On a teahouse in the city of Beijing.

A few people dressed as businessmen were talking enthusiastically.

Tian Hongyu is one of them.

"Guozhang is really lucky, now that he has such a good errand, this is a good deal" Several people complimented Tian Hongyu with red faces.

"Yes, Guozhang, we have the support of His Majesty, and this business will definitely be invincible, and the business outside the border in the future will be ours." Another businessman also excitedly complimented that they were all businessmen summoned by Tian Hongyu, and they were ready to follow Tian Hongyu to make a fortune.

Tian Hongyu ate some wine and was a little drunk, but he knew in his heart that his own business was indeed a beautiful thing, but it was also a very stressful thing, and now he was more and more afraid of the emperor, although the emperor was generous, but in case he did it, he was afraid that his status in the eyes of the emperor would plummet, and by the way, his daughter's status in the palace was afraid that he would also be implicated, what the emperor valued was not how much money he could make, to make money, a hundred of him was not as good as an emperor, the emperor valued more to implement the emperor's strategy, If someone spoils the emperor's affairs because of his love of money, it will be difficult to predict what will happen at that time.

Although Tian Hongyu was a little drunk, he understood it very well in his heart, and with slightly drunk eyes, he glanced at the "old friends" around him, and said: "This business, we can say all the ugly things in front, and now Your Majesty is extremely sage, don't take out those greasy tricks, lest we be difficult to be human ...... when we get it."

"That's, that's ......"

"Of course, of course......" the crowd immediately flattered.

"Since you are doing this business, you have to do it in a proper manner, the first priority is to listen to the greetings, Your Majesty says one, you don't say two, Your Majesty is not allowed to go west, but don't look to the west, this first point, everyone can remember clearly?" Tian Hongyu said in a slightly drunk tone.

"Yes, yes......" everyone immediately agreed.

"This second, since you follow me Tian Hongyu, that is, follow Your Majesty, then Your Majesty's rules, but you have to do enough, otherwise, don't come, the world is more to do this business, so say, the business in your family, how much tax should be paid every year, according to the rules, you go to the tax supervisor to report, the tax is paid to him, ugly words can be said in front, if it is found that there is stealing, concealment, fraud, it is a bad rule, what are the consequences of this bad rule, everyone also knows, therefore, if you don't come, you will take it, How's it to be a rule? If you think there is a problem, you can quit now, just treat it as if there is no such thing......" Tian Hongyu said this second request through the wine, this is the emperor's rule, and the emperor specially emphasized.

As soon as Tian Hongyu said this, the faces of these people immediately became embarrassed, and even more of them twitched on their faces, this self-declaration of taxes, and they can't steal and cheat, this requirement is really a bit painful, such as not paying taxes today is a "rule", but now they have to pay their own taxes and declare taxes, which makes them very painful, but when they think of following Tian Hongyu to do business, it is to follow the emperor to do business, so the future is naturally needless to say, not to mention that now it is to do business outside the customs, it is considered to eat alone, if such a profitable business is given up, who is willing to do it? If you give up, you will give up the line that is hard to reach the sky now, and you don't know how difficult it will be to take this line in the future.

"Since the abbot said, then I will naturally do it, and I will go to the tax superintendent to report this time, and I will never owe a penny of tax." There are also bold businessmen who immediately stood up and agreed with Tian Hongyuli's rule, the wool is out of the sheep, isn't it a tax? As long as there is a sale, are you afraid that you will not be able to pay taxes? How big is this deal with the emperor? Can you earn those taxes?

"I will tell the housekeeper, go back and prepare to go, this will go to the tax supervisor to file taxes, we can't fall behind, I just hope that the national abbot can take more care of it in the future...... "There are also people who are not ambiguous, you go today, then I will go immediately, show loyalty, fight for a level, but it is very necessary." …,

"Good" Tian Hongyu took advantage of the wine, shouted hello, and was secretly proud in his heart, this is all a play he sings, setting rules for these people. Now if you don't set up the rules, when you go to the border market, you can't help but look at the white silver, if you covet the silver and spoil the emperor's business, he can't get it down, so it is very important to give these people rules.

“…… Hehe, I'm not afraid to tell you, you have to report now, then it depends on whether the tax superintendent will report to you, there is no point for us, the tax superintendent, but they will ignore you, and they still want to do business in the border market, but there is no ......door," Tian Hongyu boasted through wine.

Everyone was surprised, the tax supervisor still picks people? Don't report? Do you have to ask someone to even pay personal taxes? That's a rarity.

"Guojo, what is this to say? Why is no one allowed to report yet? Could it be that even if you are not allowed to pay personal tax? "This strange thing, some people don't believe it, give money to others for nothing, do you have to trust the relationship, go through the back door? What's going on?

“…… Hehe, you don't understand this, think about how those Jin merchants fell? If it weren't for the care of the Imperial Army, this city would have been closed a long time ago, so as not to leak the news and spoil the major affairs of the imperial court, therefore, for the businessmen who go to the border market to do business, the requirements are extraordinarily strict, Your Majesty can say, without reporting, it is not allowed to operate the business of the border pass, you say, is it a person, he can report it himself? Tian Hongyu boasted slightly drunk.

"I see, I see, Guozhang has a point......

"No wonder, in this case, then you have to bother the country...... several people immediately understood the inside story of this, and they all expressed their belief that this reason is indeed the truth.

"I'll just say, didn't the governor just say, the business in that city, we have to be exclusive, how can there be a reason for others to report if we are exclusive? This tax supervisor naturally only listens to our abbot...... "Immediately people complimented Tian Hongyu and patted Tian Hongyu's ass.

"Yes, yes, yes......"

"That's ......"

Everyone was still applauding, and when Tian Hongyu heard this, the wine woke up in fright, stood up in shock, and scolded with a sad face: "What do you say, what do you mean by tax monitors listening to me?" You're going to curse me to death......"

Tian Hongyu's wine woke up in fright, how much power does this tax supervisor have now, how can he, a relative, manage it, and now he is almost the same as the tax supervisor, when will it be the turn of the tax supervisor to slap him? The man had killed him, and he couldn't help but look at the wall.

Everyone looked at Tian Hongyu who jumped up in surprise, isn't this drunk? Looking at it now, it's obviously sober, and there's still a little drunkness there? Seeing that Tian Hong was so angry, he was scared, and pleaded with this guy who was talking nonsense again and again.

Everyone begged for a while, and Tian Hongyu's anger may have disappeared, so he said: "It's not that we are angry, but we must not talk nonsense, the tax supervisor is His Majesty's heart, His Majesty's pearl, we don't dare to pipe the tax supervisor's head, cough, this matter, I won't talk about it......" Tian Hongyu glanced at the wall a few times and ended the topic.

The room fell into silence, an awkward silence.

After half a sound, Tian Hongyu seemed to think of something again, and said: "That kind of sweet potato, you see, how much should be planted?" "Until now, he doesn't dare to pretend to be drunk and say something.

The crowd, who had not spoken for a long time, began to talk again.

"Plant 10,000 or 20,000 acres, probably about the same......"

Tian Hongyu shook his head.

"In my opinion, we might as well plant more and plant him 30,000 or 50,000 mu, and then make him a lot of ......money," Someone immediately followed up and discussed this topic. Everyone knows the meaning of this topic, sweet potato wine was invented by the emperor, this thing is made of sweet potatoes, which is much cheaper than the wine made from grain, and the wine is strong, which is very suitable for people in the north to drink, especially the Mongolians outside the Guan, this will be a very profitable business, so plant sweet potatoes in advance to prepare raw materials, everyone understands. …,

Tian Hongyu shook his head again.

"Then, Guozhang, how much do you have to plant to be suitable?" A few people couldn't figure out what Tian Hongyu meant, and asked.

"It's not me Tian Hongyu who said it, but your hearts, it's really smaller......" Tian Hongyu began to be angry again.

"Then, Guozhang, shouldn't we be planting 100,000 acres? Quite a few words," someone asked cautiously.

Speaking of 100,000 acres, everyone also looked at Tian Hongyu exaggeratedly.

"Hehe, everyone's hearts are still a little smaller, you don't want to think about it, how big can we do in this business, except for the Mongolians outside the Guan, these thousands of miles of border walls, can't eat a few wines? As long as you plant 20,000 or 30,000 acres? Tian Hong said with contempt.

"That's, that's, or the prince has a point." Several people immediately complimented Tian Hongyu.

“…… In addition to the pass, let's talk about the border troops guarding the border wall, how many drinks can't be eaten? Tian Hongyu said again.

"Frontier Army? How much money can that have? The bitter group that has to leak outside in the big winter haha? Someone asked in surprise.

"Hehe, your news is outdated, and now the army here is still bitter haha? His Majesty gave four million taels of silver just to make up for the arrears last year, and this group of bitter haha, now they can't be treated as bitter haha......" Tian Hongyu explained.

"Whew......"

"That's, that's, it's still the country's master, see far" A few people immediately complimented Tian Hongyu, and now the border army has indeed begun to have a few dollars, plus the emperor is not short of their salaries, counting, there are indeed two spare money at hand, and this money has to be earned.

"Think about it again, this wine can only be drunk by the Mongols, only by the border army, and not by the common people in the north?" Tian Hongyu said with a high-spirited look.

"This ......"

"Could it be that Guozhang still wants to sell this wine in Daming?" Several people surrounded Tian Hongyu again and complimented him, and his eyes became bigger because of this news.

"That's natural, if you don't do business, isn't that a fool? Now the cost of making this sweet potato wine is much cheaper than that grain wine, and this recipe is now in the hands of His Majesty, wouldn't it be a fool if we don't make this money? Therefore, our kind of sweet potato, the more, the more the better" Tian Hongyu said with an impassioned expression, now his knowledge is not what it used to be, and his heart does not have to be in the past, since he successfully completed the task of 800,000 pieces of cotton clothes handed over by the emperor, he doesn't feel energetic about these tens of thousands, 100,000 or something.

"Then, how much does the prince think?" Everyone's breathing is difficult, sweet potatoes are still a new thing, and it is only this year that it began to be promoted, and the recipe for sweet potato brewing is only available to the emperor, and the emperor handed over this business to them.

"At least 300,000 acres ......," Tian Hongyu said disapprovingly.

"300,000 acres?"

"Oh my god......"

"Guozhang, is this too much?" The few businessmen invited by Tian Hongyu were not small businessmen and hawkers, but they were still scared by the numbers Tian Hongyu said.

"Many? What do you mean by more? How much is 300,000 acres? If you want to make money, but you can't bear the capital, where is this like doing business, Your Majesty is not afraid, what are you afraid of? "Tian Hongyu is really not afraid at all, the emperor also asked him to make 800,000 pieces of clothes, he was scared half to death, but now, you just said to make another 2 million pieces, he didn't feel anything, so he felt that now he is doing a business, not starting with hundreds of thousands, starting with millions, he is embarrassed to say that he is doing business.

Several people looked at Tian Hongyu in surprise and dementia.

“…… Guozhang, how much silver does it take to do this? Someone asked.

"How much silver? I ask you, what is the harvest like in our north, especially in the fields near the border wall? Tian Hongyu educated these people in a serious way. …,

"Guozhang, this is not clear? Those border troops who can run have all gone, what kind of harvest is there to talk about in that field, as long as they are willing to plant, no one cares, not to mention that if they do it today, the harvest is not good, and now the high-quality field is great to be able to harvest one or two stones, and put aside the seven, seven, eight, or eight, how much silver can be earned? If Nakata can have two or three coins of silver, then it will be thanks to God for taking care of him, needless to say, now that he has done a great job this day, what kind of harvest will there be......" These merchants immediately told the situation.

"Isn't this the end of it? Let's just say that Zhongtian only earns two or three dollars of silver every year, so we will pay two or three dollars of silver, wrap his field, and let him plant sweet potatoes for us, these 300,000 acres of sweet potatoes, in fact, it doesn't cost a few dollars, but do you know how much wine these 300,000 acres of sweet potatoes can turn into? Tian Hongyu said vividly.

And all the people looked up to him.

"This acre of land, not to mention much, anyway, it is Zhongtian, even if it is a thousand catties, let's even if it is three catties, no, five catties of sweet potatoes make a catty of wine, this acre of land is two or three hundred catties of wine, how much is these two or three hundred catties of wine worth?" Tian Hongyu said proudly.

Speaking of two or three hundred catties of wine, several people didn't dare to get angry. How much is these 300 catties of wine worth? Nowadays, the price of rice is very expensive, and the price of this wine has also risen, and the average wine is in eighty or ninety Wen, and the slightly better wine is above Baiwen, so how much does it have to be? That's more than 20 or nearly 30 taels of silver, and one acre of land can produce 20 or 30 taels of silver, or ordinary fields, and this trade makes everyone breathless.

"Guozhang, this ,...... There should be more than twenty taels of silver...... "A man said Ai Ai, this temptation is too great.

"Yes, it's twenty taels of silver, which is still the less, if it's three hundred catties of wine, this silver is more...... Of course, we also have to get rid of firewood, brewing, jars, transportation, labor, and tax costs, so calculated, per mu of land, it is no problem to earn him three or four taels of silver, so the more land in this package, the better, this year we package 300,000 mu, and we can earn a million taels of silver, not much, but also this year is not too sure, otherwise, how can you pack more, don't worry about not getting rich......" Tian Hongyu said with a smile, the emperor asked him to package the field to plant sweet potatoes and make wine, he calculated at home for a few days, before he understood the account, This profit is really too big. He couldn't believe that this was true, and there were indeed so many results, provided that he had to be bold, had to have capital, and had to have backer support, and there was also a recipe for winemaking, and there was a market, he didn't dare to think about it before, but now, with the emperor's support, the emperor's recipe for winemaking, and the emperor's sales, with so many guarantees, what is he afraid of?

Tian Hongyu's profit in this statement immediately ignited everyone's emotions.

"Guozhang, in my opinion, let's add some water to the wine, this acre of land, let alone five or six hundred catties of wine......"

"Guozhang, according to our opinion, why not cover the field, let's hire people directly to open up the wasteland, anyway, as long as there are people, then no one has to plant more land, we have His Majesty as a backer, those border troops don't dare to do anything to us, at most give them some taps, but it is also better than renting land, I heard that this sweet potato is drought-tolerant, and dry land can also become, in this way, we can save tens of thousands of taels of silver every year......"

Seeing that the profits in this were so high, everyone used their brains to think of ideas to see how to make more money.

"Okay" Tian Hongyu shouted quite proudly, he counted at home for several days before he came to this conclusion, that is, the errand given to him by the emperor is very profitable, and he must do this errand well, therefore, it is absolutely not possible to harm the emperor's business, in case this errand is lost, he will regret his death.

Everyone quieted down and looked at Tian Hongyu. …,

"Directly hire people to reclaim the famine, this, we do have to do this in the future, we have to have land to do this business in the long run, however, this year we have to be safer, we have to contract the field, otherwise, this is no sweet potato, we will suffer a big loss, after the reclamation in the future to find out a set of experience, can be supplied, we will not rent the field, I think now there are people everywhere affected by the disaster, if you can hire some people to reclaim the famine, but also for Your Majesty to share the worries, this road, can be walked, this, this is just proposed by Brother Li, then this matter will be responsible for Brother Li, our wine is to be sold to the border army and the Mongols, then find those barren mountains and wastelands near the border wall, open it vigorously, strive for sweet potatoes, make wine on the spot, and sell it on the spot, so that we can earn more silver...... Tian Hongyu announced his plan loudly.

"Good ......"

"Good ......" the red-faced people are unanimously better, and the discussion is in full swing, and now it is really a golden rice bowl, this emperor is really a person who will make money, this casually points out the national abbot, and the national abbot will be of infinite use, follow the emperor, and there is really a head.

……

Chongzhen is the second year and the fourth year of the first year.

Yang Gai was anxiously waiting outside the Kunning Palace, and when he heard a cry, his heart hanging in the air finally fell, and his son was finally born, and he was also "upgraded".

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Niangniang has given birth to a little prince." The female officer happily came out and followed the emperor who was waiting outside to announce the good news.

"Hehehe,...... Hehehe, good, hehe, good, this ,...... ......"Yang Reform was so happy that he couldn't touch the north, and the whole person became stupid, touched his head, and shouted with a smile.

The little eunuch, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately took out the prepared reward money and distributed it everywhere.

In the Forbidden City, because of the birth of a small life, it is particularly festive.

In Kunning Palace, Yang Gai looked at the weak Zhou Wan'er, full of warmth, and picked up the newborn baby, and the feeling of home was born.

"Wan'er has worked hard." Yang Gai said with this guilt.

"Your Majesty said what you said ......," Zhou Wan'er said with some shyness.

“…… Your Majesty, give me a name......" Zhou Wan'er said shyly.

"Hehe, this name, I have thought of it a long time ago, it should be called Zhu Cihong......" Yang Gai said immediately.

Yang Reform, who became a father for the first time in Kunning Palace, didn't expect that Tian Hongyu, who was not far away, was brewing a "big" plan, ready to do a big job, if Yang Reform knew Tian Hongyu's plan, it is estimated that his eyes would have to pop out.

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