In the capital, the cold wind is biting.

The carriage stopped in the Zhou Mansion in a hurry, Zhou Yu really dared to sell it, Yan Chengjin knew that His Majesty was going to be angry, and the charcoal actually rose to one hundred wen a catty.

His Majesty declared him for the price of charcoal.

Before entering the palace, he deliberately gave Zhou Yu a chance, but with Zhou Yu's temperament of not crying when he didn't see silver, he wouldn't reduce the price unless he gave silver.

"Chang Ningbo, this official heard from Wu Jian, you have bought all the mountains and forests in Wanping, can you reduce the price of charcoal to twenty wen?"

The mountains and forests of Gyeonggi were all rented or bought by Zhou Yu.

In the capital, except for him and the Zhang brothers, no one can take out so much silver in one go and monopolize the charcoal in the capital.

I have to say that Zhou Yu is really better than the Zhang family brothers, if there is no anthracite, he will definitely make a lot of money.

Zhou Yu choked for a moment, Wu Jian's dog official dared to show the news, and Tian smiled shamelessly: "What does the old man do when he buys mountains and forests, what does the old man have to do with the increase in charcoal prices?" Oh, the old man can't afford to burn charcoal, and the dog profiteer has risen to 100 Wen! It's really a black heart, don't you say it's a good nephew? ”

He is a businessman, not an official, what does the people care about him?

Yan Chengjin pretended to be puzzled and said, "It's really not Chang Ningbo?" ”

"It's really not an old man, and the old man is willing to burn charcoal for two days." Zhou Yu smiled without blushing.

"Then the official will be relieved."

Zhou Yu was beating a drum in his heart, this kid has always been able to scare people, and the two fools of the Zhang family were frightened by him.

"Virtuous nephew, but something is going to happen?"

"No, charcoal will soon be worthless of silver, if it is really Changningbo, you might as well sell these mountains and forests and charcoal to the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce." Yan Chengjin Road.

In addition to the three coal kilns in Wanping, most of the places where there is wood in Gyeonggi were bought by Zhou Yu.

In places like Wanping, Mentougou and Xiangshan, it is very likely that there is coal hidden underneath.

After all, in later generations, these places are the source of coal, and they must be bought first.

Zhou Yu's face was happy, it turned out that he wanted to deceive the mountains and forests in his hands, but if it was stable, he would never sell it.

"Virtuous nephew, it's not that the old man doesn't give you face, it's really not the old man who bought it."

……

Dongnuan Pavilion,

Emperor Hongzhi waited a little anxiously, looked at the little eunuch outside, and shouted: "Yan Chengjin hasn't arrived yet?" ”

Mu Bin walked in and said, "When he arrived in the capital, he took a detour to Changning Bo Mansion again." ”

Others avoided this bureaucracy, Li Dongyang looked at his feet contemplatively, what is this son going to Changningbo for?

After a short time, Yan Chengjin stepped into the main hall, bowed to Emperor Hongzhi, and stepped aside.

Xiao Jing showed him Shu Yue.

King Rong's sparse performance asked the court for 200,000 taels of silver.

According to later generations, he is now building a city in the Heilongjiang area, without heating, he will really die of cold, and the imperial court will not allocate silver to support a group of people.

Yan Chengjin raised his head and asked, "I heard that Lord Qin has asked for a beggar to be a scholar?" ”

If his memory is not bad, Qin Hong will not be able to survive this winter, and it will be time to recommend the secretary of the military department.

I don't know, if there is a chance to transfer my father back to the capital, the trilateral general system is not as good as the military department.

Emperor Hongzhi was upset, and it was the time of employing people, and Qin Hong was at a critical moment.

"I haven't allowed it yet, let's discuss the matter of Liaodong first, Qing and others think, Qing and others think, change to withdraw to Liaoyang, or allocate money?"

Han Wen bowed and said: "The minister asks for advice, withdraw to Liaoyang City, it's only been one month, how much silver will it cost to hold out until March?" ”

There is no silver in the treasury, and the more income there is, the greater the expenses, because Yan Chengjin is always restructuring, building canals, building the Great Wall, and raising overseas fleets.

Even if the sow has eighteen milks, she can't feed them.

"It cannot be removed, and if it is withdrawn, will it not be given to the Tatars?" Yan Cheng Jinfa right.

Li Dongyang and the others all understood this truth, but they didn't plan to ask for the saline-alkali land of Liaodong at all.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly and looked at Yan Chengjin: "I and the princes have made up their minds, and I came to you to ask your economic department to reduce the price of charcoal." ”

Not to mention Liaodong, the people in the capital can't afford to burn charcoal.

If Yan Chengjin had no choice, he would order the price to be lowered and let the factory guards arrest the profiteers who raised the price.

Yan Chengjin bowed: "The minister may have a way to make the charcoal worthless, Your Majesty, can you sell all the barren mountains in Gyeonggi to the minister, as well as the wasteland in Shanxi, how much, how much the minister wants." ”

Some of them also belong to the borderlands, that is, the land of the imperial court.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin suspiciously, do you want to rebel? I'm talking to you about charcoal, what do you want to do in the barren mountains?

"Let's get down to business first!"

"In order to reduce the price of charcoal, in three days, the price of charcoal may come down."

Han Wen looked at Yan Chengjin.

I heard that Yan Chengjin bought a coal kiln, should he want to burn coal? It can smoke people to death, and it is so choking and pungent that few people want to burn it.

Li Dongyang and others also mostly think like this.

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment, these barren mountains are useless in his hands, and it is okay to give Yan Chengjin the key is what this son wants to use for.

If it is worth money, it cannot be given.

"Tell me first, what do you want to do in the barren mountain?"

"Dig up coal and sell it to the people." Yan Chengjin admittedly.

There was an uproar in the hall.

Coal is poisonous to burn and is usually used to burn iron, so the two official kilns in Wanping are enough.

If coal was valuable, the imperial court would have dug up all the coal in Gyeonggi long ago.

Sure enough, this son really wants to dig up coal to sell.

One after another sharp eyes fell on Yan Chengjin, Yan Chengjin didn't intend to say it, in case His Majesty didn't give the land, wouldn't he be blind in vain.

Today, whatever you say will be taken down.

Yan Chengjin continued: "If Your Majesty is willing, the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay taxes according to Liangxiang, and buy all the coal in the capital and send it to Liaodong. ”

Hiss!

I don't know how many million catties of coal there are in the capital, and the coal has risen to 100 yuan a catty.

If you don't say anything, you will get 200,000 taels of silver, right? For 20,000 taels of silver, you can buy a big mansion with five entrances and five exits.

When Baiguan heard this, he was so surprised that he lost his voice.

Emperor Hongzhi felt more and more that something was wrong, and this son had always acted steadily, "I rented these barren mountains to the Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce bought charcoal and sent it to Liaodong. ”

Li Dongyang bowed his head, His Majesty is thoughtful, if he can make money, he can take it back at any time.

Yan Chengjin felt that his IQ had been insulted, and His Majesty wanted to prostitute for nothing again.

Although it is said to be for the people, it will always be prostituted for nothing, and it will be unhappy, right?

"The minister is no longer renting."

Thanks to you, the anthracite is gone, and the official has a showdown.

Yan Chengjin planned to go to Liangxiang to terminate the anthracite coal plan after he got off duty.

Emperor Hongzhi's face was stiff, and he couldn't imagine that this son would be so hard-hearted that he wouldn't rent it.

Li Dongyang and the others were also shocked, they didn't expect Yan Chengjin to come to such a show.

Thinking about the conditions just now, it's quite tempting.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little angry, this son was really more serious with him, and his face softened: "It's not that it can't be discussed, don't you want to rent land, I will give it to you, but a million catties of charcoal will be sent to Liaodong, and one catty is not too little." ”