Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1708 Eternal One Emperor

  If other emperors are scolded as dog emperors, they must be furious.

  But when Zhu Houzhao heard his own uncle yelling at him, he crossed his arms, beaming with joy, as if he was waiting for Zhang Heling to scold him.

   Then, he immediately yelled: "It's against the heavens. I was kind enough to make you rich, but you called me a dog. It seems that you want to rebel. It really makes no sense. Lao Fang, what about this rebellion?"

  Fang Jifan put his palms together and made a gesture of cutting a watermelon: "Exterminate the three clans, except the empress dowager."

   Do you think you can scare the Marquis of Shouning all at once?

  Of course not!

Zhang Heling was still cursing, he straightened his neck, and raised his chin: "If you want money, kill it, come on, kill everyone if you have the ability, I will die here today, my body will be broken into thousands of pieces, and my body will be pierced by thousands of arrows." If you chop up your heart and feed it to the dogs, you will never frown. If you want money, I will give you a hundred taels. If you want it, you won’t have a penny!"

  Zhang Yanling was so frightened that he burst into tears and kept hitting the ground with his head.

  Zhu Houzhao rejoiced: "It seems that not only will the head be beheaded, but also the house will be ransacked. Lao Fang, order Jin Yiwei to do it."

  copy...copy house...

   These two words obviously have different meanings.

  Zhang Heling's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly changed his tone: "I invest, I invest! Your Majesty, I invest, how much you want to invest, Your Majesty tells you the amount."

   "Ten million! One penny is missing, so I'll take your skin off."

  Zhang Heling felt that he was in a mess at this time, and his clever mind had nowhere to escape.

  He was thinking about it, so he first stabilized His Majesty before speaking, and went back to complain to Queen Mother Zhang.

  Zhu Houzhao stretched out a finger.

   "Oh my god!" Zhang Yanling shouted, almost passed out, and said weakly, "One million taels is so much?"

  Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Wrong, ten million taels!"

   Zhang Yanling, who was nearly in a coma, heard ten million, but suddenly regained consciousness, and shouted again: "My God, ten million taels..." His voice broke.

  Zhang Heling already felt a pain in his heart, very painful.

Zhu Houzhao, however, with his hands behind his back, said smugly: "I have made up my mind, and if I want to do it, I will do big things. The railway maintains the national economy and the people's livelihood, and it has a great relationship. At the same time, construction started in various places. The Zhang family paid 10 million taels, and Xishan here also gave 10 million taels. In addition, I tried to move some from the internal funds. Five million taels are necessary. There are Wang Bushi and other wealthy businessmen who can get the best, but I don’t care if they can’t. There are also various government and marquis mansions. Calculated in this way, it shouldn’t be a problem to raise 30 to 50 million taels. With this amount, the funds in the early stage can be satisfied. After that, some railway bonds will be issued, and tens of millions of taels will be raised, so...all the provinces in the world will build railways. You are my relatives, and you It is the royal family. If you don’t take the money, who will take it? This is your shareholding. In the future, the railway will have profits, and your benefits will be indispensable. In addition... Lao Fang has tried to plan for the railway’s profit, such as Converting the land of various stations to civilian and commercial use, and... how to strengthen the freight, in a word... there will never be a loss.

Fang Jifan immediately said: "Don't worry, this matter is my favorite student, Chang Wei from the Engineering Academy, who personally presides over it. This person stands out in the Engineering Academy. He has experienced it when building a new city. He presides, and with him here, there will be no problems. If something happens, you go to him. If you lose money or have a problem with the budget, go to him too. You break his leg, and I will Never frown."

   Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling immediately began to cry again, always feeling as if something important was missing in their lives.

  Zhang Heling had already burst into tears: "Your Majesty, this is the root of the subject, it is the root."

  Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Don't cry, don't cry, this is a business, how did you get here, it's like I robbed you of your money, if you cry again, you really robbed me!"

   These words are obviously extremely powerful.

  The crying in the hall stopped abruptly.

  Zhu Houzhao felt that the noise had stopped, heaved a sigh of relief, exchanged a glance with Fang Jifan, and said, "Old Fang, what did the medical school say?"

Fang Jifan understood and said: "The female doctors said that the empress dowager is depressed because she misses the emperor. At this time, she should take good care of her in the harem. These days, the whole women's hospital is serving the empress dowager. There is only one person outside the palace, and none of the empress dowagers are there."

  Zhu Houzhao then looked at the Zhang family brothers with a smile: "That's right, I am also very worried about the Queen Mother. I decree that no one is allowed to enter the harem without authorization. If anyone dares to go, they will directly ransack the house."

  Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling: "..."

  So...

  The Zhang family has paid out money.

  The news spread like wildfire.

  People started to wonder.

  In this capital, most of the officials left, and the vacancies were quickly filled by newly promoted officials.

   After all, Ouyang Zhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has been in office for many years, and he has already known the official vacancies and the capabilities of Beijing officials. Some people filled the vacancies, and the capital also stopped. Some people even felt grateful because...

  If it wasn't for the emperor to go to the Golden Continent, or for His Royal Highness the crown prince to ascend the throne, where would it be my turn.

   It can be seen... To a certain extent, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats may not have deep hatred, but the naked hatred is the same.

   His Majesty is the first treasure, everyone is guessing what the first thing His Majesty will do.

  Because... this can judge the emperor's temperament, knowing what is the most important and top priority of the court next.

   But when the railway is built, everyone will understand.

  The top priority of the new dynasty is to build railways.

   All of a sudden, the exchange went crazy again, and all the stocks related to the railway rose.

  The price of iron and wood has risen especially fiercely, and the mechanical workshops everywhere have suddenly become popular.

  Xishan Jianye is even more outstanding.

   This situation frightened Zhu Houzhao.

He couldn't help grinning, and quickly asked someone to recruit Fang Jifan: "What's going on, the price of iron and wood has increased so much, and the price increase has never been calculated so high in the project budget. ..."

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, be safe and don't be impatient. This is normal. It is understandable that the current price is soaring. The original supply of pig iron and wood is not in short supply. But now there are so many projects to be started. How can it be impossible?" Rise? It is because of the rise that merchants think it is profitable. They think there is a big profit, so they will frantically look for iron ore, invest money, recruit manpower, purchase mining tools, and carry out mining. Without these countless How can the railway be repaired if the human and material resources are invested in the production of pig iron, as well as in the felling and processing of wood? Don’t worry, Your Majesty, this will not be a problem, but it will be of great benefit to the construction of the railway in the future.”

  Zhu Houzhao's face softened a little.

   "Okay, everyone from the Engineering Academy is dispatched."

Fang Jifan said: "It's dispatched. Even the students who have just entered school for less than half a year are now rushing to various provinces to start exploration. Xishan College plans to recruit some more engineering students this year. There is a real shortage of manpower.”

   "What about the craftsmen and coolies?" Zhu Houzhao asked again.

   "I'm also trying to recruit, and Wang Bushi brought a message saying that he is willing to donate 15 million taels of silver for the construction of the railway."

  Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, his face beamed with joy, and he said cheerfully: "Ah, I didn't expect this **** to have so much money. How much money does he have? How about making him the emperor?"

  Zhu Houzhao's face was full of anticipation, and he winked at Fang Jifan, as if there were mountains of gold and silver in front of him.

   Fang Jifan, however, felt a chill in his heart, what the hell, isn't this putting everyone in danger? If Wang Bushi knew that his "good deeds" did not attract the approval of the emperor, but the emperor was concerned about his principal, he would definitely not be able to sleep.

So Fang Jifan said patiently: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that is to use up the river to fish. This king is not willing to make such a great effort, which shows his loyalty to the court and the emperor. He has money, which is his business. Don't go too far in everything. It’s a donation, I think it’s still not a donation, it’s better to treat him as a shareholder, Your Majesty can’t ask for his money for nothing.”

  Zhu Houzhao thought about it, and felt that this really made sense.

  In fact, Zhu Houzhao is a very reasonable person, of course... the premise is that you have to be reasonable.

  He then said: "Very good, very good, even if he has become a shareholder, I appreciate this Wang Bushi very much. I will find an excuse in a few days and give him a reward."

  Fang Jifan finally felt relieved, look, he was a good person again, and he accumulated virtue for his son again.

  Fang Jifan nodded quickly: "Your Majesty has clear rewards and punishments, which is very admirable."

  Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan strangely: "In the past, you have always admired the father. Then tell me, is it I who admire you, or the father who admires you more."

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  Taking a deep breath, Fang Jifan said: "Of course it is Your Majesty. Your Majesty has lofty ambitions. He is the dragon among dragons, the best among dragons."

  Zhu Houzhao tilted his head, and said to the **** who was doing the writing in the corner of the hall: "Record it, write it down, it must be recorded in the daily life record, and one day, when the father returns from Huangjinzhou, he will confront him in front of him."

Fang Jifan still had a smile on his face, and there was a look of disgust in his eyes: "What I admire the most is precisely your majesty's serious spirit. It is said that everything is serious. With this alone, your majesty can go after Yao and Shun directly. It is even more blunt to say that Shennong, the ancestor of the minister, is not as good as His Majesty Wanyi. Your Majesty has the heart to devour the universe, and the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers, there is no one before, and there will be no one in the future!"

  ...

  Chapter 3 is delivered, and the tiger comes out to mess around. It's about credit. Can you give me a monthly pass?

  (end of this chapter)