Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"Are they here to cheat people out of money?"

Wan Shu's face looked a little ugly.

I thought the imperial court really wanted to build a factory, and building a factory in this era would not be a loss.

But what if they don't have this intention and just want to find an excuse to make money from the people?

Then things are not as simple as imagined.

"It's not as insidious as you think. They're just not prepared. I predict that the subsequent factory construction will be an even bigger mess."

Qin Ming took a sip of tea and spoke lightly.

Wan Shu finally felt relieved and asked curiously:

"With money in hand, they are just building some factories. What could go wrong?"

Qin Ming glanced at her and said with a smile:

"You have been in the underworld for too long and don't know the situation inside the court."

"When doing business outside, you definitely need to be efficient and get things done quickly and effectively, but it's different in the imperial court."

"Plus, there aren't many available people in the imperial court. If we really want to build a factory, I guess there will be a feast among the various departments."

There is absolutely no problem with Qin Ming's judgment on the Northern Dynasties.

After they started purchasing bills, officials from all six ministries in the court began to take action.

In the chaotic crowd at Caishikou, several officials soon took the opportunity to tear off several pages of the accounting notebook.

Then, more bills that had been prepared in advance were stuffed into the crowd of people rushing to grab the money.

Qin Ming's people naturally paid attention to these actions, but this matter had nothing to do with them.

So no one cares.

"Don't grab, don't grab!"

The officers and soldiers were still shouting and suppressing the restless crowd, but the scene was already in chaos.

Soon, it was afternoon and the Northern Dynasty’s bills were finally sold.

Emperor Qian was delighted when he saw the piles of banknotes in front of him.

This was the first time he was in such a good mood since Qin Ming defected from Daqian and set up his own faction.

Wang Bao also stepped forward excitedly and said to Emperor Qian:

"Your Majesty, in just one day, tens of millions of taels of silver have been collected and brought to the court!"

Emperor Qian laughed heartily and waved his hand, saying:

"Go notify the Ministry of War and have them pay the previously overdue military pay, and then collect the military funds for the second half of the year."

Because of the war with Qin Ming, the imperial court was already running at a loss and even owed a shortfall of nearly three million taels of silver.

I had originally planned to have the court’s workshops weave more cloth and sell it overseas this year to pay off debts.

However, they never thought that they had plagiarized such an amazing method from Qin Ming.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Wang Baogang was about to leave, but what did he suddenly think of?

"By the way, Your Majesty, this money is used to build a factory. Do you want to allocate more funds for them to start construction?"

Just as the two were talking, officials from the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works, and Ministry of Rites all came over.

Wang Bao didn't need to remind them at all, they knew they were coming to ask for money to build a factory.

"Your Majesty, can we start construction of the factory now?"

Since knowing that Qin Ming's factory has strong productivity in all aspects, the court naturally wants to invest in this area and learn from Qin Ming's advanced experience, but in reality they cannot do this.

The reason is very simple. They have fought wars all over the country and have invested most of their resources and money in the war.

There is simply no energy left to do these things.

After the bills were sold and exchanged for silver from the people, everything was solved.

Hearing what they said, Emperor Qian frowned slightly.

In fact, at the beginning, he thought that the money was his net profit.

I even subconsciously felt that the money had already fallen into my pocket.

But after allocating it, we encountered the issue of building a factory.

Only then did he remember that the main purpose of exchanging these bills for silver was to use it for factory construction.

"How much do you think it will take?"

Thinking of this, Emperor Qian was a little impatient when they asked him.

He himself had no clear direction or plan for the construction of the factory.

The officials under him are even more imaginative.

"Your Majesty, we think we should allocate five million taels of silver!"

"This is the detailed calculation by the Ministry of Revenue."

They put on paper all the materials needed to build the factory, as well as the manpower and material resources required.

These people are all useless, and the officials picked out by Chen Shimao have big problems of their own.

In addition, there was less and less money in the court.

This makes their lives very tight and they are full of complaints all day long.

Seizing this opportunity, the lion naturally opened his mouth wide.

I want to make up for all the money I didn’t earn before.

Listen to such astonishing numbers.

Emperor Qian was also in a dilemma at this moment. After taking out three million taels of silver to fill the gaps in the army, only seven million taels were left.

There is still military funding for the second half of the year, which is needed to support the army and the next war.

If he directly distributed the five million taels of silver, he would not earn a penny.

This is very different from Emperor Qian's original expectations.

He was quite dissatisfied.

But this time, he kept saying to everyone that he was trying to raise money to build a factory.

In the end, I could only grit my teeth and say:

"With five million taels of silver, can you build all the factories?"

After hearing this, several officials looked at each other, and no one said anything definite.

They all thought that Emperor Qian was very greedy and simply withheld half of it.

But this time they really wronged Emperor Qian.

Emperor Qian himself didn't even have time to take it.

Although they were equally dissatisfied, they still responded to Emperor Qian.

"Your Majesty, the general construction should be fine. As for the subsequent details, some silver may be needed to supplement them."

After hearing the subsequent details from them, Emperor Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

In addition to this time, he can actually issue new notes.

When the time comes, we can just take more silver from the people.

Thinking of this, Emperor Qian finally decided to share part of today's harvest.

"I'll have the Ministry of Revenue allocate the funds shortly. I want to see results within a month."

With so much silver, even if they hired those workers, it was enough for them to get the job done in a short time.

I heard such strict requirements.

Several officials did not mention any issues.

Patting his chest, he solemnly promised Emperor Qian:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely get this done."

"Go do it."

When Emperor Qian left.

I have already started thinking about the second sale of notes.

Qin Ming and Wan Shu, who were sitting in the teahouse, also received reports from their subordinates at this moment.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wanshang, we purchased over four million taels of bills today."

"Luckily we prepared in advance and lined up here early, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to get one today."

Because of Qin Ming's appearance.

As a result, many officials and large families in the capital had no chance to purchase more bills.

This naturally made them feel that they were at a great loss, so they began to buy bills from others in the market.

Qin Ming turned and looked at Wan Shu.

"How to say?"

Wan Shu blinked her beautiful eyes and said in a light tone:

"Help them get to the next step as quickly as possible. I'll go to the market now."