readx;?readx; Chapter 654 Rat Club?

The university scholars' mansion is full of red and willow green, lanterns are colorful, and inside and outside the hall of the three entrances, there are big red characters pasted up, and there are dense banquets. www.biquge.info The auspicious time has passed at this moment, and the newlyweds worship the high hall of heaven and earth, and then send the bride into the cave room, but the groom is not idle, but also toasts from table to table.

The waiters come and go, the guests are crowded, especially the groom toasts everywhere, it must be a warm and extraordinary, laughter, and a joyful wedding scene.

This is the first assistant of the dynasty to bid farewell to his forty-year bachelor career, a serious wedding, of course, it has to be done!

In order to thank him for his contribution to Daqin and King Wucheng, His Majesty and Qin Lei each rewarded him with 100,000 taels of silver, 1,000 catties of gold, 100 pots of jewelry and jade, 50 carts of silk and satin, fine wine, meat, and countless maidservants for the wedding.

In fact, Zhuang Die'er is rich and wealthy, and she doesn't need anyone else to give money to organize a wedding, but it is a reward from His Majesty and the prince, and the glory written into the family tree! Second, marrying a daughter-in-law is an import from the man's family after all, and if the woman is asked to bear the burden, it is always a little awkward, isn't it?

On the day of the wedding, Emperor Tianyou was awarded Zhang Zhizhi as the crown prince and the prince, the Marquis of Anding, 4,000 households, and his wife Zhuang Die'er was a one-product fate...... In fact, she was originally Mrs. Yipin, but since she changed her course and started anew, the original decree naturally no longer counted.

For his own ministers, of course, Qin Lei will never be stingy, in order to take care of the face of the imperial brother, he did not reward Guan Tao with anything, but the day before he quietly allocated a share of his dry shares in the revival of the Yamen to Guan Tao, only the annual dividends, can ensure that his descendants are rich and worry-free.

After the main marriage, Qin Lei took a seat on the throne in the main hall, and sat on the left and right with Mrs. Zhang, the mother of Guantao. Mrs. Zhang, who was a mother-in-law for the first time, was a little unhappy about taking a widow to the door, but after thinking about it, isn't her son not looking for a daughter-in-law all these years just to wait for this little lady? This can be regarded as a fulfillment of his wishes, and besides, he doesn't care about his body at all when he is busy, so he still finds an experienced person who knows cold and heat, and he can rest assured.

Thinking about it like this, the old lady was relieved, and when she saw the prince personally officiating the marriage, the princes and nobles, the six departments and nine qing, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all congratulated, and finally blossomed from the inside out.

Qin Lei sat with the old lady for a while, only to see that although it was lively outside, the atmosphere in the hall was more than solemn and not lively.

Of course, Qin Lei knew what was going on, smiled bitterly, and said to Old Madam Zhang: "Old Madam, according to the custom, the Lone King has to take the first step. "Since ancient times, the emperor has been a lonely man, if he doesn't leave, the people in the house can't let go, and they can't let go, otherwise it will be disrespectful to him...... Although Qin Lei really wanted to follow the excitement, he couldn't change these deep-rooted things.

Although Mrs. Zhang has not been a noble for a long time, she is familiar with human feelings, understands things, and knows why Qin Lei is doing, so she is quite reluctant to say: "It is better to ask the prince to move his seat in the inner hall, at least you must use enough wine and food." ”

"No need, old lady." Qin Lei smiled and said, "Lone is also having urgent military affairs, so don't bother." As he spoke, he raised his glass and got up, and the room suddenly fell silent, and it was quite amazing that all the people in the outer hall who couldn't see his figure at all also quieted down, obviously paying attention to it all the time.

"Today is Mr. Guantao's big day, and he should be happy with all the princes," Qin Lei smiled slightly: "Helplessly, the lonely king is entangled in mundane affairs, and he must take the first step." As he spoke, he brought the wine glass to his lips and said with a smile: "Punish yourself with a glass." After drinking it all, he left the table under the great bow of the people.

Seeing that the prince was leaving, Guantao hurriedly sent him out, and saw that he was standing under a big locust tree, smiling at himself.

Guan Tao straightened his clothes and walked over quickly.

Qin Lei saw that he was dressed in a bright red groom outfit, his face was cleaned up, and with a slight blush, he looked much younger, and he couldn't help but smile and said: "This is the most handsome time I've seen you in the past ten years." ”

"Really? Are you half as handsome? Guan Tao sneered: "The subordinates were sloppy before, and they will definitely be corrected in the future." ”

"Let's promise to go with your daughter-in-law." Qin Lei laughed and said, "I'm saying goodbye to you." ”

The smile on the pavilion Tao's face suddenly fell, and he said solemnly: "The subordinates will give the prince a good home." ”

"You don't blame me for making that a mess so that my brothers can't come, do you?" Qin Lei asked with a smile.

"Where is the prince, of course it matters, I am just a little mundane here." Guan Tao smiled and said: "Anyway, they all have red envelopes to offer, and I have made a lot of money." ”

"Don't be happy too early, you have to make up for it sooner or later," Qin Lei shook his head and said with a wicked smile: "When those guys return triumphantly, won't they pour you to death?" ”

"Let's get by." Guan Tao pinched his sparse beard and said, "What does the prince have to tell his subordinates?" ”

"Well," Qin Lei said, "I'm going to issue another issue of war bonds, which also has no fixed term and eight percent interest, you go back and organize people to calculate, it's probably appropriate." ”

"Lord Wang, forgive my subordinates for speaking bluntly." Hearing that the prince was going to issue treasury bonds again, Guan Tao stubbornly admonished: "Since the first year of Tianyou, we have issued six treasury bonds, with a total of 470 million taels of silver, and we need to repay 37.6 million taels of interest every year, which is one-third of our Great Qin's annual income." He said with a self-deprecating smile: "This is our Great Qin, if it is the income of Qi and Chu, it will not even be enough to repay the interest." ”

"Didn't you pay it back with the revenue from the national tax?" Qin Lei smiled and said, "The Lonely King is paid from the principal. ”

"So why bother?" Guan Tao smiled bitterly: "Do we borrow money just to pay interest?" ”

"Well, you have to let people know that buying my Daqin bonds is the most cost-effective investment in the world." Qin Lei actually nodded and said, "In this way, they will buy more enthusiastically." Saying that, he patted Guan Tao on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I bet that if you pay 10,000 taels of interest, they will buy another 100,000 or 1 million bonds." The wool comes out of the sheep, and we have no place for the white wolf with empty gloves! ”

"Wait, I'm a little dizzy." Guan Tao held his forehead with both hands, squatted down and thought, "How do I feel this method...... Is it to drink water to quench your thirst? "If it was in the past, he might have let Qin Lei fool him, but now Zhang Yizhi is already a veteran who has been in charge of money and grain for more than ten years, and his intuition feels that something is wrong.

"Are you drunk?" Seeing the dizzy appearance of the pavilion Tao, Qin Lei raised his foot and gently lifted his buttocks, kicked him to the ground, and suddenly said: "If you repay the interest with the principal according to the prince's method, won't this become a matter of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall?" And as there are more and more bonds, the hole will get bigger and bigger, and sooner or later there will be a day when we can't afford to pay it back! Suddenly thinking of something even more terrifying, he sweated profusely and said, "What if there is a large-scale redemption?" We certainly can't afford to pay it back. ”

"Sir is really clever!" Qin Lei praised sincerely: "What you said is good, Lone borrowed money not to repay debts, but to spend it." As he spoke, he said: "Today, my Daqin has a bumper harvest and increased income year after year, and the rice tanks from Taicang to the people are all piled up...... Mr. Dacai, you should know that according to common sense, since our Daqin is an exporter, the domestic rice price should be much cheaper than that of Qi and Chu. ”

"But in fact, my Great Qin now has eight coins of silver and one stone of rice, while the Qi State is also eight coins and one stone, and the Chu State is only seven coins and one stone. It's easy to see why. Guan Tao sat cross-legged on the ground, bit his fingers and said: "The reason why there is no tragedy of rice hurting farmers in Daqin is because the city and Yi Divisions across the country insist on buying grain from the people at high prices, so that the grain price has not fallen sharply." ”

The principle of operation of this matter is that the city will buy surplus grain from the people at a stable price. The royal department of commerce and trade then exports these grains abroad to recover the capital and use them for the next year's purchase.

"What is the cost of this?" Qin Lei asked with a smile.

"The annual cost is about fifty million taels," Guan Tao said softly: "Fortunately, the prince can export a large amount of old grain to Qi and Chu, otherwise the annual loss will definitely not be more than the current two or three million taels." "The City Yi Division is under the management of the Ministry of Households, and after Qin Lei allocates 50 million taels of silver from the bond income, in order to maintain normal operation, the Ministry of Households has to replenish several million taels of silver every year.

Fortunately, compared to the benefits of price stability, this effort is still worth it.

"Do you know why I'm doing this?" Qin Lei said in a surprising voice: "Stabilizing domestic prices is only one aspect, not even the most important aspect. ”

"The prince tested me," Guan Tao said with a smile: "You are not profitable to get up early, of course you are to make more money." After more than ten years in charge of wealth, he was no longer ashamed of his words: "Your Silk Road requires a large number of goods, musk, deer antlers, sheepskins, and all kinds of animal skins, to exchange for the gold and silver treasures of the West." Our army also needs a large amount of oil, salt, sugar, tea, and cowhide pig iron, and if these things are produced domestically, it will inevitably occupy a lot of manpower and material resources and delay our construction. ”

"The prince bought these items at a high price in Qi and Chu, and then exported cheap food for a long time and stably, dispelling their concerns, and the two countries became our country's material suppliers, helping us make money and help us become strong!" The more Guan Tao spoke, the more excited he became, patted his ass and stood up and said: "Facts have proved that your method is completely feasible, the Silk Road has brought rolling wealth, and our people of Daqin have also been liberated to concentrate on producing food, forging weapons, and raising war horses, which is only seven years later, ready for another big war!" ”

Qin Lei was not infected by him at all, stared at Guan Tao's eyes tightly, and said with a smile: "Okay, I want to be honest with you, in practice, theory is actually unreliable...... For example, Gu buys materials from the two countries at a high price, and then resells them to Western countries through the Silk Road," Guan Tao looked at Qin Lei dumbfounded, and listened to him say word by word: "In fact, it is a huge loss." ”

"What?" Guan Tao screamed, frightening the guests who were probing their brains in the distance and quickly retracted. He grabbed Qin Lei's arm tightly and asked in a low voice, "How much bond income did you pay into?" ”

"You should ask how much is left?" Qin Lei broke the hand of the pavilion Tao and said with a smile: "There is still a ** million taels left......

When Guan Tao heard this, his eyes darkened, and he fainted.

Qin Lei hurriedly held the poor groom and pinched him violently before he woke him up again.

"Four hundred and seventy million taels," Guan Tao said with blank eyes: "You just throw it as a stone, and you won't throw it so quickly, right?" ”

"If you don't believe me, I'll settle accounts for you," Qin Lei said without changing his face: "In the past seven years, Gu Wang's acquisition has used 500 million taels of silver, while the income of Silk Road is only less than 300 million taels, and the cumulative loss has been nearly 200 million taels of silver. In addition to the money given to you to set up the City Yi Division, as well as 20 million taels to subsidize the troops, and 110 million taels of interest repaid over the years, there is just so much left. ”

"Needless to say, I just want to know why I lost 200 million!" The rabbit was in a hurry and bit people, Mr. Guantao, who had always been polite, stared at Qin Lei as if he wanted to eat people, completely forgetting what kind of identity the other party was.

This is a major matter related to the survival of Great Qin, and it is sad that he will lose his temper so much.

"You know, the purchase price I gave was so high that the business never made money. But it turned out that our two big donors, the religious aristocracy of the West and the sheikhs of the Islamic world, were in great demand, so they did not lose much. Qin Lei spread his hands and said with a depressed face: "But since the fifth year of Tianyou, the previous gold lord formed a bullshit 'crusade', and the latter gold lord has fought. As soon as the two sides fight, they don't know when to stop, and the amount of money is not enough to recruit troops and horses, how can they pay attention to the luxury goods from the East? ”

"From that moment on, our goods were almost unsellable, and they were all in our hands. However, the things produced by Qi and Chu have surged year after year, but I have to spend a huge amount of money to continue to buy, which is why I am losing more and more......" Qin Lei sighed and said: "I'm afraid that the pressure will be too great after you know it, and you will decline before you get old, so I have been hiding it from you." ”