Emperor Hongzhi suddenly missed Xiao Jing a little.

I haven't been able to take care of it before, and thinking about it in hindsight, it seems that there is indeed a lot of inconvenience without Xiao Jing by my side.

Xiao Jing is a little wasted, but ......

Emperor Hongzhi's heart moved, and he said lightly: "Let Xiao Jing return to Beijing." ”

He gave an order to the eunuchs beside him, and then looked at Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard that these days, the price of silver has fallen a lot? ”

Fang Jifan thought to himself, this has released so many loans out of thin air, and the stock has directly skyrocketed several times, to put it bluntly, the thing is still the same thing, but the price has risen, can the price of silver not depreciate?

But there's no way around it.

Fang Jifan nodded: "It's gone up a lot." ”

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I am worried that it will affect the national economy and people's livelihood, which is not a fun thing. ”

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this appropriate drop in the price of silver is of great benefit to the country. Think about it, ordinary people, after getting a salary every month, food, clothing, housing and transportation, have already spent seventy-seven, eighty-eight, where do they usually save money. The more money they have in their hands, the more the price of the money falls, and the more they lose, and if they continue to hide it, they will lose nothing. Therefore, the silver had to be taken out, or to buy stocks, or to buy mansions, or to take it out for trading. Isn't this buying stock just supporting these trading houses that go public, and these trading houses get money from them, engage in commerce and production, and need to hire a large number of people to create value, what's the difference? ”

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

Dare to love this, it has something to do with stock speculation.

Could it be that the daily decline in silver prices can still push up the stock price?

Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I'm not worried about them, these rich people. is afraid that ordinary people will have a hard time. Over the years, the Zhenguo Mansion has temporarily solved the problem of eating for the people, which of course has to be attributed to Tuntianwei, but ...... The people are not just limited to eating and drinking. ”

Zhu Houzhao listened, and his eyes lit up: "Father, don't worry, my son is here...... Within a month, solve the problem of dressing the people of Beijing. ”

"Huh?" Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, and then he was happy: "You always don't see anything serious, but you have such a big tone." ”

Zhu Houzhao patted his chest: "Erchen promises that the price of the cloth in this capital will be cut by half, if the father does not believe it, the son-in-law will ...... The sons took the head of Fang Jifan and kept it. ”

Fang Jifan: "......"

Sad, what a sorrow this is, Fang Jifan's face was distressed, His Royal Highness the Prince, where is your conscience?

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao deeply: "It seems that you are going to make a military order?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Erchen can sign and draw a pledge, Fang Jifan is a good brother of Erchen, if he dies, Erchen must be very sad, so use him as a bet." ”

Fang Jifan immediately said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just joking, but ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did think of a way to alleviate the people's hardship. ”

Seeing that Fang Jifan said this, Emperor Hongzhi became curious.

Although Emperor Hongzhi loved silver, it did not mean that he did not care about the suffering of the people.

This is the foundation of Daming.

Recently, there has been a royal history, and prices are indeed soaring, so if it goes on like this, how can the people live?

First, the land price skyrocketed, followed by the stock price overflowing countless wealth, even if he knew that the stock market and mansion were beneficial to the country and the people, but it also made Emperor Hongzhi have to pay attention.

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep look at the two: "A month? ”

"A month!" Zhu Hou said beautifully.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded his head: "Very good, I will give you a month." If you do it well, I won't treat you badly. ”

waited for Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan to be sent away.

Emperor Hongzhi hung his head, and the eunuchs on the side poured him tea.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "These two boys are usually so stingy, but today, they are ...... The hair was plucked from them. ”

The eunuch didn't know what to do, and looked inexplicable.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "Xiao Banban is already very unintelligent, and you are even more stupid." ”

…………

Cabinet.

Your Majesty's internal treasury has been saved.

The cabinet here is also relieved.

For more than a year, especially after the emergence of the stock market, the cabinet here has indeed been in a state of flux.

As His Majesty said, this price is indeed going to rise to the sky, of course...... The decline in the price of silver has indeed increased the jobs for hundreds of people, and this decline is barely within the controllable range.

But...... It's not a way to go on like this.

At noon, Liu Jian and the three of them were drinking tea in the cabinet rounds, discussing the changes that had taken place in the capital.

They are like a group of boatmen who have driven a big ship to a strange sea, and they are already a little confused.

As he was talking, a eunuch sent a note from His Majesty.

Liu Jian took the note, and when he looked at it, he urged the cabinet to promulgate the decree as soon as possible and enshrine Wang Shouren.

Liu Jian glanced at the eunuch and nodded: "Tell Your Majesty that the old minister has explained that he is waiting for the edict, and after the edict is drafted, he will be sent to the celebrant tomorrow." ”

The eunuch smiled and said, "Let Duke Liu bother." ”

Liu Jian smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is so interested, it seems to be very happy." ”

"Yes." The little eunuch said: "Your Majesty is happy today, and the slaves and maids are also very happy for Your Majesty." But...... The slave and maid are not attentive to His Majesty, His Majesty scolds the slave and the maid for being stupid, and the slave and the maid are really afraid. ”

Liu Jian's mind moved: "Oh? Why is that? ”

The little eunuch said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Qi Guogong have made a bet with Your Majesty, if it is within a month, the price of this cloth will be reduced by nearly half." ”

When Liu Jian heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, who were on the side, glanced at each other, and their eyes were shining.

"Is this true?" Liu Jian's eyebrows danced.

"Yes."

Liu Jian exhaled: "Haha, it's a little interesting, good, good." As he spoke, he smiled: "Father-in-law, go back and restore your life." ”

The eunuch was still puzzled.

Why is everyone smiling so happily?

Could it be that it's just because of a bet?

Confused, he nodded and walked away.

As soon as the eunuch left.

Liu Jian and the others couldn't help laughing.

"It's not easy." Liu Jian sighed with emotion: "It's really not easy, that Fang Jifan will also suffer a loss." ”

Xie Qian was also happy: "Yes, the cloth has fallen by nearly half, this bet is extremely interesting, His Royal Highness the Prince, he will definitely not be able to take out much silver, if he wants the price of cloth to fall, it is nothing more than Fang Jifan to take out the silver and fill this hole, the old man calculates, if you want to subsidize the price of this cloth by nearly half, how much silver is needed?" ”

"Jingli now has a large population, and now, there are more salaried people, and the demand for buying cloth has always been a lot. That Fang Jifan, he should clean up like this, he has so much money, he hides it, and does not take out a little, which is conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood, how to say the past. Or Your Majesty has a way, make a bet, and he will obediently obey, think about the past, I want to take out some silver from his hand......" Speaking of this, Liu Jian couldn't help but shake his head.

After Li Dongyang smiled, he frowned slightly: "You say...... Is it possible...... This Fang Jifan and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is there any other way? ”

Liu Jian shook his head: "What else can be done?" If you think about it, you can only pay for it. ”

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is true, after two or three years of development, the price of cloth has indeed been high, not to mention, now that winter is coming, the people's demand for heating things is extremely high, almost everyone thinks that the price of cloth is only afraid of going up to a higher level.

In addition to Fang Jifan taking out the silver himself to subsidize the price of the cloth, what else can he do, this bet, even if His Majesty loses, it is worth losing.

"Let's wait and see, and see how much silver this Fang Jifan has to take out to plug this hole."

"Wonderful, wonderful."

…………

Coming out of the palace, Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a resentful expression.

Zhu Houzhao was weak-hearted, the more weak his heart was, the more he bluffed and shouted: "What do you see? ”

Fang Jifan said: "Why did Your Highness take my head as a bet?" ”

"Because we are friends, for your sake, this palace will never lose, this is a guarantee, you used to be, didn't you always bet with people like this?"

"That's not right." Fang Jifan was very entangled: "These are two different things. ”

"It's the same thing, anyway, I learned it from you." Zhu Houzhao patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, Lao Fang, don't chew the words anymore, let's think about it, how to increase the output of this cloth by so much, he always feels that we are idle." ”

Fang Jifan sighed: "Mistakenly made a bandit, my Jifan ......"

Zhu Houzhao patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be verbose, go to the workshop." ”

Fang Jifan didn't want to go with him.

But if you think about it, this bet has been made.

So I had to obey obediently.

This is the first textile workshop in Xishan.

After several debuggings, the recruited female workers have gradually begun to 'open up'.

Knowing the characteristics of this machine, it is necessary to arrange the station and make a production plan.

During the trial production period, there were some problems.

Fortunately, these problems were quickly solved by the craftsmen of the Steam Research Institute.

After Zhu Hou took care of the book of some problems and solutions submitted by Wang Jinyuan, who was personally guarding the town, he raised his head: "In this way, the cotton has almost been harvested, right?" ”

"It's all harvested, it fully meets the demand, not only the cotton from Hexi, but also the cotton from Jiangnan, there are as many as there are on the market, you can collect as much as you want, young master, the villain has always been reliable."

Fang Jifan thought about it, others are doing things with money. But Wang Jinyuan is doing things with his life, after all, if he is not careful, he may kill him, and if he thinks about it, it is still very safe to do things.

"Very good, tomorrow, another day of trial production, the day after tomorrow, officially started, remember, the machine can not be stopped, three shifts."

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