As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, the sky gradually cooled down, but the court was making a fuss, but this time it was not the brothers fighting endlessly, but each showed its ability, first of all, the third master said that the overseas grain breeding success of more than ten provinces scattered in the north and south of the river, the yield was quite amazing, taking the sweet potato planted in Henan as an example, the yield per mu was as high as more than 9,000 catties, although the output of the rest of the provinces was slightly inferior, but it was almost the same, it was undoubtedly a good seed, and I implored the old man to promote, the emperor read it, Dayue, and allowed the third master to be invited, and the third master was specifically responsible for this matter.

The third master just sang, and the eighth master followed the powder and ink, saying that the criminal department was united in his heart, and captured more than ten robbers over the years, and dozens of huge cases were solved, and the old man was also happy to hear the report, and issued an edict to reward the people of the criminal department, etc., and gave the eighth master a Huangzhuang, and rewarded the ninth and tenth masters with a number of gold and silver.

The third master has just finished the performance, the fourth master jumped out again, the last word said that the debt settlement that lasted more than two years has come to an end, except for a few provinces and Jiangnan weaving Cao family, all the debt matters have ended, a total of more than 38 million taels of silver have been recovered, Emperor Yuezhi, summoned the fourth master and the household Shangshu Shi Shilun and others into the palace to give a banquet, and each has a reward, but did not clearly say what to do with the two or four hundred thousand silver owed by the Cao family, a few days later, the emperor summoned Hongqing to visit the palace, at that time, Hongqing really went to study in the study, and was summoned by Qin Wuyong, Hurried to the heart cultivation hall.

"The grandson knocks on the emperor's fate."

Hongqing and his entourage entered the palace of nourishing the heart, and saw that the old man was sitting on the dragon couch, and there was no one else on the left and right, it was obvious that it was a pattern of private play, when even if Hongqing couldn't help but be stunned, but soon came back to his senses, rushed to the front of the palace, and paid homage in a proper manner.

"Excuse me."

Looking at Hongqing's resolute and heroic face, the smile on the old man's face immediately became a little kinder, and his voice called softly.

"Thank you Emperor Mafaronen, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Although it is a separate arrangement, but the number of etiquette is still indispensable, Hongqing thanked him according to the old practice, and then got up, but did not stand up straight, but bowed slightly, making a look of respectful listening to the instructions.

"Qing'er has done a good job during this time, and the affairs of the Ministry of Engineering are in good order, and I am very relieved."

The old man did not rush to explain the purpose of summoning Hongqing to come, but praised Hongqing first.

"Huang Ma Fa is awarded, and my grandson is just doing his job."

In the past half a year, the named Comrade Shangshu Maqi has completely shaken off his hands and is in charge, except for signing, he doesn't care about anything, and let Hongqing show his skills in the ministry, at the beginning of it was certainly Hongqing's busy hands, but as time goes by, with a lot of experience, Hongqing has managed the Ministry of Engineering, and he has been very comfortable since then, and all kinds of matters have been handled extremely well, whether it is repairing the palace, building the imperial tomb, or purchasing various materials, they have done it extremely well, but Hongqing is not as poor as the brothers. Hearing the old man's praise at this time, Hongqing couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, but said respectfully and humbly.

"Well, it's good that Qing'er can know her duty, I summoned you today, but it's not for the Ministry of Industry, so let's put it this way, your fourth uncle wrote a chapter a few days ago, and said that the matter of household debt settlement has basically ended, but the Cao family still owes 430,000 taels, I don't know what Qing'er thinks about this?"

The old man nodded, and didn't talk much about the Ministry of Works, but turned the topic to the fourth master's previous matter, although there was no explicit reproach, but the meaning was clear, after all, it was Hongqing for the Cao family to do the insurance, and now the deficit of 600,000 taels is only less than one-third, but the time is only one year and two months, according to the original repayment progress, it is obviously difficult to pay off on time, in case someone takes advantage of this, not only Hongqing himself will be unlucky, the Cao family may not be able to escape, and this, obviously not a situation that the old man is happy to see.

"If you go back to Huang Mafa, your grandson has made arrangements for this, and the Cao family's debt will be paid off on time.

Hongqing can see the old man's worries clearly, but he doesn't care much about it, just because he has already had a solution to it, and he is full of confidence when he responds at this time.

"Oh? I'm curious, so I'll talk about it in detail. ”

Hongqing is rich, the old man knows this, but he doesn't want to see Hongqing pay out of his own pocket to fill the gap of the Cao family, not to help Hongqing save money, but to worry that someone in the court will take advantage of this to make a big fuss, once so, the old man has to worry that the positive image that Hongqing has finally established may collapse, but at this time, seeing Hongqing say so confidently, the old man's curiosity immediately rose, so he raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.

"So that Huang Ma Fa learned that the Cao family was able to repay the arrears of 183,000 taels, all because the grandson entrusted him to purchase silk, porcelain and other bulk goods, however, this is just the beginning, do not hide from Huang Ma Fa, Macau shipyard last year built a total of 16 large boats, of which 12 were allocated to the household department, for trial shipping, and the other four are for the grandson's own use, last year in November went to the South Seas, returned at the end of this summer, lasted more than half a year, deducting various costs, the cumulative income of about 450,000 yuan, and now, Sixty-six ships required by the household department have been built, and have been allocated to the household department, and the shipyard is currently building a merchant ship for the grandson's own use, a total of 16 ships, of which ten have been launched, and are heading to Hangzhou City for this autumn's shipping, in addition, next year there will be a number of huge ships launched one after another, and the bulk goods required are more than a little bit of last year, so it is estimated that the 400,000 taels of silver owed by the Cao family by the end of next year will be paid off. ”

As the saying goes, if you have the bottom in your heart, you don't panic, facing the old man's puzzled gaze, Hongqing unhurriedly wrenched her fingers, carefully calculated the economic account for the old man, and took a foreign trade class by the way.

"Oh? How can the cargo of four ships be so profitable? ”

Although the old man knew that the profits of overseas trade were not small, but he had never studied it in detail, and he really didn't know how big the benefits were.

"If you go back to Huang Mafa, your grandson is true in every word, and he will never dare to lie and coax you."

The reason why Hongqing told him about the profit situation calmly was that he had a different proposition, but the time was not yet ripe, and he didn't plan to say it in a hurry.

"Hmmm......"

The old man has always regarded himself as a Confucian child, and he doesn't look down on the way of business, and the reason why he agreed to Hongqing's business name in the early years was just to see what Hongqing could play, and what he held was just an attitude of playing, and now, Hongqing's business name has a tendency to develop towards a behemoth, and the old man's heart can't help but mutter, but it's hard to say that it will be exported, after all, he himself agreed to Hongqing's businessman's request.

"Huang Ma Fa Mingjian, the sage has clouds: businessmen, small roads, although there are considerable, Zhiyuan is afraid of mud, grandchildren really dare not or forget, however, if it is the right way, but it can also make some achievements, grandchildren have an idea, and I don't know whether to talk about it?"

Hongqing is a shrewd individual, as soon as the old man's deep expression came out, he had already guessed where the old man's taboo was, and he was just worried that Hongqing's wealth would be strong, and there would be a risk that the tail would not fall, and this had long been expected by Hongqing, and he had already had a way to deal with it, but Hongqing did not say it directly, but respectfully asked for a word.

"Anyway, I'll listen."

Hearing Hongqing's strange words, the old man's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and after a little groaning, he still gave Hongqing a chance to speak.

"Huang Ma Fa Mingjian, I Eight Banners people are increasing, and the number of soldiers is limited, so that many of the banners are unbearable, chickens and dogs are stealing, and there are many prohibitions, such a situation is really suffocating, grandchildren think about this, their hearts are uneasy, the year before last when they paid off the debt, the grandson had mentioned the formation of the Eight Banners firm, but when the business opportunities did not appear, the grandson did not dare to say too much, and now, the huge profits of overseas trade have been clear, the Eight Banners firm has a feasible cornerstone, and the grandson is willing to purchase all the large sea ships that have been purchased one after another, for the purpose of forming the Eight Banners firm, However, all the income is owned by the Eight Banners, which may be beneficial to the flag business. ”

Facing the old man's puzzled gaze, Hongqing sincerely threw out a big bait.

"Well, I'm afraid it's not good for Qing'er to have this heart, but it's just a big matter, so it's good for Rong Zhen to think about it in detail, and then let's go first."

The old man looked at Hongqing fixedly, and saw that Hongqing's face was calm, and there was no slightest abnormality, and he believed in Hongqing's sincerity, and his heart was quite moved, you must know that Hongqing's dedication is not hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but millions of dollars every year, and more importantly, if you can rectify the mess of the flag with this, it will save the cornerstone of the sinking court. The old man had to take into account the reaction of the courtiers, and it was impossible for him to agree to Hongqing's request so casually, and after a moment of silence, he still didn't say anything about it, just praised Hongqing, and then issued an eviction order.

"Yes, my grandson is leaving."

Flag affairs is a major event, naturally not a few words can be determined, even if the old man is the emperor, in the flag affairs do not dare to move blindly, otherwise, a few years ago, the scene of the Anmen incident is afraid that it will be staged again, this point, Hongqing has a lot in his heart, the left and right things should be said have been broken, the state of the table has also been expressed, the rest of the matter, there is an old man to worry about it, Hongqing did not plan to say more, after respectfully bowing, he immediately withdrew from the hall.