What is this called?
A black-hearted person lights a black-hearted lamp!
Immediately, the group of businessmen kneeling on the ground were so frightened that they almost peed, but they did not dare to lose control. This was the East Palace.
If you dare to do it openly in front of the Crown Prince in the East Palace, then you really want to be a eunuch...
"I tell you that in this world, rich people will not die first, and poor people will not die first. Only those who seek death will die first! The brothers of these people are ghost-headed swords. Now they can meet each other as brothers. This It can be considered a happy ending, look at how wonderful it is, isn’t it very touching?”
When the prince said this, many merchants were stunned.
The prince told them a horrifying ghost story in a very gentle and funny tone...
No one would recognize Ghost Toudao as a brother!
If you die, you will be fried in the underworld!
"Donglu is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and Huangtaiji is the enemy of this palace. These people support Donglu and Huangtaiji and still live on my territory. Aren't they openly trying to be enemies of this palace? Now I have Chengcheng If you kill them, you have done a good thing, right?"
There was silence below, and no one dared to start a conversation. If the prince asked him about it, he would not be able to answer.
It's a sure thing that the whole family is done with Donglu.
Even if there were people in these three places, namely the Duchayuan, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Revenue, they would definitely not survive.
But some businessmen are willing to take the risk of losing their heads and engage in some illegal activities.
If you do it, do it, but if the prince catches the handle, it will be a dead end.
Many merchants also hated these cowardly colleagues, because after the Donglu had eaten and drank enough, they entered the pass and robbed them, and all they robbed were their belongings. How much money could ordinary poor people have? It's them who will come up with the bulk.
This kind of scum is someone who doesn't care about death. If he dies, he will lose one.
To take a step back, if Donglu takes control of the Central Plains, it will be a different matter.
The possibility was quite high before, but since having the crown prince, it has become even slimmer.
"Some merchants believe that commerce has no national boundaries, but I tell you that Donglu has never been a country, and our Ming Dynasty has never recognized their founding of a country. At most, they occupy the mountains and become kings, and then seize some of my Ming Dynasty's territory. However, This situation cannot last long. In five years at most, I will lead hundreds of thousands of royal troops to counterattack Liaodong, causing the Donglu to spit out all their money and profits. The Donglu at the seaside will be thrown into the sea to feed the fish. In the mountains The Eastern captives were thrown into the valley to feed the bears. The entire Liaodong, including the huge Nurgan Dusi, belonged to the Ming Dynasty before and will belong to the Ming Dynasty in the future. No one can take it away from me!"
Why do I send people to mine, raise funds, and recruit troops?
Isn’t it just to grab people, food, and territory?
I can do whatever Huang Taiji does.
If Huang Taiji can’t do it, I can do it too.
Fellow travelers are enemies, and in this land, only one can survive in the end!
Speaking of which, our empire is leaky and windy, with rain in winter and frost in summer.
But after all, it is an empire with the title of Zheng Erba Jing, which is ten thousand times better than the pigtails outside the pass.
After sewing and mending, it will be able to survive for another hundred and eighty years. What happens after that is what happens next.
How to patch it?
Of course I’m going to deal with you profiteers!
The more we deal with you, the richer the court will be. Isn’t this the best of both worlds?
One family has one hundred thousand taels of silver, and ten families have one million taels of silver.
If I get a 50% discount, the Account Department can still receive 500,000 taels, so I can have enough money for moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"When dealing with Donglu, I have my own set of rules. You'd better obey and implement them, otherwise I will be very unhappy. Once I am unhappy, some people will not even have the chance to be unhappy. . From now on, trade with Donglu can only be specially approved by the imperial court. As for the items that can be transported, I would like to reveal to you here. Naturally, the more expensive the better. For example, the best. Silk, tea, antiques, calligraphy and painting, jewelry, jewelry, etc., can all leave the customs unimpeded. As for food, whoever dares to transport it out will become food for tigers, leopards, and wolves!"
A certain prince wants to use high-end luxury goods to consume the money in Huang Taiji's hands. Anything that can feed the pigtails is not allowed to be transported. If you have the ability, just enter the customs and grab it.
This move, coupled with the Tianjin, Denglai and Zheng fleets blocking the coastal areas of the braid, made it difficult for Huangtaiji to even obtain the food produced by kimchi.
If we switch to land transportation, it is estimated that only two-thirds of the grain shipped from the Kimchi Peninsula to Shenyang will be left in the end. This is still too much.
At sea, all ships that are not Ming warships will be requisitioned. If they dare to turn around and escape, they will be sunk on the spot as a warning to others. This will be the case in the future.
A certain prince believed that after a two-pronged attack on land and water, the food available to Huangtai Chicken would be reduced by more than half, so that the strategic expectations of blocking the braid could be basically achieved.
"Who among you can engage in trade with Donglu, I will send someone to inform you. I will also clearly indicate the specific export commodities. If anyone dares to take a step beyond the limit, he will end up with no bones left. Oh, by the way, the skin has to be kept and used to make lanterns! As long as you abide by the law and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, you will never reach that point. You can make a lot of money and enjoy a lot in the future. There is a good thing in the fairy world that has not yet been released. Naturally, I will not treat the meritorious ministers badly. Come, each person will be given a piece of cake to calm everyone down. I also forgot one thing, this clothes may be used for wearing. , it doesn’t matter if you don’t wear it. If you wear it, some people need to lose weight. At least they have to keep in shape and don’t stretch out their clothes. If outsiders see them, they will be embarrassed.”
After the scare was over, a certain prince gave these trembling guys a little sweetness. In Qianqi Department Store, the price was at least one copper yuan, and it was too late to buy it at all.
As for clothes, the sizes are all 175-XXL. Except for a few fat people, this size should be enough for everyone to wear.
It is indeed a bit hot to wear silk in this summer, but some people will definitely not be afraid of the heat in order to show off after receiving the clothes.
"Eat it, don't let me tell you not to eat it. If you eat this piece of cake, you won't suddenly get an extra pound of meat. When you enter the court, give everyone a small cup of sour plum soup. Don't let you suffer from heat stroke, otherwise You have to ask the imperial doctor to take a look!"
A certain prince used the holy trinity therapy of "coaxing, deceiving, and scaring", which made all the businessmen feel ecstatic, with cakes on their lips and a little scared in their hearts.
The ten colleagues who were kneeling with them just now were dragged out in the blink of an eye and turned into lanterns in no time. How could this not make people feel creepy?
It is said that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Although the prince is young, he is still a little tiger. If he offends this beast, he will lose his life!
As for why so many people choose to accompany the tiger, the main reason is that they can fake the tiger's power. In the tiger's territory, as long as they don't anger the tiger, they can make a lot of money.
"You will enjoy tea and listen to what I say. Do you think the world is as big as the Ming Dynasty? Of course you are wrong. I think many merchants have seen the world map. This map is the whole world, the whole world. Yes. For these merchants, as big as the world is, the market is as big as it is, but because of their limited personal vision and financial resources, they cannot sell their products to all parts of the world. Later, with the advent of trains, newspapers published in Beijing were It can be seen by customers in Tongzhou and Tianjin. In the future, the imperial court will build many railways from Beijing to Guanwai, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Henan to connect all parts of the Ming Dynasty. Goods and goods will reach their destinations faster than before. . The imperial court will also build giant ships with a load of more than 10,000 stones, which are much larger and faster than Zheng He's ships sailing to the West. This will allow merchants to engage in overseas trade more conveniently and efficiently. Have you ever seen an airship? There are iron birds that fly higher and faster than airships, called "airplanes". It doesn't matter if you haven't seen them now. As long as you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, you will see them in the future. If you are executed for breaking the law, you will never see them again. Here we are. At least the ten people who were dragged out will not be able to eat the cake that you are enjoying. What a pity! I want to tell you that as long as you follow me and work hard, you don’t have to worry about money. . First of all, the imperial court will take care of your business, and any orders will be given priority to you to be responsible for purchasing. Secondly, if you are in a tight turnover and are eager to use money, I will also lend you money, and the annual interest will not exceed one hundred. Twenty percent, you only need to use real estate or other high-value items as collateral. Finally, this palace will help you develop some novel products in this industry to make profits. What are novel products? Furniture merchants know Is there such an object as a sofa? Some of you have been to Qianqi Department Store. Do you know the sofa? Have you sat on it? The cake you are eating is made of flour and milk. Isn’t it delicious? Selling Did the medicine merchants ever know that Mongolian sweat medicine could also be used to treat a large number of wounded soldiers? These are new markets, but you can’t think of them, and maybe you won’t be able to do them. In the future, when there is a suitable opportunity, I will naturally bring you When you make money, don’t say that I will only take money from your pockets.”
A certain prince wanted to vigorously support these Beijing merchants in order to fight against the merchants in the braid and Jiangnan areas. Only the Beijing merchants were obedient, so they would not follow in the footsteps of the Shanxi merchants, and they could also curb the Jiangnan merchants who colluded with Donglin to a certain extent.
As long as Donglin was not removed, Jiangnan merchants would dare to openly defy the imperial court and pay a token tax of a hundred or ten taels. They simply regarded the imperial court as child's play. There is nothing more irritating than what these things do.
This bunch of bitches rely on Dong Lin to support them, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so they are confident in stealing taxes, and they do many evil things.
Asking them to pay taxes in full is equivalent to killing them. They didn't want to pay taxes in full before, and they don't want to now, and they don't want to in the future.
In their view, the imperial court is just begging for food on its knees. They throw out a hundred or ten taels of silver, depending on their mood.
What's more, sea-going ships were hired to transport important strategic materials such as grain directly from the south of the Yangtze River to Liaodong.
To a certain prince, nine out of ten Jiangnan merchants deserved to die.
The one left behind doesn’t deserve to die, but wants to be his own bastard.
"Oh, by the way, among you, there are two strange women named Zhou Xin'er and Qi Yu'er. They are engaged in the hospitality business and understand the righteousness well. They can be said to be like Bo Yuntian."
"Welcome from outside" was a implicit way of saying it for a certain prince. In fact, most of the merchants present knew what these two people did, because everyone was their customer.
Although these two people did not take out a lot of money, adding up the three items, each of them was only more than 20,000 taels, but to a certain prince, the meaning was very unique.
"Your Highness is so complimentary!"
"This little girl is so ashamed!"
The two elderly "little aunts" felt extremely honored to be summoned by the Crown Prince.
"Now that the country is in crisis, I am naturally very pleased that the two of you can donate so generously. I would like to give you two clothes, but these clothes are made by male merchants. The two have special figures and are waiting for the eunuch to be the clothes supervisor. After measuring the size, we can tailor it to a more suitable fit.”
Does a certain prince want to show off to those business elites? Look, your performance is not as reliable as the two posters. When I see the poster wearing imperial clothes in the future, I will be embarrassed to say hello.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!"
The two posters hurriedly asked An to give him a gift and expressed their gratitude. As a person working in a special industry, it is really a great blessing to be able to receive clothes from the emperor. I am afraid that few people have been able to do so in the past.
"It doesn't matter! The names of the two of you and many of today's colleagues will be published in the "Jingshi Daily" in the next few days. After all, if you have done something good, I will vigorously publicize it. As for the business of the two of you, I can't take care of it myself. But I will let my subordinates have time to visit, and presumably the business elites present will take care of me in the future."
A certain prince doesn't plan to go to that kind of place, but there are a lot of rich people in the capital. At least the people kneeling here are all rich people. If he goes to a local rich man, he can make the two posters laugh. No longer grinning from ear to ear.
"Thank you for your holy grace! I will certainly not satisfy His Highness's expectations!"
The two posters have met many generous people, but this is the first time they have met a child as open-minded as the Crown Prince. Moreover, the Crown Prince has always been known to be one of the best. This time, they will not have to worry about their business. .
"I just have an idea. From now on, I will send people to each of your business premises to deliver a hundred cakes every day. Not for free, but for you to sell them on your behalf, of course at a price slightly higher than the cost. It will not be a embarrassment for you two if you send it at a reasonable price. If the sales situation is good, you can gradually expand the scope of sales, and the same is true for other products for women."
This is one of the few benefits given to the two of them, and a certain prince can only do so much at the moment.
"I can't thank you enough for Your Highness!"
The two posters immediately kowtowed and saluted again. The cream cake was so delicious that you couldn't buy it even in the queue.
Apart from Qianqi Department Store, there is no other store in the entire capital selling such delicacies.
If you have this cake in your place, you won't be afraid of not being able to attract customers.
It's just that one hundred yuan is a bit small, and many greedy girls have to pay for it themselves without waiting for outside sales.
A certain prince had an even more bold idea. I am afraid that no one in ancient and modern times has ever done this.
That is to invite the 30,000 soldiers of the East Palace Guards...
But just think about it, if one person spends 20 taels of silver, 30,000 people will get 600,000 taels!
If he could defeat Huang Taiji's braided army, he might be able to make his subordinates have a good time.
Go back and ask privately if there is some economical way to consume.
He can benefit the general number of soldiers within the scope that he can bear.
This should be a pretty good morale booster...
