Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

That is, from now on, the Ministry of Revenue’s affairs will just be the Ministry of Revenue’s affairs.

No matter which department you want to ask for help, you have to follow the rules...

The rule is, take the money!

Please ask for troops to escort?

never mind!

That price......

I shudder just thinking about it!

When they rented 300 Jinyiwei, the rent for half a month was as high as 888,800 taels!

This journey westward will require at least a thousand people to escort us, and the round trip will take at least half a year!

Even if we were to discount the price offered by the Imperial Guards, the profit from this trip might not be enough to pay the rent...

Guo Yunhou paced back and forth on the cement durian skin outside the Meridian Gate, frowning and thinking about all the candidates he could think of.

Perhaps it was the effect of the cement durian peel in clearing the meridians. Soon, a figure emerged in his mind!

...........

West Factory Lobby.

Wang Chengen was sitting under the statue of Fan Li, holding a quail in his right hand. Suddenly he heard someone say that Guo Yunhou was coming to see him. He quickly stood up and smiled to greet him.

"Hey, my Minister Guo...what gust of wind blew you to this little temple of ours?"

"Why? I heard that you have collected a lot of commercial taxes recently. Are you here to pay it back in advance?"

"Here comes someone!"

"Bring the IOU from the Ministry of Revenue to our family and calculate how much silver we still owe!"

When Guo Yunhou heard this, his face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"I said, could you please stop bringing up irrelevant issues?"

"Let's not talk about the distant past. The Zhengcunba factory alone has burned through millions of taels of silver in the past two months. How can I afford to pay you back?"

He said this, but his heart was another attitude.

Does the Ministry of Revenue have money now?

Have!

And there are quite a few!

There are eight million taels of silver in the account alone!

And that’s not even counting the tax silver that’s still on the way and hasn’t been escorted to the capital, as well as the silver, money and treasures seized from temples across the country!

If all these are counted, there must be 20 million taels.

It’s a piece of cake to use it to pay off the debt.

The previous debts had been paid off before he went to Shanxi, and now the money owed to the West Factory was added together...

As they were thinking about it, they saw a man put a stack of money in front of them.

Then Wang Chengen took out a pure copper abacus from his arms, shook it casually a few times, put the beads back in place, and smiled at him.

"Come, come, here's the IOU. It doesn't matter whether Mr. Guo pays it back today, but since we have nothing to do, we'd better calculate it and let you know."

Guo Yunhou:? ?

I go!

Is this still the eunuch who always kowtows and fawns beside Prince Xin?

Do you carry an abacus with you now?

This alone makes him appear more professional than the Minister of Revenue himself...

No, I have to go find Wu Pifu and get myself a copper abacus.

Carrying this thing with you not only makes you look stylish, but also can protect you!

While I was hesitating, I saw Wang Chengen had already started.

The abacus beads made a clacking sound when they were hit against him, and he kept muttering every number.

"On May 20, I will borrow 3 million dan of grain, which will be converted into 6 million taels of silver!"

"June 29th, I will borrow 10 million taels of silver!"

"July 26th, borrow 4,237,200 taels of silver!"

"August 21st, borrow 500,000 taels of silver!"

"August 23, borrow 888,800 taels of silver!"

"The total amount of the above five items is 21,626,000 taels."

"We'll give you a minus, so it's easier to settle the bill. Here, the total is twenty-one thousand six hundred and thirty thousand taels!"

"The annual interest rate is 3%, compound interest, and any interest less than one year will be counted as one year."

"As of now, you owe......."

Having said that, he checked the results on the abacus again, looked at Guo Yunhou word by word and smiled.

"Sir Shangshu, you now owe 28,106,000 taels of silver."

"Let's round off the number and make it 28,110,000 taels."

Guo Yunhou's nose was almost crooked from anger!

Nima!

This eunuch was like this last time I paid him back!

It would be fine to calculate it as a full year if it's less than a year, but what the hell do you mean by rounding it off?

The same bill was erased once when calculating the total amount, and erased again when calculating the interest..........

What the hell!

He added a total of eight thousand taels of silver to the total amount!

Shameless, so fucking shameless!

It's even more shameless than those bald donkeys I have copied before!

Guo Yunhou's face flushed and he was breathing heavily. He wished he could take off his shoes and beat him up.

But when he thought of the purpose of his trip, he suppressed the grievance in his heart, bowed to Wang Chengen and smiled apologetically.

"Don't worry, Mr. Factory!"

"Now the commercial taxes in the south and the seizures from the raids on temples in various places are on their way. Counting the days, the Ministry of Revenue will definitely be able to pay them back before the end of the year."

"I didn't come here for this matter, but I have something else to discuss with the factory owner."

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen collected the stack of IOUs and carefully put them back into the box.

"Okay, since it's no problem for the Shangshu to pay back the money, then other things are no problem for our family either!"

"What's the matter, Lord Shangshu, just tell me directly!"

Guo Yunhou looked around and lowered his voice.

"The factory master should know that King Xin will travel west after the New Year, right?"

"I plan to take this opportunity to organize a batch of goods and go west with Prince Xin."

"After arriving in the Western Regions, we will exchange these goods for silver or Western Regions specialties and then ship them to Ming."

"This round trip, we can make at least 70% to 80% profit."

"But the factory owner should know the situation of the Ministry of Revenue. The people under me can be asked to do other things, but they are not cut out for business."

"What's more, once the team is separated from Prince Xin, both the silver and the goods will require a large number of people to escort them."

"So, I think that instead of letting the Ministry of Revenue get into trouble, it would be better to join forces with the Western Factory."

"The Ministry of Revenue will ship the goods, and the West Factory will only be responsible for sending the people."

"When we come back, we'll split the profits 70% to 30%. I'll get 70% and you'll get 30%!"

"how?"

Wang Chengen smiled after hearing this: "Master Guo, have you ever asked His Majesty for your proposal?"

"Also, my West Factory has both the people and the money. Why can't we make this trip on our own, and instead have to cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue?"

Guo Yunhou took a deep breath and looked around again.

But this time, he didn't say anything.

Wang Chengen understood what he meant and waved his hand to drive everyone else out.

"Sir, can you speak now?"

Guo Yunhou first sighed, and then spoke earnestly.

"The factory owner should know the phrase 'compete with the people for profit', right?"

"I..."

"Bang~!"

Before he could finish his words, Wang Chengen slammed the table and stood up, shouting with a stern face.

"Master Shangshu, please be careful with your words! Today, we can pretend that we didn't hear this!"

"But if it happens again, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

Chapter 534 Guo Yunhou's Cake

Guo Yunhou shook his head helplessly, stood up and bowed to Wang Chengen.

"Sir, please listen to what I have to say first..."

"Your Majesty said last year that future year-end rewards will be linked to the silver deposits in the Ministry of Revenue."

"But the factory manager is also very clear about the situation of the Ministry of Revenue this year. Let alone depositing money, we are lucky to be able to settle the previous accounts."

"Where is the money left to reward the officials?"

"This year I can still shamelessly ask them to be patient, but what about next year?"

"If the Ministry of Revenue doesn't seize this opportunity of Prince Xin's journey to the west to save some money, next year will definitely be another year of poverty!"

"It's fine if they say I'm stingy, but you don't want them to say Your Majesty is stingy, do you?"

These words were spoken with great earnestness, and his eyes had unconsciously turned redder, as if Guo Yunhou would cry in front of Wang Chengen if Wang Chengen did not agree.

Faced with his attitude, Wang Chengen almost nodded impulsively.

After thinking about it, I always felt that something was not right.

"no......"

"If your Ministry of Revenue cannot pay out silver, that is your Ministry of Revenue's business. What does it have to do with Your Majesty?"

Guo Yunhou sighed again and said, "Master, have you not heard that when the master is worried, the minister will be humiliated, and when the master is humiliated, the minister will die?"

"Although these are all matters of the Ministry of Revenue, what will the officials below think?"

"After working hard for a whole year and not getting any reward, they will just think it was your Majesty's will."

"after all......."

"The bank deposits in the Ministry of Revenue are not from my family, Guo. Do you think they will think that I am reluctant to give out the money?"

"Besides, even if the Ministry of Revenue has no money, who doesn't know that the West Factory is the place with the most wealth in the world?"

"And this Western Factory... belongs to your Majesty!"

"When that time comes, how do you think people in the world will view Your Majesty?"

Wang Chengen was a little confused by him, but he also understood one thing: if the civil and military officials in the court really didn't get any benefits, it would be a bit unreasonable.