Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

What happened in Zhou Mansion,

Zhu Youjian didn't know.

It was not a big deal for Zhu Youjian that Princess Zhou ran back to her natal family. He believed that his beloved concubine would come back obediently in a few days.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian drank by himself and ate a few small dishes. Although there was no Princess Zhou, he still looked chic. It was not until Princess Zhou came back three days later that Zhu Youjian realized that something seemed wrong.

"The princess hasn't come back yet?" Zhu Youjian looked at the servant in front of him, feeling a little unhappy.

The servant shook his head: "My lord, the princess has not come back. And"

Seeing the servant's hesitant appearance, Zhu Youjian couldn't help asking: "And what?"

The servant said: "Besides, when I was out shopping, I heard people say that the Zhou residence intends to let the princess and the prince reconcile."

"Heli?!" Zhu Youjian was stunned, Zhou Kui dared to say these two words, didn't he know that this was Daming?
He is a prince himself, how dare he?

But turning his head and thinking again, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but sigh, Zhou Kui really dared, he is rich and powerful now, and he is many times stronger than himself, a down-and-out prince.

Zhu Youjian was unhappy, and also a little scared. If they really reconciled, the unlucky one would probably not be Zhou Kui, but himself!

So Zhu Youjian immediately cleaned up: "Hurry up, prepare the car, the king is going to Zhou Mansion!"

Arriving at the Zhou Mansion in a carriage, Zhu Youjian hurriedly knocked on the door. He wanted to bring back his beloved concubine, but he must not reconcile. Without the concubine, the Xinwang Mansion would be broken.

There was a dull knock on the door, and the porter saw that Zhu Youjian had come, and hurriedly went to inform Zhou Kui: "Master, Master, His Royal Highness Xin Wang is here!"

When Zhou Kui heard this, his face turned ugly immediately: "How dare he come?"

An angry Zhou Kui just rushed to the gate when he heard Zhu Youjian calling at the door: "Open the door quickly, the king wants to see his concubine."

"His Royal Highness Xin, you drove my daughter home, and now I want to see my daughter and came to knock on the door early in the morning. My Zhou Kui's daughter is so cheap, can she come and go when she calls?" Zhou Kui said. The voice came from inside the door.

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment, and then said: "My father-in-law, you missed your point. I came to apologize to my concubine. What happened a few days ago was wrong with my king. Isn't this king here to pick up my concubine?"

Zhou Kui said: "You can't believe what His Royal Highness said. Since my daughter is back, I don't plan to let her write back to the palace to suffer."

The Weng and the son-in-law just spoke to each other through the gate. After talking for a long time, Zhou Kui insisted that it was Zhu Youjian who drove Princess Zhou back, and refused to open the door: "His Royal Highness, go back, I Zhou Kui!" I raise my daughter by myself, although I can't give you any glory and wealth, but I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I can afford three meals of fish and four seasons of melons and fruits."

Zhu Youjian, who was choked up by Zhou Kui several times, was also annoyed. Didn't these words imply that he was poor and had no money?

He is a majestic Prince of Ming Dynasty, the younger brother of His Majesty the Emperor, with such a high status and status, he actually got such a rejection at the door of a merchant!
Zhu Youjian was also annoyed: "Huh, just leave. Do you really think that this king is poor? Father-in-law, just watch and see how this king makes a fortune, and see what you say when the time comes."

Zhou Kui said: "If His Royal Highness Wang Xin can really earn the big fortune that day, I will definitely send my daughter back to Wang Xin's mansion in person."

Zhu Youjian snorted coldly: "It's a deal!"

With that said, Zhu Youjian went back to Prince Xin's Mansion.

However, after returning to the palace, Zhu Youjian, who was sitting in the garden, couldn't help but began to sigh again. Making money is easy to say, but how difficult it is to put it into practice.

He, Zhu Youjian, is inferior to those merchants except for his status and honor, and his money is almost poor. How does this make him do business and earn a fortune?
Thinking about what Zhou Kui said, and looking at his impoverished appearance in the Daxin Palace, Zhu Youjian became ruthless, he must earn money!

This man has no money, is he still called a man? !

Throughout the ages, many heroes have been trapped by a single word of money, and Zhu Youjian is no exception, but if he can make a fortune, it will be easier for his family to live in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth and decided to borrow money!

"Advance money?" Eunuch Wei looked at Zhu Youjian in front of him, with a strange expression on his face. His Royal Highness Xin Wang, with his stupid brain like this, is now thinking of borrowing money to do business?

"Yes, Eunuch Wei, Xiao Wang wants to advance next year's salary to do business." Zhu Youjian accompanied the smiling face, only feeling that his face was burning hot. He still got to the step of advance salary, which is really depressing.

Wei Zhongxian is different from Zhou Kui. This is an old man who was a domestic slave when his brother's emperor started his family. Now he is the chief manager of the palace. He also took care of a series of business of the royal family.

All these burdens are handled by one person, which is enough to show the emperor's brother's trust in Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian thought for a while, and said: "It's a good thing that the prince wants to do business. After all, you can't do anything without money. In this way, the servants are the masters, and I will advance you next year's salary. The prince will wait a moment."

Hearing that Wei Zhongxian agreed, Zhu Youjian quickly said, "Thank you, Eunuch Wei."

Soon, Wei Zhongxian took a sum of money: "My lord, this is yours."

Zhu Youjian knew something was wrong when he saw the amount. How could this amount be more than his one-year salary, and it was much more. Looking at it like this, it seems to have doubled? !
At this time, Zhu Youjian looked at Wei Zhongxian's old face again, and the more he looked at it, the more kind and comfortable he became: Eunuch Wei, he is still a kind person.

"Thank you Eunuch Wei!" Zhu Youjian said sincerely, took the money and went back happily.

And Wei Zhongxian shook his head, and went to the Hall of Martial Arts: "My lord, just now the king of Xin is here."

"Xin Wang, what is he doing here?" Zhu Youxiao asked indifferently.

Wei Zhongxian said: "His Highness King Xin came down to ask his servants to advance the salary for next year, saying that he wanted to do business."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "It's okay to think about doing business. I thought my younger brother would be like that in this life. Let him do it and see what he can do .”

Zhu Youxiao doesn't care whether Zhu Youjian loses money or makes money in his business, but he is very happy that Zhu Youjian has this attitude, and finally he is no longer the rotten Confucian, cynical, and pretending to be noble.

It is a good thing to be able to make money in a down-to-earth manner. Whether it is a loss or a profit, Zhu Youxiao is satisfied if he does it and changes it. At worst, he will give Xinwang more money at that time. It can also be earned back.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said: "Why does King Xin suddenly want to do business, do you understand this?"

Wei Zhongxian quickly told what happened before. There is really no one Wei Zhongxian doesn't know about what happened in Shuntian Mansion. The factory guards are so powerful!
After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "It's okay, this kid still has a bit of backbone, let him do it, and leave him alone."

Wei Zhongxian understood what Zhu Youxiao meant: "Your servant understands."

And Zhu Youjian, who returned to Xinwang Mansion with twice the salary, was very excited when he saw so much money in his hand. With so much money, he was a little bit confident, and it should be enough to do business, right?
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian decided to go to investigate the market tomorrow. He wanted to see for himself how Daming should do business today and what kind of business would make money.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Youjian dressed up early and left the palace. He dressed himself up as a young scholar, and went to the market with a servant, watching while walking, but there were many people in the market. Zhu Youjian was very displeased by the appearance of small merchants and peddlers. How could he be like these small vendors, wandering the streets and alleys to sell goods?

Thaksin King wants to do business, and that is also big business!
So Zhu Youjian moved to the local area, inspected various places in the capital, and read more than a dozen commercial newspapers to obtain information, compared various ways to make money, and finally let him find one that can earn wealth in a short time and is suitable for him. Conditional stuff, futures.

Futures is a very novel term. Like the stock market before, they are all new things. Gold, silver, cotton, etc. all belong to futures and can be copied. As long as you have luck and know-how, you can make money. .

These things are not Zhu Youjian's own understanding, but he heard them while drinking tea in an inn and listening to the discussions of the businessmen around him.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is full of flowers, and there are many merchants. Not to mention the rise of newspapers in various places, there are also many places where merchants specialize in discussing business.

Zhu Youjian found a good place, drank tea here every day, listened to the businessmen around him talking, and took a close look at the business newspapers provided by the teahouse.

It was also at this time that someone came to Zhu Youjian on his own initiative: "Brother, you are being polite here."

When Zhu Youjian saw the person, he immediately felt full of affection.

The person who came also looked like a scholar, wearing a green shirt, well-dressed, with a jade hairpin on his head and a jade pendant on his waist, holding a book in his hand, his face was like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and stars, he was a dignified appearance.

Just looking at the appearance alone, Zhu Youjian immediately had a good impression.

As we all know, regardless of Han, Tang, Song, Ming and other dynasties, appearance is a prerequisite for being an official. If you are not good-looking, it is difficult to be an official.

The appearance of the visitor is very good. Although it doesn't look like a majestic appearance, if it is replaced by the previous imperial examination, the title of a Tanhualang is still affordable.

Faced with such a good face, Zhu Youjian also hurriedly got up and replied: "Brother, please."

The visitor sat down and asked with a smile, "Brother, are you planning to do some business?"

Zhu Youjian sighed: "The world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient. In this troubled world, if there is no money, what is the use of being full of economics? Today's imperial court only looks at money and does not read scriptures. The world hates the poor and loves the rich. Although I I don't intend to go with the troubled times, but I can't do anything about it, there are always family members to support."

The visitor quite agreed with Zhu Youjian's words: "That's exactly the case. The world is different now. It is impossible for us to cultivate and read biography as before. Simple farming and reading cannot satisfy the current situation. We can only move forward and find a future."

"But it's so difficult to make money nowadays. If you don't pay attention, you will lose your fortune. It's so difficult, so difficult."

Thinking about what he had seen and heard these days, Zhu Youjian couldn't help feeling: "Yes, it's difficult."

The visitor formally introduced: "Brother, my younger brother's surname is Zhang, and his name is Jinrui. May I ask you what your name is?"

Zhu Youjian straightened his clothes: "My surname is Zhu, and my name is Youjian."

Zhang Jinrui was shocked: "But His Royal Highness Xin Wang."

Zhu Youjian nodded, which surprised Zhang Jinrui even more.

The two hit it off right away, chatting, Zhu Youjian invited Zhang Jinrui to visit him, so the next day Zhang Jinrui came to Xinwang's Mansion with a gift.

The two chatted again, and when Zhu Youjian asked Zhang Jinrui what he was doing now, Zhang Jinrui said with some embarrassment: "Although I have learned a lot, it is miscellaneous but not perfect. Right now, I can barely become a market analyst. Earn some hard money."

"Market analyst?" Zhu Youjian was a little puzzled, this was the first time he had heard of this term.

Zhang Jinrui quickly introduced it to Zhu Youjian. Only then did Zhu Youjian know what a market analyst does. He is equivalent to a staff master in the stock and futures market. It is not easy to analyze the market and judge the market. A great talent!

Zhu Youjian, who thought Zhang Jinrui was very capable, drank with Zhang Jinrui until late at night, and Zhang Jinrui also talked and talked to show his erudition. To make money, you must find another way to find the hidden key."

"In today's market, the hottest things are nothing more than gold, silver, copper and iron, cotton, etc. Among them, cotton cannot fall, and its price will only get higher and higher, because now the textile industry cannot lack cotton, and this gap will only become larger. become smaller. However, although the cotton market is vast, there is not enough money to set foot in it.”

"The same is true for copper and iron. Nowadays, the imperial court is paving roads, building trains, and building infrastructure in various places. The demand for copper and iron is increasing day by day. With the development of industry today, the demand for copper and iron will only increase in the future. , This is the great era that the imperial court said, and this is an unstoppable trend."

"As for gold and silver, gold is scarce, its price is stable, and its value remains the same. The so-called flourishing culture plays with gold in troubled times, and the value of gold is more stable. The gold stored by the imperial court is the guarantee of the imperial court's stability. It is extremely difficult for us to get involved."

Zhu Youjian asked: "In Brother Zhang's opinion, the only thing we can touch is silver?"

Zhang Jinrui burst out laughing, "Exactly!"

"Nowadays, the imperial court has banned the sea and traded with barbarians from all over the world. It can be said that it is inclusive of all rivers. Countless countries in the world have come to our Ming Dynasty to do business, and they have brought a huge amount of gold and silver. So much gold and silver poured into our Daming. What they brought is The price of silver has fallen, after all, I, Ming, have no shortage of silver now."

"But although silver has fallen sharply, it will definitely rise in the future! Because gold and silver are hard currencies, they are the guarantee for the imperial court to issue precious banknotes. If there is no mountain of gold and silver in the imperial treasury, how can the imperial court issue precious banknotes?"

"The decline in silver prices is only temporary, and today's silver prices can't explain anything."

"Your Highness, King Xin, don't forget that the transactions between the Four Kingdoms and my Da Ming are all gold and silver, and most of them are silver. In this transaction, Da Ming not only accepts silver, but also gives out silver. Come and go, silver is the hard currency that is commonly used among countries, and that is not the case."

"Therefore, the price of silver will definitely rise in the future, and it will rise sharply! What His Royal Highness Xin Wang has to do now is to hoard more silver and buy silver futures. The more silver falls now, the stronger the rebound will be in the future."

Zhu Youjian was like seeing the sun through the clouds, and couldn't help feeling: "Listening to the king's words is better than reading ten years of books. The emperor has Master Zhang, and I have to prepare Mr. Zhang to help me. Why worry about the future?"

As he said that, Zhu Youjian asked with some concern: "But sir, now that the imperial court uses precious banknotes as currency, neighboring countries and Southeast Asia have also begun to circulate precious banknotes. When will the price of silver skyrocket?"

Zhang Jinrui shook his fan and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Xin Wang's words are wrong. It is true that the imperial court uses precious banknotes as currency, but in all dynasties, copper coins were used as currency. It was only in the Song Dynasty that there were paper currency. Before the Ming Dynasty, I also We have issued precious banknotes, but it is clear what happened afterwards, and we still have to use copper coins and silver as currency for transactions."

"Your majesty is wise and powerful today. Just look at the conquests in all directions and the success of hundreds of battles. The Ming Dynasty was able to open up territories, expand land, expand the country, and attract all nations to come to the dynasty. Great Ming Taizu and Chengzu couldn't take care of things, let alone His Majesty the Emperor?"

Although Zhu Youjian didn't want to admit it, he still said: "The issuance of the treasure banknotes was decided by His Majesty and Zhang Shoufu. Zhang Shoufu was called the first Shoufu of the Ming Dynasty, and his vision is beyond our comparison."

Zhang Jinrui laughed again and said: "This is true. Zhang Shoufu has a strategy in mind. He is a talent in the world. He governs the government and develops military power. Whether it is government affairs, military affairs, or business, we all rely on him to promote it. ? After all, Zhang Shoufu is a human being, and there are things that cannot be taken care of under the busy conditions of the Quartet."

"How much silver is pouring into my Ming Dynasty now? The Tang and Song dynasties did not accumulate so much silver. So much silver is destined to be based on silver. Even if it is a treasure banknote, it cannot be separated from silver. What’s more, the precious banknotes themselves rely on gold and silver to promote the world, if the price of silver falls, then the precious banknotes will also fall with it?”

"So the imperial court must maintain the price of silver and let the price of silver rise. Unless the imperial court abandons gold and silver and directly uses precious banknotes as currency, is this feasible? Nowadays, all countries use gold and silver as currency. If Ming Dynasty only used precious banknotes, it would not Supported by gold and silver, which country recognizes this precious banknote? This move is just laughable and generous!"

Listening to Zhang Jinrui's analysis, Zhu Youjian also suddenly realized, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The words of the gentleman really made me enlightened."

Zhang Jinrui looked at Zhu Youjian again: "Dare to ask Xin Wang, how much money can I participate in this silver futures?"

As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Youjian was embarrassed. He only had two years' salary, and he originally planned to do some business, but now looking at the futures, it seems that his little money is not enough at all!

Zhu Youjian's embarrassing appearance made Zhang Jinrui a little confused. He analyzed his feelings for a long time and talked for a long time. This king of faith has no money at all?Then how does he speculate in futures?

Zhang Jinrui's reaction made Zhu Youjian even more embarrassed. Thinking about Zhang Jinrui's reaction before, and thinking about the hot future of Yinzi, Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth and said cruelly: "Sir, don't worry, I will be able to get enough money tomorrow." !"

"This futures, this king is speculating!"