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Chapter 63 Countermeasures
"Is there some old rice? Old rice?"

Yang Reform was a little overjoyed. In this way, he can save a sum of money?

"Your Majesty, yes, there has always been enough rice in the internal treasury for emergencies." Wang Chengen is an old eunuch, and he is still clear about these things.

grain reserves?Yang Reform's heart moved, and he remembered that this capital is an important place for the royal family, where high-ranking officials and dignitaries live together. It may be a little nervous, but it is definitely not to the point where there is no food. It can be seen that the reserve system of the Ming Dynasty is also very complete.

"Stock rice? Reserve grain? Doesn't that mean that I can pay for these old rice as this year's white grain?" Yang Reform asked happily.

Wang Chengen gritted his teeth and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, yes, but old rice alone is not enough, and some silver taels need to be paid, which is probably enough. I will replace it with new rice for storage in the coming year, but it just empties the old rice over the years. ..." Wang Chengen also became cruel, and decided that he would rather offend civil and military officials, eunuchs, Beijing camps, etc., let them eat old rice, and save some money for the emperor. No matter what, Wang Chengen firmly stood by the emperor. this side.

"...Haha, okay, buddy, that's a good idea. You can save a lot of money by replacing the old rice in the warehouse with new rice..." Yang Reform was very appreciative of Wang Chengen's idea. How much money can this save? !This year's wild boar skins will not enter the customs, that is to say, this year's reserve system, you can temporarily risk clearing the warehouse, and replace it with new rice next year. Yang Reform is happy again. I am very grateful that I know the history and deal with it calmly.

Of course, this is not good news for those in the capital who live on free food and eat free food every day. Yang Reform still can't feel their hatred.If Yang Reform knew about it, he would also say to him: If you want to hate, just hate the person who proposed to exempt the free food.

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Take a nap.

Although he was slaughtered by those ministers today and suffered a hemorrhage, Yang Reform decided to use old rice to pay for this year's white grain, which can save a lot of money, and the actual cost is much less.

Although a little tangled, it is still acceptable.

The nap time was not long, only an hour, and soon the little eunuch woke up the emperor.Yang Reform prepared to go to the new army's barracks for training after washing up to cultivate the loyalty of the gun.

Wang Chengen came over and said: "Report to Your Majesty, then Li Laifu asked to see him, saying that he has something important to report to His Majesty."

"Li Laifu? The one in charge of the auction?" Yang Reform just got up, still a little confused.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is this person. Will Your Majesty summon you?" Wang Chengen asked.

Yang Reform was also thinking about whether to summon him, but none of the things he had entrusted to him had been done. He had been asked to sell the collections in the palace, but none of them had been sold. Get it out.This man is really unlucky.Should I waste my time on him...

Li Laifu also walked outside the palace gate nervously. He was extremely nervous. Ever since he entered the palace for the first time and received the emperor's mission, Li Laifu hadn't had a peaceful day. He had been thinking about how to sell the collection in the palace all day long. The eunuchs in the palace gave him obvious marks, who would dare to buy them?It can be said that he was cheated by that eunuch. Of course, he himself did not end well, and went to Fengyang to burn incense.The second time, the emperor was going to let him sell some lottery tickets, and he was going to do a big job, but unfortunately, there was news that the lottery could not be sold, which made Li Laifu very anxious, and finally got on line with the emperor, so let it go?Li Laifu thought about it, and felt that he could only pick up this lottery ticket and get rid of it, so that the emperor would treat him. Therefore, after a long period of suffering, Li Laifu finally "designed" a relatively simple "lottery ticket". There was no need for such a complicated anti-counterfeiting system, daily collection, etc. as the emperor said, so he immediately packed up and came to see the emperor, hoping to seize this last chance. Li Laifu also wanted to live a good life as a master.I don't want to be just a businessman.

Li Laifu was anxious and waited for his "judgment", a young eunuch who sent the message.

Li Laifu hurried up to meet him, and asked flatteringly, "Eunuch, but Your Majesty wants to see me?"

The little eunuch said impatiently: "Boss Wang asked me to send a message to you, saying that His Majesty wants to see you, so hurry up and come with us." After the little eunuch finished speaking, he brought Li Laifu into the palace.

Li Laifu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Crassman Li Laifu kowtowed to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Li Laifu kowtowed seriously.

"Li Laifu? I heard that you have something very important for me?" Yang Reform found that the hair of this unlucky guy seemed to be all white. He didn't look like this a few days ago. It seems that he is also suffering a lot!I was very impatient at first, but seeing this person put so much effort into it, I feel embarrassed to be impatient with him anymore.The fire in the morning is not over yet.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the grassroots thought hard day and night, and finally came up with a new kind of 'lottery ticket' for His Majesty. But, there is no need for people to collect receipts every day..." Li Laifu walked out of breath, but when he talked about his "invention", he immediately stopped panting and seemed quite confident.

what rice?Instant lottery?This...Yang Reform is speechless. In fact, Yang Reform is planning to get this kind of lottery ticket. No matter what, Yang Reform is not going to give up on this "painkiller" for the poor, but he has been too busy these days. I had time to work on this thing, but I didn't expect that a person from the Ming Dynasty, after hearing himself say a few times about how to play the lottery, realized the instant lottery by himself, which shocked Yang Reform!
"...Really? An instant lottery ticket?" Yang Reform thought he was dreaming.He touched his eyes with his hands, obviously, it was not a dream.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Caomin really made this simple lottery ticket. For the past few days, Caomin has been thinking about the various ways of playing the lottery that His Majesty said day and night, trying to simplify it as much as possible, and finally it pays off. Caomin made this simple lottery ticket. , guaranteed to sell cheap, no one will counterfeit..."

Motivation comes only when there is pressure. Looking at Li Laifu's white hair, Yang Reform's heart is somewhat touched. In just a few days, his hair, which was still relatively dark, has turned white. It can be seen how terrible the mental exhaustion is.

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Yang Reform's impression of Li Laifu changed drastically. From the impression of a hapless guy just now, he became a persistent, patient, and self-motivated strongman.As a result, his voice when speaking to Li Laifu also became "gentle".

"Li Laifu, do you have a sample?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Cao Min has some, and the Cao Min has already been made. Please have a look..." After finishing speaking, Li Laifu carefully took out a red cloth bag from his pocket, and carefully opened the red cloth bag. Something like a little card.Li Laifu held it in his hand and respectfully raised it above his head, waiting for the emperor to look over.

Wang Chengen walked over, took the red envelope, carefully looked at it, took out a few "cards" from inside, touched them in his hands, and then carefully presented them to the emperor's table.He didn't let Yang Reform directly hold the "card" with his hands. It seems that Wang Chengen still cared about the safety of the emperor.

Yang Reform noticed that the card was made of slightly harder paper and cut into a rectangle, which was larger than the scratch cards of later generations. On one side of the card were some patterns drawn with similar sketching techniques, I wrote some words, and some numbers, probably numbered or something,

"How do you use this thing of yours?" Yang Reform asked.

"Your Majesty, for Caomin's thing, you only need to peel off the paper cover on the back, and you can see the marks inside. Caomin used a needle, dipped some ink, and marked some marks on the paper... "

Yang Reform took a closer look, and sure enough, the side where numbers were written was sealed with hard paper underneath, and there was a tear on the side. Yang Reform opened it, and inside were a few marks of needle points. It seems to be a few "stars" or something.

This is almost the same as the scratch-off awards in the 90s that Yang reformed in later generations. Of course, the patterns are not as bright and colorful as later generations, the paper is not as "good" as later generations, and it is not as well-made, and there is no need to "scratch" it. Prize redemption area.This reminded Yang Reform of the time in the 90s, when the city sold this kind of scratch-off prize, and there were crowds of people from the countryside, and people from villages and villages went to the city to scratch the lottery.What I still remember is the sound of the loudspeaker on the prize redemption platform announcing who won the grand prize and who got a motorcycle. Occasionally, in the small prize redemption area, housewives were fighting for an umbrella or a clothes hanger. worry.

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(End of this chapter)