Zhu Houzhao tilted his head and thought about it for a long time, but he was happy: "In the future, it will be called a dolphin, not a pig." ”

Then he said: "In the future, if this palace becomes the son of heaven, all the pigs in the world must be called dolphins, and it is forbidden to eat dolphins in the palace, and this palace must eat cows." ”

Fang Jifan was speechless.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao did this in history, and in the actual record of Wuzong, after Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, the people were not allowed to call pigs pigs.

This guy is really stingy, if the surname Hou is the Son of Heaven, isn't everyone allowed to play a monkey, this kind of person is really domineering.

Only our successor is different, if our successor is the Son of Heaven, will I do such things as prohibiting the square table? I'm an enlightened person, and I wouldn't be like that.

After a while, someone came to report that the price of iron was still falling, so that in the market, people began to smell the color of iron.

Fang Jifan didn't care about this.

This time, countless pig iron was transported to Jingshi and smashed directly, he had expected this to happen.

This can be regarded as a lesson for those businessmen, hoarding goods is harmful to the national economy and people's livelihood, and sooner or later it will ...... There will be retribution.

But on the other hand, the surge in pig iron, to a certain extent, also made the mining industry begin to prosper.

In the past, mining was mostly government-run, but now, it can be regarded as a real insight into the mining industry in Hexi.

There are mountains of gold and silver, and now a group of merchants are going back and forth, this trade route, even if it is passed, the reason why Fang Jifan will buy a large amount of pig iron at a price of about 100 yuan, on the one hand, is to make these merchants who sell goods profitable, even if it is to go back and forth to the Hexi Corridor, there is also a certain profit margin, although this profit may not be as good as some windfall profits, but at least, it can ensure that he does not lose money, and he will ...... in the future. Only then will there be more and more businessmen who are willing to go to Hexi, and all kinds of minerals in Hexi will be marketed.

You must know that the iron ore in Hexi is very cheap, a pound of pig iron, only forty or fifty wen for shipment, to Beijing, there is double the profit.

At this time, Fang Jifan couldn't help but sigh: "Almost, I was cheated by Liu Wenshan, a dog-like thing, fortunately, these businessmen came in time...... Your Highness, now that there is plenty of pig iron, the next step is to step up the manufacture of this rail. Let's not be afraid to spend silver, silver is something outside the body, the most important thing is ......" Fang Jifan glared at Zhu Houzhao: "We are in the old city, and we have collected countless lands, just wait for the time to fry these lands and real estate, Your Highness, I tell you the truth, so many land and real estate in the old city, I have embezzled the silver of Xishan Qianzhuang, once the old city is there...... Something went wrong, I'll tell you the truth, Your Highness, I'll go to the sea, I'll go to Jinshan......"

Zhu Houzhao shuddered: "This palace also owes a lot of money to my father-in-law, and this palace will run with you then." ”

Fang Jifan: "......"

“……”

"Get to work!" Fang Jifan filmed the case, and suddenly felt that he was full of fighting spirit all over his body.

He doesn't like to cross the ocean, he just wants to live well, grow old with Her Royal Highness the Princess, and then feed Fang Zhengqing's loser, don't ask for any strong winds and waves, but hope that the years can be quiet.

Can ...... now Fang Jifan suddenly panicked.

This road, you have to repair it quickly, once there is a run, Xishan Qianzhuang knows whether it can hold it or not.

Zhu Houzhao chirped and snorted: "At the beginning, you said that it would definitely multiply ten times and dozens of times, and I believed your nonsense, but it turned out that I pinned my hopes on this railroad track, but I asked this palace to repair the railway, and if you made a fortune if you repaired it, if you don't repair it, this palace will be unlucky with you." ”

Fang Jifan patted him on the shoulder: "Your Highness, don't complain, the foundation of road construction is to benefit the country and the people, you are doing a good deed." ”

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and went in style.

…………

Daming Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi sat anxiously behind the case.

He was a little distracted.

Why did you believe in the evil of Fang Jifan and Liu Wenshan in the first place?

In his own case, there are impeachment sloppies one by one, and the vast majority of them are impeachment of Wang Bushi.

These imperial histories probably think that we can't afford to provoke Fang Jifan, and can't we afford to provoke you Wang Bushi?

This Wang Bushi is really shameless, in order to tie up Fang Jifan, he doesn't want his face and has no backbone.

The purpose of impeaching Wang Bushi is self-evident, and it is to attack the theory of the wealth of the country.

In the eyes of many people, the Wealth of Nations is simply talking about interests nakedly, Confucianism, how can they talk about benefits so much, but this book is still very popular, in the Xishan Academy, it is published in a big way, and even many students still have to study this book to prepare for the future exam.

In the past, everyone was scared by Fang Jifan, thought about it, and endured it, just treat yourself as if you were bitten by a dog, a dog bites a person, do people still have to bite a dog?

But now it's different, the nature has completely changed, who are you?

Emperor Hongzhi was dizzy when he saw it, and these dozens of letters made him rub his temples and say, "Xiao Companion." ”

"The slave is here."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Have you read the Wealth of Nations? ”

"Look...... Looked at some. ”

Xiao Jingxin said that it was so dangerous, but it was good that he saw it himself, otherwise...... Today, His Majesty asked, it is a must, and you will be reprimanded again, what do you eat.

Emperor Hongzhi thoughtfully: "What do you think of this book?" ”

Xiao Jing doesn't have too much stance on any book, he is not a reader, we are just a eunuch, what position can we have?

His eyes looked at Emperor Hongzhi motionlessly, hoping to see something from His Majesty's face, and he smiled: "What does Your Majesty think?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him and said displeasedly, "I'm asking you." ”

Xiao Jing had no choice but to nod awkwardly, thinking to himself, although His Majesty has read this Wealth of Nations, most of the time, it seems that he does not mention too much of the Wealth of Nations.

It can be seen from this that nine times out of ten, Your Majesty does not dare to agree with this theory of national wealth.

And rightfully so.

Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that this theory of the wealth of the country is a bit grandstanding. ”

Emperor Hongzhi cheered up: "Huh? yes, you go on. ”

Xiao Jing's spirit was shocked, he guessed correctly, sure enough, His Majesty agreed with him, he continued: "This book, called The Wealth of Nations, is too exaggerated to exaggerate the role of businessmen, Your Majesty, you see, we have been here for so many years, without businessmen, isn't the world stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment?" Your Majesty, the slave said something that should not be said......"

Emperor Hongzhi kept nodding his head: "If you shouldn't say this, you don't need to say it, well, what you said makes sense, it seems that you have made a lot of progress recently." Eh, but the problem of pig iron ...... right now."

Xiao Jing received a rare compliment, almost burst into tears, he hurriedly bowed, kowtowed, and said with deep feelings: "Your Majesty only needs to give the slave maid three days, and within three days, the slave maid will collect all the pig iron in the hands of those damned merchants......"

Emperor Hongzhi listened to Xiao Jing's words, but hesitated.

But only in this flash of divine effort.

Xiao Jing was encouraged instead, this is a good time to show loyalty: "Your Majesty, when you are constantly interrupted, you will suffer from its chaos, in the past, it has always been like this, but Liu Wenshan ......"

"Your Majesty......" At this time, someone hurried in.

Xiao Jing looked back, but it was a little eunuch, this eunuch he recognized, it was his godson......

Xiao Jing was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, you damn guy, come in at this time, don't you know that Your Majesty and we are in that and that?

Damn it.

When the eunuch saw Xiao Jing's eyes, he was startled, and subconsciously wanted to retreat.

Emperor Hongzhi said, "What's the matter?" ”

The eunuch looked suspicious, stepped forward, and bowed down: "Your Majesty...... Pig iron...... Pig Iron ......"

"What?" Emperor Hongzhi said in his heart, isn't it, this pig iron has skyrocketed again?

This also makes the military and civilians of the world how to live.

"You say!" Emperor Hongzhi's face turned red, and the next sentence was, Xiao Jing, give me a trading market!

The eunuch said: "The price of pig iron ...... It plummeted. ”

Emperor Hongji: "......"

Xiao Jing was also stunned.

He thought he had misheard, was it a skyrocketing or a plummeting?

He stared at the eunuch for a long time: "What's the matter?" ”

The eunuch Zhengse said: "Early in the morning, a convoy suddenly came back, saying that it was heard that pig iron had skyrocketed, so as early as more than three months ago, he used the convoy to go to Hexi, and today he brought back 300,000 catties of pig iron......

300,000 catties......

Emperor Hongzhi gasped, this amount is a lot, which is equivalent to the annual pig iron output of a prefecture.

The eunuch said, "Therefore, early in the morning, they began to put up the list, and the price at that time was two hundred and seventy wen...... But then ...... Afterward...... Later, there was a steady stream of convoys, and so far ...... The pig iron shipped in, according to rough estimates, has exceeded 7.9 million catties......"

7,900,000 catties......

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but say: "Huguang Province is only 7.9 million catties of output, so there is so much pig iron in Hexi?" ”

"Your Majesty, I heard that the pig iron in Hexi is of extremely high quality, not only that, has Your Majesty forgotten that there are many Hu people and many displaced people who have migrated there, and there are iron mines everywhere...... In the early years, they began to mine pig iron, and in the warehouse, they had already stocked up on a batch of goods, and as soon as they heard that someone had come to pick up the goods, the output increased greatly......"

Emperor Hongzhi was also convinced.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty monopolized all the pig iron mining in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and ordered the eunuchs to be responsible, and the output has been relatively stable, from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the present, it is difficult to change anything.

On the one hand, it was a low-desire society before the Ming Dynasty, and there was only so much demand, so there was no need to deliberately increase production.

Can ...... now Emperor Hongzhi was stunned, he couldn't imagine why this amount of iron production was so terrifying.

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The third chapter is delivered, this one is more difficult to write, well, there will be more later.