Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang shouted in their hearts: What does OK mean?
It’s simply great!
Nowadays, the salary received by a first-rank official is only one hundred and fifty taels per year. He can take care of all his food, clothing, housing and transportation by himself.
Zhu Bai lived in the palace and had no worries about food and clothing, earning more than a hundred taels of silver a year.
They didn't know that Zhu Bai had saved tens of thousands of taels of silver since selling the scriptures.
When he got a box of silver on the first day, he excitedly asked Fugui to find a handful of coins and weigh them piece by piece to play with.
That shining silver light is simply the most beautiful light in the world.
He was misled by the sound of a certain treasure arriving in his account, and always thought it was like the "ding-ding-ding" sound made by coins hitting each other.
It wasn't until I threw the silver ingots into the pile of silver ingots and listened to the sound that I was amused that I realized that the sound made by the collision of real gold and silver was very dull, similar to the sound of "puff".
Only cheap iron and copper can produce such a crisp sound.
But within two days, he was tired of hearing this sound.
So, how could more than a hundred taels of silver a year make him excited?!
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "When the world was first established, everything was in ruins, and the people were in dire straits. I also gave the officials very little salary. This time, the amount of money collected in kind was much higher than in previous years, so I simply took this opportunity to give all the people registered in the register
Each of the officials in the palace will receive a salary increase of 20% per year. The monthly salary of all the princes and concubines in the palace will increase at the same time."
Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang hurriedly saluted: "My emperor is wise."
They are so happy.
For Liu Bowen, he can eat meat every month.
For Li Shanchang, mosquito legs are also meat, and it is a good thing if his salary can be increased anyway.
Zhu Bai thought, no, everyone is going up, doesn’t that mean I’m not going up?
I was fooled by Lao Zhu again...
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, Twelve, let's talk about your method."
Zhu Bai reluctantly said: "The first one is actually very easy to handle. Indicate the name of the owner and the effective start and end time on the salt. Naturally, it will be impossible to hoard."
The room fell into silence, and then suddenly started to boil again.
Zhu Biao applauded: "Excellent. It also prevents people from stealing and robbing salt."
Liu Bowen twisted his beard: "You can set different prices for salt imports of different years. For example, a cart of grain can be exchanged for one salt import that is limited to one year. If you want a two-year salt import, you will need one and a half carts of grain, and so on."
Li Shanchang said: "That's probably what it means, but the quantity can be smaller. For example, thirty to fifty kilograms of grain for three to five kilograms of salt, which is convenient for merchants to use."
Zhu Yuanzhang was ecstatic. As long as the first one was solved, the second one was actually a matter of employing people in the court.
He thought for a while and then said: "What if the officials obtained the grain but did not use the salt to make their own profits?"
Zhu Bai spread his hands: "A black cat or a white cat that can catch mice is a good cat. It doesn't matter whether it is grown by oneself, bought, or collected. The final purpose is to allow the people and frontier officers and soldiers to eat food. As long as it is
If no one complains or reports it, just ignore it.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "Forging cliques for personal gain can only be reduced as much as possible, but it is impossible to eliminate them."
Zhu Bai said: "Just send loyal and honest officials to inspect on a regular basis. If that doesn't work, send your own people, like me."
The others automatically ignored his last sentence and went back to discussing it.
Zhu Yuanzhang assigned tasks to Zhu Biao, Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang, and they each went down to draft the details to implement the matter.
Seeing that Zhu Bai was unhappy, Lao Zhu stopped him and said, "Wait a minute."
Zhu Biao thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to scold Zhu Bai, so he left and returned.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved to him: "You go and do your business. I'll have a few words with this brat."
Zhu Biao could only take three steps and turn around.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted at Zhu Bai: "Look at your unwillingness. As the saying goes, a big belly can eat as much food as you want. How old are you? Is it really good for you if I give you so many things?
"
Zhu Bai raised his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
That's right.
Also, if he really gets the same monthly salary as Zhu Biao and the Queen, even if Zhu Biao, the brothers and Queen Ma don't have any objections, those officials will jump out and scold him three times a day.
Yan Yin is even more so.
When I mentioned Yan Yin just now, Li Shanchang looked excited, which shows how tempting this thing is.
being targeted……
He is not independent yet, nor can he leave the palace, so there is no need to make so many enemies for himself early.
Keep a low profile. Being low-key is the key to successfully becoming the salted fish prince.
Zhu Bai saluted: "I understand."
Zhu Yuanzhang: "Really know, or pretend to know?"
Zhu Bai smiled and stretched out his hand: "Why don't you, father, reward your sons and ministers with the grace of unlimited amounts of money from the treasury?"
"You rabbit..." Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited that he bent down to slip on his shoes.
Zhu Bai ran away quickly.
Zhu Bai ran to the lake before stopping. The ice on the lake was thicker than a few days ago.
He was so sad. After working hard for a long time, he only gained dozens of taels of silver in a year.
Although scriptures are easy to make money, they will soon become saturated.
When can I collect enough money to spend the rest of my life living in debauchery and drunkenness?
If you want to make money quickly, you must still be in the salt business.
But it was obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang would not let him make this money...
It happened that Lan Yu sent prey in from Xihua Gate.
Lan Yu has many family members, and they often give them to Lan Yu when they hunt game in the wild.
Lan Yu also sent some into the palace from time to time.
Lao Zhu just doesn't want to eat meat that costs money.
He won't refuse meat for free.
Zhu Bai's eyes suddenly lit up and he leaned over.
Lan Yu grinned at Zhu Bai and asked in a low voice: "Good disciple, I heard that you emptied all the dried venison at Li Mengmen's house."
Zhu Bai said: "No, I just bought some from him."
Zhu Bai took out the dried venison from his arms and gave it to Lan Yu: "Blessed are you sharing it."
Lan Yu also took out a pack of dried meat from her arms and said, "I brought you the dried rabbit meat. I happened to see you, so I gave it to you."
Zhu Bai took it with a smile and told him about the method of transporting disaster relief food that they had just discussed, and then asked Lan Yu: "Master, all civil and military officials are more or less thinking of ways to make money, why don't you also think of some ways."
Even Liu Bowen occasionally helps people with fortune telling and feng shui to earn extra money to supplement the family income.
Why is Lan Yu so honest? Zhu Yuanzhang uses him as much as he wants.
Lan Yu also lowered her voice and asked cautiously: "Good disciple, what are you implying? Does the emperor want to deal with me?"
Zhu Bai couldn't laugh or cry: once bitten by a snake, he would be afraid of a rope for ten years.
Pity this burly man, now he is as cautious as a frustrated little wife.
Zhu Bai said: "Next time, if the emperor makes military exploits again, my father will reward you. Don't ask for a title. Instead, ask for salt from Yunnan and Sichuan. It doesn't need to be more, just 10,000 pieces."
Lan Yu's eyes widened and she screamed strangely: "Ten thousand! My whole family has been eating salt for several lifetimes."
