The struggle for the throne among nine princes—I really don't want to be the crown prince.

Chapter 174 I wish I could inherit the family fortune

When Yunzhen came to Yuqing Palace to see Shen Ye, Shen Ye was happily preparing to become a groom!

The status of the Crown Prince's concubines was also very high. Once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the concubines would at least become one of the Emperor's four consorts, and if they were successful, they could even become imperial concubines.

Even the Imperial Noble Consort.

Although there is a difference between the sons born to concubines and the legitimate sons, the sons born to concubines have a higher right of inheritance than other sons born to concubines.

Take the tenth son of Emperor Qianxi as an example. The reason why the tenth son was able to be granted a higher title than his older brother was, of course, because his mother was an imperial concubine.

In the past, the son of an Imperial Noble Consort could even compete with the son of the Empress for the right of succession.

Therefore, Emperor Qianxi's appointment of Cao Yin's daughter as a concubine of the crown prince demonstrates the extent of his favor towards Cao Yin, his trusted confidant.

Although Cao Yin was still in the capital, he was already eager to make a big splash.

He is raising gold, hoping to make a fortune through this method of making money from money.

According to Cao Yin, he had already contacted a daimyo in Japan to cooperate, and the daimyo would ship silver over to Cao Yin in exchange for gold.

According to the price agreed upon by both parties, Cao Yin will be able to earn 30% from this exchange alone.

Without doing anything, Cao Yin could earn 30% of the silver simply from gold. For him, that was practically picking up money off the ground.

The other party was also picking up money, because they could also earn more than 20% of the silver.

even more.

Therefore, the two sides were in complete agreement on this matter.

Cao Yin was unwilling to go to Japan to earn more profits because he knew very well that everything in excess is as bad as deficiency.

To earn more gold, he needed to take on greater risks, such as storms at sea and unexpected events that might occur in Japan at any time.

At this time, the imperial court's navy was still quite inadequate.

In such circumstances, this method is undoubtedly more reliable.

Unfortunately, Cao Yin only managed to raise about 10,000 taels of gold through his own efforts.

This amount, which could be exchanged for 100,000 taels of silver, was indeed not a small sum in the eyes of ordinary people.

However, compared to the profits that can be earned, it seems a bit insignificant!

Cao Yin was so anxious these past few days that his lips started to blister from the pressure of having a mountain of gold right in front of him but being unable to earn it.

So much so that some people saw him and thought he was reluctant to let his beautiful daughter get married, which is why he looked so anxious.

This situation made Cao Yin want to curse.

Unable to raise more gold in the capital, Cao Yin had no choice but to come to Yuqing Palace and tell Shen Ye about the matter.

Shen Ye looked at Cao Yin, who looked distressed, and spread his hands, saying, "Lord Cao, I don't have any money either!"

"My yard is all repaired now, but I haven't gotten the money for the interior decoration yet!"

"Didn't you ask His Majesty for a solution?"

Cao Yin sighed and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor has invested 50,000 taels of gold, but... but this is the Emperor's money, and all profits must be handed over to the Emperor."

Hearing Cao Yin say this, Shen Ye was speechless for a moment.

Although he knew that Emperor Qianxi must have a lot of money in his private treasury, he did not expect his father to be so generous.

Fifty thousand taels of gold is equivalent to five hundred thousand taels of silver.

Such a huge sum at once! I wish I could inherit the family fortune!
Shen Ye pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, you have someone set up a gold shop and have people store gold there. The interest rate for a year's deposit is 10%."

Cao Yin was taken aback for a moment and said, "Your Highness, with such high interest rates, no one will be willing to deposit gold in the gold shop."

Hearing Cao Yin's words, Shen Ye immediately realized that depositing money in money shops nowadays required paying interest to the shops; otherwise, they wouldn't let you deposit it at all. Shen Ye then said, "What I mean is, whoever deposits gold, our gold shop will pay them interest."

"A 10% interest rate must be quite high."

Cao Yin realized this at this point. In his opinion, a 10% interest rate was indeed quite high. After all, if 10,000 taels of gold were deposited for a year, that would amount to 1,000 taels of gold.

For wealthy and powerful families, a thousand taels of gold is enough for their consumption for a year.

However, although this 10% interest is not small, what does it matter compared to the money-making business I do?
If you operate properly and exchange gold and silver with that Japanese daimyo several times, you might be able to turn 10,000 taels of gold into 20,000 taels.

Thinking about it this way, Cao Yin suddenly realized that the 10% interest wasn't much.

"Your Highness, I think it's a good idea, but... but the Japanese daimyo has already started preparing to send ships. If we slowly collect the gold, I'm afraid we won't have enough time!"

Cao Yin was not ignorant of worldly affairs; he knew that gold was something ordinary families did not possess.

Some of them were high-ranking officials and nobles, but these officials and nobles were all very shrewd, and even if they had gold in their hands, they would not hoard it carelessly.

They need to observe and understand, which makes it difficult for gold dealers to accumulate large amounts of gold in a short period of time.

This will delay making money!
Since the collection efforts began, Cao Yin's greatest hope has been to pay back the money he owes as soon as possible.

After all, this concerns the face of Emperor Qianxi.

Furthermore, His Majesty will be traveling to the south of the Yangtze River next year, and he will invite His Majesty to stay there. He also wants to earn back that money.

Otherwise, it would be unfair to the emperor, and then...

Shen Ye didn't care about Cao Yin's worries. He smiled and said, "Isn't tomorrow my wedding day? I'll mention it at the banquet tomorrow and ask those who come to the wedding to give me some support."

"We should be able to gather quite a bit of gold."

It seems a bit impolite to talk about saving money at a wedding.

However, Cao Yin was focused on raising more gold, so he did not object.

After seeing Cao Yin off, Shen Ye suddenly slapped his forehead, realizing that he had been so engrossed in talking to Cao Yin that he had forgotten how the profits from the gold shop should be divided.

Just as Shen Ye was pondering how to bring up the topic with his future father-in-law, Zhou Bao came to report that the Fourth Prince Yunzhen and the Minister of Revenue Ma Qi were requesting an audience.

Why did the two of them come together?

Puzzled, Shen Ye asked Zhou Bao, "Did they come together?"

"No, it was Fourth Master who came first. He waited a little while because you were talking to Lord Cao."

"Fourth Master arrived half an hour before Lord Ma Qi arrived."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ye understood that the Fourth Prince and Ma Qi had not come for the same reason.

He pondered for a moment and then said, "Go and invite the Fourth Prince over."

"Also, serve Lord Maqi some good tea and ask him to wait a moment."

Zhou Bao agreed and went to do his business. In just two or three minutes, Yun Zhen, with a big smile on his face, came to Shen Ye.

"Your subject greets Your Highness, and congratulates Your Highness on taking a concubine." As Yunzhen spoke, he was about to kneel down to pay his respects.

The former Crown Prince used to place great importance on etiquette.

But at this moment, Shen Ye was carefree and unconcerned with formalities, and didn't care about such formalities.

He grabbed the fourth prince and said, "Fourth brother, I've said it before, there's no need for these formalities between brothers."

"Come, sit down and have some tea."

While humbly thanking Shen Ye, Yunzhen solemnly said, "Your Highness, my father has appointed me as the Minister of the Imperial Household Department. I am unsure how to conduct myself, so I have come to seek your advice."

Looking at Yunzhen's sincere face, Shen Ye thought to himself that the fourth brother was really a slippery eel, quite cunning!
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