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Chapter 267
"Return to Your Majesty, I am willing to share your worries for His Majesty, and please give your Majesty advice." Tian Hong met his daughter and nodded, knowing that it was all right, so he boldly asked the emperor for an errand.

"There are errands, but let me talk about my rules first." Yang Reform is not afraid of his relatives becoming bigger, and there has never been any trouble with relatives in the entire Ming Dynasty. If you get vaccinated, you will say ugly things first, and you will ruin your own affairs and rules in the future, so you can do whatever you want.

"I listen to His Majesty's lesson." Tian Hongyu said seriously.

"If you work for me, you must follow my rules. If there is corruption, my money will be wasted, or my business will be damaged, or the law of the country will be broken, or you will use the name of doing errands to damage my reputation. And so on, I will never forgive lightly. This point, the father-in-law must keep in mind..." Yang Reform first beat his father-in-law.

"I understand, I understand, I will definitely not break His Majesty's rules." Tian Hongyu quickly agreed, these requests are not excessive, and they are also requests from the imperial court for foreign relatives. If the emperor doesn't say anything, those courtiers will stare at him .

"Yunmeng, you can avoid it for a while, I have something to discuss with my father-in-law alone." There are some things that Yang Reform doesn't want too many people to know.

Tian Yunmeng looked at the emperor, then at his father, and left obediently without saying anything.

The maids and eunuchs also left, and Yang Reformcai said: "My father-in-law, if you do business for me, you can first explain that I will pay the capital, you will contribute, and most of the proceeds will go to me. You also know that my internal funds must be supported. I'm often in a tight budget, so when I do business, I can't give you much, I hope you can understand." Yang Reform first explained.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I understand, I understand, I don't dare to ask for more, as long as it can be similar to Liulizhai, I just want to earn money for Your Majesty and share your worries. As for the amount of money, I don't see it in my eyes." Yes, as long as you don’t starve to death, you’ll be fine.” Concubine Tian’s father, Tian Hongyu, was much more cunning than Empress Zhou’s father, and he was much smarter when he spoke.

"Hehe, it's not enough to starve to death. My father-in-law, business is business. My business, how should I put it, is connected with the fate of the country. Well done, I am still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and you are also my own." Father-in-law, hehe, if doing business leads to bad luck for the country, hehe, then I will be the king of subjugation, your family..." Yang Reform used the trick to scare Zhou Kui to scare Tian Hongyu.

However, Tian Hongyu was much smarter than Zhou Kui, and his expression only changed a little before he said: "...Your Majesty is joking, Your Majesty is joking, my Ming Dynasty is under His Majesty's rule, and it is in full swing. What about unlucky words? Hehe..." Tian Hongyu obviously didn't believe the emperor's words, would the Ming Dynasty fall?No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it!Will the imperial court that can still provide 1000 million taels of silver for disaster relief now perish?That's really unreasonable.

Yang Reform was speechless. He forgot that the time when he frightened Zhou Kui was different from what it is now. When he first came to the throne, the situation was very unfavorable. There were wars and losses everywhere. Unlike now, he has done a lot of things to make the country look like Rejuvenated.

Yang Reform thought for a while, and said: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense, what I give to Liulizhai is only [-]%, and what I give to my father-in-law is also [-]%..."

Before Yang Reform finished speaking, Tian Hongyu said impatiently: "I am willing, I am willing..." The emperor really put himself in the same class as Liulizhai. Doujin's business is [-]% better than what he has been doing for a few years, so Tian Hongyu eagerly agreed to the emperor.From the looks of it, the business the emperor gave him was at the same level as Liulizhai, otherwise how could he compare it to Liulizhai?Tian Hongyu was very happy. His errands were much better than that of the queen's father Zhou Kui, who only knew how to buy land.

Yang Reform was a little surprised. How come all these relatives have become so generous and selfless?Are they all alive?To do good deeds?
"Old man, do you know what I want you to do?" Yang Reform asked curiously.

"Your Majesty just does what you want, and you are willing to do whatever you want..." Tian Hong saw that the emperor was so kind to him, and he was really willing to do anything. Who would not be greedy when he sees the business that is getting more and more money every day?
Yang Reform said with a smile: "My father-in-law, this business will be traveling all year round. It is not more comfortable than in the capital. You can think about it clearly."

Tian Hongyu was still hesitant at first, but when he thought about it, the queen's father even dared to go to Leizhou, so he couldn't be farther than him, right?I am not doing it for one person, to put it bluntly, for my daughter, my daughter is a noble concubine, second only to the queen, in order to compete for favor, in order to have a status in the palace, I have to fight hard, and what the emperor values ​​is whether he can help He made money, Tian Hongyu was willing to go all out, and said: "Your Majesty, even if it is the end of the world, I am willing to go."

Yang Reform was surprised. Are all the relatives out of their minds?All of them are good cadres like ***!It's just that I'm a brick, where do I need to move it.

"Okay..., since the old man is so sure, then I will continue to talk about the following..." Yang Reform thought for a while, and then said: "The old man used to do business in Shaanxi?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true that my hometown is in Shaanxi. I did do business in my early years, and I have quite a lot of experience, and I have gained a lot..." Tian Hongyu was not too embarrassed when he said that he was in business. The palace, these materials are clearly recorded and can be checked. It is not a shameful thing. If I am not from a poor family, my daughter would not be able to enter the palace. The fortune-telling father-in-law caught a lot of them, so there's nothing to be ashamed of.When it comes to his achievements in business, he is even more confident.If he has no money, can he go to Yangzhou to buy a prodigal woman who is as beautiful as a flower and proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to be his daughter's stepmother?Teach your daughter those talents?

"Oh, do business in Shaanxi? Hehe, do you know much about Shaanxi?" Yang Reform planned to ask about the situation first. The merchants in Shanxi control the transactions with Mongolia. It is difficult to make a deal with Mongolia without going through the merchants in Shanxi. Buying and selling is also a headache for Yang Reform. Although he has plans to kill Shanxi merchants in the future, time cannot be delayed. Well, once the Shanxi businessmen cut it down, someone has to fill in the business gap left by them, and to fill the business gap left by the Shanxi businessmen, there must be a business network operated by themselves in advance, and this network must be arranged in advance. There must be a certain scale, and now, Liulizhai is really beyond the reach of this kind of interlacing, so I can only try it with another person.

"Returning to Your Majesty, when it comes to the business in Shaanxi, although I haven't operated it for many years, the relationship is still there, and the connections are still there. If Your Majesty wants you to go to Shaanxi to do business, there is no problem at all. And joints, I have been familiar with it for a long time..." Tian Hongyu is not bragging, he has been very successful in business, so he has the money to go to Yangzhou to raise his daughter, and the route he takes is to become a foreign relative. Back then, Lu Buwei invested It's a prince, and Tian Hongyu invested in his daughter. Since his daughter became a princess, his old relationship has contacted him again. Now, his daughter has become a noble concubine. Those who did business with him before, They all took pride in knowing him. When it comes to relationships, connections, and contacts, there is no lack of them at all, let alone bearing the name of an imperial merchant, that would only make him feel like a fish in water.

"...Then if you want to do business with the Mongols, are you sure?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Mongols?..." Tian Hongyu thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is talking about the Mongols of that tribe. The minister is in Shaanxi, and he has dealt with the Mongols outside the Shaanxi Pass, so he is quite familiar with them. However, There are many tribes in this Mongolia, and the territory is quite broad. The Shaanxi side mainly deals with the tribes of Woerdusi [that is, Ordos], and the Shanxi side mainly deals with the tribes of Tumed. If Shuntian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture are outside The Mongolian tribes in the area are the Harasan tribes, I don’t know which one Your Majesty is referring to?" Tian Hongyu is a successful businessman and knows this information very well.

Yang Reform was a little surprised that Tian Hongyu knew better than himself about the outside of the pass. He only understood the division of power of the Mongols outside the pass after listening to the explanation from his intelligence leader a few days ago. Unexpectedly, this The father-in-law, who was so clearly distinguished, also looked at Tian Hongyu a few times.He has confidence in Tian Hongyu.

"I want to ask you, do you know anything about the trade with the Mongols?" Yang Reform continued to ask.

"Back to Your Majesty, business with the Mongols? The main thing is horses. The court allows the Mongols to do business with us for the sake of horses. Therefore, the market here is also called a horse market. Except for horses, for example, there are also furs. , camels, etc., if it is a horse market in Liaodong, you can still exchange ginseng, pearls, mink, etc., but now that I have a deadly enmity with the Jurchen, it may be difficult to open the horse market..." Tian Yuhong said.

"Then how about I sell those things to the Mongols again?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, what I sell to the Mongolians mainly includes tea, silk, cloth, grain, and iron pots. They are all urgently needed by the Mongols. If they don't have the iron pots from my dynasty, they won't be able to drink. Clean water, no food..." As soon as he mentioned this, Tian Hongyu got excited again, because the money of the Mongolians was really easy to make, and the things that were transported to the horse market were often snapped up immediately.

"Is there no wool? Do you know where the wool is famous?" Yang Reform asked the core question.

"...Wool?..." Tian Hongyu thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember that there was still wool trading in the horse market.Shaking his head, he said: "Your Majesty, if you want to talk about big business, I have never heard of buying and selling wool. The wool outside the customs is basically useless, except for making felt tents or blankets. I have never heard that wool is useful..., no, no,... no, I remembered, there is a place where the wool is called good, and the things we woven are really rare in the world, but, The income is not easy, the cost is high, and the output is not much..."

[Today is Ching Ming Festival, a day for worshiping ancestors and sweeping graves, everyone, don't forget. 】

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