Chapter 676: A Year Gone

It's the end of another day.

Zhu Si returned to the Qianqing Palace with his entourage, and the public lecturer had to hurry up and leave the palace and not stay in the palace for too long.

Zhu Hao and Yang Shen were both in the list of speakers that day, and they each went up to talk about a lot.

The content of Zhu Hao's speech is different from others, but it is different from the past, Zhu Hao did not have a question and answer session for the monarch and ministers this time, Zhu Hao was talking, and Zhu Si only listened.

"You dare to say anything."

Yang Shen had heard Professor Zhu Hao's content with his own ears, and even dispelled his suspicions about Zhu Hao.

What Zhu Hao said is indeed deviant, advocating the use of wealth at the end and the use of wealth to envelop the subjects of the world, this kind of thinking is simply ...... It is a great blasphemy against the literati.

Zhu Hao seemed to take it for granted, and he spoke the truth.

Zhu Si didn't bother to pay attention to it after hearing this, and walked away angrily.

This is in Yang Shen Kale, Zhu Si disdains to argue with Zhu Hao, and may have given up his plan to pull Zhu Hao into his camp.

Zhu Hao smiled: "It's nothing, it's just to eat."

"Mixed food?"

Yang Shen felt that this statement was very novel.

What kind of people are really talking, you are not an official for the country and the people, but just to eat?

Even if that's the case, you should be more restrained and don't talk about it, okay?

It's as if your family is too poor to open the pot!

Yang Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Speaking of which, the recent talk has not lasted until noon, and it is also due to the fact that the weather is too hot, if it is past noon, food will be given again, so it will make your wish come to naught."

Zhu Hao shrugged: "Yes, do you care about work? We're just bringing our own dry food!"

"Okay, respectfully, don't laugh at yourself, you are the champion of the Ming Dynasty, if you look so depressed, what do you think of your colleagues? I thought that my Daming official even had a problem eating...... I've heard that you don't attend meetings with your colleagues very often, so you should save a lot. If you have a problem eating, just tell me and I'll find a solution for you."

Yang Shen's words sounded very righteous, but Zhu Hao felt very awkward when he heard it, and immediately asked with a surprised face, "Brother Xiu, have you forgotten what my family does?"

Yang Shen looked at Zhu Hao with wide eyes as if he was in a trance: "No wonder you always say some crooked heresies about doing business and buying money, you have been exposed to it since you were a child, right? Your ancestors are loyal and good generals, why don't you learn something good? Okay, I don't mean to criticize you, you are saying this in front of Your Majesty, it is thought-provoking, and maybe you can give Your Majesty some enlightenment."

"Oh yes, I'll take you to meet my brother when I go back, he is preparing for the next year's exam, and it is very likely that he will be an official in the court, so it will be easy to work together in the future as soon as possible."

The younger brother in Yang Shen's mouth is naturally Yang Dan, who had a "holiday" with Zhu Hao before.

Historically, Yang Dian was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, and now Yang Dian is just a person, as his own brother, Yang Shen can be so sure that he will be an official in the court in the future?

Isn't it possible that this Jinshi quota has already been booked?

Now that Yang Tinghe is covering the sky with one hand, he can not even give the emperor's face, and his son will participate in the imperial examination at the right time, who dares not to let him go?

However, it seems that the name will be confused......

Zhu Hao was too lazy to think about how to operate to make Yang Dian stable in the Jinshi, after all, from the first assistant of the cabinet to the chief examiner, and then to the marking officer, all of them are Yang Tinghe's people, Yang Tinghe really wants to help his son do a cheat or something, what is the difficulty?

In history, Yang Dian was indeed admitted to the Jinshi when Yang Tinghe reached the peak of his power...... If you think that it is on the list by real ability, it is a coincidence.

I know everything.

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Zhu Hao came out of the palace and did not return to the Hanlin Academy.

On that day, his errand was completed, and a Hanlin cultivator actually ran to be a Japanese lecturer, since he did other people's things, then his own business was naturally ...... It is possible to prosthetize people.

At present, the "Records of Wuzong" is being slowly compiled, and the "Records of Wuzong" in history was written in June of the fourth year of Jiajing, and it is still early, so many people in the Hanlin Academy have gone to sort it out

Is it so difficult to sort out the events of an era mostly from the brushstrokes of historians?

Zhu Hao pondered for a while, if this matter was left to him alone, if he rushed to work, let alone four years, he wouldn't even need four months.

It's nothing more than the Hanlin Academy.

It takes three or four years for others to complete a book, so why does it take three or four months to complete it when it comes to us? If others think that we are repairing too fast and run to find mistakes and omissions when we have nothing to do, wouldn't that be causing trouble for ourselves? Then don't take the lead, how long others will repair, we will finish it in about time.

This is probably the result of the Confucian "mean" four images mapped to reality, any era, used in work is suitable, to put it bluntly, it is the set of "guns shoot the first bird", can be completed in ten days, you can complete the work in nine days, you are capable in nine days, eight days to complete is superman, one day to complete...... Hit back and redo.

Zhu Hao was going back to see Ouyang Fei who came back from Nanjing that day.

Speaking of which, Zhu Hao hadn't seen this woman for nearly a year, and Ouyang Fei originally stayed in the capital, just to help with the daily management of the workshop.

But with the new emperor ascending the throne, Zhu Hao needed to open up the Jiangnan market, so he sent Ouyang Fei back to his hometown in Nanjing, of course, Ma Yan followed, nominally Ouyang Fei was in charge, but in fact, Lao Ma was specifically responsible for everything.

The shopkeeper and Ouyang Fei came back this time, and the situation was different from a year ago.

Tang Yin has stepped onto the stage of history and is responsible for helping the emperor to open mines and rectify industry and commerce.

"Young owner."

When the shopkeeper saw Zhu Hao, he was excited, and he had the posture of seeing his parents again.

Zhu Hao said: "Old Ma, your appearance hasn't changed much over the past year, but Miss Ouyang seems to be more beautiful......

Zhu Hao's eyes fell on Ouyang Fei behind the shopkeeper.

Ouyang Fei, who has a beautiful posture, clear ice muscles, and a graceful figure in a long white dress, came over to salute Zhu Hao: "I've seen the owner."

"Young owner, if I come back to you if I have something to say, I won't bother you."

The shopkeeper is very acquainted, and he can see that he is purely superfluous here, so Zhu Hao went directly to ask Ouyang Fei how good he was?

Ask him?

The shopkeeper knows what his situation is, and he still doesn't make a light bulb.

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The shopkeeper went back to deal with the accounts, and went to meet Zhu Niang by the way, and told Zhu Niang about the business.

But in fact......

The purpose of the shopkeeper and Ouyang Fei going to Jiangnan was to take care of the cloth business, which had nothing to do with Zhu Niang, so the shopkeeper had nothing to report to Zhu Niang.

"The owner."

Ouyang Fei stood there, his face stiff.

Zhu Hao smiled: "It looks a little richer, does it mean that in Jiangnan, you were born and raised, and eating and drinking are all in line with your heart?"

"No...... Nope."

Ouyang Fei hurriedly explained, "In Nanjing, I am usually very busy with affairs, that is, ...... What should I say......

"Alright, let's talk about the situation over there."

Zhu Hao sat down, like a leader, and waited for Ouyang Fei, a subordinate, to report to work.

Ouyang Fei sorted out his thoughts and said: "The southern business has entered the formalization, our cotton cloth is much cheaper than the cotton cloth on the market, and the price is lower than that of other companies.

"Well, that's good."

Zhu Hao nodded in approval.

The cotton cloth produced by Zhu Hao's workshop, because of the use of steam engine drive, the labor cost is very low, but the output is high, compared with the general cotton cloth quality is a lot higher, plus the price is cheap, if you engage in retail, where to sell, you can monopolize the cloth business in any place, and others must come to find trouble.

Therefore, Zhu Hao's strategy is very simple, that is, to engage in wholesale, let others buy it and sell it, and everyone will make money if there is money, so there will be much less resistance and impact.

Now the steam loom has not been expanded to all parts of the country, Zhu

Most of the fabrics produced by the workshops under Hao's name meet military needs, and the fabrics that fall into the market only account for two or three percent of the total output, and cannot subvert the entire industry.

"Didn't you encounter any resistance?"

Zhu Haojian Ouyang Fei stopped talking, and couldn't help but ask again,

Ouyang Fei hesitated for a moment before he said again: "There are a lot of powerful people in Nanjing, they know that there are cheap fabrics on the market, or they ship in large quantities, and they want to monopolize the supply of goods...... That's what keeps our business going."

This brings us to the second case.

Zhu Hao was also engaged in cloth in the Zhengde Dynasty, and at that time he knew his position, did not conflict with the powerful who monopolized the local cloth business, and sold all the fabrics made to Su Xigui as military supplies.

Su Xigui saved money, and Zhu Hao could also make money.

Because at that time, if you were engaged in wholesale and retail, you would definitely die.

Everything lies in the fact that the Ming Dynasty is not a commodity society in the strict sense, this is an era of power monopolizing social wealth, and official power extends to all aspects of society...... At that time, although Su Xigui also had Huang Zan behind him, Huang Zan was a waiter in the North Household Department at that time, and he was stationed in Xuanfu, so he couldn't manage local affairs at all.

Now it's a different story......

Zhu Si ascended the throne and gained a firm foothold, he Zhu Hao was the worst and the Hanlin Academy was also repaired, and the future was unlimited, and Huang Zhan, as the secretary of the Nanhu Department, the county official was not as good as the current management, and it was not difficult at all to help maintain the cloth business on the ground in Nanzhili.

"You've made a lot of money over the course of the year, haven't you? Can you go to the light?"

Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

"Hmm."

Ouyang Fei's face was cramped, "Now that the old debts have been basically paid off, and three cloth shops have been opened in Nanjing in the name of the Ouyang family, all of which are cloth businesses. Other than that...... I also want to open new shops in Suzhou, Yangzhou, Luzhou and other places."

Zhu Hao shook his head: "How much money can you make selling cloth? Take a long-term view."

Ouyang Fei suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Hao: "Owner, the deed of sale...... Is it possible to ......?"

Ouyang Fei has done things for Zhu Hao all these years, all as Zhu Hao's servant, although Zhu Hao gave her a certain share, so that she can revive the lintel of Ouyang's house, but no matter what, now she is just a slave.

Ouyang Fei is twenty years old, she is a big girl, and she has a beautiful face, which is much more beautiful than Gongyeling.

Otherwise, why did the Chengguo Guild set its sights on this delicate flower back then and used all conspiracies to bankrupt the Ouyang family?

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao nodded, "You want to get out of my control, it's understandable, it's time for me to fulfill my promise." But the accounts still have to be settled, and I am a man who never trades at a loss."