Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1539 Results Announced

  Chen Tong listened to Emperor Hongzhi's words, saw the encouragement in His Majesty's eyes, and immediately lifted his spirits.

  So I started to talk about what I saw and heard in the workshop.

"First of all, I found out that in this workshop, there is a kind of people whose salaries are exceptionally high, but they don't do production, they have nothing to do, and they just drink with merchants all day long. What's the use of such people doing nothing? I think these people need to be dismissed to save money."

   "In addition, there is too much salt used to pickle the fish, which is a waste of money."

"In addition, I also found that the cost of night-time production is extremely high, but here, a two-shift system is adopted to produce day and night. Think about it, Your Majesty, not only the salary of those who come to work the night shift is several times higher, and this At night, the wasted candles are astonishing."

   "The minister also found out..."

  He pointed out many disadvantages in one breath.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help sighing when he heard this, and said: "The prince is good in other places, but he doesn't cherish things. He grew up in the deep palace, so he doesn't understand this. Fortunately, the Qing family pointed it out. Otherwise, calculated in this way, the monthly workshop expenses are unknown. It is said that if you are not in charge of the family, you don’t know the price of firewood. "

   "It's the Qing family who are extremely talented in economics. I really underestimated you in the past."

Chen Tong felt as if he had eaten honey, and hurriedly said: "I also found one thing, sometimes... the production of this workshop will actually slow down, but... the craftsmen and apprentices are still paid according to the salary, here... I think it is tricky It seems that someone in this workshop has deceived the prince, and I feel that no one in this workshop is clean."

  Emperor Hongzhi was shocked.

"yes?"

   Received a salary, but is doing foreign work...

Is that human being?

  Fang Jifan said that the original intention of letting the prince come to this workshop is to let the prince understand the way of business, learn how to manage money, and be able to be independent.

  But now it seems... There are problems everywhere.

  Think about it, everyone up and down here is deceiving the prince. If one day the prince becomes the emperor, wouldn’t it be that the civil and military courts of the whole dynasty treat the prince like a monkey?

  Emperor Hongzhi's face darkened in an instant, looking extremely terrifying.

  A workshop is a trivial matter.

  Even if it can create great benefits, it is nothing to the emperor and prince.

  But if you think about it deeply, the prince is deceived like this, but he doesn't know anything about it, what will happen in the future...?

   "Hey..." Emperor Hongzhi sighed, and said with worry in his eyes: "My son is a genius, the only thing is that he lacks the skill of manipulating people."

  Chen Tong saw that His Majesty shifted the topic of this workshop to the issue of the future prince's succession to the great reunification. He trembled in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The prince has a true temperament and is resourceful, which is his benefit. It's just that the prince has never learned the art of manipulating people, and he usually has the Duke of Qi to assist him at any time. Learning is also slack. I think that the learning of the art of the emperor needs to start with the art of the emperor. This is why the East Palace has always read Zizhi Tongjian. Of course... this is not what I should say. Please don't blame your majesty for talking nonsense."

  Emperor Hongzhi was far from cold-hearted towards Zhu Houzhao.

  I just think... this guy is good at everything, but he doesn't know how to cherish anything. He is showing off in this workshop, wasting money and food, and being deceived by others. This...

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Chen Tong, and said in a serious tone: "Listen well, if you are willing to tell me these words, this is your loyalty. But in the same way, if you yell around, it is a capital offense, do you understand? ?”

  Chen Tong's heart was agitated.

  He felt that a wonderful future was right in front of his eyes, and said hastily: "I understand that the crown prince is the crown prince. To the outside world, I would never dare to criticize the crown prince."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face softened a lot, and he said: "Let's take a good look at the disadvantages of this workshop. I am very relieved that the Qing family will handle this matter."

  Chen Tong then kowtowed: "The subject started from the rice paddies, and has been loved by His Majesty. He has given him a heavy responsibility. How dare you slack off. Within half a month, this workshop will definitely take on a new look."

   Said, tears blurred.

   These are tears of happiness.

  How many courtiers have pursued it all their lives, but they have never encountered such an opportunity.

  Now, the opportunity is right in front of his eyes, like all the lucky ones in history, Chen Tong feels that he will soon become famous.

   After sending Chen Tong away, Emperor Hongzhi continued to read the densely packed reports.

  The daily income of the workshop is huge, but the expenditure is also huge.

  The countless numbers made Emperor Hongzhi dizzy.

  …

  Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan had a rare rest. For half a month, they had nothing to do, so they simply rode their horses and wandered around Xishan.

  Fang Jinglong recuperated at home for more than a month, refreshed, so he took the two of them on a hunting trip, and he was very happy.

  Fang Jifan followed Fang Jinglong and Zhu Houzhao. They hunted, and he ate the delicacies along the way. Pepper, salt, and sesame oil, these are the sacred products of burning game.

  Fang Jifan finally understood why the aristocrats all over the world love hunting, because it is really delicious.

   It's been such a happy time for some days.

  The fourteenth day came.

  Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan hurried to the workshop with great interest.

  Happy days always pass very quickly, the game of gambling is finally about to have a result.

  Although Zhu Houzhao was full of confidence before.

But…

   When the answer was revealed, Zhu Houzhao was still a little nervous.

   Along the way, in the car, Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan nervously, and said, "Jifan, tell me... will my father suddenly become enlightened, become smarter, and really run this workshop well?"

  Originally, it was easy to understand the situation of the workshop.

  But both Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan waited for the result honestly.

  Actually, it would be easy to do some sabotage behind the scenes.

   But cheating on the emperor is courting death. It is too late for you to beg the emperor not to cheat or cheat. If His Majesty finds out some clues, this workshop will be considered gone.

  Fang Jifan glared at him, but he was also flustered, and he was beating in his heart: "Now you say it? Get ready to lose everything and pay half of my workshop."

  Zhu Houzhao suddenly dared not make a sound.

  The two arrived at the workshop.

  But found that this workshop was filled with a rancid smell.

   The two looked at each other in blank dismay.

  But at this moment... the entire workshop was in chaos.

   "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... A few more craftsmen have left, so if you want to find another job..." Li Dongyang wiped the sweat from his forehead.

  He couldn't understand why these craftsmen left.

   But the most difficult thing to deal with right now is the rotten smell. After all...these salted fish...who knew that if the salt was put in less, it would rot like this.

  There are so many salted fish produced every day, but if there is a problem with one part, the result will be a disaster.

   "Hurry up, go recruit people. As long as you have wages, are you still worried about not being able to recruit people?" Emperor Hongzhi looked haggard: "Call that Chen Tong."

  Chen Tong came in a hurry. When he met Emperor Hongzhi, he bowed and bowed: "I have seen..."

  Emperor Hongzhi glared at him: "How is the production now?"

"It's very good, it's really great." Chen Tong said: "I work day and night to urge production, and those who are lazy have been severely punished, so...the current production is much higher than when the crown prince was here. The only... the only problem is..."

He raised his head and looked at Emperor Hongzhi cautiously: "The only problem is... the warehouse seems to be insufficient. The Shiquan Dabulu is now... now piled up like a mountain. I... I think... I think... Is it right? Build a few more warehouses."

  Chen Tong had a look of lack of confidence.

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

   On the other side, Liu Jian came in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... something is wrong."

Liu Jian was out of breath, and he was pity that he was old, but he was out of breath and looked like he was going to die at any time: "Your Majesty...it's not very good. Just now...just now...the merchants from Shanxi said they wanted to reduce orders. 1,300 bottles, reduced to 200 bottles."

   "It's only two hundred..." Emperor Hongzhi was stunned. Here, I have produced so many Shiquan Dabulu, this cargo station can't even hold it.

   "This...why?"

   "I don't know why." Liu Jian said dumbfounded: "They didn't answer the question, and the old minister almost put a knife on his head."

  Emperor Hongzhi felt very annoyed, and subconsciously picked up the cup filled with warm white water on the desk, took a sip of the white water, and then said: "Ask them, if the price is lowered for them, how about shipping for nine taels of silver?"

Liu Jian said with a sad face: "This method, the old minister has already tried. At the beginning, he said that he wanted to reduce the order to 500 bottles, so the minister proposed that some discounts could be given appropriately. Who knows, they said on the spot that as long as the order is reduced to 500 bottles Two hundred bottles, just these two hundred bottles, it's still the result of the old minister talking about it."

  Emperor Hongzhi shivered.

  This group of merchants... are they out of their minds?

  Give them a discount, but they don't want it?

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Tong: "How about the revenue in the past few days, let me see the revenue."

   "It hasn't come out yet, but... I think it will come out soon." Chen Tong looked at Emperor Hongzhi timidly: "Your Majesty...don't...don't worry, these days, we...we have saved a lot...a lot of money."

   That's right, it's true, these days, it seems that I have indeed saved a lot of money.

  It's just that...Emperor Hongzhi still felt that something was wrong.

  The crux of the problem is that he doesn't know where the problem lies.

So, Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "The matter is still under my control, don't worry, by the way, the payment, check the payment now, and..." Emperor Hongzhi walked back and forth two steps, raised his head: " The foremen are all called, let them stabilize first."

  (end of this chapter)