Da Qin: I became friends with Zhao Zheng

Chapter 240 Chapter 230 Eight, dowry money
"Where did you get the money to build the Great Wall?" Yao Xing asked.

"Cement and red bricks need raw materials, and the palace workers need wages. To recruit a large number of civilians, the farming period needs to be staggered to prevent the land from becoming barren, and they have to be paid for wages. The people also need to make ends meet. In addition, their food and housing are all money. , where does it come from?" Yao Xing listed every step of burning money and asked him to get a charter.

Zhao Zheng was stunned for a moment, his face a little unnatural.

Yao Xing suddenly made a guess and asked: "You don't want to be a white wolf with nothing, do you?"

Yao Xing absolutely believed that Zhao Zheng could do such a thing.

Sure enough, Zhao Zheng took a sip of tea, avoided Yao Xing's eyes, and said: "Cement and red bricks are a business of the imperial court. The raw materials are credited first, and the workers' wages are also credited first. When the cement and red bricks are no longer in urgent demand, , and then give it to them when they make a profit. The migrant workers who built the Great Wall... had their land tax exempted and paid as wages!"

"Let the Mo family provide food and accommodation. Anyway, the Mo family has to be responsible for supervising the construction!"

Good guy, Zhao Zheng is more rogue than Yao Xing thought.In the past, I had only heard of courtiers and local officials borrowing money from the national treasury and failing to repay it. Today, this is the first time I have seen a court that owed wages to workers, not because the officials were corrupt, but because the emperor actually owed the money!
The Mo family was really in bad luck to have such an emperor. Not only did he use people to work with no wages or salary, but he also let people pay for them.

Yao Xing blinked: "You really don't feel embarrassed!"

Zhao Zheng also blinked his eyes, suddenly stood up and flicked his long sleeves: "There is nothing to be ashamed of. When I conquer a larger territory, I will give them more land. This contribution is reasonable!"

Yao Xing sighed, got up and went back to the bedroom, fumbled at the foot of the bed for a while, found the button and turned on the mechanism.

This bed was made by Su Han, who made a very hidden mechanism for Yao Xing. Zhao Zheng had always known about the existence of the mechanism, but had no idea what Yao Xing was hiding.

Now the situation was really at the end of the rope, and Yao Xing had to ask for his private money.

"These are the things I saved before we got married, and some of them are kept with my master." Yao Xing looked at his small treasury reluctantly.
Zhao Zheng was stunned. If he had known that there was so much money under the bed where he slept every day, why would he have shelved his plan because of money?

"This is all my dowry. If you use it, you have to pay it back twice as much!" Yao Xing looked at Zhao Zheng angrily.
Zhao Zheng nodded, suddenly stunned, and asked: "Isn't your dowry stored in the warehouse?"

Yao Xing didn't think much and explained: "The warehouse is full of registered ornaments, and there is not much gold, let alone money."

Zhao Zheng nodded, thoughtfully.There are also some ornaments in the treasury, which were left behind by the previous kings. They can only be used for appreciation. If they were sold, they would be a disgrace to the ancestors, so there is no money to spend now.

However, Yao Xing's dowry gave Zhao Zheng inspiration. All of those ornaments were priceless, but it was a pity to reward them, and they couldn't be cashed in. They were really useless to the current Da Qin.But it would be great if they could be turned into money through an exchange method.

Just like Yao Xing, the betrothal gifts are just ornaments, and when the dowry is brought over, it can be changed into money, wouldn't it be enough!
As for spending women's dowry money, to be honest, Zhao Zheng doesn't care at all, not to mention that he won't let others know. Even if it gets spread, it should be an honor for those women. Their dowry is a contribution to Da Qin.

(End of this chapter)