Chapter 261: Wealth
Zhu Biao got on the chair, picked up a kitten that crawled out of the ground at some point, and began to tease despite its delicate meow, Liu Jin on the side was very worried.
Chen Yunshu stood aside and said, "I heard the report from the next person just now, and many clan patriarchs have already gone to the front yard, have you seen your Highness?" ”
Zhu Biao seemed to have all his attention on the little kitten and said casually: "No need, let your father deal with it." ”
Chen Yunshu's eyes lit up and he immediately bowed down and agreed, and then saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no intention of speaking and retreated with Xu Yungong and the others, Liu Jin saw that everyone was gone before asking: "Master, forgive the slave and the maid for talking too much, should the patriarch of the Jiangnan clan meet with him, I am afraid it is a little inappropriate to hand them over to the Chen family." ”
Zhu Biao put the little milk cat back on the ground and clapped his hands, why do cats prefer to shed their hair if they are so cute, it is better to warm jade, at least don't worry about this.
Liu Jin saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't reply to his words, and knew that he was talking too much, so he immediately bowed down and picked up the milk cat and put it back in the wooden basket, and the rest of them also wanted to climb out, one stepped on the other, but unfortunately they were all too small, except for the first kitten, the rest were almost able to come out.
Zhu Biao cleaned his hands and lay back on the bed, thinking in his heart that he would have to return to Beijing tomorrow, he was always so leisurely and too depraved, and his father was still working day and night.
The Jiangnan family is now rich, and with his support in the future, they will inevitably be more prosperous, and their foundation is not that little farmland, but mainly in the business of management.
What is the most profitable in this world, grain, salt and iron cloth, this is the most basic and the most basic living needs of the people in the world, needless to say, Zhu Yuanzhang and his son are worried about not enough food, and people all over the country are waiting to be fed.
Iron is the same, kitchen knives, iron pots, farm tools all need iron, not to mention the iron armor cold knives of millions of soldiers, and the same is true for cloth, no matter how poor the people are, they also know how many people are in the Ming Dynasty, and these people don't use cloth.
Salt is not to mention, since ancient times no one does not know this thing to make money, do not need to look at the Tang and Song dynasties, the Yuan Dynasty salt class obtained more than 7.66 million ingots, seven or eight out of ten of the financial expenditure depends on salt profits, the country's capital, its benefits are as extensive as salt!
Why is the Jiangnan family wealthy, isn't it just relying on these, Quan Xu has found out a lot of situations in Jiangnan these days, especially the secret deeds of the family family, iron is okay, after all, it is taboo, and the Jiangnan family does not have the foundation to dare to sell iron on a large scale.
However, the three major industries of grain, salt and cloth in the south of the Yangtze River have basically been monopolized by them, the Chen family is the largest grain seller, and the ten thousand acres of fertile land near Hangzhou Mansion are all surnamed Chen, and Yang Xian bought the grain from his family to fool the imperial court.
Jiangnan Zhangjia monopolized the cloth business, known as the best red cloth and blue cloth in history, although the rest of the other colors are outstanding, but its benefits are far inferior to the Zhang family, his family's cloth shop has been opened all over the country.
Of course, there is salt, which no one dares to monopolize, it is led by the Li family in Jiangnan, and the rest of the families are divided into equal shares, but their family is the richest, if it is not because the foundation is not clean, the Li family should be the leader of the Jiangnan family.
The rest of the families in Jiangnan are not simple, Qianzhuang restaurant, Qinglou shipyard, pawnshop jewelry, in short, all kinds of livelihoods cover the boundaries of Jiangnan, although they still use poetry and books to pass on their families, but the business spirit is getting heavier and heavier.
These families are not clean, so Li Wenzhong will be allowed to hold it, otherwise there are national laws, and Li Wenzhong can still cover the sky with one hand, it is just that he has no confidence, so he will eagerly invest in Zhu Biao's command.
Now the words are clear, these people still haven't handed over the foundation, and Governor Chen is the same, the words are good, but none of them are useful, isn't it bullying him when he is young?
Still thinking that a noble person like Zhu Biao would not meddle in such a lowly matter as business, thinking that it would be enough to pay tribute every year, Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head, just didn't see it, and Li Wenzhong himself didn't dare to eat such a big piece of meat.
But now that it's been delivered to the door, there's no one who doesn't eat it, otherwise I'm too sorry for his identity, I hope they can be sensible.
After all, the hint is obvious enough, I only agreed to accept them last night, and now is the time for the world to meet together to set the rules, Zhu Biao will not go out at this time, the meaning is already obvious.
After all, he is the crown prince and can't eat ugly like Li Wenzhong, which probably means that the palace will not rob you, but you should be sensible and take the initiative to offer it, otherwise what kind of system will it be!
And at this time, Chen Yunshu walked to the study in the front yard, the patriarchs of the three families of Chen, Zhang and Li were all here, and the rest of the small families were flattering the Chen Governor's Mansion, after all, Nu had to be some people to be able to successfully enter the East Palace.
The boss of Fengle Building sighed with a smile: "Governor Chen is worthy of being an example for us, and this major event has been completed in just two days. ”
On the other side, the middleman with a golden abacus hanging on his waist also answered: "It should be so, the world brother will be transferred to the capital in the future, and he will have to buy some family property, although my Zhao family is not as rich as the world brother's family, but I am also willing to offer two money houses in Beijing, just for congratulatory gifts!" ”
The rest of the people also responded, the Chen family did a really beautiful job, but more importantly, he obviously won the favor of His Royal Highness the Prince, and even explicitly said that he was transferred to Zhongshu Province, which will be a steady rise in the future, and the Jiangnan family finally has a voice in the imperial court.
In just this time, Governor Chen received 10,000 acres of paddy fields near the capital and more than 10 shops in the city.
Governor Chen smiled and said a few polite words, his family is also rich, this little thing is nothing, but they are also interest groups, so naturally they don't need to be too polite, if other families have high-grade Beijing officials, he will naturally not be stingy.
Now this situation is not at all the time for infighting, mutual support is not enough, Li Qiantang, the head of the Li family, a salt merchant, knocked on the table, he is the most immoral in this group, his face is rough and his temperament is also a little dangerous, and the rest of the people are also in awe of him.
After all, the salt sellers are all outlaws, and the rest of the families are still not guilty of killing their heads, so naturally no one dares not to give him face, and the house is instantly quiet.
Li Qiantang Shen Yun was also a little hoarse: "It's a good thing for us to climb up to the nobles, but Brother Chen, the appetite of the nobles is probably not small, how did you discuss, how much silver should be paid every year?" ”
Governor Chen frowned and said: "What is the identity of Your Highness, how dare I say this kind of dirty thing, when the time comes, I will take out 10,000 taels each of the three families every year, and the rest of the families will each give 5,000 taels, and then add rare treasures or send them up." ”
Li Qiantang sneered: "Didn't Governor Chen think that your daughter was so valuable, and she wanted to send the crown prince away with just tens of thousands of taels every year?" Even Li Wenzhong dared to ask for 100,000 taels a year, can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be willing to ask for this? ”
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