Ten days later.
After Zhu Yuanzhang went to court, he was correcting memorials in the study room as usual, with Zhu Biao accompanying him.
Just after grading less than two memorials, I heard a rush of footsteps outside the hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly. What he hated most was being interrupted when correcting memorials.
He warned him several times not to disturb him during this period, but as a result, some people still have short memories today.
"snort!"
Zhu Yuanzhang threw the memorial on the table angrily, raised his head and stared at the door.
He wanted to see who was so brave.
Soon, when Queen Ma's figure appeared outside the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked helpless:
"Sister, why are you here? Didn't I tell you that we are all dealing with government affairs at this time?"
Queen Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's face as if she owed him money, rolled her eyes and said:
"You know this every day, have you forgotten what day it is?"
"Day? What day?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked confused and turned to look at Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao also looked confused and shrugged, saying that he didn't know either.
Queen Ma saw that the father and son didn't care at all and said angrily:
"You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are because you are not a family member."
"It's almost impossible to get rid of the trouble in the palace, and you still act like nothing has happened every day."
"Today is the day of the auction, don't you care at all?"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized this.
The auction house opens today and it's a big deal.
It's just that I have been arranging the matter of sealing the king and guarding the border recently, and I actually forgot about it.
"Then let's set off now, maybe we can still catch up."
Zhu Yuanzhang was still very interested in the auction house. After all, he had invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in it, and he didn't want the money to go to waste.
Besides, he has almost spent all the money in the internal funds. As Queen Ma said, the palace is almost unable to untie the pot, so it relies on this money to live.
Queen Ma pointed to the sun outside and said:
"Don't you even look at what time it is?"
"The auction has ended long ago. Thanks to you and your son, our family will have to drink from the northwest wind sooner or later."
Zhu Biao's face was filled with grievances. He was really sitting in the middle of the court and the pot came from the sky.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay attention to Queen Ma's complaints. Instead, he was surprised that the auction was sold out so quickly and asked quickly:
"How's it going? Did you make money?"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang cared so much, Empress Ma smiled and pretended:
"you guess!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he knew that he had made money, and he made a lot of money. He said excitedly:
"One hundred thousand taels, definitely not less than one hundred thousand taels!!"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was so small, Empress Ma directly stretched out three fingers to him and said:
"so much!"
Zhu Biao shouted excitedly when he saw this:
"Earned three hundred thousand?? Okay, great!"
Queen Ma looked at the hopeless father and son with contempt and said directly:
"Three times, three times the profit, 1.5 million!! 1.5 million taels of silver!!"
"Our batch of mirrors sold for a total of 2 million taels of silver."
"Two million...ten thousand?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, his nostrils gasped, and he looked at Queen Ma in disbelief.
How could those ten small mirrors earn so much money? This is really incredible.
Zhu Biao next to him also opened his mouth and stammered:
"Mother, the two million taels you said...are all...are they true?"
"Of course it's true. I've already asked people to move the money into the inner treasury."
Seeing the dumbfounded look of the father and son, Queen Ma felt very funny.
"We finally don't have to live so hard this year."
"Okay, great, our girl is the most capable."
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood and kept praising Queen Ma.
Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have thought of something and said anxiously:
"Sister, hurry up and give us this money."
"We must make Wang Baobao look good next year. These remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, we will completely eradicate them this time."
Zhu Yuanzhang was indulging in the fantasy of conquering Beiyuan, but Queen Ma interrupted directly:
"You think beautifully."
"I want to use this money for business. If you want to go to war, use the money from the treasury."
"Business? What business?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little annoyed when he was rejected by Empress Ma, and said:
"My majesty, your Majesty, do you think you're going to delve into those stupid things every day? Isn't it a shame?"
"Okay, I'm embarrassed, so don't spend the money I earned!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately became frightened, stood up, walked to Queen Ma, and said:
"Sister, don't be angry. Come on, come on, sit here."
"What business are you going to do with this money?"
"Of course I will continue the mirror business with Li Jin."
"What? Are you going to find that bastard again?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Queen Ma was going to find Li Jin again, he was furious.
Thinking of Li Jin, he felt itchy with hatred.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Li Jin was a completely corrupt official. If he had not had time to control him before to protect the border, he would have been killed by himself now.
Now Queen Ma was going to do business for Li Jin again, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very unbalanced.
"I just sold ten mirrors and earned 1.5 million. What if I can get more mirrors?"
Empress Ma directly began to create dreams for Zhu Yuanzhang.
"By then, won't you have money to fill the treasury and attack Bei Yuan?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was very complicated, and Zhu Biao also spoke to help:
"Yes, Father, a little impatience will ruin a big plan."
"Let's make some money first."
"Okay, let's bear with it, and you can go do business for him."
Thinking of so much wasted money, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to endure it for the time being.
Although he also wanted to kill Li Jin, Li Jin gave him too much.
Queen Ma stretched out her hand and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Then give me the stuff."
"Stuff? Don't you have all the money? What else should I give you?"
Zhu Yuanzhang only felt baffled.
"Have you forgotten your imperial approval?"
"I made a bet with Li Jin that if I wanted to do this mirror business for him again, I would have to give him the royal seal of approval from the Royal Chamber of Commerce."
"If you don't give me this, how can I do business for him?"
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was going to explode with rage. Not killing him was already the greatest gift to him. How dare he ask for imperial approval from us?
"We're going to issue an order right now to ask this bastard to show him how to make a mirror, or else we'll have to kill all nine of his tribes."
Queen Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was like a bandit and was speechless.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he has always taken advantage of others, but he has never seen others take advantage of him.
"Chongba, doing business and making money with anger."
"Li Jin has been pre-approved by the Royal Chamber of Commerce. He is also doing things for the people, and we can also make a lot of money. Isn't it great to get the best of both worlds?"
"Hmph, who can say for sure whether he can do things for the people?"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and expressed doubts about Li Jin's character.
But no matter what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Queen Ma and Zhu Biao stared at him directly, making Zhu Yuanzhang's scalp numb.
