Daming: I asked you to supervise the country, Daming is all crazy?

Chapter 26 Xia Yuanji: They don't have 500! ! !
"This………"

Xia Yuanji was a little dumbfounded.

Looking at Zhu Zhanji's swearing, Xia Yuanji said with some doubts:

"Is there really such a thing?"

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but think more, Shuntian Mansion is under construction, if such a thing really exists, can it be used by then.

If it can be used, what kind of scene will the completed Shuntian Mansion look like?
Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Old man Xia, I can still lie to you about this. This kind of thing is called glass, and the cost is very low. It is similar to colored glaze. It can be made with some sand. If it weren't for the relationship between me and you, Do you think I will call you for such a good thing?"

Xia Yuanji's eyes fluctuated slightly when he heard Zhu Zhanji's words. He was a little surprised that the glass in Zhu Zhanji's mouth could be made with only some sand like colored glaze, but he didn't suspect that Zhu Zhanji lied to him.

After all, this kind of thing can't deceive people.

But when he heard the last half of Zhu Zhanji's sentence, Xia Yuanji mercilessly exposed Zhu Zhanji's thoughts and said:
"His Highness Taisun wants the Ministry of Households to carry the name of doing business for His Highness Taisun, right? It's just that the Ministry of Households pays 500 million taels of silver and only takes [-]% of the profit. Isn't it a bit too little?"

Having been dismantled, Zhu Zhanji said without any panic on his face: "Old man Xia, it's meaningless for you to say that. Without your Ministry of Households, there is also the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. I think Huang Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War Jin Shangshu and the others would still welcome an extra way to make money!"

Xia Yuanji glanced at Zhu Zhanji, kicked his hands, and said quietly: "But they don't have 500 million taels of silver!"

Zhu Zhanji: "The Ministry of Industry has craftsmen. With craftsmen, it saves me from looking for workers."

Xia Yuanji: "The Ministry of Industry does not have 500 million!"

Zhu Zhanji: "The military department has a wide relationship, and it can talk to the border. I can sell things to the grassland!"

Xia Yuanji: "The Ministry of War doesn't have 500 million!"

Zhu Zhanji looked depressed: "Old man Xia, can you let me talk properly?"

Xia Yuanji twitched his beard twice, and said with a bright smile on his face: "Your Highness, Grandson, just say so!"

The corner of Zhu Zhanji's mouth twitched, and he took out the hole card at the bottom of the box and said, "Do you know that the emperor handed over the Secretary of Shipping to me, and asked me to be in charge of the voyage to the West?"

Xia Yuanji: "The Shibo Department also does not have 500 million taels of silver!"

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

"Old man Xia, I'm talking about the Shibo Department. Others don't know about the Shibo Department's problems, but don't your household department know about it?"

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help reminding.

Xia Yuanji is not stupid. After staying in the household department for so many years, most of the things that Zheng He brought back from his voyages have to go through the hands of old man Xia. Zhu Zhanji doesn't believe that this old fox can't understand the problem.

Since traveling, Zhu Zhanji's own personal experience told him that he never underestimated the wisdom of the ancients,

It's not that these people can't think of it, it's just that they follow the old rules, which makes these people lazy, or they don't know how to think about it.

And those who can think and are willing to think are often isolated and rejected because of their maverick behavior.

After all, everyone else is following the rules of the past, but you want to stand up and break the rules. If you don't exclude who do you exclude?
Just like a lunatic and a genius, a person who is half a step faster is called a genius, and a person who is faster than countless steps is called a lunatic.

This is also the reason why Zhu Zhanji never publicized it after he got the right to be a shipping company.

Sometimes, no matter how much you say, no matter how reasonable you say, it is not as effective as presenting the results of the facts.

But judging from the time he has been in contact with Xia Yuanji, Zhu Zhanji doesn't think Xia Yuanji is the kind of conservative person.

Under the rule of Zhu Di, a lavish emperor, it is impossible for a conservative person to secure such an important position as Minister of the Household Department.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Zhanji reminded him, Xia Yuanji quickly figured out what Zhu Zhanji meant. After a moment of silence, he lowered his voice and asked:
"His Royal Highness wants to use the Western Seas to open up maritime trade?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly, looked at Xia Yuanji and asked, "Master Xia, are you afraid?"

Xia Yuanji nodded without hesitation: "I'm afraid, indeed I'm afraid. Your Highness the Grandson knows that the matter of voyages to the Western Seas was originally opposed by the court, and it was the emperor's willful action that made it happen!"

Zhu Zhanji glanced at Xia Yuanji strangely and said, "Isn't your household department the one with the loudest opposition?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Xia Yuanji's old face when he heard the words, and then he said expressionlessly: "Every time he goes to the West, the emperor will ask the Ministry of Households to give out millions of taels of silver, and donate them to the countries along the way without asking for anything in return. If there is no benefit, this kind of money-losing business veteran will naturally oppose it!"

"So now is the opportunity!"

Zhu Zhanji raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said with a confident smile:

"The emperor has now handed over the shipping department to me, and I am also in charge of the voyage to the Western Ocean. In this way, how to go to the Western Ocean, what to bring on board, how many things to bring, and what to do and what not to do when you go to the Western Ocean. I also have the final say.

After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he looked at Xia Yuanji who was a little moved, paused, and added:

"Old man Xia, don't you want to turn this loss-making business into a hundred-fold, ten-thousand-fold profit from now on?"

After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, Xia Yuanji fell into silence.

If we talk about the members of the Ming Dynasty, who knows the most about the voyages to the West.

I am afraid that apart from Zheng He, there is only this old Beibi who is in charge of the money bag Daming.

Xia Yuanji actually understood very well in his heart, if it was really what Zhu Zhanji said.

The benefits are almost unimaginable.

He didn't dare to say it in the past because he knew very well, if he really said it.

His fate will definitely not be very good. I am afraid that the matter has not yet progressed. Those scholars of Confucianism have already drowned him with a single mouthful of saliva.

But if the Shibo Division is under the control of this grandson...

Xia Yuanji felt a little cold, but his heart was full of heat. He tightened his cotton robe and said after a while:

"[-]% profit, not enough, at least [-]%!"

Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes unceremoniously when he heard the words.

He can't do anything about the wool business, not only has no money, but also no way out, it doesn't matter,

Moreover, he is Zhu Di's grandson after all, the grandson of the current emperor, even if he wanted to do business, he couldn't do it under his own name.

That's when I found the Ministry of Households, an existence with enough energy, strong relationships, and wild ways to cooperate.

But the glass business, as well as the maritime trade, are not so particular.

Maritime trade is not done within the territory of Ming Dynasty, once out to sea, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

For glass, he can also find cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War.

Whether it is to get a telescope or something, he does not believe that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War are not tempted.

Absolutely licking his face will beg him to put this kind of thing on the face of his department, or don't take advantage of that,

Anyway, it is always possible to pull individuals into the water, but other departments cannot be as rich as the Ministry of Household Affairs.

But if Xia Yuanji wanted to open [-]-[-] again, it would be impossible.

He could see Zhu Di's end. Fighting a war was like coaxing children, squeezing and squeezing to squeeze out some money for the war.

And just this, I don't know when this battle will end, Xia Yuanji will directly say that the court has no money, and then he can only return to the court in a disheartened manner.

He didn't want to wait until he ascended the throne in the future, and still have to look at other people's eyes.

So when it's time to make money, you still have to work hard to make money.

Zhu Zhanji stretched out three fingers and said:
"Thirty percent, it's fine if you don't agree, at worst, after a while, I've had enough wool on the grassland, and I'll do it again!"

After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, suddenly Xia Yuanji nodded immediately, grinning his old face, showing a row of old teeth, and said with a smile: "The deal, the Ministry of Households will take out 500 million, [-]% of the profit!"

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

The corners of Zhu Zhanji's mouth twitched, looking at the smug Xia Yuanji, he didn't know that this old man was imitating himself to ask for prices, and said speechlessly: "I said I was joking just now, do you believe it?"

Xia Yuanji squinted his eyes, and said calmly: "Once a word is spoken, it is hard to chase after it. As the crown prince, how can you not believe what you say?"

Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes: "You still know I'm a grandson!"

When it comes to business, you don't suffer at all!
After the matter was settled, Zhu Zhanji didn't intend to continue blowing the cold wind outside, so he planned to go back.

But just two steps away, Xia Yuanji said again: "His Royal Highness, I want to recommend a talent to His Royal Highness!"

(End of this chapter)