Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 211 Reality is slapped in the face

Invitations were sent to Jing Jing's brothers and sisters to come to the Prince Consort's Mansion to discuss the shares of the glass factory.

Originally, Zhang Yifan thought that the scene would be very hot. After all, the share he created has now become a hot word in the capital.

Many people are discussing the bank that is about to be established, and using Xiangshan County Bank as a comparison to talk about how this bank makes money.

The concept of using money to make money has become deeply rooted in people's hearts with these discussions.As a result, everyone in the capital has recognized that when money is deposited in a bank, deposit interest should be charged instead of custody fees.

In contrast, this also made people in the capital recognize the bank's deposit business and gain a little more trust.

Zhang Yifan thought that he created the bank by himself, he coined the word "share" by himself, and Xiangshan County was led to glory by himself. If he proposed the glass factory shares again, it would definitely become popular.

For this reason, he spent a lot of time thinking about how to distribute the shares of the princes and princesses' families!

As a result, reality was slapped in the face.

On the agreed day, lunch was about to take place. The agreed time had passed, but the only people who came to the Prince Consort's Mansion were the Crown Princess, Princess Yan, Prince Zhou, and Princess Ning Guo and his wife.Then, gone!

Zhang Yifan was a little dumbfounded by this result!

Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, and he understands that he does not want this share.But those princes and princesses, why didn’t they come?
A family of relatives were sitting together and talking. Seeing Zhang Yifan looking outside from time to time, as if he was still waiting for someone to come, the princess guessed what he was thinking and said to him with a smile: "Not the other families." It's coming, don't wait!"

"Why?" Zhang Yifan couldn't figure it out and asked in confusion.

After hearing this, the King of Zhou hurriedly replied: "Father Huang is going to set up a bank, and everyone has saved money to buy shares in the bank. My brother-in-law only has a little money in this glass factory, so of course they chose Father Huang's side. "

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yifan suddenly realized that this was what happened!

Then you can't blame yourself. I originally wanted to share some benefits with them, but in the end they didn't want it themselves!

With this thought in his mind, he glanced at the relatives in front of him, and immediately said with a smile: "So, the ones who can come to me are the ones with the closest relationship. You can come, not because you want to make money, but because of our relationship. ?”

Everyone else just laughed and said nothing, but the Crown Princess didn't have to worry about it, she nodded without hesitation and replied: "Of course, if it wasn't for this, we would naturally keep the money at the bank."

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he laughed: "Hehehe... hahaha..."

He smiled very happily and freely...

Seeing him like this, everyone was a little confused.I was thinking, could it be Yifan (brother-in-law) who was stimulated?

Only Jing Jing looked at Zhang Yifan quietly, her eyes full of trust.

After a while, Zhang Yifan stopped laughing, but still had a smile on his face. He looked at the relatives in front of him and said: "Once upon a time, there was a family inheritance handed down in front of me, but I didn't cherish it; if God comes back, Give me a chance, I will definitely say, I was wrong, hahaha..."

When he said this, thinking about those personal regrets, he couldn't help but laugh again, so that he couldn't finish this classic sentence.

Everyone was speechless when they saw this.

Fortunately, this time, Zhang Yifan just smiled and stopped laughing, and then said to the relatives present in a good mood: "I am a shareholder of this glass factory with my technology, and because I am the only one who knows how to do it, what to do, How to make money, therefore, I want to hold 50.00% of the shares, and then as for the capital, I won’t spread it so much, just use 40.00 yuan as the capital. Each of you will share it and take the remaining [-]% according to the proportion of the money. Shares, okay?"

Five thousand guan in cash, if only one family comes up with it, even if it belongs to the prince and princess, it will actually be a bit difficult.But if it’s divided among several families, it’s definitely no problem.

The princess is the elder sister-in-law, so after hearing this, she said, "Yifan, is this glass really profitable?"

Others had already seen Zhang Yifan going crazy just now, so they all had this doubt and wanted to confirm.

Zhang Yifan listened and said with a smile: "Except for a small number of applications of things made of glass, which I think are basic items and will be as cheap as cement, other applications can be regarded as luxuries. This It doesn’t matter if the price is set higher. It’s hard not to make a lot of money with the things I, Zhang Yifan, come up with!”

When he said these words, he spoke with strong confidence.

Based on his past, several people in the room suddenly became excited.

Money, even the emperor, is not too much.

Most of them came to help Zhang Yifan out of friendship.

Although they thought that Zhang Yifan's glass factory must be profitable.However, no matter how much money you make, it will definitely not be as good as making money from the bank. It's just that you have a good relationship with Zhang Yifan and Zhu Jingjing, so you can accept it if you make less money.

Unexpectedly, Yifan actually said such words to boost morale.

Based on Yifan's past, they believed him immediately when he said it so seriously.

No, after hearing this, the Crown Princess turned to look at a few other people, and then said with a smile: "Since it is a good thing to make money, let's share it equally, otherwise, you guys will take the lion's share."

As expected of Zhu Biao, he still takes good care of his eldest sister.

Five thousand guan, divided among four families, is more than 1000 guan per family, which is not too much.

As a result, King Zhou heard this and said a little embarrassedly: "I just spent a lot of money, I'm afraid I won't be able to get so much money soon!"

Logically speaking, although the King of Zhou was young, he had already made a vassal, so he should have the money.He couldn't take it out, so he could only spend the money on other things.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan smiled and said, "If you don't have enough money, I can help you put it in advance without interest."

After hearing this, King Zhou quickly explained: "I have some people in my house. After returning to the capital, I spent more money. Either they went to my father, or that...that..."

While speaking, he looked at the Crown Princess and others, stuttering a little.

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he knew where he had invested the money, so he smiled and said: "You don't need to explain, they are all family members, it's settled like that."

Seeing them like this, other people could probably guess what these two families were doing, it was hard to say.

But they were all adults and didn't need to be reminded. Since they didn't want to talk, they didn't ask.

Later, Zhu Jingjing drew up an agreement, and as mentioned just now, the financing of the first glass factory in Ming Dynasty was completed.After lunch, when Zhang Yifan sent these relatives out, he told them: "After the New Year, I will build a glass factory. After the New Year next year, you can share the dividends."

After hearing this, the princess smiled and joked: "Then we just lie down and make money?"

"That's for sure!" Zhang Yifan assured without hesitation, "The products produced by me, Yifan, must be of the cornucopia level."

After hearing this, the princess smiled and left in a sedan chair.

Before Princess Yan left, she said to Zhang Yifan: "Your fourth brother will be back the day after tomorrow. Come and sit down when you have time!"

Zhang Yifan listened, and replied with a smile: "Sister-in-law Si, you have to take care of Fourth Brother, he used his strength to bully people as soon as we met, and he annoyed me later, I won't take him to make money."

After hearing this, Princess Yan also smiled and left.

Princess Ningguo and his wife also said goodbye to Zhang Yifan and his wife. Mei Yin, who was relatively silent, saw that only King Zhou was around, and asked with a little curiosity: "Brother-in-law, how do you know so much?"

At this point, he seemed to be afraid of causing misunderstanding, so he hurriedly explained: "Although I dare not say that I am rich in knowledge and know the past and present, but I am confident that there are not many people in the Ming Dynasty who are more knowledgeable than me. But why, I just Can’t think of a way you can make money like this?”

Zhang Yifan has come up with more ways to make money than just one or two.One idea followed another, making him extremely puzzled.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan smiled and said: "Is it possible that your learning direction is wrong? There are more than just the Four Books and Five Classics in the world, there are also many books by hundreds of schools of thought. If you are interested, I will think about it later. Do knowledge and write down what I know. When the time comes, you may wish to come over and discuss it. I... will help you understand the world!"

Hearing this, Mei Yin was stunned for a while, and finally asked with a hint of doubt: "Is this the method of studying things to gain knowledge?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan nodded and said, "Basically, some products of our glass factory are related to this!"

After hearing this, Mei Yin was a little confused. Since the things made in the glass factory were related to the method of studying things to achieve knowledge, why did her brother-in-law already know the method before he made the things?

When he wanted to ask again, Princess Ning Guo smiled and said: "Let's go, Fifth Brother can't wait any longer!"

When King Zhou heard this, he quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, I have nothing to do."

Mei Yin took a look and said goodbye to them without asking any more questions, and went back with Princess Ningguo.

As soon as they left, King Zhou took the initiative to approach Zhang Yifan and whispered: "Brother-in-law, I invited a lot of doctors, and then went to all over the country to collect medical books and asked them to sort them out first. What do you think of this method?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately showed approval, nodded and said: "Your idea is very good. If you don't have enough money, just come to me."

When King Zhou heard this, he quickly shook his head and said, "Enough, enough, enough. The New Year is coming soon, and there will be rewards from the father, the emperor, and the queen. It's enough."

It is definitely a good thing to organize traditional Chinese medicine in a systematic way, and Zhang Yifan supports it with both hands and feet.

Therefore, he reached out and patted King Zhou on the shoulder and said: "You are doing a good deed that will last forever. People in future generations will remember you and be grateful to you."

When King Zhou heard this, his back suddenly stiffened and he said excitedly: "Then I'm leaving!"

Zhang Yifan nodded and watched King Zhou get on the sedan chair and drive away.

Later, when he was about to return to the house with Zhu Jingjing, he suddenly saw two people on the street, with their hands in their sleeves rolled up and bent over, hurriedly passing by.

The clothes they wore didn't seem to be very warm, and they looked like they had been destroyed by the cold wind.

This made Zhang Yifan suddenly remember that there was something he had not done yet.

Now the matter of the glass factory has actually been decided. When the spring comes after the new year, we can find a good factory site to start construction.

In this way, it is necessary to solve the problem of cold weather.Perhaps this is an exaggeration, but at least it should reduce the ravages of the cold.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan asked Zhu Jingjing to go back to the warm backyard house first, while he himself went to the residence of the servants in the mansion.

As he expected, the servant on duty had a hand-warming stove to keep himself warm, just like the one he had when he was a child in later generations.There is also a large brazier at the foot, which can be warmed up, but the door is open.

The servant who was fine lay down under the quilt so that the door could be closed and it would be warmer.

Zhang Yifan asked for a portable stove and looked at it. It was high-quality charcoal that could be used for a long time.This is because he is not short of money and is willing to spend money on his own house.

Otherwise, some charcoal will produce smoke, which is uncomfortable; some charcoal will burn out quickly.

For heating in winter, in later generations, before there was heating, Zhang Yifan clearly remembered that briquettes were used.

The old people have said that briquettes are good. If you don’t have money, you can make them yourself, that is, mix coal powder and clay with water. Of course, it must be in a certain proportion, and then it can be used after drying.

This kind of briquettes can not only provide heat, but also last long and will not collapse into ashes. It is a very practical thing.

With briquettes, even ordinary homes can be very useful for keeping warm in winter with a little modification and attention to the problem of carbon monoxide poisoning.

If it were other people, they might be thinking of using this method to make money.

However, for Zhang Yifan today, he is not short of money.This kind of briquettes does not improve much for the rich, and is more beneficial to ordinary people. Zhang Yifan does not need to make this meager profit.

Therefore, in the next few days, he tinkered with the briquettes and then called Niu Da and Niu Er over, asking them to follow this example and try it out in Liujia Village for a period of time.

How to do it and what to pay attention to are also explained.When everyone in Liujia Village starts using it and it becomes easy to use, other people will naturally learn to use it, and it won't take Zhang Yifan much effort.

Traveling to this era, using my knowledge, I can help the world a little, I can help a little, anyway, it doesn't take much effort!
After doing this, we are one step closer to the New Year.The servants in the house have already begun to prepare for the New Year step by step, purchasing the food needed for the New Year.

Zhang Yifan thought, probably nothing happened a year ago.Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a eunuch to convey the order to him, asking him to go to the palace immediately.

One look at the face of the eunuch who passed the order, and Zhang Yifan knew that it was probably not a good thing.So he hurried to the palace.

(End of this chapter)