Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 411 You are still shameless, dare to ask us to borrow money?

Although Zhang Tianyou was reminded by the White Lotus Sect that the goods were not confiscated by the officers and soldiers of the court, but since the investigation that time, he has completely hidden himself and never dared to bring a group of concubines to the market again.

When passing by the city gate, Zhang Tianyou even took a look at his sea arrest documents, and found that the portrait on it didn't look like himself at all, which made him feel a little relieved.

It seems that other sea merchants haven't betrayed me yet?
According to Zhang Tianyou's thinking, after seeing the court's aggressive methods, those profit-seeking maritime merchants would definitely rush to claim credit and sell themselves to the court as travel expenses.

However, after such a long time, the imperial court did not get his own portrait, so it can only be said that the group of maritime merchants were righteous.

When Zhang Tianyou was in a daze, Zhang Zhong handed over a sesame seed cake and a pot of water.

"Young master, let's eat something first, and we can eat and drink whatever we want when we go to sea."

"Ugh……"

Zhang Tianyou picked up the sesame seed cakes and gnawed them depressedly. He had experienced countless escapes in his life, and only this time made him realize the feeling of having no way to go to heaven and no way to go down to earth.

"Do you really want to give up?"

Zhang Zhong, who was eating, suddenly heard this and nodded emphatically.

"Let's give up. Annan's foothold has been settled, and the young master can create a new situation there!"

Zhang Tianyou sat on the big rock outside the city, looking at the city gate not far away, feeling mixed emotions in his heart.

He has no feelings for the Ming Dynasty, but he has a deep nostalgia for the land where he was born and raised.

Thinking of his parents and grandparents buried in this land, Zhang Tianyou's eyes became moist.

"Father, the child is not filial, woo woo woo..."

Zhang Zhong felt very uncomfortable when he heard the young master's cry.

But for them, what choice?
Either surrender to the Ming Dynasty and live under the eyes of the Ming court.Either go far away, go to a place far away from Daming and continue to live.

"Brother, can't we fight together?"

"Aren't there people in our sea?"

Zhang Tianyou was extremely unwilling. Over the years, he had tried his best to win over people, even the ronin warriors from Japan had won over thousands of people.

Therefore, he felt that he still had the strength to fight. As long as Daming's only [-] sailors were wiped out, their Zhang family would be able to dominate the sea again.

"Young master, you should wake up..."

"We have a total of more than 2 people at sea, and there are more than 1 people in Annan. The remaining people are not enough for others."

"Also, haven't you seen what people put on their boats?"

"That black cannon, a few shells can sink our ship, what do you ask your men to use to fight them?"

In fact, it is not that the two sides have never fought before. Since the beginning of the Jingjing Navy's military exercises, they have been sweeping up the pirates along the coast.

The Zhang family's pirate gang had already fought Jing Haijun several times, and all of them ended in failure.

Zhang Zhong saw this, so he kept urging Zhu Tianyou to run away.

Daming is no longer able to stay in this territory, the Zhang family might be cut off if they stay here!
Hearing this, Zhang Tianyou felt even more depressed. He still had tens of millions of taels of goods in Daming that he had not sold, and he still had a lot of miscellaneous properties.

Now that they are all thrown on the land, how can he be content?

When Zhang Tianyou was feeling extremely depressed, a woman wearing a mura came over suddenly.

"Young Master Zhang, you are safe and sound!"

"It's you?"

"It's down!"

"Ming Wang asked me to ask you for him, how have we considered the things we discussed before?"

The so-called previous matter only refers to the joint work of the two parties.

It's just that Zhang Tianyou didn't like the White Lotus Sect, so he never agreed to join forces with him.

However, now that he was about to run away, thinking that he would not be able to take away the property he had left in Daming, he planned to trick Daming.

"sure!"

"It is my Zhang family's blessing to serve King Ming!"

Han Yunshang was delighted when he heard the words, there are people in their Bailian sect, and the Zhang family is rich.If the two parties join forces, even if they can't overthrow Da Ming, they will definitely turn Da Ming upside down!

"Congratulations Mr. Zhang!"

"Young Master Zhang joins King Ming's command, and he will definitely be reused by King Ming."

"Ming Wang once told me before, as long as you are willing to join forces with us, I will make you king when things are done in the future!"

"what!"

Zhang Tianyou almost laughed out loud when he heard this, but luckily he stopped in time with a quick reaction.

"Then I would like to thank King Ming for his grace!"

"Since the two of us are joining forces, then I have to express my loyalty and let Duke Ming know my loyalty!"

As Zhang Tianyou said, he took out a bunch of seals from his pocket, and took out a small notebook from his sleeve.

"This is my Zhang family's property in Daming. There are 48 stores in three provinces, five prefectures, and seventeen counties on both sides of the Yangtze River."

"There are also [-] farms and river boats, and nine coastal warehouses..."

"As long as you rely on this seal, you can mobilize these manpower and material resources!"

When Han Yunshang heard this, his eyes widened.

At first, when his uncle Han Qing asked her to recruit Zhang Tianyou, she was still a bit reluctant.

Thinking that the Zhang family is just a merchant, what's the use of recruiting subordinates?
However, Han Yunshang was instantly dumbfounded when he saw the "Certificate of Voting" submitted by Zhang's family.

Sure enough, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. This family has been operating in the south of the Yangtze River for decades, so it should not be underestimated.

"Then I will thank Mr. Zhang for his kindness on behalf of my uncle!"

Zhang Tianyou smiled slightly when he heard the words, he said to his heart just now that he would reward me as a prince, now he will thank me for my kindness, as expected, the White Lotus Sect is also very realistic.

"You don't have to thank me, this is all for the great cause of Ming Dynasty!"

After Zhang Tianyou said this, he threw out the seal and the small book, and Han Yunshang was so frightened that he flew to pick them up.

Seeing this, Zhang Tianyou finally couldn't help laughing out loud, but after laughing, he got up and followed Zhang Zhong onto the boat.

Han Yunshang just wanted to check the seal, but unexpectedly Zhang Tianyou got up suddenly, and she hurried to catch up and ask.

"Master Zhang, this is..."

"Oh……"

"I'm going out to do some errands, and I'll pay my respects to King Ming in a few days!"

After Zhang Tianyou said these words, he raised his sail and slipped away, leaving Han Yunshang standing alone on the shore in a daze.

This person just left?
There are dozens of shops, so you can give it if you say it?

Han Yunshang didn't care about feeling, and hurriedly opened the booklet and looked through it.

However, if you don't read it, you don't know it, and you are shocked when you see it. According to the statistics in the pamphlet, Zhang Tianyou gave him tens of millions of taels of property as soon as he made a move!
This is more than what the White Lotus Sect has accumulated over the past few decades. She and her uncle have made a total of less than 200 million taels for so many years!

In the next period of time, Han Yunshang traveled all over the three provinces, five prefectures and seventeen counties, checked the shops and warehouses in various places, and then went back to report to his uncle.

"Uncle, this is the register of properties Zhang Tianyou gave us, as well as the seals for withdrawing cash and mobilizing supplies!"

While listening to his niece's report, Han Qing flipped through the pamphlet, and heaved a sigh after a while.

"Zhang Tianyou has escaped!"

"what?"

"Run?"

Han Qing ignored the silly niece and just shook his head bitterly.

"It seems that people don't look down on us at all, they just think of us as beggars!"

"However, I'm impressed that they are willing to spend such a large amount of money!"

In fact, Zhang Tianyou was only pushed too hard by Jin Yiwei, and he didn't have time to cash out the property in his hands, which made it easier for him.

Otherwise, even if a shop sells a tael of silver, Zhang Tianyou will still walk away with the money. How could he give it to him for nothing?
After feeling emotional for a while, Han Qing patted the booklet and said proudly.

"With this property, it will be more convenient for us to do things in the future!"

Han Yunshang hurriedly knelt down on one knee when he heard the words.

"My niece congratulates my uncle on his success!"

Han Qing laughed for a while when he heard the words, and then held a meeting of incense masters in De'an Temple outside the capital, and appointed several cronies to take over and sell the property gifted by Zhang Tianyou.

As everyone knows, Jin Yiwei has been lying in ambush outside some shops for a long time, just waiting for someone to take the bait.

Now seeing someone who dared to take over the store and wanted to sell the store, they were arrested and brought to justice on the spot.

This is also the reason why Zhang Tianyou gave away these shops, because he had already found out that his shop was being targeted by others, and it was too difficult to resell it.

And once the store is transferred, it is unavoidable to go to the government to register. Doesn't this mean that the sheep is entering the tiger's mouth?
After Han Qing learned that his subordinates had lost troops and generals, he was so angry that he slapped Han Yunshang more than a dozen times and scolded Han Qing for being unjust!
Fortunately, not all the shops were targeted, and there were still many shops that were out of sight of the government, helping him earn back several million taels of silver, which finally made up for his losses.

It's just a pity that the silk in several warehouses, said to have millions of pieces, was confiscated by a group of people wearing shark skin.

However, when Han Qing was able to lose a few incense masters, he was able to get several million taels of silver, which was considered a surprise.

With the help of this money, Han Qing immediately threw himself into the wave of stock speculation.

Since the opening of Jinling Securities Exchange, Han Qing has become a big customer here.After earning 30 taels of silver, Han Qing completely fell in love with this nascent business.

He found that he was very suitable for stock trading, and he was even known as the god of stocks.

Even though there are only three stocks in the trading line at the moment, the daily rise and fall can be different.

After he invested 100 million taels of silver, he immediately became a major customer here.I kept buying low and selling high every day, making a lot of money.

However, what made him firm in his confidence in stock trading was not making money, but because court officials also liked to run here.

Through a series of methods such as exchanging stock information, buying low and selling high, he became acquainted with many officials.

Now Ming officials don't talk about national affairs after dinner and dinner, they only talk about the rise and fall of stocks, and calculate which is more cost-effective, dividends or increases every day.

Whenever they have time, they go to the trading floor. Whenever they see the stocks they hold have risen, they are secretly happy, and they can eat two more bowls of rice when they go home.

After Han Qing received a huge sum of several million, he also invested all of it in the trading house, pulling up the somewhat weak Jinling Coal stock price by five points, and then decisively sold the stocks he held, and exchanged them for shares of Mingsteel .

As for the new railway stocks issued by the emperor's grandson, he didn't even look at them.

While Han Qing was roaming freely in the Ming Dynasty's stock market, Lao Zhu was sitting in the court hall worrying.

"Your Majesty, there is a severe drought in Shandong and Hebei, and the people have no crops. They still hope that the imperial court will help them..."

"Your Majesty, the Great General of Zhenbei Changsheng wrote a letter saying that the military equipment is old and the food and grass are only enough for half a month. I hope the court will quickly deploy some food, grass and military equipment so that we can fully resist when Bei Yuan invades..."

"Your Majesty, the Yellow Book is due to be revised every ten years, and the imperial court needs to allocate 30 taels of money..."

"Your Majesty, official salary..."

"His Majesty……"

As soon as Lao Zhu had just celebrated his birthday, he caught up with Daming's inability to pick up again.

He sat on the dragon chair, listening to the group of debt collectors below, wishing he could throw the dragon chair to the grandson.

How old are we, yet we still have to work hard for that grandson!
"Pass the booklet of General Zhenbei to the Ni Sun, let his nephew think about it!"

"The victims of disasters in Hebei and Shandong, please go to Henan to allocate some food first..."

"Official salaries are owed first..."

"Yellow Book..."

"How much silver do you have in the Ministry of Accounts?"

Chen Zongli hurriedly stood up when he heard the words.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the household department currently has only 17 taels of silver in deposit..."

Lao Zhu became impatient when he heard this.

"Needless to mention the odds and ends, first set aside 10 taels of purchasing paper to repair first, and we will figure out the rest!"

"promise!"

As soon as Chen Zongli stepped back, Lao Zhu impatiently waved his sleeves, ending the gloomy morning court.

It's just that before he left, he took Chen Zongli out alone, planning to go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to chat with him again.

However, when the two passed by the Wenhua Palace, they saw the unusually busy people going in and out, and Lao Zhu became interested immediately.

"We haven't seen that Ni Sun for a few days, Chen Aiqing will go in with us to have a look!"

"promise!"

When the two of them tiptoed into the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yunxi was resting his feet on the table, eating melon seeds leisurely.

Next to him is Chen Mi, Minister of Finance of the Wenhua Palace, who is reading a work report from the Ministry of Finance.

"His Royal Highness, this month Minggang turned in a profit of 80 taels..."

Zhu Yunxi frowned when he heard this number.

"Why so much?"

Seeing that the emperor's grandson was so dissatisfied, Chen Mi felt slanderous in his heart.

The emperor's grandson's appetite is really getting bigger and bigger. If his father's household department has 80 taels of silver in the account a month, he may wake up laughing when he sleeps.

However, this is the Wenhua Palace.

The income of 80 taels of silver, instead of making the emperor's grandson happy, caused great dissatisfaction with the emperor's grandson.

Lao Zhu, who was hiding at the door, heard that 80 taels was too little for his grandson, so he was so angry that he wanted to rush in and beat him up.

"His blacksmith workshop makes so much money?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to Weichen's dog, Minggang Chamber of Commerce made a net profit of 130 million taels last month..."

"hiss……"

The 80 taels of income has already made Lao Zhu greedy.Now that he heard 130 million taels, Lao Zhu's eyes turned red.

"Hebei and Shandong are still suffering from disasters..."

When Chen Zongli heard what His Majesty said, he subconsciously agreed.

"Yes!"

"The emperor's grandson has always been benevolent and righteous. Once he hears that the people in these two places can't afford food, he will definitely donate generously..."

The two whispered to themselves, while Chen Mi on the other side explained to Zhu Yunxi.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the shipments of weapons and armor have dropped sharply recently, and the only income from farming tools and iron materials is only so much..."

Zhu Yunxi let out an "oh" when he heard the words, indicating that he knew, and then asked.

"How is Jinling Coal Industry?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the revenue of Jinling Coal Industry is very stable, this month is stable at 100 million taels!"

"However, subsequent growth will be difficult, and growth will only occur in winter."

Zhu Yunxi nodded when he heard the words, accepting the bottleneck period of Jinling Coal Industry.

After more than half a year of hard work, Jinling Coal Industry is no longer a small workshop living in the capital, but has occupied the entire market in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Although earning more and faster now, as Chen Mi said, it will be difficult for Jinling Coal Industry to develop further.

When Lao Zhu, who was hiding at the door, heard this, he was so surprised that he could stuff a watermelon into his mouth.

Is there any reason for this?

Isn't it just selling coal balls, how can you earn 100 million taels a month?

Chen Zongli knew the way here, after all, the person who took care of the money bag for the grandson of the emperor was none other than his own son.

Even though he played that bastard Chen Mi a few times like acting, but father and son are father and son after all, so it's not difficult to find out something.

"Old Chen, how much money do you think our eldest grandson has now?"

Chen Zongli shook his head when he heard the words.

"I don't know!"

"But let's say a few million taels less?"

"hiss……"

"A few million taels..."

Lao Zhu's eyes rolled wildly, wondering how much money he should steal from Dasun?
Zhu Yunxi didn't know that he had already been targeted, and he was still listening to Chen Mi's report on his own.

"Let's talk about Shibo Division!"

"How much tax will the shipping company pay this month?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, after your vigorous rectification, this month's shipping department will pay 800 million taels of tax..."

"Two million taels..."

"Tsk tsk, it's okay..."

Chen Mi almost cried when he heard this, this is 800 million taels of silver, the grandson of the emperor just said, is it okay?
Lao Zhu and Chen Zongli were about to cry when they heard this. They moved here and there, and they couldn't make up 800 million taels of cash a year!

However, what made them even more angry was that Zhu Yunxi had collected 800 million taels of silver in taxes a month, yet he was still not satisfied!
"Old Chen, do you think the tax of this city bureau belongs to the imperial court, or to..."

Chen Zongli interrupted His Majesty the Emperor before he could finish speaking.

"Your Majesty, the Shibosi must belong to the imperial court!"

"This……"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he felt regretful, so regretful that his intestines were green.

"We promised our grandson back then that we would give him the Shibo..."

Chen Zongli's small eyes rolled around when he heard the words.

"May I ask Your Majesty, did you ever have an imperial decree, did you have an edict?"

"No……"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The reason why Zhu Yunxi was dissatisfied with the profits and taxes of the Shibo Division was because this month was the peak month for orders, and there were also fines and other income from several maritime merchants who took advantage of them.

His expectation is 1000 million taels, but now it is only 800 million. Of course he is not satisfied.

It can be seen that the Shibo Department has not yet gained a broad mass base, and is still not recognized by most maritime merchants.

"Your Highness, you still have the account of the confiscation of the Zhang family's shop, and the millions of bolts of silk confiscated from the Zhang family's warehouse..."

"These silks are worth less than 1000 million taels of silver. Even if those shops sell them cheaply, they can still be worth 200 million taels, right?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was no longer calm, and was so excited that he was dancing.

"Old Chen, did you hear just now that Ni Sun stole someone's house and got tens of millions of taels of silver at once!"

"Your Majesty, I have heard it. It is said that it is the property of Zhang Tianyou, the remnant of Zhang Shicheng..."

Old Zhu twirled his beard subconsciously when he heard this, and said plausibly.

"Zhang Shicheng is our opponent, and he died under our soldiers back then."

As soon as Chen Zongli heard this, he knew what the old emperor was worried about, and hurriedly agreed.

"Yep!"

"Zhang Shicheng was personally exterminated by His Majesty, so..."

"Therefore, the Zhang family's property should also belong to us, hahaha..."

"Shh!"

"Your Majesty, keep your voice down, don't be heard by the grandson of the emperor!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't show any joy when he heard the words, but just waved his hands calmly.

"It's a windfall, and it's not counted."

"Governing the country still depends on fixed income..."

"By the way, how is the currency reform going?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the preparatory work has been basically completed. You only need to obtain the imperial decree from His Majesty the Emperor to promulgate the world, and then you can officially issue the three-level currency system of gold, silver and copper!"

Although Zhu Yunxi was not idle before, the Xuanwu Lake Royal Palace has been disrupting the financial market of Ming Dynasty by issuing commemorative coins, but that was a trivial matter after all, and did not establish the legal status and exchange of gold, silver and copper currencies in a legal sense. Proportion.

What he is about to do now is to fundamentally establish a three-level currency system, establish and improve Daming's financial regulations, and improve Daming's financial system...

"The imperial decree is easy to handle!"

When Chen Mi heard this, he burst out laughing on the spot.

The grandson of the emperor said it was easy to handle, so he probably went to steal it from His Majesty the emperor, right?
But if His Majesty the Emperor finds out, he will be beaten up!

When Zhu Yunxi heard Chen Mi's laughter, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

"It's a meeting, be more serious to Lonely!"

When Zhu Yunxi was discussing the details of the currency reform with Chen Mi, Gao Ming, who was in a hurry to urinate, just came out of the side hall. After bowing to Zhu Yunxi, he walked quickly to the door.

However, as soon as Gao Ming walked to the door, he saw two people peeping from the window.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

When Gao Ming was sure that it was Lao Zhu who came, he hurriedly shouted again loudly.

"My minister greets His Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Hearing Gao Ming's warning, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly asked Chen Mi to put away the booklet, and at the same time adjusted his sitting posture, so that he was sitting upright.

"Xiao Chen, where were we talking just now?"

Seeing Zhu Yunxi winking at him, Chen Mi immediately said understandingly.

"oh oh……"

"Your Highness just asked if the Yuejing Navy's military salary has been raised this year..."

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly nodded when he heard the words.

"Yes!"

"How much money is there?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, after many efforts by the ministers, I have only raised 3 taels, and there is still a shortfall of 20 taels..."

"Besides, the ship has to be repaired after the martial arts performance. This is a big expense, at least 10,000+ taels of silver..."

Zhu Yunxi said with a headache expression upon hearing this.

"Oops!"

"I really don't know how expensive Chai Migui is if I'm not in charge of the family. I'm just being a grandson of the emperor, and I'm already so tired that I'm dizzy. I really don't know how the grandfather of the emperor has persisted all these years!"

When Zhu Yunxi said this, Lao Zhu couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed in with great strides.

However, before he, the imperial grandfather, could open his mouth, the grandson cried poorly in front of his face!

"Grandpa Huang, grandson is looking for you!"

"You don't know, grandson's Jing Haijun is almost out of food, can you lend me some money?"

"Borrow money?"

Old Zhu looked at Zhu Yunxi angrily with an old face.

"Rebellious grandson!"

"How shameless are you, how dare you ask us to borrow money?"

(End of this chapter)