Chapter 156 The old rules kill people

The young Ma Zhou showed an eight-sided exquisite side, and took care of Chen Ying's Tongli Money Village in an orderly manner. For the first time, as Chen Ying's doorman, he came to the East Palace instead of Chen Ying, and Ma Zhou was neither arrogant nor humble, and behaved reasonably and modestly.

At this time, the official position of the East Palace Commander's Mansion Order has also been renamed the East Palace Prince's Family Order, responsible for managing the East Palace's property, and when Ma Zhou completed the handover with the new family commander Han Yue, Ma Zhou was preparing to leave. At this time, a delicate-looking, delicate and lovely palace maid came to Ma Zhou's side and said, "You are Ma Zhou, right?" ”

Ma Zhou nodded and said, "It's just that!" ”

The palace maid smiled slightly and said, "The crown princess called you over!" ”

Ma Zhou smiled at the palace maid and said, "Please also ask my sister to lead the way!" ”

"Follow me!"

After walking in the tortuous corridors of the East Palace for more than a quarter of an hour, Ma Zhou came to a Ming Hall. However, Ma Zhou did not have the opportunity to meet the crown princess Zheng Guanyin, but asked Zheng Guanyin through the curtain: "What does the crown princess have to tell Ma Zhou?" ”

"It's nothing else," Zheng Guanyin sat on the curtain and said in a low voice: "Listen to Han Yue, this time you brought banknotes?" ”

This time, Ma Zhou came to hand over the dividend income of Wude in the first quarter of the third year to the East Palace, and the amount was not small, 170,000 yuan. Even if in the fourth quarter of Wude's second year, there were only 83,000 yuan, Chen Ying had people use six carriages and pull six carts full of gold and silver. But this time, Ma Zhou actually rode a small two-wheeled carriage by himself, carrying a small box that was no more than two feet square, and came directly to hand it over.

Han Yue had never seen banknotes, and seeing that there were only seventeen bundles of coins, he couldn't make up his mind, so he hurriedly reported to the crown princess. Han Yue knew that Chen Ying was very face-saving in front of Li Jiancheng, and he was a celebrity in front of Li Jiancheng. However, the East Palace now has a lot of expenses, especially the crown princess often invites some court dignitaries or officials and their relatives to meet with them in terms of embroidery, female red, or calligraphy and painting, or singing and dancing, etc., to carry out lady diplomacy.

In the face of these ladies and ladies, Zheng Guanyin's shots were also very generous, and the expenses were thousands or tens of thousands. The fifth princess had a miscarriage a few years ago, just after the full moon, and just sent tonics, ginseng, deer antlers, bird's nests and other valuables to Princess Changguang, as many as more than 7,000 yuan. Princess Huainan's 100th birthday banquet, Zheng Guanyin sent a pair of Kunshan jade rings to Princess Huainan, the so-called Kunshan jade is actually the Hetian jade of later generations, although at this time, Hetian jade is far less valuable than later generations, but due to the long distance, the price is not expensive.

The expenditure of the crown princess alone was as much as 60,000 or 70,000 yuan in the first quarter. Han Yue looked at the depleted treasury and was very worried, but now Chen Ying didn't send a penny of cash, but a box of paper. Using paper as money is something that only a madman can do.

When Ma Zhou heard this, he was slightly stunned, and immediately understood that the crown princess did not believe in the credit of paper money. However, it's strange to think about it, the thing of using paper as money is something that makes Ma Zhou want to break his head, and he can't think of it. Only Chen Ying can imagine it. Of course, Ma Zhou naturally knows that this banknote, as long as he establishes a strong credit and uses paper as money, there is no problem at all.

Ma Zhou explained: "Back to the crown princess, this banknote was invented by the head of my family, the purpose is to facilitate carrying, as long as you hold the banknote issued by our Tongli Bank, you can go to the counter of Tongli Money Village at any time to withdraw the same amount of cash, and it is not bad." If the crown princess doesn't believe it, she can send someone to the money bank to withdraw it. ”

Zheng Guanyin didn't realize the importance of banknotes, she stroked the banknotes in the box in front of her, each banknote still exuded the fragrance of ink at this time, but what made Zheng Guanyin very strange was that the color on this banknote, when the fingers touched it, it would not lose color, and the pattern behind the hundred guans was also very strange, the east of Liaodong, isn't it Goguryeo? How did it become the Andong Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty?

In fact, not only the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, but also the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate are also on this Tang Dynasty map. The Anbei Prefecture included Lake Berga in later generations, and the Anzai Prefecture included the entire Caspian Sea. This is not Chen Ying's scribbling. This is indeed the territory of the Tang Dynasty and its heyday.

It can be regarded as Chen Ying's bad taste, if someone buries the paper money, maybe the archaeological community will excavate it in the future and provide future generations with physical evidence of the Tang Dynasty's territory.

Zheng Guanyin frowned slightly, and asked puzzledly, "Isn't this an extra move?" ”

Ma Zhou patiently explained: "Crown Princess Mingjian, in the first quarter of this year, the dividends of the East Palace will be as much as 170,000 yuan, of course, this is related to the purchase of a large number of equipment by the East Palace, but it is foreseeable that the dividends of the East Palace this year will not be less than seven or eight hundred thousand yuan, and it may break through one million yuan, one million yuan, if it is all gold, it will also take out 100,000 taels of gold, and our money bank will not be able to take out so much gold at one time, if it is copper money, does the crown princess know how many million yuan it will be?" ”

Zheng Guanyin originally didn't think of this problem, but when he thought about it, he was suddenly startled. The weight of money in the Tang Dynasty was about nine catties (500 grams), and one million guan was nine million catties, even if it was converted into tons in later generations, it was as much as 4,500 tons. A two-wheeled carriage can pull 2,000 catties, which requires 4,500 horses to transport, which means that an average of 123 carriages are required to transport money to the East Palace every day. Regardless of whether the East Palace can save so much money, the key is that such a large fortune will definitely attract the attention of others.

Although the prince of Donggong is the prince of the prison country and the second person in the Tang Dynasty, he is not the first person in the Tang Dynasty after all. If Li Yuan opened his mouth to ask Li Jiancheng for this part of the money, could Li Jiancheng refuse?

The answer is yes, Li Jiancheng can't refuse. However, this banknote can hide the eyes and ears of the people.

Ma Zhou couldn't see Zheng Mayin's joy and anger, and took advantage of the situation to say: "The crown princess doesn't know, this banknote has another benefit!" ”

In fact, Zheng Guanyin was already moved, and when she heard this, she asked curiously, "What benefits?" ”

Ma Zhou said with a smile: "All the money in the East Palace can be in the hands of the crown princess, even if it is millions of dollars, the crown princess can also be placed in a place where it can be seen and touched." ”

Zheng Guanyin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, not bad!" I, Chen Langjun, said, you are slightly lacking in books and literature, but your miscellaneous knowledge is obvious to everyone, I don't know how you plan to get a background? ”

When Ma Zhou heard this, he was slightly surprised. He owes Hou Mo Chen's kindness, and is funded by Hou Mo Chen's family, and now he has a little success, and it is natural to serve Hou Mo Chen. But he didn't expect that Chen Ying would secretly ask the princess to find a background for him.

To say that Ma Zhou is not moved is absolutely deceitful, some people like to talk about it, but in fact they don't do anything. And Chen Ying is exactly that kind, he doesn't say anything, but secretly tries to get the benefits he deserves. It's not that Ma Zhou doesn't want to be an official, but he knows that at present, Datang is still the world of the gate lord clan, he is from a poor background, even in the officialdom, I am afraid it will be difficult to make a difference, but he will be attacked and excluded by the officials of the clan. If Chen Ying can open a mansion to worship the prime minister in the future, it will not be too late to enter the officialdom at that time.

Chen Ying can think of himself at this time, and he can be regarded as a generous lord.

When the crown princess asked, Ma Zhou cheekily asked the princess for an idea.

Zheng Guanyin said lightly: "Chen Langjun is a person admired by His Royal Highness the Prince, and you are a person admired by Chen Langjun, what is the matter, although it is polite?" ”

Ma Zhou said: "Now my family Langjun is appeasing Henan, Zheng is the landlord of Henan, Ma Zhou wants to expand our business to Henan and even the entire Central Plains, and also ask the princess to communicate with Zheng." ”

Zheng Guanyin was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Ma Zhou to open his business to Henan, as well as the base camp of the Zheng family in Xingyang. But this business is already so much money, and once Chen Ying's business name enters strongly, the Zheng family really has no ability to resist. Once Chen Ying's business name appears in the Zheng family's land, I am afraid that the Zheng family will suffer heavy losses. She was just about to open her mouth to refuse, but then she thought that Chen Ying was now the biggest reliance of the East Palace, and what Ma Zhou meant was probably what Chen Ying meant. She can't decide the affairs of the Zheng family? Then I thought about the benefits of agreeing to Ma Zhou.

Although the Zheng family will lose some money and food, but the East Palace accounts for thirty percent of the income, Zheng Guanyin only thought about it for a moment and made up his mind: "This palace will find a way, you can go back!" ”

Ma Zhou was overjoyed when he heard this.

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There is a river depression on the bank of the Jianhe River, the area here is about 17,800 acres, of course, this is already one of the few large wastelands in Xin'an County, because of the low-lying terrain here, in ten years, there are seven or eight years of the situation will be flooded by the Jianhe River.

Therefore, although it is close to the water source and convenient for irrigation, it is often flooded because the terrain is too low, and it is deserted. When Chen Ying saw this wasteland, he felt very speechless.

This is simply like picking up a piece of treasure in the antique market of later generations. However, the people who were resettled here were also reluctant, and if it were not for the government to give them land for free and help them build houses, it is estimated that these displaced people would have run away overnight.

An old farmer really couldn't see it, and was afraid that Chen Ying would waste his precious seeds here, so he mustered up the courage to persuade: "This young man, the land here can't be planted, you must have been deceived by others, I am a rope pond person, I have heard of this place for a long time, and there are nine desolations in ten years......"

Chen Ying laughed: "Who told you that you can't grow crops here?" ”

When it comes to professional matters, the old farmer feels the need to let Chen Ying understand that the work of farming is not something that these sons and grandsons can do. The attitude of the old farmer is very persistent: "If you can't plant it, it will be flooded, not to mention the effort, and the seeds will be wasted." Millet, millet, wheat, soybean, and hemp are not allowed to be planted. ”

Chen Yingdao: "Then why don't you plant rice?" ”

The old farmer looked at Chen Ying like a fool: "How can Henan grow rice?" ”

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "It should be possible to grow rice, absolutely!" ”

Chen Ying vaguely remembered that in later life, he had a customer from Henan who gave him two bags of Duliang rice. Chen Ying remembered very clearly that Duliang was a township in Kaifeng County, not to mention that the rice of Xinyang in later generations was also very famous. It can be seen that the climate of Henan can grow rice.

The old farmer shook his head and said, "No......"

Chen Ying said resolutely: "Listen to me, just plant rice, and I will let people buy seeds for you." ”

At this moment, at least twenty or thirty people around the old farmer knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Chen Ying again and again, and prayed: "Lang Jun, you can do it!" ”

"Lang Jun, you have pity on us who are miserable!"

"You can't grow rice here, this is the rule left by our ancestors......"

"Lang Jun, be merciful!"

"Little Lao'er kowtowed to you, just let us go!"

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Hearing this, Chen Ying felt inexplicably wonderful. It's as if he's done something that the heavens are angry about. Chen Ying had to sigh: "The old rules kill people."