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

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian and Youtong were not there, and the one serving in the hall was Xiao Shizi.

He took the box carefully, opened it and took a look, and after making sure there was nothing fishy inside, he handed it to Zhu Youxiao.

In the box, there was a shiny gold watch!

The pure gold watchband is made of twenty-two small gold bars, each of which is engraved with a different Taoist deity.

There is a talisman engraved on the back of the dial, and the curved lines make people dizzy just looking at them.

Not only is the watch case made of pure gold, but even the transparent lens covering the dial actually emits a faint golden glow.

This kind of quality is absolutely incomparable to glass.

In other words, it is cut and polished from a whole piece of gem!

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with the overall combination.

But those statues and talismans were somewhat puzzling to him.

"Lord Wu, can you tell me what is engraved on it?"

Wu Chunfu stepped forward and explained with a flattering smile.

"Return to your majesty!"

"There is a true deity engraved on this watch strap, and it is the Holy Mother Yuanjun of the Nine Heavens Guard House."

"The nine auxiliary gods are Dou Mu Tianzun, Bixia Yuanjun, Shuntian Shengmu, Sanxiao Niangniang, Mazu, Vision Niangniang, and Ear Niangniang."

"And the talisman on the back of the dial was also obtained by me from the immortal of the Imperial Observatory. It is said to be a talisman for bringing children. If you wear it day and night, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

Interesting!

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with this explanation!

Although he could not recognize these gods from the statues, he had heard of them.

Who is the Holy Mother Yuanjun of the Nine Heavens Guard House?

That is the Taoist Goddess of Descendants!

"Lord Wu is thoughtful. I am very satisfied!"

He picked up the watch with a smile, and played with it lovingly. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Wu Chunfu bowed slightly, clasped his fists and said, "It is an honor to satisfy Your Majesty."

"But I have one more request, I hope Your Majesty can grant it."

"Say!"

Zhu Youxiao rolled up his sleeves, tried to put on the watch, shook his wrist casually a few times, and replied without raising his head.

Wu Chunfu said: "I have ordered Minister Xu to set up four separate sheds in Zhengcunba. We can produce 20 watches of this type every day."

"I intend to sell these watches to subsidize the Ministry of Works. I hope Your Majesty will grant my approval."

"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao agreed generously, and added, "By the way, make another fifty for me according to this pattern."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wu Chunfu was overjoyed and immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times.

But after he stood up, he extended his right hand towards Zhu Youxiao.

"Thank you for your patronage, Your Majesty. Fifty watches, totaling one hundred thousand taels of silver. Please take the money, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao: ???

I fuck?

I subconsciously cleaned my ears and looked at my clean nails, confirming that there was nothing wrong with my ears.

He looked at Wu Chunfu in disbelief and asked, pointing at the watch on his hand.

"You mean..."

"Fifty watches and one hundred thousand taels of silver?"

"Are you sure you're awake?"

Wu Chunfu said seriously.

"Your Majesty, my original price was two hundred taels of silver for a watch."

"But if Your Majesty wants another one exactly like the one you have, it will cost two thousand taels of silver each."

"Fifty dollars, one hundred thousand taels, this minister can still calculate clearly."

Zhu Youxiao:..........

Damn it!

"Is this a question of whether you calculated it correctly?"

"My question is, you want me to spend money to buy these fifty watches?"

Chapter 567: Hit your son with a club and put your wife in a sack

Wu Chunfu's trick of fleecing the people left Zhu Youxiao speechless.

Haven't I always been the one fleecing others?

Wow, things are changing?

Facing Zhu Youxiao's questioning, Wu Chunfu answered with righteous indignation.

"His Majesty!"

"The Ministry of Industry's money didn't just come from the wind."

"Mr. Guo is such a stingy bastard. He is more careful with his money than with his children. It's hard for me, too!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Guo Yunhou with a dark face.

But Guo Yunhou seemed to have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and he waved his hand and retreated.

"Your Majesty, this is not my fault. I borrowed the money from you at high interest..."

Got it!

Needless to say, these two old guys must have colluded in advance.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao dared to bet that this idea must have been given to Wu Chunfu by Guo Laokou!

Because Wu Chunfu's brain is not enough to come up with such a bold idea!

"Okay, one hundred thousand is one hundred thousand!"

Zhu Youxiao was so depressed that after agreeing to Wu Chunfu's request, he got up and left.

Damn it, I don’t want to see these two old guys again!

"Your Majesty, turn over the cards first!"

Seeing this, Little Persimmon quickly took out a tray from behind him and chased after him on his two short legs.

As a result, when crossing the threshold, he accidentally tripped over it.

He staggered and saw a bamboo plate flying out from the tray.

"Snapped!"

The sign fell right at Zhu Youxiao's feet.

When I looked down, I saw the word "Queen" written on it.

"It's the Queen!"

Zhu Youxiao bent down, picked up the sign, and without even looking at Xiao Shizi, went towards Kunning Palace.

Wu Chunfu and Guo Yunhou also followed out, but their pace was much slower.

They had not walked less than fifty meters until Zhu Youxiao's figure had disappeared.

"How about this, old man? Can you make a fortune now?"

"Hahahaha, then don't I have to thank you for giving me this idea? Let's go, let's go to Zuixianlou. Today I'm treating you, and we won't leave until we're drunk!"

"No, no, no, there's no rush about drinking. Did you forget something, old man?"

"what?"

Wu Chunfu subconsciously stopped and looked at Guo Yunhou with confusion.

But he found that Guo Yunhou was staring at him with contempt.

"Old bastard! Now that you've earned some money, are you planning to treat me to a feast?"

“Pay taxes!”

"Fifty percent of the tax, if you dare to be less than a penny, I will have your son beaten with a club and your wife put in a sack!"

"What the hell? 50%, why don't you just go and grab it!"

Wu Chunfu was stunned!

The Ministry of Works has always been outgoing but not in gaining anything. This time, it was able to earn 100,000 taels of silver, which is the first time in history.

But before I even got the money, someone was already eyeing me?

Moreover, you want to leave halfway as soon as you open your mouth?

That’s a fucking gold watch!

Doesn’t gold cost money?

There are four work sheds and eighty craftsmen, but they can only make twenty watches a day.

Don’t these craftsmen need to be paid?

Especially the gemstones that are polished into lenses, but they are something that even money cannot buy...

Damn it, it's said that a watch costs Your Majesty two thousand taels of silver, but the cost is at least eight hundred taels.

This damn stingy Guo actually asked for one thousand taels of tax silver?

But just as he finished speaking, he felt his clothes suddenly tighten on his chest. It turned out that Guo Yunhou grabbed his collar.

Guo Yunhou just looked at him with a joking expression and smiled.

"Wu Pifu! This is a highly profitable business. What's wrong with me charging you 50% of the tax?"

"Don't forget, if I hadn't given you advice, you wouldn't even get a penny, let alone two thousand taels!"

"Now, I am robbing you openly, what can you do to me?"

"If you have the ability, would you dare not give it up?"

Wu Chunfu felt so aggrieved.

He knew that since Guo Laokou dared to say that he would beat his son with a club and put his wife in a sack, he would definitely do it.

This old fellow is becoming more and more shameless...

"You are such a stingy old man, Guo. Do you think I don't want to pay? But you want so much. How can I explain this to the Ministry of Industry?"

"Also, 50% tax, has this ever been the case since ancient times?"

"There's no such high ratio in the laws of our Ming Dynasty, right?"

Guo Yunhou's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately let go of his hand. He also kindly smoothed the collar of Wu Chunfu's clothes.

"Hahahaha, thanks. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten about this."

"Wait, I will go to the Ministry of Justice and ask Prime Minister Su Mao to write this law into the Ming Dynasty Law and make it a permanent rule!"

"Hahahaha!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking back.

Wu Chunfu stared at his back in a daze, his expression more uncomfortable than if he had eaten a fly. He jumped up and started cursing.

"I bother!"

"Damn you, Guo Laokou, I curse you to give birth to a son without an asshole!"