor's father-in-law did? He sent four ministers to me, and he wanted to torture me. What's the difference between taking away the sweet potatoes that you worked so hard to grow and being a robber?"

"That guy named Zhou Dexing is even more arrogant. I feed him delicious food and drinks. He really treats himself as an uncle!"

As he spoke, Ouyang Lun patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I have already punished Zhou Dexing severely and sent him away. He doesn't want any of these sweet potatoes either!"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "I heard that you almost burned four ministers sent by His Majesty the Emperor to death?"

Ouyang Lun shook his head, "Uncle, you are hurting me by saying this. Burning a court minister to death is a serious crime, and I don't dare!"

"Master Guo knows that this matter was organized voluntarily by the people and has nothing to do with me, Ouyang Lun."

"If you want to blame it, it's Zhou Dexing who is too arrogant."

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that Ouyang Lun would definitely not tell him the truth, so he cursed "cunning" in his heart, and rarely continued to struggle with this issue, "Then tell me, what are you going to do next, and what do you need me to do?"

"Hey, my uncle is still loyal. You helped me handle the deal with the grassland last time. I can't treat you badly this time!"

Ouyang Lun said seriously: "Sweet potatoes will be planted on a large scale in Xuanfu soon. As long as this batch of sweet potatoes is harvested, in addition to supplying Beizhili, we should also be able to supply some to other provinces. As the saying goes, the fertilizer will not flow to outsiders." Tian, ​​I plan to give all the remaining sweet potato seeds to your uncle!" ˆ ˆ ˆ "You will be responsible for the planting of sweet potatoes in other provinces except Beizhili and Guangdong Province!"

"There are roughly two profit models. One is to find your own land for planting and produce and sell it yourself. This way you can earn more, but it requires more land and energy, and the efficiency is not that high. The other is that you use The sweet potatoes obtained will be used as seeds for the people to plant. Then they will be recycled and sold. The planting will be handed over to the people and they will be responsible for the sales. This will make less money, but the scale can be very large, which is also very helpful for the promotion of sweet potatoes. .”

"It depends on which method you choose, uncle, but we still stick to the old rules. I want [-]% of the profit, and you take [-]%!"

Oh shit!

Every time you work hard for half a day, you only get [-]% profit!
  Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to refuse, but Ouyang Lun had no choice but to hold the sweet potato in his hand. In this situation, if he wanted to get the sweet potato and promote it nationwide, this was the best way.

Let [-]% make [-]%, there is always something to be gained.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not express his position, Ouyang Lun walked over and put his arms around Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulders. "Uncle, we have cooperated so many times. Did I make you suffer that time? Every time I don't say that I will make you a lot of money, then it is absolutely It’s a huge profit!”

"You have to know that this time I gave up cooperating with my emperor father-in-law, and I am waiting to cooperate with you."

Seeing this scene, Guo Zi next to him was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. Although he had known for a long time that Ouyang Lun and "Uncle Ma" had a good relationship, he never expected that Ouyang Lun would dare to be so bold and put his arm around Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulders. , and the latter is not angry at all. In the world, perhaps only Ouyang Lun can do this.

Ouyang's consort is cheating!

There is indeed a future for following Ouyang's consort!

Ouyang Lun didn't know what Guo Zi was thinking, but planned to continue PUA Zhu Yuanzhang, "Uncle, I think you as a businessman must know the value of this sweet potato, but in addition to the economic value it brings, it can also give you Brings great prestige!”

"Imagine, when the people of the Ming Dynasty know that you are promoting this sweet potato, so that they can have enough to eat, how much they will admire you? Maybe they will be closer to you than the emperor."

"Don't you have plans to rebel? With this reputation, as long as the time comes, you will raise your arms and followers will gather together! Isn't this world a matter of easy control for you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, who wants to rebel!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Ouyang Lun.

"Haha, I'm talking nonsense." Ouyang Lun glanced at Guo Zi and said with a smile.

Guo Zi quickly shook his head, "I didn't hear anything."

Zhu Yuanzhang originally came here for the sweet potatoes. Since he could reach cooperation with Ouyang Lun, he had no reason to refuse.

"As for the sweet potatoes, I will do as you said. I will take over the business."

"Okay! I just like my uncle's cheerfulness!" Ouyang Lun nodded, "We still have the same old rules for the specific details. Let Laoshui and Madagascar handle it. I am only responsible for providing sweet potato seeds and planting technology. Outside Beizhili You are responsible for promotion, planting and sales!”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "No problem."

Ouyang Lun smiled again and said, "Uncle, are you still interested in doing bigger business?"

Um! ?

What do you mean?
  Isn’t the sweet potato business big enough?
  Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, curious and confused and asked: "What is the bigger business you are talking about?"

Ouyang Lun smiled mysteriously and turned to look at Guo Zi, "Master Guo, my uncle and I are going to talk about some more private matters next. Please stay away. I am doing this for your own good!"

Guo Zi stood up directly without any hesitation, "Since Mr. Ouyang and Mr. Ma have important matters to discuss, I will go outside and wait. If you need anything, call me."

joke.

The two of them had just talked about the topic of rebellion, and the content of the following conversation was definitely more exciting than this, and it was definitely not something he could listen to.

The emperor and the consort conspired to rebel. This is simply outrageous!

After saying that, Guo Zi slipped away.

"Master Guo doesn't seem to want to listen to our chat!" Ouyang Lun couldn't help but said when he saw Guo Zi walking so decisively.

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes at Ouyang Lun and said, "Whoever tells you to speak up or shut up is a rebellion. That means I dare to listen. Even if it were others who didn't report you, it would be a good thing."

"It's not uncle that you have this idea, but I'm also wondering, why would you rebel because you are a relative of the emperor?" Ouyang Lun said to himself: "Oh! I understand, you must be because of my emperor My father-in-law didn’t give me a title! I’m dissatisfied!”

"I say again that I have no intention of rebelling!"

"I understand, I understand. In the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, both of us are outsiders. He only has sex with his sons. Don't be too sad. Look at me. I think more openly. If you can't afford it, I'll hide in the north and live a comfortable life!" Ouyang Lun said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry. We will never tell the second person what we talked about today, and what I mentioned to you before My advice has always been valid. As long as you tell me, I will immediately arrange for a ship to take you to the sea!"

"Ouyang Lun!" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it and scolded: "Do you know what you just said! These rebellious words are enough to chop your head ten times!"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang glaring at him angrily, Ouyang Lun was quite surprised and said: "Uncle, why are you so excited?"

"Who am I saying this for? Isn't it for you!!"

"Do you dare to say that you have no objections to the emperor? He is a grand relative but does not even have a title. He can only be a businessman. However, the rapeseed oil that he finally managed to manage was taken away by the emperor. Everyone would be angry! "

"I see that you are not a generous person. Can you tolerate these things?"

"What's the point of being anxious with me? If you have the ability, go to the emperor and be anxious!"

Forehead.
  Zhu Yuanzhang thought he could calm Ouyang Lun, but he was criticized wildly, and he couldn't find enough reasons to refute.

"Stop!"

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly stopped, "Let's not talk about this for now. I can't help you. You'd better talk about the big business just mentioned!"

Ouyang Lun was tired of complaining, so he sat down and took a sip of tea, and then said, "Do you still remember when bandits besieged Funing County, the capital of Yong'an Prefecture?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Of course I remember the people of Yong'an Mansion. They are so terrifying."

"Ahem." Ouyang Lun coughed twice, "The people are not the focus, the focus is the equipment they carry. Aren't you curious where these equipments come from?"

"Equipment?" Upon hearing these two words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately remembered the set of armor and weapons he received. It is no exaggeration to say that it was the best equipment he had ever used in his life!

If Zhu Yuanzhang were to rank what he desired for Ouyang Lun in his heart, the manufacturing process of this set of armor weapons would definitely rank in the top ten!
  "Why did you suddenly mention the equipment? Do you want to sell the equipment?" Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Don't blame me for not reminding you that privately manufacturing equipment is a capital crime!"

"Of course, if you are willing to hand over the equipment to me and let me handle it, the problem won't be too big!"

First, get all the equipment in Ouyang Lun's hands, and then equip it to the Ming army. Although it will cost some money, as long as you, the middleman, don't make a profit, then you can lower Ouyang Lun's selling price, which is equivalent to Ouyang Lun's price. The Ming army provided weapons, so this wave is worth it!
  Ouyang Lun nodded, "Uncle's brain is very good. I do have this idea. I have accumulated a lot of weapons and plan to sell some. I want to ask my uncle to be a middleman to sell the weapons to the grassland people!"

(End of this chapter)