Chapter 288: Heavenly Conclusion (Part 3)

"Ba." Before Liu Ji could finish his words, Song Ke slammed the table and stood up. "You are too shameless, and you kept saying that you are not a lobbyist. What did you say to me and Brother Zhang just now? Now, how have you changed another word?"

"Zhongwen is a little calm. As the saying goes, loyal words are unpleasant. Liu did this for the future of the general manager. As for what he said to you just now, he will naturally mention it to General Manager Zhu, just to change the order." Liu Bowen was not panicked at all, smiled slightly, and responded indifferently.

"You, you are a villain who is trying to speak out." Song Ke was furious and continued to slap the table and curse. It was too shameless. He had seen a shameless person. He had seen such a shameless person. He first incited the guests to leave in the inn, and then laughed at the wrong way of money in front of the owner. He was not a bad word. It was obvious that Zhu Chongjiu would not do anything to him, so he deliberately sold him directly for fame.

Just as he was about to curse a few more words, he revealed Liu Ji's ugly face. Lu Kun, the head of the school bureau sitting next to him, gently patted the back of his hand, "Zhongwen doesn't have to worry. How can the Grand Chief Manager be a person who can speak with just a few false words? Let's sit down and listen to the Grand Chief Manager tell you the principle of making money."

"Zhongwen, sit down." Yangzhou prefect Luo Ben also smiled, taking advantage of the opportunity to get up to refill everyone, and comforted Song Ke with a smile, "This new tea is made by the method taught by our lord. Although it is not as famous as the Dragon Tuan and Phoenix Tuan, it tastes a different taste when you drink it."

It was not that they turned their elbows outward, but that they really didn't like Liu Ji's topic entry point. If they were in the "classics, history, and collections", they might also make their lord feel embarrassed for a moment. How to make money is just digging a hole for themselves. Anyone who has been in contact with their lord for a long time knows that Ju Fuzi's greatest ability is to turn stones into gold. The so-called art of making tools may be far behind making money.

Sure enough, after everyone was quiet, Zhu Chongjiu calmly picked up the teacup and took a big sip, then smiled and said, "Bowen was worried that Zhu's strategy could be used on one place, not on one country. This is actually not without reason. After all, it is not like Huaiyang, wherever elsewhere, guarding a canal that runs through the north and south. People elsewhere may not find so many skillful craftsmen in Huaiyang."

"I can't find so many sluts who are as jealous as those in Huaiyang and chasing the stinky stinky as in Huaiyang." Liu Ji also picked up the teacup and took a big sip, adding with a sneer.

"As for Zhu's revival of Yangzhou, in Bowen's opinion, it was nothing more than three places. First, it was intercepted from Zhang Mingjian, second, confiscated salt merchants from three places and the wealthy family that refused to bow to Zhu, third, it was to sell artillery at a high price and earned it from other heroes." Zhu Chongji ignored Liu Ji's provocation, took a sip of tea and continued to say slowly.

"That's right." Liu Bowen nodded without hesitation, "In fact, first and second, they all came from the wealthy family in Yangzhou. However, Zhang Mingjianbai worked hard for a while, but in the end he made a wedding dress for the chief executive."

"This is also reasonable." Zhu Chongjiu had a surprisingly good temper today and did not dislike Liu Ji's words at all. "Most of the gains from Zhang Mingjian's robbery from Yangzhou were indeed in the hands of Zhu. The money confiscated was indeed charged into the Yangzhou official treasury, and these two money can only be used once, and it will not be obtained after use. In a short time, no one around Zhu was willing to be the second Zhang Mingjian. In Huaiyang, if you have the courage to publicly fight against Zhu, you may also run away. If you die, there will be no more money left. You can't copy it."

"But." After waved his hand gently, Zhu Chongji interrupted Liu Ji's desire to speak and continued to add with a smile, "However, Zhu can pat his chest and tell you that these two sums of money have been used on the people of Yangzhou now. Zhu himself did not take a penny, and I, the government officials at all levels under the jurisdiction of Huaiyang General Administration, did not take a penny. In order to restore Yangzhou's vitality, the General Administration has at least doubled the money in. I wonder if Bowen can believe these points."

"This" Liu Ji's face clearly showed a look of shock, killing others' wealth and helping himself poor. Most of the uprisingers in history basically took this approach, including Peng Yingyu, Liu Futong and others. After breaking the imperial prefecture, they also plundered all the money of the government treasury and the rich, and then left the big head for him, and only took out a small part to buy the hearts of the people.

But Zhu Chongjiu didn't seem to be lying. Judging from the recovery speed of Yangzhou City and its current prosperity, he had no possibility of lying. After all, more than 600,000 mouths were placed there. Whether it was a porridge hangar to donate or work-for-relief, a lot of food must be taken out. The rice price in Huaiyang area is still about three times that of Jiangnan now. The little wealth collected from Zhang Mingjian and the rich can ensure that people will not starve to death. It will definitely not make Yangzhou City so vibrant from top to bottom.

He is a well-educated scholar, not a gangster. After finding out what Zhu Chongjiu said was the truth, he immediately admitted his mistake. "Liu believes that the chief manager is not bullying him with lies. Liu has also seen with his own eyes that the people of Yangzhou regard the chief manager as a Buddha of all families. If the chief manager is just a wise man, he will not be loved by the people so much."

"Then why do you keep making trouble with General Manager Zhu again and again?" Hearing this, Song Ke slapped the table again and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, Bowen, even if you tried everything before, this test method is a bit too much." The honest man Zhang Yi was also puzzled by Liu Ji's actions, and then Song Ke continued to ask questions.

"Liu is not a false test." Liu Bowen shook his head with a wry smile, "Liu just doesn't want the millions of common people in the three parts of Huaiyang, and the thousands of heroes in the world, to end up with a slight joy."

Without waiting for Song Ke and Zhang Yi to refute, he quickly bowed to Zhu Chongjiu, "Master General, if Liu offends something today, please ask the Master General General Manager Haier 1 or 2. Liu Ji can swear to the sky, not coming with malicious intentions."

"Bo Wen's words are heavy." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and shook his head slightly, "This is a tavern, not my Grand General Administration Commission. Even if it is my Grand General Administration Commission Commission Commission, sometimes when everyone argues, it is like a vegetable stall. Zhu is very annoyed about this, but never thought of curing anyone's crime."

"Hehe, cough cough, cough cough cough" Shi Nai'an drank a sip of water into the trachea, choking and coughing. He had experienced the atmosphere of the General Administration's Office's Council Hall recently. It was indeed unimaginable noisy, but noisy, after the final decision was made, everyone could take the initiative to give up disputes and work together to do things. There were few cases of deliberately undermining their own people because of disagreement in politics.

"Then Liu tells the truth." Liu Bowen glanced at his senior brother Shi Nai'an, and then bowed to Zhu Chongjiu again. "The third source of wealth of General Manager Zhu is to sell artillery income to other princes. Of course, there are other things, but the main one is artillery. The total weight of a copper cannon is only over 500 kilograms, and its selling price has increased from the initial one thousand kilograms of copper. Now, each one is worth one thousand jin of money, which has increased by more than three times."

"This, indeed, the price has increased a lot." Zhu Chongjiu's face changed rarely, using the teacup to cover up the embarrassment. "But the current artillery is also very different from the original one. Although the total weight has not changed much, the barrel is at least four inches longer than the original one, and the number of continuous shootings has also increased significantly."

This was a means he was forced to be forced to plagiarize from Zhu Dapeng's memory a while ago. He counted every change of the artillery as an upgrade, from version 1.0 to current version 3.0, and has been upgraded to infinity. Anyway, every change is definitely better than the previous version. Customers are "at will do whatever they want" to upgrade or not.

Liu Ji didn't know artillery, but he also found out from his senior Zhu Sheng that the longer the tube of this thing, the longer the range, and the increase in the number of consecutive shots means a reduction in the risk of blowing the chamber, so from these two points, he could not over-accus Zhu Chongjiu of being in a bad mood.

However, he came to Yangzhou today, not to bargain with Zhu Chongjiu, so he smiled and added loudly, "Liu is willing to be at a disadvantage in the control equipment of General Zhu, but can General Zhu know that in order to buy your artillery, many heroes have begun to shave three feet of the ground? Can General Zhu know that even Liu Futong's grain tax this year has increased to 40% of the per mu, and doing so is actually equivalent to helping you grab money from the people, and so, they still cannot keep grabbing it forever. If the money from all over the country is sucked away by your Yangzhou city, where does General Zhu have new wealth? Could General Zhu still be able to sell the artillery to the Mengyuan side?"

"Hiss" Shi Nai'an didn't care about coughing anymore, raised his head and looked at Zhu Chongjiu with a worried look on his face.

Although Luo Ben and Lu Kun were very confident in Zhu Chongjiu, they couldn't help but frown slightly at this moment. They used to think that after they had money, everything the government did became much easier, but they really didn't think about whether the Grand General Administration would invest the same money in the various departments under their jurisdiction every year in the future, let alone consider that once the situation of fishing in the dry pond occurred, what would the Grand General Administration do?

In an instant, everyone turned their eyes to Zhu Chongjiu, hoping that he would bring confidence and surprise to everyone as before. Unexpectedly, Zhu Chongji suddenly lost interest in speaking. He first half of the tea in Liu Ji's life was in his bowl, and then smiled and raised a cup to invite him, "Come on, Bowen, please use tea."

"Yes." Liu Bowen didn't know what puzzle Zhu Chongjiu was fighting, so he frowned, picked up the teacup and took a sip with the other party.

Zhu Chongjiu smiled and drank the tea in his teacup in one go. Then he evenly removed half of the water in Liu Ji's teacup, and continued to send an invitation, "Come on, this tea is good, please drink it again."

"Haha." Liu Ji suddenly realized, drank the water from his teacup in one sip, and then, provocatively, shone the bottom of the cup towards Zhu Chongjiu.
Chapter completed!