Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1260 Miracle

  Hearing Liu Jian's compliment, Emperor Hongzhi looked happy, nodded and said: "Come here, invite the prince and Jifan."

   After finishing speaking, Emperor Hongzhi sat down, looking very energetic.

   Just touched Queen Zhang's eyes, but couldn't help but feel a little short of breath.

  Knowing this, in front of Liu Jian and others, it is better for Queen Zhang to avoid it.

  Empress Zhang was smiling, with peaceful eyes.

   It's just what Queen Zhang thinks in her heart. According to Emperor Hongzhi's understanding of her, it may not necessarily be like her face.

Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: "The people are nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation. With food to eat and clothes to wear, I also heard that now the carriages in Xishan are selling very hotly. The common people only need to pay a few bucks to take the public carriage. But right now, the problem of living seems to be solved, and it is still far away, but this clothes cannot be neglected."

Emperor Hongzhi paused, and then continued: "I have been thinking about how to solve it? Sometimes, the more I think about it, the more confused I become. A small piece of clothing is not difficult for me and Zhuqing, but for ordinary people Baixin, but it is extremely difficult."

  Liu Jian couldn't help feeling: "There are tens of thousands of people in the world, and one piece of clothing for each person is equivalent to tens of thousands of clothes. It is easy to make one person wear clothes, but it is not easy to make clothes for tens of thousands of people."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded thoughtfully.

  Thousands of people, it is true that Daming's national power is strong and it has become a kingdom of heaven, but it is difficult to know how to keep them warm and hungry.

  The so-called governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, this sincerely does not deceive me.

  After a while, he smiled and said: "At least let the people in the capital have a good winter."

  He didn't expect that next year, the year after, or ten years later, the people of the capital would be able to dress warmly, but at least this year...he had such luck.

  Liu Jian and others also smiled, showing a satisfied smile.

   At this time, Liu Jian suddenly remembered something, and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this time I bestowed Duke Wang Shouren, but I don't know what name should be bestowed? The Ministry of Rites has drawn up a few, and I hope Your Majesty can come up with an idea."

"Oh." Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently: "I have read the memorials of the Ministry of Rites, but I don't think the few candidates for the Ministry of Rites are beautiful. "

   "Han Han Gong?" Liu Jian was a little puzzled.

  He said awkwardly: "Wang Shouren is originally from Yuyao, Zhejiang, and has nothing to do with Han... This..."

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "I'm talking about the vastness of the vast sea."

  Hanhai...

  Liu Jian and others, who were familiar with the classics and history books, immediately had an impression.

  The so-called vast sea is the extreme north of the desert. In later generations, there is another well-known name, that is, Lake Baikal. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, people referred to Hanhai as a general term for the area north of the Mongolian plateau desert and its westward middle to the Western Regions.

   When it came to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, it was regarded as the desert of the Western Regions.

   Now, it is mostly regarded as the Gobi Desert.

After historical changes, the word "Hanhai" is essentially related to Huo Qubing's slaying into the desert and sealing the wolf in Xuxu. It is said that Huo Qubing went deep into the desert and won consecutive battles. Going deep, a Zen ceremony was held at Guyan Mountain, and the front of the soldiers pushed all the way to the vast sea.

  It's actually named after Han... This... I think it's because His Majesty has greater expectations for Wang Shouren.

  Liu Jian thought about it, without much hesitation, he said, "I understand."

   While talking, footsteps came from outside.

  Through the clear floor-to-ceiling windows, Emperor Hongzhi saw Fang Jifan and the prince coming side by side.

  The two of them entered the hall with tired faces.

  Especially Zhu Houzhao, his complexion was pale, after all he had been in the workshop a bit too much in the sauna, his skin was frighteningly fair, and he looked tired and weak.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

  Empress Zhang's eyes lit up.

   The two saluted.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sternly, and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Why is the prince so weak?"

  Zhu Hou told the truth: "Weaving cloth."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face instantly turned red.

  He actually said it out loud.

Empress Zhang suddenly felt distressed, but... in front of Liu Jian and others, Empress Zhang remained silent. All the officials usually suspect that Empress Zhang is a jealous woman, so naturally Empress Zhang would not let them sit in front of Liu Jian and others. It's true.

  Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty..."

   "Okay, Jifan, you don't have to defend the prince. I know that this time, the two of you have worked hard. I have a bet with the prince. This time, the prince will win."

  Zhu Houzhao became happy now, and the corners of his lips curved happily.

Empress Zhang smiled softly, but she couldn't help thinking in her heart, does the prince sometimes look like the former emperor of Chenghua, how silly you look, this is not a bet, it is clearly a trap, just waiting for you and Fang Jifan to give money to you .

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard that the price of cloth has really been cut in half."

   "It's not just cut in half." Zhu Houzhao said proudly: "According to this trend, I'm afraid it will go down again."

  Emperor Hongzhi took the case, but he took a deep breath in his heart. These two guys are ruthless enough. How much money did they spend secretly?

   What made him even more curious was where he bought so much cloth.

  Emperor Hongzhi asked directly: "How much money did you spend for this?"

   Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan looked at each other.

  How much silver did it cost?

  This is not easy to calculate.

  Fang Jifan thought for a while and said, "If you think about it, there are tens of millions of taels."

   "What." Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly froze, subconsciously, he... was stunned.

  These two are really prodigal things, no matter what, they are not worth tens of millions of taels.

  Emperor Hongzhi glared at Fang Jifan.

  Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi's annoyed face, showing no signs of fear, but calmly said, "If you count the research on steam engines."

Reimbursement, there is always a distinction between macro and micro. The first cotton spinning workshop, which can exist today, is all due to the investment of the steam research institute. In this way, the investment of the steam research institute is also counted. It makes sense.

   Liu Jian on the side heard this and was also taken aback: "Duke Qi, did you spend tens of millions of taels of silver on the purchase of cloth?"

Fang Jifan looked sideways, and then looked at Liu Jian like an idiot and said, "Liu Gong, what do you mean by buying cloth? Did I say buying cloth? The theory of the wealth of nations, has Mr. Liu read it? A large number of purchases in the market will inevitably trigger The skyrocketing price of goods, the more you collect, the faster the rise, Liu Gong doesn’t even understand such common sense, do you want my student, that incompetent Liu Wenshan, to teach Liu Gong a good lesson?”

   "This..." He really didn't care about face at all. Liu Jian blushed suddenly, but he was powerless to refute.

  The main reason is that everyone has experience. Fang Jifan, the more serious you are with him, the more enthusiastic he is. Now he is just saying some weird words. God knows if he will scold the street next.

   That's all, gentlemen, don't have the same knowledge as him.

  Liu Jian just kept silent.

  Emperor Hongzhi was full of doubts in his heart.

  Thinking about it carefully, it really is.

  If a large amount of cloth is purchased, hoarded, and then sold to ordinary people at a low price, then... logically speaking, during the process of large-scale purchases, it is bound to cause a surge.

  Can now...

  Fang Jifan said with a smile: "The way to lower the price of cloth is not to buy high and sell low, but to increase the supply. As long as the cloth on the market suddenly increases, won't the price drop?"

  Emperor Hongzhi was immediately enlightened.

   But then, the question came again: "How to produce so much cloth at once?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that these days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his ministers have been weaving."

  Weaving…

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  Zhu Houzhao said with a look on his face: "That's right, in order to lower the price of this cloth, I have been supervising the production in the workshop all day long. I haven't had a good night's sleep for more than a month."

  Emperor Hongzhi had an unbelievable look on his face, and couldn't help but said: "You...weaving...but...you weaving, where did you get so much cloth?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Because of the new loom."

sewing machine…

  Emperor Hongzhi didn't understand what Fang Jifan was saying at this time, and was at a loss.

  He frowned: "Speak more clearly!"

  Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, in the past month, the cotton spinning workshops of the ministers and His Highness the Crown Prince have produced 138,600 pieces of cloth."

  One hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred...

   This number is very scary.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan in astonishment and said, "So much weaving?"

  Speaking of this, there is a good comparison. In this picture, the queen organized more than a thousand maids and eunuchs to weave cloth in the palace. It took a month, but only 7,000 pieces.

  Then... How many weavers did the prince and Fang Jifan hire to weave these fabrics?

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Why didn't I notice it beforehand? If so, the manpower required for this is probably more than 20,000. So much manpower and material resources have been used. How... is it possible?"

  Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "There are not many people in the cotton spinning workshop, but only three or four hundred people have been recruited. It is only three or four hundred people, and the father is always busy. How can he be aware of it?"

  Three or four hundred people...

  Emperor Hongzhi's face sank.

  Three to four hundred people, in one month, the number of weaving is twenty times the number of 16,700 people.

crazy…

   Could it be that these people... don't need to eat, drink, or sleep?

   What's more, it is so easy to find a skilled weaver.

  The reason why the palace was able to mobilize more than a thousand people is because Empress Zhang set an example in her early years and led the people in the palace to weave. Therefore, the maids in the palace have long been proficient.

  Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a long while, and then jumped up: "No, this is absolutely impossible!"

  (end of this chapter)