In the Daming Palace, the Emperor Taishang drank it all with a medicine bowl, and after rinsing his mouth with tea, Fang asked, "Did the fourth child really say that?" ”

Dai Quan put away the handkerchief used by his master on the side, bowed and replied: "It's true." In addition, the Holy Lord has decreed that the old accounts of the household department should be thoroughly investigated and the arrears of the treasury should be settled. Noble officials who have debts in the household department must pay off their debts within three years, and if they fail to repay them within the time limit, they will be punished severely. ”

"I thought he was a calm person, and he couldn't sit still so lightly?" The old sage plucked the Buddha beads in his hand and whispered as if muttering: "Such a large river project, even if it is started with silver, it will be no less than two or three million taels, all of which will come from the private treasury?" Even my private treasury can't take out so much silver, how can he, a prince who has just ascended the throne, do it. Fourth, what is his idea? ”

As if he hadn't heard the old sage's words, Dai Quan stood silently beside him. He had the same doubts in his heart as his master, but he didn't dare to make any movement, for fear of disturbing his master's thoughts.

I am afraid that the same question will linger in the minds of all the ministers of the dynasty this morning, but only one person will have the opportunity to ask it.

"This project is all down, I'm afraid that tens of millions of silver, all from your private treasury, you want to sell the official mantle?" The old man didn't use Huairen to invite, and after the early dynasty, he followed Yu Wenhu's ass to the Heart Cultivation Palace. As soon as he entered the door, he didn't wait to sit down, so he asked in a hurry.

He was counting on Huhu to raise money for him, but he didn't mean to let Huhu pay out of his own pocket. He just ascended the throne last year, and after many years of fighting for the succession, he did not have the private treasury of the former emperor to inherit, how much silver could he save in his hands?

Question: If you don't have any money, you have to pay so much, how can you get money quickly as an emperor?

In addition to selling the official beard, the eldest lord can't think of it. Of course, in fact, there is still a road to copy corrupt officials, but there are old saints in the town above, and the old man feels that this road is afraid that it will not work.

Master Pardon felt that he couldn't watch Huhu make mistakes, and he had even begun to calculate the family property, thinking about supporting Huhu's family. It doesn't matter, there are many ways to make money, so work hard, it's not that you can't carry the matter of repairing the embankment.

"What nonsense, come and have some snacks with me." Yu Wenhu didn't look anxious at all, and stuffed a plate of Jia Yu's favorite snacks for him. With his understanding of this person, it is not easy to get up on time to go to the morning court, and there will be no time for breakfast at all. It's the work in the carriage, which is also used to make up for sleep, and it will never be wasted on eating.

"Ask you, don't interrupt again." The eldest lord is quite rare dim sum, but his worry about Huhu made him resist the temptation of dim sum for the time being, and he hugged dim sum and said: "How much silver do you have in your warehouse, I still have some in my hand, if you get together, you should be able to start work for the time being." As for the follow-up payment, I'm afraid we have to think of a way. Hmmm......"

Yu Wenhu looked at him with a smile, and wanted to reach out to smooth the slightly frowning brow, but he still held back, and only took a piece of snack to block his mouth. When Jia Yu finally swallowed the snack and glared at him angrily, he said: "I already have a plan for the project payment, and I won't sell the official beard, don't worry." ”

The old man didn't speak, he stuffed the snack into his mouth, and the piece of snack just now hooked out the gluttonous worms, so that he couldn't stop if he wanted to. It's just a pair of peach blossom eyes, but he stares at Yu Wenhu without blinking, and persistently expresses his desire for answers.

"The quota for the ocean-going fleet is still very valuable. Last year, we were in the south, and we only issued twenty or thirty jade cards, and after the news spread, I don't know how many people were looking at the quota of the fleet. As long as the news of the increase in the number of places spreads, how many people in the capital will fight for their heads. I don't want much of them, one place is 100,000 taels, plus a ship into the fleet 50,000 taels, it shouldn't be difficult to circle a few million taels of silver. Yu Wenhu said and nodded the corners of Jia Yu's lips and asked him to wipe off the scumbags of dim sum that had been stained.

Hearing that he said it was easy, the eldest man's frowning brows did not expand, but he even stopped the action of stuffing snacks, and said, "Isn't this too risky?" If this opening is opened, I'm afraid that the places that don't sign up will have to be crowded. Our fleet does not have such a large capacity, even if we add the newly built sea ships in Ningbo, it will not work. ”

Ocean trade is not only about people, but also about goods. Although this is a method, if there are too many people who sign up, it will far exceed the transportation capacity of his own fleet. In that unpredictable sea, overloading or something is too dangerous. I'm afraid that if I can't even get out of the inland sea, it will be a shipwreck.

Huhu's plan is a bit of a quick success. The eldest lord looked at Yu Wenhu suspiciously, and didn't think that he was so unsuccessful. If the first voyage of the expanded ocean-going fleet fails, it will be too big a blow for them to bear. The noble ministers behind those merchants can tear them apart.

Could it be that Huhu still has a back-up move?

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it for the time being, but the boat is enough." Sure enough, Yu Wenhu saw that he was in a hurry, and he didn't sell it, and explained: "Our sea ships are not only built in Ningbo and Fuzhou, but also in shipyards in Dengzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other places. The day before yesterday, it was reported that the number of ships of this new type of sea ship designed by you has reached 130 that can be launched and set sail. In addition, coupled with the original ship, I am only worried that there are too many empty spaces, but I am not afraid of too many registrations. ”

"Hundred, hundred, uh...... One hundred and thirty? Lord Pardon stammered honorably, and bit his tongue before he could finish speaking. A pair of peach blossom eyes with slightly moist corners of the eyes were round, and I didn't know if the snacks on the plate were buckled to my body.

Master, he trusts his ship design drawings very much, after all, he knows that it is the crystallization of wisdom of many generations and years, but this ...... Isn't this Huhu too confident in him!?

Even the Lord of Pardon himself only planned to build ten or eight ships for use first, but he didn't expect Yu Wenhu to be so generous. One hundred and thirty ships, each of the sea ships he designed has a load of more than 2,000 tons, how much does this add up?!

Moreover, the Great Master did not expect these ships to last long, and when he was free to toss the steam engines out, they would either be eliminated or transformed. The more you build now, the more troublesome it will be in the future, how much silver will you have to waste?!

Defeated Emperor!

"Why are you so surprised?" Yu Wenhu was obviously pleased by the calm state of pardon, and he felt that his ability shocked him, and said: "The emptiness of the treasury is not a year or two, I naturally have to find a way to fill it." With this fleet, it can more or less supplement the national use. Of course, this cannot be filled into the treasury, and my private treasury is empty. ”

Master Pardon actually saw that although the expression on Huhu's face was light, he actually exuded an aura of praise all over his body. The eldest man was very embarrassed in his heart, and he had the heart to go up and bite him, how could he boast about it. After a long pause, he laughed like crying, and praised with tears: "Dry, well done, good, good!" ”

"Hey, what kind of expression is this, tears are about to fall." Yu Wenhu naturally saw his reluctance, raised his eyebrows and asked.

This old man's wood matter is distressed by the silver. However, the truth can't be spoken, the eldest lord hurriedly collected his distressed tears, and flattered: "The saint is prepared for a rainy day, and his wisdom is thousands of miles, and the minister is moved, and he is so moved that he is about to cry." ”

"Fool me again, that's why you have the guts. Say, what the hell is going on? His Majesty the Emperor was unmoved, and asked with a straight face.

Master Pardon immediately grimaced, brought his plans, worries and distress together, and then looked at Yuwen Hu with an accusatory face, and said quietly: "Huhu, you are too loser. ”

His Majesty the Emperor only raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and when Jia Yu poured out all his complaints, he bent his fingers and knocked on the door of his head, and said with disdain: "Loser? Jia Yuyu, that's how you arranged me in your heart? It's time to fight! ”

Anyway, he glared at him with a clutching of pardons, and then said: "In your opinion, those sea ships may be just for transition, but in the eyes of others, they are too good to be better. When we can't use it, we can sell it at a clear price, and most people will buy it with silver. What are you worried about? ”

"That's right. Yes! It hurts ......" The big old man suddenly opened his mouth when he said it, and he slapped his head in excitement, and he was knocked on by Yu Wenhu in the middle of the place, and even if it was a miserable scream.

His wolf bèi made Yu Wenhu laugh, and the loud voice of haha came out of the room, and was taken into the ears of the palace people and eunuchs who were standing outside. In just half a day's work, the news has spread throughout the palace and outside the palace - the saint is not worried about the silver of the river project, and he is in a very good mood and full of smiles.

This made many people wonder, could it be that he was really an invisible landlord today, and he could casually take out millions of taels of silver in his hand?

It was the Emperor Taishang who sat in the Daming Palace, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart. Is this a pretentious gesture, or is he really confident?

Before they could speculate, news of the expansion of the ocean-going fleet spread, and the whole capital was in motion. 100,000 taels for a quota, 50,000 taels for a boat, it is actually very cost-effective. If you run a trip to sea trade, you will have at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

It's just that they still have doubts in their hearts, how big is the fleet today, and they dare to be so open for people to sign up, and they are not afraid that there will be too many goods and sink his ship?

Just when the dark tide of the fleet was surging in Beijing, news came from the south. The ocean-going fleet has added more than 100 ironclad ships, each of which can be millions of catties, which can be described as a behemoth. And after the sea trial, the ship is fast, the navigation is smooth, and the safety is very high.

At this moment, the nobles and rich gentry in the capital could no longer sit still.

In the Daming Palace, the Emperor Taishang was still holding the medicine bowl, but he didn't drink as much as before. When there was still half of the bowl of Chinese medicine left, he handed it to Dai Quan, and said with a low sigh: "The fourth child is a way, and he actually let him find the silver so easily." Go and ask Zhen Yingjia, can he still do that errand? ”

It was not a day's work to build such a sea ship, and the fourth child began to build it before he ascended the throne. But Zhen Yingjia in Jiangnan didn't have the slightest news coming, was he too wasteful, or did he have a different heart?