Chapter 50: King Ji's concubine

The upcoming Royal Trading House is the most talked about thing these days.

At the same time, many shipyards that have been closed for many years have also welcomed spring again, opening their doors in full swing to welcome guests from all directions, and the craftsmen who have been shipbuilders for generations have also become hot baby bumps.

Fortunately, at this time, the yamen in various places have posted notices, saying that the imperial court is graceful, and the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry has sent famous shipbuilders to visit the shipyards of various sailors to preside over the shipbuilding industry.

As soon as the news came out, the yamen in various places complained that there was no trace, and the front of the door was full of luxurious carriages and horses, all of which were local wealthy merchants, and everyone knew that whoever built the ship first would win the first opportunity, and the large amount of silver, of course, was also their own.

At the same time, the land and waterway leading to the capital is also full of traffic, not for anything else, just to be able to get a piece of the pie in the upcoming establishment of the royal trade house.

Dignitaries and nobles gathered in the capital, and the places they went to were the same, one was the newly established Royal Trade Bank Investment Promotion Office, and the other was the majestic and solemn Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.

In the past few days, Shen Chongming has been eating and living in the investment promotion office every day, and it has reached the point where he can't go back to his home, it's not that things are too busy to get out, but he can't stop after going home, those who have made up their minds to go through the back door can go from the evening to the next morning, in order to let the two ladies raise the baby with peace of mind, Shen Chongming had to work hard to make this decision.

"My lord, there is someone outside the door who asks to see him, claiming to be Zhu Yiluan, the concubine of King Ji!" Just as Shen Chongming was closing his eyes and rubbing his temples with his hands to ease his mind, Brother Erdan, who had just sent away a wave of guests, ran in again.

Shen Chongming paused his hands, suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "King Ji, who is King Ji!" ”

Brother Erdan was stunned for a moment, and said with some confusion: "My lord, of course this King Ji is the prince, this is the emperor's relative!" ”

", can this official not know that King Ji is the prince, what the official asks is which prince this King Ji is, where is Pan!" Shen Chongming glared and shouted, although the emperors of the past generations are not really rich in all things in the world, but this woman has always been lacking, of course, as long as the function is appropriate, these children are also a big handful.

Since the founding of Taizu, there are not a few people who have been crowned kings, and there are no less than 100 people roughly calculated, so how can I remember who that one is!

Brother Erdan has been a lot smarter recently, but he understood the meaning of Shen Chong's famous words once: "My lord, this Ji Wang family was divided in the first year of Tianshun, and now Pan Changsha, the latest chapter of the word Wang Mei poured into the country!" ”

Said Changsha Shen Chongming knows, this is the most distinctive among the kings, the current Ji King Zhu Zaijun, is the current emperor's distant brother, but I heard that this guy is sick all the year round, and the son Zhu Yizhen also has a similar illness for three days, which is a little worse than other fathers, and more importantly, this guy has no children under his knees because he has been sick in bed for many years.

And this concubine Zhu Yiluan, although the name of the concubine, but most people feel that the future Ji Wang may be taken over by him, according to rumors this Zhu Yiluan erudite and talented like to travel, and is bold and informal, self-proclaimed second son, sit down to be able to talk about the scriptures and Taoism, stand up but can compete with the chivalrous warriors of the rivers and lakes, absolutely handed over to a wide range.

However, all this fell in the eyes of Shen Chongming, but it seemed extremely suspicious, it seemed to be an idle cloud and a wild crane, but in fact it was a lofty ideal, but there was no record in the history textbooks that King Ji had any bad deeds, and Shen Chongming was a little uncertain.

This was also a fleeting thought, Shen Chongming immediately put on a smile, got up and said, "Go, follow this official to greet this nobleman!" ”

Let's talk about Zhu Yiluan, at this time, Hou had a very happy conversation with merchants from all over the world in front of the investment promotion office, not to mention, there are as many as 20% of these dozens of people who have had dealings with him, which shows how extensive this guy's connections are.

"Hehehe, it's fun to have friends from afar, and the second son has come from afar to miss the officials, and it's a sin and a sin!" Shen Chong's celebrity arrived before he arrived, but unfortunately he couldn't tell that it was Zhu Yiluan when the words fell.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhu Yiluan turned his head when he heard the voice, and when he looked at the person at such an age, he guessed that he must be the world-famous Shen Chongming: "Hehe, under Zhu Yiluan, I have seen Lord Shen!" ”

The so-called humble gentleman should be talking about people like Zhu Yiluan, I saw him with a light smile on his face, and his eyes were full of kindness looking at Shen Chongming.

"Hehe, the second son is polite, hurry up and please!" Shen Chongming smiled on his face, but he muttered in his heart, it is said that this Zhu Yiluan is young but has a noble status, under normal circumstances, such a person should be arrogant and rude when he receives people and things, but now he is acting like a humble gentleman, which is really a bit unusual! If such a person is not by nature, he is scheming.

Two cups of fragrant tea, I saw Zhu Yiluan take a sip gently, put down the teacup and said with a smile: "I heard early in the morning that Lord Shen is young and promising, and he is a model for my generation, and I can see it today, and it is indeed worthy of its reputation!" ”

The sycophants are very explicit, but they are extremely useful, Shen Chongming is not the kind of fledgling young man anymore, his face is not red and his heart is not beating and he waved his hand and smiled: "Hey, the second son is too famous, if you want to say that compared to you, the lower officials are far away!" ”

"Hehe, Lord Shen is polite!" The second prince smiled, and went straight to the topic and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Shen, this time I came to Beijing, first, to pay homage to Lord Shen and ask you for some knowledge, and secondly, to take a stake in the royal trading house, and ask Lord Shen to look at the face of the old ancestor and help us Jiwangfu!" As he spoke, the second son's face was sad.

"Lord Shen, you should also know that your father and brother are sick in bed all the year round, and the younger brother is a person who likes to travel in mountains and rivers, so my Ji Wangfu has been getting worse and worse over the years!" With a bitter smile, the second prince said with a slightly red face: "Don't hide it from Lord Shen, if it weren't for the annual royal court over the years, I'm afraid that the days of my Ji Wangfu would have been unbearable!" ”

Shen Chongming was stunned for a while, the life of the palace couldn't go on, how could this be possible? You must know that the king of one word earns 20,000 stones a year, which is still not counting those divided fields, if the two are added together, I am afraid that it is a little indescribable to say that it is so rich that it is flowing oil.

Maybe he saw Shen Chongming's thoughts, so he heard the second prince continue: "I'm not afraid of Lord Shen's jokes, Lord Shen may not know, my King Ji is an ancestor, and they all like to read some books under the same circumstances, and they don't know anything about this business, so the palace has not had much savings for so many years, and the world was turbulent at the beginning, and my King Ji didn't get much land when it was first sealed, and it has been scattered a lot for generations, and now the remaining fields are less than three hundred hectares, However, after several generations, there are more and more people in the palace, and now they have reached a situation where they can't make ends meet! ”

Shen Chongming suddenly realized, nodded and said, "I see, alas! The prince is a royal family, but his life is so unsatisfactory, this is the fault of the court! ”

The second prince couldn't afford to say this, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, all this is the reason for my Ji Wangfu, I can't complain about the court, I can't complain about the emperor!" ”

"Alas! If everyone in the world can be as sensible as the prince and the second son, the emperor will not have to work hard all day long! Shen Chongming pretended to sigh, but he felt funny in his heart, these two sons wanted to play the bitter card against themselves! Otherwise, it would not be possible to say it with one mouth.

"My father also knows the difficulties of the imperial court, so he has never troubled the imperial court, and the expenses of the palace can be reduced, this time I heard that the emperor intends to open a royal trading house, and my father feels that our Yu Wangfu is not good at management, so it is better to directly invest in the royal trading house, one can do something for the royal family, and the other can also alleviate the current difficulties of the palace!" The second son climbed up the pole and pulled the topic back again.

"Hehe, don't hide it from the second son, we are also busy building ships at the moment, but unfortunately the stall is a little big, and the money is really not enough, if the prince can also buy shares, it can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need!" Shen Chongming was full of smiles, since he was sending money to the door, he didn't care what his purpose was, he would take the money first.

"That's good, my father was worried that he wouldn't be able to get such a little silver? Since you can do something for the court, no matter how little silver you have, you can also do it! The second son nodded and said, but he was relieved in his heart.

"Then dare to ask the second son, how many shares is the prince going to buy!" Shen Chongming was not polite, and ran directly to the silver.

The second prince paused, rubbed his fingers and said: "I borrowed from east to west, and finally made up enough 300,000 taels of silver, I don't know how many dry shares this silver can subscribe for!" ”

"Oh, 300,000 taels!" Shen Chongming's brows furrowed imperceptibly, and he said in his heart: It's a lot of money, it seems that the Jiwang Mansion is still quite rich.

"Don't hide it from the second son, now the dry shares are worth two million taels of silver!" Shen Chongming looked a little embarrassed, but he was overjoyed in his heart, there were too many people who subscribed for dry shares, and he decided to double the price after discussing with the emperor, but even so, it couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm.

And Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop made a lot of profits from this alone, and the value of one million taels of silver doubled in an instant, which was really exciting.

However, this amount did not deter the second son, and he said with a face as usual: "It's okay, as long as you can make some contributions to the court and the emperor, even if it is a small number of dry shares!" ”

"Oh, the prince is righteous, the second son is righteous!" Shen Chongming gave a thumbs up, these wronged leaders are really getting bigger and bigger, and they knew that in this way, he and the emperor should raise the stock price a little more.

"Lord Shen is overrated!" The second prince said, and at the same time stretched out his hand to the big man standing behind him.

The man's face was grim, like a glacier that would not melt for thousands of years, and his calloused big hand went deep into his arms and directly took out a large stack of silver tickets and put them in the hands of the second son.

"Lord Shen, this is 300,000 taels of silver tickets, please take a look!" The second prince smiled slightly, he didn't expect that this time he would act so smoothly, and the dry shares obtained by the Ji Wangfu would be almost completed, which was really a great joy worth celebrating.

Shen Chongming waved his hand for Brother Erdan to step forward to take it, and without looking at it, he got up and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then let's set up a word as a basis for the emperor to see, and in the future, the second son will go to the capital to share dividends every year with this note!" ”