Solving the problem of Zhu Di's lack of silver in the northern expedition, Wang Siqi returned to the Baoyuan Bureau, and the most important thing in his opinion at the moment is actually the production of iron furnaces.

It was simple and easy to say before, but only Wang Siqi himself knew in his heart that the difficulty behind this was actually quite a lot, not only because it was not a simple matter to be able to produce iron ingots that met the requirements for a while, but more importantly, it was necessary to find a way not to be disturbed by other places.

....

For example.

Zhu Gaoxu.

In the palace, Zhu Gaochu looked at the people on the side coldly, without exception, it could be seen from their clothes that they were all ministers of the court, but they also had another identity, that is, Zhu Gaoxu's cronies.

This kind of blatant support for the ministers of his cronies, if it were placed in any previous dynasty, he would be happy to raise the wall for the rest of his life without thinking about it.

"Your Highness.. It's not that we don't want to do something about the treasure source bureau... It's just that now the imperial court doesn't know how much silver it has copied from the hands of the monks in the temple. ”

"Before, if you want to take out a cent of the silver from the household department, you have to ask the prince to approve it, but now the household department has money, and it is generous to give the silver, I heard that the emperor is also behind the back to protect the treasure source bureau and let him produce that iron furnace.."

In fact, the Northern Expedition was short of money, and wanting to get money from the Baoyuan Bureau was more like an excuse for Zhu Gaoxu.

After all, no matter whether the imperial court really can't open the pot or not, as long as the emperor is determined to conquer those remaining Mengyuan forces in the north, there is still a way for the silver to end up.

It is in the name of getting silver, and it is true to weaken the strength of the prince's family.

Compared with Zhu Gaochi's picking and searching, Zhu Gaochu's life on weekdays can be said to be much better, and his food and clothing are supported by his own fiefdom.

"You know I don't want to hear that, but you say it anyway."

"A small Baoyuan Bureau, a small Wang Siqi, does it really make so many of you helpless?"

When everyone heard this, a look of embarrassment appeared on their faces.

If it were an ordinary official, with so many of them behind the scenes, I am afraid that the grave grass would be more than three feet high.

But who is this now?

Wang Siqi.

After the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the Baoyuan Bureau supervised Wang Siqi, and the Baoyuan Bureau, which mastered the printing and minting of money, is now like a firm grasp of the Ming Dynasty's money, and the most important thing is that the Baoyuan Bureau is already very profitable under the leadership of Wang Siqi.

"Your Royal Highness, I heard that the Baoyuan Bureau has been acting more and more recently, as long as it is a special product sent into the palace from all over the world, the Baoyuan Bureau is like a wolf that smells the smell of meat... Mobilize the officials to go to various places to buy, and after transporting it to the capital division, hang a 'royal royal' brand, and dare to sell it at several times the price."

"What? For the royal family, this plaque is also something that he Wang Siqi can use? ”

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes instantly lit up a lot.

The royal plaque is unheard of throughout the ages, and it would be just a matter of ordinary people to publicize it... After all, when Lao Zhu was in power, he liked to go out of the palace to eat some folk snacks on the street from time to time, and he made many stories that made those vendors sell them overnight.

But that's a petty fight after all.

Where is Wang Siqi like this, he doesn't miss a little opportunity to make money.

"And that's not all... I heard that Enke didn't know how many scholars who failed to make the list this year, but they were all recruited by the Baoyuan Bureau, and everyone became a small official who was not included in the Baoyuan Bureau. ”

"It's a small official."

"But the price given by Wang Siqi is not low at all, enough to make those scholars continue to stay in the capital to continue to take the examination, I suspect that behind this is that he is winning people's hearts. In case one of them can be admitted to a senior member of the DPRK and Central China in the future, his kindness from Wang Siqi will not be in vain. ”

As soon as you say a word, Zhu Gaoxu's heart thought of a way to deal with Wang Siqi again.

I saw him waving his hand.

With a displeased face, he continued: "Since these things have been spread so widely, how can you, as ministers of the court, not let the emperor know what this kid has done, and ask you to go back and send the palace one by one to impeach him Wang Siqi." ”

"This king, I'm afraid I can't get out in recent days, if this thing is done, then it's okay, if it can't be done, don't blame this king for the new account and the old account for you to pull and count!"

"Wait for you to understand!"

....

The income of the Baoyuan Bureau has always been a mystery to the outside world, and one of the most important factors is that many industries under the Baoyuan Bureau today are only nominally owned by the Baoyuan Bureau, just like a newspaper, and the entire structure is the Baoyuan Bureau.

But all the printing equipment in it, of course, those that originally belonged to the Treasure Money Lifting Division are not counted.

But the things that were added later, and the various newspaper printing techniques developed by the craftsmen later were ordered by Wang Siqi to be kept strictly secret, and these things belonged to the Qingyuan Bofu and not to the Baoyuan Bureau.

"My lord.. The income of the last few months has been liquidated, please take a look. ”

didn't say anything, Wang Siqi just nodded and stretched out his hand to take over the account book, in fact, there are too many places to put money in on weekdays, Rao is the account room of the Baoyuan Bureau that spends a lot of money on weekdays, but there is no shortage of silver.

So he doesn't have a clear understanding of his current economic situation, that is, how much he has earned and how much he has lost.

The ledger is divided into two books.

One is the account book of the Baoyuan Bureau, which is actually the surplus account of the Baoyuan Banknote Lifting Division and the original Minting Workshop under the Baoyuan Bureau, after deducting the silver allocated by the Household Department.

After a few simple glances, Wang Siqi said: "Hasn't the household department had silver recently?" This year, we still haven't finished giving the silver from the Baoyuan Bureau, so find someone to ask the household department. ”

Feng Zongwu and the bookkeeper on the side both nodded tacitly, but Feng Zongwu said with some hesitation: "I heard that many people in the DPRK and China have complained a lot about our Baoyuan Bureau recently, and I heard that someone has already put on an excerpt to the palace and asked the household department to stop the silver that we mint and print money every year." ”

Wang Siqi frowned and scolded when he heard this: "What's the use of getting on the fold, if everything is according to the fold, don't do this job.. What should be given must be given, and the accounts of the household department must be clearly calculated. ”

"Xiaguan understood. Tomorrow I will send someone to the household department to ask. ”

Then I opened another account, which mainly recorded the profit of Baoyuan Distillery.

Article 1: Baoyuan Aging Surplus of Baoyuan Distillery: 1,158,450 taels.

Article 2: Baoyuan Distillery's medical alcohol surplus: 346,000 taels.

Article 3: Newspapers: more than 14,000 taels.

...

Looking at the accounts one by one, Wang Siqi nodded, although there is no income from the outside world with false rumors, but this is already an extremely large amount for him.

Even the account office almost thought that he was wrong when he counted it, such a huge sum of silver was stored in more than a dozen money houses large and small in the capital.

This is also what Wang Siqi requested, and he can see the truth that eggs can't be put in the same basket better than anyone else.