Daming: Traveling through the rich second generation, being overheard by Chongzhen Chapter 410 If you spend money like this, it's easy to have no friends!
Chapter 410 If you spend money like this, it's easy to have no friends!
Chapter 410 It’s easy to have no friends if you spend money like this!
Lin Fan had two options for building roads.
The first type is naturally cement roads. Today, in the Ming Dynasty, there are already many cement roads. However, cement roads have obvious advantages and disadvantages.
Although it is hard, it does not have very good ductility. It has only been repaired for less than two months, and most of the cement road has been damaged.
Even laying a layer of bricks under the cement would not help. Therefore, Lin Fan really wanted to use asphalt to build the road, which would ensure that it would not be damaged for about ten years.
However, asphalt is the residue produced when petroleum is refined into gasoline. Of course, there are also natural asphalt deposits, but these deposits have not yet been developed by the Ming Dynasty.
"Alas! In the final analysis, iron ore, gold ore, silver ore, etc. are still needed most at this time. Even if oil deposits are found, it will be difficult to mine them."
Lin Fan sighed.
However, it would be a good thing if an asphalt deposit could be dug out at this time. The Ming Dynasty could have the world's first asphalt road.
Tobe!
Ni Yuanlu and the officials from the Household Department stood at the door of the Household Office, watching the large amounts of money entering the Household Office, with joy on their faces.
"Master Shangshu, our household department now has 50 million taels of silver! Haha! I suddenly feel that my waist is straightened and I can't bend anymore!"
One person said with a smile.
"Haha! Mr. Zhang just likes to make jokes like this. When will our household bend our waist?
If His Majesty asks us for money again in the future, we won’t say we don’t have any more!”
Another person said with a smile.
Ni Yuanlu also had a look of pride on her face and said: "All this is thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince. If he hadn't sent people to Nanjing City to get the money, our household department would still have nothing."
"Master Shangshu, how are we going to spend this much money?"
Someone suddenly suggested.
"Well, let me think about it. First, I will take out five million taels and keep them to pay salaries to the officials. Then we will see where there are disasters and allocate some money to go out!"
"In short, we must follow the footsteps of His Royal Highness and do more good deeds."
Ni Yuanlu put her hands behind her back, as if she wanted to point out the country.
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone running in quickly. It was someone from the Ministry of Works.
"kindness?
Why do you people from the Ministry of Works come to our Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs to come to us if they have nothing to do?"
Ni Yuanlu looked at the man and asked.
The man hurriedly saluted respectfully and said: "Master Ni, I came here on the order of Master Gao. His Highness the Crown Prince asked our Ministry of Works to do the project..."
"Okay, I know what you mean. Don't you just want money? How much do you want?"
Ni Yuanlu said directly without waiting for the man to finish.
For the current Ministry of Household Affairs, not to mention that the prince wants people from the Ministry of Works to do projects, even if people from the Ministry of Works want to do projects themselves when they have nothing to do, they will absolutely support it.
The man said solemnly: "Great! Master Ni is so enlightened, so I can go back and reply to Lord Gao. This project will require about thirty million taels of silver."
"However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has other requests. Therefore, the fifty million taels of silver have been given to our Ministry of Industry. Mr. Ni, don't worry. We don't need your Ministry of Accounts to give it to us all at once. You can give it to us in batches."
Ga!
When Ni Yuanlu heard what this person said, she was stunned. All 50 million taels of silver were given to the Ministry of Industry?
Gao Tianyun sent someone here at this time to ask for money. He was clearly reminding himself not to spend money carelessly.
Damn it!
Your Highness, if you spend so much money, you will easily have no friends!
Ni Yuanlu thought of this and said in a deep voice: "Since this matter is His Highness's wish, then why didn't His Highness's people arrive?"
The man thought for a moment and said, "I don't know about this, but His Highness the Prince has indeed promised to give this money to our Ministry of Works."
"Master Ni, I have brought the message to you, so I will go back first."
After the man said that, he respectfully withdrew.
Ni Yuanlu was stunned on the spot for a long time, then someone said: "Master Ni, is this... His Highness the Crown Prince playing tricks on us?
He didn’t even have any money to keep warm, and he just spent it!”
"Ahem! I believe that His Highness the Crown Prince will never be so heartless. I will go find His Highness the Crown Prince to inquire."
Ni Yuanlu coughed twice and walked towards the prince's residence.
Lin Fan expected that Gao Tianyun would send someone to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Ni Yuanlu would definitely come to him with officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, so he had been waiting for them in the yard.
"Your Highness, I have taken the liberty to come here because I want to confirm something with you!"
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan waved his hand at him and said: "Master Ni, what you want to confirm is true. There is no need to discuss this matter further."
"Your Highness, so much money has been spent like this, I! I want to know the use."
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
"Master Ni, this money has been invested. Just wait. In two years, your Ministry of Household Affairs will be able to collect taxes easily!"
"Let's just say that from now on, the annual tax of 50 million taels of silver will not be a problem."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"What! You receive fifty million taels of silver in taxes every year. Your Highness, what kind of business are you investing in?"
Ni Yuanlu asked.
"The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is invested in the people."
Lin Fan said.
"What! Has the river been built?
Your Royal Highness, your South-to-North Water Diversion Project is very time-consuming. Now, there are victims everywhere, and we need money for disaster relief!"
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
"Master Ni, do you know?
There is a disease in this world that has no cure, and that is the disease of poverty."
"The people have suffered a disaster. If you give them money, they will suffer another disaster again because they have no sense of distress. Therefore, we must provide work instead of relief!"
"The work of building rivers can be done by the victims. Through their own labor, they have earned money and supported their families."
Lin Fan said.
this……
Ni Yuanlu originally wanted to use this as a reason to ask Lin Fan to get some money back, but she never thought that Lin Fan would not give him a chance to get the money back.
"By the way, Mr. Ni, the fact that you were able to find out about Nanjing City officials last time shows that you are very capable in collecting taxes. This time, the task of collecting taxes will be left to you."
"Of course, the tax money received belongs to this prince. Therefore, these tax money must not be less. After collecting it, I will make a new tax collection plan based on the tax collection ratio."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
this……
Ni Yuanlu was speechless. The taxes for the past two years had been handed over to Lin Fan. He was originally supposed to collect the taxes himself, but in the end, he still had to do it himself.
However, if we have to collect taxes according to the requirements of His Highness the Crown Prince, whether he can collect them or not is a question, as it will definitely offend people.
"Your Highness, this... how about you send someone to collect taxes?"
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice, wanting to politely decline the matter.