Chapter 944： make up your mind
Fan Zijin was eating hot pot with Qi Haoran around the stove when he learned that all the money he owed to the rich merchant had been paid back.
It was freezing cold in Guangzhou at this time, so the two cousins got together to eat hot pot at noon.
Fan Zijin carefully folded the letter from the big shopkeeper in Beijing, his eyes were slightly wet, and the debt that had been pressing in his heart was cleared at once, and he was a little dazed for a while.
Qi Haoran stuffed a handful of boiled mutton into his mouth and asked vaguely, "What's wrong?"
Fan Zijin put the letter away, Qi Haoran smiled gently, "Big cousin has paid back all the debts."
"Oh, then it seems that the big brother is determined to separate the treasury and the inner treasury, and the inner treasury no longer needs to support the treasury."
Fan Zijin came back to his senses when he saw how he took it for granted. Yes, all this money was used for the treasury. He asked, "What about the money that the treasury owes us?"
Qi Haoran looked up at him, "You really want to come back, why do we need so much money?"
Before Fan Zijin worked hard to make money, he was able to support a country for three years, and he wanted to see how much money was in it.
Fan Zijin said: "I can't take advantage of those courtiers, even if I use them to do good deeds for Ah Ling, we will end well."
Qi Haoran shook his head and said, "Although those courtiers staring at the elder brother's inner treasury are a bit abhorrent, but they did not embezzle. The money was put in the treasury and finally used for the people and the country's construction. How can it be said that it is cheap for them?"
Fan Zijin saw that there were only two people in the room, and confidentiality was not a problem. He was not shy, and sneered directly: "The wealth of the imperial treasury of Emperor Sejong of the previous dynasty has never been seen before. Back then, he wanted to leave those silver coins and rice grains to future generations to make achievements and build a career. As a result, Emperor Gaozong was extravagant and extravagant, and under the effect of upper and lower, courtiers and aristocratic families borrowed money from the household. Only Gaozong's generation squandered one-third of the property accumulated by Emperor Sejong, and the latter were gradually squandered by his descendants. As far as I can see, it is enough for the eldest cousin to keep enough money, money, rice and grain for future generations, and use everything else that can be used, and keep it in the state treasury. courtier."
Fan Zijin never hesitated to use the most sinister intentions to speculate on others, "Now the laws are strict and the politics are clear, so there are few cases of corruption and bribery, but in another 20 to 30 years, the world will be stable and the world will be peaceful. inevitable."
So Fan Zijin felt that instead of keeping the money for those people to be greedy, it would be better for them to use it for themselves, or to do business or charity, even if it was extravagant. Stronger than cheaper others.
Seeing that Qi Haoran was not persuaded, he continued: "You have also seen that those ministers have the big cousin's inner treasury as a back-up, and they do not think about making progress, nor do they want to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and only want to get money from the inner treasury. Now When the treasury and the treasury are separated, they want to fulfill their responsibilities, but if they have a pile of debts on their heads, do you think they will take the initiative to share the worries for the king?"
Qi Haoran was stunned, blinked, tilted his head and said, "This idea seems like a good idea."
If the money belonged to the emperor, the treasury could refrain from paying it back, because that was the emperor. It seems natural that the emperor took the money to build his own country, but if the money did not belong to the emperor, the treasury could not default.
And most of the money came from Fan Zijin, and only a small part was the shares of Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling.
Qi Haoran thought of the expressions on the faces of those old ministers, and immediately said with great joy, "Let's mention it to Big Brother when we look back."
Fan Zijin smiled and said, "The eldest cousin has already made the Ministry of Household pay an IOU, but it's just that the treasury can repay it in our lifetime. If it can't, we should burn the IOU in front of all the ministers before we leave. , lest the unworthy descendants use it to make trouble."
Qi Haoran nodded.
The two brothers happily finished the hot pot and went back to the yamen for errands. Qi Haoran didn't know that he also had a letter until he went back in the evening. Ten thousand taels of silver, he also said that since this arsenal is used in the name of the royal family, it will take the money from his internal treasury, and Zijin and I will each take 30%, and the eldest brother will take 40%."
"Really?" Mu Yangling was also very happy, "Did Big Brother say that the 50,000 taels must be used for cannons?"
Qi Haoran shook his head, and Mu Yangling coveted: "Then how do you plan to use these fifty thousand taels?"
"Naturally, it is used to select a site to set up a factory and hire craftsmen," Qi Haoran said: "The arsenal costs a lot, and requires a furnace and a large amount of copper and iron, but it is not as small as your two workshops, so the 50,000 taels must be Still a long way to go."
"Then where do you plan to build the factory?"
Qi Haoran took out the map and pointed to one south and one north road: "Dongping House or Shaozhou House, the former is near Jinan House, where iron and copper mines have been discovered, and the area is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a Beiqing River along with it. The Yellow River, water and land are not a problem, but Dongping House and Jinan House were seized from Dajin by General Yuan four years ago. There is still a lot of chaos there. There are even various Jurchen tribes living together. In the event of a war, our artillery is likely to be cheap."
Qi Haoran said that he was secretly resentful. After all, they haven't been able to recover all the lost soil, so they are very encouraged to be safe.
"As for Shaozhou Mansion, the advantages are also obvious. My father is now in Guangdong, and Shaozhou is not far from Guangzhou, so it is easy to host, and this place has a direct waterway to Guangzhou, and the transportation is also convenient. The most important thing is that the arsenal is built here without fear of foreign enemies. ."
Because Shaozhou is a safe area from north to south, east to west, and is far from the border, as for the coastline, he does not believe that the pirates can break through his defense line and reach Shaozhou.
Mu Yangling didn't believe it either.
"But the disadvantages are also obvious. The iron and copper mines in this place are not large. It's okay if the arsenal is small, but the iron and copper mines in this place are not enough."
"Then ship it from somewhere else."
“The cost will be high.”
"Then we can't choose another place?"
"Yes, but I don't worry about not being under our noses." Qi Haoran said.
"Dongping Mansion is not under our nose either."
Qi Haoran smiled, "But General Yuan is there, and General Yuan's character is there. I have written correspondence with him, and he is also very interested in artillery. When the arsenal is built in Dongping Mansion, our worries will be much less, but in addition to General Yuan, I don't feel relieved to hand it over to other generals."
Even if it is his confidant, he is not at ease, because people may change, and General Yuan's character has undergone thousands of trials and tests, and he can be trusted on this point.
"Then let's build it in Shaozhou." Mu Yangling decided, "It doesn't matter whether this factory can grow, what matters is whether it can make cannons, so it doesn't look at the output, its purpose is to develop cannons. Drawings and exploration technology, with these two, we can build factories elsewhere."
"No matter how few iron and copper mines are in Shaozhou, there is no problem in supporting research, right?" Mu Yangling raised his head and asked Qi Haoran.
Qi Haoran nodded slowly, "Just do as you said, I will go to Shaozhou when I have time, and the craftsmen will also start looking for them. It just so happens that the craftsmen raised by the royal family in the previous dynasty are still there. I told my eldest brother, let me He sent a few craftsmen who were proficient in weapons."
It was freezing cold in Guangzhou at this time, so the two cousins got together to eat hot pot at noon.
Fan Zijin carefully folded the letter from the big shopkeeper in Beijing, his eyes were slightly wet, and the debt that had been pressing in his heart was cleared at once, and he was a little dazed for a while.
Qi Haoran stuffed a handful of boiled mutton into his mouth and asked vaguely, "What's wrong?"
Fan Zijin put the letter away, Qi Haoran smiled gently, "Big cousin has paid back all the debts."
"Oh, then it seems that the big brother is determined to separate the treasury and the inner treasury, and the inner treasury no longer needs to support the treasury."
Fan Zijin came back to his senses when he saw how he took it for granted. Yes, all this money was used for the treasury. He asked, "What about the money that the treasury owes us?"
Qi Haoran looked up at him, "You really want to come back, why do we need so much money?"
Before Fan Zijin worked hard to make money, he was able to support a country for three years, and he wanted to see how much money was in it.
Fan Zijin said: "I can't take advantage of those courtiers, even if I use them to do good deeds for Ah Ling, we will end well."
Qi Haoran shook his head and said, "Although those courtiers staring at the elder brother's inner treasury are a bit abhorrent, but they did not embezzle. The money was put in the treasury and finally used for the people and the country's construction. How can it be said that it is cheap for them?"
Fan Zijin saw that there were only two people in the room, and confidentiality was not a problem. He was not shy, and sneered directly: "The wealth of the imperial treasury of Emperor Sejong of the previous dynasty has never been seen before. Back then, he wanted to leave those silver coins and rice grains to future generations to make achievements and build a career. As a result, Emperor Gaozong was extravagant and extravagant, and under the effect of upper and lower, courtiers and aristocratic families borrowed money from the household. Only Gaozong's generation squandered one-third of the property accumulated by Emperor Sejong, and the latter were gradually squandered by his descendants. As far as I can see, it is enough for the eldest cousin to keep enough money, money, rice and grain for future generations, and use everything else that can be used, and keep it in the state treasury. courtier."
Fan Zijin never hesitated to use the most sinister intentions to speculate on others, "Now the laws are strict and the politics are clear, so there are few cases of corruption and bribery, but in another 20 to 30 years, the world will be stable and the world will be peaceful. inevitable."
So Fan Zijin felt that instead of keeping the money for those people to be greedy, it would be better for them to use it for themselves, or to do business or charity, even if it was extravagant. Stronger than cheaper others.
Seeing that Qi Haoran was not persuaded, he continued: "You have also seen that those ministers have the big cousin's inner treasury as a back-up, and they do not think about making progress, nor do they want to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and only want to get money from the inner treasury. Now When the treasury and the treasury are separated, they want to fulfill their responsibilities, but if they have a pile of debts on their heads, do you think they will take the initiative to share the worries for the king?"
Qi Haoran was stunned, blinked, tilted his head and said, "This idea seems like a good idea."
If the money belonged to the emperor, the treasury could refrain from paying it back, because that was the emperor. It seems natural that the emperor took the money to build his own country, but if the money did not belong to the emperor, the treasury could not default.
And most of the money came from Fan Zijin, and only a small part was the shares of Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling.
Qi Haoran thought of the expressions on the faces of those old ministers, and immediately said with great joy, "Let's mention it to Big Brother when we look back."
Fan Zijin smiled and said, "The eldest cousin has already made the Ministry of Household pay an IOU, but it's just that the treasury can repay it in our lifetime. If it can't, we should burn the IOU in front of all the ministers before we leave. , lest the unworthy descendants use it to make trouble."
Qi Haoran nodded.
The two brothers happily finished the hot pot and went back to the yamen for errands. Qi Haoran didn't know that he also had a letter until he went back in the evening. Ten thousand taels of silver, he also said that since this arsenal is used in the name of the royal family, it will take the money from his internal treasury, and Zijin and I will each take 30%, and the eldest brother will take 40%."
"Really?" Mu Yangling was also very happy, "Did Big Brother say that the 50,000 taels must be used for cannons?"
Qi Haoran shook his head, and Mu Yangling coveted: "Then how do you plan to use these fifty thousand taels?"
"Naturally, it is used to select a site to set up a factory and hire craftsmen," Qi Haoran said: "The arsenal costs a lot, and requires a furnace and a large amount of copper and iron, but it is not as small as your two workshops, so the 50,000 taels must be Still a long way to go."
"Then where do you plan to build the factory?"
Qi Haoran took out the map and pointed to one south and one north road: "Dongping House or Shaozhou House, the former is near Jinan House, where iron and copper mines have been discovered, and the area is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a Beiqing River along with it. The Yellow River, water and land are not a problem, but Dongping House and Jinan House were seized from Dajin by General Yuan four years ago. There is still a lot of chaos there. There are even various Jurchen tribes living together. In the event of a war, our artillery is likely to be cheap."
Qi Haoran said that he was secretly resentful. After all, they haven't been able to recover all the lost soil, so they are very encouraged to be safe.
"As for Shaozhou Mansion, the advantages are also obvious. My father is now in Guangdong, and Shaozhou is not far from Guangzhou, so it is easy to host, and this place has a direct waterway to Guangzhou, and the transportation is also convenient. The most important thing is that the arsenal is built here without fear of foreign enemies. ."
Because Shaozhou is a safe area from north to south, east to west, and is far from the border, as for the coastline, he does not believe that the pirates can break through his defense line and reach Shaozhou.
Mu Yangling didn't believe it either.
"But the disadvantages are also obvious. The iron and copper mines in this place are not large. It's okay if the arsenal is small, but the iron and copper mines in this place are not enough."
"Then ship it from somewhere else."
“The cost will be high.”
"Then we can't choose another place?"
"Yes, but I don't worry about not being under our noses." Qi Haoran said.
"Dongping Mansion is not under our nose either."
Qi Haoran smiled, "But General Yuan is there, and General Yuan's character is there. I have written correspondence with him, and he is also very interested in artillery. When the arsenal is built in Dongping Mansion, our worries will be much less, but in addition to General Yuan, I don't feel relieved to hand it over to other generals."
Even if it is his confidant, he is not at ease, because people may change, and General Yuan's character has undergone thousands of trials and tests, and he can be trusted on this point.
"Then let's build it in Shaozhou." Mu Yangling decided, "It doesn't matter whether this factory can grow, what matters is whether it can make cannons, so it doesn't look at the output, its purpose is to develop cannons. Drawings and exploration technology, with these two, we can build factories elsewhere."
"No matter how few iron and copper mines are in Shaozhou, there is no problem in supporting research, right?" Mu Yangling raised his head and asked Qi Haoran.
Qi Haoran nodded slowly, "Just do as you said, I will go to Shaozhou when I have time, and the craftsmen will also start looking for them. It just so happens that the craftsmen raised by the royal family in the previous dynasty are still there. I told my eldest brother, let me He sent a few craftsmen who were proficient in weapons."
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