"Your Highness, the crown prince, is the crown prince, but he does this business of merchants..."

The censor still did not let Yu Zhigan go. Many ministers and nobles' eyes lit up. What a great profit this would be if he could get involved.

"The Glazed Mirror is the queen's shop and it has nothing to do with the prince. Don't mention this matter again..."

The emperor spoke slowly, and the other ministers and nobles looked at each other. The flames in their eyes slowly disappeared, and the emperor's business...

"Your Majesty, the crown prince is the crown prince, so you cannot protect him like this. Even if you don't have the glass mirror, Tanggou wine, seaweed, kelp, mahjong... you have never heard of the crown prince doing business. If you don't punish him, then..."

Yu Zhigan looked at the censor and looked at the other ministers who were eager to impeach him. Sure enough, the interests were touching. His salt had already touched some of the interests before. In addition, the discovery of subway mines such as Ma'anshan increased the national strength, but the interests of some nobles...

"The business of merchants is a major event that benefits the country and the people. Why are they so despised by the censors?"

"The merchants are pursuing profits and are despised by the world. His Royal Highness is the foundation of the country. You should not learn from merchants..."

"The old minister doesn't know why the prince said about merchants is beneficial to the country and the people? I studied hard in the books of sages and never met his ancestors..."

An old man walked out slowly, and Yu Zhigan looked over curiously. Li Linfu, the second father-in-law, usually smiling like an old man, but now he suddenly jumped out.

"Li Zhongyun, did the saint teach Li Zhongyun to make horseshoes? Can the saint teach Li Zhongyun that crabs can be eaten? Can the saint teach..."

Li Linfu's face turned red when he was told by Yu Zhigan, but he didn't know how to refute it for a while. Yu Zhigan snorted coldly: "Mencius said that it is better to have no books than to believe in books, read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, and combine knowledge and action to the great way!"

"The prince should not speak nonsense. Since the prince said that business affairs benefit the country and the people, then explain it to the ministers in the court!"

The emperor spoke again. Yu Zhigan heard the following Luneng after the meeting and explained it. Where can I explain it now? I quickly thought about it in my mind and quickly got an idea.

Yu Zhigan took out twenty cents from his pocket, but no matter how much it was, there was no way the East Palace was too poor... Then Yu Zhigan took out paper and pen and wrote down some things, preparing to start his own performance.

"Father, please look at the things written on this paper are equivalent to goods. Let's simulate the process of commodity trading. Di Xiang is yours, Yu Shangshu, this is yours, Liu Shangshu..."

Yu Zhigan bought grain from Di Renjie with twenty cents, and then asked Di Renjie to use the money in his hand to buy farm tools... After a period of transaction, the money was still so much, but everyone had the goods they needed.

"Father, please see, this is a complete transaction chain, everyone takes their needs, and the money is put back into the market, and the taxes generated by each transaction can fill the treasury. In just three days, what is the tax paid by our government in selling glass mirrors? It is one-four percent of the annual income of our government treasury. If there are more than twenty or thirty in the world, will our government treasury be filled? Do you think that business matters are a lowly thing?"

The reason is actually very simple. It is just the stereotyped understanding of the ancients. Yu Zhigan did not intend to improve the status of merchants. He just let everyone know the role of merchants and let some people turn their eyes from the land to him, so that they should not squeeze the poor people anymore.

After listening to Yu Zhigan's words, some ministers fell into deep thought. Li Linfu found that he could not say anything about the prince, and his face turned red with anger: "It is a nonsense, and the merchants are very profitable. If the people do business as merchants, and people's hearts are not old, will our dynasty be in danger!"

"This requires the father and ministers to formulate corresponding laws to restrict merchants' behavior, based on..."

"This matter will be discussed later, but the commercial tax should be mentioned. I have looked at the royal property today. Twenty taxes are indeed a bit low, the Ministry of Revenue..."

The emperor smiled and suppressed the matter and casually mentioned the matter of adding taxes to merchants. However, not everyone's business increases taxes, but a huge profit-making industry like glass.

"Here!"

"What else is there to start!"

"Your Majesty, I have this report!"

Jingzhao Yin Meng Wenli stood up and spoke slowly.

"speak!"

"Your Majesty, Chang'an has been snowing heavily for many days. Many houses in Chang'an City, Lantian County and other places have collapsed, and thousands of victims have also... "

"Ministry of Revenue!"

"Reply to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has allocated money and food to help the affected people..."

"Ministry of Works!"

"Reply to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works has mobilized craftsmen to repair the affected houses, but the number of victims is large, and the weather has been severely cold recently, so it is not suitable to start construction. With heavy snow in Chang'an, the prices of materials required to build houses have increased, and the money and grain mobilized by the Ministry of Revenue..."

"Is there any problem in continuing to recruit civil servants and relieve disaster victims? " The Ministry of War mobilized the government troops to assist the Ministry of Works to build a house?"

"Go back to your Majesty, there is no problem!"

"Then..."

At this time, Yu Zhigan suddenly stood up, looked at his cheap father and looked at the Ministry of Revenue. Several ministers of the Ministry of Works really lacked anything. His glass mirror business was snatched away by his parents before, and now there are projects to take over. Thousands of disaster victims. What a big project this is? If it comes next, wouldn’t it be a profit?

"What's wrong with the prince?"

"Return to my father, my son feels that the East Palace can take over the repair of the houses for the victims!"

"Don't make a fuss, this matter is of great importance, and it's not a joke!"

Yu Zhigan thought about the current cement production of the East Palace. It is enough to build a little house, it depends on how big the profit is!

"Father, my son is not making any noise. I wonder how much budget my father will spend on this disaster relief?"

The emperor looked at Yu Zhigan as if he was joking, so he looked at the Ministry of Revenue. The Minister of Revenue thought for a while and spoke slowly: "This disaster relief, the construction of houses for disaster victims, and the use of disaster relief food is expected to be 30,000 ounces, grain..."

"So little?"

Yu Zhigan calculated it, but soon realized it again. Thousands of disaster victims meant that it was not a house for one person, but a dozen of disaster victims. If there were 700 households, then it would be thirty to forty taels of silver per household! On average, one person would be 30 or 40 taels of silver per household...

This is a lot of money. The most important expense is hiring craftsmen and raw materials. If you leave these out, you can even cost one or two taels of silver. However, it is already very good. Life is really worthless these days.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, this is the most you can offer in the Ministry of Revenue recently..."

"The father's house repair was priced at 30,000 yuan. The son minister was willing to take over, but he needed to call two thousand civil servants. The civil servant wanted the Ministry of Revenue to pay the grain!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is serious?"

After hearing this, the Minister of Revenue's eyes lit up. During this period, due to heavy snow in Chang'an, the number of people affected by the disaster continued to increase. The Minister of Revenue's hair was almost white. Although the tax on the autumn harvest had just been collected, such a big country had to use money everywhere. Moreover, it was just winter. I don't know what happened later and I dared not use money at all.

Moreover, as the colder day by day, if the victims cannot be properly placed, some chaos will occur at the foot of Chang'an City, and I, the Minister of Revenue, will be over.

"really!"

"Crown Prince, disaster relief is a major event, and it is not a joke!"

The emperor spoke up again, and he still believed in Yu Zhigan's ability, but he just distrusts himself for Yu Zhigan's sudden and proactive job.

Yu Zhigan looked at his cheap father and thought viciously, "You are not forcing me." The East Palace is almost over. The plan to make money to build the East Palace has been stranded again. Now it is snowing heavily in Chang'an, and there are no Hu merchants in Chang'an City. The glazed mirrors in the west market cannot be sold. If you don't find a way to make money, the current crown prince Yu Zhigan may appear among the victims!

"Son-member confirm!"

Yu Zhigan had calculated in his mind that the cost of cement is very low, and what he lacked is craftsmen who are familiar with cement. These people can choose from among the civil servants. The civil servants are paid by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue. They don’t need to pay for their own money. If they just build a house, 30,000 taels will still be profitable, and mosquito legs are also meat.

Some people are also very curious that the East Palace is still brewing wine. The wine industry is also profitable and can make money. Now the emperor has started to increase taxes, and the output of distilled liquor has not increased. With the heavy snow, the transportation of wine around Chang'an City cannot be brought in. Now the price of ordinary rice wine in Chang'an City has doubled, and the profit has plummeted.

Now, the daily income of selling wine in the East Palace makes up for the buffet loss, personnel expenses, and burning glass. The daily income is less than 100 taels. It looks pretty good, but it can't stand Yu Zhigan's high consumption as the prince. Basically, Yu Zhigan's East Palace is balanced by selling wine. As for the renovation of the East Palace... there is still new revenue. At least after the beginning of spring, the glass mirror stored in the East Palace will be sold.

As for mahjong, kelp, and seaweed, these are all small heads. Now mahjong has completely become a product of entertainment for civilians. After the pirated version appeared, the original 50 taels per picture of mahjong is less than 500 texts now.

Of course, there are also some problems with Yu Zhigan. Yu Zhigan directly fought a price war with the pirated merchants who sold three taels and two taels. In the end, both sides had a tael understanding of the price at 500 commerce and did not continue to reduce the price.

In the hall, the emperor saw that Yu Zhigan didn't seem to be joking, and nodded slowly: "Since that's the case, let the prince leave this matter to the prince. Disaster relief is a major event, and the prince should not be regarded as a joke..."

"My son obeys the order!"

Yu Tai watched Yu Zhi take on the task of disaster relief, and wanted to stand up and write a sentence. He could do it, but after thinking about the recent expenses of the royal palace, he still endured it. However, he was snorting in his heart. Last time he was in Dengzhou, thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and the elder brother made up his performance. This time he was on the edge of Chang'an City. If the elder brother couldn't do it well, hahaha!

When Yu Tai thought about the treasury in the royal palace, he was bleeding. Originally, Yu Tai was the richest among the princes, but recently he didn't know why he suddenly became the poorest. When did it start? Yu Tai didn't know that the treasury was basically empty, only the two thousand taels that he had recovered from Lai Junchen and the shopkeeper of the black shop yesterday...

Yu Tai doesn't believe that his elder brother can only see such a big change in his abilities in just a few months. Those who cheat are all fake. The elder brother will definitely reveal his true colors this time!
Chapter completed!