Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 248 Father, you even want to sell the palace!
Zhu Yuanzhang originally came out with a stack of memorials, and planned to take advantage of his leisure time while on the road to deal with some irrelevant business matters.

However, as soon as the carriage got out of the emergency exit and turned around the streets of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I felt that my eyes were not enough.

I don't know when a market was raised in front of the Wu Palace, and there were many tourists in it, and vendors from south to north were struggling to sell.

Lao Zhu likes to watch this kind of prosperous times the most, and he couldn't sit still when he saw the bustle at the entrance of King Wu's Palace.

"parking!"

"Bring a few people and accompany us around!"

"Long Yu continues!"

"promise!"

The two tigers hurriedly took a few people to follow, Jin Wang Zhu also got out of the carriage when he saw this, and followed Lao Zhu's footsteps closely.

"Father, there are many people in this place, so don't take risks!"

Seeing what Zhu Yan said, Erhu hurriedly persuaded him.

As the head of the guards, Er Hu wished that His Majesty the Emperor would stay in the palace every day.

Because, as long as the emperor goes out of the palace, no matter whether it is in the white dragon fish suit or hugging the front and back, there will inevitably be negligence in the guards.

Old Zhu is not a person who listens to persuasion. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the market was attracted by the emperor's car, he slipped into the market like no one else was there, and even grabbed two water chestnuts peddled by vendors and put them in his hands.

The old man selling water chestnuts saw someone inspecting the goods, so he quickly turned his eyes away from the majestic royal chariot, and dealt with the blind old man in front of him.

"The guest officer has good eyesight. This is the best water chestnut. It is the softest and sweetest. It only costs ten cents a catty!"

"If you have grandchildren's money, it's only one coin per catty, and the old man can spare you a few water chestnuts!"

Lao Zhu is the most unpopular customer, because he just fumbles around and has no desire to buy anything at all.

"My fellow, what did you mean by grandson's money?"

The merchant asked a little surprised when he heard the words.

"My brother's accent doesn't look like an outsider's. Why are you so ignorant that you don't even know about your grandson's money?"

"The grandson's money is a copper coin minted by the King of Wu, it's so big..."

The old man said while making gestures with his hands.Just after making two gestures, he slapped his forehead in annoyance.

"Look at our heads, we clearly have grandson's money in our pockets, and we're still gesticulating with my brother here!"

The hero took out a bright red copper coin from his pocket, and handed it to Lao Zhu in a showy manner.

"Brother, take a look, this is grandson's money!"

It was the first time for Zhu Yuanzhang to see such a beautifully cast copper coin, and he immediately wanted to play with it.

"My fellow, can we take a closer look?"

Seeing that Lao Zhu was well dressed and he was not a poor man, the vendor immediately said generously.

"Brother, just take it and watch!"

"This grandson's money is not a rare item. Each person can exchange ten ordinary Hongwu Tongbao every day."

"If you are a wealthy family, you can still buy it directly with silver. There is no limit to that. You can buy as much as you have."

Lao Zhu listened to the nagging of the merchants, and at the same time studied the patterns of the copper coins.

I saw that this copper coin is about the same weight as Hongwu Tongbao's ten coins, because there is no hole in the middle, so it is a circle smaller on the whole.

On the front is a portrait of a young man, vaguely rebellious.

On the back are six big characters in regular script - Wu Wanggong commemorative coin.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw these words, his face darkened immediately, and he showed the money to Zhu Yan beside him.

"Two days ago, you complained that we beat you hard, so you can see for yourself what you did against your grandson!"

After Zhu Yan saw it, he also sweated for Zhu Yunxi.

This grandson is so courageous that he dared to mint coins privately!

Fortunately, this grandson is well-behaved, and he didn't dare to write about Hongwu Tongbao. He just wrote a nondescript "Wu Palace Commemorative Coin", which more or less gave him some room for maneuver.

After Lao Zhu showed the copper coins to Zhu Fen, he returned them to the merchant who looked at him eagerly.

"My fellow, is this the same style of grandson's money?"

"Is there a pattern that can be regarded as five, three or two?"

At the beginning of Zhu Yuanzhang's accession to the throne, he ordered the casting of copper coins, which were divided into ten coins, five coins, three coins, two coins, and one coin.

Among them, when ten coins weigh one tael, when five coins weigh five coins, and when one coin weighs exactly one coin.

It can be used not only as a coin, but also as a weight to weigh the weight of other goods.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, if Xiao Nisun minted coins privately, he would never only cast this style.

The merchant explained with a smile when he heard the words.

"Guest officer has good eyesight!"

"It is true that His Royal Highness the King of Wu minted more than one kind of coin, and there are also two kinds of silver coins."

"One is silver coins weighing one or two, called grandpa money. There is also a small silver coin weighing one penny, called son money."

"It is said that there is also a kind of money made of gold, which is called ancestral money. It is impossible for idlers to spend it. The old man has set up a stall here for more than a month. I have been lucky enough to see grandpa's money once or twice, but I have never had ancestral money."

While the two were talking, several guards in brocade clothes wearing flying fish suits came over with a big bamboo basket.

"Come, come, pay the money. Those who don't pay the money will be kicked out on the spot, and they will never come in to set up a stall again!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately looked at Erhu beside him with displeasure, and Erhu quickly shrank his neck and winked at a few of his subordinates who were walking over with bamboo baskets.

Seeing Erhu standing here, several guards in Jinyi hurried forward to salute.

"Master Tiger, why are you so busy today, that you have time to come here to play?"

"If you're not busy, wait for the younger ones to finish their errands, find a stall and treat Lord Tiger to a drink!"

Erhu scolded angrily when he heard the words of several people trying to kill him.

"roll!"

"Don't let me see you!"

Jinyiwei has three guards, with a total of nearly 2 people. Naturally, it is impossible for everyone to recognize His Majesty the Emperor.Only a small group of people led the errands, responsible for guarding and beating gongs and drums when the emperor was on tour, and occasionally saw the emperor.As for the majority of Jin Yiwei, they may never get the chance to see the emperor himself.

Several Jinyiwei laughed when they heard Erhu's words.

"Master Tiger, what are you talking about? We are here to collect money under the order of the Third Emperor's grandson. Who dares to say that we are not saying anything!"

Erhu almost hated these big mouths to death, if the emperor hadn't been watching from the side, he would have gone up and kicked those bastards away.

A few brocade guards were carrying bamboo baskets, and when they passed by every stall, someone would throw ten cents into it, and within a short time most of the baskets were collected.

Old Zhu saw these things in his eyes, and made a note of the crime of rebelling against his grandson in his heart.

"My fellow, is there a purpose for the money they collected?"

The vendor had just paid ten cents for the booth fee, and when he was feeling unhappy, he immediately spat and cursed when he heard Lao Zhu Xiangwen.

"Of course it has a name!"

"What are the management fees, sanitation fees, palace construction fees, palace maintenance fees, etc."

Old Zhu was inexplicably upset when he heard this, the first two fees were nothing more than that, this place was clearly outside the Wu Palace, why should he collect money related to the palace?
"The last two money shouldn't be collected, aren't you outside the palace?"

The old man curled his lips when he heard the words.

"Who says it's not!"

"This money is so unreasonable!"

As soon as the old man said this, the guards who had just received the money turned back and reprimanded the old man.

"You old man is so unreasonable!"

"If you think it's too expensive to set up a stall on the side of the road, there is no charge, why don't you go there!"

The old man saw a few guards in Jin Yi say this, he quickly put on a smile and said.

"Several military masters calm down, the old man is just complaining!"

"There are a lot of people here, and there are a lot of nobles coming in and out. Things sell better than other places. His Royal Highness King Wu doesn't charge much, not much..."

"Humph!"

"Since you don't know much, then you are still fooling around!"

"Let me tell you, if it weren't for the fact that you and Zhang Xiaoqi are related, this stall would not be your turn, and the vendors in the city would have already snatched it up with a lot of money!"

"You got such a big advantage from His Highness King Wu, it's fine if you don't feel grateful, but you dare to speak ill of His Highness King Wu, you really don't know what to do!"

"Yes Yes!"

"The old man said something wrong!"

Seeing that the old man had changed his words, the two guards in brocade clothes continued to collect money with their bamboo baskets full of arrogance.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he understood that it was a deal he was willing to fight and endure.

I just don't know if there is an element of coercion here.

"This fellow, is Jin Yiwei bullying others, bullying you and other small businessmen?"

The old man waved his hands quickly when he heard this.

"You can't talk nonsense!"

"Although the military master here has a bad attitude, he has never said that he bullies others!"

"We just complained to the guest officer just now, but in fact, the little money they charge doesn't matter at all, and we can earn back if we sell it for an extra catty."

"Don't look at me, I have a lot of ten coins, you go inside, the stalls near the entrance of the palace have higher prices."

"And there is a re-bidding every ten days, and the highest bidder wins."

"It is said that the price of the stall next to the door has risen to [-] Wen a day!"

"hiss……"

Even Old Zhu, who was well-informed and well-informed, was shocked when he heard that a stall charged two thousand Wen a day.

"Is there really someone renting two thousand cash a day?"

Seeing that Lao Zhu was so ignorant, the merchant was full of disdain and authenticity.

"cut!"

"Have you seen less?"

"Let me tell you this, I'm still rushing to send money to His Highness King Wu, just because I'm afraid that people will look down on me!"

Lao Zhu asked a few more words casually, and then ordered Erhu to buy five catties of water chestnut, as a reward for the old man's chatting with him.

Lao Zhu continued to lead a few people to wander in the market, but he was not interested in the goods sold around him, he just kept asking Erhu.

"When did this market become a market, and when did you start collecting money? How much can you collect in a day now?"

"Reporting to the emperor, not long after the opening of the Wu Palace, people gradually set up stalls here. At the beginning, there was no charge, but every day after the vendors closed the stalls, a lot of waste paper, bamboo sticks, etc. would be discarded on the ground, which greatly affected The cleanliness in front of King Wu's Palace."

"In addition to the fact that there are people who are shoddy, cheating, and those in the capital who are used to stealing money from tourists, San Huangsun ordered people to monitor the market and collect some money in tokens."

"One is to raise the threshold for setting up stalls, and put an end to those who are imitating others. Second, it is also to hire people to clean up and register the information of the stall holders, so as to prevent someone from shoddying good ones and ruining the reputation of the Wu Palace..."

"As for the daily booth fee, it's not much in total, but more than 100 taels..."

Lao Zhu can't hear the word "duo" now, and when he hears "duo", he can't help asking.

"How much?"

Erhu lowered his head in embarrassment once again, and said like a mosquito.

"An extra 230 taels..."

Zhu Yuanzhang originally thought that Ni Sun had fallen into the eyes of money, but now that he heard this, he was shocked by Ni Sun's ability to make money.

This is just the square in front of King Wu's Palace. It's just for people to set up stalls. They can earn 330 taels of silver a day?
After that month, wouldn't it be possible to earn tens of thousands of taels a month?

Lao Zhu went straight into the Wu Palace, and in order not to alarm others, he ordered Erhu to pay the entrance fee according to the official price.

Entering the Wu Palace again, Lao Zhu saw shops stretching across the door, such as brocade shops, jewelry shops, spice shops, jewelry shops and so on.

"These shops also cost money, how much is the monthly rent?"

"Going back to the emperor, the rent of the shops here varies from a few tens of taels a month to a few hundred taels a month."

"Just say the total!"

"There are a hundred shops and more than 700 stalls inside and outside the entire Wu Palace. On average, they can collect nearly 5 taels of silver a month..."

"How come there are so many?"

"Didn't it mean that some shops only charge a few dozen taels?"

"Returning to the emperor, shops are different from shops. Some are for rent, and some are joint ventures."

"His Royal Highness King Wu goes out to the venue, and the shops in the city send people out to sell goods, and the money earned is divided in half..."

"There are also some stores that are directly operated, directly selling goods from the workshop under the name of the third emperor's grandson, which is more profitable..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he finally knew why the Nisun built the Wu Palace like this, and opened it to the people of the world.

It's nonsense to say that everyone enjoys the world, and that the world is for the public.

The real purpose of the rebellious grandson is only one - to make money!
In fact, Zhu Yunxi came here for the purpose of making money from the beginning.

After all, his ideal at the time was to be a vassal king, and he never thought of staying in the capital for a long time.

If the palace was built in the traditional way, he would not be able to live for a few days after it was completed, and he would have to be sent to other places to become a vassal.

In this way, the money spent on building the palace was wasted, and people had to be sent to maintain and repair it every year, which was a huge expense.

Therefore, based on the principle of rational planning of resources, he simply turned the palace into a sustainable and profitable institution.It can not only earn some money for maintaining the palace, but also provide cash flow support for his other industries.

The more Lao Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became. It can be said that he was as excited as he was at the beginning.

However, when he thought that the small Wu Palace could make a net profit of 60 taels of silver a year just by rent, he felt jealous again.

He even regrets a little now, regretting that he rewarded the Ni Sun with the Wu Palace.If he hadn't had to worry about being a grandfather, he would have wanted to get the palace back from Ni Sun's hands.

"If we open the palace to the outside world, can we earn 10 taels a month?"

As soon as Lao Zhu said this, not only the two tigers were stunned, but also Zhu Yan who was beside him was startled.

My father, you are so short of money, you even want to sell the palace!

(End of this chapter)