"How about it?"
The Third Prince's Mansion.
Seeing Han Wenqing come in, Zhu Tai asked anxiously.
The former replied: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has decreed that Lin Qingfeng will be solely responsible for all affairs in the new city."
"good!"
After hearing this, Zhu Tai was not as annoyed as he imagined, but was very excited.
Because Ezhou was built by him, he knew how big a problem it was, and he also knew how difficult it would be to complete the new city.
In his opinion, that was simply impossible, and once Lin Bai failed, his failure would be a matter of course.
After all, even the founder of New City failed, so it's not surprising that he failed.
"Lin Qingfeng, this bastard, let me see how he dies this time."
Zhu Tai gritted his teeth.
Han Wenqing sighed secretly. He had always wanted to take revenge, but now he was in this situation. Maybe it was time to find another way out.
Revenge may never be possible.
Zhu Tai obviously didn't think so and continued to ask: "What actions will Lin Qingfeng take after taking over?"
Han Wenqing said: "He summoned a group of businessmen and other subscribers."
"how?"
Zhu Tai asked, "Is he begging these people to believe him and give him time?"
"This bastard has a good reputation among businessmen. If he opens his mouth, those businessmen may really listen to him, but those royal family members will definitely not agree. These idiots are just worms in the royal family. They have no farts themselves, they can only rely on them. They don't have much money to live on the imperial salary, so they will definitely ask Lin Qingfeng for money."
"No, if my father opens his mouth, these people will not dare to ask for money. Could it be that these people who want to pay have been suppressed by Lin Qingfeng?"
"hateful!"
Zhu Tai talked to himself, his teeth chattering.
He quickly comforted himself and said: "It doesn't matter, these are just the simplest. Those unscrupulous people in Ezhou will definitely come to him for money. There is also a new city to be built, which also requires a huge amount of funds."
"It's impossible for Lin Qingfeng to get so much money. The Ministry of Revenue only has three melons and two dates. My father will not agree. Even if the Ministry of Internal Affairs helps, it will be in vain."
"Yes! There's no way he can do it."
This guy looked confident.
The fact is that it is exactly what he said, a new city, and in order to surpass other new cities, the scale of Ezhou is beyond imagination. The Ministry of Revenue is originally an empty shell, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is richer.
But that's a relative term. Compared with such a huge new city, it's obviously a drop in the bucket.
Seeing his confident look, Han Wenqing didn't know what to say for a moment and opened his lips.
"What happened?"
Zhu Tai couldn't help it anymore.
Han Wenqing could only say: "Back to Your Highness, Lin Qingfeng did not ask everyone to give him time. Instead, he informed all subscribers that the previous guaranteed contract can be repurchased at any time. Even if it is not a guaranteed contract, it can still be repurchased at half price."
What?
Zhu Tai's eyes widened with disbelief, "This is impossible. Where did the court get so much money?"
Han Wenqing said: "It's not the court, the Lin family pays for it themselves."
this!
Zhu Tai seemed to have seen a ghost, "Where did the Lin family get so much money? No..."
The Lin family has a huge business, maybe they really have so much money, and the first subscription of 10 million taels belongs to themselves and their second son, and the other ones are not too much.
"good!"
Han Wenqing said, "And there are not many people who actually repurchase. The merchants almost didn't move. They all expressed their trust in Lin Qingfeng and waited for his follow-up actions."
"Only some royal family members and noble disciples who have a good relationship with His Highness the Second Prince have repurchased it. The total price should not be much."
Zhu Tai's teeth were itching, "This bastard is retreating in order to advance. It's a good trick. He deliberately behaves confidently and makes everyone mistakenly think that he is confident."
"This prince doesn't believe it. How can he bring such a mess back to life? How can he raise money?"
"By the way! Where is my prince's five million taels? I also have a contract. I will buy it back immediately and get my money back."
At this time, he was still thinking about his money.
Han Wenqing's eyes couldn't help but twitch, but he still said: "I'm afraid it won't work. His Majesty has handed over the contract between His Highness and the Second Prince to Lin Qingfeng, saying that Xincheng's losses will be fully deducted from it."
"However, His Majesty requires Lin Qingfeng to settle the debts of His Highness and the Second Prince first."
hateful!
Zhu Tai's teeth were shattered. He had invested more than five million taels, and the loan amount was worth one million taels. Although the debt was solved for himself, the five million taels were completely gone.
A real loss of money.
His heart was bleeding, but he was helpless in the face of such a result, "You bastard, you bastard..."
Han Wenqing couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. In fact, His Majesty's request was undoubtedly a help to the second and third princes. Otherwise, even if the five million taels were lost, the debt of one million taels would still exist.
Although I have lost all my money now, I am still debt-free.
Unfortunately, Zhu Tai obviously didn't think so. At this moment, his eyes were red with hatred, as if he wanted to kill someone.
"Lin Qingfeng, this bastard, will make sure that he dies a good death when this prince leaves."
"No! He can't wait for me to go out. I will see how he ends up and how he raises money."
"By the way! How did he raise money?"
The only solution to the current predicament is money. Without money, everything else is in vain. The new city will not be built by itself.
So he was extremely curious.
However, Han Wenqing shook his head, "I didn't hear that he wanted to raise money. I only heard that he wanted to transfer a lot of people from the southwest, and he also called in the candidates from the last two idle classes. In addition, he also asked A lot of counting houses came.”
"It said that a new department would be established, called the Ministry of Commerce, which would be independent of and parallel to the Six Ministries. It also said that it would improve the status of businessmen."
What?
Zhu Tai's expression changed instantly after hearing this. Establishing a commercial department? Improve the status of businessmen?
"Businessmen are untouchables. How could the civil and military officials in the court agree to this?"
In this era, merchants were the last of the four peoples. Although they were rich, their social status was extremely low, and officials in the DPRK were extremely prejudiced against them.
In the case of insufficient food production, this is actually normal.
Han Wenqing said: "There are some ministers who are opposed to it, but His Majesty said that we will listen to whoever can solve the problem of Ezhou New City. If we object, we can just take over Ezhou New City."
Zhu Tai's expression froze. Once he said this, no one dared to object.
It is easy to shout opposition, but how is it possible to solve the problem in Ezhou.
However, Lin Qingfeng wanted to establish the Ministry of Commerce and improve the status of businessmen. If he really succeeded, wouldn't all the businessmen in the world obey his words?
In this way, can the funds for Ezhou New City be solved just like this?
No! This is impossible!
Zhu Tai obviously found it difficult to accept that although there were too many merchants out there, there were still a lot of them. It was naturally difficult to find them one by one like he did before.
But if, like Lin Qingfeng, we improve the status of merchants and then merchants from all over the country come to visit, wouldn't it be...
"No! It can't be that simple. I don't believe it."
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