In the warm chalet, everyone suddenly lost their breath.

It was like dead silence, and people were silent.

Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly lost its blood.

15 million... or two. How many days have I saved up? How many millions of taels of silver have I saved... Am I... Is it a prank?

Then, someone started to breathe, and the breath was very heavy.

Wang Ao's face was bloodless, and he sternly said: "What's the 15 million taels? Shouning Hou, don't talk nonsense. This is not a joke."

Zhang Heling thought it would be better to give honest explanations.

"This time I went to sea, I brought back gold, silver, jewelry and spices. Conservatively calculated, and the silver discount was more than 2,000 yuan. In addition to paying tariffs, there was another 20% of the goods from the court. After communicating with others, the benefits obtained must be paid to the court. I...I have all the others."

This was explained clearly enough at once.

Wang Ao suddenly felt a sweet throat and a mouthful of old blood was about to spurt out.

"What about abacus, what about abacus."

Zhu Houzhao shouted.

"..." It would be fine if the prince didn't call him. After shouting, Wang Ao couldn't help it. He let out a mouthful of blood and phlegm.

Fang Jifan said, "No need to calculate, I have a great mindset. This is not simple. I will give 30% to the court. No, now I will give it to the inner treasury. The others are divided, and the ones who have been divided are 1,500 taels. Then, the ones who have entered the inner treasury will be more than 6 million taels of silver, Your Majesty will get 80% of silver, and I will have 20% of them here. In this way, I will get more than 1 million and the inner treasury will get about 5 million taels of silver."

Fang Jifan began to calculate quickly: "The account cannot be calculated like this, for example, spices, although they are good, because they have inputted so many spices at once, I am afraid that the price of the spice will fall and will definitely not be sold at the original price. Therefore, on this basis, it must be reduced by another 20% or 30%. Generally... Your Majesty still has four million, and I have one million."

call……

That 15 million taels, even if it's nothing.

Just talking about the remaining five or six million, the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty was terrible, and the income of silver was only about three million taels. The others were mostly in-kind taxes, such as food, cloth, silk, etc.

In other words, when I come back this trip, I will pay the treasury in two years.

Emperor Hongzhi understood this account.

His heart... is bleeding.

The money is divided, why did he leave so much? He is so generous, he...he...

But then, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly became full of joy again.

Earned?

Fang Jifan was really right. Going to the West is a huge profit.

After experiencing a brief heartache, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes immediately shone.

Become rich.

My treasury has been enriched.

Build ships, build more ships, let more people go out to sea, earn more money, and then build more ships, let more people go out to sea...

Emperor Hongzhi cheered up, and suddenly the dragon and tiger were fierce, and his eyes shone brightly.

Jifan, a kid, has vision and is worthy of being my highly-chosen-sans-alive choice. If you have a son-in-law like this, you will have no regrets.

Fang Jifan was very happy. This was the money he picked up for nothing, but... how much did the Zhang brothers earn? These two guys are so stingy that they must have hidden a lot of benefits. I will report to His Majesty later and ask the factory guard to check it out. This is the money from the inner treasury. You two brothers dare to hide it privately. They are so brave that they can't beat you to death.

...

Wang Ao was shocked.

He was a little confused, feeling that he had no strength in his body and his limbs were soft.

What does this mean?

Could this mean that I handed over several million to the palace?

The national treasury... The national treasury saved one million taels, but lost five or six million taels?

Suddenly, he felt his brain cramps.

Impossible, I don't believe it.

There is no such much money in the world? Could it be that there is still a way to pick up this money? It is a strategy, it must be a strategy.

………

Liu Jian and others all had dark faces and looked at Wang Ao at the same time.

The memorial was written by you, Wang Ao!

When Xu Jing saw that the Marquis of Shouning mentioned this, he came to his senses and cheered up and said, "Your Majesty, what Marquis of Shouning is true. I have calculated the documents and accounts. Please check it. In addition, the silver rewarded is really hard for the soldiers. If it were not for the soldiers' lives, I would have died forever. I am afraid that I would have been buried in the vast ocean. Please check it out."

As he said, he transferred the account book to Xiao Jing, who held it and placed it on the imperial case.

Emperor Hongzhi's body was trembling, and his hand was stretched out, uncovering a corner of the book. There were countless small characters in it, which made people feel a headache when looking at it. However... this book can be verified slowly by the Silijian. As long as there is real money and silver, it will be fine.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "No need to read it, I can trust Xu Qing's family."

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Wang Ao looked at the book straight, and suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue, and almost collapsed.

He saw the eyes of Liu Jian and others, and looked at him.

In this gaze, there was sympathy and a little blame, as if he was saying, "Look, look, look, what's wrong with the country and the people."

As soon as he thought of this, Wang Ao's eyes suddenly lost their color.

This is... I will die, and I will die!

Wang Ao could almost imagine what terrible situation he would face after walking out of the warm-up hall, the number one fool in the world? Or maybe he colluded with the emperor and sought the silver that should belong to the treasury?

I, Wang Ao... I am a famous person for my lifetime.

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Liu Jian felt that his mind was like a mushy, the chief minister of the cabinet, who was managing the affairs of the world, but everything in the world was asking for money.

A good wife cannot cook without rice, but the silver flew away.

What's even more ridiculous is that... everyone was excited and after discussing with His Majesty, everyone happily agreed.

The memorial to ask the treasury to pay the cost required to voyage to the West and to replenish the proceeds from voyage to the West were also sent together by everyone, which was announced to the world.

He closed his eyes and heard Fang Jifan's rattle laughter, which was very harsh.

Li Dongyang also served as the Minister of Revenue. His mind was already running like a calculation.

Finally, he confirmed that he lost money, and he lost all his money, and Wang Ao ruined the country.

Ma Wensheng, the Minister of War, finally had the confidence this time.

It is said that the Ministry of War spends money, and it is said that the Ministry of War is wasting money and food. Prince, you are not moral or not. You... Have you colluded with the palace? If you had known that this trip to the West would have huge benefits, you would have conspired with the palace. Oh, you are still the imperial teacher. No matter how you look at it, you are like you have fooled all the officials in the court.

After a brief loss of mind, Wang Ao decided to maintain his demeanor. He stiffened his face, looked at countless doubts and resentful gazes, and stood expressionlessly. It doesn't matter, I am noble and well-known, everyone will never use the worst thoughts to guess me, this matter... this matter...

Fang Jifan had already stood up at this time: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty."

With this congratulation, Wang Ao's heart that had finally calmed down was completely destroyed as if it had been destroyed.

Wang Ao shouted, his head sank and he fell to the ground.

"Prince, Prince..." The eunuchs were panicked.

It was so good that the prince was paralyzed.

Several eunuchs stepped forward with all their might.

Wang Ao looked at the void in a daze.

Finally, someone helped Wang Ao up.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Call the Imperial Doctor."

"Your Majesty." Wang Ao finally walked out of his wandering: "I... nothing is wrong, nothing is wrong." He was in a trance, but he was not polite to keep himself in his last demeanor.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, but calmed down and looked at Xu Jing: "I heard that the Qing family has arrived at the Golden Continent with their fleet."

"That is it." Xu Jing said: "The Golden Continent is a treasure land. Your Majesty, the land there is extremely fertile, but the population is sparse. The growth of grain is particularly gratifying. No wonder so many high-yield crops in the world originate from the Golden Continent. Even this land is barely cultivated, sowing a handful of seeds, and without careful cultivation, it can grow grain. I saw with my own eyes that the Franji people were there, and they opened up wheat fields without care. The harvest of wheat was not under the middle wheat fields of the Ming Dynasty."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he became warm. He took a breath of cold air and suddenly felt a regret that such a magical place in the world was really like this.

Xu Jing continued: "The Golden Continent has thousands of miles of fertile land and lush trees. Even the trees are particularly large. I have seen some kind of tree that dozens of people cannot carry it. Such a giant tree, if it were in the Ming Dynasty, would be called a divine tree."

Emperor Hongzhi was even more surprised when he heard this.

You should know that if the emperor wants to build a palace, he often needs a lot of noble wood. Especially in order to make the palace pillars, he must have high-quality wood and it needs to be made very thick. A good wood may need to be searched in the Yunnan and Guizhou area, and then cut down and processed it. Then it is transported by countless people to Beijing by water and land, but he has never heard of the sacred wood that dozens of people cannot hold. If there were so many sacred woods in the Golden Continent, the abundant product would be ten times greater than that of Middle Earth.

Emperor Hongzhi said in surprise: "I heard that the Ming Dynasty occupied the Middle Land, with a fertile land of thousands of miles, and was a fertile land of the four seas. My Ming Dynasty is a central country, and everything can be self-sufficient. But now, what you say now, isn't that Golden Continent far better than the Ming Dynasty?"

The central country is so confident. Everyone thinks it is a bad guy. This is the self-confidence accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years. Although this self-confidence is a bit inflated, to be honest, anyone who has occupied such a good land and is more than a hundred times as rich as other sub-civilizations around it will inevitably have the idea of ​​being the only one.
Chapter completed!