A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, when he was tired, Zhu Houxi handed over the matter of settling the old queen mother to Wang Yue, and he hurried to the harem, and there was a little daughter-in-law waiting for him to moisturize!

Empress Chen is two years younger than Zhu Houxi, and her father, Chen Wanyan, is a hereditary martial artist. This treats his daughter, but he has put all his heart and soul into it, and has hired a famous teacher since he was a child, he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, proficient in everything, not to mention his literary talents, and he looks good, Zhu Houxi looked at her portrait, and he was already tempted, and when he saw the real person, he was three points better than the portrait.

He now understands why some emperors would rather not want the country and the country, but also want to be accompanied by beautiful women.

However, for Zhu Houxi, he still has an idea, that is, to give birth to a child as soon as possible. The tragedy of my cousin must not be repeated, and if I lose it, it will be a big loss.

Zhu Houxi held his back waist and walked happily and exhaustively to the harem......

"Xiao Fugui, Your Majesty is married, you have to hurry up!" Empress Dowager Jiang grabbed Wang Yue's hand, looking at the young man's increasingly mature face, she was full of joy.

Among these people who came out of the hidden mansion, Wang Yue was the closest. And he also helped Jiajing the most, and Jiang regarded him as half a son.

"I'll pick a good one for you when I go back, you have to look good, you have to have good family affairs, and you have a good temper...... Then the mourning family will give you a lively marriage. When you have a son, let him serve as an attendant to your majesty's son...... The two of us want to be so good for generations! ”

This old lady thinks quite long-term, Wang Yue has nothing to say, anyway, getting married is like a lottery, the more hopeful she is, the more energy she invests, maybe the tears of the loss will be drained.

On the contrary, if you invest less and look forward to less, you may have far more than you expected!

Wang Yue's mentality is called a good, what kind of love to talk about, if you want to talk about money, talk about how real money is.

"Queen Mother, just now Your Majesty and the ministers mentioned the matter of Xishan......"

As soon as she heard Wang Yue say this, the old queen mother sank her face, and shook Wang Yue's arm hard, and said angrily: "Little rich and noble! You tell the mourners, did you come up with this bad idea? There are so many temples in Xishan, and so many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are enshrined in them. Offended the gods, but what should I do? ”

Jiang Shi calmed his face and said angrily: "Don't say anything, the mourning family can't agree to this!" ”

Wang Yue's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Queen Mother, do you agree to let it go first." Isn't the minister running the outer city these days? I have some business experience, I want to talk to you about it. ”

Jiang snorted, "You kid is trying to lure the mourning family!" ”

Wang Yue smiled embarrassedly: "Let you see that the minister's plan is about to fail." But how about I tell you about the plan and just listen to it as a joke? ”

Jiang Shi thought for a while, then changed to a comfortable position and leaned on the Luohan bed.

"Okay! You just have to say that the mourning family is not a person who has never seen money, no matter what you say. The West Mountain can't be moved! "Jiang Shi is angry, and his attitude is extremely resolute, you little cub, you still want to deceive the old lady, go dream!

Wang Yue smiled and said unhurriedly: "Queen Mother, the construction of the outer city has been postponed for more than a year, and the current population of the capital is more than 1.3 million, and there will be more in the future...... Living in the capital, unlike other places, food, clothing and flowers cost money. Especially in winter, no one can do without wood for heating. ”

"Now the rich people in the capital all use charcoal, the richer they are, the better the charcoal they use, the best white charcoal, a thousand catties will cost ten taels of silver, and those rich households spend two or three hundred taels a year, all of which are less."

"Ordinary people, the charcoal used is poor, but no matter how bad the charcoal is, it will cost more than three taels of silver and a thousand catties. In the capital, hundreds of thousands of households, just one winter, how much silver is charcoal for heating? ”

Listening to Wang Yue's introduction, Jiang couldn't help but snort, "It's not that there is no one who sells charcoal now, but the mourning family doesn't believe it, can they make so much money?" ”

Wang Yue said with a smile: "The Queen Mother doesn't know, now the land in Xishan is divided by many temples, and there are not many places that can be used for mining. The type of coal that is opened is not good, so it naturally cannot be sold at a price. ”

"But if it is in the hands of the minister, there is just granular gunpowder on the minister's side, and he can easily open the mountain and dig out the best coal. After being sorted, the pyrotechnic gas of the charcoal is less than that of the best white charcoal! There are also more calories. The minister expected that every winter, the charcoal block alone could be sold for 200,000 taels of silver. ”

Empress Dowager Jiang silently calculated in her heart, "200,000 taels is a lot?" But the mine also requires capital, and the mourning family is not fooled! ”

Wang Yue continued: "These are for the upper class, as for the ordinary people, they can't afford to burn them, but it doesn't matter, they can be made into briquettes, honeycomb coal, and sold to the people...... Due to the low cost and large sales volume, the income of this part is estimated to be in 300,000 taels. ”

Jiang Shi rolled his eyelids, as if he wanted to speak, but swallowed back.

"Queen Mother, after burning honeycomb coal, you can also sell new stoves, iron pots or something by the way...... This is the strength of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, and it is conservatively estimated that it has an income of more than 100,000 taels every year! ”

Empress Dowager Jiang finally snorted, "Little rich and noble, you will settle accounts and make money, but the mourning family can't offend the gods for money, it will bring disaster to Your Majesty!" ”

Wang Yue didn't pick up, but continued: "This is only calculated according to the current books...... In fact, once the outer city is repaired, the population of the capital will easily double, and the annual heating consumption will also double, and the profits will only be more lucrative. ”

Jiang Shi unconsciously sat up straight, stared at Wang Yue, and snorted angrily: "No matter how much money you have, it can't be blessed by the gods and Buddhas, and the mourning family is not a person who sees money!" ”

"Queen Mother, this is not just a matter of money, those temples occupy a lot of land, all of them do not pay taxes, they also take in tens of thousands of people, these people put on monks' robes, and they do not pay taxes. If they can be cleaned up, tens of thousands of stone grain and tens of thousands of people can be taxed every year! ”

"It's not much, the mourning family doesn't care!"

"But the problem is that there is also a commercial tax!" Wang Yue smiled and said: "Queen Mother, if your old man controls the coal in Xishan, you pay taxes according to the rules and set an example, do others dare not pay taxes?" ”

"Based on the sale of charcoal, it can provide 100,000 taels of tax to the imperial court a year. In the future, it may increase to 20, 300,000 taels! There is so much charcoal, as well as grain, silk, wood, iron, salt, tea, copper, silk...... Each of them is tens of thousands of taels, hundreds of thousands of taels...... If it can be collected, the commercial tax provided to the household department alone will be as much as two or three million taels every year! ”

Wang Yue muttered, Jiang actually stood up, she walked in front of Wang Yue, and pulled Wang Yue's arm again.

"Xiao Fugui, you won't lie to the mourning family, right? Some time ago, I heard His Majesty say that the annual income of the treasury is only a few million taels, and it is stretched thin, and nothing can be done...... How can a capital receive so much money? You, you also lied to the mourners? ”

Wang Yue smiled bitterly, "Queen Mother, how dare I lie to your old man!" Otherwise, how could those people risk having their butts smashed and fight with Your Majesty! Aren't they afraid of that! ”

"Oops! I see! ”

Chiang fell into deep thought...... Wang Yue no longer bothered the old queen mother, he was full of confidence and came out of the palace. As soon as I got home, in the study, five beauties lined up in a line, waiting for Wang Yue to turn over the brand.

Only then did Wang Yue remember that the person sent by Zhu Houxi couldn't go back, which was really nerve-wracking!

"Well, are you all literate?"

"Hmmm! The slaves and maids all knew a few words at some point. "A gentle female voice, with a gentle rhythm, pleasant to the ear.

Wang Yue thought about it, he turned around and went to the front of the bookshelf, looked for a while, took out a few arithmetic books, and threw them in front of them.

"Give you half a month, understand this, I want to take the exam when I go back, I can't pass it, don't want to stay in the house...... Alright, let's read the book! ”

The women were holding books, their eyes widening...... This guy in front of you, is it a human? Five girls like flowers! You let us learn arithmetic, and you threatened to drive us away if we couldn't pass the exam...... You're not afraid to fight a bachelor for the rest of your life!

The five girls left almost with tears in their eyes.

Wang Yue didn't raise his head, and didn't take them seriously at all...... And at this moment, Empress Dowager Jiang also called Zhu Houxi over, the mother and son sat facing each other, and Jiang took the initiative to say: "The mourning family should not stop Your Majesty, it is impossible to be polite to those guys who point to the Buddha dressing and Lai Buddha eating!" Let go of your hands and feet, and severely punish you...... Go back, just hand over Xishan to the mourning family, and your majesty will decide on other things! ”