Hakuba Court is driving away guests!

It was not the people of the white crane who drove people out, but the entourage of the prince, and they drove all the clans in the White Horse Pavilion out. But the amazing thing is that they only chase men, not women. Whether it is the princess, the county lord, or the princess, they all remain in the White Horse Pavilion.

Bai Minghe returned to the attic, and when he was still on the stairs, he heard the voice of Qinghe in the house: "Why is the husband fighting like a child!" ”

"Ugh......." Bai Minghe sighed softly: "Actually, the Ming clan is quite pitiful. ”

"It's pitiful, they can't go into politics, they can't do business, they can't even interact with each other. The only thing I ask for is the annual dedication of silver, as far as Qinghe knows, many princes are masters of calligraphy and painting. There are also a few royal palaces that are not enough to raise silver, and it is only by marrying their daughters that the subsidy of each of their husbands' families has maintained the glory of the clan. ”

After Bai Minghe sat down, Qinghe came over with a cup of tea, and then pressed Bai Minghe's forehead.

Qinghe continued: "It has been six dynasties since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no sect that has received the lowest Fengguo lieutenant at the moment. Two hundred stone of grain a year, is this a lot for the clan? The husband knows how much the current government spends every day, not to mention the monthly salary, that is, more than 100 stone of rice alone will be eaten every day, and if you add the people left here in Dongchang, at least 300 stone of grain will be eaten every day. ”

This number is probably known to the white crane.

How many servants are in the house, how many maids are around the princess, and then how many housekeepers and guards are in the house. These are fixed. What identity is worthy of how many people, this has rules in the Ministry of Rites. This is also another major reason why Yu Qian is poor, that is, no matter what. You can't lose your identity.

This is coupled with the special guards needed by the White Crane Official, plus the guards of the Dongchang faction. Eating 1,000 catties of rice a day is really not much, and the number of heads is there.

"Qinghe, you go to the princess of Shu and say that I will ask the king of Shu to talk alone."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to, the King of Shu is a good man. He won't give you a chance to divide the clan alliance! Qinghe was a little suspicious, Bai Minghe had just made a fuss with the clan. This will go and invite someone again, can you come?

Bai Minghe was very confident: "Trust me, he will definitely come." ”

How much certainty there is. Bai Minghe has about seventy percent in his heart, and it is because he has just quarreled with all this time that he is the most likely.

Several princes lived in tents in the open space between the White Horse Pavilion and the Shanglin Garden, and they must get what they need here in the White Crane.

Rumors in the palace have come out, and fertility is still encouraged. Many sons and many blessings.

But. In the future, the number of children who have more children will be less and less, that is to say, when the number of children reaches five, not only will they not be able to earn more, but they will definitely lose it. Unless a daughter is born, it is net profit. Because when marrying a daughter, the daughter of the clan will generally marry a wealthy family and receive a large amount of bride price.

Several princes heard that the white-named crane was looking for the king of Shu. Several seniors discussed it together.

"In this matter, there is always a step down. We need silver. But no one will give the silver in their pockets to anyone out of thin air, Bai Minghe, a young man, is talented and very slippery. The most troublesome thing about this kind of person is that you don't know where his bottom line is, and you don't know what he cares about, or what he hates? ”

It was the prince who spoke, and he was a prince in Henan.

To say that there are many princes there, Henan is the most, and there are four or five princes in Henan alone in the Ming Dynasty, and those who are absolutely broken are not counted.

"Go and listen, what will the white crane say? It was rumored from the palace that the white crane would pass on the method of making the crystal, but the king didn't believe it. That thing is a million profits, even if the white crane wants to put it, I am afraid that I will not be willing to do it today. ”

When the other heard this, he also said: "The rumors in the palace may not be credible, but there is one that is very credible. ”

"Tell me!"

"Bai Minghe has calculated an account for today's Banzai, saying that according to the current offering to the clan, in another one or two hundred years, I am afraid that all the taxes of a province will be given to the clan, and the clan will not be able to support it. I'm afraid that these words are also deliberately passed on today, when I think of Taizu, there are only a few dozen clans, and when I become an ancestor, there are some breaks, but there are nearly two hundred. Fifty years have passed, and now there are more than 1,000 people in the sect. ”

...... hiss, several princes gasped.

Although they are clansmen, when the court cannot afford to support them, they are not afraid of the people or officials. I'm afraid that a ruthless emperor will cut off the supply of the clan, and if he is ruthless, he may be able to give these fattened clans like fat pigs.

"Speaking of which, the white crane is still kind?" A prince asked.

"Good intentions are not necessarily? But he is loyal to live today, and now it is indeed Shanxi, and last year's clan support accounted for seventy percent of Shanxi's taxes, so we have to talk to Bai Minghe, we want more, but Bai Minghe may not want to give more. So, let's see what he has to say. After speaking, the King of Shu stood up and nodded at the princes.

The princes also nodded, thinking that they had to go this time.

Bai Minghe was still sitting in the attic, fiddling with a set of tea sets from Jingdezhen.

The king of Shu went up to the attic, and there were no maids or eunuchs, not even a single guard. Seeing Bai Minghe sitting there holding a small teacup in a daze, he didn't say anything Bai Minghe didn't get up to greet the faux pas, he sat opposite Bai Minghe at the moment, didn't speak, and looked at Bai Minghe quietly.

This sitting is a quarter of an hour, which can be said to be a struggle for patience.

"Uncle Wang, do you think this cup can be made more exquisite?" Shira-naka spoke up.

The king of Shu smiled: "Yes, and uncle, I can tell you with great certainty that the master craftsmen in several kilns in Shu have been working hard day and night since August last year." I hope I can make porcelain that will make you scream. Uncle just knows that if you call it good, it will be a harvest of 10,000 taels of gold a year! ”

The king of Shu did not call himself the king, but called himself an uncle.

In terms of seniority, it is not wrong for the white-named crane to call the king of Shu the uncle of the king, but this title is closer.

"Uncle Wang, I did some mental calculations just now. If the Shu Wangfu gave up the court's support for grain, and then sealed the palace and only kept 1,000 hectares. I can make the Shu Wangfu collect 700,000 to 1,200,000 taels of silver a year. If it's less than 700,000 taels, I'll make up for it! The white crane's tone was very calm.

The king of Shu knew how much he earned in a year.

Take myself as an example, the rice 50,000 stone and banknotes have been abolished, but the silver, silk, silk, yarn, Luo, silk, cloth, salt, flowers, spices, horse forage, etc., add up, and I am almost 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver a year.

Just saying that this salt is two hundred guis, it is two thousand taels of silver. Spending thousands of pounds is a lot of money. Not to mention, silk and cloth are hard goods, so even if the market price of 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver is high, 65,000 taels is also a guaranteed amount.

His own son is considered to be a county king, about half of himself. It's just that the rice and horse feed are forty percent.

There are also a few brothers, who are also county kings at the moment, and they can all be regarded as branches of the Shu Wangfu, and they can also be regarded as the Shu Wangfu.

The king of Shu didn't believe that the white crane was 700,000 taels, and only said that he was father and son, plus those concubines who were named generals of Zhenguo, as well as daughters such as county lords.

"700,000 taels, a little less?"

"Don't count my uncles who are farther away, just say Uncle Wang, your Shu Palace, of course, the prince counts, and the four concubines who have been entitled. Several sisters are also counted. The rest of Uncle Wang is only counted within one generation. ”

As soon as the white crane explained this, there were naturally a lot.

The first King of Shu was the eleventh son of Taizu, and now the generation of King Shu is the fourth generation. Let's just say that from the eleventh son of Taizu down, how many children and grandchildren are there, if you count the number of people, there are almost sixty or seventy people.

"Let's put it simply. I heard that Uncle Wang has a very clever craft, the bamboo paper and bamboo ink of the Shu Palace, which is definitely the first in Shu, that is, there are some tributes in the palace every year. Uncle Wang passed on this craft, signed for ten years, and 10% of the income of the workshop went to Uncle Wang. South of the Yangtze River, there are many places with a large amount of bamboo, and this business makes Uncle Wang earn 700,000 taels a year, which is not much. ”

"They'll give?" The king of Shu didn't believe it.

Bai Minghe smiled: "I will definitely give it if I say it, the largest yarn mill in Fuzhou has a total of nineteen businesses." Each one is more or less handing over a part. The most handed over is one and a half, and he wants to pay three percent of the yarn machine, as well as half of the spinning process. The money is collected, the yarn machine is collected by the Ningbo merchant gang, and the spinning process is collected by the Shandong merchant gang. There are others, which add up to one and a half. This is the rule, whoever makes the craft can benefit for ten years. ”

The king of Shu believes in the words of the white crane, what reason is there not to believe it.

"But, what about ten years from now?"

"In 10 years, the process may be outdated, and someone will develop a better process. Take the yarn machine as an example, the best yarn machine at the moment is four people and eight blooms, but a few days ago, the yarn machine of four people and sixteen blooms has made a prototype, and it is estimated that in less than three months, four people and eight blooms are old technology. There is a very strict set of rules in this, and no one can take advantage of it. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Minghe stretched out five fingers: "Uncle Wang, don't believe it when you say it." For the sake of the four-person yarn machine, the Ningbo merchant gang invested five stones of gold for research. ”

The King of Shu sighed with emotion: "If Uncle invests five stones of gold to study bamboo ink, it is estimated that this bamboo ink can be ranked as one of the three famous inks in about a year." ”

"That's right, the next step is venture capital. You want to study, there is no silver. Then come up with a proposal, and someone will lend money to Uncle Wang for your research, and after the matter is completed, according to the previous agreement, your income will also be shared. No matter how much silver is invested, the maximum income cannot exceed 30%, and craftsmanship is more valuable than silver, this is my rule. ”

King Shu nodded silently. I asked again:

"What if someone doesn't come by this rule?"

"Jin Yiwei has been too idle recently, their work in the capital has been done by Dongchang, and the work outside is also idle because they are not allowed to collect the street silver of the store."

The king of Shu slapped his thigh hard: "It's done, but there are a few words to say first." (To be continued......)

PS: All friends on the earth can speak about the handling of the clan, and the alien ones are forgotten.