At the end of the month, the Suzhou Mansion Prison Temple.

It's time for the monthly rankings to be announced again. Zhu He, his younger brother Zhu She, and son Zhu Chang, as usual, held a summary meeting in the meeting room.

"How's it going, Daddy?"

"Big brother, how many places are we going this time?" Zhu Chang asked as soon as Zhu She sat down.

"It's a good place this time." Zhu He's face was full of spring breeze, and he handed the two of them the 'Quantitative Evaluation Form of Meritorious Crimes' that was newly issued last night.

Zhu Chang Zhu She took it and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Thirty-six? That's five places better than last month! ”

"yes." Zhu He nodded, but he was a little annoyed in his heart......

What he regrets most now is that he was too self-cherishing at the beginning, and he wants to explain the secrets he has learned about the pirates until he can exchange them for higher points. As a result, before His Highness could issue a mission, the Haikou over there hiccuped first. As a result, the secret is useless, and not a single point has been exchanged, otherwise it might have entered the top 30 now.

Of course, he would not say this to the two of them, so as not to affect his wise image in their hearts.

He sighed with admiration: "From the initial sixty-two, it is really not easy to catch up with the current ranking." ”

"That's it." Zhu She said with a painful face: "Everyone is working hard. Every time you move up a ranking, you have to spend a lot more money than others! ”

"Yes, Dad, half of our family has been smashed into it, and I have a lot of food stamps in my hand, and I don't know if it will become waste paper in the future." Zhu Chang said worriedly:

"Now a lot of people are saying that when the one-year period is over, the food stamps are useless. Everyone must redeem all the food stamps, how can the government pay us so much grain? When the time comes, you will definitely have to pay the bills. ”

"That's right, big brother. There are also Zhu Ping's gang, it is said that His Royal Highness is kind to rebuild, and he should fully support the food stamps, but they received the food stamps from the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, and all of them were paid to the workers. It is also used to buy silk from our house, and I don't have a few of them in my hand. Isn't this just the fear that food stamps will be worthless? ”

"They don't want food stamps to sell to us, we haven't made it to the top 30 yet!" Zhu He didn't forget his original intention: "It doesn't matter if you exchange all the money in the family for food stamps!" ”

"Ah, big brother, if the food stamps turn into waste paper, won't we go bankrupt?" Zhu She was speechless: "What's the difference between that and having all the family property confiscated?" ”

"That's it, Dad, we don't invest a penny now, and we can't fall outside a hundred." Zhu Chang also chimed in: "Let's fight for the ranking now in order to keep the family property." If you spend all your property to squeeze into the top 30, what is the difference between it and falling into the 100? ”

Both uncles and nephews felt that Zhu He had been brainwashed by the ranking and went mad.

"You know, food stamps don't turn into waste paper!" Zhu He said confidently.

"Why?"

"Because His Royal Highness the King of Chu is sealed in Suzhou, he will take root here for generations, how can he stink his reputation and damage his signboard as soon as he comes up?!" Zhu He said firmly: "Then how will he mix in the future?" ”

"That being said, he has to have that ability, too." The uncle and nephew were not convinced: "I heard that this year, the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau released tens of millions of stone of grain stamps, not to mention the reserve warehouse in Suzhou, even the grain from the entire south of the Yangtze River has been transported, and it will not be enough to pay." ”

"Stupid, who said that food stamps have to be exchanged for grain?" Zhu He said lightly: "Do you want to give you silk?" ”

"......" The uncle and nephew pondered for a moment, and Zhu Chang suddenly said: "What does Dad mean is that His Royal Highness the King of Chu will first use the food stamps to buy the silk we produce, and then use the silk to exchange the food stamps in our hands in the end?" ”

"Hey." Zhu She couldn't help but stumble: "There really is a set." ”

After thinking about it, he asked again: "But big brother, although silk is a good thing, it will be worthless if it is left for a long time." Why do we need so much silk? ”

"Stupid!" Zhu He was speechless to his stupid younger brother and said: "Fang Datong and Chen Shanghai have all surrendered to the law, and the chief military officer of Bei Wei has also been replaced by Nan'an Hou. Now that the sea is dominated by the city, and the interrupted sea trade has been resumed, will the silk still be unsalable? ”

"That shouldn't be." Zhu Chang and Zhu She shook his head, and the former said: "However, everything is still business as usual on the market. Didn't you see the price of silk rising? ”

"When you find out that it is abnormal, the daylilies are cold." Zhu He was even more speechless about his equally stupid son, and even doubted whether he was biological:

"Right now, firstly, because the trade route of the City Shipping Division has not been completely opened, so the official is dealing with it in a low-key manner, but no one on the sea can challenge His Highness, and the trade route will be opened sooner or later."

"Second, the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau purchased a huge amount of silk, and the market did not need to purchase it on the market at all, so it did not cause price fluctuations." Zhu He waved his hand and made a prophecy:

"I'm putting my words here, on the day when the city fleet returns safely, the government will definitely publicize it with great fanfare! At that time, the price of silk will definitely double up! ”

"Then we should collect silk, why do we need to save food stamps?" Zhu Chang asked puzzled.

...... "Now even his uncle has a sense of intellectual superiority." Rankings! ”

"Oh, why didn't I forget about it." Zhu Chang said.

"It's not just about rankings, it's about buying silk." Zhu He said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, the surname of the city department is Zhu, and the surname of the weaving and dyeing bureau is also Zhu, and the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders." What should you do if you don't accept your own silk? ”

"It's really ......" The uncle and nephew were completely convinced, they knew too well the conduct of the government, and it was not strange to do such a thing.

"Do as I say, let it go!" At the end of the meeting, Zhu He finally encouraged the two of them:

"I now have a strong confidence that instead of losing money this time, we will make a lot of money!"

"Yes." The two answered. They are stupid, but they have one of the biggest benefits, which is obedience.

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After the rankings were announced that day, the minds of the players of the Iron Window faction gradually diverged.

Some large households, who thought that their rankings were already secure, began to shrink their investment and gradually eliminated the use of food stamps to discount activities. Anyone's money is not blown by the wind, and on the premise of not affecting the result of the punishment, of course, it can be saved.

But there are also optimists like Zhu He, who instead of tightening the monetary base, they have made their families increase discounts in order to receive more food stamps. Even directly from those who think there are too many food stamps, with real money.

In this way, on the seventh day of the lunar month, the big families who were drinking tea and playing chess and killing chickens in the prison cell suddenly received an invitation from His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"Laba feast?" All the big households looked at each other, and the picture of drinking laba porridge in Jinshan Temple last year appeared vividly in front of their eyes.

"It's only been a year, huh?" The big families sighed: "How do you feel like you've spent most of your life?" ”

How many sins have they suffered in this year, and how much have they been afraid? has been in prison for more than nine months, can you not feel like a year?

"Alas, if I had promised His Highness in Jinshan Temple, it would have been great." Someone sighed.

"Yes, but who would dare to agree to that situation at that time? Don't want to die? The others smiled bitterly: "Of course, if I could expect that His Royal Highness would settle everything in just one year, even if I risked my life, I would agree." ”

"Who would have thought?" Everyone sighed, and they all speculated what program His Royal Highness would arrange for them at the Laba banquet on the day of the day?

(End of chapter)