The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1619

[1619. Chapter 1539 Result Revealed]

hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said and seeing the encouragement in His Majesty’s eyes, Chen Tong immediately cheered up.

So he started talking about what he saw and heard in the workshop.

“First of all, I discovered that in this workshop, there is a kind of people whose salary is extremely high, but they are not engaged in production and have nothing to do. They just drink with merchants all day long. What is the use of these people who are idle and idle? I I think these people need to be eliminated to save money. “

In addition, too much salt is used to pickle fish, which is a waste of resources.”

“In addition, I also found that the cost of night production is particularly high .

It’s high, but here, we adopt a two-shift system, producing day and night. Your Majesty, please think about it. Not only does the salary of those who work the night shift be several percent higher, but the amount of energy wasted during the night is also staggering.”

“My lord, ” he said.

I also found…”

He pointed out many shortcomings in one breath.

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart and said: “The prince is good at everything else, but he doesn’t cherish things. He grew up in the palace and doesn’t understand this. Fortunately, the Qing family pointed it out, as if Otherwise, calculated like this, the monthly expenses of the workshop are unknown. They say that you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are when you are not a rich man. This prince…even if he is a rich man, he still doesn’t understand. This is no wonder to others. After all…this is a huge profit. Business.”

“The Qing family is very talented in economics. I really underestimated you in the past.”

Chen Tong felt like he was eating honey and said hurriedly: “I also discovered something. Sometimes… the production of this workshop. , it will actually slow down, but… the craftsmen and apprentices are still being paid their salaries, and here… I feel that there is something fishy. It seems that someone in this workshop has deceived the prince. I don’t think anyone in this workshop. It’s clean.”

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked.

“Really?”

He gets a salary but is working as a foreigner…

Is this still a human being?

Fang Jifan said that the original intention of letting the prince come to this workshop was to let the prince understand the way of business, learn how to manage money, and be able to be independent.

But now it seems… there are problems everywhere.

Think about it, everyone up and down is deceiving the prince. If one day the prince becomes the emperor, wouldn’t it mean that all the civil and military officials in the dynasty will treat the prince like a monkey?

Emperor Hongzhi’s face instantly darkened, looking particularly terrifying.

A workshop is a small thing.

No matter how great the benefits it can create, it is nothing to the emperor and prince.

But if you think about it more deeply, if the prince is deceived like this and doesn’t know anything about it, what will he do in the future…?

“Hey…” Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said with worried eyes: “My son is a genius, but he lacks the skills to control people.”

Seeing that his majesty, Chen Tong, changed the topic of the workshop to the future prince, Katsuki .

On the issue of unification. He was trembling in his heart and said hurriedly: “The prince has a true temperament and is resourceful. This is his advantage. It’s just that the prince has never learned the art of controlling people, and he has the help of Duke Qi at any time. Naturally, in this regard, Learning has become lax. I believe that learning the art of the emperor must start with the art of the emperor. This is why the East Palace has always read Zizhi Tongjian. Of course… this is not what I should say. It’s nonsense, please don’t blame your majesty.”

Emperor Hongzhi was not cold-hearted towards Zhu Houzhao.

I just feel that… this guy is good at everything, but he doesn’t know how to cherish anything. He shows off in this workshop, wastes money and food, and is deceived. This…

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Chen Tong and said in a cautious tone: “Listen. Okay, if you are willing to tell me these words, this is your loyalty. But if you shout the same words everywhere, it will be a death penalty. Do you understand?”

Chen Tong was agitated.

He felt that a wonderful future was right in front of him, and he quickly said: “I understand that the prince is the prince, and I will never dare to criticize the prince to the outside world.”

Emperor Hongzhi’s expression softened a lot, and he said again: “Please be clear. Please clear up the shortcomings of this workshop. I am very relieved that the Qing family will handle this matter.”

Chen Tong then kowtowed: “I am from Qianmo, and I have been favored by your majesty. How dare I slack off? Within half a month, this workshop will be completely new. .”

He said with blurry tears.

These are tears of happiness.

How many ministers have pursued this all their lives but never encountered such an opportunity.

But now, the opportunity is right in front of him. Like all lucky people in history, Chen Tong feels that he will soon be in the general phase.

After sending Chen Tong away, Emperor Hongzhi continued to read the dense reports.

The daily income of the workshop is huge, but the expenses are also huge.

The countless numbers made Emperor Hongzhi dizzy.

…

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan rarely rested. For half a month, they had nothing to do, so they simply rode horses and wandered around the Western Mountains.

Fang Jinglong rested at home for more than a month and felt refreshed, so he took the two of them on a hunting trip, which was very happy.

Fang Jifan followed Fang Jinglong and Zhu Houzhao. They were hunting, and he ate the delicacies along the way, including pepper, salt, and sesame oil, which are the sacred ingredients for cooking game.

Fang Jifan finally understood why nobles from all over the world loved hunting, because it was so delicious.

We spent some days happily like this.

On the fourteenth day.

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan rushed to the workshop in high spirits.

Happy days always pass very quickly, and the gamble will finally have a result.

Although Zhu Houzhao was full of confidence before.

But…

when the answer came to be revealed, Zhu Houzhao was still a little nervous.

Along the way, in the car, Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan nervously and said, “Jifan, tell me… will my father suddenly become enlightened and become smarter, and really run this workshop well?

” , it is easy to understand the situation of the workshop.

But Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan both agreed to wait for the result honestly.

In fact, it would be easy to do some sabotage behind the scenes.

But cheating on the emperor is seeking death. It’s too late for you to beg the emperor not to cheat or cheat. If His Majesty finds out any clues, this workshop will be gone.

Fang Jifan glared at him, but he was also uneasy. He was thinking: “Are you saying it now? Be prepared to lose your fortune and pay for half of my workshop.”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly didn’t dare to say anything.

The two arrived at the workshop.

But I found that this workshop was filled with a putrid smell.

The two looked at each other.

But at this moment… the whole workshop was in chaos.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty… A few more craftsmen have left, and they are looking for other jobs…” Li Dongyang wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He couldn’t understand why the craftsmen were leaving.

But the most difficult thing to deal with right now is the rotten stench all over the sky. After all… these pickled fish… who knew that if there was not enough salt, they would rot like this.

With so much pickled fish produced every day, if there is a problem with one part, the consequences will be disastrous.

“Hurry up and recruit people. As long as you have wages, are you worried about not being able to recruit people?” Emperor Hongzhi looked haggard: “Call Chen Tong.”

Chen Tong came in a hurry. When he saw Emperor Hongzhi, he bowed his head and said: ” I have seen…”

Emperor Hongzhi stared at him: “How is the production now?”

“It’s very good, it’s really good.” Chen Tong said: “I work day and night to urge the production, and those lazy guys are doing it. He was severely punished, so… the current output is much higher than when the prince was there. The only… the only problem is…”

He raised his head and glanced at Emperor Hongzhi cautiously: “The only problem is… the warehouse It seems that it is not enough. The Shiquan Dabu Lu is now… now piled up like a mountain. I… I think… I think… I should build a few more warehouses.”

Chen Tong looked unsure .

appearance.

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

On the other side, Liu Jian came in a hurry: “Your Majesty, Your Majesty… things are not going well.”

Liu Jian was panting. Unfortunately, he was old, but he was out of breath and was about to die at any time. He looked like: “Your Majesty… things are not going well. Just now… just now… the merchant from Shanxi said that he wanted to reduce the order from 1,300 bottles to 200 bottles.”

“Only 200…” Emperor Hongzhi was stunned. I have produced so much Shiquandabulu here that this warehouse cannot even hold it.

“This…why is this?”

“I don’t know why.” Liu Jian said dumbfounded: “They didn’t answer even after I asked him, so the old minister almost put a knife on his head.”

Emperor Hongzhi felt very annoyed and subconsciously He picked up the cup filled with warm water on the document, took a sip of the water, and then said: “Ask them, if the price is lowered for them, how about shipping the goods for nine taels of silver?”

Liu Jian said with a sad face: “This The old minister has already tried this method. At first, he said that he would reduce the order to 500 bottles. Then he proposed that he could give some discounts. Who knows, they said on the spot that they only needed 200 bottles, just these two hundred bottles. The bottle is still the result of the old minister’s bad words.”

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked.

These businessmen… are they out of their minds?

Give them a discount, but they don’t want it?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Tong: “Where’s the revenue these days? Show me the revenue.”

“It’s not out yet, but… I think it will be out soon.” Chen Tong looked at Emperor Hongzhi timidly: ” Your Majesty… don’t… don’t worry, we… we have saved a lot… a lot of money these days. “

Yes, to be honest, it seems that we have indeed saved a lot of money these days.

But… Emperor Hongzhi still felt that something was wrong.

The crux of the problem is that he doesn’t know where the problem lies.

So, Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: “Things are still under my control, so don’t rush. By the way, the payment, go check the payment now, and…” Emperor Hongzhi walked back and forth for a few steps, then raised his head: ” Call the foremen and ask them to stabilize themselves first.”

(End of Chapter)