Chapter 029: Murderous Intent Returns
The king of Qi, Zhu Yuyi, commanded the air, which was completely a commanding tone, and Xia Xun was not allowed to shirk at all, and Xia Xun had to seriously think of a way.
How can I make money quickly and make a lot of money? How much is this to be enough to make up for the shortfall in funds caused by the suspension of imperial court appropriations? What else can be done other than stealing and robbing?
Do you want to invent? In the era when there was no "Patent Protection Law", the only guarantee for making money by making inventions was that the technology content was so high that others could not imitate it. Niang Xipi, with the basic conditions of this era, what invention can I make, and can make people break their heads and rush to buy it? What industry can make a fortune in this period in history? I want to think, I want to think......
Xia Xun was so anxious that sweat broke out on his head, and after thinking for a long time, he vaguely remembered that the people who made a fortune in this era seemed to be Jin merchants and Hui merchants, and the reason why they made a fortune and amassed a lot of wealth was to sell salt, transport, and get ticket numbers according to geographical advantages and imperial court policies. But if I have the ability to let Zhu Yuanzhang adjust the national policy for me, what am I still standing here for? Besides, even those Jin merchants and Hui merchants who are rich enough to rival the country have accumulated so much wealth through the efforts of several generations, and they became rich overnight? Unless Lao Tzu won the lottery......
Wait a minute!
Xia Xun's eyes lit up, lottery! yes, is there anything faster than this? This is a good business that has no profit and is safe!
"Do you have a solution?" As soon as Prince Qi saw his expression, he immediately asked.
Xia Xun said excitedly: "Yes, Lord Wang, the subordinates have thought of a way, we can do lottery tickets!" ”
Qi Wang Ye frowned and said, "Lottery? What is the lottery, you say slowly. ”
King Qi returned to the Arhat bed and leaned down, Shu Gonggong caught up with two steps, he raised his body, Xia Xun put the principle of the lottery and the way of operation to Qi Wang Tsai carefully said again, King Qi listened to a cold snort, disdainfully said: "What kind of wonderful idea should this king be, isn't it 'casting lots'?" No, this method will definitely not work. ”
Xia Xun said blankly: "What kind of lots?" ”
Shu Gonggong said curiously: "Won't it? Childe has never heard of 'casting lots'? So this method was really come up by Childe himself? If that's the case, Childe is really a wise man. ”
He looked back at the King of Qi, and saw that the King of Qi did not object, so he carefully introduced Xia Xun, Xia Xun couldn't help but sweat when he heard it, and he thought that he had an idea to copy a popular method of circle money in later generations, and since then he can become the father of the world lottery, I didn't expect that the ancients were not stupid, and dared to love as early as the Yuan Dynasty, someone has already played the lottery.
During the Yuan Dynasty, monks, nuns and Taoists engaged in lottery, but the name at that time was not called lottery, but "casting lots". Monasteries need a lot of money to build large buildings such as halls and towers, so clever monks invented "lottery tickets", they prepared dozens of very tempting valuables in advance as lottery heads, entrusted powerful Dharma protectors to sell the marked lottery, and then open the lottery, this method was once all the rage.
But this kind of thing is still gambling in essence, even the Mengyuan government, which is not completely inherited from the Han tradition and Confucian culture, can not withstand the strong condemnation from all levels of society, and finally terminated this activity in the name of suspected gambling, Zhu Yuanzhang, a staunch supporter of the ancient patriarchal system and the ritual system, hates nothing for nothing, and even the general gambling activities are within the scope of his resolute crackdown, you are engaged in "lottery" in the Ming Dynasty? I really don't know how to write dead words.
And the main reason why the lottery is resolutely stopped by the ruling class is that once you have a lottery, it is difficult for you to ban large gatherings of thousands of people. And such a large-scale mass gathering is too dangerous, which is not allowed in any feudal society, and the main reason why King Qi vetoed this method is precisely this. The impeachment of the Feng Xianguan and the condemnation of the government and the opposition, he can not care, if there is really something to do, there is also the head of the palace, and the history of the head of the palace is the same as the king's prime minister, in fact, he is the scapegoat of the prince's crime, and he is the professional bearer.
Except, except for the crime of treason! If the prince rebels himself, or because his fault causes others to rebel, it is an unforgivable crime, even if he is the prince, he must bear the main responsibility.
King Qi's face sank to the ground, and he said unhappily: "Yang Xu, the Lone King saw that you were shrewd, so he entrusted the big things to you, and now you can only come up with such a good way to pick up people's teeth?" ”
Xia Xun sighed, and had to bite the bullet and say the second method that Feng Zongqi said, he kept an eye on it, in his mind, among the three methods, this method is the least harmful, and if the King of Qi does not adopt it, at most he will be scolded by him for being ridiculous, and it will not make the King of Qi angry and kick him out of the palace.
After hearing this, Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, turned sideways slightly, patted his knees lightly, and began to ponder.
Xia Xun secretly wondered: "Strange, why isn't he annoyed at all?" ”
Zhu Yu pondered for a moment, stopped with his raised palm, suddenly waved it into the air, and said categorically: "Good way, just do it!" ”
Xia Xun was stunned for a moment, but Zhu Yu said strangely: "What? What's the problem? ”
Xia Xun hurriedly said: "Oh, no...... No problem. ”
King Qi smiled and said, "This method makes it." ”
He got out of bed, paced slowly, stroked his beard and said: "Selling animal tendons, cowhides, and raw wrought iron should be quite profitable, but ...... It's still slow, it's hard to make a profit in at least two months, and you can't quench the king's thirst right now, this method can be used, but you have to think of a way to solve the immediate difficulties, a faster way to make money, do you have any other good way? ”
If he just consulted, Xia Xun would shake his head and say nothing, the problem was that King Qi's eyes were burning, although the words seemed to be inquiring, the expression on his face had already been clear, "You can think about it if you can't help it, in short, one guest doesn't bother the two masters, you have to solve it for me" The scoundrel virtue, Xia Xun gritted his teeth, and had to say the method taught by Feng Zongqi to expand the palace and collect money, and said in his heart: "So disturbing the people, cleverly exploiting the place in the name of ruining the palace, and ruining the reputation of the palace, this time the prince should be furious, right?" ”
I didn't want King Qi to laugh out loud immediately after hearing this, and couldn't help but praise with joy: "Wonderful! Great idea, really good idea, haha, it's a shame how you came up with it, this method is so wonderful! ”
Xia Xun was dumbfounded when he heard this, and it took a long time to settle down, and he carefully reminded: "Lord Wang, this method can certainly fill the palace treasury and solve the urgent needs at the moment, but ...... Expanding the palace and occupying the people's residences will inevitably be boiling with public resentment, which will greatly disadvantage the good name of the prince. ”
He looked at King Qi's face, and said: "And the sale of cowhides, animal tendons and pig iron is even more intolerable under the laws of the country, and once it is detected by the Feng Constitutional Officials, I am afraid it will be very disadvantageous to the prince." Although these methods can be profitable, whether they are feasible or not is very debatable......"
"Oh, what's not to do."
Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, disagreed: "This world is my Zhu family, this Qingzhou Mansion is a vassal country given by my father to Lone, the mountains and rivers here, and thousands of Li people, all belong to Lonely, and the Lone King wants them to show filial piety, what is not to do?" Those officials and rich gentry all have families, businesses and permanent property, and they dare to rebel if they want to be filial to one or two? ”
Qi Wang Zhenzhen said eloquently: "Besides, the trafficking of cowhide and animal tendons, pig iron and wrought iron, the imperial court has control, is it afraid that someone will buy this thing and rebel, will Lone do such a big rebellious thing?" Lonely has made money, isn't it going to be used locally? Does it cost nothing to buy stones, wood, paint, bricks and tiles? Doesn't it cost money to hire artisans alone? Take it from the place, use it from the place, what's so bad. You've got a good idea, and that's it. ”
Xia Xun couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, he thought that the prince didn't know the stakes, so he clicked it, who knew that the king of Qi didn't know the stakes, but was arrogant and bent the law, and didn't care about the stakes at all. In the eyes of King Qi, the country is home, and the home is the country, since the world belongs to theirs, what he wants to use and how he wants to use it is naturally justified. What kind of law, that's for the subjects, take care of his.
It was also Xia Xun who didn't know what other vassal kings had done, so he misjudged King Qi's consciousness. Zhu Lu, the king of the valley, seized the people's land, embezzled public taxes, killed innocents, hid his life, and Changshi Yuting advised, and was immediately killed by him on a charge, which was extremely arrogant; King Zhu of Jin had nothing to do one day, and he actually surrounded a village with military horses, slaughtered more than 200 innocent people, and often raised vicious dogs, and took pleasure in biting people, which was simply a pervert; Zhu Yang, the king of Min, killed the officials and people, and collected the seals of the divisions without permission, which was blatant. Compared with what these brothers did, Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, was still good.
In fact, Long gave birth to nine sons, all of whom are different, and it cannot be said that these sons of Zhu Yuanzhang are all bastards. For example, King Yan and King Ning, guarding the borders of the land, but the people did not commit any crimes, and they loved the people very much in the vassal country; Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, known as Shu Xiucai, filial piety and kindness, humble gentleman, not only did not disturb the people, but when he learned that there were students in the feudal kingdom who were poor, he would also use his own money to help them; Another example is that Qing Wang Zhu Chang was wise by nature, diligent and studious, not only wrote good calligraphy, but also vigorously promoted culture, collected and sorted out in the domain, and published a number of classic articles; And Zhou Wang Zhu Hu is also a virtuous king, the rule of the people are very loving, now he is gathering people, re-taste the herbs, ready to all edible wild plants into a book, in order to help the world, once the book is completed, this will become a masterpiece in the history of the development of Chinese botany.
It's a pity that although Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, is not as domineering as those bastards, he is definitely not a virtuous king, morality and law cannot restrain him, the reason why he has no great evil, is that he has neither the psychopathic brother who killed people for no reason, nor the factors that need him to be evil, and now he, the vassal king, is stumped by money, and readily accepts Xia Xun's strategy, which is naturally reasonable.
Jin Yiwei can be said to have a very thorough understanding of this prince, and the reaction that Qi King Zhu Rong should have in every step of the plan has been under their calculation and judgment, and what Xia Xun played was just a role that led him to the guillotine.
Xia Xun saw that King Qi liked "admonishment" so much, but he didn't dare to mention the suggestion of opening a gold mine anyway, mining gold mines, and building a mine protection team, this matter can be big or small, if Zhu Yuanzhang continues to reign, it is nothing, if Jianwen is replaced and comes to power, this is the crime of rebellion sent to the door. Fortunately, King Qi was immersed in the joy of solving the problem, and he didn't have an appetite, so he continued to ask for more ways to make money.
King Qi excitedly instructed Gonggong Shu: "Xiao Shuzi, tell Gongzheng to immediately expand the new site of the palace, and the people in the enclosure will all choose the land to build a new residence." Let the people in the Gongzheng Institute reveal it privately, if there is anyone who wants not to demolish the house, hehe......"
Shu Gonggong understood and said with a smile: "The slave understands, the slave understands ......."
Xia Xun saw the stitches and hurriedly said goodbye to King Qi, who turned his head and said, "You go, oh, that's right!" Regarding the purchase and sale of cowhide and animal tendons, raw and cooked iron, you have to start immediately, where to buy it, where to sell it, and come up with a charter as soon as possible. ”
"Yes, the men are leaving."
Xia Xun hurriedly left the palace, went outside to meet the female bodyguard Miss Peng and a few family members, and immediately rushed back to the mansion, and then summoned Steward Xiao to his study with a large pile of account books, the two of them muttered and discussed for a while, and Steward Xiao left Shi Shiran, but left a large pile of account books in Xia Xun's study.
In the evening of the same day, Feng Jianxiao came to the door again, Xia Xun hurriedly came out to greet him, and the two of them stepped into the study in a friendly manner, as soon as the door was closed, Feng Xihui's face immediately sank, and he asked straight to the point: "This official has taught you three plans face-to-face, why don't you put it together in front of King Qi?" ”
Xia Xun was stunned: "What are you talking about?" ”
Feng Xihui's eyes flashed with fierce light, and he said coldly: "Why are you so clever that you offer a plan of 'casting lots'?" But don't you directly say the three methods I taught you? ”
Xia Xun was secretly surprised: "They really have eyes and ears in the palace, fortunately I took precautions." ”
Think about it carefully, in addition to Father-in-law Shu, there were seven or eight small yellow doors waiting in the hall at that time, Father-in-law Shu was the person who managed the money for King Qi, if he was Feng Xihui's party, then there was no need for Xia Xun to offer advice, and he could say these methods through his mouth, so this person could be excluded, then this person must be among the seven or eight small yellow doors, this person's status is limited, and after being bribed by Feng Xihui, he can only play the role of ventilating and reporting. ”
Secretly analyzing in his heart, Xia Xun said to Feng Xihui: "The adult forgives the sin, and the villain doesn't want to make his own decisions. It's just that I'm worried that the method of directly offering the adults will arouse the suspicion of the prince, once the 'casting lot' is held, there are thousands of people involved, and the momentum is huge, and it is impossible to hide it from people if you want to, and it is impossible for the prince of Qi to accept this suggestion. ”
Feng Xihui's expression eased slightly, and he said, "Hmph, you also know how to use tricks?" In the future, you must no longer show off your clever ......, fishing is not like this. Even if you were doing it for the sake of prudence, why didn't you offer the idea of mining gold, and what reason was there? ”
"What ...... this?"
Xia Xun hesitated slightly, Feng Xihui's eyes had narrowed coldly, the two cold rays condensed like threads, and Sen Ran glared at him, Xia Xun shrank for a moment, and said timidly: "Adult, forgive sin, villain...... The villain is just ......"
"Just what?"
Feng Xihui took a step closer, Xia Xun took two steps back, and his back hit the bookcase, and the pile of ledgers stacked crookedly on the bookcase ate him and fell down with a "bang", Xia Xun explained: "The villain...... The villain thinks that although the business of selling iron tools and cowhide and animal tendons is profitable, it will eventually ...... In the end, it is too late to mine and mine gold.
If the two plans are offered together, the villain will be arranged to sell iron and animal skins, and my people are not in Qingzhou, and most of the money will be spent, so ...... Then when I open a mine for gold, I can buy less shares, and the benefits are ...... The benefits will inevitably be taken up by other people's homes, so ...... So I didn't offer this plan immediately, and when I came back, I asked Steward Xiao to take stock of the villain's accounts to see how much living money I could move, thinking that I would save the capital first, and then ...... ...... again"
Feng Xihui looked at the stack of ledgers that had fallen down, and the murderous aura in his eyes disappeared immediately, so it was so, it made sense. After thinking about it again, if Xia Xun can really take a big part in mining gold and make more money, wouldn't he make a wedding dress for himself in the end? Feng Xihui immediately turned his anger into joy, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Well, you know how to seize the opportunity, okay, you don't have to get some benefits from it, but you have to raise funds as soon as possible, the time can't be too long, and the idea of mining gold must be presented as soon as possible, otherwise, the official will not be able to explain to the above." ”
"Yes, yes!"
Xia Xun hurriedly agreed, and then explained to Feng Zongqi that King Qi wanted him to contact the source of goods and buyers as soon as possible, of course Feng Zongqi already knew, because the strategy was not from Feng Zongqi's hands, and he didn't know these specific ways, and he had to ask the mysterious cave man for advice, so he didn't ask much after listening to him, just nodded and said: "I know, I will arrange these things as soon as possible, and I will notify you as soon as I have an eyebrow." ”
When Xia Xun sent him away, it was already the beginning of the lanterns.
Looking at Feng Zongqi's distant back, and then looking at the crescent moon like a hook in the sky, the murderous aura in Xia Xun's heart secretly rose: "Feng Zongqi has other eyes and ears in the palace, I think it is not okay to prevaricate on both sides." He pressed step by step, forcing me to enter the palace, if I don't save myself, it's too late to regret it, Feng Zongqi, get rid of it as soon as possible! ”
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