Chapter 256 Fortune
Zhu Biao sat on the chair and casually picked up a kitten that crawled out from the ground. Regardless of its soft meowing, he began to tease it. Liu Jin beside him was very worried.
Chen Yunshu stood aside and said: "Just now I heard the report from the servants that many patriarchs of the aristocratic clans have come to the front yard. Will your Highness meet?"
Zhu Biao seemed to be focusing all his attention on the kitten and said casually: "No need, let your father handle it."
Chen Yunshu's eyes lit up and he immediately bowed to promise, and then retreated with Xu Yungong and the others when His Royal Highness didn't want to talk, Liu Jin saw that everyone had left before asking: "Master, excuse me for talking too much, should the patriarch of the Jiangnan family be I'm afraid it's inappropriate to give it to the Chen family for an interview."
Zhu Biao put the kitten back on the ground and clapped his hands. Why do cats like to shed their hair when they are so cute?
Seeing that His Royal Highness did not reply to his words, Liu Jin knew that she was talking too much, so she immediately bowed and picked up the milk cat and put it back into the wooden basket. Now, except for the first kitten, the rest are almost out.
Zhu Biao cleaned his hands and lay back on the bed, planning in his mind that he would have to return to Beijing tomorrow. It was too depraved to be so leisurely, and his father was still working day and night.
The Jiangnan aristocratic family is now rich and powerful, and with his support in the future, they will definitely prosper more. Their foundation is not that little farmland, but the main business.
What earns the most money in this world, food, salt and iron cloth, these are the most basic and the most basic living needs of the people in the world. Needless to say, food, Zhu Yuanzhang and his son are now worried about the lack of food, and people all over the country are waiting for food.
The same is true for iron. Kitchen knives, iron pots, and agricultural tools all need iron, not to mention the iron armor and cold knives of millions of soldiers. The same is true for cloth. No matter how poor the people are, they all know how to cover their bodies. cloth.
Not to mention salt. Since ancient times, no one has known that this thing makes money. You don’t need to look back to the Tang and Song Dynasties. The capital of the country, its benefits are the most extensive, like salt!
The Jiangnan aristocratic family is rich in wealth, isn’t it just relying on these things? Quan Xu has found out a lot of things in Jiangnan these days, especially the secret activities of the aristocratic clan. Dare to sell iron on a large scale.
However, the three major trades of grain, salt and cloth in the Jiangnan area have basically been monopolized by them. The Chen family is the largest grain dealer. The 10,000 mu of fertile land near Hangzhou Prefecture is all surnamed Chen. Yang Xian bought the grain from his family back then. To fool the court.
Jiangnan Zhang family has a monopoly on the cloth business, claiming to have the best red cloth and blue cloth in history. Although other colors are outstanding, their profits are far inferior to Zhang’s. His family’s cloth business has opened all over the country.
Of course there is also salt, but no family dares to monopolize it. The Li family in Jiangnan is the leader, and the rest of the family are divided equally.
The rest of the families in the south of the Yangtze River are not simple either. Qianzhuang restaurants, brothels and boat shops, **** shops and jewelry, in short, all kinds of businesses cover the borders of the south of the Yangtze River.
Now that the words are clear, these people still haven’t handed over their background, and the prefect Chen is the same. He has nice words, but none of them are useful. Could it be that he is bullying him when he is young?
I still thought that a nobleman like Zhu Biao would not interfere in such a lowly business as business, thinking that paying tribute every year would be enough, Zhu Biao shook his head with a smile, as if he hadn’t seen it, and left and right Li Wenzhong himself didn’t dare to eat such a big piece Meat.
But now that it’s delivered to the door, there’s no one who doesn’t want to eat it, otherwise he would be too sorry for his status. I hope they can be more sensible.
After all, the hint was already obvious enough, and they were only agreed to accept them last night, and now is the time for the family to meet together to set the rules, Zhu Biao's intention not to go out at this time is already very obvious.
After all, he is a prince and cannot eat and look ugly like Li Wenzhong. It probably means that I don’t want to steal from you, but you should be sensible and take the initiative to offer it, otherwise, what a shame!
At this time, Chen Yunshu went to the study in the front yard. The patriarchs of the three families of Chen, Zhang and Li were all there, and the rest of the small families were flattering Chen Zhifu.
The boss of Fengle Building sighed with a smile: "Prefect Chen is worthy of being our example. He accomplished this great event in just two days. From now on, I, Old Li, will be the leader."
On the other side, the middleman with a golden abacus hanging on his waist also said: "It should be so. Brother Shi will be transferred to the capital in the future, and he will have to buy some family property. Although my Zhao family is not as rich as Brother Shi's family, I am willing to donate two banks in the capital. It's just a congratulatory gift!"
The rest of the people also responded one after another. The Chen family did a good job in this matter, but more importantly, he was obviously favored by His Highness the Crown Prince, and he clearly stated that he was transferred to the Ministry of Education. Someone has spoken.
In just this short period of time, Prefect Chen received 10,000 mu of paddy fields near the capital, and more than ten shops in the city. This is what we are talking about now, and the gift will be several times richer when he is really transferred.
Chen Zhifu smiled and said politely, his family is also rich, so this is nothing, but it is also an interest group, so naturally there is no need to be too polite, if other families have high-ranking officials in Beijing, he will naturally not be stingy.
Now the situation is not at the point of infighting, and mutual support is not enough. Li Qiantang, the head of the salt merchant Li family, knocked on the table. He is the most unmannered person in this group, with a rough face and a dangerous temperament. The rest People are also in awe of him.
After all, the salt sellers were all desperadoes, and the business of the rest of the houses was not involved in the crime of beheading, so naturally no one dared to give him face, and the room fell silent instantly.
Li Qiantang's voice was also a little hoarse: "It's a great thing for me to wait for the nobleman, but Chen Shixiong, the nobleman's appetite may not be small, how did you negotiate, how much money should be paid every year?"
Chen Zhifu frowned and said: "What is your highness's status, how dare I say such a dirty thing, then every year I will wait for the three families to contribute 10,000 taels each, and the rest of the families will each contribute 5,000 taels, plus the odd Just send it up as a rare treasure.”
Li Qiantang sneered: "Could it be that the prefect Chen thinks that your daughter is so valuable and wants to send the crown prince away for a mere tens of thousands of taels a year? Even Li Wenzhong dares to ask for 100,000 taels a year. Can His Royal Highness be willing to ask for this?"
……………
(end of this chapter)