Zhu Di announced his retirement from the dynasty, and he was still in a good mood.

What Confucian family, what Taoist system, is not so powerful at all.

In the final analysis, it is just driven by profit.

In the past, the Confucian family was respected, and the special treatment of scholars and doctors could be maintained, and with the Confucian family doing evil in front, other gentry and gentry could also draw gourds in the same way, as long as it did not exceed the level of the Confucian family, it is estimated that there would be no problem.

Now that Juntian is implemented and the law is implemented, the power of the gentry has been shrinking, and they have even become the object of eradication, and it is no good to respect the Confucian family again.

So the momentum of opposition is not strong, not to mention that there is also a large cake of Dongfan Island placed there!

The most unlucky one is the unlucky guy who performed a free fall.

Zhu Di was half happy, and suddenly realized one thing, something is wrong!

Will the hundred officials see through my tricks?

These guys are all human spirits, and if they figure it out, they will suffer a lot. As a monarch, you must remain mysterious, and some emperors are deliberately moody, just to avoid being pinched by those below.

I'm a monkey, but I can't be tricked by a monkey.

The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more worried he became, and he felt that he was going to find his dog-headed military advisor.

"You also know the current situation, although I have a monopoly on sugar production, I am responsible for the initial investment, and I have to sign an agreement with the merchant to ensure that the purchase is at the right price. In this way, I'm afraid I don't make much, right? ”

Liu Chun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have earned the entire Dongfan Island, incorporated such a large piece of land into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and can also grow sugar cane, it is simply a cash cow." The people of the whole world, when they eat cane sugar, will be grateful to the Son of Heaven, and the ministers think that this is what His Majesty really harvests. Liu Chun said enthusiastically, Zhu Zhanji next to him nodded desperately, what the master said made sense, the imperial grandfather simply made a lot of money.

Zhu Di thought for a while, he saw Zhu Zhanji nodding wildly, and couldn't help but raise his big feet, "Children, don't listen to adults, go out!" ”

drove away the reluctant Zhu Zhanji, there were only two people left in the study, and Zhu Di suddenly widened his eyes.

"Liu Chun, don't fool me with empty words, fame is such a thing, I certainly need it, but I can't let it go. If you don't get any money for me, I will send you to Dongfan Island, and you will be alone, leaving your wife and children in the capital, and I will do what I say! ”

Zhu Di is full of gangsterism and escapes from an old hooligan.

Yoo Chun had a terrible headache.

"Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't have any good ideas."

"No!" Zhu Di suddenly sneered: "Liu Chun, if you really don't pay attention, it means that you have no use value, and I will be welcome." ”

Zhu Di's eyes rolled, scanning Liu Chun's house, what a good place, if you want to take this house away, maybe it can be sold for hundreds of thousands of taels!

Liu Chun saw his plan, Zhu Laosi, how can you be virtuous with your unreasonable father!

"Now there is only one way, and that is to conduct a comprehensive briefing on the development of Dongfan Island. At the same time, for the millions of acres of land, an auction will be launched, and the one with the highest price will win. It can't just be limited to the circle of Beijing, the rest of the businessmen from Suzhou, Hangzhou, and even Quanzhou and Guangzhou must participate. ”

Zhu Di closed his eyes and pondered, and after a moment, he stroked his palms and laughed.

"Good, great! Liu Chun, you are really my Guan Zhong! ”

Liu Chun really wanted to pick up the teapot and splash Zhu Di's face.

Just now, he gritted his teeth and forced me to come up with an idea, and now he has become Guan Zhong, your old Zhu family is not able to learn to change faces?

Zhu Di returned to the palace with joy, and immediately ordered the cabinet to draw up a will, and Zhu Di sent a decree to the yamen in various places, asking them to notify some powerful wealthy businessmen in various places to go to the capital together and share the interests of Dongfan Island.

Zhu Di's will is so interesting, since ancient times, except for a few will that benefit the people, in most cases, the Son of Heaven issued a decree, either asking for money or life!

Whoever took it was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, especially Hongwu Dynasty, even more so.

When he arrived in the Yongle Dynasty, the wind direction changed, and the Son of Heaven openly declared that he wanted to share benefits with merchants. Regardless of whether it's true or not, you should join in the fun and see what this wonderful genius is thinking.

"How are you going?" Liu Chun is cooking plum wine with her own hands, and Xu Miaojin has become more and more powerful since she became pregnant, and she dares to dictate to her husband.

Liu Chun didn't say anything, protective, connived, waited, in a few months, when you were "alone", I would let you know what a husband is!

"Ready? What preparation? ”

Liu Chun snorted, "You can hide it from others, and you can hide it from me!" Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and those guys gave you all the money, and in a few days, businessmen from all over the world entered Beijing and auctioned off the land one after another, but the money in their hands may not be able. You can just lend to them, subsidize these people, go to Dongfan to rent land, and make money from money, isn't that what you do as an investment, and what you like the most! ”

Liu Chun said with a smile, Xu Miaojin was really surprised, it turned out that she was going to develop Dongfan Island, but after Liu Chun and Zhu Di's tossing, although the profits from direct development were considerable, they were not so fat. She decided to hide behind her back and take advantage of it. How do you know that Liu Chun gave a word.

"Brother...... How do you know? Could it be that Zhu can tell you? Xu Miaojin was anxious and angry.

Liu Chun shook his head, "Don't be suspicious, do I need them to tell you?" Don't forget, what I do! ”

Xu Miaojin realized that her husband was the biggest spy leader in the Ming Dynasty, and she could hide it from Zhu Di this year, but she couldn't hide it from her husband!

"Brother, you're not going to tell my brother-in-law about me, are you?" Xu Miaojin's tone was delicate, tilting her head, pouting, pitiful.

Liu Chun hurriedly waved his hand, "Old husband and wife, don't sell cute, I didn't agree, but Zhu Laosi is too unreasonable." What's more, the merchants in the capital can't be allowed to dominate, let alone the officials of the imperial court can take all the benefits. So...... You can toss, but it has to be done in moderation! I don't want to rectify the rule of officials, and rectify it to our lady. ”

Xu Miaojin smiled sweetly, "Thank you for the grace of heaven, let the concubine pay tribute to the master." ”

……

In the past month, many merchants rushed to the capital, and even the distant Bashu merchants also took boats all the way down the river and came to Jinling.

This includes the old man Zhu Shouren!

His face was full of red light, full of energy, and said to the merchants: "The new monarch succeeds to the throne, Yongle changes the Yuan, the Ming Dynasty is renewed, the Son of Heaven is blessed to the four seas, and even the merchants are bathed in the emperor's grace, you can't let Your Majesty down!" ”

"Please rest assured, Elder Zhu, we all know!"

The Shu merchants arrived, and the entire auction was officially launched.

"Everyone, before you came, you must have figured out what was going on, but what about me, I have to talk a few nonsense, everyone doesn't want to listen, just drink tea first."

Hubu Shangshu Yuxin said with a smile, this court official, who usually deals with cold numbers, actually has such a humorous side, which suddenly made the atmosphere of the audience relax a lot, and many businessmen couldn't help laughing.

This is also the result that Yu Xin wants, if the mood is too tight, he is afraid that the businessman will not dare to raise the card, so he will not be able to sell it at a good price.

"The price of cane sugar is clear to everyone, and this tael of sucrose is at least 25 yuan, and I roughly calculated that it is exactly ten times that of table salt. Moreover, if it is trafficked to the West, one or two cane sugar can almost be exchanged for one or two pieces of silver! Yu Xin chuckled, "Thinking that I was holding a tael of silver in my hand, I didn't dare to eat sugar!" ”

His words provoked another round of laughter.

"How much profit there is from salt, you know that the imperial court has a lot of control over the salt law, but salt merchants are still eager to do it. The windfall profits of the cane sugar are even greater, and the imperial court must manage it moderately, but in any case, the profits are very considerable. ”

"This auction, with 10,000 mu as a piece, starts at 5,000 taels...... By the way, it's five years of rent! Yu Xin smiled and said: "In Jiangnan, the rent for a year is more than half a tael of silver!" The old man really hated himself, why did he buy all the books, if I could save it, I would also go to Dongfan to plant sugarcane. Without further ado, let's start the auction! ”

After Yu Xin finished speaking, he paused again, "Everyone, the old man has one more thing to remind, the auctions in front of me are all near the port, occupying the geographical advantage, don't make the big guy the opposite." ”

Yu Xin finally explained clearly, and the auction officially began.

Liu Chun was not interested in participating, but Zhu Di and his family brought him here, including Xu Miaojin, they were next to the auction hall, Zhu Di stretched his face and pricked up his ears, that is called a serious!

There's no way, he's pointing to this money now!

"5100 taels!"

"5200 taels!"

Finally someone started to ask for the price, the more Zhu Di listened, the more angry he became, adding a hundred taels at a time, when I was called Huazi!

He turned his head to take a look, and happened to see the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, "You go, go outside and ask for the price, and raise it to eight thousand taels." ”

Zhu Gaochi grinned bitterly, "Father, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for a child to go, right?" ”

Zhu Di took a look at his son's body shape, no matter how much makeup he makes, he will be exposed, Zhu Di is so angry.

"You disappointed your father so much, you can't even lose weight, how can you be the crown prince?"

Okay, look at Zhu Di's posture, it's easy to store.

Queen Xu coughed, she couldn't stand it anymore, Zhu Di was too much.

"Your Majesty, just be patient, this is just the beginning, the good show is ahead!"

Zhu Di snorted, "The first batch of three million mu, even if there is an extra thousand taels, it is still 300,000 taels, not a small amount of money!" ”

While they were talking, the bidding price outside had reached 7,500 taels!

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he quickly closed his mouth and listened quickly.

"8,000 taels!" Someone finally shouted out the number that Zhu Di had dreamed of.

But before this voice fell, a Bashu accent said faintly: "Ge Laozi, slowly, delay us to get rich!" I'm out 9000 taels! ”

One thousand taels were added at once, and a wave was completely set off.

A Peking businessman held up a sign, "You are not very generous, 10,000 acres, 10,000 taels!" ”

Zhu Di almost shouted, great, twice as high as the reserve price.

Can it be a little higher?

"10,500 taels!" This is a Quanzhou businessman, they are bound to win.

"11,000 taels!" The Bashu merchant jumped out again.

In this way, the price kept rising, and finally the first transaction was 13,800 taels, which was included by Peking merchants.

Some people may ask, why are Peking businessmen so interested in cane sugar?

Don't forget that Beiping is the industrial and trade center of the Ming Dynasty, with the largest number of workers in the whole world, and close to the grassland, sugar is not only the favorite of the citizens, but also the treasure of the grassland, and the herdsmen have a tradition of drinking milk tea, and you can know with your toes how much they crave cane sugar!

Liu Chun is very satisfied, it seems that the merchants in Beiping are not weak! As for Zhu Di, he only cares about one thing, 13,800 taels of 10,000 mu, how much is 3 million mu?

Whoever counts me, wait!