Chapter 130
Chu Huan gave too much, and each one of them could earn a lot of money for the national treasury.
The money is ready, how could the emperor and the officials not agree to build the road?
The cement road built by the princess's mansion had just started, and many of them went to see it. After the cement road was built, they also rode tires made of Eucommia gum back and forth several times.
With such a smooth road to drive on and such a shock-absorbing car to ride in, traveling quickly and comfortably, only a fool would disagree.
The only problem is: it's a lot of work.
Ever since they took on the task in the Imperial Study that day, all the officials began to work frantically, thinking in their dreams about how to arrange and make money.
Now they finally understood what it felt like for the Minister of Personnel, who was almost forced to retire by more than a dozen types of fertilizers: he was indeed bald.
All departments in the court were working at full capacity. From the department heads to the errand boys, everyone was busy as a whirlwind.
The officials who entered the civil service through the imperial examination this year were lucky. They had something to do right after they arrived and did not need to stay in idle positions for several years just to gain experience.
The officials who entered the government through the imperial examinations this year were unfortunate. Since Princess Zhaoming returned to the court after her honeymoon, they were transferred to the Ministry of Revenue and became doctors. All of them were ordered around by her.
Why can a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue order so many first-, second-, and third-rank officials around?
There's nothing we can do about it. Princess Zhaoming is really good at making money.
She didn't even need to show off her status as a princess. She only needed to ask, "Do you want to make money? Do you want to enrich the national treasury? Do you want to build roads?" and officials would rush to do the work.
The officials and people of Dasheng were fed up with being ridiculed for having no money in the treasury. Once their soft spot was touched, they would not respond.
The work at the Ministry of Revenue was completed the fastest, not because their task was easy, but because there were more people working on it, and their work was particularly targeted.
As early as when Chu Huan disguised herself as a man to attend court on behalf of her brother, she dug a group of women from the second prince's backyard to work in the Ministry of Revenue. After she left, several of these women left, but later came back because they got bored staying in the backyard.
After this batch of tasks were distributed, 70% were taken up by capable female family members, and a large part of the remaining 30% was suggested by the female family members of the Ministry of Revenue officials.
The women had their own shops to run. With ready-made recipes and some ready-made labor, the shops opened in a few days.
Many of the recipes provided by Chu Huan are novelties that Dasheng does not have, including various sweet, salty, spicy snacks, as well as spicy hot pot, skewers, barbecue, hot pot and other snacks that have been modified and upgraded on the original basis.
For example: hot pot.
The word "Dasheng" means pot, and the one used was a copper pot. It would cost several taels of silver to make a solid copper pot, so many families were destined to be unable to afford it.
Those who can afford it will only take it out to eat in the hot pot when it is cold in winter. They will not eat it all year round, and they will not put everything in the hot pot.
On the opening day of the first hot pot restaurant in Beijing, the slogan was "Princess Zhaoming praised the hot pot after eating it."
When people heard the news, they came. Those who were rich would set up their own table and order everything on the menu. Those who were poor would sit at the table with their families or a few people and order more vegetables.
Many people come here because of Princess Zhaoming's reputation, hoping to try the same dish as their idol, but when they try it... eh? It's actually quite good.
The mushroom soup is light and fresh, the spicy hotpot is so spicy that it makes you feel comfortable all over, and the soup base of the pork belly hotpot can be drunk directly!
Many people immediately fell in love with hotpot and ate different soup bases twice a day. Some people took the leftover soup base home to mix with rice, and slurped up a big bowl of it. It was so delicious!
The food business is the easiest to do and the capital recovery is the fastest.
Many businessmen saw the profits in these businesses and approached the bosses, wanting to pay a large sum of money to buy the recipes. At this time, they would face the choice of joining or sharing the profits.
It was Chu Huan who suggested, "Dasheng is so large, with so many businesses and tens of millions of potential customers. It's impossible for the court to control all of this business."
"I know you're going to say the imperial court is powerful and nothing is impossible, but why bother? The imperial court is supposed to control the overall direction of Dasheng, and they have too much to do. If they really want to control the entire country's business, it might be fine in the short term, but over time, they'll inevitably become corrupt."
Ministry of Revenue officials: "..."
Corruption is an eternal topic and an evil habit that can never be banned.
Chu Hua: "Using the franchise and profit-sharing method, you can charge a certain franchise fee or profit-sharing, and you don't have to worry too much. Merchants will also rack their brains to operate in order to make money. What's wrong with that?"
After some analysis and consideration, the Ministry of Revenue agreed to this business model and copied it to other businesses. In just half a year, various food stores such as barbecue and hot pot were opened all over Dasheng.
As various delicacies blossomed everywhere, Beijing took the lead in organizing food streets and food festivals.
With good seeds and fertilizers, the harvest from the fields increased a lot, and the people had extra money. Seeing that their lives were getting better and better, they were willing to spend money on food.
The raw materials for food are mostly poultry and vegetables, which are closely related to the output of the land. When the demand is high, the people work harder, but they can earn more money and have more hope in life, forming a virtuous circle.
Within a few months, other places followed suit, and the Food Street Food Festival activities showed a tendency to radiate to neighboring countries.
The Ministry of Industry's spinning machines and flying shuttles were the second to produce results.
The Ministry of Industry gathers Dasheng's top technical talents, and it is easy to make a few machines with the blueprints.
The twenty-fold-speed spinning machine caused a sensation in the capital, and the textile industry immediately took off.
Soon after, bicycles and tricycles from the Ministry of War also came out. They flew across the flat concrete road at such a speed that many people thought they were dizzy.
The emergence of these two products further increased the market demand for Eucommia gum and rubber. Many people who planted Eucommia trees were very happy. Some people quickly increased the planting volume, while others realized it later and followed suit.
Even if Dasheng is able to grow rubber in a few years, Eucommia ulmoides is still a medicinal herb. The people will not lose money if they grow it, and they can also pass on this profitable skill to the younger generations, which is even more worthwhile.
The people always felt that Dasheng was on a roll, and that the various departments of the court were developing new things one after another, as if they were competing.
In this invisible competition, it was the Li tribe that was supposed to win first place that fell behind.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites had extremely high requirements for the stories and packaging designs they wrote. They were either obsessive-compulsive or perfectionists. They stared at every detail with a magnifying glass, picking at it bit by bit, and only submitted their manuscripts after making sure there were no flaws.
It's good to strive for excellence.
Chu Huan had no objection, but the Minister of Rites was very angry - the speed was slower than that of other departments, which made him feel embarrassed.
Fortunately, their carefully prepared stories and designs were all applied to daily necessities such as soap and facial cleanser, and cosmetics such as rouge and stone black. After being promoted, these things were bought by many wealthy ladies and made a lot of money.
After these were shipped to other neighboring countries, the prices increased dramatically by double or triple, but people still wanted to buy them. This made the entire Ministry of Rites even more motivated, and they vowed to take all the money from those bastards in the Western Rong, Northern Di, and Eastern Yi.
Relatively speaking, Taipu Temple was the slowest.
Chu Huan knew how to incubate chicken, duck, and goose eggs on a large scale, but she was not very clear about the specific conditions and temperature details, so the officials of the Imperial Household Department needed to figure it out on their own.
After the emperor learned about the money-making power of these prescriptions, he was delighted for a long time and said to Lin You and Chen Jiu, "Is Zhaoming the God of Wealth?"
Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, Chen Jiu teased, "Princess Zhaoming is so good at making money. If she's not the God of Wealth, then she must be a treasure bowl transformed into a spirit."
"Pfft." The emperor was amused, waved his hand, and opened another booklet on the side.
Seeing this, Lin You and Chen Jiu silently took a step back.
When the emperor saw the contents of the booklet, his smile gradually disappeared and then became numb.
This is the account book for cement road paving submitted by the Ministry of Revenue. For this item alone, it is not enough to fill in all the profits from the profitable businesses mentioned above, so a part of it is paid out from the national treasury.
How happy he was before, how heartbroken he is now.
No wonder Chu Huan gave out so many good things at once. It turns out that all the good things combined can’t fill this hole!
The God of Wealth has descended to earth. Is she a Pixiu?!
"How could there be so many?!" The emperor was so distressed that he felt dizzy and breathless. He couldn't bear to read the account book any longer. "Lin You, tell me."
Lin You had never seen the account books from the Ministry of Revenue, but the Jinyiwei were ordered to protect Chu Huan closely, so he knew the major developments in the princess's mansion.
"Before the princess got married, she trained a group of people to pave the cement road. They taught them as they went along. After the plan was approved, they divided a section of the road into two parts and started building it, connecting the beginning and the end."
"This way, construction can be much faster because the roads being built are within the officials' own jurisdiction and will be used by the people for decades. No officials or people dare to be lazy, and many people will maintain them on their own, which saves a lot of supervision."
"It saved effort and increased speed, so the princess asked these experienced people to teach others. And so on. From the beginning, we built a few roads at the same time, then we built more than a dozen roads, and now we have dozens of roads being built at the same time. The cost has snowballed..."
"Stop!" The emperor didn't want to listen anymore.
He didn't want to know how much money Chu Huan spent, nor did he want to know how much of a wasteful plan he had agreed to.
The clearer it is, the more regretful it is.
Chen Jiu hurried forward to massage the emperor's shoulders and back. The emperor relaxed for a long time, and then realized that he couldn't just throw the account book aside, so he picked it up and started reading it again.
When he flipped through the account book, the emperor discovered that there was a letter inside, with the words "To Your Majesty Father" written on the envelope.
The handwriting was obviously Chu Huan's.
Emperor: "...Chen Jiu, burn it."
Reading the letter made him feel flustered and confused. He always felt that he would never open it even if he was beaten to death - he trusted his intuition very much.
How could Chen Jiu dare to do that? He also knew that the emperor was just speaking in anger and would not really do that.
not to mention……
"Your Majesty, if you burn Princess Zhaoming's letter, the system will expose this matter in the court tomorrow, and then everyone in the court will know about it."
The emperor ground his back teeth hard, Zhaoming and the system really jinxed him!
He took more than ten deep breaths before opening the envelope. When he saw the beginning, his vision went dark. When he read halfway, he covered his chest. When he read the end, he pinched his philtrum desperately to avoid fainting.
"Zhao Ming, you're a loser!!!"
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