Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 63 Money, money, a lot of money
In Zhu Chu's palace, there was a special treasury used to store Zhu Chu's money and grain.

At this time, in the treasury where the silver was stored separately, Zhu Zhen stood in the middle, turning his head and looking at the mountains of white flowers and silver piled up around him, he was very satisfied.

Previously, Li Shuran had someone send over 10,000+ taels of treasury money from the prefect's Yamen.

That's not all Dali's tax money. It is said that from the time of Jingjiang King Zhu Shouqian, who was Zhu Chu's cousin, the Dali government office helped to manage the salary that should have been given to the vassal king.

So those were all accumulated when the palace became vacant in the past few years.

Zhu Shouqian's father, Zhu Wen, was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, Zhu Wen was Zhu Chu's cousin, and Zhu Shouqian was his cousin.

It's just that Zhu Zhen seems to have never seen this Zhu Shouqian or his father, the God of War.

Zhu Wenzheng guarded Hongdu for three months, which was comparable to Yu Qian, another god of war.

This is the real God of War, not a sarcastic one.

But the money was free after all, and what Zhu Zhen was looking at at this moment was what he had earned recently.

In addition to the 3 taels earned from the first batch of glass, this time the three major clans sent another 9 taels, making 12 taels of silver in less than a month.

If this spreads out, I'm afraid Zhu Zhen will be called the God of Wealth.

Even Shen Wansan's money-making speed is not as fast as Zhu Chu's, right?

"It seems that Shen Wansan was exiled to Yunnan by the old man? Do you want someone to look for him? Or is he already missing?" Zhu Ming muttered to himself.

It would be easier if he could have a professional like Shen Wansan help him take care of his financial affairs.

"Nowadays, these businesses are all profitable, with almost no capital. Today's soaps are only made from pig fat and meat fat, or some low-quality vegetable oil, combined with plant ash to extract alkaline water."

"Even the white sugar is just boiled by collecting excess unsold sugar cane from people's homes. Those people have to be grateful, otherwise the sugar cane will rot."

"And when these soaps and sugar are sold, we can increase production."

"In less than three years, this treasury will be filled with millions and millions of silver. But how can I hide it from the informants around me and secretly develop my own army?"

"Apart from Wang Fu, Muchun and Zhao Kuo cannot be trusted. I don't know how many informants there are around them."

"What's more, most of the people here in Yunnan are people who were moved from the Central Plains by old men. It's also difficult to recruit troops. It's really troublesome."

Zhu Zhen began to frown again.

I had thought of recruiting troops before, but the problem was that it was difficult to do so because I was in the cloud land.

You can't put up notices or go to the hinterland of the Central Plains to recruit troops and say you're ready to rebel, right?
"Let's not mention these things for now. Speaking of which, it's already November," Zhu Zhen murmured to himself, and with a thought in his heart, he called out the system interface.

It turned out that while he was busy making things like glass and concentrating on making money, time had quietly arrived in November.

On the tax system page, the second tax payment has been completed.

Like last time, the tax resources this time are still an integer of 30.

Counting the remaining 25 and two hundred resources after Zhu Xi bought a bunch of things last time, he now has 9000 and two hundred resources.

"The lowest price for a most common tank is 800 million resources. An ordinary rifle only costs [-] resources. As for the bullets used, it only requires one resource."

"If I buy a rifle now and exchange it for tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, can I even walk sideways?"

Zhu Zhen became proud.

With the firepower and power of the rifle, it can be said that no one can defeat it within 300 meters, especially within ten meters, the gun is fast and accurate.

It's just that Zhu Zhen has no intention of using resources easily.Anyway, it is not needed at this stage, not to mention that the more important thing is the development of science and technology. If one day we can really develop our own military factory, what kind of weapons cannot be produced?
"Actually, there are also fire guns now, which are the oldest muskets. Unfortunately, they are too stupid. They have to fill them with gunpowder first, then put the iron pellets, and then light the gunpowder and shoot them out. It is really clumsy," Zhu Ming shook his head.

He also wanted to get a fire gun for fun before, but unfortunately the current fire gun is not as good as a bird gun, that is, a matchlock gun, let alone a flintlock gun.

Zhu Zhen had no choice but to give up his plan to get out of the Shenji Camp first. The current firearms were really not as powerful as a volley of archers.

Sooner or later, Zhu Chu will build his own military factory.

It's a pity not now, because whether it is the control of salt and iron or the development of gunpowder, it is not a trivial matter.

Even the vassal king cannot open mines privately, whether it is coal mines or iron mines, as long as they are mines, they cannot open mines privately.

In fact, for some vassals, even their salaries were paid by the court instead of raising them themselves.

Zhu Zhen is an exception, because although he is not very old, after all, his fiefdom is in Yunnan, and he is a border guarding vassal king.

The princes guarding the border have slightly more power. Not only do they have more military power, but they also have more relaxed controls in many aspects.

It is said that other princes cannot do business.

It is also conceivable why Wang Fu has been worrying about Zhu Ming, because in Wang Fu's view, Zhu Ming has always been on the verge of death, and his level of letting go is no better than that of his tenth brother, King Luhuang. inferior.

It's just that Zhu Zhen himself has no self-awareness.

Of course, Zhu Zhen is still self-aware when it comes to making firearms and developing advanced weapons.

You can buy the drawings, and you can learn and master the technology first. As for the factory, that will be discussed later.

"Especially the gunpowder. The gunpowder now is used to set off fireworks? It's a waste. When I set up the red cannon, any city wall will be worth mentioning in front of me."

"Well, you still have to be patient or hide your capabilities and bide your time. By the way, when will Mr. Zhu die? Although as long as he doesn't die, we princes and princes can still live happily. But if he doesn't die, that's a problem."

Zhu Zhen sighed and cursed silently in his heart.

Anyway, the relationship between Lao Zhu and him was not good. The two fathers and sons had never met several times. He was only afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang and had no filial piety.

But he didn't dare to say these words, for fear that the walls would have ears.

Just like now.

"Your Highness, Mr. Li is here," Wang Fu stood outside the treasury door at some unknown time and reported to Zhu Zhen.

Zhu Ming nodded and said casually: "Let him come here. He is not an outsider anyway."

Zhu Chu has been here for so long, and he is considered an acquaintance with Mr. Li Shuran, and he does not regard him as an outsider.

But soon, Zhu Chu would regret it.

When Li Shuran came to the treasury, his eyes suddenly shone with golden light, as if his eyes had turned into gold.

"Your Highness, the money in your treasury seems to have increased?" Li Shuran asked.

"Changed? Can you change it and show me? I earned this all by myself," Zhu Zhen snorted and became proud again.

Li Shuran rubbed his hands and said with a sneer: "Your Highness is very capable. I came here this time because I actually have something to ask for. It's almost the end of the year, and it's time to pay taxes to the court."

"What? You want me to pay taxes?"

(End of this chapter)