"A million taels?"

The emperor saw Han Fei's statistical account of the sales of the national lottery ticket, and exclaimed in disgrace.

Han Fei bowed and said: "Qi Yu Sheng, this is a month to sell the national lottery ticket, in addition to the prize money spent on the spot, all the money, the final net profit should also be removed from the printing cost of the lottery, staff money and transportation management costs. ”

"Han Aiqing, how much profit do you get after removing all expenses?"

"Your Majesty, the expenses are about 200,000 taels, if the lottery continues to be promoted to other county governments, 100,000 taels will be left as working capital, and a total of 700,000 taels of silver will be handed over to the inner court!"

"I have earned 700,000 taels of silver in just one month, which is already a big surprise, Han Aiqing is really a wizard in business!"

"Your Majesty has won the prize, this first month, after all, many people bought lottery tickets out of curiosity, once they get used to it, lottery sales will not be so good. Of course,From a national point of view,The prospect of the lottery is still huge,Wechen suggested another month of trial,After accumulating sufficient experience,It will be gradually promoted to all parts of the country. ”

"What Han Aiqing said is reasonable, in your opinion, how to promote the lottery?"

"Your Majesty, once the lottery is officially issued to all parts of the country, it will involve the relationship with the local government, how to ensure the orderly issuance of the lottery, how to combat corruption, etc., in order to ensure that the lottery is not interfered with by external forces, Weichen suggested that the salt and iron wine be imitated, set up a special agency, the implementation of monopoly!"

The emperor thought of the huge profits of the lottery,If the management is not good,It is indeed easy to cause chaos,Then he said: "What Han Aiqing said is very true,You have a lottery monopoly as soon as possible!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Han Fei suddenly thought of a problem, the cement supervisor should belong to the Ministry of Industry, the lottery monopoly yamen, sooner or later will be fought over by the Ministry of Households, these are related to his future business plans, I don't want others to interfere. He pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to increase the revenue of the treasury, it is an inevitable trend to start from the commercial side, but it is not conducive to the prosperity and stability of Dahua to suddenly increase the burden on merchants. ”

"Han Aiqing, isn't this move competing with the people?"

"Your Majesty, if the imperial court is operating an ordinary industry, there is indeed a suspicion of competing with the people, but there are some industries that ordinary businessmen can't operate, such as cement, lottery tickets, and stocks that will be launched in the future, etc., these industries must be guaranteed by the prestige of the imperial court in order to win the trust of the people, there is no competition with the people, but it will help the prosperity of Dahua!"

"In Han Aiqing's opinion, what kind of organization should be established and how should it be managed?"

"Your Majesty, Weichen suggested that the imperial court set up a Dahua Commercial Bureau, and the cement supervisor and the lottery monopoly yamen can be used as subordinate agencies of the Commercial Bureau, and send an important consul general to do so, and then send an inspector of the imperial history or the inner court to supervise the daily operation of the Commercial Bureau."

The emperor listened to Han Fei's suggestion and was silent, the establishment of an official government agency is not a matter of one sentence, it involves all aspects of the problem, and the cabinet ministers may not be able to approve it. But he thought of the huge returns that Han Fei suggested to set up a business bureau, and he was moved.

In recent years, natural disasters have continued, the court expenses have been swelling day by day, the treasury has been unable to make ends meet, and it has reached the brink of danger.

"Han Aiqing,You will set up a commercial bureau of the charter to prepare an excerpt,Submitted,I think about it,Time is running out within the year,Or do a good job in lottery issuance affairs!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Han Fei knew that the emperor would inevitably have to discuss with the courtiers to set up an important court department, but he believed that with huge visible benefits, the emperor and those ministers would consider it carefully.

Han Fei returned to the Han Mansion from the palace and sorted out a feasible plan for the idea of setting up a commercial bureau that he proposed. In order to prevent the plan of the Commercial Bureau from being shelved, he formulated a plan to monopolize the Yamen of the National Lottery Ticket, this plan, with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver as proof, the probability of passing is very high.

Han Fei personally sent the two plans he had drawn up to the emperor, and then took care of lottery affairs with all his heart.

Perhaps it is the stimulus of three first prizes in a row,Lottery sales are still strong,Look at this trend,Sales volume around the end of the year will hit a new high. However, it was already the end of the year, and after discussing with the celebrant and eunuch Huang Ye, Han Fei decided to keep the accounts for the year after the year, which could be regarded as a big gift to the emperor in the New Year.

The Chinese New Year is coming up in a few days, and every family is busy giving gifts, and the Han family is no exception. The Han family is getting busier and busier at the end of the year, and the gift-giving is basically done by the housekeeper in Zhangluo, but some families are inconvenient for their subordinates to give gifts, for example, Gong Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is Han Fei's teacher, and there are Han Fei's elders in Jiafu, so it stands to reason that Han Fei will give gifts in person.

On this day, Han Fei took the time to go to Gong Jing's house to give gifts, and Gong Jing knew that he was busy, so he didn't keep guests. Subsequently, he escorted several truckloads of Boxing to Jiafu.

"Uncle is here?" Since Han Fei was crowned Zhongyibo, the subordinates of Jiafu no longer called Fei Young Master.

"Hmm!" Han Fei nodded slightly and said, "Are the second master and Young Master Baoyu both in the mansion?" ”

"Uncle Qiyu, Young Master Baoyu is accompanying the second master to meet the guests!"

Han Fei was stunned, what kind of guest needs Jia Baoyu to accompany him? "Who is here?"

"Uncle, the little one is not clear, I heard that it seems to be a clan master who returned to Beijing from Jinling!"

The same ancestor who came back from Jinling...... Han Fei lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly thought that it was very likely to be Jia Yucun, when he was in Jinling, he heard that he and Jia Fu had climbed into the clan.