King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 74 Lao Zhu is anxious! It should cost 100 million taels!

Master Huang's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Is there such a way to collect it? It's wonderful that the person in front of the prince is all about living! I should be able to collect it like this when I am in Hejian Mansion in the future! Haha."

Cao Wenlong's forehead was covered with black lines.

Sure enough, they are all of the same species!
  Subsequently.

Cao Wenlong looked at Mr. Huang and smiled bitterly: "Sir Huang! The share promised to you this year may not be enough! The business of Changlu Salt Farm cannot be continued! The grassroots have suffered huge losses this time, and it is really unsustainable. Already."

Master Huang looked at Cao Wenlong and frowned slightly.

"This is a trivial matter for me, but what should I explain to my mentor?"

Cao Wenlong smiled bitterly and said: "Please, sir, please do more for the common people!"

Master Huang sighed and said: "That's all, it's not easy for you either, what happened this time is really unexpected!
  Just give me 60% of the previous year’s rate!

Since the amount of money given is less, don’t give treasure notes. Just use the entire amount of treasure notes to cover it with silver! how? "

Every year in the past, Cao Wenlong would give Mr. Huang 3 taels of silver and 4 taels of treasure banknotes, which totaled 4 taels of silver!

It was a benefit to him and the mentor in the court behind him.

But this time, Cao Wenlong originally didn't want to give him a penny.

After all, it was this bastard's idea that caused him to lose so much.

What's more, after the cooperation with Changlu Salt Factory is interrupted, his losses will further expand!
  There is no need to continue doing business in Hejian Mansion!
  So why bother giving these greedy guys any more money?

Originally, Cao Wenlong thought that even if the man named Huang had a dark heart, he would reduce some of his expenses.

But now that he heard Master Huang say this, he silently calculated it in his heart.

3万两银子的七成是2万1千两，加上4万贯宝钞的七成，是2万8千贯！

If they were all converted into silver, I would have to give Mr. Huang 4 taels!

This bastard.
  Cao Wenlong smiled bitterly.

"Master Huang, you haven't given me any relief at all! Then just follow what you said before."

No matter how unwilling he was, Cao Wenlong did not dare to offend Mr. Huang.

The so-called county magistrate who ruined his family and the prefect who exterminated his family, how could he, a mere businessman, dare to confront him? What's more, behind him, there was a mentor with powerful hands and eyes!
  Mr. Huang smiled and said suddenly: "Next, if you Shanxi merchants don't buy the salt from Changlu Saltworks, their lives will be difficult."

Cao Wenlong said bitterly: "How to buy it? Why should I buy it? This prince is so overbearing and domineering. I'm afraid that if I go to Changlu Saltworks again, he will chew up all the bones and swallow it!"

Master Huang nodded.

"I will tell my mentor about this! You never know when things will turn around, so you don't have to worry too much!"

Done.

Master Huang suddenly smiled again and said: "If Changlu Saltworks can quickly bring order to the chaos, don't forget the benefits of me and my mentor!"

Cao Wenlong smiled bitterly.

"Of course that's the best! The common people will never forget your kindness!"

Ying Tianfu.

Forbidden City.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly frowned while approving the memorial in his hand.

He couldn't help but said: "Absurd!"

Then he looked at the prince next to him and said, "Prince, Tan'er has caused trouble again!" Zhu Biao was stunned and asked, "Is it because of the Changlu Saltworks?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "Of course it's because of Changlu Saltworks! This brat! We misjudged him again! If we keep going like this, Changlu Saltworks will be closed down before the end of the year!"

no! We must take back the salt farm quickly!
  After all, this is the financial and taxation land of the imperial court, and there is no room for any mistakes. "

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little annoyed.

"We also expected to train Tan'er to be your assistant! Now it seems that it was a mistake! If he doesn't cause trouble for us, it will be considered a good thing!"

Zhu Biao said in shock: "What did the tenth brother do? The salt farm is running well. By the end of this year, we can easily complete the imperial court's one million taels of silver task! There is even some leftover!"

It won't be so hard that it will be closed down, right? "

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

He handed the memorial in his hand to Zhu Biao.

Also given to him was a secret letter from Jin Yiwei.

"The memorial submitted by Guo Huan of the Ministry of Revenue! He did not impeach Tan'er. He just wrote a memorial based on the reports of Han Mingzhe, the salt transport envoy in Peking, and several other officials of the salt transport envoy Si Yamen!

After all, it's a matter of millions of taels of silver. A considerable part of the imperial court's expenditure next year will be contributed by the Changlu Saltworks! Now that there is a problem with the salt farm, he, the acting minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is naturally nervous. "

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Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "Tan'er first killed the salt department ambassador who was best at managing the salt field, and then squandered the salt field's silver! He even invited the entire salt field's salt households to eat meat and drink wine!

Absolutely ridiculous!
  Strictly speaking, all that money belongs to the imperial court!
  Now I just let him Zhu Tan take care of it, how could he do this! "

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly when he saw the memorial.

"The tenth brother is quite a sweetheart!"

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed: "It's just a simple invitation to buy people's hearts, and we understand it! But Jin Yiwei's report makes us even more uneasy!"

The people from Shanxi merchants went to Tan'er, probably to talk about buying salt! Tan'er extorted 60 taels of silver!

This bastard is addicted to taking the wrong path!

A dignified prince, even for 60 taels of silver, cannot embarrass the country so much! "

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "We have to let him send all the 60 taels of silver to Yingtian Mansion!
  He cannot become addicted to this kind of ill-gotten wealth! "

Zhu Biao laughed dryly.

My father is doing things more and more grandly.

He could only nod his head in agreement and said: "Father is right! In this way, it can be regarded as a warning to the tenth brother! It's better not to do this kind of plundering thing!"
  But father, don’t be too angry with your tenth brother! After all, those Shanxi merchants are not good people.
  Back then, the Mongols helped the Mongols when they were strong. Later, when we forced them, they helped us!
  They are just a bunch of villains who are greedy for profit. They can be used but not relied on. It’s okay for the tenth brother to teach them a lesson! "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "We agree with this! A group of humble businessmen are so bold that they dare to talk to the prince about things, huh! If we follow our temper, we will ask them for 100 million taels!"

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly.

Suddenly he turned over the memorial and was stunned.

I couldn't help but said: "Why did my tenth brother stop production in all parts of the Changlu Salt Farm? The daily losses are too great! What's more, what if the salt merchants arrive at the salt farm and can't bring out the salt?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "That's what we're talking about! He can do whatever he wants in front of him, as long as it doesn't damage the foundation of the salt farm, we don't think it's okay!
  But now he has shut down the entire salt farm, and is talking about building a new production method! Isn't this a joke?
  Does he still know how to make salt?

I simply don’t know the heights of the sky and the heights of the world, and it’s so whimsical!

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Zhu Yuanzhang said anxiously: "No! This salt field must be taken back as soon as possible. If he waits to destroy the salt field, this important land in the north will be ruined!"

(End of this chapter)