Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 394
"Haha, we knew that as long as Qi Wu is willing to do it, he definitely has a good idea!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial that Zhu Han sent over through the urgent channel, and his face was wrinkled with a smile.

"Sister, you will never be able to figure out what method Qiwu used. If it can be implemented this time."

"The court will do these things in the future, and it can be handled according to this charter."

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's dancing appearance, it seems that he is not the one who is worried about Zhu Han.

Zhu Biao also knew everything about his uncle's abilities.The more so, the more curious he became, how did Zhu Han deal with Yanjing's problems?
With more and more contacts with government affairs, Zhu Biao is now very clear that the affairs of Yanjing are not easy to handle.

Even if he were to go, I'm afraid he wouldn't be much better than Liu Ji.

Even, it may not be as good as Liu Ji.

But how long has Uncle Huang been to Yanjing?No matter how you look at the meaning of the father, this matter seems to be resolved.

"Hmph!" Zhu Yuanzhang reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "If you had half...no, one-third of your uncle's ability, we would have passed on the whole of the Great Ming Dynasty to you long ago, something that does not live up to expectations."

Zhu Biaoren is confused, who is he provoking?

Suddenly feeling dark, Zhu Yuanzhang has thrown Zhu Han's memorial over.

Zhu Biao caught the memorial in a hurry, and immediately read it impatiently.Just after reading the beginning, I couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Bidding? What is this?" After carefully reading the regulations of the bidding, Zhu Biao said a little unconfidently: "Father...is this really okay?"

"The so-called no profiteering, no business, let's hand over all these projects related to the Ming Dynasty to those traders. In case they make a move and fill their pockets..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said murderously: "They dare! Pass on my will and be beaten by the King of England."

"Also, we won't object to merchants earning money. However, if there is someone who is not open-minded and dares to embezzle the court's money on it, then don't blame us for being cruel."

"If you embezzle more than 100 taels, you will be exiled for three thousand miles. If you embezzle more than 1000 taels, you will be stripped of their skins. If you embezzle more than 1 taels, you will be executed everywhere."

"If it exceeds 2 taels..." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "Pull the Nine Clans!"

Seeing that Zhu Biao was still frowning, Zhu Yuanzhang said impatiently: "If you have anything to say, just say it, the mother-in-law's front line is not like ours."

Before he finished speaking, he felt Ma Xiuying's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly changed his tune and said, "Biao'er, if you have anything to say, say it quickly, don't keep everything in your heart."

Hearing Father's encouragement, Zhu Biao also plucked up his courage and said: "Father, the construction of Yanjing is related to my Ming's face after all. If everything is left to businessmen, isn't it a bit inappropriate. "

Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips: "What's wrong with this? You have to remember, Biaoer, that you are in charge of our Daming's Huaxia District now, and you will take over the entire Daming in the future."

"As an emperor, you can divide people into three, six, or nine classes. However, you cannot have any preference or prejudice against a certain group of people, or even a certain group of people."

"As long as a businessman can do things well, he is doing well. If a scholar does not do well, he should clean up and never be tolerated. Do you understand?"

"My son, take it down."

Yanjing City.

Ministry of Industry.

A master craftsman from the Ministry of Industry roared angrily.

"absurd!"

"Old man, I have built houses all my life. Although I can't say that the craftsmanship is superb, I don't think I have dishonored the name of my ancestors. You want me to learn how to build houses with a group of brats? Impossible!"

Many craftsmen nearby echoed.

"Master Zhou is right, we people have worked for a lifetime, why are we living longer and returning home?"

The official of the Ministry of Industry said to a young man next to him in a nonchalant manner: "You see? It's not that our Ministry of Industry does not obey the orders of the prince, but that these master craftsmen don't listen."

"These people are all craftsmen with the best craftsmanship that we have announced. Even Lord Shangshu should be polite to these master craftsmen."

The name of the visitor is Zhang Yunjie.

One of Huangzhuang's graduates, he came here this time under the orders of Zhu Han.

Urge the masters of the Ministry of Industry to learn architectural knowledge with Zhu Han's students.

After sending the memorial to the capital.

Zhu Han took Liu Ji to see each construction site.

He was glad that he was here, otherwise, he really didn't know that the situation here was so bad.

It's not that the craftsmen here in Yanjing are not good enough, this is the original capital of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

The craftsmen here are definitely among the best masters in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The problem is, when these people are building, they are still in the old way.

Not to mention the inefficiency, the things built are also completely different from Zhu Han's previous plan, and they are completely out of reach.

"Push them all to me, and rebuild them all." Zhu Han said angrily, pointing at those construction sites.

"My lord... After all, it was built with hard work. If you feel that there is something inappropriate, you can notify the craftsmen to change it. Pushing it directly is too...too wasteful?" Liu Ji said with a bitter face.Originally, he hadn't made any achievements in Yanjing, and now Zhu Han has to push all the points that have been built with great difficulty.

Then he is here in Yanjing, isn't it a waste of work?
Thinking back to handling official business from morning to night, Liu Ji felt that his heart was blocked.

"I'd rather waste it, and I don't want any problems in the future. Now I can save some money by picking and searching, and I might lose my face in the future."

"My lord is wise..."

"Let's learn how to flatter others, isn't it that material. Get lost and do things for me."

Zhu Han came back from the construction site in a hurry.

I just changed my clothes and simply washed my face.

Liu Shenhong has already arrived: "My lord, the craftsmen have been hired, including 330 craftsmen and 27 civilian husbands."

"Very good!" Zhu Han was very satisfied with Liu Shenhong's efficiency, and immediately ordered: "Now send some letters to someone." Good
These letters were sent to the homes of Zhu Han's former subordinates.

Zhou Dexing, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu, Hu Yiba, Chen Baodao, Lu Zhongheng and others, everyone has a share.

If you have a chance to make money, you should naturally think about your own people.

These people had fought with him before, Zhu Hanke never forgot.When there is an advantage, they will never forget their share.

Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial decree has not yet reached Yanjing.

The bidding meeting on Yanjing's side is already in full swing.

This is King Zhu Han of England.

Any other person might have been dealt with by the court for a certain crime.

I heard that the imperial court wanted to call for public tenders for the construction of the imperial city.

Businessmen all over the world are crazy.

From ancient times to the present, there has never been an era where such important things are entrusted to businessmen? .

The so-called building near the water comes first.

The businessmen on Yanjingcheng's side were naturally the first to move.

Shopkeeper Liu of the grocery store in the west of the city.

Early in the morning, taking advantage of the lack of people, I planned to do the calculation again.

When doing the accounts last night, he always felt that there were a few cents in the accounts, which seemed a bit wrong.

The reason why the accounts are moved to today is because candles are needed to settle accounts at night.

Just fiddled with the abacus a few times.

Suddenly a figure hurried in, pushed the abacus away, pulled shopkeeper Liu up and walked out.

"I said, Old Liu, what time is this, why are you still doing the billing? The bidding will start soon, let's hurry over..."

Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly stopped: "Don't pull me, I still have a few counts and I'm done."

"I said, Lao Zhang, let's open the bidding meeting. What does it have to do with small businessmen like us? This is the construction of the capital, and the money that needs to be invested may not be tens of millions of taels."

"Even those big chambers of commerce may not be able to spend so much money. What kind of fun are we small shrimps?"

After fiddling with the abacus a few times to settle the last figure, shopkeeper Liu picked up a pen and added a few figures to the account.

Now the calculations are finally over, and the accounts before and after can finally be matched, and I feel comfortable.

Zhang Fengmin knew the temper of his old friend, if the accounts were not finished, he would not do anything.

"Old Liu, this is because you are ignorant. This bidding is different from the past. Don't dawdle, let's talk as we walk."

The two of them got out of the grocery store and got into the carriage directly.

"What's the matter, old Zhang, you are so anxious." After the carriage stabilized, Liu Jiyang asked dumbfounded.

Zhang Fengmin said in surprise: "I said, Old Liu, you didn't even read the yamen's notice this morning, did you?"

"I've been busy with the accounts since I got up in the morning, and I was thinking about finishing the accounts and going to see the situation."

"You are confused." Zhang Fengmin said sadly: "Let me tell you, the Yamen has released the detailed regulations for this bidding this morning."

"According to the new statute, not only those big businessmen have the opportunity, but we may also get a share."

"What you said is true?" Liu Jiyang thought for a while, and grabbed Zhang Fengmin's hand fiercely.

The reason why he was able to settle accounts with Taishan was because he initially felt that this matter had nothing to do with him.

Although he has a lot of money, compared to the real tyrants, he is just a small fish and shrimp.

This tender sounds wonderful.

But in fact, at most it is the same as the previous imperial merchants.

Most of the business was actually taken away by those merchants who were inextricably linked to some big figures in the court.

Even if they wanted to intervene, it was just a formality.

Hearing what Zhang Fengnian meant, it seemed that there was a real chance this time, and Liu Jiyang was a little excited.

"Let go of my hand first!" Zhang Fengnian was sweating coldly when Liu Jiyang pinched him: "You bastard, don't you want to strangle me to death and monopolize the business?"

Only then did Liu Jiyang realize that he had lost his composure, and quickly let go of Zhang Fengnian's hand.He put on a flattering smile: "Brother Zhang, can you clear up my doubts?"

Zhang Fengnian rubbed his hands and said angrily: "I don't know what you eat to grow up, why are you so strong."

Liu Jiyang quickly apologized again.

The two are friends, and they don't really care about anything.

"This is the first time bidding. I heard from the people in the yamen that His Royal Highness is going to try it first to see if this method is suitable."

"There are a total of 65 buildings and 450 private houses for this tender."

"Those special buildings planned by the imperial court, we definitely can't count on them. They must have been taken away by those wealthy merchants."

Liu Jiyang seemed to understand something. His eyes lit up and he said, "Old Zhang, what do you mean, let's take down these houses?"

"However..." He frowned and thought for a while, "It doesn't seem to work, right? Contracting projects need a deposit first, and there are more than 400 houses. We can't afford so much money."

"Even if we sell everything and make up the deposit."

"But all the money is spent, what do we use to hire civilians, and what to use to buy materials."

But Zhang Fengmin laughed and said: "This is what I admire King Ying, as expected of the prince, this brain is better than ours, this kind of method can be thought of."

Liu Jiyang became anxious: "What's going on, you really mean it."

"It's actually very simple." The smug look on Zhang Fengmin's face almost made Liu Zhengyang think that he came up with this solution. "

"The King of England said that this bidding will adopt a bidding system."

Liu Jiyang was speechless immediately, and said a little eccentrically: "Isn't this still fighting for money? This kind of thing is still bidding. The business acumen of His Royal Highness is really beyond my reach."

"Don't worry, just listen to me patiently."

"After the auction starts, the Yamen will first announce the items for bidding, and then the highest bidder will win."

"If it's a large building with only one or two buildings, then there's nothing to say."

"But don't forget that the bulk of the bidding this time is mainly those residential buildings."

"More than 500 houses may not seem like a lot, but when added together, the funds needed are quite huge."

"In a hurry, it may not be possible for someone to raise so much money."

"Although the bidding for these residential houses is for the highest bidder. But the highest bidder can also choose the quantity that he can contract. We can use a relatively high price and contract less."

"It doesn't need much, we can still provide the security deposit for three or five residential buildings, as well as money for recruiting manpower."

Yang Fengnian was like a cannonball, telling everything he found out.

The reason why he tried his best was to pull Liu Jiyang over.

The biggest reason, of course, is not that the relationship between the two is good.It's because Liu Jiyang has a lot of money in his hands.

Seeing that the other party was still hesitating, Yang Fengnian continued to encourage him.

"Brother Liu, I have calculated it before. As long as we can complete a residential house that can pass the inspection according to the standards, at least we can earn 500 taels of silver."

"Brother Liu! Do the math yourself, how long does it take for your grocery store to earn so much money?"

Liu Jiyang was finally passive: "If this is the case, it's not bad for us to try."

(End of this chapter)