Zhu Zhanji helped Hu Shanxiang up. Seeing this blessing, the female officer next to Zhang bowed and said goodbye!

Then she winked at Hu Shanxiang and signaled Hu Shanxiang to leave with her. Hu Shanxiang looked at Zhu Zhanji and hesitated to speak.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Mrs. Zhang and saw Mrs. Zhang nodding with a smile on her face. Zhu Zhanji guessed that his wife had already negotiated with Hu Shangyi about arranging Hu Shanxiang to be by her side.

So he nodded to Hu Shanxiang. Seeing this, Hu Shanxiang immediately felt relieved.

Wait until Hu Shanxiang and Hu Shangyi leave.

Mrs. Zhang glanced at Zhu Zhanji with a half-smile, which made Zhu Zhanji look embarrassed before saying:

"I have already made an agreement with Hu Shangyi about this girl. I will arrange her to live in the room next to yours tomorrow. What should I do then? I don't need mother to teach you, right? You have to hurry up on this matter. Mother can just wait.

It’s time to hold my grandson!”

Zhu Zhanji: “…”

"Ahem, my son knows!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded with an embarrassed look on his face. Seeing that Ms. Zhang was planning to make fun of him, he immediately planned to run away.

But just as he turned around, he thought of something again. He turned back and asked Zhang:

"By the way, mother, I remember that grandpa rewarded our family with several imperial mansions, right? Is there any imperial mansion in Yingtian Mansion?"

Huangzhuang is a product of the Ming Dynasty and is a farmland directly managed by the royal family.

It is divided into three categories in total, one of which belongs to the emperor and is managed by the eunuch who is appointed by the emperor to manage the village. The income and expenditure are naturally controlled by the palace.

The second type is the imperial estate of the empress dowager, which is managed by the empress dowagers of the three palaces in the palace.

The third category belongs to the Imperial Palace of the East Palace, that is, the Imperial Palace of the Prince's Mansion.

The land of Huangzhuang comes from various sources, but the area of ​​each Huangzhuang is very large. On average, the area of ​​each Huangzhuang is almost two to three thousand acres. When converted into acres, one Huangzhuang is

It is two to three hundred thousand acres of land, almost the size of a large county.

This is also a major source of income for the palace.

Zhu Zhanji thought of the wool textile factory and glass factory that might be built soon.

These two factories, and the possibility of even building an industrial zone in the future, will inevitably use a lot of land. Instead of expropriating private land and causing unnecessary trouble, it is better to use your own imperial village directly.

The area is large, it won't disturb the people, and it can also increase some income for the Prince's Mansion.

Of course, if you want to use your own imperial village, you have to clear this hurdle first.

After all, Zhang is in charge of these matters in the Prince's Mansion.

Zhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, nodded and said: "There is an imperial village in Shuntian Mansion, but son, why do you ask this?"

Zhu Zhanji explained: "Grandpa Huang asked me to work with the Ministry of Household Affairs to build a wool textile factory. Then we will produce some wool blankets, woolen clothes and so on. Doesn't this require the acquisition of some land?"

"Wool mill? Wool blanket? Wool sweater?"

Zhu Zhanji's words were a little vague, and Mrs. Zhang was also a little confused when she heard them, but she also understood that since it was a matter that Zhu Di had entrusted to her son, it was not her place to interfere.

However, she felt a little distressed when she thought that her precious son was about to expropriate her royal estate.

"Since it was your grandfather's responsibility, why did you requisition the Imperial Mansion of the Prince's Mansion? Son, it's not like you don't know that our family relies entirely on these fields to make a living!"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji was speechless and said: "Mother, I'm not telling you that you don't know the tricks in Huangzhuang. Two or three thousand hectares of land can be fed to the people. However, if it is given to those

As a eunuch, all the new clothes in the prince's house have to be buttoned and searched all year round. How about you hand over the palace to me and I will give you one million taels of silver a year?"

"One million taels of silver a year?"

After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, Mrs. Zhang's eyes suddenly lit up and her voice rose a bit, but then she said suspiciously: "Son, your mother is not well-educated. You can't lie to your mother. Our taxes for the next year will not be paid."

It’s only two to thirty million taels of silver. How can you get one million taels of silver for an imperial estate?”

Does your mother study less?

Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes in his heart. He didn't know what the person who chose his wife as the crown princess would think after hearing this?

However, Zhu Zhanji still explained: "Isn't this a collaboration between me and the Ministry of Accounts? The Ministry of Accounts invested a total of five million taels of silver and split it 50-50 with me. Although grandpa also got half of it from me, but the rest

Half of the profit, four to five million taels of silver a year, it’s still no problem!”

Zhu Zhanji made an estimate in his mind. As long as the operation is good, he can only get half of it, but as long as the production efficiency is improved, the profit will definitely be very considerable.

After all, the cost of wool is actually not high on the grasslands. The more investment is actually the transportation cost on the road and the labor cost in the factory.

However, he can be transported through the War Department. Anyway, the Northern Expedition War Department has to send supplies to the front line. It would be a waste to come back empty-handed.

As for labor, in this era, labor costs are simply not too low. Many people are even willing to work hard as long as they have a bite to eat.

As a result, Zhu Zhanji even felt that it would be a little strange if he earned less.

However, when his words fell into Mrs. Zhang's ears, Mrs. Zhang was startled. Then she looked at Zhu Zhanji blankly, stretched out her hands, held Zhu Zhanji's face, and said with disbelief:

"Son, you mean, if you only take half of half, you can earn four to five million taels of silver a year?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Almost, Xia Yuanji, you know, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, Grandpa is the most stingy during the war. Think about it, he is even willing to give out five million taels of silver this time

Come on, can you make money from this?"

Seeing his mother like this, he was actually a little glad that he didn't tell anyone about the glass.

If he told the story about the glass, Zhu Zhanji would probably scare his wife silly.

Compared with the benefits of wool, the benefits of glass are definitely in the sky and on the earth.

After all, glass is the flagship product that he plans to supply to the Western Ocean fleet after the beginning of next year.

When Mrs. Zhang heard Zhu Zhanji talking about Xia Yuanji, her eyes brightened obviously, and she nodded in agreement and said:

"What you said is right. Xia Yuanji's mother knows that she is even more stingy than your father. He is willing to pay five million taels of silver, so this matter can definitely be done..."

After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, a satisfied smile appeared on her face. She had even started planning at this moment.

Planning how to spend four to five million taels of silver.

Well, it’s four to five million taels of silver, not one million taels of silver!

After all, what's her son's is hers.

Thinking this way, she became even happier, but as she thought about it, the expression on her face suddenly paused, and then she looked at Zhu Zhanji and said:

"By the way, son, you just said that you were originally divided 50-50 with the Ministry of Revenue, but your grandpa shared another half, right?"

Zhu Zhanji didn't know why and nodded: "Well, grandpa wanted to pay for the war himself next time, so he took half of it from me!"

As soon as Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, Zhang's pretty face suddenly changed and she complained:

"Son, five million taels of silver, why didn't you fight with your grandfather about this matter? If the Prince's Mansion had so much money, it wouldn't have been angry with your second uncle all these years, and

Your grandfather, if he wants to go to war, he should go to the Ministry of Revenue. How can a grandfather in this world want to go to war, but instead come to his grandson for money!"

The more Ms. Zhang talked, the more depressed she became. When she thought that the money that could have doubled again was just left in front of her, she felt bad.

Seeing his mother like this, Zhu Zhanji looked helpless and had to comfort him: "Mom, it's about this. What you lose must be what you gain. Think about it, grandpa was involved in this matter, and now he has divided the money.

, we will be more secure if we don’t take any money in the future, otherwise when the time comes, grandpa will see how rich the Prince’s Mansion is, and with his old man’s temperament, he will just call dad over and say something like this!”

Zhu Zhanji said, paused, pinched his throat, and imitated Zhu Di's accent:

"Prince, I heard that the Prince's Mansion has become very rich recently, even richer than me, the emperor. Tell me, is there such a thing?"

He learned so well that Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but want to laugh when she saw him like this, but felt something was wrong, so she tugged Zhu Zhanji's ears and laughed and cursed: "If your grandpa knows that your kid arranged him, you have to do it."

Your ass is open!"

Zhu Zhanji didn't take it seriously, and now Lao Zhutou didn't know how much he thanked himself.

For his grandfather, a war madman, he ransacked the house and confiscated hundreds of millions of silver in military expenses.

That’s it, there’s no wool business involved!

Rubbing his forehead where his mother had knocked him, Zhu Zhanji said speechlessly:

"Mom, don't worry about whether I will be spanked by grandpa. Let me tell you, our family won't talk about half and half anymore. Do you believe it or not? With dad's courage, as soon as he hears what grandpa said, he won't be able to talk about it when he comes back.

All the belongings at the bottom of the box in the Prince's Mansion were sold and then handed over."

Mrs. Zhang nodded when she heard this and said thoughtfully: "That seems to be the case!"

Zhu Zhanji smiled when he saw this and continued: "So, let's face it, if there is a loss, there must be a gain!"

Mrs. Zhang stopped complaining and looked at Zhu Zhanji's serious expression. She frowned and said with a smile:

"Well, my son is still sensible, not like your father. Come here, let mom take a good look at it and see if it hurts?"

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to be fooled by his mother. He rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "Please forgive me. You said the same thing last time, and then you pinched my face until it was swollen!"

Mrs. Zhang saw that Zhu Zhanji was not fooled and did not force anything. She narrowed her big eyes and whispered: "Son, then we and I have agreed. I will hand over the Imperial Mansion of Yingtian Mansion to you. When the time comes,

You earn money, but you have to give it to your mother. She won't take much, so you can just give her three to five million taels a year, and the rest will be regarded as what your mother gave you... Well, that's you

That pocket money you mentioned!"

Zhu Zhan was very happy when he heard that his mother agreed to hand over the Imperial Mansion to him. He felt that his ability to deceive people had increased again!

But what he heard later became more and more strange.
To be continued...