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It was already the eighth day of the first lunar month when Zhu Hao returned to the capital.

When Tang Yin saw Zhu Hao, he found that Su Xigui was also nearby. Judging from Su Xigui's excited expression, it should be that there had been progress in coal mine exploration and site selection.

Sure enough, after seeing Tang Yin, Su Xigui excitedly said: "I found three places where we can dig holes. Although the ground is a bit off, many of them are surface coal mines, so we don't need to dig deep... The little master is indeed Fang's master, and he uses a compass to find them. A test..."

Tang Yin didn't have much doubt about Zhu Hao's ability, now that Zhu Hao has done everything well, there's no need to be surprised.

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Tang Yin asked: "Su Dongzhu went with you?"

"hey-hey."

Su Xigui smiled and said, "I didn't follow at first. On the second day of junior high school, I heard a message saying that there was a clue. I couldn't help being curious, so I went to have a look. I accompanied the young master to witness the discovery of the last two coal pits...that's called one. magic!"

Although Tang Yin didn't question anything, he still expressed emotion: "It's really not easy. In this way, the coal mine can be opened...By the way, Zhu Hao, don't think about other things, and hurry up and get rid of the recent backlog of business affairs! "

Zhu Hao said with a bitter face: "Sir, I just came back, and I haven't gone home to have a look, so you let me work?"

Tang Yin stared at Zhu Hao: "If you don't do it, who will?"

Su Xigui next to him was very puzzled. Didn't it mean that this young master was just doing some inconspicuous book repairing work in the Imperial Academy?

Even if he became the new emperor's staff, he could only be a consultant to give advice at any time. Why did Zhu Hao have "official affairs" to handle just after he came back?

What kind of official business is that?
"Su Dongzhu, you have worked hard these few days. You went up the mountain and down the river with me. Take a good rest after you go back." Zhu Hao smiled.

"it's okay no problem."

Su Xigui was still very excited, "With a good mine, you don't have to worry about the silver, let alone [-] taels of silver, even [-] taels, you can get it out! I will take my leave first!"

Su Xigui left excitedly.

Tang Yin looked at the direction where Su Xigui's carriage was leaving, and asked in puzzlement: "Why did you ask him to go?"

Zhu Hao rolled his eyes and said, "You think he's a fool? I said I'm looking for a mine, but if he doesn't go to witness it with his own eyes, can you rest assured? Besides, it's rare to have His Majesty's support, and you don't have to worry about being taken over by nobles if you can open a new mine. , such a good business can be said to be a huge profit, and it is a good thing to find someone to go up the mountain to dig money, who is not active?"

"It seems to make sense."

Tang Yin nodded, and then thought of another question, "Such a good mine, if the honorable ones, especially the Zhang family brothers know about it..."

Zhu Hao laughed and said, "So we need to start work quickly! I was busy a few days ago, and Mr. Tang will be busy next!"

Tang Yin was dumbfounded.

Just after the new year, before the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Tang Yin wanted to have a quiet time, but at this moment he realized that he was the one who was the most tired of this matter, and felt that he was cheated by Zhu Hao again.

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During this trip, Zhu Hao had someone notify Zhu Si in the palace of three enriched coal mines.

Originally Zhu Si didn't intend to leave the palace, but hurried out upon hearing the news.

After listening to Zhu Hao's detailed report, Zhu Si only cared about one thing, and asked: "How much coal can be produced in that year? How much silver can it be sold for?"...

This question confused everyone around.

I don’t know when, Zhu Si also learned to be diligent and thrifty in managing his family. Maybe it was because Zhu Si thought that he could do whatever he wanted when he became emperor, and he had endless money to use. ... There is no one who forced the young emperor into a careful housekeeper.

This also fully shows that after Zhu Si became emperor, his power was severely restricted by civil officials.

Zhu Hao said: "If we only consider these three mines, the coal produced in a year should not be sold for less than ten thousand taels of silver."

"what?"

Zhu Si looked very disappointed.

For ordinary merchants, [-] taels could be said to be money that could not be earned in a lifetime, but for Zhu Si, [-] taels was too little. Compared with the huge expenditure of the imperial court, it was a drop in the bucket.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "We can't just look at the annual output from these three mines, nor can we determine the silver we will earn in the future based on the output of the coal mines. Let's put it this way, more and more mines will be opened, ten thousand taels of silver If the coal is used to smelt iron, its value is equivalent to [-] taels or even [-] taels. After the iron is smelted, it will be made into ordnance, firearms, and ships. Then the value of the [-] taels of coal will be , will exceed [-] taels."

For others, this kind of economic theory that seems to be very simple to future generations is enough to draw people into it.

But Zhu Si is not an ordinary person after all.

This is a student cultivated by Zhu Hao. Although Zhu Hao does not adopt quality education, the knowledge taught in the lectures is far from what the old scholars of this era can talk about.

Zhu Si's face was full of joy: "Then Zhu Hao, tell me, if our whole set of industries is established, how much money can we make a year?"

Sure enough, I still care about money.

How poor is this little emperor?

Is silver so rare?

Zhu Haodao: "In terms of mining, my goal in the first year is to earn one hundred thousand taels of silver, and then I can increase by one hundred thousand taels every year..."

"One hundred thousand taels...not bad, not bad!"

After hearing this number, Zhu Si finally felt more comfortable.

Zhang Zuo listened for a long time, thought of something and asked: "The little gentleman, didn't you also earn a lot of money by opening a bank account?"

Zhu Hao nodded: "Yes, the bank makes a profit of two to three hundred thousand taels a year."

Zhu Sidao: "Can you make a little more, earn one million taels a year, I think it's not bad."

Hearing the emperor's goal, Zhang Zuo couldn't help but be speechless: "Your Majesty, the expenditure of the Ming court last year was not even three million taels. Are you going to let Mr. Zhu build another Ming Dynasty?"

"Is it so little?" Zhu Si was apparently educated by Zhu Hao to be insensitive to small numbers, but he didn't expect that the cost of the entire Ming Dynasty was only a few million taels.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "We have just started, and we will make a profit of hundreds of thousands of taels a year. If there is any need in the northwest or southeast, we can solve it. The rest can be left to the inner government, and His Majesty can control it by himself.

"In addition to mining and iron smelting, my idea is to let Mr. Tang supervise shipbuilding, build sea-going ships, and train the navy... I read in an ancient book that there is a place overseas that is rich in silver. The amount of silver produced in a year is no less than three million taels.”…

"Really? Is that an island made of silver?"

When Zhu Si heard this, he immediately became interested.

Zhang Zuo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if there is too much silver in the market, the basic necessities of life will be much more expensive, and then the silver will be worthless."

Zhu Sidao: "Is the silver in the hands of others the same as in my hands? Even if things are twice as expensive, and I have the silver in my hands, it is still profitable."

Apparently, Zhu Silian also understands the reason for the inflation caused by the additional currency issuance. Although the specific theory is not well understood, he does understand the general principle, that is, the value of Ming’s products is constant. , the price of the goods will naturally increase.

In the past, when the imperial court wanted to issue more currency, they issued the Daming Banknotes. However, because the value preservation rate of Daming Banknotes was too low, the additional currency issuance by the imperial court was limited to paper.

Now that Zhu Hao's strategy is to directly mine and smelt silver, the situation is different.

What's the matter, is my silver stinkier than folk silver?

They are all silver, so the purchasing power is naturally the same.

Zhu Hao looked at Zhang Zuo, who was downcast, and comforted him with a smile: "Actually, Eunuch Zhang is right to worry. We can't let the price of private goods remain high. If the people's livelihood cannot be guaranteed, and the people can't live and work in peace, it is the imperial court's dereliction of duty. So we have to create More goods will be produced, and the wealth created by the people at present is at least [-] million taels a year, and the [-] million taels are just treasury revenue."

Hearing this, Zhang Zuo felt a little better.

If Daming only produces three million taels of goods a year, it would indeed add three million taels of silver, which would double the value of the goods.

But how could it be possible for Ming Dynasty to only create such a little value in one year?
Zhu Hao said that [-] million taels was an underestimation, because Daming's taxes were indeed not high, even the commercial tax was only [-] yuan, and during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, the annual commercial tax revenue did not exceed [-] taels. , and it was the same in the last years of Zhengde.

It can be seen that commercial taxes accounted for too small a proportion of Daming's treasury revenue, and Daming was still supported by agricultural taxes and salt taxes.

"Where is that overseas island? When can I dig for silver?"

Zhu Si is more concerned about the speed at which Zhu Hao makes money.

Zhu Hao said: "We need to build ships first. These ships can be used to pacify pirates in the southeast, and they can also go to sea to conquer foreign barbarians... The land is vast, and it may be much larger than my Ming Dynasty, but because it is a barren land... …requires a large number of people to go over and cultivate.

"Everything, everything, it's up to you, Zhu Hao. I suddenly feel that you must take the lead in this Ming's affairs, not only mining and going overseas to find money, but you are not here in the past few days. I'm so worried, you have to solve it quickly, otherwise I won't even be able to sleep well!"

This is what Zhu Hao wanted.

Zhu Si did all the work for him, so that the little emperor felt more comfortable lying down, so he would be willing to hand over the power at hand.

What Zhu Hao wants to do is to be a minister of power. If he follows the position of an ordinary civil servant, he wants to change the times... There is almost no possibility, and don't expect the court to give him much support.

If you want to change the times, you have to do it yourself!As it is now, get an authority to mine, smelt, and build ships by yourself outside the imperial court system.

Did the court want to ask?
Then you pay your own money to solve the southeast coastal defense problem!After driving Yang Tinghe away...Zhu Hao feels that he has no major obstacles in the court, and he can let go of his arms.

"Your Majesty, before going to work, I want to go home and have a look. Speaking of which... I haven't been back recently, and I will come back to work in the evening. I wonder if Your Majesty..."

Zhu Hao asked for instructions.

Zhu Si said straightforwardly: "It's okay, you go and come back early!"