The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 1141

[Chapter 1141 The Worried Minister of Household Affairs]

For a moment, the trader began to doubt life.

If it’s just that one girl who sells all her dividends, that’s it.

It can be explained that she knows nothing and has no idea what so many dividends mean.

But Zhang Wenbai also wanted to sell all his dividends, which is unexplainable.

The trader showed a thoughtful look on his face, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: “Are you sure you want to sell all the dividends?”

The expression on Zhang Wenbai’s face did not change at all, and he said very calmly: “Sure.”

The trader heard this After speaking, he took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down his emotions, and then nodded and said: “Okay.”

Zhang Wenbai stood there holding the silver, looking at the dividends of the many shops on the exchange, looking worried. Zhong’s appearance.

Soon, he made his decision.

Just escaping from here is not enough!

If this exchange is really what I imagined, the problem will be troublesome! The entire Dachu will be in trouble!

Zhang Wenbai admits that he has never been a person who cares about the dawn of the world.

But, no matter what, he is also a child of an aristocratic family, and his father is also the Minister of Household Affairs.

His fate is also closely linked to the Great Chu Court. If there is a problem with the Great Chu Court!

Then their whole family will also have problems!

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and left the exchange with a solemn expression.

Behind him, there were bursts of noise that never stopped.

“Buy me Zhang’s cloth village for one hundred taels of silver!”

“I want to buy the Linze Prefecture iron mine for five hundred taels!”

“Three hundred and twenty-one taels of silver, all for the coal mines of Duming Prefecture!”

Minister of Household Affairs Mansion.

Zhang Maoshi, the Minister of Household Affairs, was in his study, looking at the letters sent by his subordinates, his brows furrowed, looking worried.

Because of the existence of Baolefang, many rules have been broken.

It turned out that the salt and iron were tightly held in the hands of the imperial court.

But because of the exchange, many state capitals sold their salt ore and iron ore on the exchange and received dividends because they had no money.

By the time the Ministry of Revenue found out, it was already too late to stop it.

After all, there is indeed no law in Da Chu that prohibits the sale of salt and iron dividends.

Da Chu did control salt and iron, but it was still different from before.

Seventy percent of the income from salt and iron is handed over to Kyoto Prefecture, and the remaining 30%, 20% is given to the local prefecture, and 10% is given to the salt and iron envoys in various places.

This process is also very complicated. First of all, the salt and iron are mined by the state capitals in various places.

However, the prefectures in various places are not qualified to sell it. Instead, they have to send it to the Ministry of Household Affairs. After the Ministry of Household Statistics makes statistics, it will be sent back to the salt and iron envoys in various places, who will sell it.

In this case, the price of salt and iron will not be different in different places.

At the same time, there is also a state of checks and balances between the state capital and the Salt and Iron Envoy.

If the salt and iron envoys are unruly, the state government will not sit idly by and ignore them.

If the state capital left the salt and iron, the salt and iron envoy would not sit idly by.

In the end, 20% of the silver obtained from selling salt and iron was sent to the Ministry of Revenue in Kyoto Prefecture, 10% was kept by the salt and iron envoys, and the other 20% was sent back to the prefecture where salt and iron were mined.

The price of salt and iron is not fixed. Sometimes it will be high and sometimes it will be low.

If it is low, the state government can make some money from it. If it is low, not to mention making money, they may have to bear the cost of mining, and losses are common.

In short, there are risks.

It is precisely because of this that after the exchanges appeared, many state governments put local salt and iron in the exchanges to make up for the shortfall. Anyway, they still had 20% of the dividends to dispose of.

However, as a result, the court had no control over the price of salt and iron.

If the price of salt and iron is high, the people in the exchange will benefit. If the price of salt and iron is too low, everyone will be unlucky in the end!

Although there are no problems yet, Zhang Maoshi is always worried that one day there will be problems. He himself doesn’t understand where this worry comes from. It’s just the intuition of an old man from Hubu.

You know, it’s not just salt and iron. Most of these shops, especially those in Kyoto Prefecture, sell profits in the exchange.

The rise and fall of many shops is even closely linked to this exchange.

As the Minister of Household Affairs, he was naturally very cautious about the exchange. Zhang Maoshi once went to a store that was very popular on the exchange, only to find that the store didn’t sell anything at all.

The reason why it is so popular is because they spend a lot of money to promote their stores everywhere.

Many people feel that this shop must have great potential!

Doesn’t it sound very ridiculous!

However, this is no longer a ridiculous question! The biggest question is, if things continue like this, who will be willing to run their own shop properly?

Anyway, if you work hard and run the shop well, you may not be able to earn much money.

However, by just spending some money and promoting your shop everywhere, you can earn countless people’s money from the exchange.

If things continue like this, Kyoto Prefecture will probably no longer have so many shops. There will only be crazy people inside the exchanges and crazy merchants outside the exchanges.

Without things, no matter how much money there is in the exchange, what’s the use?

Zhang Maoshi frowned even more when he thought of this and sighed.

At this time, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

Then I heard the servant’s voice: “Master, the young master is back.”

“Yes.” Zhang Maoshi responded and said no more.

The servant whispered again: “Young Master wants to see you.”

Zhang Maoshi said nonchalantly: “No.”

He knew his son well.

There are only two things he wants to see about himself. The first thing is that he does not have enough money, and the second thing is that he is owed money.

Of course, he was content with this.

He is better than the sons of his colleagues.

He just eats, drinks and has fun, but doesn’t cause any trouble. Just like that, he is very satisfied.

What’s there to see about a son like this?

Zhang Maoshi paused and then added: “If he wants money, give it to him, up to a hundred taels. If he owes money, give me a hard beating! Make him unable to leave the house for a month. !”

He said it with gritted teeth.

As the Minister of Household Affairs, I am in charge of the world’s money and food. I am cautious and cautious every day, walking on thin ice or facing an abyss.

What about my son? He spends his days having sex, eating, drinking and having fun. Apart from not causing trouble, there is nothing good about him!

They say a tiger father has no dog sons!

How come you have such a son?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel even more upset.

At this time, the servant whispered again: “Master, the young master said that he has something important to discuss with you.”

(End of Chapter)