Domineering Daming

"What exactly does it mean?" Zhu Xu held his chin, unable to figure it out, and couldn't help but murmur in his heart, the thinking of this ancient man is indeed powerful.

Zhu Xu couldn't figure it out, so he simply put it aside, and planned to go to the Imperial Academy to ask about it when it was convenient for him in a few days.

As a prince, especially one who has nothing to do, his meal time always arrives very quickly.

At the door, there was a small table. Zhu Xu was sitting on a small stool, holding a bowl, watching the light rain outside.

Yao Qingqing came over with the food, and said with a light smile, "Your Highness, while others drink wine to enjoy the snow, you eat and watch the rain, isn't it a little bit out of place?"

Zhu Xu pawed at the rice and said nonchalantly, "Don't care about him, the most important thing is to be full."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Huachun walked towards Zhu Xu in the rain under his umbrella.Yao Qingqing picked up a bowl, stood up and walked inside.

Cao Huachun's tone was a little anxious, and he said without putting down his umbrella, "Your Highness, a man named Fan came from Shanxi, clamoring to see Mr. Fu."

"Surname Fan?"

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes, and subconsciously reached out to wipe off the rice grains from his mouth.

The Eight Great Imperial Merchants are extremely famous in later generations, not only because they made great efforts to destroy the Ming Dynasty, but also because their business continued continuously until the end of Qing Dynasty.But there are also various compounds left behind, showing their glorious past.

The most famous of them is neither the Qi family nor the Cao family, but the Fan family!

The history that can be traced back to the Fan family may be that Ming Chengzu Zhu Di fought for the throne. Therefore, this family has a habit of taking risks and making war fortunes.They smuggled and sold everything the Jin people needed, food, armor, and even military intelligence in the territory of Ming Dynasty!Moreover, their business scope has also touched the northern end of Mongolia, which is unimaginably huge!

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes, thinking quickly in his mind.

When he established Huitong Commercial Bank, he had the intention of plotting against Shanxi merchants, especially the eight imperial merchants. Now that the heads are being sent up, he is embarrassed not to accept them.

However, the head is still very thin now, and he needs to be fattened up.

Zhu Xu knocked on the table rhythmically with his chopsticks, and gradually got an idea in his heart, and said, "This group of people must have inquired a lot of information. In this case, you should ask Wei Liangqing to meet them first, and find out how much they know. Then let Wei Liangqing, He Yunshan and Zhou Jianyu are all going to meet, try again, see his purpose, the bottom line."

Cao Huachun wrote down one by one, and when Zhu Xu finished speaking, he carefully reminded: "Your Highness, the business of Shanxi merchants may not last long."

Zhu Xu understood what Cao Huachun meant, but shook his head secretly.The adults in the court are busy helping the world, exorcising evil and using righteousness, how could they think of such a trivial matter.

"By the way." Zhu Xu didn't explain, but raised his head, with a weird smile on his face, and said, "Do you still remember that Grandmaster yesterday? Go, arrange two people beside him, one is a woman, and the other is a life-and-death partner." Hand it over, give it to me and follow him all the time."

Hearing the word "my lord", Cao Huachun's heart trembled, and he said more cautiously: "Your Highness, is this person very important?"

Zhu Xu took a few mouthfuls of vegetables and put them in the bowl, saying: "It's not very important, it's just for fun, and it will be more fun in the future. Don't lose people."

Cao Huachun kept it in his heart, said his farewell and went straight out of the palace. When people inquired, his expression became more puzzled, and he whispered to himself: "Song Xiance, whose name is Kangnian, is just a scholar. What's so special about it? His Highness thinks it's funny." ... Forget it, let's deal with the Shanxi merchants first."

Chapter 179

Three days later, Ping Wangfu.

"Uncle Ping, I'm here for dinner."

As soon as Zhu Xu entered, his voice seemed to cover the entire Ping Palace.

King Ping came out with a big belly, cautious and joyful face, and said with a smile: "Xu'er, you are a rare visitor, come, come quickly." Saying this, he glanced at the two servants beside Zhu Xu, and his smile relaxed a little. .

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Uncle Huang, you don't have to be polite, call out the theater troupe from your house, let's listen to the opera today, and we will listen to "Dingjun Mountain"."

King Ping was stunned, put his hands on his belt, glanced around, and said in a low voice as he walked, "Xu'er, last time I took the blame for you, you can't continue to hurt me this time."

Zhu Xu quit immediately, stopped and stared at him and said, "Uncle Huang, let's talk about it now. You said, did I settle it for the private occupation of the people's land by the steward of your mansion? You offended the King of Lu, Did I come forward to make peace, did I just pay 5 taels of silver for the repair of your mansion, I just asked you to give me a discount..."

When King Ping heard this, he quickly smiled and took Zhu Xu's hand, "Yes, yes, I made a mistake, listen to the opera."

"It's almost there."

With his hands behind his back, Zhu Xu directed the servants of Prince Ping's mansion to clean up this and that, just like in his own home, and then sat with King Ping in the courtyard, watching the singing stage being set up in the courtyard.

King Ping sat there, moving his body back and forth, and finally couldn't help but said, "Xu'er, tell me, what exactly are you going to do today?"

"Watching a play." Zhu Xu took a candied date in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth leisurely.

King Ping looked at Zhu Xu, struggled for a while and said, "Xu'er, just speak up, otherwise my play today will be unfair."

Zhu Xu turned to look at him, and saw that he was really worried, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Huang, it's just small things."

Seeing that the stage had been set up, King Ping became more and more anxious and said, "Xu'er, just tell me the truth, I really can't take it anymore."

Zhu Xu chewed the candied fruit in his mouth, and waved behind him calmly.

A man in his early thirties bowed slightly to King Ping and said, "My servant, Wang Chengen, pays homage to His Royal Highness King Ping."

King Ping was taken aback, moved his body to look back, took a look, then turned his head to look at Zhu Xu and said, "Xu'er, he, I remember he is not from your palace, right?"

Without waiting for Zhu Xu to speak, Wang Cheng'en said: "His Royal Highness Hui Ping, this servant is the general manager of Xin Wang's palace."

King Ping looked startled, looked at Wang Chengen and then at Zhu Xu, pointed at Wang Chengen and said, "Xu'er, King Xin, you, you..."

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea and said, "Uncle Huang wants to say, King Xin is already like this, why am I still hanging out with him?"

King Ping nodded in embarrassment. King Xin colluded with Wei Zhongxian in an attempt to commit crimes. The entire Ming Dynasty knew about it. Although the emperor finally treated the matter coldly for the sake of "brothers and brothers", the relationship was too great after all, and no one wanted to pay attention to King Xin. , King Yiping heard that Wang Chengen was a believer in the king, he was surprised and then a little frightened.

Zhu Xu threw another candied fruit into his mouth, and said: "On New Year's Eve, it was the four of us, Brother Huang, Sister-in-law, Brother Xin, me, and I, who spent the New Year's Eve together."

Listening to Zhu Xu's words, King Ping pondered carefully and said, "That is to say, the emperor, in fact, doesn't believe in King Xin...has that thought?"

Zhu Xu looked at the stage, smiled without saying a word.

King Ping nodded knowingly, heaved a sigh of relief, and began to look at the stage with a smile.After a while, he turned his head to look at Zhu Xu again and said, "No, then you brought him here today because..."

Zhu Xu looked at the stage. The little girl had a good figure and a good voice. He listened to King Ping's words and said indifferently: "Brother Xin is struggling in the palace and wants to do some business."

King Ping looked at Zhu Xu, thought for a while, and said, "Then, do you want King Xin to take a share?" King Ping also had shares in Zhu Xu's business, receiving [-] silver as dividends every month.

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "No, brother Xin Wang wants to start his own business."

King Ping was even more surprised, and said, "King Xin runs his own business, what kind of business is he going to do?"

Seeing that King Ping had finally come to the point, Zhu Xu moved his body to make himself more comfortable, and said, "Uncle Emperor, do you know that the princes and ministers in the capital, the royal family, and even the palace, live, eat and drink every month? How much silver do you need?"

King Ping looked at Zhu Xu, with thoughtful eyes, and said, "Ministers, even 20 taels of silver per month, 50 taels of silver for clan relatives plus other things, at least 50 taels a year Bar."

Zhu Xu heheed, turned to look at King Ping with an ambiguous smile, and said, "Uncle Huang, the monthly expenses of your house are probably 100 taels, can't you?"

King Ping smiled awkwardly and acquiesced.

Zhu Xu glanced at the stage, leaned closer and said, "Uncle Huang, tell me, if we provide them with all these, I won't say much for a year, at least 100 million taels will be a good profit. Come here, five million taels, do you think you can earn it?"

King Ping thought for a while, turned around, stretched out his hand from his sleeve, and said directly to Zhu Xu, "If you earn money, you can earn it, but not all of these..."