Chapter Forty-Five: Robbery?
Ten thousand taels, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.
Han King Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were even redder.
"Your Majesty, this son actually earns 10,000 taels a day with this winery, he must have done it by exploiting craftsmen, and I will lead the soldiers and horses to the Baoyuan Bureau to find out the truth!"
"Wait..."
Zhu Di raised his hand and called the interested Han King Zhu Gaoxu, what kind of character his son was, how could he hide from him as a father.
If you let King Han go.
It is estimated that the workshop of the Baoyuan Bureau will appear in which Huangzhuang outside the city overnight tonight, and it is basically impossible to find it again.
The corners of Wang Siqi's mouth twitched constantly, worthy of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, dare you dare to look a little uglier... Fortunately, he still has a good father, and by the way, he also took a share of Rong Changbo's family, if the ordinary people were not allowed to be eaten by the King of Han.
Zhu Gaochi looked at this scene and said coldly: "This is still the business of the prince, the king of Han is so urgent, could it be that the king of Han only has silver in his eyes?" ”
"If it were ordinary people, I am afraid that the family you killed would be ruined."
King Han's face suddenly turned red, and he didn't give Zhu Gaochi, the eldest brother, face at all, but because Zhu Di was next to him, he could only sneer: "Where will it be!" It's just that Wang Siqi has only been in the Baoyuan Bureau for a long time, and there are so many things that the imperial court doesn't know. ”
"I think there's got to be something wrong with that."
"So I wanted to share my father's worries and go to take a look."
"It's big brother, don't you really know that this Treasure Source Bureau is so profitable?"
"Ahem..."
Zhu Di coughed suddenly, interrupting the communication between the two, and then turned his face to look at Wang Siqi, this little son of the Wang family really surprised himself a lot, and then Zhu Di said: "You kid, I asked you to go to the Baoyuan Bureau to supervise the coinage, and you actually went to make money?" ”
"Your Majesty, I didn't put money in my pocket!"
"I know, I know, I know... What Aiqing did was for the sake of the Ming Society, for the sake of the common people of the world, and for the people of the Ming Dynasty... I know it, so it's better than this... I moved you to the Tai Hospital for a while, where are you going to be a medical officer? ”
"What do you think?"
"Not good.."
"Your Majesty, the business of this Baoyuan Bureau has just begun, and the tens of thousands of taels of silver that the minister took out from home have just been smashed in. Then I'll have to take all the workshops with me. ”
"You dare?! Aren't those all things from the imperial court? ”
10,000 taels of silver a day, millions of taels a year, enough to feed a brave and good fighting usable army, that is, it is used by the Ministry of Industry to control local water conservancy, even if it is used to control the Yellow River?
As long as it is silver, Zhu Di has no shortage of time.
"Your Majesty, none of those things are the imperial court... The new place of the workshop was rented from the silver of Chenhua's family, and the equipment there, although many of them were built by craftsmen from the Baoyuan Bureau. But the minister also gave the Baoyuan Bureau a labor fee, that is, they did not work for the minister in vain. ”
"Not only that, but they can only earn a lot of silver every month when they are in the Baoyuan Bureau, and after ensuring the basic needs of coinage, other craftsmen take turns to work in the minister's brewery, and the least person a month can also get more than one or two silver."
"Your Majesty, minister, isn't it enough to have a conscience?"
......
As soon as these words came out, there was an instant silence in the audience.
Although Wang Siqi's words sounded very convincing, there was a faint hint of worry in the eyes of the three people, including Wang You, Chen Xian, and Zhu Gaochi.
That's right.
But the question is who to say it to.
If he said it to Zhu Gaochi on weekdays, I am afraid that Zhu Gaochi would have to give Wang Siqi a smile while reassuring, saying that as long as he can make money, as long as he can benefit the people and craftsmen, then the business can be done.
But now Wang Siqi is facing Zhu Di!
"So, I'm wrong to blame you?"
King Han was suddenly unhappy, Zhu Gaochu's face was already full of displeasure, you must know that one of the important factors that plague Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince, is that he has no money.
Even, much poorer than him, the king of Han, much poorer.
Even if the East Palace is also supported by the Zhan Mansion, the annual expenditure is borne by the state treasury, but it is precisely because of the national treasury that the civil officials in the court are chattering about this issue, resulting in a very tight life in the East Palace.
The days of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, were a different situation.
Although he is in the capital, Zhu Gaochu has a fief, and even if Zhu Gaochu never goes to half of Yunnan given by Zhu Di, the money that should be given every year is given to Zhu Gaoxu.
The king of Han had the people of the fief to support.
Naturally, he is richer than the crown prince, who relies on the treasury.
Now seeing that this treasure source bureau is about to become a money-making weapon comparable to that of the mint, where can Zhu Gaoxu sit still, so he hurriedly said: "You guy! The emperor said that if you go to the Tai Hospital, you will go to the Tai Hospital obediently, where is your room for bargaining? ”
"What kind of place do you think this is?"
Just when Zhu Gaoxu's words just fell, Qingyuan Bo Wang You and Rong Changbo Chen Xian on the side, the two instantly glanced at each other, and they all chose to cough at the same time.
It seems to want to remind Zhu Gaoxu.
That is, one of them is Wang Siqi's father, and the other is Wang Siqi's godfather.
Even in the entire capital, it can be regarded as a character, and he followed your father to fight hard in the Jing Disaster, and now he is also the uncle of the Ming Dynasty.
How can anyone teach his son in front of Lao Tzu.
Even if you are a prince, even if you are the king of Han, you can't do it.
A cough is heard.
Zhu Gaoxu raised his head in surprise and looked at Wang and Chen not far away, as if he suddenly realized something, and then said, "Don't hurry up and make amends to the emperor!" ”
This is under the steps for Wang Siqi.
Unexpectedly, Wang Siqi shook his head, looked at Zhu Di with straight eyes, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, it is better not to do than to do the coinage of this treasure source bureau now. ”
"Oh?"
Zhu Di originally wanted to interrupt when he heard the words of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, but he wanted to use his hand, the prince of Han, to sharpen Wang Siqi's temperament.
Even if he said it wrong, how could he scold the emperor in person?
So there was no hindrance.
Now Wang Siqi has taken the initiative to ask a new question.
Zhu Di was equally curious.
So he motioned for him to continue.
Wang Siqi opened his mouth and said: "Daming coinage, led by the Ministry of Industry, with the cooperation of craftsmen from the Baoyuan Bureau, most of the coins on weekdays are to recycle old coins and mint new money, or buy copper coins from outside, and then slowly deploy to the Ming Dynasty through the hands of the Ministry of Households. ”
Zhu Di didn't speak, but Zhu Gaochi nodded.
"That's right."
"That's the problem."