【Not yet? 】

Shen Zhiyi's heart was lifted, but then she thought, she was just a small attendant, and the old emperor should not have anything important to talk to her about.

"Chen Zhiyi, I'm short of money recently, do you have any good ideas?"

"ah?"

Shen Zhiyi pointed at himself.

What?

I?

[Is this old emperor mistaken? He asked me how to make money? 】

"Well, Your Majesty, shouldn't you ask the Minister of Revenue about this kind of question?"

The prince reminded: "My father meant the private treasury, not the national treasury."

Shen Zhiyi suddenly realized.

[Although there is the Purple Air Study, the old emperor's private treasury is not much left due to the previous imperial concubine's squandering. Well, forget it. Even if he hadn't squandered money, there wouldn't be much left anyway.]

[There isn't much silver in the national treasury, let alone the old emperor's private treasury. ]

[The old emperor should have canceled the agricultural tax exemption long ago. It has been exempted for so many years. If it continues, Daye will really be impoverished. ]

The old emperor coughed and said, "Ahem, Shen Zhiyi, you usually have a lot of tricks, think about it for me."

"Your Majesty, you really flatter me."

【Ahhhhhh, this old emperor is sick! 】

[No, why do you suddenly want money? ]

The prince also looked at his father curiously.

"Dad, why are you thinking about spending money?"

"It's not for you."

"I?"

[The money originally given to the crown prince for his wedding was now used for war. However, a few days ago, the crown prince found the old emperor and cried about this. No wonder the old emperor suddenly wanted to ask how to make money. ]

The prince rolled up his sleeves.

Well, that unfilial son actually found his father.

[But this is not the main reason why the old emperor wants money, but this guy wants to build a palace, a super large project. Why is it that he is not comfortable living in this palace now? ! ! ]

[And to build such a large palace, the money must come from the national treasury, and the Minister of Revenue will definitely not allow it.]

The prince turned his head to look at his father and moved closer.

"Dad, you really dare to think so."

"Go, go, go away. Dad is doing this for you. If I die, the palace will be yours."

"But the problem is that I can't even afford the money for my son's wedding."

Old emperor: I can’t keep this son anymore, it’s too heartbreaking.

[When the emperors in ancient times were short of money, they would sell official positions, collect all kinds of miscellaneous taxes, or ask criminal officials to pay protection fees, or confiscate their property. Confiscating property was the fastest and most profitable way to make money.]

The old emperor felt relieved.

This Shen Zhiyi is really smart. He immediately thought of confiscating the property.

When the prince saw the old emperor's expression, he knew that the other party had already made up his mind, but just didn't know which one to copy.

A moment of silence for an unknown official whose house is about to be searched.

[But if I tell this to anyone, the old emperor will definitely chop off my head.]

No way!

The old emperor looked at Shen Zhiyi eagerly.

Kid, just tell him which official has committed a serious crime, and he will bring the Dragon Scale Guards to kill him the next second!

"Your Majesty."

“Hey!”

"I am incompetent, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

As he spoke, Shen Zhiyi kowtowed several times spinelessly.

The mechanical voice of the system was screaming in Shen Zhiyi's head.

[Get up! How can you be a slave? You need to stand up! ]

[Stand still, you might get spanked no matter what you say, it's better to just say nothing and be mentally prepared to get spanked. ]

Everyone: Haha.

[But this old emperor really wants this and that, but he can't do this and that. Who dares to give him suggestions? I remember that guy before, the stingy guy seemed to want to vigorously develop business, but he was politely rejected by the old emperor. Otherwise, the old emperor should just stay poor. ]

"you!"

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Please punish me."

Shen Zhiyi did it a few more times swiftly, and stunned everyone present.

[However, the Grand Canal that the old emperor ordered to be dug seems to be almost completed. Once the Grand Canal is opened, the flow of people will increase, and shops, restaurants, etc. will develop along with it. System, do you think I should open a store by the Grand Canal now? I want to be the first to try it! ]

——Support! But host, do you have money?

Shen Zhiyi stopped talking.

The system began to unethically hang two big bold words "poor guy" above Shen Zhiyi's head.

Shen Zhiyi angrily removed the words from his head.

I don't know why, but I feel like this system has suddenly become a little more lively.

[Although I have no money, the old emperor is only glamorous on the surface, and his private treasury is also empty. Humph, balance! ]

The old emperor didn’t expect that one day he would use it to find balance for Shen Zhiyi.

But speaking of the Grand Canal.

The old emperor waved to Chen Decai.

"Where's your godson?"

"Your Majesty, I am in the Ministry of Revenue."

"How does your godson feel about working in the Ministry of Revenue?"

Chen Decai began to flatter him, and the old emperor said impatiently: "I want to hear the truth."

[What a shame! I thought of a way to make money, but it was rejected by the higher-ups. This is not allowed, that is not allowed. It is such a waste of talent to stay in the Ministry of Revenue.]

The old emperor clapped his hands with joy.

"Call your godson here and don't work in the Ministry of Revenue anymore."

"ah?"

Chen Decai knelt down next to Shen Zhiyi swiftly.

"Your Majesty, my godson really likes staying there."

[The great talent is about to cry with anxiety. Of course he is crying with anxiety. How can he not recognize a godson, but he turns out to be a fake eunuch? What does this mean? It means that he can have offspring. ]

[Now he must be hoping that his godson will be very successful. ]

That's nonsense.

Chen Decai looked at the old emperor crying and almost hugged his thigh.

"Alright, alright, why are you crying at your age? I have something important to discuss with him."

Chen Decai's godson A Xiang came over soon.

[So fast, oh, why don't you hide the masterpiece of the fifteenth princess? ]

Ah Xiang subconsciously covered the back of his neck with his hands.

The old emperor was stunned for a moment.

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

Ah Xiang felt very embarrassed.

The old emperor folded his hands and said, "It's nothing serious. You just took good care of the business of Ziqi Study before. I want to open more shops, and I need your help."

There was light in Axiang's eyes instantly.

"Your Majesty, this is easy. Leave it to me."

"The Grand Canal is about to be opened soon, so I think we can open some restaurants."

[Wow, wow, wow, I am different from the old emperor. Look at them, they are talking about restaurants, but I can only think of roadside stalls.]

The word "poor" was once again hung on her head by the system.

[Meow, I won’t compete with the old emperor for business. ]

Everyone looked at Shen Zhiyi in surprise, the meaning in their eyes was very clear.

What business can you steal?

[System, I have come up with a brilliant plan to make money! ]