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Chapter 511 Tian Hongyu who is ready to fight

On a teahouse in Beijing.

A few people dressed as merchants were talking enthusiastically.

Tian Hongyu is one of them.

"The head of the country is really lucky. Now he has such a good job. This is a good deal!" Several people complimented Tian Hongyu with red faces.

"That's right! Father-in-law, we have His Majesty's backing. This business will definitely be successful! From now on, all the business outside the customs will belong to us." Another businessman also complimented excitedly. They are all Tian Hongyu. The merchants who were summoned were planning to make a fortune with Tian Hongyu.

Tian Hongyu ate some wine and got a little drunk, but he knew in his heart that his own business was indeed a beautiful thing, but it was also a very stressful thing. Now he is more and more afraid of the emperor. Although the emperor is generous, But if things are messed up, his status as the head of state in the eyes of the emperor may plummet, and by the way, his daughter's status in the palace may also be affected. The emperor's value is not how much money he can make In terms of making money, a hundred of them are not as good as one emperor. The emperor is more concerned about implementing the emperor's strategy. If someone ruins the emperor's affairs because of his love for money, it will be unpredictable what will happen at that time.

Although Tian Hongyu was a little drunk, he knew it very well in his heart. With his slightly drunk eyes, he glanced at the "old friends" around him, and said: "This time, we will talk about all the ugly things in front of you. Now Your Majesty is very wise, so don't play with those tricks, lest it will be difficult for us to be human..."

"That's, that's..."

"Of course, of course..." Everyone flattered immediately.

"Since you are in this business, you have to do it in a proper manner. The first thing you need to do is to listen to the greetings. Your Majesty says one thing, but you don't want to say anything. Your Majesty is not allowed to go west, but don't even look west. Do you remember the first point clearly?" Tian Hongyu said in a slightly drunk tone.

"It should, it should..." Everyone immediately agreed.

"Secondly, since you are following me, Tian Hongyu, you are following His Majesty. You must follow His Majesty's rules. Otherwise, don't come. There are many people in the world who want to do this business, so I say , the business in your family, how much tax you should pay every year, according to the rules, report to the tax supervisor yourself, and the tax has been paid to him in full, the ugly words can be said in the front, if it is found that there is something stealing, concealing or defrauding , that's breaking the rules. Everyone knows what the consequences of the bad rules are. Therefore, if you don't come, you will follow the rules. How about it? If you think there is a problem, you can quit now. What's going on..." Tian Hongyu said the second request through his drunkenness. This is the emperor's rule, and the emperor specially emphasized it.

When Tian Hongyu said this, the faces of these people immediately became embarrassed again, and some of their faces twitched. This self-declaration of taxes can not be cheated. This request is really a bit painful. Nowadays, the world does not pay taxes "Rules", but now they are required to pay taxes by themselves, which makes them very painful, but when they think of doing business with Tian Hongyu, they are doing business with the emperor. Doing business outside customs is regarded as living alone. If such a profitable business is given up, who is willing?If you give up, you will even give up the line that has been so hard to reach the sky now. It is not known how difficult it will be to connect this line in the future.

"Since the head of the country said it, I will follow it naturally. I will report to the tax supervisor today, and I will never default on a penny of tax." There are also courageous businessmen who immediately stood up to agree with Tian Hongyu's rule. Isn't it a tax on the sheep?As long as there is business, are you afraid that you will not be able to pay taxes?How big is this business with the emperor?Can you earn those taxes?

"I'll tell the housekeeper to go back and get ready. We'll go to the tax bureau to file taxes. We can't be left behind. I just hope that the head of the country will take care of him in the future..." There are also people who are unambiguous, if you go today, then I will It is necessary to go immediately to show loyalty and compete for superiority and inferiority.

"Okay!" Tian Hongyu yelled "Hello" through his drunkenness, and he was secretly proud that this was all a play he sang to set rules for these people.Now if you don’t set the rules well, when you go to the border market and look at the white money, you can’t help your hands and feet. If you covet the money and ruin the emperor’s affairs, he can’t take it. So, it’s right to set rules for these people very important.

"...Hehe, I'm not afraid to tell you all that if you are going to file a report now, you still have to see if the tax supervisor will report it to you. Without our help, the tax supervisor will not even bother you. You still want to do business in the border market, but there is no door..." Tian Hongyu boasted through his drunkenness.

Everyone was surprised, the tax supervisor still picked someone?Not to report?Do you even have to ask someone to pay your taxes?This is strange.

"Master, what did you say? Why is it not allowed to be reported? Could it be that there is such a thing as not being allowed to pay even a tax?" If you give money to others, do you have to rely on connections and go through the back door?What is this?
"...Hey, you don't understand this. Think about how those Shanxi merchants fell? That was Tonglu. Now I, Daming, are fighting with Donglu outside the pass. If it weren't for the care of the Imperial Association Army, the city here would have It will not be opened, so as not to leak the news and spoil the important affairs of the court. Therefore, the requirements for businessmen who go to the border market to do business are extraordinarily strict. Your Majesty can say that they are not allowed to operate border business without reporting. Tell me, is it human, he can report himself?" Tian Hongyu boasted slightly drunk.

"So that's what it is, that's how it is, what the abbot said makes sense..."

"No wonder, that's the case, then I have to trouble the king..." Several people immediately understood the inside story, and expressed their belief that this reason was indeed true.

"Let me just say, didn't the abbot just say that we have to do exclusive business in the city over there, how can there be any reason for others to report it? Naturally, the tax supervisor only listens to our abbot... Immediately, people complimented Tian Hongyu and flattered Tian Hongyu.

"exactly……"

"That is……"

Everyone was still applauding. When Tian Hongyu heard this, he woke up from the wine, stood up in shock, and cursed with a sullen face: "What are you talking about? What is it that the tax monitors me? You are going to curse me to death!" ..."

Tian Hongyu was sobered up from the wine. How much power does the tax supervisor have now? How can he, a relative, control him? Now he is flattering the tax supervisor. When will it be the tax supervisor's turn to curry favor with him?This person killed him, so he couldn't help but look at the wall.

Everyone looked at Tian Hongyu who jumped up in surprise, isn't he drunk?Looking at it now, she is clearly sober, where is she still a little drunk?Seeing Tian Hongyu getting so angry, he became frightened and pleaded with this nonsense guy again and again.

After everyone begged for a while, Tian Hongyu's anger might have dissipated, and then he said: "It's not that we are angry, it's just that we must not talk nonsense. The tax supervisor is His Majesty's darling, His Majesty's favorite jewel. Dare to control the tax supervisor, heck, this matter, this matter will not be discussed..." Tian Hongyu glanced at the wall a few times, and ended the topic.

The room fell into an awkward silence.

After a while, Tian Hongyu seemed to think of something again, and said: "For that kind of sweet potato, everyone, how many should be planted?" Now, he dare not pretend to be drunk, he has something to say.

The people who hadn't spoken for a long time began to discuss again.

"Planting [-] to [-] mu, probably about the same..."

Tian Hongyu shook his head.

"In my opinion, we might as well grow more, plant [-] to [-] mu, and earn a lot of money from him..." Immediately, some people followed up and discussed this topic.Everyone knows the meaning of this topic. Sweet potato wine was invented by the emperor. It is made from sweet potatoes, and it is much cheaper than wine made from grain. Moreover, the wine is strong, and it is very suitable for people in the north, especially those outside the customs. Mongolians, this will be a very lucrative business. Therefore, everyone understands that sweet potatoes should be planted in advance to prepare raw materials.

Tian Hongyu shook his head again.

"Then, Guozhang, how many plants should be planted?" Several people asked, not sure what Tian Hongyu meant.

"It's not that I, Tian Hongyu, said it, but that everyone's eyes are really small..." Tian Hongyu began to get airy again.

"Then, Master, are we going to plant [-] mu?" Someone asked cautiously.

Speaking of [-] mu, everyone looked at Tian Hongyu exaggeratedly.

"Hey, everyone's hearts are still a little small! You don't even think about how big our business can be. The Mongols outside the pass, these thousands of miles of side walls, can't eat a few wines? Just plant [-] to [-] Mu is fine?" Tian Hongyu said contemptuously.

"That's, that's, or what the abbot said makes sense." Several people immediately complimented Tian Hongyu.

"...In addition to the customs, let's talk about the frontier soldiers guarding the border wall, so they can't have a few drinks?" Tian Hongyu said again.

"Front Army? How much money can you get? Those bitter people who have to leak their buttocks outside in winter?" Someone asked in surprise.

"Hey, your news is out of date. The army here is still bitter now? Your Majesty gave 400 million taels of silver just to make up for the debt last year. This group of bitter men can't be regarded as bitter now... ..." Tian Hongyu explained.

"Ow..."

"That's, that's, the country's abbot is brilliant, he can see far away!" Several people immediately complimented Tian Hongyu, and the frontier soldiers did start to have some money, and the emperor didn't short their salaries. Wake up, I do have a couple of spare cash on hand, this money has to be earned.

"Thinking about it again, this wine can only be drunk by the Mongols, and only by the frontier soldiers. The common people in the north don't want to drink it?" Tian Hongyu said with a proud look.

"This……"

"Could it be that the abbot still wants to sell this wine in Daming?" Several people surrounded Tian Hongyu again, complimenting him, and their eyes became bigger because of the news.

"That's natural. If you don't do business, aren't you a fool? Now the cost of making wine from sweet potatoes is much cheaper than that from grain. This recipe is now in the hands of His Majesty. Aren't we fools if we don't make this money? So, for our sweet potato fields, the more, the more the better!" Tian Hongyu said passionately, now his knowledge is not the same as before, and his spirit is not as good as before. For the task of 80 cotton-padded clothes, the tens of thousands, one hundred thousand or something, I feel that it is not exciting.

"Then, how much do you think the king should have?" It was difficult for everyone to breathe. Sweet potatoes are still a new thing, and they only started to be publicized this year. Only the emperor has the recipe for making wine from sweet potatoes, and the emperor made this Entrust them with the business, do you think it can speed up breathing and heartbeat?

"At least 30 mu..." Tian Hongyu said indifferently.

"30 million mu?"

"Oh my God!……"

"Guo Zhang, is this too much?" The few merchants Tian Hongyu invited were not small merchants, but they were still shocked by the number Tian Hongyu said.

"A lot? What do you mean a lot? 30 mu is a lot? You want to earn money, but you can't bear the capital. This is not like a business. Your Majesty is not afraid. What are you afraid of?" Tian Hongyu was really not afraid at all. Back then The emperor also asked him to make 80 pieces of clothes. He was scared to death, but now, if you say to make another 200 million pieces, he doesn’t think it’s a big deal. I'm ashamed to say it's my own business.

Several people looked at Tian Hongyu in surprise and dementia.

"...Headmaster, how much money does it take to do this?" someone asked.

"How much money? Let me ask you, how is the harvest in the north, especially the fields near the side wall?" Tian Hongyu educated these people solemnly.

"Patriarch, this is still not clear? Those frontier soldiers who can run away have all run away. What is the harvest in that field? As long as they are willing to plant it, no one cares about it. What's more, if you work today, the harvest is not good. Now the first-class field is great. If you can collect one or two stones and put aside the sevens and eights, it would be good if you can drop five coins. If Zhongtian can have two or three coins, then you have to thank God for taking care of you. Needless to say, you will go to the field , It’s been a hard day today, what’s the harvest there…” These businessmen immediately explained the situation.

"Isn't this the end? Let's say that Zhongtian only earns two or three renminbi a year, so we will pay him two or three renminbi to cover his field and ask him to grow sweet potatoes for us. In fact, the 30 mu of sweet potatoes also need to be paid for." It’s only a few dollars, but do you know how much wine these 30 mu of sweet potatoes can turn into?” Tian Hongyu said vividly again.

Everyone looked up to him.

"This acre of land, not to mention much, anyway, it is Zhongtian, so let's count it as a thousand catties, let's count it as three catties, no, five catties of sweet potatoes make one catty of wine, this mu of land is worth two to three hundred catties of wine, How much is this two or three hundred catties of wine worth?" Tian Hongyu said proudly.

When it comes to two or three hundred catties of wine, several people dare not vent their anger.How much is this two or three hundred catties of wine worth?Now that the price of rice is very expensive, the price of this wine has also risen accordingly. Ordinary wine is priced at 20 or 30 Wen, and better wine is more than 30 Wen. How much does it cost?That's more than [-] to nearly [-] taels of silver. One mu of land can produce [-] to [-] taels of silver, which is still an ordinary field. This business made everyone short of breath.

"Guo Zhang, this,... this, should be more than 20 taels of silver..." A person said expectantly, the temptation was too great.

"Yes, it's 20 taels of silver. It's still less. If it's three hundred catties of wine, the silver will be more...Of course, we still have to get rid of firewood, brewing, jars, distribution, seeding, labor, and taxes. Calculated in this way, it is no problem to earn him three or four taels of silver per mu of land. Therefore, the more land this parcel has, the better. It’s nothing more than ten thousand taels of silver, it’s not too much, and I don’t have much confidence this year, otherwise, why don’t you worry about getting rich…” Tian Hongyu said eloquently, and the emperor asked him to lease fields to grow sweet potatoes to make wine. He did the calculations at home for a few days before he realized that the profit was really too great.Dao Dao couldn’t believe it was true, but after all the calculations, there were indeed so many. The premise was that he had to be courageous, have capital, and have backing support, and there was also a recipe for wine making, which was marketable. He used to be I don't dare to think about it, but now, with the support of the emperor, the recipe for brewing wine given by the emperor, and the sales market given by the emperor, with so many guarantees, what else is he afraid of?

The profit in Tian Hongyu's statement immediately ignited everyone's emotions.

"Guo Zhang, in my opinion, we might as well add some water to the wine. This mu of land can produce at least five or six hundred catties of wine..."

"Master, from our point of view, we might as well not hire people to open up wasteland. Anyway, as long as there are people, there will be more land that no one has planted. We have His Majesty as the backer, and those frontier soldiers dare not do anything to us. In this way, at most we can give them some discounts, but it is more cost-effective than renting a field. I heard that the sweet potatoes are drought-resistant, and dry land can also grow. In this way, we can save tens of thousands of taels of silver every year..."

Seeing that the profits here are so high, everyone used their brains to think about how to make more money.

"Okay!" Tian Hongyu exclaimed quite proudly. After several days of calculations at home, he came to the conclusion that the errand given to him by the emperor was very profitable, and he must do it well. Therefore, it is absolutely not allowed to spoil the emperor's affairs, in case he loses this job, he will regret it to death.

Everyone quieted down and looked at Tian Hongyu.

"Directly hire people to reclaim wasteland. Well, we really have to do this in the future. We need to have land to do business in the long run. However, this year we have to be more on the safe side, and we have to lease fields. Otherwise, we don't have sweet potatoes, so we have to eat them." It’s a big loss. We will stop renting land when we find out a set of experience in land reclamation in the future. We don’t want to rent land. Thinking that there are disaster victims everywhere, if we can hire some people to reclaim wasteland, it will relieve His Majesty’s worries. , this way can be taken, this, this was proposed by Brother Li just now, then Brother Li will be responsible for this matter, our wine is to be sold to frontier soldiers and Mongols, so find those The barren hills and wasteland near the side wall should be opened up vigorously, trying to grow sweet potatoes, make wine locally, and sell them locally, so that we can earn more money..." Tian Hongyu announced his plan loudly.

"it is good!……"

"Okay!..." The red-faced people were unanimously good, and they started discussing enthusiastically, and now they are really given a golden job. The emperor is really good at making money. If you just give advice to the head of the country, the head of the country will be greatly benefited , follow the emperor to work, it really has a head.

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The fourth day of the second day of the second year of Chongzhen.

Yang Reform waited anxiously outside the Kunning Palace. When he heard a cry, his heart finally fell. His son was finally born, and he was "upgraded".

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has given birth to a little prince." The female officer happily came out to announce the good news to the emperor who was waiting outside.

"Hehehe,...hehehe, good!, hehe, good!, this,...reward..." Yang Reform was so happy that he couldn't figure it out, and he became stupid. He patted his head and shouted reward with a smile .

The little eunuch, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately took out the prepared rewards and distributed them around.

In the Forbidden City, because of the birth of a little life, it was extraordinarily festive.

Inside the Kunning Palace, Yang Huaihe looked at the weak Zhou Wan'er, full of warmth, and picked up the newborn baby, feeling at home spontaneously.

"Wan'er has worked hard." Yang Reform said with guilt.

"What Your Majesty said..." Zhou Wan'er still said shyly.

"...Your Majesty, give me a name..." Zhou Wan'er said shyly again.

"Hehe, I've thought of this name a long time ago, it should be called Zhu Cihong..." Yang Reform said immediately.

Yang Reform, who was a new father in the Kunning Palace, did not expect that Tian Hongyu not far away was brewing a "big" plan and was preparing to do a big job. You have to stare out.

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(End of this chapter)