Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1619 Life must be full of joy

  Emperor Hongzhi was troubled when he heard Zhang Sheng's question.

  So he said: "I am inquiring about this matter. Master Wang is not forced to raise pigs. He is willing to raise pigs, so what can I do?"

   Zhang Sheng was anxious when he heard this.

  This is Wang Ao.

  Will he take the initiative to raise pigs?

  If it wasn't for some reason, how could it be possible to do such things.

In fact, all the courtiers in this palace know that this matter has nothing to do with Fang Jifan, and His Majesty wants to protect Fang Jifan, so Zhang Sheng couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, but I have heard some rumors that this matter is related to Qi Guogong." , the prince is outraged, so he raises pigs."

  Emperor Hongzhi lowered his eyebrows: "Is there any real evidence?"

   "There must be grievances in the prince's heart. As long as His Majesty asks, the truth will be revealed."

  Emperor Hongzhi will be unable to step down from power.

   Zhang asked the question in a hurry, and most of the other veterans had the same idea as him.

   This is too much nonsense.

  The Tai Tuo who is a scholar, has been reduced to such a field, and everyone will also be an official in the future.

  Even Xie Qian couldn't help but said: "Yes, Your Majesty might as well call the prince here, and you can find out if you ask."

  Emperor Hongzhi was in a dilemma.

   Instead, he didn't know how to face Wang Ao, let alone when Wang Ao really said something.

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was silent, Zhang Sheng said sadly: "When the prince was here, how loyal he was to His Majesty. I remember that in the third year of Hongzhi, there was a severe drought in the northwest, and His Majesty was very anxious. And the prince happened to be caught in the cold , He was afraid that His Majesty would have no one to help him. He was sick, and he was still on duty while sick. He gritted his teeth and insisted on doing all the official duties. Your Majesty...have you forgotten? It is due to His Majesty's kindness, but the prince, what kind of rain and dew has he received? He wholeheartedly served the court and His Majesty, but now, he is old and useless. Should he be treated like this? The Duke of Qi, of course. He has made great contributions, and he is His Majesty's son-in-law. Speaking of which, the old minister also admires Qi Guogong very much, but Your Majesty, there are some things, right is right, wrong is wrong, knowing the mistakes can be corrected, there is nothing good..."

   Zhang Sheng said, his eyes were red.

  The relationship between him and Wang Ao has always been good.

He couldn't bear to meet Wang Ao in the pigsty, but he also went to the Wang's house, so he cried: "I went to the Wang's house a few days ago, and saw that the Wang's house was completely empty. His grandson, Wang Jian, actually needs to go out to work as an accountant in order to be able to do it." Let the whole family have food and clothing, and the eldest son has become an official, but he is also honest and self-disciplined. This is the loyalty of the family..."

   These words finally aroused Emperor Hongzhi's feelings for Wang Ao.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help feeling sad, and couldn't help saying: "This matter..."

   Just saying this, an **** came in a hurry outside.

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the **** displeased.

  This **** is really too shameless.

   At this time, what is the report?

  Of course, this little **** is no wonder. After all, Emperor Hongzhi once explained that if something happened in the exchange, he should report it at any time.

   After all, this exchange has a lot to do with it. Not to mention most of the domestic money is maintained by the stock index in the exchange. Moreover, any turbulence may affect the national economy and people's livelihood.

  Emperor Hongzhi calmed down and stared at the eunuch.

  The **** said: "Your Majesty, a major incident happened at the exchange today. The servant felt that something was wrong, so I came here to report it."

  Zhang Sheng and the others had just raised their hopes, but they were interrupted by the eunuch, and they inevitably showed a cold look towards the eunuch.

  Emperor Hongzhi also stared at him displeasedly, and said, "Speak."

The **** said: "Recently, a new stock of animal husbandry was listed, and the stock price was extremely rare. In just a few hours, it went from thirteen taels of silver per share to more than thirty taels of silver. It’s only three hundred thousand taels, the exchange’s valuation is already high, but who would have expected that this listing would skyrocket..."

  Livestock...

  Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback.

   Immediately... My heart hurts.

   Skyrocketed?

  I knew this earlier, and the palace also matched some.

  "The principal of 300,000 silver, what is the current valuation?"

  The **** said: "It has skyrocketed by more than ten times, nearly four million taels. Looking at this trend, it may be possible to increase in the future."

  What is good at the top will naturally be effective at the bottom.

   Now in this palace, no one knows some business news.

   "Why is this stock so, is there anything strange?"

  The **** said: "I heard that there is a strange man named Zhou Tanzhi who raises pigs."

  Zhou Tanzhi...

  Emperor Hongzhi has some impressions.

  He frowned, trying to remember.

"This man is the disciple of Taifu Wang Ao. I heard that he raised pigs together with the prince, and realized many secret techniques of raising pigs. The pigs he raises are really amazing. Not only is the cost of labor lower, but the meat yield is also higher than that of pigs. Other farmers are much higher. Now, the people's requirements for meat are getting higher and higher. They say that the future has broad prospects and great potential. Therefore...someone spent money to start a pig raising workshop and hired Zhou Tanzhi Go, I also heard that Zhou Tanzhi was allocated 20% of the shares."

  Zhou Tanzhi...Wang Ao...

  The hall was suddenly quiet.

  At this time, the monarch and his ministers just recalled who came to Tanzhi this week.

   Isn’t this person the Minister of Rites of Nanjing who was punished to raise pigs?

   And he is Wang Ao's disciple.

  Wang Ao is indeed raising pigs now.

   Putting it this way...

  The monarchs and ministers looked at each other in blank dismay.

   "Twenty percent..." Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: "This is nearly a million taels of silver. I ordered Zhou Tanzhi to raise pigs that day. He actually...relyed on raising pigs and became rich overnight."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked a bit complicated, and then his eyes fell on Zhang Sheng: "Zhang Qing's family, what do you think?"

  Zhang Sheng was taken aback: "Your Majesty...this...this..."

  He didn't know what to say for a while.

  You say they are pitiful, but... how pitiful are they.

  The wealth they earned in just a few months is worth a lifetime of hard work by Zhang Sheng.

Emperor Hongzhi laughed and said: "Interesting, very interesting. The last time I saw Zhou Tanzhi, I hated him very much. I never imagined that this person is not a fuel-efficient lamp. You must have You are slandering me, saying that I am ungrateful and ignorant, but my dear family, I am a merciless and ungrateful person? Since you want me to call Wang Qing’s family to ask you to understand, it’s so good, I just happen to want to Ask clearly, lest anyone say I am right or wrong, come and show me, I want to go and see Master Wang in person, and ask the prince in front of the family, what is his secret method for raising pigs. "

  Zhang Sheng: "..."

  The rest of the people were also overwhelmed.

  They kept telling themselves, how could the prince be such a person, no, no, absolutely not, he has always been innocent, it is absolutely impossible.

  Emperor Hongzhi was in high spirits, and Wang Ao was the leader of the Qingliu, with an extraordinary status. If he could raise pigs, then...why couldn't other scholars manage other careers?

Understood…

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

   No wonder Fang Jifan has always insisted and refused to submit.

   It turned out that he actually made this plan.

   It is to let this Master Wang come to set an example for the people of the world.

  This little clever ghost!

  Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood. He wanted to go and see it very much. By the way, he also let his humerus courtiers see with their own eyes what Master Wang said.

  ………

  Xishan.

  A luxurious carriage arrived at the pigsty.

  The person who got out of the car was Mrs. Gu.

   Mrs. Gu got out of the car, and when he looked at the pigsty again, he felt as if he had passed away.

  Zhou Tanzhi was adjusting the pig food in the pen. When he saw Mrs. Gu, he hurriedly threw away the bucket in his hand, and then went to wash his hands before rushing over: "Why are you here again?"

  He didn't like Gu Shi coming here, and he didn't want Gu Shi to see him in a mess.

  But he looked Gu Shi up and down, but was taken aback: "You...Your body, I'm afraid it's worth a lot, and this carriage and horses."

"Husband." Gu cried with joy, and said: "Someone came early this morning and said that Husband is now worth millions. This million is not copper coins, but silver. It is said that Husband raised pigs and became the number one scholar. In order to reward Husband, there is a The owner surnamed Liu personally sent someone to let my concubine go through the formalities of a mansion. He said that his family has a few acres of mansion on Hebei Street in Xincheng and transferred it to us at a cheap price. He also said that he would let his concubine live temporarily Not only that, but seven or eight servants were sent here, including a cook and a coachman. He also said that now they are trying their best to find a way to get a place for admission to Xishan Academy. Our two children have studied in the past. If you want to enroll in Xishan, things are easy to do. The Liu family once donated a study in Xishan Academy and spent more than 100,000 taels of silver. There are still some thin noodles."

  There were so many at once, Zhou Tanzhi was dizzy.

   Could it be that Liu Wenzhi?

  But... this gift is too generous.

At this time, Mrs. Gu said again: "The concubine was frightened after hearing this. How dare I take these things lightly? I'm afraid that if I take them away, my husband's reputation will be ruined, so I only say that I have to tell my husband clearly. The people from the Liu family anxiously sent the concubine here. Husband, they also said that this workshop is in charge of the husband. The workshop has been listed, and the market value has increased tenfold. Husband has 20% of the shares. Now the net worth has also increased. More than ten times, in the future, there will be no worries about food and clothing, and there will be countless glory and wealth, this... is this true?"

  It has increased by more than ten times...

   Zhou Tanzhi was startled again.

  He has also heard about the exchange, using listings to raise funds, the value of funds is of course unattainable, but the real intention is to absorb funds and enter into larger-scale production. "

   Could it be that this workshop with 300,000 taels of silver has a market value of 3 to 5 million taels in the blink of an eye, and I need to start raising pigs with such a large amount of funds?

  This... is really generous.

  Three five hundred taels...

  In the past, even the silver tax of the treasury was nothing more than that.

   Even if it is inflation now, the same silver is of course worthless compared to before.

   But this does not mean that this is a small number, no... this is an astronomical number.

  He looked at Gu Shi carefully looking at himself.

  Suddenly, deep in Zhou Tanzhi's heart, a warm current rose unexpectedly.

  It's so... so good.

  Sitting on the allocation of millions of taels of silver, worth millions of taels of silver, my son has a bright future, and my family doesn't have to depend on others.

  Even the entire Zhou family can be honored.

  Zhou Tanzhi tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, and then nodded desperately: "Yes, yes... now my husband is indeed... raising pigs, and he is indeed partnering with others to set up a workshop. You come... you come..."

  He took Gu's hand, and he was ashamed to say something in the past, but now he is a little proud.

Pulling Mrs. Gu to the house, there was a mountain of manuscripts on the desk, and he said: "Look, look, these are all my husband's research results these days, how to raise pigs, how to build a pig house, How to take care of... Here, it's all about university questions. Dong Liu's family has the eyes to know the pearl. He knows that without being a husband, his affairs can't be done. You don't have to be afraid, don't be afraid, these...all of them are what we should do. Yes, the new clothes on your body, the carriage, and the house, we all deserve it. In this world, there is nothing higher than learning."

"And here...this article..." Zhou Tanzhi took out an article and held it in his hands. He was so happy that he was going crazy. It seemed that at this moment, he returned to the past. At that time, he was so proud to be named on the gold list : "This article is called "Ming Song Pig Raising Missing Supplements", do you know what the meaning of missing supplements is? It means that there are some mistakes and many deficiencies in this Ming Song. Repair, this article was specially sent to the weekly magazine for my husband, who knew that the weekly magazine was actually published, and I also wrote a letter, saying that it is... These correct materials are extremely useful and rare, and Ming Song will use this as a basis Now, make a reprint and correct some mistakes and omissions, do you understand? Cui'e, Fang Jifan, also knows how good a husband is, so he has to bow his head."

  Zhou Tanzhi trembled with excitement.

   What a pleasure this is.

  ...

  This chapter has a lot of words.

  (end of this chapter)