Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 230 Su Chunsheng Visits

Seeing that Ni Yuze was persuaded by him, Yuan Bao quickly added another flame, "If old master Yu was alive, he probably would not leave such a family motto, even if the eldest lady is the second generation head of the Yu family. Madam can change it, but now that you are the head of the family, why can't you change it?!" At this point, Yuan Bao stopped talking, she believed that Ni Yuze would figure it out, and changing her mind didn't happen overnight It works.

Perhaps Yuan Bao's point of view can convince Ni Yuze, but it will definitely not convince Mr. Ni, who is deeply guilty of the Yu family and regards Sister Yu's last wish as the goal of his life. The words that Mr. Ni taught Ni Yuze were used by Ni Yuze just now to answer Yuan Bao, of course, Mr. Ni's attitude is not so good, as for how many threats and admonitions are caught in it, Yuan Bao can guess one or two from Ni Yuze's extremely sad face when he said these things.

It is worth mentioning that Ni Yuze's mind is still very flexible. He said that since his descendants surnamed Ni can not abide by the family precepts of the Yu family, can he start preparing from now on, and only build ships to go to sea, not for business profits? ?

Yuan Bao smiled, and praised without hesitation, "You are so smart, what did the old man say? Did you convince me in the end?"

Ni Yuze didn't smile, "Father said it's not allowed. If I show off like this, if the emperor sees it, I will also cause trouble." Seeing that Yuan Bao was about to open his mouth, he added in a deep tone, "Father, you are right!"

Yuan Bao's heart sank.

The confrontation between father and son ended with Ni Yuze being punished again, but Ni Yuze did not give up his dream. He often inquired about shipbuilding in private, and even wanted to build a dock behind his father's back, but because Ni Yuze The old man found out and died without a problem.

Master Ni was heartbroken, and he sternly warned Ni Yuze that this would cause trouble, and kept him under strict supervision, but it was still too late for some things.

After years of painstaking efforts, Mrs. Ni's dowry finally had enough income in the hands of Mr. Ni to afford the queen mother's dividend of 300 million taels of silver. So when Ni Yuze was ten years old, father and son entered the Beijing noodles are holy.

According to Sister Yu's dying entrustment, Mr. Ni assigned the bonus money due to the Queen Mother to the Ni Mansion, and then pushed out the entire fleet of Yu's family. He then mentioned that he was very pleased to hear that Yu Zehou had a lot of experience in sailing at a young age and was determined to build a large ship that had never been seen in previous dynasties. He then transferred the Yu family's fleet to Ni Yuze and encouraged him He said that he hoped that he would use his talents to serve the country loyally and make unprecedented achievements.

Since then, the fleet of the Yu family has disappeared, and there is only the fleet of Yu Zehou Mansion in this world, but in fact, it is just that the fleet has changed its emblem.

Ni Yuze couldn't describe his feelings at that moment. On the one hand, he felt extremely self-blame because of his hope for his mother; The excitement and excitement that the dream is expected to come true, this complex and intense emotion will almost burn his young heart!
But Yuan Bao thought of another question, "Where is the silver? It was only given to your fleet. What did the emperor say about whether to pay the silver?" If she guessed correctly, the silver that Ni Yuze wanted to hand over was So from 300 million taels to 800 million taels!

Sure enough, Ni Yuze replied, "Because the queen mother's dividends are borne by the imperial merchant of the Ni Mansion, my fleet will only need to pay a fixed amount of profit and tax in the future, with a fixed amount of 500 million taels. The property is exempt from commercial tax for the rest of my life!"

This method can be said to be a disguised form of encouragement. It is hoped that the fleet will continue to expand after it is in the hands of Ni Yuze. On the surface, it seems that the Ni and Yu families have paid more, but to be fair, it is actually less than before.

The current emperor encourages farming and doing business, and tax exemption for land reclamation. The commercial tax and the agricultural tax are [-]% of the tax. The "[-]%" of the commercial tax refers to the turnover, not the profit. Of course, this kind of tax is only on the surface. In fact, due to various extortion by officials and various local private expropriations, the real payment of businessmen is much higher. I have to say that doing business in this era is really not easy!

But Ni Yuze's business does not have these problems, and no one dares to play with his business, so the title of "Yu Zehou" conferred by the emperor has brought him great practical benefits. From this aspect, Ni Yuze should be grateful.

This is how Yuanbao calculates. If the annual tax of the shop under Ni Yuze’s name exceeds 500 million taels, then Ni Yuze is actually making money. According to the information obtained from participating in the account collection, she felt that it was not difficult for Ni Yuze to achieve this turnover.

What's more, Ni Yuze can also expand the size of the fleet as the emperor hoped. Considering the frightening profits of the fleet, the extra 500 million taels of profit and tax is really nothing!
Yuan Bao was happily thinking about how to persuade Ni Yuze not to hate the emperor too much for this, and Ni Yuze had already talked about what happened next.

The emperor made such an arrangement, but the one who couldn’t accept it most was Mr. Ni. Yuan Bao speculated that the feelings must be quite strong and complicated. Among them were long-standing resentments, the regret of not being able to fulfill his wife’s last wish, and the disappointment that years of hard work were finally in vain. , the anger of the only son who disobeyed discipline and finally caused a disaster, there should be worries about Ni Yuze's future...

But Master Ni couldn't say that he was even more powerless to resist the emperor's arrangement, so he was so aggrieved that he vomited blood when he got out of the palace.

Elder Ni was sick for a while in the capital, but he didn't get better, so he had to struggle and go back to Ningnan Mansion. Afterwards, his illness became more and more serious, and he passed away in the new year. It was only a few days before he took Ni Yuze to face the saint. months of work.

But these few months of hard work, to Ni Yuze, was nothing more than a nightmare from which he would never wake up.

Following Ni Yuze's simple description, Yuan Bao seems to have returned to the last time of Mr. Ni's life: Mr. Ni was sick and sick, but he was still working hard, and the little Ni Yuze sometimes knelt on the footsteps in front of the bed, and sometimes knelt on his knees. On this big bed, helping Mr. Ni sort out the accounts that will never be finished, hearing Mr. Ni's severe and sad reprimands, and the nostrils are filled with a strong smell of medicine that will never go away...

Master Ni repeated the history of blood and tears of the Yu family endlessly, pouring out all kinds of negative emotions he got from this interview. He not only simply poured out the confession, but also made Ni Yuze agree to accept it and implement it. Yu Ze made a poisonous oath, but the reason why he didn't do this step is that Mr. Ni didn't know when the emperor would increase the profits and taxes of the fleet. After all, Mr. Ni did this because of "deep love and responsibility" , I want to use my own teachings to help my only son avoid disasters and troubles, instead of driving Ni Yuze to death directly!

But with Mrs. Ni like this, wouldn't Ni Yuze be forced to death?You must know that people's psychological endurance is not unlimited, besides, Ni Yuze was only a teenager at that time, even Master Ni himself. , but no one noticed.

It is worth mentioning that, before his death, Mrs. Ni told the "origin" between himself and Mrs. Ni, in order to remind Ni Yuze to be careful in the future. It can be said that what should be done should not be done, what should be said It shouldn't be said that the soon-to-be Elder Master Ni has said and done for Ni Yuze, but what he didn't expect was that Ni Yuze, under his unconventional teaching, had the illusion that everything was the culprit. All myself!

In the end, Master Ni vomited blood and died. It is said that he could not close his eyes after he died, but stared at Ni Yuze, unable to close his hands, until Ni Yuze cried several times, "Father, I understand, I will write down It's done!" Only then did Ni Yuze close it with his own hands.

Yuan Bao listened with wide-eyed eyes, and suddenly found that Ni Yuze's already too fair face had lost all blood color, and turned pale as paper. Not only that, his body was also trembling slightly.

A tear slid down the corner of Ni Yuze's eye, silently, but it felt extremely heavy. It flowed down slowly, and disappeared halfway, as if it had reintegrated into Ni Yuze's body. appear before the eyes of others.

Yuan Bao looked at him stupidly. This was the first time she saw Ni Yuze cry. In the past, no matter how serious the illness was or how severe the pain was, Yuan Bao had never seen Ni Yuze shed a single tear.

Hearing his own voice, Yuan Bao asked in a daze, "Ni Yuze, you're not so foolish as to think that you're the one who pissed your father off so hard, right?"

We can't blame Yuan Bao for having such unimaginable thoughts. It's because Ni Yuze's expression was too strange when he mentioned Mr. Ni's death and Mrs. Ni's affairs. Yuan Bao still remembered that Ni Yuze once thought Mr. Ni was killed by Mrs. Dead, but the reality is that the cause of Master Ni's death is really clear, and Ni Yuze has been guarding him for such a long time before his death. If there is something abnormal, how could Ni Yuze not find it?Even if you didn't realize it at the time, why couldn't you remember it later? !
Ni Yuze's unreasonable suspicion and resentment gave Yuan Bao the feeling that a child obviously did something wrong, but he just shifted the responsibility to others. Because the consequences of his mistakes were so serious that he couldn't face them at all.

No, no, Ni Yuze was only 11 years old when Master Ni passed away, he was a real kid at all!
"Get out - get out!" An inhuman howl came from Ni Yuze's chest, he grabbed the ingot in front of him like a madman, and threw it down on the bed, and then he also fell down beside the bed without a sound fainted.

When the ingot fell on the step with a "plop", she also realized through Ni Yuze's performance that she guessed right, and she also understood that this was the root of Ni Yuze's illness!
Jing Ning's urgent order sounded outside the bed, "Hurry up, go get the doctor!"

Yuan Bao stood up slowly from the footsteps, not panicking in her heart, she even wondered whether Ni Yuze really passed out because of the pain, or fainted because she couldn't face the most real fear in her heart , but no matter what, Ni Yuze will face all this one day, even though it must be very difficult for him!
Yuan Bao hung up the two layers of curtains on the bed high, completely ignoring that Ni Yuze was lying naked on the quilt with his upper body naked, and said to Dr. Zhao who had just rushed over, "It's time to feel the pulse, and it's time to give acupuncture. , I'll take care of things!"

Dr. Zhao sighed, no longer hesitated, and walked to the bed.

Just as Yuan Bao was about to leave, she was stopped by Jing Ning, who was already in tears, "Yuan Bao, Yuan Bao, how could this be..." It was obvious that both she and Jing An had heard the conversation between Ni Yuze and Yuan Bao just now.

Yuan Bao patted Jing Ning's shoulder reassuringly, "It's okay, your young master will get better, he is much stronger than we imagined," thinking about it, "Actually, this is like an abscess, squeeze it with pain Just come out!" With a calmness that didn't match his age, he walked out of the inner room slowly.

Yuan Bao fell out of favor.

From this moment on, Yuan Bao never saw Ni Yuze again, and Ni Yuze never mentioned her again, let alone let her come to serve him again.

"Yesterday, my son didn't use lunch, but he used no less soup than usual, and he used almost the same amount of dinner as before, and he slept well at night, oh, yes!" Jing Xin clapped her hands and said happily , "Young master's plaster is not only used for sex, but Dr. Zhao is also allowed to give him injections." His eyes sparkled at Yuan Bao, and he stretched out his hand to pat Yuan Bao's shoulder, "It's really yours!"

As soon as I left Ni Yuze's inner room yesterday, Yuan Bao came to the general account room. Because the entrance of the tunnel is near the clean room of Ni Yuze's inner room, Yuan Bao came here this time from the road outside. The distance is quite far. Walking around wasting time, Yuanbao simply lived here, anyway, I guess Ni Yuze would not want to see her in the near future, as a result, early this morning, Jingxin enthusiastically came to report to her about the situation there.

Yuan Bao pinched the center of his brows, never took his eyes off the ledger in front of him, waved to Jing Xin and said, "Okay, if there's nothing serious over there, you don't have to come and tell me every day, I'm very busy!"

Jing Xin's face turned black all of a sudden, "Yuan Bao, how can you be so heartless? What could be more important than the son's body? Could it be these broken books? You are not afraid that the son will never want you again." Are you a maid?"

Yuan Bao smiled "hehe", "Don't be afraid!" She still has to be this maid, she has many more important things to do, the most important thing is that she believes that after this incident, Ni Yuze will get better, and she can meditate The news brought also illustrates this point.

He stomped his feet quietly, turned and left.

Yuan Bao was about to continue looking at the ledger, when a little maid walked in with a breakfast box. In order to serve her closely, Yuan Bao's four little maids also lived here with her, and they all ate meals from the accountant's room now. .

After dinner, Yuan Bao took a walk in the yard to digest his food. When he came near the house of Chief Manager Yu, he found that he had just come back from the outside. Mayor, can you guide me?"

Manager Yu smiled brightly, "Master, I told you yesterday that Miss Yuan Bao is free to ask whatever she wants to see!"

Yuan Bao felt relieved, it seemed that her judgment was correct, she turned and went back to the room to get the ledger she was looking at.

Even though he had been mentally prepared, Yuan Bao still felt extremely horrified yesterday when he suddenly saw a series of numbers. Yes, it was horrifying rather than surprised!
Yuan Bao had already thought that the legendary treasure ship must be very expensive to build, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive, and this kind of expensive was definitely related to Ni Yuze's character.

All the materials used by Ni Yuze for shipbuilding are the best, and the main material is wood. Others use local materials. What is convenient to use, but he uses what is the best. There are many rare high-quality goods, and some are imported. , In addition, the hull was also coated with precious fireproof and waterproof paint, and the necessary places were covered with thin iron sheets for reinforcement, and because of the huge hull, the cost became extremely appalling.

In addition to the materials used, there are many technical problems. Ni Yuze also used silver to open the way: because the closed structure of the warehouses makes lighting a problem, Ni Yuze asked people to install glazed windows in the cabin. You know, because of the craftsmanship The reason is that glass in this era is very expensive. Even in Ni Yuze's own yard, only the main house he lives in uses glass windows, and the rest still use window paper. Some cabins are completely airtight, so Ni Yuze simply let People inlaid night pearls for lighting, and Ni Yuze also asked people to install cannons and other "modern" firearms on board...

With slightly trembling fingers, Yuan Bao quickly flipped through the pages of the account, looking for the answer she wanted to know the most. At that time, her heart was in a mess, and she didn't want to settle it by herself.

Soon, Yuan Bao found the figure she wanted, and the cost to build such a ship was 15 taels of silver.

"Fortunately," Yuan Bao just breathed out, then suddenly stopped, "No, this is just the material fee!"

Yes, shipbuilding requires labor in addition to material costs.

In order to achieve the most advanced shipbuilding technology of this era, Ni Yuze's subordinates gathered thousands of top craftsmen of this era, and nearly [-] shipbuilders. These people need food, clothing and wages...

In addition, building such a large ship requires special docks. Ni Yuze built ten new docks for this purpose. Each dock has a population equivalent to a town, and gathers stonemasons, bricklayers, shipbuilders, sailors, guards and others. Their families and the people from all walks of life who serve them.

It can be said that the population supported by Ni Yuze's shipbuilding has reached hundreds of thousands.

If all these were equally divided into the cost of shipbuilding, Yuan Bao felt that 20 taels of silver would not be enough to build a treasure ship, but Ni Yuze now plans to build a hundred of such ships, which means that 2000 million taels of silver is needed!
(End of this chapter)