My Brother-in-law is the Prince Chapter 132

  Chapter 132 The advent of the big killer

  At the moment, Zhu Di looked at these busy tents with his hands behind his back.

  Simply, he asked someone to move a chair and sit down beside him.

  Finally, it was late at night when the sky was full of stars.

  Under the flickering candlelight, an old accountant finally stood up and delivered the accounts to Zhang Anshi.

  Zhu Di couldn't help leaning over to look at it.

   Just looking at it, I felt that I couldn't understand the dense numbers inside, so I said to Zhang Anshi immediately: "You tell me."

  After reading it, Zhang Anshi felt confident, and said, "A few days ago, the business's revenue in the market was roughly around a thousand taels a day."

  A thousand taels is not a small amount, including the rental income and some shops opened by the commercial firm itself.

  Everything comes down, to have such a revenue is equivalent to having a cash flow, 30,000 taels a month, and 30,000 to 400,000 taels a year.

  Zhu Di had to admit that it was definitely a wise decision to arrange Zhang Anshi in Qixia.

Zhang Anshi continued: "But today's income is even more frightening, not counting the income from shipping. Just talking about the market, the twenty-one shops newly opened today brought in 13,000 taels." The revenue from silver. If the Four Treasures of the Study are removed, the revenue that hardly earns silver is more than 5,200 taels, and the net profit is at least more than 2,000 taels of silver."

  After Zhu Di heard this, his eyes became brighter, and he laughed in surprise: "There are so many?"

   This income is definitely not small, the most important thing is stability.

Zhang Anshidao: "The main reason is that the profits of various wine shops and bookstores are astonishing. The consumption power of scholars is strong, and they all have silver on hand. Although the four treasures of the study did not earn silver, they earned double in other places. Minister I plan to open more shops these days, besides, the streets here also need to be planned and repaired, only by attracting more scholars will the future income be even more astonishing.”

   Zhu Di said: "As far as I know, scholars love to live in the area of ​​the Confucian Temple. This time they are only here to buy the four treasures of the study. I am afraid that after a while, they will not come."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "That's why we need to increase the attractiveness! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will keep them here. Tomorrow, a new thing will be opened, and I will definitely teach them to linger. As long as people are kept, this is the business of the firm." A source of wealth."

  Zhu Di gave Zhang Anshi a meaningful look, but he didn't ask what Zhang Anshi was about to open. "

  Just feeling at ease at this moment, he got up and said, "I will rest here tonight, and make bed for me and Duke Wei."

  Zhang Anshi was surprised: "Your Majesty, do you live here?"

  Zhu Di said: "I haven't lived anywhere, so why make such a fuss."

  Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "The minister will make arrangements."

Xu Huizu didn't speak all the time, seeing the eyes of the monarch and ministers shining when he talked about silver, when Zhang Anshi left, he couldn't help but whispered: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask, what is the new thing?" what?"

   To be honest, Xu Huizu was a little curious.

Zhu Di smiled, and looked at Xu Huizu with meaningful eyes, and said: "You better not ask, I am the emperor, you are the Duke of the state, and you are the brother of the queen, there are some things, it is better not to ask. I just sit Just pay the money, don't ask other questions. Otherwise...if you ask carefully, it will be out of style."

   Zhu Di's words were mysterious, which made Xu Huizu scratch his heart.

  He was too lazy to care about other people, but this An Shi, he had to ask, so he immediately said: "Could it be that Your Majesty already guessed it?"

  Zhu Di had a smile in his eyes, and said in a teasing tone: "Since you insist on breaking the casserole and asking the end, then... I will tell you, this An Shi, nine out of ten... runs a brothel."

  Xu Huizu: "..."

  Xu Huizu's expression was a little stiff.

  Xu Huizu is a decent person, he can't accept it.

  Zhang Anshi earns money, he thinks this is also an economic way, even if sometimes, the means of making money are various, it is not a big deal, economic way, just treat him as Guan Zhong of Daming.

  But... this... made him hesitate: "Why did Your Majesty say that?"

  Zhu Di with his hands behind his back, with Zhizhu in his hands: "You, you, you are so confused. You have been honest since you were a child, but your brain is not bright now. Let me ask you, what is this scholar's favorite thing to do?"

  Xu Huizu: "..."

Seeing Xu Huizu's stunned look, Zhu Di said, "Do you know why many scholars linger in the Confucius Temple? Because there...is next to the Qinhuai River. The Qinhuai Ten-mile Long Embankment, I can see from Jinyiwei's report, it is really Night life."

   "Since Zhang Anshi said that he wants to attract scholars here, then... nine out of ten, it has something to do with this Qinhuai brothel. I'm sure that the store Zhang Anshi is going to open tomorrow has something to do with it."

After all, Zhu Di was not without complacency, and continued: "Zhang Anshi... wanted to make a deal with me, but he didn't know that the way is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot high. I have already expected his plan. I didn't continue to ask. , After all, this kind of business is not decent, but there is no way, I am really short of money, so... I have to Zhang Anshi to be the bad guy. Anyway, I don't ask too many questions, as if such a thing never happened.”

  Xu Huizu felt his heart was blocked.

   Isn't this equivalent to being a turtle?

  Xu Huizu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "Young people nowadays... I don't understand."

   "Why, do you regret your Jingyi's marriage?"

  Xu Huizu had a complicated look on his face and remained silent for a while.

  Zhu Di laughed loudly, and said: "I know that people are good at responsibility. There are good and bad things about Zhang Anshi. I am familiar with his little tricks."

  The two of them were also tired, so they didn't talk any more at the moment, and rested peacefully at the place arranged by Zhang Anshi.

   Xu slept late last night, and when he woke up the next day, it was almost noon.

  Zhu Di opened his eyes, shouted, and a person rushed out from the outside: "Little Zhang San, I am here to serve you under the order of my uncle."

  Zhu Di looked up at him and said, "Where is Yi Shiha?"

   "Go get some hot water."

  Zhu Di said again: "Where's that kid Zhang Anshi?"

   "There is a big business to be opened, so my uncle went to prepare it early in the morning. At this time, it should be the time for the grand opening, so..."

  Zhu Di's body shook, and he couldn't help cursing: "Fucking his mother, doing this in the daytime."

   Immediately full of interest, Zhang San went to call Xu Huizu.

  Xu Huizu met Zhu Di, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, it's getting late. After leaving the palace for so long, it's time to go back to the palace."

  Zhu Di said: "No hurry, let's go to that place first, let me see how his brothel is different from other brothels."

  Xu Huizu suddenly felt a bit blocked, we are **** in-laws, and going to places like this with my uncle, is this a human thing?

   But Zhu Di is now the emperor, with three thousand beauties in the harem, and no worries about debts.

   Immediately, the two brought a group of guards, and soon appeared on the street.

   Today's market is more lively than yesterday, obviously because many scholars passed the news back to Nanjing City yesterday, and many scholars were moved by the news, even some merchants and rich households also came to watch the excitement.

  Even ordinary people come here with the mentality of going to the market when they see the novelty.

  Zhu Di looked at these people coming and going, and felt as if there were countless ingots flowing.

  He suddenly thought of something: "I heard that the Confucius Temple is also very lively, but why can't it bring benefits to the treasury and me?"

  Thinking about it in this way, Zhu Di felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

  On the one hand, the people are poor and miserable, so they have to lighten corvee and reduce taxes.

  On the one hand, there are people who are well-clothed and spend a lot of money.

  In such a world situation, it is inevitable that Emperor Taizu Gao was very angry at every turn.

   And this Qixia is nothing more than the second Confucius Temple in the future. The only difference is that it can really bring money to Zhu Di.

   slap slap slap...

   At this moment, the sound of firecrackers came from a distance.

   There was even a sky cannon that boomed and shook the rubble.

  At the moment, Zhu Di and Xu Huizu walked towards a relatively remote corner in the northeast.

  The road here is more spacious, while in the distance, there is a huge building.

  Zhu Di vaguely remembered that this building seemed to have started leveling the land and building something when it was last year.

  At that time, Zhu Di thought it was to build Zhang Anshi's mansion.

   But now look at this huge building, a row of guys are standing to welcome customers.

  Many scholars stood suspiciously in front of the door and wandered.

  The area here is very large, covering tens of acres.

   Soon I heard someone yelling: "Please come in, please come in... Today is free, it's free..."

   Not long after, Zhu Di and Xu Huizu arrived at the door.

   Looking up, I saw a huge plaque: "Qixia Library."

  Books…

  Zhu Di and Xu Huizu looked at each other.

   "Your Majesty, what kind of hall is this? Are the current brothels called libraries?" Xu Huizu was puzzled.

  Zhu Di: "..."

   There are many scholars who go in.

  Many of them came to buy the Four Treasures of the Study, so they strolled in this street. There was a lot of movement here, and it was named as a library. It even claimed that it was free today, and all of a sudden...it attracted a lot of attention.

  As for Zhang Anshi, he will definitely not appear in front of the door to welcome guests, after all... Now Zhang Anshi's role in attracting customers is negative, and he may be beaten.

  Zhu Di didn't hesitate, squinted his eyes, and said in a low voice: "I really want to go in and take a good look, what's the name of this place?"

   Immediately after entering the mansion, he saw that there were more than a dozen attics in the mansion.

There are signs hanging in every attic, including "Poems of Tang and Song Dynasties", "Notes on the Collection of Confucius, Mencius, Cheng and Zhu", "Yinlu Huaben", "Suicide Notes of Qin and Han Dynasties", and "Twenty-Three Histories and Unofficial History Collections". ", "Tang, Song and Yuan Remains", and "Collected Works of This Dynasty"...

  Brands one by one are dazzling.

  Zhu Di looked at it, frowned and said, "This...what is this..."

  But... Not far away, a scholar said in surprise: "Look...Look, let's go there and have a look."

  The people who spoke were exactly the people from Zeng Chen.

  They invited more people from the same year to come together this time. At this time, these seven or eight scholars have already rushed into the annotations of Confucius, Mencius, Cheng Zhu and Zhu Xue.

   Soon, someone was shocked and said: "My God, there is Liu Xiang's "Liu Zizheng Collection" here. I have been looking for it for many years and have never seen it..."

  Many people looked eagerly at the rows of bookshelves in this building.

  There are so many books inside that it is dizzying.

  Zeng Di's complexion also changed accordingly.

  He claims to be the number one young talent in Jishui today.

   This is of course due to the origin of family learning. The Zeng family has its own study for education, and there are also a large number of various books copied by the ancestors in the study.

  Under the influence of this kind of culture, coupled with the prosperous literary style in Jishui County, and frequent exchanges with people, Zeng Di was born on the anniversary.

  But...Even so, he couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw the vast sea of ​​books.

   This is just a small building.

   And there are more than a dozen small buildings like this, which are divided into categories, and the number of books in each department is countless.

   It's like a person walking into the treasure house all at once. This kind of joy cannot be replaced by ordinary people.

  In this era, because of the high cost of printing, everyone's thirst for knowledge is mostly based on family learning, and the knowledge learned in schools is probably relatively superficial.

   Therefore, many aristocratic families pay great attention to collecting books.

  They will try their best to collect all kinds of books, even many lonely copies, transcribe them, and then hide them at home, keeping them secret from others, only for their own children and grandchildren to read.

  However, no matter how prominent the family background is, the collection of books in the family is actually limited. On the one hand, the family may fall, the books may be lost, or they may be improperly kept, and the descendants will not cherish them.

  Of course...the biggest possibility is that no matter how hard a family works, they will not be able to acquire all the books in the world.

  A person like Zeng Di already has a profound family background, but the books he has read are, in essence, only one ten thousandth, or even one ten thousandth, compared to this vast sea of ​​books.

  For a scholar, if he can get a book he has admired for a long time, it is enough to make him ecstatic, because books are precious, and searching for books is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the price is too high.

  The reason why scholars can be superior is essentially to use this kind of information asymmetry.

  It is too difficult for ordinary people to study.

  Even wealthy people, such as Zeng Qi, look at so many books, most of them have never read them.

  He has heard the name of some books for a long time, but he can't read them, and it is inevitable that he will feel endless regrets in his heart.

  Available here…

   "Ah...is it "Liu Zizheng Collection" by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty? Is it included "Warring States Policy·Records"? I have been looking for this article..."

Liu Xiang is the clan of the Western Han Dynasty. He was ordered to revise books in the court. He is also a disciple of Xunzi. material.

   "Look quickly, here is Liu Yun's "Guwen Shangshu"."

"Ha ha…"

   "Don't make noise." Someone shouted loudly.

   As a result, everyone's voice became much softer.

  Everyone crept up to walk.

  Everyone was secretly excited. Beside the bookshelf, there were tables and chairs, so they found a book, and sat in front of the table, looking down carefully.

   This really means that the mouse fell into the rice jar.

   Soon, more than a dozen buildings were full.

  It could have accommodated hundreds of people, but now there are thousands of people entering and leaving here.

   Those who don't have a seat simply stand and look down to read.

  Zhu Di and Xu Huizu looked at each other, and then Zhu Di found that Xu Huizu was looking at him like a monkey.

   This made Zhu Di feel uneasy. He whispered: "Book...Book...Zhang Anshi, this guy has brought so many books, it seems...he was prepared...this thing is better than a brothel."

  In Nuo Da's reading library, it was eerily quiet, but it was densely packed with people.

  Many people came after hearing the news.

  Wandering in the buildings and bookshelves, looking for all kinds of books.

  Besides that... There are many fellows shuttle here.

   Provide pastries and tea to readers.

  The scholars were all silent, and they all watched mesmerized.

  Zhu Di was dumbfounded. Looking at the appearance of these scholars, it is obvious...this place is indeed more attractive than brothels....

  Occasionally, someone whispered in a low voice, excitedly talking about the contents of the book in their hands.

  At this moment, Zhang Anshi appeared.

  Zhang Anshi smiled silently at Zhu Di.

  With his hands behind his back, Zhu Di followed Zhang Anshi as if nothing had happened to a study in the back.

  This should be a place for librarians.

  What they are responsible for is to classify all kinds of books, and carefully mark the books on the rows of bookshelves, so that everyone can look them up.

  Of course, there are still some people who pour tea and water for others. People who study here will inevitably forget to sleep and eat. They always have two sips of tea and two cakes.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, in order to let all the scholars in the world have books to read, I really took great pains. I invited people to search for books all over the world, and there are many lonely manuscripts. Fortunately, bookstores in various provinces The agents here sell books locally, and maybe they can't help with other things, but when it comes to collecting all kinds of books, they are somewhat capable.”

  Sometimes books are like special products. Maybe in a certain county, all the scholars here have read this book, but hundreds of miles away, many people have never heard of this book.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. After all, there are natural obstacles to information exchange in this era. Even after hundreds of years, before the logistics industry has fully developed, the word specialty is still a must for people to return to their hometowns when they go out. things.

   What's more, in this era when information is almost isolated.

  Zhu Di said: "How many books have you collected?"

"After the collection, I immediately asked someone to copy it. There are roughly 97,000 books, of which more than 400 are common books for scholars. The rest...are many private collections and ancient orphan books. Agents, but they have racked their brains, and the cost of going up and down here is more than one hundred thousand taels of silver!"

   Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, this silver... is enough to make anyone dumbfounded.

   But this is the case in this era, the cost of books is so expensive, not only that, you also have to go to great lengths to find someone to copy and store.

  Even the rulers of all dynasties have to compile books. The so-called book repair is actually to collect books from all over the world and classify them. It often requires a person at the prime minister level to do the general compilation, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources.

  As the so-called "prosperous age revision code" actually means this, when the country is not in a prosperous age, such a thing that consumes a lot of manpower and material resources cannot be done at all.

  Zhang Anshi used more than 100,000 taels to produce more than 90,000 books, which is considered cheap, after all, he holds the resources of bookstores all over the world!

  It can be done by other people, even if it costs 200,000 or 300,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid it may not be able to do it.

  Zhu Di said: "Just to read books here for scholars?"

   "Exactly." Zhang Anshi said: "These books... are worth tens of thousands of taels. Putting them here are priceless treasures for scholars. Think about it, Your Majesty, are these scholars willing to leave?"

  Zhu Di said: "You mean... a large number of scholars will gather here in the future?"

   "Exactly."

   Zhang Anshi can guarantee this point. After all, scholars are still very knowledgeable. Now, if you don't read the library that costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, it will be a waste.

   Moreover, scholars often only deal with scholars. If other people are knowledgeable and talk to you with a lot of allusions that you have never heard of, if you can't cope with it, then you will inevitably be rejected.

  You don't have any choice if you want to fit in with this group.

  Zhu Di said: "In this way, isn't it a loss?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "What's wrong? This library will take several hours to see. During these hours, they must eat and drink! What if it's getting late and can't catch the ferry back to the city? The basic necessities of life , nothing can escape.”

"I have already made a plan. I am going to open up a piece of land near here and build more inns for people to live in temporarily. Besides, more and more scholars will come here in the future. I am afraid that Qixia's annual income will be as high as The tens of thousands of taels of silver have been earned back."

Zhang Anshi continued like a treasure: "Furthermore, letting scholars study here is of great benefit to the country. If they are left to their own devices, these people will inevitably cause trouble. I have also thought about it. In this library, every In three or five days, we will organize some activities, such as reading clubs, such as lectures, and invite some well-known people, such as my younger brother, to teach others, so that we can increase our popularity."

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "Also, I still have some arrangements. There is an open space next door. I plan to build a Qingyi Hall for scholars to drink tea and rest. There... let them exchange their reading experiences. Do you really like doing such things? Farther away is the school built by the minister, but this school has to be built stronger and stronger, otherwise the prisoners inside... no, what if the scholars inside escaped? So the school, only I'm afraid it will take another year and a half to complete the project..."

Zhang Anshi continued to talk about his plan enthusiastically: "There are four treasures of study here and a library. Next, a Mongolian school must be built. Your Majesty, you can see that there are so many scholars gathered here, and the style of writing is flourishing. Wouldn't reading be a source of literary spirit? There will be many people who would like to send their children here to enlightenment.”

"With these as a foundation, some trees have to be planted on the roadsides of the roads around here, so that the trees here will be full of shade, not only that... on the Qixia Mountain next door... I also plan to repair it, so that literati and poets can go to the mountain Use it when expressing love for mountains and rivers!"

"Your Majesty, scholars have money. They don't do production in the capital, and they don't do anything. They all rely on the money sent from their hometown to support them. They have so much land in their family, and the income is amazing. They have to throw it here for food, clothing, housing and transportation. will lose."

As he spoke, Zhang Anshi took out a sketch from his sleeve, and continued: "Please look, Your Majesty, this is a market, and this is a distribution center for literati centered on libraries and schools. Farther away is the ferry, and over there It's a scenic spot, here... I plan to turn it into a residential area, each area is different, the market needs to be lively, and the ferry needs to be rebuilt!"

"In order to facilitate the exchange of merchants, the wharf needs to be greatly built. In this area, in order to supply Qixia, hundreds of acres of warehouses will also be built. As for the place where the literati gather, I will plant a large number of trees near here, and the trees will become green. Yin, even along the way! There are also rockeries, ponds, and thirteen pavilions. All in all... Don't even think about leaving when you come, stay here and leave your money.”

  Zhu Di's eyeballs are about to fall out, and the **** still has sketches.

Looking at An Shi's appearance, he really understands the psychology of scholars. Thinking of those scholars who scolded Zhang Anshi endlessly, on the other hand, Zhang Anshi has figured out their mentality. Cry or laugh.

  Zhu Di said: "This is all Zhang Qing's idea?"

  Zhang Anshi blinked and said, "Your Majesty, is there something wrong?"

   "I ask you if you came up with it?" Zhu Di suddenly snapped.

   Zhang Anshi looked embarrassed, and seemed to hear that Zhu Di was quite angry, so he hurriedly said, "It's some ideas from Li Xiyan."

  Zhu Di was shocked: "Mr. Li has been living in seclusion, did not expect to have such a talent for governance?"

   Governance talents?

  Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Actually, the main thing is that I came up with it. Junior Brother Li is getting old, and he spends his days studying. He doesn't care about it."

  Zhu Di said angrily: "Then why did you bend the corner and push Mr. Li on the head?"

  Zhang Anshi said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, you are so surprised that I am a little... scared."

   "Damn it!" Zhu Di scolded, "What's there to be afraid of? Do you think I'm the emperor's test? I can't kill the three clans of you. Have you seen when I punished the three clans at will?"

  This question, Zhang Anshihui: "Fang Xiaoru, and..."

   "Enough." Zhu Di glared at him and said, "They are different, they should be damned, don't you want to mess around in front of me!"

After a pause, Zhu Di's face gradually eased, and he said: "This library is very interesting, but it costs too much money. Two years ago, I ordered Xie Jin and Master Yao to preside over the compilation of "Wenwen Dacheng", which included books from all over the world. Since the book contract, the classics and history collections of hundreds of books, as for astronomy, topography, yin and yang, medicine and divination, monk Taoism, and skills, all are included..."

"On your side... Let people talk to Xie Jin... No, it's better to contact Master Yao, and see what other books are in this "Document Dacheng", but you don't have them here, so you can save a little bit! Haha , we must be diligent and thrifty in managing our household.”

  (end of this chapter)

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