readsfreenovel Chapter 481 There is an emergency called lack of money
Chapter 481 There is an emergency called lack of money
Zhou Chang was lying on the recliner in the study, and asked into the void: "How much have you collected recently?"
"The total commission income is 370,000 taels." The viewpoint system displayed and answered.
[Level: Upper Nine-Three]
【Commission: -4,407,700 taels】
【Order: 27】
Zhou Chang was so happy that he didn't even bother to count. Just as he was about to clap his hands, he suddenly asked, "Not counting the interest."
"The interest will be deducted automatically." The viewpoint system replied.
"That's pretty good." Zhou Chang was finally satisfied. "Even the orders know to cancel automatically."
The plane customer returned to the previous order 27. You can tell without looking that it is still bridal chamber decorations.
It seems that there are always people who persevere.
Ever since Duke Xu's "Chrysanthemum and Crab Banquet", she has been "hiding" from Gu Yan for a whole month.
She didn't dare stay in Prince Yi's Mansion, for fear that Gu Yan would come looking for her, nor did she dare enter the palace, for fear of running into Gu Yan.
Thanks to Yuan Qi's financial support, she now has enough money and wants to venture into the murky waters of the "antique" market.
You don’t know until you try. It’s a business of taking a small risk for a big gain.
This is because there was no speculative market for antiques, calligraphy and paintings in ancient times, and a small object, after being transmitted through the plane, would become an antique among antiques when it reaches the other end, and its value could be increased ten or a hundred times.
Zhou Chang only needs to go to the small stalls and pick out new and unfamiliar items to buy, and then have the ready-made "intelligence" of the viewpoint system identify them, and then unexpectedly, some of them can be sold at a high price.
No matter how good a deal it is, I just regret not discovering it early.
During this period, Zhou Chang was tinkering with antiques, but he also did not forget to ask Shouhou to keep an eye on the movements of the Duke of Xi's Mansion and the Taifuling Mansion.
Fortunately, everything is calm.
Today, just when Zhou Chang was about to go out to visit the street stalls, Zhong Yu blocked the door again.
As soon as Zhou Chang asked Zhong Yurang to come into the study and sit down, he knew something was wrong.
Zhong Yuping's face, which was usually gloomy, had almost turned into a sad face: "Your Highness, we had already added more people to the south, and everything was going well. Unexpectedly, the year was not favorable. The flood that just passed in June, and now there is a bigger one at the end of September. I just got the news that the prefectures south of Peishui will not have any grain harvest this year, which will definitely affect next year."
"Another flood?" Zhou Chang was also shocked and speechless.
Natural disasters and man-made disasters are inevitable, but this frequency is unheard of. What is going on?
Zhong Yu shook his head and sighed repeatedly, probably because he was tormented by God and lost his temper: "I originally planned to move all the money to the south to deal with the emergency first, but now it is not an emergency, and it is not enough. The shortage of food in the south has also affected the increase in food prices in the north. Now there is not enough supply on both sides."
Zhou Chang regretted it. He returned the 500,000 taels of silver that Yuan Qi had given to Prince Yi and invested them in "Kun Yu Fang". Who would have thought that the flood that he thought had passed came again, and now he had no money to invest more.
Lack of money is really a chronic disease, and it has acute attacks from time to time.
Zhong Yu is here to cry poor to Prince Yi again. There is nothing they can do about it since they have no money. The floods in the south are not their responsibility after all, and Prince Yi's palace is not a small court.
But seeing how Zhong Yu was concerned about the people and the country, it was hard to even think of "worrying about nothing".
"There are still 33,000 silver coins on the account, let's transfer them all." Zhou Chang had already emptied his "family assets", "If the remaining amount is still not enough, we can find another way."
Zhong Yupa also had this idea in mind, and nodded: "I am going to discuss this matter with the prince, but the situation is not good now. I heard that this time the disaster is not only in the south of Peishui, but also has a tendency to move northward. The riots are also moving northward, and are getting worse. From Yidanxing's letter, the shelter was deliberately destroyed, and even the local government is in a semi-paralyzed state. Once the situation is chaotic, ordinary people will suffer. There is really little we can do."
Zhou Chang also knew that throwing money to the south was like throwing it away with water, but he still wanted to ask: "Why would someone deliberately destroy the shelter?"
"According to Brother Ma's letter before he died, it's still an old problem left over, and it's because of the funeral tax." Zhong Yushi, a scholar, knows everything about the world without leaving home. "Let's not talk about the shortage of medicinal materials for now. The cost of burying the dead is really inhumane no matter how much it is. In the past, ordinary people couldn't afford to die, but now there are shelters, which has delayed the number of deaths. I guess it has blocked some people's way to make money."
"Puff..." Zhou Chang couldn't have imagined that he almost choked on his water.
Zhong Yu was still nagging: "Your Highness doesn't know the details, and I am just guessing based on the situation in Jindu. Funeral taxes don't just involve funeral supplies, musical instruments, and shamans' salvation, but also head taxes, cemetery lots, and taxes on changing families, etc. When a person dies, there are many types of money that can be collected. At the very least, they can be skinned, and at the worst, a family can go bankrupt."
"When a person dies, the body becomes nothing more than a possession, so it's better not to have it." Zhou Chang couldn't understand those who sold themselves to bury their parents.
"Discarding a corpse is a serious crime." Zhong Yu added.
Zhou Chang was speechless, and suddenly he remembered the official position that Prince Yi had just obtained: "Oh, right, don't I still have a 'Taizai Mushou' who can manage the Jincao Division? Can I cancel these titles?"
Zhong Yu shook his head without thinking: "The Jin Cao Division is only responsible for formulating the titles. Whether to implement or cancel them is still up to your Majesty and the Ministry of Revenue. Moreover, since the establishment of the Jin Cao Division, I have only heard of adding titles, but no precedent of canceling them."
Zhou Chang also knew that the official position was just a decoration, so he didn't hold out any hope: "So, fundamentally speaking, building a dam is still more practical and long-term."
"That's true." Zhong Yu agreed, but he also didn't hold out hope. "Unfortunately, the court won't pay that much money."
"Ah..." Zhou Chang also sighed and tapped his fingers on the table back and forth, but he couldn't think of a better solution.
Without money, even the Golden Immortal can’t get anything done.
Afterwards, Zhong Yu gave another report, which was nothing more than a shortage of money everywhere.
Zhou Chang listened patiently, and by the time Zhong Yu left, it was already afternoon.
Looking at the setting sun outside the window, thinking that Yuan Qi had returned to her parents' home today, just because Yuan Yu had already returned, and in order for the father and daughter to spend more time together, Zhou Chang specifically asked Yuan Qi to stay overnight at her parents' home.
In this case, I might as well not go out today, but there is no hope of dinner.
Zhou Chang was just wondering whether he should go out to find a place to eat or visit the street stalls when Skinny Monkey walked in with a pear in his mouth and a bunch of grapes in his hand.
"Your Highness, the princess is back and has brought back some fruits that I've never seen before. Would you like to come over for dinner?" The skinny monkey mumbled while chewing a pear.
"Yuan Qi is back?" Zhou Chang was surprised. Yuan Qi should be staying at Yuan's house to accompany his father today.
The skinny monkey ate the pear in two or three bites without leaving any core, and then started to chew the grapes: "Yes, the fruits were brought back by the southern express ship, following the Yuanlaoye's ship. Wait, my lord, two baskets of fruits have been sent to Queen Madam, she should wash them carefully and send them to you, the bunch in my hand was stolen, and it has not been washed yet."
Zhou Chang, like Prince Yi, only liked sweet things and not fruits. No matter how sweet the fruits were in ancient times, they were limited in quantity, so he was not very interested in them.
But when he thought of Yuan Qi, he wondered why she didn't stay at her mother's house for one night, so he stood up and said, "Let's go see the princess."