There are many gardens in the western suburbs, many mountains, many Zhuangzi, since the Old Summer Palace and other gardens have been completed, there are also many markets near the left, the queen mother is comfortable in the carriage, looked at the prosperous scene on both sides of the official road, and smiled at Tang Wufu, "This rubber wheel is really much more stable than ordinary carriages." ”

"I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a lot of money by relying on the carriage and horse shop," Tang Wufu said with a smile, "The people outside are very red-eyed. ”

"They are red-eyed, and they will naturally go to build factories to do business," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "After doing business, some people work to make money, some people buy cheap goods, and the court receives silver, which is not very good." ”

"It's just that the people outside are also complaining," Tang Wufu glanced at the Queen Mother's expression, "This centimeter of gold is too much to pay taxes or something, but it's a lot, and it's a little unbearable." ”

"Hey, I said Wufu, when I said this, did I accept other people's silver," the Queen Mother smiled and pointed at Tang Wufu, "Truthfully recruited, what silver will be shared with me." ”

"If you go back to your master, you don't dare to collect money indiscriminately," Tang Wufu didn't look honestly afraid, but just smiled slyly, "It's just that a few fellow villagers bought machines from foreign merchants and set up a flour mill, and this wheat was transported in Shanxi to be processed in the capital, and then the flour was shipped out. ”

"This is a lot of gold, but not much, according to the meaning of the household department before, but the ministers who want to lead troops to quell the rebellion can collect it, this is not perhaps, it is collected by the prefectures, in this case, your countryman's flour mill does not need to be opened. I'm afraid it's more expensive than white powder. The Queen Mother said, "Now it's just a matter of collecting it in the other province, it's a little better, besides, the household department can also donate officials, I vaguely remember that as long as the owner has an official body." This cent of gold can be discounted, why, don't you ask your fellow countryman to donate an official body? ”

"Speaking of which, the slave is going to complain again," Tang Wufu said complainingly, "Since the establishment of the business, this centime has been collected more and more, and we are not envious, after all, the household department has to spend so much." But he shouldn't have raised the price of this donor! Originally, it was said that a platform was three thousand taels of silver, and as long as the gold bureau saw the official body of this platform, it could give a seven-fold discount on the gold, who knows, there are more people who buy the platform, and the goods are getting more and more. The Li Jin Bureau felt that this was too much of a loss, the three thousand taels of silver. It didn't take long for people who do business to earn it back, and the price code soared, and a Taoist platform now costs 10,000 taels, and the officials will get off the official body of this Taoist platform, and no one can grab it seriously. Because of what, there are many people doing business nowadays, and no one is rare for such a thousand dollars! Master, you said, now this donor can't be an official. The price of this donor has increased, and the money spent is really scary. ”

"Haha, this is also a helpless thing," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "What is the market economy, there is a market priceless, this price is to rise, otherwise your wages, who do I ask for." ”

"But the big guys have also said it," Tang Wufu knew that the Empress Dowager Cixi didn't mind gossiping outside, on the contrary, she liked to listen to the discussion outside, "In the future, this business will be done by the princes and princes of the country, and the small people will not make much money in the future. ”

"That's the case, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it's not good." The Queen Mother nodded, "But the matter of Li Jin, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and now there can be no change, otherwise the court will have no silver to distribute, I know about this, and I don't need to tell the emperor, you, the head of Shoukang Palace, tell Wen Xiang directly, and ask him to give you a face, and spend money to buy a donor official, isn't it?" ”

"I don't have the master's meaning, I dare to go to Wen Zhongtang," Tang Wufu smiled, "Then the slave will go to Wen Zhongtang." ”

"Go, although the matter of Li Jin is not in a hurry, but I have been taking the donation official to reduce it, after all, it is not the same, although it is a little good, I think these Eight Banners have a knighthood, and it is not a problem to eat some dry stocks, and it is not a problem to worry about food and clothing. In this way, all the donors will be discounted in the future, and it seems that the silver is very small," the Queen Mother muttered to herself, "It is too much for people to take advantage of it—it seems that the commercial tax will still be established in the future." ”

"This internal affairs office doesn't have to pay a centi, this is a royal privilege," the queen mother was complacent and got out of the carriage, "No wonder Xiao Anzi can make so much money, just think about it, it's just a matter on the books, I overcharged here, and I will take it out for the household department in the future," the queen mother was a little disappointed, "Don't say it." ”

The Queen Mother smiled, here is more than 30 miles south of the Old Summer Palace, on a slope with the back of the mountains, surrounded by green trees, green mountains and clear water, very clean and elegant, the gate of the Huangzhuang is open, and the steward eunuch accompanies An Dehai at the door. Tang Wufu helped the Queen Mother get out of the carriage, and saw that only a few eunuchs and servants were greeting him, and asked, "What about those foreigners?" ”

An Dehai's face was very embarrassed, "Those foreigners said that this place is a place of learning, everyone is equal, they are very busy, they don't have time to greet the Queen Mother, and the students who are in class are not allowed to come out to greet them." ”

"A rowing boat," the Queen Mother touched her chin and said with a smile, "These foreigners are quite principled, it doesn't matter," Tang Wufu was glaring at the beads of his eyes and was about to scold, the Queen Mother stopped Tang Wufu's frenzy, "This is almost the same school as the Wenguan, since it is a school, there are only students and teachers, let's go in and take a look." ”

A group of people entered this imperial village, this imperial village was originally produced excellent imperial rice and sorghum, so the courtyard in the Zhuangzi is used for drying grain, very spacious, An Dehai greeted the queen mother to a warehouse converted into a classroom, in the back door, I saw a middle-aged foreign man with a Marx beard talking on the blackboard, a translator stammering on the side, and then a large group of young men with pigtails under them were listening in confusion.

The middle-aged man spoke for a long time, and found that the people below were still very ignorant, so he gave up, he turned his eyes, and saw a group of strange people appearing in the back of the classroom, and said in English very dissatisfied, "May I ask what you want to do when you enter my classroom without permission, what am I talking about, can you understand?" ”

Everyone turned their heads, although they had never seen the Queen Mother, but they also knew the uniform on her body, and quickly stood up one by one, the Queen Mother didn't care, lined up everyone, and said in English with a smile, "You're talking about electromagnetic technology, right, sir?" (To be continued.) )