"Not bad!" Zhang Xun slapped the table.

Everyone's faces became solemn, and they were terrified to think about it carefully. At this time, Zhang entered to deliver wine and food. When he saw several people looking solemn, he said:

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay!" Zhang Xun waved his hand, then looked at Luo Xin and said, "No, do you have any solutions?"

Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "In fact, not all officials are greedy. There are still many people with ideals in this world.

but……

Sometimes ideals are good, but reality forces them to be greedy, otherwise they will not be able to survive.

What we need to do is to give these ideals a way out so that they can eat and wear well without being greedy, and do not need to be luxurious in food and clothing, but at least they need to have decent status. In this way, there will be people who will devote themselves to the country. In this way, when the law is used to restrict them, there will naturally be fewer and fewer corrupt officials. Only then will the Ming Dynasty truly revival."

"But how to make officials live a decent life?" Zhang Xun said: "No need to be decent, just let officials eat and wear warmth."

"Salary increase!" Luo Xin sighed and said, "In fact, the Ming Dynasty's finances have been opened now and can fully support the increase of the salary of officials. But..."

Luo Xin kept silent, and everyone knew why, so they were silent.

"drink wine!"

Zhang Xun felt depressed, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one go. Everyone felt depressed, even Luo Xin was the same. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one go.

"No, you say we have to wait for Your Majesty..."

Luo Xin waved his hand, and Zhang Xun also knew that he had made a mistake, so he closed his mouth. The Jinyiwei was everywhere. Who knows if what he said here would be eavesdropped on by the Jinyiwei?

"Not to talk about those!" Luo Xin thought for a moment and said, "When some things are done, they will have completely different results. If one time does, they will succeed, and if another time does, they will not only not succeed at all, but they will also die.

We are not afraid of death, but if we die, we cannot succeed, so it is not worth it.”

Everyone knew what Luo Xin meant, that is, if Emperor Jiajing did not die, there was no possibility of success in the increase in salary. And he would be dismissed from office and might be sent to prison. He would fall into the hands of the Jinyiwei, and he would have to peel off his skin even if he did not die, and he might die.

As Luo Xin said, they are not afraid of death, they are afraid of death and will not succeed. Then death has no meaning.

Everyone was silent and felt panic in their hearts.

Especially Zhang Xun, Yun Zhiqiu and Tao Xingyan, the Hai Zheng family is in good condition here, and even without a salary, they can survive. Yun Zhiqiu, Tao Xingyan and Zhang Xun both rely on debts to live. Yun Zhiqiu and Tao Xingyan have some spare money this year because they followed Luo Xin to the south to save it.

What to do next year?

In fact, Hai Zheng was not happy, and he was even a little angry. His family was in good condition, but he had to be helped by his family. He was not the only one in his family, but also his brothers and sisters, and he was often ridiculed by his brothers and sisters. How could this be pleasant?

"I'm going to do a business, everyone should join in the business." Luo Xin suddenly spoke.

The eyes of the four people lit up.

Who is Luo Xin?

The God of Wealth in Ming Dynasty!

As long as you follow Luo Xin to do business, you will definitely get the money.

This time, unlike when Luo Xin invited them before, they still refused with a good face. Now they have been officials for many years. They are deeply aware of the difficulties of living without money, so they do not embezzle them, pointing to their salary...

Can't survive!

However, the expressions of several people darkened again, and Zhang Xun spread his hands:

"No money!"

Then he said: "No, I want to do business with you, spend the money I earn, and make my wife and children not hungry. But I don't have money. Don't say you lend it to me first, that's what you want to invest in for free. Although we are brothers, I don't have that shameless face."

"I can take out some money, about dozens of taels, but what kind of business can I do with this little money?" Yun Zhiqiu said.

"So too!" Tao Xingyan said: "This is still a little spoil I have saved in the past six months, and I have obtained fighting in the south."

"I can borrow some from my family, but... it won't be too much," Hai Zheng said.

"There should be no problem for Zhou Yu's family to take out some money." Luo Xin said while thinking: "There should be no problem for Liu Wenxiu's family, no problem for Huang Sheng, and no problem for my uncle Luo Zhi. I have a way to solve the problem of your lack of money to invest now."

"What's the solution?" Everyone was excited. No one was worried about money and biting his hands, not to mention that these guys were suffering.

"If you can raise money yourself, give me the money within ten days. If you can't raise money, you can sell your house in Beijing and give me the money for buying the house."

"Sell the house?" Zhang Xun and others couldn't help but grin, "Where do we live in the house after it has been sold?"

"I roughly calculated it." Luo Xin said: "I have a manor outside the capital. The Luo family's winery is in that manor. However, the manor is very large and can open a garden as our joint venture workshop. However, it needs to be renovated, and some equipment needs to be added and some slaves are purchased. You also know that the secret recipe of the workshop is very important and cannot be leaked, so don't hire people, it's safe to buy slaves."

"Yes!" Everyone nodded.

"The security work also needs to be improved, so we need to hire some veterans. You all know my position in the military, and this can be solved by me, but it all requires money. Then we produce products that need to be distributed to the south of the Ming Dynasty, 7, 61, 13 provinces, and a lot of manpower, which all require money. Finally, it is the money to buy materials and the money to operate the sales channel. So, it costs about 10,000 taels of silver.

Although the houses you bought in Beijing are not big, if you sell them, you can still sell them for 1,000 taels of silver. Each of you can invest 500 taels of silver, and then rent a house with the remaining 500 taels of silver. Wait until you make money, and then buy a big house in Beijing."

Hai Zheng asked, "Eight of us each took out five hundred taels, which would account for half the share. How long would it take to make money back?"

Zhang Xun and others couldn't help but stare at Luo Xin with bright eyes. Luo Xin touched his chin and thought for a while and said:

"It can be slower for a year, and it can be fastest for a few months. But don't think about dividing money in a few months. We will share money once at the end of each year, and we will not be able to share all the money we earn. At the beginning, our 10,000 taels of silver were not enough to spread in the seven north and sixty three provinces in the south, and even the thirteen prefectures could not be achieved. In the future, we still need to sell our products to various county towns, so we can only share half of the profits to everyone every year, and expand our business with the remaining half of the profits, so that we can make more and more money."

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Chapter completed!