My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 303
Zhu Di grabbed Zhu Gaochi and hit him for real. His fists pounded on Zhu Dazhuang's body. Xu Jingchang felt pain when he saw it. He swore to God that he would never hit Xu Xianzhong like this.

And in order to express his distress for Zhu Dazhuang, Xu Jingchang handed the purple bamboo fishing rod to Zhu Di.

Zhu Laosi held it in his hand, and before he could hit him, Zhu Gaochi subconsciously broke free and ran away!
"You dare to run?" Zhu Di screamed strangely.

Zhu Gaochi replied: "I'm not a fool. A sage said that the small stick will be taken away by the big stick."

"Saint? The saint doesn't care about me, see if I don't beat you to death!"

Zhu Di chased after every step, and Zhu Gaochi ran away. The father and son were happy and harmonious.

Xu Jingchang didn't panic at all. He boiled a pot of mountain spring water, and then brewed a pot of Jinshan Cuiya... This tea came from Zhenjiang Prefecture. Produced by the Xu family's own tea plantation.

That's right, Xu Jingchang is also quietly deploying industries... Others are investing to make a fortune, so we can't be indifferent to Ding Guogong!
Of course, Xu Jingchang avoided projects related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and he didn't go to popular tracks like rolling silk and porcelain with those people.

It's not that Xu Jingchang can't do them well, it's just that he is merciful, otherwise he will let Jin Yiwei check eight times a day, and you will lose all your business.

Xu Jingchang made things very strange... For example, he planted some tea, and he also made a lot of walnut trees, which can be sold for Wenwan in a few years, and what kind of grasshopper cages, cricket boxes... Anyway, as long as they are printed with Dingguo Gong San A word, or writing Xu Mansion Shangwan, represents high-end civilization, which is also a good way of making money.

And it is worth mentioning that Xu Jingchang has already started to export culture.

His piece of land in Annan Lane has already built a football field... Xu Jingchang intends to promote the new football game to Annan.

This is a good business. Zhu Di has already organized a riding and shooting competition. In order to avoid colliding with His Majesty the Emperor, Xu Jingchang is thinking about setting up a World Cup for fun in the future.

Xu Jingchang is full of messy ideas, so you see, Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu's business is big, and there are many employees, all over the north and south, prosperous and prosperous, the fire is cooking oil, and the flowers are blooming.

But his business has a big business and a lot of expenses.

It belongs to covering eight cauldrons with seven lids, and it all depends on operation.

As for Xu Jingchang's games, all of them have low investment and super high profits, and he doesn't even care if they don't have double the net profit.

So for him, letting his son learn this trick from an early age will be of great use in the future... What's wrong with the dude?Who stipulated that dudes can't play tricks and play tricks?
I can't!

Drinking homemade tea leaves your throat refreshed and the greasy feeling gone.

At this time Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were also out of breath and ran back.

Zhu Di sat down, grabbed the teacup and drank it.

Xu Jingchang lowered his head and didn't speak, when Zhu Gaochi came back out of breath.

"Father, you have agreed, don't beat people suddenly!"

Zhu Di glared at him viciously, "You are getting bolder and less filial now!"

Zhu Gaochi was not polite, "Father, I don't do things. You say that the son is not like the father, and you want to pass the throne to the second brother. I am doing things, but you say I am not filial. What do you want? It is too difficult for my son. "

"You still dare to be stubborn!" Zhu Di snorted, "You are asked to do things, not to take risks! Those water thieves are bold and reckless, if they kill you, what will father do?"

Zhu Gaochi could feel his father's concern, but he was still not convinced.

"Who said they belonged to thieves? Do you have proof?"

"Who said that? The memorial below often mentions banditry. Is it fake?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "Father, have you never thought about it, is it really a lie?"

"Fake? Do they dare to deceive the king?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "It's hard to say, after all, it's convenient to call the ordinary people who can't deal with them and it's inconvenient to recognize them as bandits, which is convenient for business affairs and fooling around with official affairs."

Zhu Di was quite surprised. He calmed down and sat down on the chair slowly. Suddenly he looked up, saw Xu Jingchang, and asked, "What do you think of what the prince said just now?"

Xu Jingchang said: "I really don't like to comment, I can only say that it makes sense in principle and reason... But lacking more realistic, powerful, direct and clear evidence, we can't deny the rationality of the speculation, and we can't admit it rashly... In short , further research is needed to come up with conclusions that are more acceptable to the general public and more reasonable.”

Zhu Di was stunned for a long time before he slapped the table and cursed, "Speak humanly! Speak humanly!"

Xu Jingchang had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, since you can't solve it, then ignoring some problems is also a good strategy."

"Bah! That's shameless, it's shirking responsibility, it's obedience and incompetence. I can't keep any such fatuous and incompetent officials!"

"Then there are only a few people left in the imperial court." Xu Jingchang muttered in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Zhu Di stared at him angrily, Xu Jingchang quickly shut up.

At this time Zhu Gaochi finally spoke, "Father, it's not all the fault of the locality...it's just that in such a big world, there are always people who are not suitable for farming and can't get land. An stable life is under the rule of the government. So they have to hide in the mountains, hide in rivers and lakes, and stay away from temples."

Zhu Di was startled, and said for a long time: "What you said makes sense... Come, come and sit, let's have a good chat."

Seeing that Zhu Di was no longer in danger, Zhu Gaochi came over.

"Father, we are just one thing. I found that the water thieves in Poyang Lake... let's call them water thieves, but many of them are actually fishermen."

"Fishermen?"

"Well, they don't have land, they can only live on boats and fish for a living."

Zhu Di said again: "Then how are they doing?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "In all fairness, with the hard work of the fishermen, they can live well."

"That's actually bad?" Zhu Di asked with a smile.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, "This problem is mainly due to taxes."

"What do you mean, fishermen don't have to pay taxes?"

"Father, that's not the case... fishermen don't have food. Some places are allowed to pay taxes with bacon, but some places are not allowed."

Hearing this, Xu Jingchang next to him couldn't help snorting... The tax in kind is such a nonsense... Except for bacon, brooms, medicinal materials, reed mats, and other messy things can all be tax deducted.

It's just that it's difficult to convert these things into cash, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is not allowed to escort them to the capital. Basically, they are stored in local warehouses until they rot and are thrown away.

Since the locality decides, the article here is huge.

Whether you charge more or less, or don't charge at all, it all depends on the master's mind!
Zhu Gaochi sighed: "If it's just that, it's easy to handle, but in some places, it is required to be converted into silver... The people fish all year round, but they can't make up a few taels of silver. Some local officials confiscated the fishermen's boats, so that they have nothing to do. Desperate, many fishermen can only flee to the depths of Poyang Lake and become water thieves.”

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help being furious, "The local officials are all incompetent, and the officials are forcing the people to rebel, they should be killed!"

Zhu Gaochi didn't answer Zhu Di's words, but sighed: "This time the child went to Poyang Lake, I ordered the local government to prepare and build three bacon stores...specially purchase bacon and fish that meet the specifications, and send them to the capital for sale."

When Zhu Di heard this, his face was filled with joy. Isn't this son a good idea?

Xu Jingchang also clapped his hands and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness has established a bacon store. With the standard, fishermen can sell it for money. The capital also has an extra supply, which is really a good thing for the country and the people."

Zhu Gaochi laughed and said: "My cousin is absurd. In fact, this has something to do with the imperial court. Now that the imperial court has reformed the tax system, the business tax share is increasing, and the banknote law is also conducive to the development of merchants. If it were in the past, even if I wanted to do it, It’s also powerless.”

These two people boasted about their business... Zhu Di fell into deep thought, the previous tax system was not suitable, the people could barely maintain it when they got good officials, but they were forced to become bandits when they met corrupt officials.

In this way, although these people live on the land of Ming Dynasty, they are already out of the control of the imperial court... Strictly speaking, these people have a negative effect, because once the world is in chaos and something happens to the imperial court, they will take the opportunity to rise up.

However, with the reform of the tax system, the shortcomings of commerce have been made up. In this way, these fishermen, like farmers, contribute money to the country and become a positive asset of the country.

It also marks that the imperial court can control the entire Poyang Lake area, and the output in the lake has also fallen into the hands of the state.

"Boss, how is the life of fishermen?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "Father, the fishermen can catch a hundred catties of fish every day. In terms of income alone, they are much better than the farmers...My boy helped them contact Yingtian's workshop, and they can buy some cheap fishing nets. Then I tried to find a way to give them They got salt and wood, smoked bacon, cured bacon, much more convenient."

This is not considered a special favor from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but only the benefits that ordinary people of Ming Dynasty can get after being included in the yellow book.

Zhu Gaochi explained that the following people will follow the rules, and there will be no additional price increase.

But just follow the rules, and the fishermen get great benefits.

"Father, you said that they can earn hundreds of taels a year, build a house by the lake, have children, and live a peaceful and prosperous life. Tell me, why do they want to be unfavorable to their children?" Zhu Gaochi said. Have nothing to fear!

Yes, only a fool would refuse such a good offer.

Of course, it's not okay to go straight there and no one will believe it.

This requires advance communication to win the trust of the people.

And these are exactly what Zhu Gaochi did in Jiangxi.

Zhu Di was quite emotional, stretched out his hand to caress Zhu Gaochi's back, and praised: "Boss, you have a delicate mind and considerate things. You are really the benevolent king and lord in the future, and the father is ashamed of himself!"

Zhu Gaochi grinned, "Father, I don't dare to take credit for it, but I think that the imperial court has to deal with banditry in other places... and the chieftains in the southwest, the imperial court seems to be more meticulous. Especially those chieftains, you know What they worry about, what they hope for. Only in this way can the right medicine be prescribed.”

Zhu Di nodded again and again, "You are very good, you have taught father a lesson."

Xu Jingchang also laughed and said, "I also learned a lesson."

(End of this chapter)