Seeing Wei Zhongxian come in, Zhu Youcheng's embarrassment was swept away, and he knew that Wei Zhongxian, who loved him, would definitely not embarrass himself.

Sure enough, the lords who had escaped just now walked in one by one, still saying insincere words in their mouths to relieve their embarrassment.

"So, Amber, why did you come, so that I came out to meet you. Let's go, let's go in together. ”

"Oh, this yamen is really magnificent, I can't help but come out, and I will reward it again and again."

There are many similar conversations, but no one has pierced them, and they all nodded yes, a peaceful scene.

When the lords sat down again, Zhu Youcheng stood up again and said, "Lords, I know that you are all a little afraid of me. Actually, I have a principle, that is, if people do not offend me, I will not offend others; If anyone sins against me, I will offend. Let's think about it, which of the few people planted in my hands didn't provoke me first? There are those who steal my technology, those who beat my men, and those who forcibly occupy my land, not to mention that I am young and vigorous, and I can't bear it, even if it is committed on your head, you are old and serious, I am afraid you can't bear it. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youcheng glanced at everyone present. The three dukes, thirteen marquises, and eleven earls who had forcibly occupied the land of the Imperial Village couldn't help but bow their heads.

"However, those things are in the past, and you and I don't have to dwell on them anymore."

Dingguo Gong Xu Xihao muttered softly: "Of course you don't want to entangle, people are beaten, food is robbed, land is taken, money is obtained, and all benefits are accounted for......"

Zhu Youcheng's ears were very good, and his eyes shot over with murderous aura, and Xu Xihao was so frightened that he hurriedly shut up.

"I invite you lords to come today, I want to cooperate with you, the so-called silver everyone earns, and everyone has money to spend. There are currently two projects, one of which is a toll road. The road from the capital to Shaanxi has been repaired, and some lords may have used this road, and they think that the road is already making money. The emperor plans to build a number of toll roads from Beijing to Shandong, Beijing to Shanxi, Beijing to Nanjing, etc., I don't know if you are interested in participating. ”

The lords couldn't help but talk about how a major event like the road repair that caused a sensation in the capital could be hidden from their ears and eyes. Seeing that a large sum of gold and silver would be escorted to Beijing at the toll booth every month, they were so jealous that they almost stretched out their hands to grab a handful. Fortunately, they knew that the toll road was the emperor's private property, otherwise they would have tried to take it for themselves.

A marquis asked, "Lord Zhu, how can I participate in the construction of the toll road?" ”

"That's a good question. Every time we build a road, we will calculate the cost of building the road, including land acquisition, materials, wages, etc., which is the total cost, and then divide the total cost by 7oo, each of which is one thousandth of a share. Assuming that the total cost of the road from Beijing to Shandong is 7 million taels of silver, then each share is 10,000 taels of silver, and this share will be divided into 1/1000 of the total income at the end of the year. ”

A calculating lord was now wrong, and said, "No, seven million taels divided by one thousand, it should be seven thousand taels." If calculated according to Lord Zhu's method, where will the thirty percent go? ”

"Twenty percent of them belong to the imperial palace, without the approval of the emperor, who can build a road on the land of the Ming Dynasty?"

The lords nodded in unison.

"The other one is Xinwang and Zhu. Without the King of Faith and my ingenuity, who would have designed and supervised the construction of the road? ”

Some lords nodded, others shook their heads in disagreement.

Zhu Youcheng said coldly: "Those who do not agree with this distribution method can not participate, the emperor's inner treasury and the treasury of the children's paradise can fully afford the construction of these roads, if you don't want to help the lords, the emperor will not agree to build roads with you at all." ”

An earl didn't listen to Zhu Youcheng's explanation at all, just shouted loudly, stood up, and made a gesture of walking. As a result, not only did no one answer his call, but everyone looked at him with the eyes of a fool, and had to sit down in a daze.

A duke asked, "Lord Zhu, just now you said that there are two ways to make money, and you said one, what is the other one?" ”

"Another way to make money is to dig coal mines."

"Digging coal mines?"

Hearing of this financial route, many lords scoffed.

"Don't underestimate this financial road, if it is operated properly, you will get a higher profit than building a road."

As he spoke, Zhu Youcheng asked the guards to bring out a huge water card.

The water sign depicts a huge honeycomb coal stove and honeycomb coal.

Taikang Bo Zhang Guoji said with a smile: "This is the 'Xie Yuan brand' honeycomb coal from my family. ”

Zhu Youcheng pushed away this water card, and there was actually a water card of the same size behind it, with a bed painted on it. Strangely, the bed turned out to be made of bricks, and there was a hole in the outside, and it was not known what it was used for.

Seeing that some lords didn't know this thing, Zhu Youcheng explained: "This thing is called a fire kang, and a fire is lit at the bottom, and after it is heated, the kang is very warm, and the temperature in the room has also increased, warm as spring, and it does not emit a bad smell of smoke like a brazier." The people generally use firewood to burn the kang, the firewood burns quickly, and in the middle of the night, the firewood burns out, and the pit is cold. If honeycomb coal is used, it burns slowly, and by dawn, the pit is still warm. ”

Everyone nodded, and many lords who had suffered from the cold pit were ready to go back and sweep the firewood from the kang into the garbage heap of history, and go to Tai Comber to buy a few pieces of honeycomb coal to try.

Zhu Youcheng pushed away the water card again, and there was actually a water card behind it. This water sign depicts a Jiangnan house, with a pillar against the wall inside, and a hole on the outside, just like the fire pit.

Zhu Youcheng explained: "This is a new style house designed by me for the people of Jiangnan. Although the temperature in Jiangnan is higher than in the north, the humidity is high, and it feels colder than in the north. The cold in the north is dry cold, while the cold in the south is wet cold. So I designed a fireplace for the people of the South. This stove is safer than baking a fire directly in the room, and wet clothes can be hung directly on the column to dry. As for the fuel for the furnace, it is not difficult to guess that it must be honeycomb coal. ”

The lords were ready to see Zhu Youcheng push the water card away again, revealing the whimsy behind it. To everyone's disappointment, Zhu Youcheng did not push the water card anymore. However, all three products are epoch-making products, and they cannot be designed by ordinary people. Among them, one is the four seasons of the usual supplies, the other two are the winter heating artifact, if these three products in the Ming Dynasty to promote, then coal must be in short supply.

Zhu Youcheng also said: "At present, there are two kinds of coal sold in Beijing: one is bituminous coal, which emits a lot of smoky smoke when burned; The other is anthracite, which is almost smokeless and odorless when burned. What I want to mine is anthracite. ”

One of the counts asked, "Where is anthracite?" ”

Zhu Youcheng said: "Shaanxi." I found out from ancient books that Shaanxi has a large amount of shallow coal. Moreover, there are several advantages to mining coal in Shaanxi, one is that there is sufficient surplus labor. Shaanxi has been in drought for many years, and the people are struggling to make a living, so it is easy to recruit a large number of cheap coal miners. Second, the transportation is convenient. There is a direct road to the capital, and after the coal is transported to Beijing, it can be transported to all parts of the country through the Guò Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. ”

A marquis asked, "How is that divided?" ”

"It's also two percent of the palace, and I and King Xin are one percent together, and seven percent are not exact, and we buy them through guò shares."

The lords began to whisper again.

Zhu Youcheng said loudly again: "But please pay attention, whether it is a toll road or mining, you have to pay taxes to the Ming court." The tax rate is one out of ten, that is to say, earn ten taels of silver, pay one tael of silver, and the tax is paid directly to the household. ”

Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, asked: "It's easy to pay taxes, but what about the accounts?" How do we know if the amount is accurate? ”

"The palace will send one, the children's paradise will send one, and the lord's representative will send one person to take care of the accounts together. Only when all three agree to take it can it be used. If the three people disagree, a meeting will be held, discussed by all partners, and the collective vote will be held, and the minority will obey the majority, and the opinion with the majority of votes will be followed. ”

Everyone had a hard time listening, but fortunately they all understood what it meant.

Many of the lords asked in unison, "The idea of common wealth is good, but how can we give you the money?" ”

Zhu Youcheng was a lazy worm and didn't want to get into trouble, he pointed to Wang Chengen, who had just rushed in, and said, "I have already handed over all the things to him." After the feast, go talk with him. ”

When the matter was negotiated, everyone was in a happy mood and couldn't help but drink happily. However, Zhu Youcheng and King Xin don't like wine, and they still have honey water in their cups.

Wei Zhongxian's face was gloomy, and he asked quietly, "Cheng'er, don't you have my dry shares?" Why didn't I see it? ”

Zhu Youcheng smiled: "I have already given it to you." Didn't you notice that I was talking about the palace having 20%, not the emperor having 20%? Of these two percent, one percent is the emperor, and the other one is yours. ”

Wei Zhongxian was happy at this time, and pushed the cup with the lords to change the lamp.

As the banquet was about to end, the British Duke Zhang Weixian suddenly remembered that Wei Zhongxian seemed to have forgotten to announce the emperor's will, so he asked: "Grandpa Wei, is it time to tell everyone the emperor's instructions?" ”

"Do you want to hear it?"

Zhu Youcheng couldn't help but be secretly happy, how could he show that this old eunuch also has a funny side.

Those who dared to say that they did not want to listen to the hadith replied in unison: "I want to hear it!" ”

Wei Zhongxian took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, stood up, and said loudly: "There is a will." ”

They all left their seats and knelt down.

"When our family left the palace, the emperor took my hand and said, I can't go out of the palace to accompany the lord to dinner, you can go on my behalf, and tell them to eat and drink well. Therefore, the emperor's will is only four words, eat and drink well. Ah, why don't you stand up yet? By the way, I forgot to say the last two words, Chin this. ”

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