Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 1017 The Richest Man in the Empire, Fan Li
"My subject, Fan Li, see His Majesty the Emperor. Your Majesty will live forever!"

Fan Li, who returned from the west, entered the palace immediately to meet Qing Ji.

At this time, Fan Li was already gray at the temples, but his face was rosy, and he did not look old.

Fan Li, who was already in his sixtieth year, was so energetic, which made Qingji very pleased.

It is worth mentioning that at this time, Fan Li had already retired to the second line, and he was appointed as the crown prince and grand teacher, and was granted the title of Duke of Nanyang County. Qing Ji treated him with great honor and favor.

Fan Li was not obsessed with official career in his whole life. After he became old, he turned to business to get rich, and went to the West to do business through the Silk Road, earning a lot of money.

As a result, many ministers and officials in the court were quite critical of Fan Li, and they impeached Fan Li many times, but Qingji rejected them without exception.

They are clearly jealous that Fan Li can make money, and he has become the veritable richest man in Great Wu!

"Uncle Shao, sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Only then did Fan Li sit opposite Qing Ji.

Sit across the table.

Qingji also waved his hand and asked Xi Shi who was sitting on the side to make a cup of tea each.

After taking a sip of the bitter-sweet tea, Qing Ji looked at Fan Li, with an intriguing smile on his lips, and asked, "Uncle Shao, I haven't seen you for a few years, you probably made a lot of money again, right?"

"Now, you are the richest man in my Great Wu. It took others decades, or even several generations to accumulate wealth for hundreds of years, but you can earn it in a few years. How can you not be angry?"

"When it comes to making money, I'm afraid no one in the world can compare to you."

"Your Majesty is wrong."

Fan Li smiled sheepishly and said, "Isn't this a credit to Your Majesty?"

Qing Ji shook his head and said, "This is all your own fault, what has it got to do with me?"

Fan Li's ability to become rich through business is really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In history, he became rich through business for three times, and he also scattered his family wealth three times...

Different from those businessmen who smell like money, Fan Li is indifferent to fame and wealth, and doing business is just a hobby.

"Your Majesty, here is the account book, please have a look."

"What are you doing? Let me check the account?"

"No."

Fan Li said slowly: "Your Majesty, I want to dedicate the family property I acquired through business to your Majesty and put it into the national treasury. Please accept it."

Hearing this, Qing Ji couldn't help saying with a straight face: "Fan Li, who do you think I am? Do you think I care about your little money?"

"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong. Your Majesty, you are rich in the world, and you rule over everything in the world. Everything in this world belongs to you. It's just that I want to dissipate all the wealth and start all over again. Otherwise, my business will not be challenging."

"..."

Qingji was speechless.

Qingji immediately put the account book on the desk beside him, shook his head and said, "The national treasury is very rich now, and it is useless to pile up money and food."

"Especially this kind of yellow and white things, there are so many that there is no place to put them. There is no shortage of your three melons and two dates."

Qingji is not bragging.

The Achaemenid dynasty in Persia was extremely rich, especially all kinds of rare treasures, gold and other objects, so many that it was difficult to place them, and Qingji could not use them now.

money?

Qing Ji is now extremely rich and powerful, and really treats money like dung.

"Uncle Shao, you should keep your property for yourself, and keep it for your children and grandchildren."

Hearing this, Fan Li smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you the son or grandson of making things difficult for your ministers?"

"These sons and grandchildren of my minister are all of mediocre ability. I'm afraid they will sit on the mountain and eat nothing. They won't be able to keep this huge family business. Instead of letting them lose it all, it's better to dedicate it to His Majesty and deposit it in the national treasury."

"Storage?"

"Yes."

"Then wouldn't it be better for you to deposit it in the bank?"

Qingji smiled narrowly.

Fan Li, who was exposed by Qing Ji, was very embarrassed. He lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I'd better tell you the truth."

"The family property that I own now is incalculable, not to mention the real estate such as shops, the working capital, if converted into gold, there are about 780 million taels of gold."

"It's not an exaggeration to say that the country is as rich as a rival. Your Majesty, I'm innocent, but I'm guilty of being pregnant."

"Just because you don't care about the minister's family business doesn't mean that others won't."

"I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, but I'm afraid of thieves thinking about it. Your Majesty doesn't want to see your ministers worrying all the time, does he?"

"That's it."

Qingji gave Fan Li a meaningful look.

No wonder Fan Li was a little uneasy, it turned out that he had made so much money!
I drop a good boy.

Fan Li's working capital is 780 million taels of gold, which is equivalent to the treasury revenue of Da Wu's native country for a year.

Qing Ji would not covet Fan Li's little money, but that doesn't mean the successor would not covet it.

Fan Lisheng was afraid that his family would be slaughtered by the Wu royal family like fattened pigs...

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts run the mill.

If Qingji used Fan's family property as a "novice gift package" and left it to Prince Heng or Taisun Wu Ji after he inherited the Datong and then dismantled it and took it back to the state, Fan Li's descendants might suffer.

Instead of doing this, Fan Li might as well be more generous and hand over his property directly.

"Uncle Shao, what are you afraid of? This is your family property earned through your own hard work, and it's not illegal. No one can take it away."

Qingji still put the account book into Fan Li's hands.

Fan Li couldn't help the corners of his mouth twitching, he always felt that Qing Ji dug a big hole.

Fan Li now has so much money that he burns his hands, he is a veritable "God of Wealth".

With the protection of Qingji, Fan Li is naturally safe and sound, but the successor king cannot be guaranteed.

Qingji will not accept Fan Li's family property now, and I am afraid that when Qingji dies, the Fan family will suffer.

Once the later Emperor Wu was short of money, or even realized the hidden dangers caused by Fan's being too rich, he might just find an excuse to nationalize the property of Fan Li's descendants.

When the time comes, who will they turn to for reasoning?
Fan Li smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm still a little uneasy."

"How about putting the minister's property under your Majesty's name and inheriting it with the successor?"

"This is outrageous."

"Please allow Your Majesty."

"..."

Seeing Fan Li's attitude, Qingji was a little displeased, but he also knew what worries Fan Li had in mind.

"Your property should be placed under Wu Ji's name. Uncle, I promise you that your descendants will be properly taken care of by the royal family, and they will share the same relationship with the country from now on. Can you rest assured?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Only then did Fan Li feel relieved.

If there is no accident, it is a certainty that grandson Wu Ji will inherit the throne and become the third emperor in the future.

For the Great Wu royal family, Fan Li was the God of Wealth and a "cornucopia".

With Fan Li around, the Wu Empire would not have to worry about running out of money.

"His Majesty."

At this time, Xi Shi came over and said: "The sauna palace is ready."

"Very good."

Qing Ji took Fan Li's hand with great interest, and said, "Young Uncle, it's just in time for you to come. I have built a new sauna palace, let's go to the sauna with me."

(End of this chapter)