amaotonovel Chapter 591 Taking Over! Our hometown has been robbed!
Chapter 591 Taking Over! Our hometown has been robbed!
Emperor Zhu suddenly felt that Li Shanchang wasn't very smart after all.
"How much a cow is worth is not something that a stick or a monkey can decide."
Emperor Zhu glanced at Li Shanchang and said sarcastically, "If any of those Koreans or monkeys dared to say that a cow costs ten strings of cash, that bastard would dare to double the price of the royal tea set."
"Then sickles will go up in price, flint and steel will go up in price, tinderboxes will go up in price, glassware will go up in price, medicine will go up in price, everything he can think of will go up in price."
"Who could stand that?"
Emperor Zhu had grown tired of pretending to refer to Goryeo and Annam, and started calling them "sticks" and "monkeys" directly.
"Besides, a cow costs ten strings of cash, and the Koreans and monkeys can't afford too many."
"If they don't sell their cattle at low prices in Dengzhou, where else can they sell them?"
"So, the fact that he bought two cows for fifteen strings of cash wasn't because that scoundrel was black-hearted, but because he was kind-hearted."
Emperor Zhu's old face flushed slightly, then he snorted coldly and said with righteous indignation, "And you have overlooked one thing."
Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Xu Da, and the others were slightly taken aback, all looking at Emperor Zhu with utter confusion.
Emperor Zhu snorted and said, "Don't forget, whether it's the Koreans, the monkeys, or even the Ryukyu, Burma, and Siam, they all need the Ming Dynasty's paper money."
“That bastard settled accounts with them using paper money, and didn’t need to go through the market or pay taxes.”
"The Koreans and monkeys can only accept it with their noses in their mouths."
Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, and other civil and military officials could no longer hold back.
Even Chang Yuchun, who came from a bandit background and had once robbed the road with his brother-in-law in his early years, completely broke through his defenses.
If you're in a leadership position, explain to your brothers what it means to be kind-hearted.
So, he bought two cows for fifteen strings of cash, and the sticks and monkeys should thank him?
Emperor Zhu added, "And laborers too."
"There are tens of thousands of Korean and monkey laborers in Dengzhou Prefecture now."
"If the Koreans and monkeys dare to raise the price of cattle, what if they refuse to accept laborers or lower their wages? Can the Koreans and monkeys afford that?"
Emperor Zhu clicked his tongue, "Anyway, that's the situation, and that's the price."
Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, and other civil and military officials were even more confused.
Minister of Works Xue Xiang tentatively asked, "Your Excellency, didn't you say that Dengzhou Prefecture was short of laborers?"
Emperor Zhu smacked his lips. "Yes, Dengzhou Prefecture is short of laborers, at least tens of thousands more."
Xue Xiang was somewhat bewildered.
So, Dengzhou Prefecture was short of laborers, yet the Prince Consort used laborers to suppress the sticks and monkeys?
No, what are these Koreans and monkeys thinking?!
Minister of Revenue Yang Siyi suddenly frowned and asked, "Your Excellency, can the oxen from the Koreans and the Monkeys be used for plowing?"
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Siyi and retorted, "Didn't you inspect the cattle before buying them? Wouldn't you have spent less money to buy cattle that can't be used for plowing and just to eat them?"
After reprimanding Yang Siyi, Emperor Zhu said with a dark face, "Fifteen strings of cash for two oxen refers to oxen that can plow the fields."
"As for those who are no matter how you teach them, and who won't obediently till the land even with nose rings on, you can buy three of them for fifteen strings of cash."
Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen exchanged a glance.
Three heads?
So buying two cows for fifteen strings of cash is already considered a high price, and he really is kind-hearted?
Chang Yuchun nudged Lan Yu beside him and whispered, "This dog is much more ruthless than we were back then."
Lan Yu said with a dark face, "We're just robbing people, while he steals whatever he can get his hands on. How can you compare them!"
Emperor Zhu ignored the petty actions of Li Shanchang and Chang Yuchun, and instead sighed, "That scoundrel even said he wanted to use those oxen that couldn't plow the fields to make some authentic Dengzhou beef soup, Dengzhou beef noodles, and Dengzhou beef noodles."
"He also said that while making beef noodles, we should vigorously develop radish cultivation, while making beef flat noodles, we should vigorously promote spice cultivation, and we should also vigorously promote garlic cultivation for beef soup."
As he spoke, Emperor Zhu couldn't hold back any longer. "Any meat that this dog has touched, wouldn't he shave off at least two pounds of fat?"
Xu Da stared blankly at Emperor Zhu.
That beef noodle soup, why does that sound so familiar?
After just a moment's thought, Xu Da's expression changed drastically.
"Ascend!"
"Our hometown has been robbed!"
"That beef noodle soup is obviously just Taihe noodles from Fuyang!"
"Now it's become Dengzhou noodles!"
I'm in a big trough!
Xu Da's reminder completely broke the defenses of Li Shanchang and other civil and military officials from Huaixi.
What kind of bandit is this? Is there anything in this world he doesn't steal?!
Or rather, is there anything in this world that he wouldn't dare to steal?
He even dared to rob things from the emperor's hometown!
Emperor Zhu's face was ashen, and he coldly snorted, "It's alright."
"After we wipe out Hu Yuan, we'll transfer a few county magistrates from Yan Yun back to Fengyang, and then appoint Zhou Jingxin as the prefect of Fengyang."
"Let his best students deal with him; we just need to wait and watch the show."
What's so special about grabbing a spot on the board?
Our Biao'er was extorted by that scoundrel just because he said in the Prince Consort's mansion that "the big yellow dog in the palace is about to give birth." Now he's having people search all over the capital for suitable puppies for him.
It has to be big.
You have to listen to me.
It is fierce.
It must be a big yellow dog.
At the very least, it has to be a four-eyed iron-clad gold.
Just listen to his request; it sounds like he's begging someone for a favor.
Emperor Zhu shook his head slightly and forcefully steered the conversation back on track.
“Both Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture have large and small iron and coal mines, so he has no shortage of farm tools.”
"The Koreans and monkeys were exploited to the bone by him, so they would rather lose money than not find a way to help him get cattle."
"With cattle and various farm tools, it's naturally quick to clear land."
"Otherwise, how do you think he managed to clear so much wasteland?"
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, all the civil and military officials present fell silent.
This is really hard to understand.
The prince consort seems a bit off.
Those Koreans and monkeys seem to be mentally ill too.
It's absurd that a supplier with a large workforce could be completely controlled by a buyer who needs a large workforce. Who would believe it if this were told?
Emperor Zhu glanced at the many ministers and continued, "There's also land for fruit trees; this is another new idea he came up with."
“When we went to Dengzhou Prefecture, we saw that the land there was indeed not very good. The soil was not fertile, and there were many mountains and little water. Some places were either drought-stricken or flood-stricken, making it impossible to farm properly.”
"But by clearing land for fruit trees on the mountainside, we can make money from the fruit trees, and the fruit trees can also help stabilize the soil and improve the soil."
"Oh, right, this conclusion was drawn by the College of Agriculture at Dengzhou University."