Kong Zhenyun glanced at the small box of silver ingots in front of him, and then at the silver box that belonged to Chen Zizhuang, and couldn't accept the result for a while: "This, this ......"

"The big uncle bought 1.38 million taels of shares, so the dividend was 3.45 million taels of silver."

"Ge Lao, you bought two hundred taels of shares, so you will get five hundred taels of silver in dividends."

"This is the account book, if you think it's okay, ask the two to draw and pay it."

Bi Zisu said and took the account books and papers.

"Good!"

Chen Zizhuang agreed, walked over first, and after confirming that it was correct, he drew the charge and completed the delivery.

Kong Zhenyun also drew a charge at this time and completed the delivery, but after the delivery, he still glanced at the silver ingots on the opposite side that did not belong to him with a complicated expression.

The other party had thousands of boxes of silver ingots, but he only had one box, and it was a box half smaller.

Therefore, Kong Zhenyun is in a very uncomfortable mood now.

This is also human nature.

When others earn more than yourself, it is easy to become jealous.

Kong Zhenyun is not exempt from vulgarity, and the emotions of jealousy and remorse are intertwined in his heart at this time.

He didn't expect that buying shares of Maoshan Iron Mine would be so profitable!

"Why is Elder Ge depressed? You broke your family and took out only 200 taels of silver to buy the shares of Maoshan Iron Mine, and now you have made a profit of 500 taels at once, it stands to reason that you should be happy, after all, this has doubled your family property a lot! ”

Bi Zisu asked with a smile at this time about Kong Zhenyun.

Kong Zhenyun glanced at Bi Zisu angrily: "Why do you bother to ask!" ”

Bi Zisu took out a holy decree at this time: "It's not a secret, the lower official came to ask by order, Your Majesty has been busy with the steam engine recently, and I don't have time to ask you in person at the court meeting, so I will ask the lower official when he comes to send dividends if you have anything to say to him after receiving the dividends from the imperial court." Let me tell him. ”

"In addition, Your Majesty also said in your will that this is the wealth you have obtained by serving the country, and it is for the benefit of loyalty, so Your Majesty has to be cautious to encourage the people of the world to serve the country with loyalty!"

"For this reason, Your Majesty decreed that this wealth will be specially protected by the imperial court, and in the future, unless it is a major crime of treason, and when you commit other crimes that want to raid your house, this property will not be confiscated from the officials."

"Therefore these ingots are great ingots of silver that have been cast by the King James Purpose.

"Listen to your will."

Bi Zisu said and unfolded the holy decree: "There is a will." ”

Kong Zhenyun and Chen Zizhuang had to issue an edict to listen to the announcement.

For a while, after listening to Hou's will, Kong Zhenyun and others also confirmed that the wealth they made this time was specially protected, which means that even if they raided their homes in the future, they would not steal this property.

But because of this, Kong Zhenyun felt even more uncomfortable.

Because his property, which was specially protected by the emperor's edict, was only five hundred taels! 、

The Chen family is more than three million taels, and the gap is too big!

He really regrets it now.

I regret why I pretended to be poor in the first place!

Bi Zisu continued to ask Kong Zhenyun at this time: "Pavilion Elder, tell me first, how do you feel about Your Majesty's grace and the great profits after breaking the family and serving the country this time, and the lower officials are waiting to reply to Your Majesty." ”

"The Ronin Who Started from Douluo"

Kong Zhenyun had to laugh forcibly: "Naturally, I am grateful for the grace of the mighty emperor, and I have tears in my eyes!" ”

Bi Zisu then turned around and asked Chen Zizhuang: "Where is the great uncle?" ”

Chen Zizhuang thought for a while and said: "You know, contemptible people don't care about money, contemptible people have always regarded money as something outside the body!" ”

Kong Zhenyun: "......"

He now thinks that Chen Zizhuang's look of saying that he doesn't love money is very annoying.

Chen Zizhuang continued to say to Bi Zisu with vigor at this time: "The contemptible people didn't tell a lie, even if Your Majesty came in person, the contemptible people said so." Not to mention that the court let the minister earn money this time, that is, the court let the minister lose all his blood this time, and let the minister really go bankrupt, but as long as the problem of money and grain used by the court for mining is solved, the minister is also happy! ”

Chen Zizhuang said and looked at his younger brother Chen Zisheng and said: "Contemptible people also educate their families in this way, a gentleman should value righteousness and ignore profit, right, Zisheng?" ”

Chen Zisheng echoed: "Yes, my brother has always taught us like this. ”

Chen Zizhuang glanced at the thousands of boxes of silver ingots that belonged to him all over the street and said: "So, please tell Your Majesty that these silver are nothing to the minister, and the minister is happy that now it seems that the Maoshan Iron Mine has really solved the problem of insufficient iron ore in the imperial court, and has also made the imperial court a huge profit, and more importantly, in this way, the minister has reason to believe that the subjects of the world will be more willing to support the imperial court!" The minister seems to have seen the hope of the Ming monarch and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the rule of the world. Please also tell Your Majesty that if the court needs to raise funds next time, my Chen family is still willing to break the family and serve the country, not to mention millions of two businesses, even if there are tens of millions of two businesses in the future, I am willing to break the family and serve the country! The ministers will ask them to write the words of the ministers into the clan motto! ”

Historically, the Chen family did act for the anti-Qing dynasty.

And now, Chen Zizhuang said this from the bottom of his heart.

It's just that Kong Zhenyun was very unhappy when he heard it.

He couldn't wait to go up and give Chen Zizhuang two slaps.

The fire of jealousy was almost on the verge of surging into his heart.

Because he felt that Chen Zizhuang was pretending to be forced, mocking himself, and not having enough pattern.

"The great uncle is really loyal to the country! It is also a huge profit for your house! However, I heard that Uncle Dazong broke his family this time and even sold his ancestral land, is that so? ”

"Yes! The dynasty of the Holy Ming should be a loyal and good general, and the rich and noble. Is there any unique family learning for the country like this? ”

"People say that there are many people in the world who hate the rich, but if it is a rich person like Chen Fu for the country, who will hate it! Uncle Zong, can you say a few more words, for this time to break the family and invest in Maoshan Iron Mine, did you really not think about the loss of Maoshan Iron Mine? ”

At this time, the editors of "Daming Daily" and "Dongchang Jianwen Daily" and other newspapers and periodicals appeared here in a swarm, and without waiting for Bi Zisu to speak first, after listening to Chen Zizhuang's words, they surrounded Chen Zizhuang and asked first.

It turned out that since Zhang Gui asked the West Factory to start the "Daming Daily", the newspaper and periodical industry in the Ming Dynasty has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and many government-run and private newspapers and periodicals have emerged in recent years, and as a result, there has been a competitive relationship between newspapers and periodicals to grab news for sales, and many literati who began to devote themselves to the newspaper industry and gave up the imperial examination began to look for news as editors.

Like this time, the imperial court's issuance of shares for the Maoshan Iron Mine naturally attracted the attention of many newspapers and periodicals, and many editors had long been ambushed near Chen's house because they learned that Chen Zizhuang was the most ruthless in buying shares, waiting for a big news to come out in the future.

Chen Zizhuang had to deal with them one by one.

Kong Zhenyun saw that these newspaper editors went to interview Chen Zizhuang, and he did not ridicule Chen Zizhuang because Chen Zizhuang had made a huge profit, but tried his best to compliment, so he was very curious, coupled with jealousy, he couldn't help but ask Bi Zisu: "They are also breaking the family and serving the country, why do they only ask Chen Jisheng?" ”

Bi Zisu saw that he couldn't talk to Chen Zizhuang for a while, so he replied to Kong Zhenyun: "The elder of the pavilion doesn't know, because they rely on selling newspapers to the people of the world to eat, so they ask on behalf of the people of the world, but the people are more willing to believe that the great uncle is breaking the family for the country, and they don't want to believe that you are breaking the family for the country, and even saying that you are bullying the king and the world, and deliberately pretending to be honest!" ”

"How did the servant pretend, it's nonsense! These people really love to spread rumors! ”

"Ge Lao, the people do think so, and there will be no Ge Lao who will be so honest that he can only take half a piece of bread for breakfast. On the contrary, it was the great uncle who took out millions of taels at once, and then really started to buy new furniture, which made them believe that the great uncle was a loyal minister and a good official, just like Zhang Jiangling copied out more than 100,000 taels back then, and the people didn't think he was corrupt. Ordinary people have their own opinions. They said that the eunuch's house would only start to buy utensils after the house was broken, and the usual ones were all half-used, and they did not want to be like the nouveau riche who often changed their ears. ”

Burst!

Kong Zhenyun spat out a mouthful of blood directly.

Because Bi Zisu's answer made him completely break his defense.

He pretended to be himself, and the people didn't believe it at all, but thought that Chen Zizhuang was real, and they were more willing to believe that Chen Zizhuang was a good official.

And this means that not only did he not make any money, but he also did not earn his name in this era when the newspaper industry appeared to increase the voice of the people.

Kong Zhenyun couldn't stand it even more for a while, and in a hurry, he vomited blood.

"Ge Lao, you are!"

Bi Zisu hurriedly shouted.