Yan Shiyue frowned as he listened.

The Ministry of Revenue is now headed by the Fourth Prince, who is very confident. He said he would not give the money, and he was not polite at all. Besides, this must be the intention of Emperor Ming Yan.

She asked, “How much did they do?”

Wu Gang was about to cry: "I made 20,000 sets, and now there are more than 19,600 left, all made of good wood... If there were a few less, I would pay for them out of my own pocket, but there are too many. Not to mention the labor, the wood alone is not a small number. All in all, it's about 38,000 taels."

Yan Shiyue was really impressed...really.

What can I say about these two? Don't you feel bad for selling your father's land? This kind of gadget is not a necessity, so making 2,000 is not a small amount, how about 20,000? !

And this wave of operations is really... beyond words.

They made a lot of money from selling the "Common Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce". Even if they had to bear half of it, or beg Emperor Ming Yan to admit his mistakes, it would be a way to deal with the problem...

As a result, they just pushed the issue and threw the things to them. From this point of view, they were relieved, but they didn't think about it. In this way, who would dare to give them convenience in the future? They blocked their own way!

Still too young!

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...

Yan Shiyue held his forehead and asked, "What does it look like?"

Wu Gang quickly asked his subordinates to bring it up.

Yan Shiyue took a look and found that the wood was all good wood and the craftsmanship of the Ministry of Industry workshop was also good. Although it didn't have any special features, it was exquisite enough.

For the wood alone, the cost of a pair is about two taels of silver. Add in the labor, accessories, and the seven or eight items that are sold by the seller, and a pair must be sold for at least three taels to make a profit.

In fact, she understood that Wu Gang might not be really short of money, but he really didn't dare to pay this money.

Besides, why should I pay for it? It won't be good even if I pay for it.

The Ministry of Industry is not really helpless, after all, they have many familiar imperial merchants and can send people down... But this matter involves the prince, and the higher-ups are watching, so they dare not do so!

Yan Shiyue asked again how they sold it before, and then said: "Well, you go to the East Market and choose about three shops, then pick two people from your shop, or you can pick yourself, and pick the busy time after the court is over, drive the carriage, rush all the way there, then get off the carriage in person, go to the shop and ask if they have flying bird chess. If others ask, don't explain... In short, attract people's attention first, then show up in court clothes, and you can decide the details in between."

"Then in the afternoon, or the next day, for several days in a row, people in court robes would rush over to ask. Then you would ask someone to pass on some messages privately, for example, the young master of so-and-so's family was addicted to flying bird chess, and was beaten by his father and confined to his house. Then at night, out of fear of being cold, he secretly went to see him and found him still playing flying bird chess, so he was so angry that he beat him up again..."

She raised a finger and said, "Anyway, it's just a funny, gossipy little story. It can attract some people."

"Also, we can say that some nobleman fell in love with flying bird chess, but when a guest came and didn't know how to play, he walked away in anger, calling the guest a country bumpkin..."

She raised another finger: "This will attract some people."

She looked at him and said, "You don't need too many rumors. The wisdom of the masses is endless. They will make up stories themselves. This is called hype. Just hype it up for about six or seven days. Never exceed ten days, otherwise counterfeits will come out. Then you arrange for someone to take the flying bird chess to negotiate with these stores, and they will be able to sell it."

Wu Gang didn't quite understand what she said, but he trusted her absolutely. He nodded repeatedly and left.

When it comes to acting and spreading gossip, these people are all experts and they quickly did what she said.

Wu Gang performed the show himself, together with Yan Chengze, the Minister of Works, for three days straight. Even his colleagues heard about it and asked him, "I heard that Lord Wu has become obsessed with something recently... Flying Bird Chess?"

Wu Gang smiled but said nothing.

Of course, Emperor Ming Yan also heard the news.

He knew the whole cause and effect, and the things his son had done made him very angry. He then found excuses to reprimand Concubine Shu and Concubine Ning one after another, and punished them seven or eight times.

Seven or eight were completely confused.

They were trapped in the harem and didn't know what happened in the previous dynasty, so they would never connect the punishment with these things. They just thought that their father had a bad temper recently and would punish people for no reason, so they were trembling with fear for a while.

And after the Ministry of Industry's operation... everyone's curiosity was fully aroused.

The people in East Market were well-off, and each of them wanted to buy something to see what it was.

So many people went to the shop to ask, and the shop was also looking for it. After the people arranged by the Ministry of Industry came to the store, all the chess pieces were actually sold out.

Wu Gang sold it for four and a half ounces, and after doing the math, he submitted a petition and turned over the remaining money to the state treasury.

Of course, he had to describe the story. He certainly didn't dare to say anything bad about the princes, so he said that the seventh and eighth princes were clever and clever, and invented the flying bird chess. Then they were busy with their studies and delayed the sales. Then the Ministry of Industry asked the prime minister for advice to sell the chess in order to make ends meet...

In short, he just praised Qiba and Yan Shiyue a lot.

As soon as the court officials heard this, they knew that Wu Gang had been tricked by the Seventh and Eighth Princes, but the Seventh and Eighth Princes didn't think so!

Emperor Ming Yan sent someone to take this memorial to Qiba, and asked them what they thought. Qiba knew that what he did was not fair, so he naturally said that he was not thoughtful enough and failed to follow through, and that Lord Yu Wu had been implicated...

They were not stupid enough to think about dividing the money, but even the Eighth Prince thought that if it was so easy to sell, why didn't Yan Shiyue teach them in the first place!

They were not allowed to use the name of the Ministry of Commerce, and they were not taught how to sell... They were the same children of the emperor, but they were not taught, and instead taught an outsider! If they had been taught earlier, not only would they have made the money themselves, but there would have been no such trouble!

Because Emperor Ming Yan had appointed a crown prince very early and the prince had already established a firm foothold, the seven or eight children did not have a deep understanding of many things. They did not know that it was precisely because they were all children of the emperor that they were "not taught" many things.

As for Wu Gang, he was truly grateful to Yan Shiyue.

He dared to say that no other prince would care about this matter.

When he came to beg for help, he didn't have much hope, but she didn't help, so he had to take the blame. Maybe the higher-ups wanted to find an excuse to punish him because of the incident with the rebellious girl?

He was ready to consider himself unlucky.

But she took care of it, without seeking any benefit, and didn't care who he was. She just took care of it when she could and helped when she could.

How could he not be grateful!

Just thinking about how such a good relative had been killed by his own unfilial daughter made him feel heartbroken!

Especially, Yan Shitu married the daughter of Ye family. The mansion of Ye family was very close to Wu's mansion. When returning to Wu's parents' home, Yan Shitu specially accompanied her back. The young man was really a handsome man, much better than Liang Chou by a hundred times. I wonder if Wu Fangzi would regret it when she saw him.