Ancient Fortune Records

Shen Li, together with a group of officials who are excellent in accounting, calculated the income brought by amber products, and the total was 12 taels of silver.

Some treasures were sold at the auction. In addition to the valuable Buddha statues, the prices of those Buddhist beads were also very beautiful. Some Buddhist beads were sold at a high price of [-] taels. Such a high price was looted.

Including some not-so-large amber products with exquisite workmanship, they earned a total of 8 taels, and the remaining 4 taels were the proceeds from the purchase of amber handicrafts or rough amber stones by wealthy merchants.

After deducting the commission from the auction house, Shen Li's own profits, labor costs, and site fees, there is still 3000 taels of silver.Although the more than 7 taels of silver still needs to pay part of the tax to the capital, but the rest is not a small amount.

This money is used as a reserve fund for Youzhou's development and infrastructure construction, and every money spent needs to be disclosed.Many counties in Youzhou are facing financial difficulties. Since Shen Li wants to ask the officials below to do a good job, the salary must be raised.What's more, "a clever woman can't cook without rice", without financial support, the development will inevitably be slow.

Shen Li himself obtained nearly [-] silver. In order to avoid the envy and hatred of his subordinates, he immediately booked the restaurant in the largest restaurant in Jizhou for seven days, and asked all the officials in Fucheng to go to the restaurant for dinner at noon and night in the past few days.

Of course, other people's jealousy is only temporary, and they all understand that although this is a huge sum of money, it is not a huge amount to Mr. Shen.

It is absolutely impossible for Mr. Shen to be short of money. There are already many industries in Youzhou, and there are Shen Li's shadows behind them, not to mention the industries in Mr. Shen's hometown, the income is even more astonishing.According to people with accurate information, the workshops of Mr. Shen are now making a lot of money. In a month, these industries can earn hundreds of taels or even 1000 taels of silver.It's just that Mr. Shen is afraid that the tree will attract people's attention. At least a quarter of the money was secretly donated to the national treasury and became the private property of the royal family. I don't know if it is true or not.

Shen Laiqiu was already numb to his son's ability to make money. The boxes of silver were carried like running water into the secret passage dug in the backyard. They were neat and tidy. When the box was opened, there was so much silver inside that it made Shen Laiqiu's heart skip a beat. .

"Son, so much money, we're afraid we won't be able to spend it all in a few lifetimes, right? You earn so much money, what do you do?"

Shen Laiqiu had no idea how irritating his words were, Shen Li thought to himself, his father Versailles was pretty good.In fact, whether it is ancient or modern, as long as a person's wealth accumulates to a certain level, his fortune will become better and better, and nothing can stop him.Keep spending money, buying fields, mountains, and houses. Although the consumption is spent, the money will come back from other channels.

Shen Li looked at his father, waved his hands and said, "Father, since I have earned so much, let's spend it. I have secretly transported the money from the imperial court, and the rest is all ours."

The remaining 5000 taels of silver belonged to the Shen family. The imperial court would not care how Shen Li spent the money. Emperor Xuan has announced that many poor towns will reduce or exempt taxes, and even give material rewards and subsidies to some families who have more children.The people are all grateful for the benevolence of Emperor Xuan.

Some veteran officials in the court felt that Emperor Xuan's throne was becoming more and more chic.From ancient times to the present, I have never seen an emperor who does not worry about finances, but Emperor Xuan was lucky to meet Shen Li who was very good at generating income for the treasury.And Shen Li really let them see a fact - hiding wealth from the people and filling the treasury can exist at the same time.

To put it simply, Shen Li did not simply return wealth to the people, nor did he simply collect wealth into the treasury, but chose to turn the "small cake" into a "big cake" to increase the mutual benefit of the people and the government's finances. Benefit.

Social wealth will not change much for a long period of time, because the development of productive forces is inherently slow.

If Dazhao did not have Shen Li, Emperor Xuan wanted to use money to fight wars and increase military spending, so he had to reach out to the people.The cake is only that big, if the government eats more, the common people will have to eat less.

The people were already miserable because of the war. If the emperor gave them an iron fist at this time, and the officials under the ground were desperately exploiting them, then, as time passed, the relationship between the court and the people would become more and more tense.The root of the chaos can often be explained from here.

Shen Li, who has made the cake bigger, is of great significance to Dazhao.He not only won the respect of the people, but also gained the trust of officials and the emperor by virtue of his talent and intelligence, money and close connection with the royal family.Even his own sexuality became one of the reasons why the emperor and even the royal family trusted him.Not to mention, the person he likes was originally the most dazzling gem in the clan.

Shen Laiqiu didn't think about so many troublesome things, he was still thinking about how to spend the money.

He hesitated, but quickly said firmly: "Your mother has enough clothes recently, but women always like new clothes, hair, and jewelry. Why don't you make a few more for her? What does she like to wear outside the house?" , just wear it."

Shen Li admired his father's emotional intelligence. There are not many men who can understand that a woman's wardrobe is always short of clothes. His father, a man who seems to be very simple, actually grasps the woman's mind accurately.No wonder the family is so harmonious, his father has cultivated well!

He continued to think: "You also need to make a few more clothes. I see that the young gentlemen of other families wear fancy clothes, but you wear white, blue, and black robes all day long, or official uniforms. You don't look like a young man. People. Listen to me. Make some purple, red and indigo clothes to wear. You have a fair complexion, so you must look good. Make three more beautiful crowns, one gold, one jade, and another gold inlaid with jade ..."

Shen Li: This is too exaggerated, Dad, please hold on, your son and I only have one head.

"Yan'er, you've always been sensible. This time, you secretly bought a set of clothes for me and your mother. I measured the size secretly by myself. I also gave you a pair of shoes. The workmanship and style are very good. I think, from now on, spending money Just give a little more money, how about this, give me an extra twenty taels of pocket money every month!"

Shen Yan is not here, if he is here, he doesn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Everyone is rich, only he has a 'low' status in the family.

Shen Li smiled, his father was afraid, he gave Shen Yan too much money, which encouraged Shen Yan to rely on his family.It's better to give less, anyway, many of his properties have been divided into [-]% of Shen Yan's shares, but Shen Yan has not yet married and established a business, so he will temporarily take care of it for his second brother.The second brother will definitely know the good intentions of him and his father.

For Shen Yan, their Shen family has always been a Shen family with loving father, filial son, and respectful brothers and sisters. 【no】

Chang'an, the imperial palace.

Emperor Xuan looked through the accounts and found that the treasury had recently received several sums of gold and silver. He couldn't help being surprised, "This amber was really made famous by Shen Li, and it can have so many taxes."

They were all sold to the Western Regions. The people in the Western Regions always called him poor, but now they are doing well. The amber Buddha statues are bought as soon as they are bought, and the gold and silver are squandered like sand.This Shen Li is also a kind person, an honest child, knowing that my unfilial son will not leave me some good amber, he specially chose the best amber Buddha statue and sent it over urgently.

It is a pity that it is said that although there is a lot of amber in Youzhou, it is not inexhaustible.It is estimated that there is not much amber left in the Youzhou Coal Mine.

King Rong touched his double chin, "Father, didn't you say that you can't let others know that you like Amber?"

Don't accept this Buddha statue, give it to me.

Seeing the longing in his son's eyes, Emperor Xuan held back his smile.

Emperor Xuan said solemnly: "Shen Li, you are not considered an outsider after all. He is your cousin's sweetheart. If it weren't for your emperor's uncle who still doesn't agree with them to be together, I would have planned to give them a marriage. I would recognize their future marriage. Besides, besides mines, the most valuable thing in Youzhou now is amber. It is normal for him to give me amber, and others will not think that I like amber."

Who would know his likes and dislikes? The king's love may not necessarily be like, and the king's dislike may not necessarily be disgust.

King Rong nodded, with an expression of "I understand, this will help you stabilize the character", and said loudly on purpose, "Father, since you don't like it, then give this Buddha statue to my son, my son. not picky."

No one was left in the hall, but there were many servants standing outside.The servants heard His Royal Highness Rong's shouting inside, and secretly remembered the emperor's preferences: It turns out that His Majesty doesn't like amber, so you have to be careful about the amber ornaments in the harem, and don't put them in front of His Majesty, so as not to lose them.

Emperor Xuan: ...

He was angry and funny: "You evil, ghost, how many ambers you have left in the palace, and you still want to come here to fight the autumn wind, hehe, you are really a good son, don't even think about this amber! Let's test your theory!"

King Rong shook his head and said, "Oh, father is just like the sky."

Emperor Xuan was wondering why the dog actually spit out ivory, when he heard the Nizi continue:

"It's like the sky, when it clears up for a while, it makes me warm all over; for a while, it's stormy and stormy, making me really embarrassed..."

"roll!"

King Rong quickly rolled out of the hall, and stopped at the entrance of the hall to straighten his clothes.

The servants wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The Eighth Prince had been waiting outside the hall, and when he saw King Rong coming out, he was in a 'wretched state', and immediately made fun of him, "Hey, Little Twelve, what, what did you do wrong, and asked Father to drive you out?"

He secretly hoped that his father could transfer the affection he placed on his twelfth younger brother to him. Unfortunately, perhaps his fate with his father was not as deep as that between his twelfth younger brother and his father. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't Get the father's favorite.

King Rong immediately looked at the eighth prince, saluted, and then slowly replied: "I didn't make a mistake, it's just that I just annoyed my father. Starling, you must be careful when you go in to see your father now!" Be careful father The emperor asks you about policy.

The Eighth Prince's face changed slightly, and he glared at King Rong.

King Rong shrugged, didn't he just remind you kindly?As for being so angry?Is the starling not very smart, and has forgotten a fact-except for him, which prince does the emperor see without asking Jing Yi policy theory?Why are you angry?

As for the Eighth Prince, their royal family is also a royal family of "fathers are kind and sons are filial" and "brothers and brothers are respectful" today.