Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 45 Old Deng Explodes Gold Coins

"Pippi!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting behind his desk. When he saw the golden retriever with an angelic smile, he was so overwhelmed with love that he hugged the dog with his arms.

Zhu Yunfeng untied Pippi's leash, and Pippi rushed to Zhu Yuanzhang, shaking his tail vigorously.

"Wang Dong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked Pippi's head, grinning from ear to ear, and then shouted to the outside.

Wang Dong, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, walked in and said with his head lowered, "Your Majesty."

"Ask the chef to cook two pieces of meat bones for us."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily, and then asked, "Yunfeng, why did you come here suddenly?"

Zhu Biao also smiled and said, "Father Gangzheng asked me to enroll you in the royal family, saying that you are the lost heir of my second uncle."

"what?"

Zhu Yunfeng was stunned at first, then said happily: "Then my generation has been raised. Is this appropriate?"

As he spoke, he put down the large and small bags of gifts on his body.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It's okay. This is just a temporary measure to make it easier for you to travel in Ming Dynasty. Besides, since you are working for Ming Dynasty and you are a descendant of Zhu family, I will not treat you unfairly."

"Thank you, old man. I brought you some gifts. I have some money now, but the expensive gifts I bought are still on the way and haven't been delivered yet. I can only take some from home. They are not expensive items."

Zhu Yunfeng took out the gifts in large and small packages and placed them on the table. He introduced them one by one, "These are condiments, used to improve the taste of dishes. These are common household medicines, which can cure common colds and fevers. This is a compound bow."

As he said this, he picked up the composite bow bag and placed it on the desk. "Modern composite bows are made of carbon fiber or aluminum alloy. They are very light, have a large range and kinetic energy, and weigh only a few kilograms. They are much more powerful than ancient bows of the same weight."

This is what he checked when he bought the compound bow. Modern compound bows far surpass ancient bows in terms of labor saving, shooting speed, range, and kinetic energy.

It is said on the Internet that the power of modern high-precision composite bows weighing four or five pounds is two or three times greater than that of ancient bows of the same weight. Zhu Yunfeng does not know the exact amount, but he knows that once Zhu Yuanzhang has tried it, he will love it.

"Well, you are interested."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

Although I was very excited after hearing the introduction of this bow, I still had to keep my emotions under control.

Zhu Yunfeng continued: "The main reason I came here today is to tell you that there is a way to solve the money problem."

"Oh? How did you solve it?"

"In exchange for gold, I found a gold sales channel to avoid being discovered."

Zhu Yunfeng took out the Tang Sancai statue from another backpack and said with a wry smile: "I was careless and forgot about the age. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone through so much trouble."

"It doesn't matter, as long as the money problem can be solved."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care.

For the emperor, it was not difficult to get gold. He rewarded each meritorious official with a starting amount of two or three hundred taels of gold.

There are still tens of thousands of taels of gold in the national treasury. This is only a short time after the founding of the country. In addition, a large amount of rewards were given to meritorious officials and other national treasury expenses, resulting in a small reserve.

But if he focused on collecting gold, he could get tens of thousands of taels, let alone tens of thousands of kilograms, in a short period of time, so he didn't need to worry about this issue.

Zhu Yunfeng said: "Thank you for your understanding, as long as there is enough gold, the plan will be completed smoothly."

"Now that you're here, just sit down."

Zhu Biao invited him.

"Okay, I just happened to have a plan to tell you about."

Zhu Yunfeng placed the Tang Sancai on the bookshelf, and then sat next to Zhu Biao, opposite Zhu Yuanzhang's desk.

"what's the plan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

“It’s about agricultural companies.”

Zhu Yunfeng sat up straight and said, "My idea is this. I plan to develop agriculture in our town. The first is planting, including rice, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes and the like. The second is animal husbandry, including cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and other conventional livestock. I calculated that the funds needed by then may be more than 10 million, at least 300 or 400 million, and this may only be the initial start-up capital. If you want to expand and become stronger, it will cost more."

"Of course."

He was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would think he was asking for money, so he immediately said, "Once we are on the right track, the cost will be much less. The main purpose of doing this is to enable the Ming Dynasty to accumulate enough agricultural technology."

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang became interested and said, "Tell me in detail."

Zhu Yunfeng was overjoyed to see that his interest was indeed aroused.

In fact, in essence, as an entrepreneur, once you have found a good project, you start using PPT to look for investors.

So how to brag about this PPT to the sky is his ability.

Zhu Yunfeng had never worked in the Internet industry and had no experience in this area, but he had seen pigs run before, so he said casually, "It's very simple."

He smiled and said, "It is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish. There is also a saying that it is better to have something yourself than to have it from your parents. Just relying on the things I brought to you from the modern era, not to mention the energy requirements of the stone tablet, the number of times and quantity I can carry are very limited, and it takes a lot of time and electricity to charge. If you rely entirely on modern supplies and you don't have your own industrial chain, once the stone tablet has an accident one day, all this will become a dream bubble."

"Well"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Zhu Biao next to him also nodded his chin slightly.

This is a mature view.

"So it is crucial for Daming to develop its own technology, but you are starting from scratch. Even if I bring the technical information here, I'm afraid you won't even understand it."

Zhu Yunfeng said, "Why not actually do it? I'll open an agricultural company, and then I'll find a way to set up a shell company to sell the agricultural products online. The shell company will place orders, but the actual output will be sent to Daming to provide supplies, and Daming will pay with gold."

"And I will also open a company in Daming dedicated to agricultural production, such as Daming Huangzhuang, and open up a piece of land for farming and animal husbandry."

“Then I recruited a group of technicians with rich agricultural knowledge to join my agricultural company.”

"Modern planting and animal husbandry are very scientific methods, such as when to sow, what the temperature should be, how long the interval should be, and postpartum care for sows. These are all learned."

"But whether it's equipment or seeds, breeding pigs, breeding cattle, expenses and other means of production, I can help you transport them directly to Daming. What Daming needs is professionals who can learn these scientific planting and scientific breeding."

"So I will ask these technicians to record videos of the actual operations, and then send them to Daming and put them in the imperial farms of Daming for the agricultural workers working in the imperial farms of Daming to watch and learn from."

"After they have learned it, they will spread the word. In addition, I will bring a large number of conventional and hybrid seeds from modern times, various high-yield rice, wheat, and vegetables, and slowly reduce the proportion of hybrid varieties. It is estimated that in less than two years, Daming will be able to quickly promote high-yield crops throughout the country, and the relevant technical personnel will also be promoted. In a very short period of time, the grain output, as well as the meat, egg and milk output will explode."

"There are also many benefits to starting my own company. There will be a lot of policy support and the government will also help. Basically, they will try their best to help me get whatever I want."

"If I can create hundreds or thousands of jobs for our county, the county magistrate will have to coax me into donating supplies to the mountainous areas in the name of the company, such as books, medicines, clothes, etc. I will donate a part and send the rest to Daming, and no one will investigate."

"In this way, I can provide agricultural and educational support to Daming in the early stage. Once things are on the right track, then in terms of agriculture, Daming will only need to export fertilizers to Daming. In terms of education, we can directly recruit students to start modern education."

Finally, Zhu Yunfeng said confidently: "And the same goes for future industrial construction. Once the agricultural company is confirmed to be feasible, I will open a factory and engage in industrial construction. We can still shoot videos for people to learn from, and I will provide the relevant equipment. Daming can start directly from the second industrial revolution, and its development will be very rapid."

It has to be said that Zhu Yunfeng's plan is highly feasible.

It’s a bit like the aid provided by big brother Russia in the 1960s. They provided people and equipment, and then let our people learn. Once the relevant industrial chain matures, we will be able to become self-sufficient.

And the most important method is to use video learning materials as the main method, and learn while watching. Although it is definitely not as good as on-site demonstrations, it will naturally be much safer.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied after hearing Zhu Yunfeng's words.

What he worries most is exposure.

In the Ming Dynasty, he had absolute control over everything, so he didn't have to consider this at all. But if he sent someone to the modern times, and the modern people found out and reported it, that would be a disaster.

He has no ability to check and balance the modern world, and is afraid that modern forces will overthrow his kingdom, so he can only hide and conceal himself.

Video learning is much safer, so he said with satisfaction: "Not bad."

"Of course, it would be better if someone from Daming could learn it in person. This would be more efficient because you may not understand everything we say. It would be best if someone could teach us. It would even be best if he could make a video after learning it himself, using the language and method Daming is used to teaching."

Zhu Yunfeng said.

A lot of agricultural knowledge is actually experiential knowledge, and the cultural requirements are not particularly high.

A lot of agricultural knowledge is printed into popular science booklets and distributed to farmers, such as "Basic Agricultural Knowledge", "Farmland Management and Protection", "Postpartum Care of Sows", etc.

But even so, the requirements are still a bit high for the farmers of the Ming Dynasty.

If you don’t even know the characters, there’s no way you’ll learn anything from an incomprehensible science booklet.

As for video learning, there are also difficulties, language and method are both problems.

Therefore, if a Ming Dynasty person who has learned the society comes to teach in person, giving one-to-many lectures, the effect will be much better than simply reading booklets and watching videos.

And this Ming Dynasty person can teach ten people, and these ten people can teach a hundred people, and then the disease can spread rapidly.

As long as you learn these basic things, you will know how to plant and raise scientifically to increase production.

If we continue to use this approach and train skilled workers, we can also build a solid foundation for basic industries.

It is expected that Ming Dynasty will complete the agricultural revolution within five years and carry out the industrial revolution within thirty years. Relying on modern knowledge and technology, it will not be difficult to complete the industrial construction tasks assisted by the big brother Russia.

"Then let's go with the fourth one. He's staying in the modern world anyway."

After hearing what Zhu Yunfeng said, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Di and said, "Old Four, can you do this job well?"

Zhu Di looked embarrassed for a moment.

He has been addicted to playing computer games recently and is very playful now. He definitely wouldn't want to spend most of his time learning how to farm.

After just a moment of hesitation, he immediately said, "Please rest assured, father."

"Humph."

However, no one knows a son better than his father. Zhu Yuanzhang saw through his hesitation and snorted, "Fourth Brother, don't forget your identity. No matter how prosperous the future may be, it is still the future. What does it have to do with you? Your roots are in the Ming Dynasty. You are a prince of the Ming Dynasty, not a citizen of the future. If you only know how to be arrogant and extravagant all day long, and don't want to work hard for the Ming Dynasty, I will break your legs!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Zhu Di was submissive and did not dare to resist.

Zhu Yunfeng was furious when he saw his ancestor's cowardly appearance.

I was beaten before.

Now I am being scolded.

Why don’t you dare to fight with Lao Deng?

However, before he could get angry, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang hesitate for a moment and said, "Yunfeng."

"Ancestor."

Zhu Yunfeng lowered his eyebrows and said submissively.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "As long as you can ensure that my Ming Dynasty will not be discovered by your descendants, you can do whatever you want, but I must tell you that once it is discovered, I will immediately move the stone tablet to prevent people from the future generations from coming to my Ming Dynasty and overthrowing my Ming Dynasty!"

"Row."

Zhu Yunfeng said, "Don't worry about this. The stone tablet is a secret among secrets. When I have money, I will buy the surrounding land and rebuild it to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"Then do as you wish."

Zhu Yuanzhang praised.

"Don't worry, ancestor. The most worrying thing about agricultural products is the sales. Now that Daming is the market, my company will grow rapidly and drive Daming's overall improvement."

Zhu Yunfeng patted his chest and made the promise.

With his father's channels, he can sell the gold with confidence in exchange for funds.

In this way, a complete trade chain can be formed with the Ming Dynasty.

He ran an agricultural company and purchased large quantities of seeds and fertilizers, which he produced himself while also transferring to the Ming Dynasty.

The issue of purchasing seeds and fertilizers can also be concealed through agricultural companies.

The agricultural products produced are also sold to Daming. For example, a sales base is set up in Shangfeng Mountain. It is nominally e-commerce sales, but in fact they are all transported to Daming.

Just ask Zhu Yuanzhang to send someone to get it.

In terms of transactions, the Ming Dynasty used gold to purchase a large amount of agricultural products. Zhu Yunfeng exchanged the gold for money through channels, and then used a shell company to transfer the money into the company's account, perfectly turning it into legal income.

The whole process has another name in the industry - money laundering.

of course.

Zhu Yunfeng's business is definitely legal and compliant, and can also provide a large number of jobs, but his customers are not modern people.

Therefore, it cannot be said that this is a crime at all. It is just avoiding the risks of gold sales through reasonable means.

So it’s not just a win-win situation, it’s a win-win-win situation.

That is to say, the interests of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunfeng, and modern my country can all be satisfied.

To some extent, the Ming Dynasty can be understood as a developing country abroad that owns mines and has relatively stable politics.

Our country exports technology and materials to him through foreign trade, and what it imports is not the U.S. dollar, which is always inflating, but precious minerals such as gold.

This understanding will make the pattern intuitive and clear.

It can be said that Qin Shihuang was frantically touching the electric switch - everyone was numb from winning.

After hearing Zhu Yunfeng's assurance, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "I remember that 100 taels equals 150 million, and 2000 taels equals 3000 million."

"Yes."

Zhu Yunfeng nodded without blushing or beating his heart.

"In that case, let's withdraw some more gold from the treasury. Is 2000 taels enough?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"That's enough, thank you, ancestor."

Zhu Yunfeng said hurriedly.

He was very excited.

Although I don’t know what the channel purchase price is on my dad’s side.

But nowadays, the selling price of gold in gold shops like Dafu and Fengxiang is about 800 per gram.

The international gold price is 621 per gram, and the online recycling price is between 420-580.

The recycling price of the unscrupulous gold shop in the town is 540 yuan per gram.

The channel introduced by my dad can’t be lower than the shady gold shop in town, right?
Even if he only calculated based on the recycling price of the unscrupulous gold shop in town, which was about 3982 million, he could still make nearly million.

really.

In this business of making a living, it is faster to make money by being a middleman and earning the difference.

(End of this chapter)