"Back to Your Majesty's words, the ministers will check the goods in Shanhaiguan for ten buckets of golden sands, please make a decision!"

When Zhu Di heard this, his head was big.

Ten buckets!

Sands on fighting outfits!

This thing was originally used to decorate the royal palace or the royal garden.

This is where the gold paint applied to the pillars comes from.

Zhu Di still remembers it clearly. When the Emperor Palace was repaired, Zhu Yuanzhang spent a lot of money to build three major halls, and the scale of the Fengtian Palace was unprecedented.

It's not that the emperor in the back doesn't want to build a bigger one, but he really can't find such a big material.

Among them, I don't know how much gold paint was used.

When he was repairing the back dormitory, Lao Zhu felt distressed again, so he could only use cheap brass to fill the ...... Now Zhu Di's bedroom is still left by his father, and he is not willing to change it to gold paint.

One is that he is really shy in his pocket, and the other is that he left behind it by his father, which belongs to the holy relics, and he does not dare to destroy it casually.

But in any case, it was quite shocking to crack a major smuggling case in Shanhaiguan and get ten buckets of golden sand all at once.

"Go and call Jian Ying, I want to ask."

Jian Ying, who got the will, hurried to Beiping and met Zhu Di in person.

"The ministers meet Your Majesty, long live our emperor, long live."

Zhu Di looked at him, Jian Ying looked sixteen or seventeen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and there was a shadow of righteousness.

"Are you the son of Jian Tianguan?"

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded, "I heard that you are not very good at reading?" ”

Jian Ying's face was full of bitterness, and he could only say honestly: "When the minister was in the middle of the court, my father was an official in the court, and he worked very hard and couldn't take care of the family. The minister is stubborn, and his grandmother and mother are preferred, and he is reluctant to endure hardships and study. Later, by grace, he entered the prison of the country. ”

Zhu Di nodded, not surprised.

Ten years ago, it was still the Hongwu Dynasty, and at that time, the courtiers were trembling every day, for fear that they would lose their heads at any time, and they couldn't even take care of themselves, how could they have the heart to teach their children!

Jian Ying said that he was negligent in education, which was reasonable.

"In that case, how can you tell that someone is smuggling?"

Jian Ying paused, and said in a low voice: "This is not difficult, the minister sneaks out to play, there is a wine cellar next to Guozijian, the empty car comes over, the rut is very shallow, if it is full of wine, the rut is very deep." This batch of timber is almost the same. It stands to reason that it should be generally deep, but the ruts of one of them are special, and it must be pulling heavy objects, so I surveyed it. ”

Jian Ying said it very easily, and it didn't seem to be difficult.

But the problem is that the trade has started, and there is a regular way, but who is smuggling? Is it just one, or is there someone else?

There are so many golden sands, where does it come from and where are you going to send it?

Zhu Di had a question mark in his stomach, he could only look at Xu Jingchang next to him, and Xu Jingchang turned his head to Xia Yuanji again.

That's right, Lao Xia has already arrived in Beiping.

It hasn't stopped yet. There was such a big case.

"Your Majesty, look at this meaning, Jinsha must be from Liaodong."

Zhu Di glanced at him, "Naturally, it wasn't transported out from the customs." ”

Xia Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what the minister means, maybe there are gold mines in Liaodong, and there are a lot of gold productions. ”

There are gold mines!

Or a big gold mine!

Zhu Di's whole person is not good.

Since he ascended the throne, he has faced a deficit in the treasury, and the financial resources of the imperial court cannot support his ambitions. In order to raise money, Zhu Di thought of any idea.

It can be said that no effort has been spared to go to the West and make money from overseas.

If there is a gold mine in Liaodong, isn't this a windfall?

Zhu Di looked at Xu Jingchang again, "Dingguo Gong, have you heard that there is gold in Liaodong?" ”

"I've heard that the Jurchen Wanyan Department uses gold as the country name, which means that there are quite a lot of gold mines between the white mountains and black waters."

Zhu Di said: "How many?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "It's hard to say this minister, you need to send someone to investigate." ”

Zhu Di snorted: "What else are you investigating?" There are so many golden sands here, they can't just pop up out of thin air. The gold mines in Liaodong must be large-scale, and if they can smuggle into the Guannai, they must be able to reach the sky with their hands and eyes, who is this person, and do you need to say more? ”

Who else could it be?

Xia Yuanji looked at Xu Jingchang, Xu Jingchang was also staring at him, and the two foxes knew that the person Zhu Di suspected must be Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao.

But both of them were better than ghosts, and they kept their heads down, and they did not speak.

Zhu Di stared for a long time, and could only hum: "Xu Jingchang, do you know who it is?" ”

"Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei has always had how much evidence and how many words he said."

Zhu Di was so angry that he went to see Xia Yuanji, and Lao Xia was also very simple, "Your Majesty, the minister has just come over, and he is not clear about the situation for a while, and the minister will investigate this matter carefully." ”

Zhu Di rolled his eyes directly, you two bastards.

By the time you find out the results, it's too late!

The most important thing, so much gold, I drooled when I looked at it, and if I delayed for a day, I would lose a fortune, and I couldn't get along with the money!

"You two go down first, I will personally intervene in this case."

Xu Jingchang hurried out, and Xia Yuanji also followed.

"I said Dingguogong, what the hell is going on? As soon as the old man came over, he encountered such a big case, I was confused, and my eyes were black. ”

Xu Jingchang couldn't help but sneer, "I said Xia Shangshu, we haven't seen each other for a few days, right?" ”

Xia Yuanji was stunned, "What do you mean by Dingguo Gong?" ”

"I mean, you think I've become stupid? Isn't this a affair? ”

Xia Yuanji said: "Dingguo Gong, I heard that the vassal kings are all studying in the academy, or are you teaching them skills, I am afraid that if you say the wrong thing, you will harm your own people." You should know that I have always treated your people as if they were my people. ”

Xu Jingchang gave this a big white eye, and he couldn't help it.

"I said Xia Shangshu, let's not waste our spit...... Say, at this juncture, what is the best way to do it? ”

Xia Yuanji said: "Then naturally take down the King of Liao immediately and raid the palace...... It's just that he is the vassal king of the imperial court, and it is not easy to deal with the smuggling case so much, and I am still hesitating. ”

Xu Jingchang snorted, "I said Xia Shangshu, I'm not stupid, but your brain is not enough...... If you take down the King of Liao, how much gold can you copy out? ”

Xia Yuanji was surprised, "What does Dingguo Gong mean?" ”

Xu Jingchang directly pulled Xia Yuanji, went to his residence, made a few side dishes for Lao Xia, put a pot of wine, and the two of them sat opposite each other.

After three glasses of wine, both of them relaxed and couldn't help but chat.

"Lao Xia, you have also arrived in Beiping, what do you say is most lacking in this north?"

Xia Yuanji smiled: "Naturally, it is a lack of popularity...... At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the north was repeatedly devastated, and many people died. After all these years, they have not recovered, and they have suffered another disaster, and the people have fled to death, and they have not been able to recover for a while. ”

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "That's it, what Beiping lacks most is not gold, but popularity!" We've got to have somebody come over. ”

Xia Yuanji's eyes rolled, and he immediately said, "What do you mean?" Is it to attract people through the gold mine? ”

"Clever!"

Xu Jingchang gave Xia Yuanji a thumbs up, "We are the heroes who see the same thing!" ”

Xia Yuanji rolled his eyelids and suddenly said, "Your Majesty is afraid that he will not agree." ”

Xu Jingchang nodded, "Your Majesty heard that there is a gold mine, and he must plan to occupy it alone, and then pan for gold little by little, every penny, and enter the inner pocket." ”

Xia Yuanji thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the gains and losses outweigh the losses!" ”

Xu Jingchang snorted: "In order to pan for gold, a lot of laborers must be dispatched, and in order to protect the gold mines, many soldiers and horses must be arranged...... After a hard time, the gold produced may not be able to support military spending. ”

Xia Yuanji frowned, it's true, don't think that if you have a gold mine, you can make a fortune.

Ordinary gold mines, relying on gold panning, can have more than 10,000 taels of gold in a year, which can be regarded as high-yield.

But how many people do you need to send to protect this gold mine?

One hundred and two hundred, or twelve thousand?

"I said Dingguogong, what do you think should be done about this?"

Xu Jingchang said: "It's not difficult...... Let's just deal the sign. ”

"Signage? What do you mean? ”

"It's very simple, it's fifty taels of silver for a brand, as long as you get the brand, go to Liaodong to pan for gold, and how much you earn is yours. Even if you can't take out fifty taels, you can still pay it on credit, and after a year, you can return ten taels of gold. ”

Xia Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and said casually: "What if they can't come back?" ”

"If you can't come back, you'll die in a foreign land! People die for money, birds die for food, what can I do? ”

Xia Yuanji's eyes rolled, this thing of gold panning, the income is slow, and the investment is large...... The most fatal, deep into Liaodong, there are Jurchen tribes everywhere, among which there are many quite barbarian guys, they eat people without spitting out bones, and the imperial court sends soldiers over, which is more than worth the loss.

If you follow what Xu Jingchang said, issue a brand and let people go to Liaodong to pan for gold.

This matter only makes money, not loses, and definitely does not lose.

And you can quickly amass a sum of money.

"I said Dingguo Gong, you are really a ghost, I threw myself to the ground. Come, let's float a big white! ”

……

The two of them drank happily, and on the other side, Zhu Di blew his beard and glared at Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao.

"Bastard thing, hide from me, smuggle Jinsha, you want to go to heaven!"

Zhu Zhi's grievance, "Your Majesty, the younger brother really doesn't know, it's all done by the people below them, and the younger brother has been studying in the academy." ”

"Always reading? So before you entered the school, you knew all about smuggling? ”

"Wronged!" Zhu Zhi cried, "Your Majesty, my brother has never smuggled from beginning to end!" ”

Zhu Di sneered, "Well, since that's the case, I can't wronged you." I don't have to wait for it to be changed to a school, so I will send someone to copy the Liao Wangfu in advance...... Also, none of your subordinates, your relatives, want to run. ”

In the face of Zhu Di's thunderous anger, Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, was shocked, he pondered for a moment, and had to say: "Your Majesty, my brother has really not smuggled gold. ”

Zhu Di is going to have another seizure...... Zhu Zhi added: "In the past, my brother used to smuggle such a big Dongzhu. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand, his thumb and forefinger circled a circle the size of a dragon's eye...... Zhu Di only felt shocked, it was so big?

"Bastard things, there are no things in the palace, you can enjoy them first! You will now present the Ten ...... of the East Pearls Twenty buckets, I won't let you go if there is one less! ”

sent Zhu Zhi away, Zhu Di suddenly smiled, and couldn't help but be happy.

"Girl, I'm going to make you a pearl shirt to make you shine."

(End of chapter)