In the blink of an eye, February time flies by.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang killed Li Jin severely last time, he took this money and began to subsidize various places in the Ming Dynasty.
The first to bear the brunt is Yangzhou. Although Yang Xian has done well in Yangzhou, he has been relatively poor for so many years. No matter how hard Yang Xian works, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
In Yangzhou, there are even no cattle for reclaiming wasteland, only human labor, pulling a rake and plowing hard on the wasteland.
Yang Xian also took the lead and worked hard, but his manpower was eventually exhausted. After working hard for half a year, the land cultivated was less than one-tenth of the original land.
And this was only achieved in the spring and summer.
In winter, when the land is frozen solid, it will be even more difficult to cultivate, and I'm afraid it will only be half the result with twice the effort.
Yang Xian had no choice but to ask Liu Bowen for help. After all, the only one who could help him now was his teacher.
Without saying a word, Liu Bowen admonished Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that the current situation in Yangzhou was in urgent need of a batch of cattle and farm tools.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very wealthy at this moment, so he just waved his hand and gave Yang Xian one hundred thousand taels of silver to spend as he pleased.
After Yang Xian got the money, he was grateful and felt that the emperor valued him, so he supported him so strongly.
Immediately, Yang Xian decided to purchase cattle and farm tools from various places, and also carry out manpower reclamation in winter.
This decision shocked the people of Yangzhou who had just returned from other places.
Anyone with some common sense knows that winter is not suitable for reclaiming wasteland at all.
Because in winter, the land is frozen solid. At that time, not to mention using people to plow the land, not even cattle can pull it.
Yang Xian didn't care. Cows are more precious than people.
If you use oxen to pull it, it is likely that the oxen will freeze to death or be exhausted, which is simply not worth the gain.
As for humans, it's okay. Humans are not as delicate as cattle, and if they wear thicker clothes, they can withstand the cold winter.
So under Yang Xian's personal leadership, Yangzhou's vigorous winter land reclamation began.
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't expect that Yang Xian was really a talented person. He did whatever he was told, and he also took the lead to do it fiercely.
After settling the matter in Yangzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang began to provide disaster relief or repair water conservancy projects in various places.
Zhu Yuanzhang was rarely wealthy, so he squandered the money he could easily get.
When Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he had less than five thousand taels of money, he discovered that one million silver had been squandered by himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was short of money, wanted to get some money from Queen Ma. After all, he still had many things to do.
However, she was told that all of Queen Ma's money was invested in opening a factory in Shanghu County.
Zhu Yuanzhang quickly asked how much money he had invested. Queen Ma held out five fingers and said softly:
"Five million taels."
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately frightened. When did his sister have so much money? Why didn't he know about it at all?
"Sister, where did you get so much money?"
Queen Ma said with a smile:
"Thanks to Li Jin, he asked me to distribute the mirrors all over the country and sell them at auction houses. As expected, I made a lot of money."
"In these two months, plus the silver in the original internal funds, a total of five million taels of silver will be added."
"Following Li Jin's suggestion, I invested directly in the shipyard. I think I will make a fortune soon."
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was numb. He finally got one million from Li Jin, but in the blink of an eye, this bitch defrauded his wife of one million.
"Sister, are you stupid?"
"How could his shabby shipyard be worth five million? That shabby shipyard isn't even worth 500 taels."
Queen Ma, however, looked puzzled and said confusedly:
"Small? It doesn't look so small to me!!"
"That place must be as big as the entire palace. Is this still small?"
"I heard that some wicked guy sold a bunch of broken boards for a million dollars and told people they couldn't buy them."
Zhu Yuanzhang touched his nose awkwardly, laughed dryly, and said:
"Selling a broken wooden board for one million is indeed a bit unethical."
Queen Ma rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"You still know it's not authentic? Then you can still do it?"
Obviously Queen Ma knew about Zhu Yuanzhang's scandal.
Zhu Yuanzhang was anxious at this moment and said:
"Sister, even if you are not honest, you are still paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other hand. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to endure."
"But your five million taels of silver are really a loss."
"We're going to get your money back right now. That bitch Li Jin dared to cheat our girl. We have to skin him."
Queen Ma quickly grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"Chongpachi, don't make trouble."
"That five million taels of silver is what I want to invest myself."
"You haven't been there, you don't understand."
"When I have time, I will take you to take a look. You will know that this deal is definitely profitable."
"Although we only hold 50% of the shares, this will be our cornucopia from now on, so just keep an eye on it."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe in any cornucopia in this world, he only believed in real gold and silver.
However, seeing Empress Ma's cheerful look, Zhu Yuanzhang did not interrupt her. Anyway, the money was in Li Jin's hands.
When he went to Shanghu County and saw that the shipyard was not satisfactory, he did not believe that Li Jin dared to default on the debt and not pay back Queen Ma's money.
If Li Jin dares to do this, don't blame Zhu Yuanzhang for flipping the table.
As the boss of the empire, Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally responsible for formulating the rules.
following the rule? That depends on whether it can benefit yourself.
....
In the morning court the next day, Zhu Yuanzhang was seriously handling political affairs. After everyone reported, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to announce his resignation.
But at this time, the Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Industry stood up and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"Today, the number of craftsmen in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Yingtian Prefecture decreased rapidly. These people were picked up by the magistrate of Shanghu County, saying that they were going to do something big."
"It is said that the emperor also knows about this matter. Now these craftsmen have been loaned out for two days and they still have not returned."
"I would like to confirm with the Emperor whether this is what the Emperor meant?"
The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched crazily. Li Jin, the bastard, was doing random things in his own name again.
He wanted to say that he didn't know, but when he thought of the five million taels of silver invested by Queen Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang could only grit his teeth and admit:
"I already know about this, you don't have to worry."
