Seeing Wei Zhongxian come in, Zhu Youcheng's embarrassment was wiped out. He knew that Wei Zhongxian, who loves him, would definitely not embarrass him.

Sure enough, the lords who had just escaped walked in one by one, saying insincere words to relieve their embarrassment.

"Bo Sui'an, why did you come? I'm going to come out to greet you. Let's go and go in together."

"Oh, this yamen is sophisticated that I can't help but come out and reward it again and again."

There were many similar conversations, but no one exposes them. They all nodded and said it was a peaceful scene.

When the lords sat down again, Zhu Youcheng stood up and said, "Dear Lords, I know you are all a little afraid of me. In fact, I have a principle, that is, if people do not offend me, I will not offend others; if people offend me, I will offend others. Think about it, which of the few who fell in my hands did not provoke me first? Some of them steal my skills, some beat my subordinates, and some occupy my land. Don't say that I am young and energetic and can't stand it, even if you offend me, you are serious and steadfast, I'm afraid you can't stand it."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youcheng glanced at everyone here. The three dukes, thirteen marquises and eleven Counts who had forcibly occupied the land of the imperial village, all of whom all lowered their heads.

"But, those things have passed, and you and I don't have to bother you anymore."

Xu Xiyou, Duke of Ding, muttered softly: "Of course you don't want to bother you anymore. People beat you, rob you of grain, land you get money, and you can take all the benefits..."

Zhu Youcheng had a very good ears and his eyes shot over with murderous intent. Xu Xiyou was so scared that he hurriedly kept silent.

"I'm asking you all to come today to cooperate with you. The so-called silver will make money and everyone will spend money. There are two projects at present, one is the toll road. The road from Beijing to Shaanxi has been repaired, and some lords may have used this road. I think I've found that the road is getting gold every day. The emperor is planning to build multiple toll roads such as Beijing to Shandong, Beijing to Shanxi, Beijing to Nanjing, etc. I wonder if you are interested in participating."

The Lords couldn't help but talk about the big things that caused sensation in the capital like the road repairing could not be hidden from their eyes and ears. Seeing that the monthly toll stations had to escort a large sum of gold and silver to Beijing, they were so jealous that they almost reached out to grab it. Fortunately, they knew that the toll road was the emperor's private property, otherwise they would really try their best to take it for themselves.

A marquis asked, "Mr. Zhu, how do you participate in the construction of toll roads?"

"Good question. Every time we build a road, we will calculate the funds for building the road, including land acquisition, materials, wages, etc. This is the total cost, and then divide the total cost by 700, each portion is one thousandth of a share. Assuming the total cost of the road from Beijing to Shandong is 7 million taels of silver, then each share is 10,000 taels of silver, and this share will be divided into one thousandth of the total income at the end of the year."

A calculating master found that something was wrong and said, "No, it should be 7,000 taels divided by one thousand. If calculated according to Lord Zhu's method, where will 30% go?"

"Two percent of them are from the palace. Without the emperor's approval, who can build roads on the land of the Ming Dynasty?"

The Lords nodded together.

"The other is King Xin and Mr. Zhu. Without King Xin and my intelligence, who can design and supervise the construction of the road?"

Some lords nodded, while others shook their heads against it.

Zhu Youcheng said coldly: "Those who do not agree with this distribution method can not participate. The emperor's inner treasury and the children's playground vault can fully afford the construction of these roads. If you didn't want to help all the lords, the emperor would not agree to build the road with you."

An earl didn't listen to Zhu Youcheng's explanation at all, but just shouted loudly, stood up and walked away. As a result, he found that not only did no one respond to his call, but everyone looked at him with a fool's eyes, so he had to sit down embarrassedly.

A duke asked, "Mr. Zhu, you just said there are two ways to make money. One said one, what is the other?"

"The other way of wealth is to mine coal mines."

“Dig a coal mine?”

When many lords heard this path of wealth, they sneered.

"Don't underestimate this path of wealth. If it is done properly, you will get a higher profit than road construction."

As he said that, Zhu Youcheng asked the guards to move out a huge water sign.

A huge honeycomb coal stove and honeycomb coal are painted on the water sign.

Taikangbo Zhang Guoji smiled and said, "This is the 'Xieyuan Brand' honeycomb coal produced by my family."

Zhu Youcheng pushed away the water card, and there was a water card of the same size behind it, with a bed drawn on it. Strangely, the bed was actually made of bricks, and there was a hole outside, so I don’t know what it was for.

Seeing that some lords didn't recognize this thing, Zhu Youcheng explained: "This thing is called a kang. After ignition, the kang is very warm. The temperature in the room has also increased, warm like spring, and it does not smell bad smoke like a brazier. People generally use firewood to burn the kang. The firewood burns quickly. In the middle of the night, the firewood burns out and the pit will cool down. If honeycomb coal is used, the burning will be slow, and until dawn, the pit will still be warm."

Everyone nodded. Many lords who had suffered from cold pits were about to sweep the firewood from the kang into the garbage dump of history when they went back and went to Taikangbo to buy a few honeycomb coal.

Zhu Youcheng pushed the water sign away again, and there was a water sign behind it. The water sign was drawn on this water sign. There was a column against the wall inside, just like a fire pit, and there was a hole outside.

Zhu Youcheng explained: "This is a new-style house I designed for the people of Jiangnan. Although the temperature in Jiangnan is higher than in the north, it has a high humidity and feels colder than in the north. The cold in the north is dry and cold, while the cold in the south is wet and cold. So I designed a fireplace for the people of the south. This kind of stove is safer than roasting the fire directly in the room, and wet clothes can be hung directly on the columns to dry. As for the fuel of the stove, it is not difficult for you to guess that it must be honeycomb coal."

The Lords were about to see Zhu Youcheng push the water sign away again, revealing the wonderful ideas behind it. What disappointed everyone was that Zhu Youcheng did not push the water sign away again. However, the three products were epoch-making products and were not designed by ordinary people. Among them, one was a product that was always available in all seasons, and the other two were winter heating tools. If these three products were promoted in the Ming Dynasty, then coal carbon would definitely be in short supply.

Zhu Youcheng also said: "There are currently two types of coal carbon sold on the Beijing market. One is bituminous coal, which emits a lot of sniffle smoke when burning; the other is anthracite, which is almost smokeless and odorless when burning. What I want to mine is anthracite."

An earl asked, "Where is anthracite?"

Zhu Youcheng said: "Shaanxi. I found from ancient books that Shaanxi contains a large amount of shallow coal carbon. There are several major benefits of mining coal in Shaanxi. First, there is sufficient surplus labor. Shaanxi has been drought for many years and people are living in poverty. Second, it is easy to recruit a large number of cheap coal mining workers. Second, it is convenient to transport. There are roads directly to Beijing. After coal carbon is transported to Beijing, it can be transported to all parts of the country through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal."

A marquis asked, "How do you divide it?"

"The same is 20% for the imperial palace, and I and King Xin combined to 10% for 70% for the outside world, and purchased through shares."

The lords began to whisper again.

Zhu Youcheng said loudly again: "But please note that whether it is toll roads or mining, taxes must be paid to the Ming Dynasty court. The tax rate is one of ten, which means that you will earn ten taels of silver and pay one tael of silver, and the tax will be paid directly to the Ministry of Revenue."

Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng, asked: "It's easy to pay taxes, but what should I do if the accounts are? How much do you say is the amount, how do we know if the amount is accurate?"

"The palace sent one person, the children's playground sent one person, and the Lord's representative sent one person to jointly manage the accounts. Only when all three people agree to withdraw can they be taken out and used. If the three people have different opinions, a meeting will be held, and all partners will discuss it, collectively vote, and the minority will obey the majority, and the majority will be handled according to the opinions of the majority."

Everyone struggled to hear it, but fortunately they all understood what it meant.

Many lords asked in unison: "The idea of ​​getting rich together is good, but how can we give you the money?"

Zhu Youcheng is a lazy person and doesn't want to cause trouble. He pointed to Wang Chengen who had just arrived and said, "I have left all the things to him. After the banquet, you can talk to him."

After the matter was settled, everyone was in a happy mood and couldn't help but drink happily. However, Zhu Youcheng and Xin Wang did not like wine, and their glasses were still filled with honey water.

Wei Zhongxian's face was gloomy and asked whisper: "Cheng'er, don't you have my own share? Why didn't I see it?"

Zhu Youcheng smiled and said, "I have given it to you. Didn't you notice that what I said was that the palace is 20%, not the emperor has 20%. Among these 20%, one of them is the emperor's, and the other one is yours."

Wei Zhongxian then replied and said joyful, and started to exchange cups with the Lords.

The banquet was about to end, and British Duke Zhang Weixian suddenly remembered that Wei Zhongxian seemed to have forgotten to announce the emperor's will, so he asked: "Eunuch Wei, should we tell everyone the emperor's instructions?"

"Do you want to hear it?"

Zhu Youcheng couldn't help but feel secretly happy. How did he realize that this old eunuch also had a funny side?

Whoever dared to say that, and did not want to listen to the Hadith, responded in unison: "I want to hear!"

Wei Zhongxian took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands, stood up, and said loudly: "I have an order."

Everyone left their seats and knelt down.

"When our family left the palace, the emperor held my hand and said, "I can't go out to the palace to accompany the Lord to have dinner. You go on my behalf and remind them to eat and drink well. So the emperor's decree is only four words, eat and drink well. Oh, why haven't you stood up yet? By the way, I forgot to say the last two words, I'm here."
Chapter completed!