"Li Guozhen, you still owe Mr. Wuhou more than ten million taels of silver. You also want to invest in it. Do you have any money?"
Li Jiantai said angrily.
"I don't have money, but I have connections. As long as Mr. Wuhou allows me to invest in it, I can get at least 30 million kilograms of shit for Mr. Wuhou! And all of them are of the highest quality."
Li Guozhen said in a deep voice.
One kilogram of farmyard manure is one penny, one thousand kilograms is one tael of silver, and thirty million kilograms is only thirty thousand taels of silver. This is not a lot of manure.
Lin Fan looked at Li Guozhen with contempt. Li Guozhen realized that these excrements did not arouse Lin Fan's interest, so he said: "This is just the initial stage. I can continue to provide it in the future, at least 30 million kilograms per month."
kindness!
If there were so many every month, it would be a great deal. Li Jiantai, Ni Yuanlu, and Du Buju were also shocked by the number.
"Li Guozhen, let's be honest, these excrements cannot come from cities in various places. We have already covered them up!"
Li Jiantai said.
"Don't worry, these big excrements are definitely of innocent origin."
Li Guozhen said.
Lin Fan nodded and said: "Okay, it counts as one share for you, but you have to pay a subscription fee of one hundred thousand taels of silver, so it will be deducted from your later share."
Li Guozhen was heartbroken when he heard it, but he was very satisfied with being able to occupy a share and immediately nodded in agreement.
Emperor Chongzhen covered his face, not knowing what to say. Who would have thought that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty would be discussing the matter of wrapping up the manure in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"Have you all agreed?
I started doing business in the court, do you still take me seriously?"
Emperor Chongzhen said angrily.
Lin Fan rolled his eyes at Chongzhen and thought to himself: "This old guy must also want a share of the pie. If I give him 10%, he will definitely not be satisfied. If I give him 20%, he will not be satisfied either."
"Oh! It's so annoying. I already gave him 40% of the profit. If I give him 30%, I will have 30% left. That's it! Just give him 40%. Anyway, I won't send him the money to the palace to leave.
As long as the money is left with me, it doesn't matter how much you give him."
Thinking of this, Lin Fan looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to give up 40% of the profits from this farmyard fertilizer business to Your Majesty."
kindness!
All the officials were extremely shocked. Li Jiantai, Ni Yuanlu, Du Buju, and Li Guozhen secretly gave Lin Fan a thumbs up. This was really a willingness to give up!
However, they are reluctant to let their children ensnare the wolf. With His Majesty's participation, from now on, the farmyard fertilizer business will be theirs alone, and no one will dare to participate.
Emperor Chongzhen kept rolling his eyes at Lin Fan and thought to himself, if I hadn't heard your inner voice, I would have really believed you!
However, this kid's thinking is quite good, which shows that his brain is not only fine, but also getting smarter.
"Ahem! Let's talk about this later, Du Shangshu, you have to pay attention to the barrel. Whoever you catch stealing it must be severely punished!"
Emperor Chongzhen coughed twice and said.
Du Buju hurriedly said: "Hey! Don't worry, Your Majesty, you have ordered this matter. I must investigate it strictly!"
All the civil and military officials looked at the five people with strange expressions. At the same time, they were also shocked by Lin Fan's methods. They easily dragged His Majesty into the water.
At this time, a man stood up from among the officials and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there is no need to investigate the matter of the barrel. It was done by my Ministry of Rites."
The person who spoke was none other than Xue Bingtian, the Minister of Rites. As soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Fan became unhappy and said, "Xue Shangshu, what are my barrels doing to you?
Why did you steal my barrel?"
Li Jiantai said angrily: "Xue Bingtian, you shameless old guy, you have gone too far. Your Ministry of Rites is in charge of etiquette in the world and is a model for scholars, but you actually did something sneaky!"
"Haha! I am a group of great scholars in the Ministry of Rites, and they are the model of literati in the world. I didn't expect that the wooden barrels containing dung were stolen, haha!"
Ni Yuanlu sneered one after another.
Li Guozhen couldn't help but choked out a few words: "Oh! Fortunately, I came out of the Ministry of Rites. Thinking about it now, it was really an unbearable past!"
Du Buju is now in a difficult situation. He can arrest anyone, but he can be arrested by the Ministry of Rites. If this thing doesn't go well, he will be drowned by the saliva of the world's literati.
Xue Bingtian's face was as gloomy as water, and he said confidently: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wuhou uses a wooden bucket to collect excrement and kitchen waste. This is inconsistent with etiquette and law. At the same time, it also brings shame to the court!"
"I did this for Your Majesty and the majesty of the imperial court. At the same time, as the Emperor Wuhou, how can Lin Fan clean up the excrement of the common people?"
"Haha! You Xue Bingtian, are you still justified in stealing my barrel?
You say this is inconsistent with etiquette and law, well, let me ask you, if people defecate anywhere in the streets and alleys, is this consistent with etiquette and law?"
"People throw away their daily garbage everywhere. Is this consistent with etiquette?"
Lin Fan asked with a sneer.
"This! Of course, someone will deal with it. This is no reason for you to use a bucket to collect excrement!"
Xue Bingtian said.
"Is there someone to deal with it?
Who took care of it?
Do you know what was the main cause of plague outbreaks in various places some time ago?
It’s just a matter of hygiene!”
"Since ancient times, whenever there is a large-scale plague outbreak, it is inseparable from the environment. Especially in war-torn times, when corpses are all over the ground and the corpses are rotting and no one cares about them, plague will appear!"
"At the same time, the spread of the plague is also due to the dirty environment. Otherwise, how could the plague spread to the capital?"
"You, the Ministry of Rites, know how to stand here and talk empty words. At that time, Ben Wuhou ordered the burning of plague-stricken corpses and asked the people to wash their hands at home. This was how the plague was quickly eliminated!"
"In order to prevent similar things from happening again, I have prepared wooden barrels to dispose of the domestic garbage in the city. Haven't you noticed that this capital is much cleaner?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Hey! Speaking of which, the city has indeed been a lot cleaner recently!"
"That's right, we used to have to find people to clean and pay them wages, which was a big expense, but recently we have saved all this money!"
"It's great that Mr. Wuhou has thought of this. It's just a waste of these excrement. It's better to let Mr. Wuhou take it away."
Officials at the bottom are deeply touched by the changes in the capital's environment.
When Xue Bingtian heard what the officials said, he felt that he could not save his face. He wanted to reply a few words. Chongzhen said coldly: "Xue Bingtian, you stole Lin Fan's barrel. There is nothing to say about it. You can just take the barrel today."
Return it back, and at the same time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be fined for half a year and compensated to Lin Fan."
Emperor Chongzhen naturally turned to Lin Fan and directly fined all the officials in the Ministry of Rites for half a year's salary, which made Xue Bingtian feel very aggrieved.