From a freeloader to a world leader

Chapter 283 The news reaches the capital

This joint meeting on the first day of the twelfth lunar month lasted a very long time.

The original intention was to discuss matters concerning the Coal Bureau and the Smelting Bureau, but who would have thought that the discussion would continue until the evening of that day.

However, the meeting was fruitful.

Because, as the soul figure, consultant Sun Shan raised a series of questions and solved them one by one.

Especially the issue of retirement pensions, which caused a huge wave in the entire Datong Chamber of Commerce.

It made ordinary employees at the bottom of the society cry with joy.

As long as this system is promulgated, they will have no worries about food and clothing when they grow old.

This immediately made all positions in Datong Chamber of Commerce the most popular in Hengzhou and even in the entire Chuzhou Road.

For some people who were interested in Datong Chamber of Commerce shares, the first share auction held by Sun Shan on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month was secretly cheered, and they were all eager to try their best to get the shares offered by Sun Shan.

Then, take this opportunity to intervene in the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

Because the Datong Chamber of Commerce agreed to give the emperor 20% to 30% of the shares, and the news that the Coal Bureau and the Smelting Bureau were about to be established was also leaked.

The prefect Ding Zhilai of Chuzhou City, the Sun family of Mianyang, and Emperor Yuanfeng of the imperial capital, basically, within three or four days after the meeting, they all received urgent letters from the inside line of Hengzhou City.

Yang Yuanfeng patted the thick letter sent by his daughter Kewei, and finally, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

This made Empress Qian Ruyu unable to help but pull Emperor Yuanfeng's hand and ask, "Why don't you say something? What did Ke Wei write? It's so thick-----"

Yang Yuanfeng stuffed the letter into his wife's hands: "Read it yourself-----"

Then, Qian Ruyu screamed as she looked at it: "Datong Chamber of Commerce gave us 30% of the shares! King Heng took out 60% of the shares to set up a trust fund. What the hell is this trust fund?"

Then, not long after, Qian Ruyu shouted again: "Share auction? How do you sell it? Should we buy all the shares held by Sun Shan?"

Yang Yuanfeng saw that his old wife was shocked and surprised, and she kept screaming like a country girl who had never seen the world.

He couldn't help but count the silver in the treasury.

Because Sun Shan proposed to give 20% of the shares, and the remaining 10% must be purchased with his own money. I don’t know if the money is enough?

As he was thinking, he couldn't help but yelled, "Li Daban, come in for a moment!"

Jet Li had been standing at the door for a long time. When he heard the emperor and the queen screaming in the house, he had been itching to go in and find out what was going on.

It’s a pity that the emperor has just issued a strict order that no one is allowed to enter the palace.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to ask me?"

"Otomo, let me ask you, how much silver is left in our imperial treasury?"

These words made Jet Li's heart skip a beat.

However, as the closest person to Emperor Yuanfeng, he had followed Emperor Yuanfeng since childhood and had always been in charge of the property of the imperial treasury, so he naturally knew it very well.

"Your Majesty, the amount has decreased over the years. At the beginning of this year, the balance of silver was 767,280 taels, gold was 38,530 taels, and the total amount of cloth was more than 107,800 pieces. As for------"

When Yang Yuanfeng heard this, he interrupted Jet Li's report on other materials and calculated in his mind: as of the end of last year, all these things added up, there were probably less than two million taels of silver left.

"So how many are there now? Otomo, do you have an idea?"

"Your Majesty, I have been keeping an eye on this matter. I have probably used up about 30% to 40% of it. There is not much left."

Yang Yuanfeng's heart was bleeding when he heard this: Fuck it, I am the king of a country, but now I am not even as good as King Heng, and I still want others to give me 60% of the shares.

Thinking back to when I first came to power twelve years ago, there were tens of millions of taels of silver in the imperial treasury!

How come it's getting less every year!

So, he stamped his feet and said, "Big friend, go and check the accounts for me right now, and then change them into silver notes. They will be very useful to me."

These words left Jet Li dumbfounded!

what?

Change all into banknotes?

Did you use them all?

So how can we get through this life?

You have to know that the imperial palace supports tens of thousands of people, and the daily expenses cannot be reduced without 10,000 or 20,000 taels.

Although the imperial farm and some shops could collect some silver, they could not sustain so many people feeding them, nor could they stop the jackals in the court from asking for money from the imperial treasury!

He couldn't help but tremble and asked: "Your Majesty, may I ask you something? What are you going to do with all this money?"

Just when Yang Yuanfeng was about to say something, Qian Ruyu finally finished reading the letter which was seven or eight pages thick.

Hearing Jet Li's question, she couldn't help but shout, "Go and do the math, we want to invest in Datong Chamber of Commerce, Ke Wei said that Datong Chamber of Commerce has increased by 40 to 50 times in just half a year!"

"what!"

Jet Li finally couldn't hold it in any longer and screamed in a shrill voice.

As the chief steward of the imperial palace, he naturally knew a lot about the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

It is also known that this time Princess Kewei, although claiming to be relaxing, actually went to Hengzhou with a mission to plot against Datong Chamber of Commerce and King Heng.

Let’s see if we can take a bite out of these two pieces of fat meat.

Yang Yuanfeng's eardrums were buzzing because of Jet Li's shrill voice.

If it weren't for the fact that he was a playmate who grew up with him, he would have killed him for being disrespectful in front of the king.

"Go quickly!"

Yang Yuanfeng kicked Jet Li angrily and said, "Get out of here-----"

After Jet Li left, Qian Ruyu had calmed down: "Your Majesty, we have to buy the Coal Bureau and the Smelting Bureau, each with 10% of the shares, no matter what!"

"We must buy it. I'm just afraid that the money in the palace is not enough. Didn't Ke Wei say in the letter that the Coal Bureau will invest 150 million taels, and the Smelting Bureau will invest at least million taels. Just adding up these two %, it will be million taels!"

Qian Ruyu couldn't help but shudder when he heard the number 150 million taels.

Ten years ago, this number would not have been that large.

The imperial treasury may have been emptied now, and I'm afraid that nothing can be cleaned out even if we sweep it out.

"Then what should we do? If we don't want the 20%, we'll lose a lot. How about asking Ke Wei to talk to us and get us 30% directly?"

Yang Yuanqing's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

But then he shook his head.

Sun Shan was already very generous and gave 20% of the shares, and also allowed us to purchase 10% on our own. After that, Datong Chamber of Commerce would be responsible for all the investment and development.

If you force it, it will definitely affect future cooperation.

When it comes to doing business, what matters is honesty and giving in order to gain.

As he was thinking about it, Yang Yuanfeng suddenly had an idea. Wasn't King Heng going to give up 60% of the shares to set up a trust fund?

Or, for these hundreds of thousands of people in the royal family, what should be given and what should not be given?

Isn't it up to me and King Heng to decide?

If you want to get a share of this trust fund, or a position in it, you have to make some contribution, right?

I couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Qian Ruyu saw Emperor Yuanfeng suddenly grinning to himself like a fool.

So, he pushed Yang Yuanfeng and said, "Why are you grinning like an idiot? I'm worried that I don't have enough money. How about I borrow some from my family?"

The Qian family, the maiden family of Queen Qian Ruyu, although not the top wealthy family in the empire, was also one of the second-largest wealthy families that had been running money houses.

If Qian Ruyu were to speak out personally, it would still be possible to borrow hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at a time.

"No, no, just listen to me-----"

As he spoke, Yang Yuanfeng looked around, then leaned close to Qian Ruyu's ear and gave her a rough outline of his plan to make some money from the trust fund.

This time, Qian Ruyu was both surprised and happy.

After listening, he slowly sat down and said, "This matter has a way out, but we can't get around the hurdles of the clan house and the prince who will marry us."

"Hehehehe, if that damn old man knew about this, I'm afraid he would run faster than me. From what I heard from Wang Dana, they are the ones who run the most diligently to Prince Heng's Mansion-----"

At this moment, the eunuch outside the door shouted in a shrill voice: "Your Majesty, Prince Cheng is in Qiankun Palace asking for an audience!"

Hearing this cry, Yang Yuanfeng and Qian Ruyu smiled at each other.

Then, Yang Yuanfeng patted his thigh and said, "Come on, Queen, let's go meet that old fox."