The side hall of the entire body hall was silent, and Emperor Hongzhi sat on the chair in a daze and was speechless for a long time.

Three or five hundred wen things, actually sold for one hundred taels.

Where is this to make money, this is clearly to rob silver.

No, there is no such thing as robbing silver.

Those bandits who specialize in robbery and make a living in the Wuthering Heights forest, the knife they carry is probably worth two taels of silver.

And the cost is only three or five hundred wen, not even half a tael.

Isn't this the exploitation of people's wealth?

As soon as the idea of exploiting people's wealth came out, it was suppressed by Zhu Youjiao, where can ordinary people afford such expensive things, I am afraid that they will not even dare to enter the store door of Yushuangzhai.

This is the people's silver, this is the silver of those dignitaries, and the silver of me.

One hundred taels of frosting sugar costs three or five hundred wen.

How much should it cost for ten taels, five taels, three taels, and one or two grades?

Emperor Hongzhi was a little afraid to think about it anymore, and some didn't believe it, and after a long time, he asked: "I remember, that Yushuangzhai released a message in the capital, saying that the things sold are made of refining the essence of sugar, removing turnips and preserving essences, the process is extremely complicated, and ten taels of ordinary sugar may not be able to extract one tael, and a large number of precious things are also used."

But according to what Qing Zhi said, this cost is obviously outrageously low. ”

"Well, it's not necessarily outrageous, there are still some costs"

The voice of these words was extremely low, Xia Yuan himself might not be able to hear it clearly, he seemed very unconfident, paused, and said again: "Your Majesty, the news released is necessary market public relations. ”

"Market. Public relations? ”

"It's just to release a message to make others think that these things are worth the money, or even the value for money, but in fact they are fake and can't be believed."

As we all know, can you believe in public relations, pull a random person on the street in the future to ask, as long as you have a sound mind, you will be told - whoever believes this thing is stupid.

"Fake?"

Emperor Hongzhi paused for a moment, "That is to say. These are deceptive. ”

Who expected that as soon as these words came out, Xia Yuan immediately said righteously: "Your Majesty, you can't call it a deception, this is called market public relations, which is a necessary means of business." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded with a serious face, "Yes, how can this be called deception, this is a necessary means of business." ”

“.”

"What's more, the cost of this sugar is lower, but the majority of the cost of the transaction of the minister and His Royal Highness is not in the sugar, to build a wharf, to build a workshop, to buy a shop, and to feed so many workers."

Speaking of this to feed the workers, Xia Yuan said energetically: "Your Majesty, do you believe it or not, in fact, the minister and His Highness do a deal, not just to make money. ”

Zhu Houzhao was surprised: "Why are we not here to make money?" ”

Pit force!

Xia Yuan turned his head and glared at him, before he continued: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worried about the country and the people, those people are poor, and they can't make a few dollars all year round. ”

"Yes, yes, father, the emperor, the sons almost forgot that we are providing employment opportunities to feed those poor people, and this is worrying about the country and the people."

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao still held his forehead with his hand, wanting to make such a state of worrying about the country and the people, and he couldn't bear to see the suffering of all sentient beings, but his feelings were really not in place.

Fortunately, Xia Yuan immediately followed, "Yes, it is the worries about the country and the people, there are all living beings in this world, it is the people who are poor, and those who are rich are those dignitaries." Therefore, the ministers and their highnesses do not earn the money of the poor people, but we earn the money of the rich.

And now, the trade of His Highness and his ministers has fed tens of thousands."

Tens?

Are there so many?

Zhu Houzhao was a little stunned, he remembered that there were only a few hundred workers in the pond, plus the shopkeepers of various shops, and those who carried big bags at the dock, and there were only about thousands of people who died.

Xia Yuan can only say that he can't calculate this account, thousands of employees, could it be that all of them are orphans?

Which is not the old and the young in the family, two and one add five, not to mention tens of thousands, it is not impossible to round off to a sentence of 100,000.

"These tens of thousands of people are all poor people, and we raise the price to earn silver from those dignitaries, and then we give the money to these people as wages.

This in and out, the people lived a good life, although the dignitaries said the silver, but also invisibly gave the people a livelihood, which is to accumulate virtue and do good, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded again and again, "Yes, kill two birds with one stone, this is called taking from the people and using it for the people." ”

Hearing this, Xia Yuan couldn't help but look at this dog prince a little differently, taking it from the people and using it for the people. Well, that's excellent.

“.”

Seeing that these two people sang and harmonized, Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a while, he didn't know what to say, he earned silver when he earned money, and I didn't see sin, so there was no need to find many excuses, so as to make this business a high-sounding one.

However, the argument of feeding tens of thousands of people really surprised him.

"How can one trade feed so many people? Tens of thousands? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is not a lie, it is true, although there are only thousands of employees, but these employees are not single, and there are a lot of small families, so there are tens of thousands of people.

Moreover, the wages given by His Royal Highness and the ministers' sugar mills are also extremely high, and there is absolutely no problem in supporting the family, and the minimum salary is two taels of silver a month. ”

As the emperor, Zhu Youzhu naturally felt that two taels of silver was very little, but after thinking about it, the seven or eight petty officials had more than one hundred taels of silver for a year.

After all, it is only about ten taels of silver a month.

And two taels of silver. He turned his head and asked, "Xiao Banban, two taels of silver is enough for the people's house to spend a month?" ”

"Emperor, two taels of silver is already a lot, if it is a family of four, save a little, let alone a month, even if it is used for more than half a year, it is not difficult."

When he said this, Xiao Jing's heart was a little complicated, if our father and mother who had entered the soil could have found such a livelihood, let alone two or two, it would be one or two, and we would not enter the palace to be a eunuch.

“.”

After a short trance, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to sigh with emotion: "I understand now, it turns out that the cost is not in this frosted sugar, but in feeding the people. ”

"It is really taken from the people and used by the people. Houzhao, Xia Qing's family, you two are doing a good job. ”

"I'm ashamed."

Xia Yuan walked in the inner drama again, his expression was not ashamed at all, he was rarely recognized by his father, Zhu Houzhao was even more happy, his face was full of excitement, and he grinned happily: "Where, this is what a son should do." ”

Zhu Youzhu was also smiling, with indescribable praise and relief in his eyes, and there was an atmosphere of father's kindness and filial piety in the hall.

Soon he seemed to think of something, and said with a smile: "I heard that you have transported a lot of silver in the East Palace, I am afraid that eighty percent of it is the salary to be paid this month, and if you show off enough, you will quickly take out the palace, this is the livelihood of tens of thousands of people this month, and you must not be sloppy." ”

Obviously, Emperor Hongzhi knew very well that his son liked to show off his flamboyant nature, but Zhu Houzhao was stunned, "This month's salary has been paid." ”

"Sent it down?"

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, "Doesn't that mean that the money in that cart is all there."

The opportunity to show off came again, Zhu Houzhao immediately grasped it, quickly took over the conversation, and said with a red face: "Yes, those are all the silver of the retainer and the master, and the dividends of the two of us." ”

"But, as far as I heard, there were dozens of them in that box, and I am afraid that there were tens of thousands of taels of silver in them."

"The dozens of boxes are not all silver, most of them are gold, and the total is 480,000 taels, and the fraction of a few thousand taels is not counted in it, it is too little."

Zhu Houzhao's tone was an understatement, now that his vision is high, thousands of taels of silver are too little, and when it comes to his mouth, it becomes a fraction, a word, floating.

(End of chapter)