Domineering Daming

Zhang Yanyao knew that Wei Zhongxian was leaving the palace, so she bowed slightly: "Yanyao will never forget my uncle's teaching."

Wei Zhongxian nodded indifferently, looked outside, and strode out.

He got into the carriage, and while it was shaking, his tense expression relaxed, and he sighed slightly: "It's no wonder that it's His Royal Highness Hui, who really looks down on me, and doesn't even see a single face..."

There are many taboos in the Ouchi Imperial Palace, it is so simple to find someone secretly.

There was no news of Wei Zhongxian for several days until Fu Tao entered the palace.

When Fu Tao entered the palace, he also brought a big box, which was full of account books coming in and out everywhere.

In Zhu Xu's small study, there are only Zhu Xu and Fu Tao.Zhu Xu sat at the table and looked through the ledger, while Fu Tao sat on the other side drinking tea and answering Zhu Xu's inquiries at any time.

Zhu Xu turned the pages slowly, feeling very sad.

These ledgers were written with four big characters "to make ends meet", and every word was reaching out to him, shouting "silver" and "silver".

Except for labor costs, most of the money he spent was used to buy land and hoard food.

The firm has just been established and is in the stage of meager profit.He doesn't lack the means to make money, but he can't use it all at once. He must have enough time to accumulate and take it slowly.

On the other side of the workshop, the Huimin Chamber of Commerce has also started to make a profit, but it is a small business, and it is difficult to make a lot of money in a short period of time.

Finally, to sum up, this year he is still in the stage of losing money and expanding, and the overdrawn, in addition to his Jing Huan Palace's money, is Huitong Commercial Bank.This is similar to illegal misappropriation, and it will collapse once it encounters a run.

Fortunately, there were too many turmoil in the court before, so there will be no problems for a while.

Moreover, he still saw a lot of things between the lines of these ledgers.

Fu Changzong secretly presided over the land purchase. In fact, except for some barren mountains and wild lands that no one seemed to want, most of the land purchases were farmland. Because it was cheap, you could buy an acre in three or four taels.But most of them are in Jiangnan, Jiangbei, especially Huaibei, there are almost none.All of them are on the coast, and there are none in the interior.

This shows that except for the south of the Yangtze River, most parts of the country are severely arid, which is not suitable for planting sweet potatoes and corn.

Chapter 98

Zhu Xu sighed, closed the ledger, his eyes were dark.

Even in a peninsula like Shandong, it is said that there are thousands of miles of dry land, and no crops can be found everywhere.What's more, it is inland. Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places have been suffering from severe drought for several years.

The current situation is still good. According to historical records, a serious outbreak will occur in a few years. At that time, there will be a severe drought and disasters. It will be a doomsday scene, which is terrible.

Seeing that Zhu Xu had finished reading, Fu Tao stood up and said, "Your Highness, my father said that this year will be more difficult, and next year should be more difficult."

Zhu Xu nodded, but shook his head in his heart.None of them knew what would happen next and how severe the drought would be. For Daming, such a disaster was unprecedented.If they knew, they would probably think that it was God's intention to destroy the Ming Dynasty.His little effort is still a drop in the bucket.

Zhu Xu quickly shook off his messy thoughts, looked up at Fu Tao and said, "By the way, you said before that Wei Zhongxian looked for his uncle?"

Fu Tao said: "Yes, he had a secret conversation with his father for half an hour, and then left."

Zhu Xu touched his chin, and the corners of his mouth curled up.He very much hoped that this desperate Eunuch Wei could surprise him.

Fu Tao looked at Zhu Xu, and said nervously: "Your Highness, you are really not afraid of Wei Zhongxian, so go tell the emperor something?"

Zhu Xu smiled and said: "Don't worry, he doesn't know what can harm me, and what he knows can't harm me. As for the guesses in his heart, he dare not tell Brother Huang at all, otherwise, he will die." The first one is him!"

Hearing this, Fu Tao felt a little relieved, paused, and then said: "I have been training the accountants, but it will take some time before they can come out to do things. At present, most of the things are handled by the old accountants. The money collected , some are in Huitong Commercial Bank, and some are in the workshop in the east of the city. Your Highness, look, do you want to make other arrangements?"

Zhu Xu squinted his eyes, nodded and said: "Well, the three caves of the cunning rabbit, you can find a way to quietly buy another yard in front of the Huitong Commercial Bank and Chengdong Workshop, use the tunnel to open it, and transport the silver deposits quietly, and then distribute Guards."

Fu Tao said to write it down, and said: "Then, the salt field, should we leave it to Wei Zhongxian?"

Zhu Xu said with a sly smile on his face: "It is for him, but we can't make him too comfortable. We still have to install the manpower we should deploy. In addition, we can't give all the salt from the salt field to Wei Zhongxian, and transport a small half. The channels of the Huimin Chamber of Commerce, spread out."

Fu Tao was stunned, and said: "Your Highness, I am afraid that this will attract the attention of salt merchants, yamen and the court from all over the world, right?"

Zhu Xu really wanted to tell Fu Tao: Do ​​you know how those drug dealers in later generations trafficked drugs?Do you know how they trade?Do you know why all kinds of high technology have nothing to do with them?

I know!

"I will teach you this when the time comes, so write it down first." Zhu Xu was full of words, and the last thing he said was this sentence.

Fu Tao had to remember that the way he looked at Zhu Xu was very strange.Why does this little cousin always have unexpected and strange ideas?

The two chatted for a while, and then Fu Tao chatted with Zhu Xu for a while, seeing that it was past lunch time, Fu Tao looked at Zhu Xu hungry, his eyes kept revealing when the meal would be served.

Zhu Xu, however, was like a sense of taste. There were ice cubes around the room. He waved his fan, watched Fu Tao's eyes suddenly widen, and said with great interest, "Brother, have you ever participated in a literary conference?"

Fu Tao was taken aback for a moment, the Daming Wenhui has always been very lively, especially after the old Gu Ge of the Donglin Party hung up the couplet and set off a trend of cronies.

But Fu Tao is not good at reading, and his personality is quiet rather than noisy. He hasn't been there a few times. He doesn't know why Zhu Xu asked this, he hesitated and said, "I've been there a few times, but I haven't been there since."

"Well, let's go together once." Zhu Xu said, got up, and went straight to the bedroom, as if he wanted to change clothes.

Fu Tao looked at Zhu Xu's back, his eyes brightened slightly, and he said to himself: "Could it be that His Highness wants to enlighten you, and plans to find a teacher who suits you?"

The more Fu Tao thought about it, the more he felt that this was in line with Zhu Xu's behavior, so he nodded secretly, thinking that he should pay attention to it when he left later.

The two quickly left the palace, sat in the carriage and went straight to the west of the city, and stopped in front of a small courtyard.

Fu Tao and Zhu Xu got off the carriage. He looked at the huge "Xishan Academy" on the courtyard plaque and was a little dazed.

This academy is not famous, because not many people know about it in the capital, but also very famous, because it is not easy for people to know about it.

Xishan Academy may be inconspicuous, but if you associate it with "Donglin Academy", it will be different.

Fu Tao knew this academy, and the few who attended lectures came here the most.

This academy is indeed not simple. Gu Xiancheng has lectured here, Qian Yiben has lectured here, and Ye Maocai has lectured here. Most importantly, the founder of this Xishan Academy is also a leader of the Donglin Party. Li Sancai, who has been transported by water for more than ten years!

Li Sancai had an inseparable relationship with Gu Xiancheng, and was extremely good at courting and communicating. It can be said that more than half of the original Donglin Party had extraordinary friendship with him, and he created the momentum.

However, he just died of illness not long ago, and died of illness on the way to be transferred to the household department.

Sea transportation stopped a few years ago, so water transportation is even more important.With the death of Li Sancai, the position of Governor of Water Transport has become the object of fierce competition among the adults in the court, but the competition has been protracted and dragged on for a long time.

Zhu Xu looked at the plaque, smiled slightly, and said to Fu Tao: "Brother, let's go and listen to the lecture."

Just as the two walked forward, a man who looked like a servant stepped out of the door and stopped the two of them. He looked at them and said, "There is no post, so you can't enter."

Zhu Xu took out a post from his waist and handed it over with a smile.

The young man took a look, his expression changed slightly, and he said hastily: "Please, honored guest."

Zhu Xu took back the post and walked in slowly with Fu Tao.

Although the name is Xishan, she would not be on the mountain, Zhu Xu walked, and heard Lang Lang's voice coming from a yard from a distance.

Zhu Xu shook his head. He had read a lot of books, but the literary meeting at this time was not about writing poems and lyrics, but about the classics and meanings, and there were many schools of thought, with clear distinctions.