Great Wei scholar

Thinking of this, Gu Yan deliberately got up and went to get some high-quality tea to entertain Xu Qingxiao, and he couldn't neglect the God of Wealth.

Also at this time.

The door opened.

"My subordinate Xu Qingxiao, I have met Gu Shangshu."

Seeing Gu Yan, Xu Qingxiao smiled all over her face, holding some ledgers in her hands, and said with a smile.

"Shouren, what wind brought you here?"

"Come, come, someone just brought some high-quality tea to the old man, come and drink tea."

Gu Yan smiled all over his face, without any trace of anger just now.

"Master Gu, Qingxiao came here this time to tell you two things."

Xu Qingxiao was not polite, and sat down directly, seeming a bit straight to the point.

"You say, you say."

Gu Yan said with a smile while fiddling with the tea leaves.

"The first thing is quite simple. I heard about the matter in the court. His Majesty plans to allocate [-] million taels to the Ministry of Industry to produce a large number of waterwheels. It's just that you don't agree, my lord. Come here, just hope that Master Shangshu agrees."

Xu Qingxiao was very direct, without any twists and turns.

As soon as he said this, Gu Yan's face changed instantly, and he poured back some of the tea leaves that had been taken out.

"see a visitor out!"

When Gu Yan opened his mouth coldly, he guessed that Xu Qingxiao was here to be a lobbyist.

It's a pity that I still have a trace of greed, otherwise, Xu Qingxiao wouldn't be able to get in at all.

"Gu Shangshu, listen to me first."

Xu Qingxiao was not angry, but just smiled.

Gu Yan was a little annoyed.

"Shouren, it's not that I'm talking about you. You're a member of our household department anyway, right? The household department finally got some money, and His Majesty is going to spend it all. The world can say that the old man became a miser after he took charge of the household department, but I don't care about it." Don't care."

"They're just stupid."

"Shouren, you have come to the Ministry of Household Affairs. You should know that the Sixth Department asks for money every year. How could the Great Wei Dynasty not have some natural and man-made disasters? A sum of money for disaster relief, a sum of appropriation, these are all taels of silver."

"If the treasury has money, we don't have to be afraid of foreign enemies. Do you know how I lived before? I worry every day, just hoping that there will be no war. I am really afraid that one day I will wake up and a foreign race will challenge Wei. .”

"The military officers are all very excited, but does Da Wei have money? No money, not enough domestic demand, and there is still money for them to fight? What a bunch of fools."

"Shouren, listen to the old man, don't meddle in this matter, otherwise, the old man won't talk to you anymore."

Gu Yan talked a lot, and he had his own reasons.

Everyone in the world thinks that Shangshu Hubu is a miser, but is this the truth?

The fact is that the six ministries need funding every year, and officials all over the world have reached an extremely demanding level. Everywhere needs funding, whether it is natural disasters, man-made disasters, or developing the country, there is money everywhere.

Coupled with the current internal and external troubles of Da Wei, what if a fight really broke out that day?

If you have silver, at least you have confidence.

If there is no money again, the days of fear are probably back again.

So he has his reasons.

"Gu Shangshu, I understand what you said, but please calm down first."

"I'll show you something."

Xu Qingxiao was not in a hurry, but took out a booklet and handed it to Gu Yan for reading.

The latter frowned, but still took the booklet.

When he opened it, a smile appeared on Gu Yan's sad face.

Even the more you look at the back, the bigger the smile.

"Good, good, good."

Gu Yan was overjoyed and said three good words in succession.

The booklet is the account book, the income of more than 700 shops in Fanshang Street in the past ten days.

The total silver taels is more than 400 million taels, and the net profit is 300 million taels. The price is also reasonable, and the net profit is about [-]%.

And the 300 million taels, if taxed according to Fanshang, this is 120 million taels to be handed over to the treasury.

It's only ten days. If it's a month, it's 360 million taels, and it's close to 4000 million taels a year.

hiss!

Gu Yan felt that his scalp was going to go numb.

"Shouren, is this account book true or false?"

Thinking of this, Gu Yan couldn't help asking Xu Qingxiao if it was true or not.

After all, this silver tael is too much, he can't imagine it.

You have to know that there are only [-] shops in the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty. There are at least [-] or [-] shops in Fanbang.

The places where Fanbang merchants appear are basically prosperous cities, and poorer cities. They will not go there, unless it is some small business, but most of the business of Fanbang merchants are expensive things such as jade, silk and satin.

"Gu Shangshu, the account book is of course true, and the accounts are calculated by the officials of the household department themselves. There may be some discrepancies, but it's not a big problem. If Gu Shangshu doesn't believe it, you can ask."

Xu Qingxiao believed in herself.

"Don't ask, don't ask, I can't trust anyone, but you are the only one I trust."

Gu Yan smiled brightly, and then scooped a few spoonfuls from the tea bag, ready to start making tea.

Seeing that Gu Yan laughed, Xu Qingxiao continued to speak, but it was not about the waterwheel project.

"Master Gu, after careful calculation at home at Qingxiao, there are a total of 450 shops in Dawei Fanshang, and these [-] are the heads. The business in Fanshang Street is naturally very good, so the amount of books is also large. "

"As for the other fan merchants, although they can't compare with these 6000, they are not bad. I estimate that the sum of the remaining [-] or so should be about seven times, and the fluctuation will not exceed double."

Xu Qingxiao said earnestly, he was not in a hurry to dissuade Gu Yan, take his time, anyway, it's still early, one day.

"Seven times?"

Gu Yan swallowed.

The ten-day revenue is 400 million taels, the net profit is 300 million taels, and 900 million taels a month.

And seven times is 300 million taels of silver, and 520% tax is [-] million taels.

How much is a year?

Thirty million taels of silver!

hiss!

Gu Yan swallowed, he was completely dumbfounded.

Seeing Gu Yan's stunned look, Xu Qingxiao chuckled, and then said slowly.

"Master Gu, don't think too beautifully."

"According to this account book, the Fanshang in Jingdu of the Great Wei Dynasty alone can provide [-] million taels of silver a year, but this is just an ideal."

"It's doubled up and down, but this must be counted as less, so it's six times."

"However, Master Xu, do you know why these more than 700 fan merchants earned so much money in just ten days?"

Xu Qingxiao told the truth, theoretically, he could follow Gu Yan's idea to draw big cakes.

But it's not necessary, after all, Gu Yan was shocked when he saw the ledger, and when he went back and calculated it carefully, many problems would arise.

Since I came here as a lobbyist, I must tell the truth before negotiating.

"Why?"

"The old man really doesn't understand this time. It stands to reason that a group of fan merchants were killed. This situation should be more chaotic. How could it become like this?"

Gu Yan came back to his senses, and at the same time his expression was full of curiosity.

Yes, why did you suddenly earn so much silver taels?

It stands to reason that after killing so many fan merchants, these fan merchants should hide at home and cry, and there is such a big trouble, it is impossible to get well so soon, right?

"Master Gu, you know the Ministry of Households very well, but you don't know much about merchants."

"Businessmen are after profit. Although Qingxiao killed a group of fan merchants a few days ago, they were indeed angry and afraid, but merchants are merchants, and what they pursue is always profit."

"I went down with the sword to eradicate the illegal businessmen, so that the gang of foreign businessmen would not dare to mess around. The common people saw this scene."

"Naturally, the common people believe that these fan merchants dare not mess around anymore, and with the receipts as proof, the common people don't have to worry about consumption."

"Master Gu, let's not mention the character of these fan merchants, but their things are good things, otherwise they would not be able to gain a foothold in Wei."

"It's nothing more than a chaotic market and no supervision. Now the merchants are honest and back to normal, and the common people dare to buy boldly. Besides, they raised the price of jade and silk satin before, but now it has dropped to [-]-[-]% of the previous price in an instant. It’s just something that doesn’t cost money.”

"So there's a boom in the market during this time, but it's going to go down steadily, and in about a month, it's back to normal."

Xu Qingxiao spoke clearly, and Gu Yan listened carefully.

"Then according to what you mean, how much will it stabilize in the end?"

Gu Yan asked.

"Twenty percent."

Xu Qingxiao gave an accurate number.

Why is it suddenly soaring now?It is because the price of the goods has dropped, and I am worried about being cheated, so I can buy it with confidence.

But the money in the hands of the people will always be that number. The purchasing power of the middle class will increase, but the purchasing power of the bottom class will soon return to normal. As for the rich, he will always be that group of people. No matter what the market is, no one dares to offend them.

So in the end, the situation will stabilize to around [-]%.

"Twenty percent?"

Gu Yan did a careful calculation, that is to say, 6000 million taels of silver a year, and only [-] million taels of silver would end up in the treasury.

Inexplicably feeling a little less.

"What if you add the whole country?"

Gu Yan continued to ask.

Originally, he had prepared 6000 million taels before, but the result was only [-] million taels, and it is still unknown whether there will be any. How could Gu Yan not feel uncomfortable.

If he said 6000 million taels from the beginning, he would be very happy.

But it is said that there are 6000 million taels, and it becomes [-] million taels. Who is comfortable?

It's like some folks writing manuscripts for storytellers. They agreed to write ten chapters, but ended up with two chapters. Who can bear it?

So Gu Yan couldn't help but ask, how about including the National Fan Chamber of Commerce?

"It won't increase too much, maybe ten million taels at most, and it's the most."

Xu Qingxiao answered.

After saying this, Gu Yan frowned.

"One capital has 6000 million taels, and the whole country of Great Wei can only add 4000 million taels at most? Isn't this impossible?"

Gu Yan couldn't make a detour, although it was said that this was the capital of the Great Wei, the most prosperous place in the Great Wei, but there were also prosperous places in other cities.

Why did you add 4000 million taels, and from Xu Qingxiao's tone, it seems that 4000 million taels is far-fetched.

"grown ups."

"What kind of goods are the goods bought and sold by Fanbang merchants? Jewelry and jade, silk, satin and precious paper are all high-end goods. Who are the people gathered in the capital of the Great Wei? They are all the richest people in the Great Wei. Let them spend a few They are willing to buy jade articles for tens of taels and hundreds of taels."

"You let other common people buy it? My lord, are you kidding me?"

Xu Qingxiao said seriously.

And after saying this, Gu Yan understood.

indeed.

Although the consumption and economic capabilities of the people in Great Wei are not all rich, they are at least much better than the people in other places.