Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 186 I want to steal money from the rich
Now Chongzhen's understanding of San'er is that he is not afraid of San'er's conditions, but he is afraid that San'er has nothing to do.

As long as San'er mentions the conditions, there will definitely be a solution.

At the beginning, in order to solve the problem of Wu Sangui's 300,000 yuan back payment, San'er put forward three conditions. As a result, the Ming Dynasty came back to life. If we raise the conditions now, it will definitely solve the financial problem of internal funds in the future.

"You say it, I promise you."

"The first condition is that my father and the prince's brother will also declare to the world that smoking will no longer be banned."

In fact, tobacco had already appeared in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty, and smoking was very common among people all over the world.

But in order to allow more land to grow food, Tianqi and Chongzhen issued bans on smoking several times, which were so severe that they killed people.

But tobacco still cannot be banned among the people.

Chongzhen frowned: "Tobacco cultivation is a huge profit. Once we let it go, countless people will abandon their food and smoke. This policy needs to be considered."

The prince also said: "Thirdly, my father is right. We regard farming and education as the foundation of our country and we should not waver easily."

Lu Mou opened his neck and said: "Only my mother is good in the world——"

Chongzhen looked at him with a smile: "Sing, sing, you can die, anyway, now you are not too much, but you are not too little."

Lu Mou's singing was like a crowing rooster that was suddenly strangled by the neck and stopped.

Everyone burst into laughter.

This trick doesn't work anymore. Would you say it's embarrassing?

"Otherwise, just acquiesce that the ban is invalid. But if the edict is issued, the people will be exempted from the crime of smoking. Anyway, those who can afford to smoke are those who have more money. So I am prepared to contribute to our internal funds, Robbing the rich.”

In the Ming Dynasty, who hated the rich the most? In the past there was Wei Zhongxian, and later it was none other than Chongzhen.

I watched helplessly as the gentlemen of Donglin fought for so many benefits for the landowners and gentry they represented, making them rich and fat enough to rival the country, while I was so poor that I didn't even have money to save my life. Can he not be mentally unbalanced and hate rich people?

As soon as he mentioned that the rich people's money disappeared in a puff of smoke, Chongzhen felt happy, so he said to the prince: "This is okay."

The prince's elder brother fully supported his younger brother, so he nodded with a smile: "After the first month of solitude, I will go to Zhao."

"However, we have allowed smoking cessation, but we must strictly restrict people from smoking cigarettes."

"What are you doing?" the father and son asked together.

Lu Mou smiled evilly: "Because I want to monopolize all of our imperial land to grow tobacco. I want to set up a royal cigarette factory and engage in tobacco monopoly."

At that time, Chongzhen and Zhu Cixi were confused: "What do you mean?"

Lu Mou ordered outside: "Xiao Li Xi, bring in the things we brought."

Xiao Lizi ran in and handed over a delicate object, a pack of finely cut, golden tobacco.

Lu Mou was in front of Chongzhen and the prince, while operating the machine, he said to the father and son: "Planting tobacco is six times higher than growing other crops, and once I turn this tobacco into cigarettes, the income is ten times higher." Profits. Therefore, I do not prohibit smoking, but I prohibit the cultivation of tobacco outside. On this point, my Dongchang will patrol the country and strictly implement it to ensure our monopoly of planting, manufacturing and selling in Huangzhuang, Zhili."

Then he put the rolled cigarette in his mouth, stretched it to the flame of the hot pot, took a beautiful puff, and blew out a fantastic smoke ring. Then he said to his stunned father, "Now we have 200,000 acres of land in Huangzhuang, Zhili. If we produce two taels of silver per mu, we can grow tobacco and produce twelve taels per mu. If it turns into this kind of cigarettes, the output per mu will become 120 taels. One hundred thousand acres can produce 12 million taels, and two hundred thousand acres-"

While Chongzhen and the prince were dumbfounded, the fourth brother Yong Wang, who had no direct knowledge of money, stood up and said, "Stop it, we are already growing tobacco, we can eat and drink whatever we want."

Lu Mou spit out his cigarette contemptuously: "You already earn 20 million taels a year, what do you want to eat? You can eat gold."

Zhu Cixiang, no matter how calm he was at that time, suddenly stood up. Chongzhen was also about to stand up, but was held down by the eager and quick-eyed Queen Zhou.

Yes, I am paralyzed. "Your method is feasible, but you don't need two hundred thousand acres to grow tobacco. One hundred thousand acres is enough. It's too much, and it can't be sold. If our internal funds can earn ten million taels a year, that's enough, that's enough. .”

Satisfied, Lu Mou rolled two more cigarettes and handed them to Chongzhen and the prince: "Come on, a cigarette after dinner is better than a living god."

Seeing his father and brother smoking, Lu Mou sneered: "How many more can't be sold? The market depends on cultivation, and the growth of the smoker team also depends on edification. Look, in the blink of an eye, there are more Twice as many smokers?
The expansion of the cigarette market should start from the palace and the court.

The whole family had a good time and didn’t leave until dawn.

At dawn, there was already a lot of traffic in front of the palace, and there was an endless stream of people coming to pay New Year's greetings.

This is all to pay New Year's greetings to myself, the standing emperor.

Not bad, I changed the Ming Dynasty and let the officials continue to have jobs. He more than doubled the salaries of officials and doubled their rewards during holidays.

With enough rewards and compensation, the bad reputation brought upon him by the violent force was finally improved.

There are scales in people's hearts.

The money you owe the country is the money of Lao Zhu's family.

Lao Zhu's family is about to be ruined and hanged. It is only right for those of us who are in debt to pay Lao Zhu's money to save money. Although others are a bit crude in collecting debts and hammering nails into their butts, aren't they the ones who are in the wrong first?

This is called truth.

However, it was King Ding who pushed for the result and saved the Ming Dynasty, which meant saving everyone's salary and jobs. Then, not only did you not owe wages maliciously, but you also doubled your salary and doubled your New Year’s gifts. If you are not grateful, are you still a human being?

This is the theoretical concept of the Chinese. Just know how to be grateful and ignore the evil of your enemies.

The kindness of a drop of water is repaid by a spring of water. Although it is not proportional at all, everyone abides by this rule. It is precisely this sentiment that has led to the tolerance and development of the Han people.

But the actions of Baiguan made Lu Mou unable to bear it.

Because the Han family paid more attention to courtesy and reciprocity.

If you give me a penny, at least I will repay you with two pence.

Also, avoid suspicion.

More people come to visit me to pay New Year greetings than Cheap Daddy and Prince Brother.

What do you mean? Do you just want to make another fortune from me? Don’t think about it, is my money, Lu Mou’s, so easy to earn?
I can't bear it, can't I hide?
I still have important things to do, which is to run a cigarette factory and make a fortune. For this kind of thing, ten thousand years is too long, just seize the day.

How could we be delayed by this welcome?
So, Lu Mou hung up at the door of the mansion: "I have important things to do, which are related to the welfare of the officials. From now on, I will close the door and thank guests."

When everyone saw that the emotional regent wanted to benefit the officials, they did not dare to delay. So they put down their gifts one after another, left greeting notes, and stopped asking to see them.

He rushed to the imperial city immediately. There was a royal manufacturing office in the imperial city, and they were all the best craftsmen in the world. As long as you have drawing ideas, any exquisite object can be made for you in minutes.

Therefore, Lu Mou came up with the simplest cigarette manufacturing machine in later generations.

Although it is still not advanced, Lu Mou still put forward the most advanced requirements; "I want livestock as power, a flow packaging production line, and a machine that can produce at least 10,000 boxes of cigarettes every day.

I want a handmade cigarette rolling machine, and I want to be able to have one for every 20,000 eunuchs in the palace, and one for every 10,000 women in the palace. "

Don’t underestimate the wisdom of ancient people. Even Huang Daopo could invent a semi-automatic loom. Just a simple cigarette rolling machine is no longer worthy of these old craftsmen.

As long as you cross the lighthouse and show them the direction, as long as your golden finger pierces the window paper of the girl's bathroom, that infinite spring will inevitably appear in front of you.

(End of this chapter)