"This method is wonderful!" Zhu Yuanzhang understood instantly.
Xiaqiu Village has a strong brand, especially Jubiqi. Its pickles were sold by merchants all over the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention department stores. Any village with a department store will naturally accept treasure money and they can spend it at any time.
If there is another discount, a 50% discount for those who use treasure banknotes, people will use other money to exchange for treasure banknotes.
"Your Majesty, greenhouse vegetables can also be purchased with treasure banknotes. As long as the resources we have are linked to the treasure banknotes, we don't have to worry about others not wanting them." The chief added.
"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
Yes, I have many resources at my disposal, including soap, soap, rouge gouache, and skin care products such as glycerin.
"Yichang, how are the sales of glycerin?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought of glycerin and asked the director again.
Li Chang: "..."
"Your Majesty, soap and soap are not under the control of Xiaqiu Village. Xiaqiu Village has already handed them over. Now the village makes some for its own use and also gives them to the palace."
The village chief reminded that Your Majesty, you have found the wrong person. The village will provide some oil, but is not responsible for manufacturing and selling it.
"The soap and soap sold in the village...uh...are purchased from the palace workshop?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said and realized that the products in the rouge and gouache shop in Xiaqiu Village were purchased from Gongli Workshop, and then Xiaqiu Village sold the oil to Gongli Workshop?
The chief nodded, indicating that it was correct, and that was how it was played.
"No, how can we use your technology to make money from you?" Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to change.
"Your Majesty, there are only 10% of the people in Xiaqiu Village. They are not making money from Xiaqiu Village." The head of the village reminded again.
"Ah, yes! We sell our own things to ourselves and then pay taxes, right? Oops! We sell the oil to the palace workshop and pay the tax once. The palace workshop sells it to the rouge and gouache shop and pays the tax once. The rouge and gouache shop sells it to customers and pays the tax. A one-time tax, let’s…”
As Zhu Yuanzhang talked, he felt as if he had lost half of his country. What a tangle!
"No, Your Majesty, there is no such thing. Only the rouge and gouache shop pays taxes. We keep the internal accounts. How could we be so stupid." The head of the store quickly corrected him.
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression instantly improved: "Yes, yes! In terms of this method, our village is the most powerful. We only pay taxes because we don't want to take advantage of the court."
He finally remembered who had passed on the accounting method. Someone wanted to falsify the accounts but couldn't find a way.
On the other hand, the book for officials taught how to make false accounts. When the officials got it, they had a sudden enlightenment and felt that if they heard the truth in the morning, they would die in the evening.
Then I was so frightened that I broke into a cold sweat. I was taught all the ways to make false accounts, and explained that it didn’t work. If I really dared to follow the instructions, I would be dead!
"Since then, the most important thing is to pay attention to the government. The officials in the treasury will help your majesty spend it, and the money in the palace will be spent by your majesty himself.
Ruling the world with the scholar-bureaucrats is the result of the struggle and compromise between imperial power and religious power, just like a reward from your majesty.
In the Song Dynasty, heavily influenced by Confucianism and with the continuation of the throne, Song Renzong compromised again.
The advantage is that some things can be discussed, but the disadvantage is that there is partisan struggle among the ministers in the court.
Your Majesty is currently in the prime of life, so there is no need to make too many compromises, as long as the military power is in your hands.
It's just that everyone has to consider finance together. The six-department system is very good, each performs its own duties, assists, supervises, and restricts each other. "
The headmaster explained some things clearly as if talking about everyday things, it was just something as simple as that.
Nearby ministers: "..."
This is what happened, but why did Zhu Yichang say it so naturally? Okay? Is it tacitly understood by everyone?
The one with the ugliest face was Hu Weiyong. He found that the chief's words were missing something, but the six parts were already there. Where was the prime minister? Gone?
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled instead: "Yes, yes, that's right. We don't need to do that. We are people from a village. Who controls the glycerin?"
He didn't care at all. Now that he had stabilized the court, the grassroots soldiers he rewarded were assisted by Xiaqiu Village.
Let's see which of the generals dares to make trouble? The role of the generals who won the battle against the Northern Yuan Dynasty was weakened, at least in propaganda.
There was a prime minister before because of the need for balance between the officials of the previous dynasty and the officials of Conglong.
"Your Majesty, it's me. I'm in charge of glycerin and wholesale it to merchants."
As soon as Zhu Tai, who was beside the prince, came out, he was responsible for the glycerin matter.
Glycerin is nothing else. It is an inevitable by-product of the saponification reaction, just like the paraffin produced by distilling petroleum. You don't have to think about it.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved when he saw it was Zhu Taiyi.
"Your Majesty, the sales are very good and the price is not high. We have set a price for the merchants and are not allowed to exceed it. The price varies in each place according to the distance and difficulty of transportation.
Most of the people in Yingtian Mansion have bought it. Now that the weather is cold, it sells best. They will use it to wipe their hands and faces.
Especially the lips, which tend to get cracked in the winter. Now Your Majesty can take a look at the children in the library. "
Zhu Taiyi answered, pointing at the ice rink at the end. The library children he mentioned were actually ordinary people who came to play.
It's not fenced here, so this year's winter in Yingtianfu is always in sub-zero temperatures.
People from the palace can't always come, the common people have to come to play. They rarely have the opportunity to play on the ice, and no one pours ice for them.
People will be arranged here to serve the people. Ice skates are not provided. If skates are provided, protective gear must be provided. Otherwise, what should I do if I fall to death?
The key is that people's feet smell worse when they take off their shoes. If they wear skates casually, they can spread diseases.
The ice truck is just left here, and anyone who wants to play can play with it. They don't charge any money and they even pour ice on it.
Today everyone suddenly came over. Before the venue was cleared, ordinary people also came. When they saw this team, the ordinary people went to skate in the rice field grid next to it.
"Let's go and have a look." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't need to look at the children in the library. The children were well taken care of. He wanted to look at normal people.
So the guards became nervous. Zhu Wentian slid over with the children from Xiaqiu Village. They had weapons on them at all times.
They don't change their shoes, they just wear skates. The skates are easier to use on the ice than shoes. As long as they are skilled, they can run, jump, spin, etc.
Normal shoes will fall if you don't grasp the balance of movements well. If you wear shoes when walking on the ice, you need to rub them. If you walk in a normal way, you can wait to go to Huimin Pharmacy to have your bones fixed!
Just like when people in the Northeast region during Zhu Wentian's time were walking in the snow and slipping when they saw the ice, why did they slip?
Some people are used to it, and if they don't sneak out, they always feel that something is missing and they must sneak away.
In fact, people from the Northeast are afraid of falling when they see that kind of ice surface. They fall more and more as they walk, but they don't fall when they skate.
The biggest feature of walking with your feet on the ice is that your feet are close to the ice. If you don’t control your power leg well when you lift your leg and step forward, it’s over! There was no time to react, and the person became PIA.
Zhu Yuanzhang was protected in this way. The guards did not make a sound, and the people consciously put down the ice hammer.
"Slip! Slip! We trust you, pick up the drill and slide."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked indifferent. He actually trusted the children in Xiaqiu Village, especially Hanhan.
At the same time, he also observed the faces and lips of these people to see if there were any cracks.
Two updates today. My heart has not been feeling well in the past few days. Whenever I feel uncomfortable, I go to bed and don’t dare to eat too much. It probably has something to do with the weather. It rains all the time and is humid, and the index finger joint of my right hand hurts.
(End of chapter)
