Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Qin Ming did not waste time with them.

He put down the teacup and said calmly:

"Nothing else, I'll leave first. The court is busy with official business."

Before leaving, he seemed to suddenly remember something and continued to explain to them:

"Right, everyone."

"No one can delay the canal construction, including me. Anyone who violates this will be killed without mercy."

His cold words fell on everyone's heart.

Everyone felt as if their throats were being strangled, not daring to breathe.

Qin Ming's behavior undoubtedly sounded a wake-up call to everyone.

No one knows how powerful the imperial court is.

But they only know a little bit.

That is, it is difficult for any civilian force to challenge or influence Qin Ming.

After Qin Ming left, several people at the scene quickly looked at Xu Youjia, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Master Xu, what should we do now? It seems the court has money again."

"When they have money, let them start working, and we will start working too."

Xu Youjia has already been appointed. He knows that Qin Ming has many tricks up his sleeve, but he never expected that Qin Ming could revive their project.

After personal contact in recent days, he has realized how profitable the lottery industry is.

However, it is probably not their turn to do this business. After sighing, Xu Youjia prepared to go back and report to his father.

As for the envoys from the major merchants and families in the northwest who were present, they had nothing to say at this moment.

The Xu family has already given up. If they continue to fight Qin Ming, they will be the only ones who get hurt in the end.

Thinking of this, they all went back obediently.

In the evening, Chang Baishan came to Qin Ming's palace.

"Your Majesty, the Capital Chamber of Commerce has already arranged for the visiting Northwestern merchants to return."

"Well, just go back."

Qin Ming was not surprised by their departure. According to his understanding, new changes have occurred in the northwest.

Especially after the Wan family became royal relatives.

Many local big families gradually began to become estranged from them.

In their eyes, the Wan family was a lackey of the imperial court.

But this is also normal. The court represented by Qin Ming has always taken a stance that is different from that of these big families.

This is why friction often arises between the two sides.

"Your Majesty, the lottery industry seems to have begun to spread. Many people have even started doing this privately."

At this time, Chang Baishan suddenly remembered something and whispered a reminder to Qin Ming.

Things like lotteries can only bring some entertainment to the public when they are organized by the imperial court.

Because the imperial court always has a bottom line.

It is not necessarily the case when those people in the private sector do it themselves.

Maybe they just want to make money or have other intentions.

"The secret guard has already left."

Qin Ming had anticipated this step a long time ago. When he first started to publicize and promote the lottery, he asked Liu Yueli to take people out to manage it.

The danger was nipped in the bud.

"Your Majesty is very thoughtful."

Chang Baishan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"I think the lottery craze will go through another phase. Let Song Dingsheng come to my place tomorrow."

"Row."

Chang Baishan guessed that Qin Ming might want to use the newspaper to hype up the incident again.

However, when Song Dingsheng came to Qin Ming the next day.

However, they found out that Qin Ming did not ask Song Dingsheng to come here to build momentum.

"Your Majesty, you are looking for me."

"Yes, what do you think of the court's recent lottery business?"

Qin Ming brought a chair to Song Dingsheng and asked with a smile.

"It's okay, but the money comes too quickly, which makes it easy for the people below to blame us after they lose money."

"I think so too, so we need to correct our reputation."

Qin Ming has been dealing with memorials in the palace these days.

I also went outside several times to check out their lottery booth in person.

In the end, I found that many people think that this kind of lottery stall is a scam.

Although many people did win money in it, both the winners and the losers were cursing.

The key point is that they were cursing the imperial court.

This made Qin Ming very helpless.

This step they took was indeed a big one.

It was for this reason that Qin Ming prepared to find an opportunity to restore his reputation.

"What is your Majesty going to do?"

Song Dingsheng actually knew all these things, but he didn't want to tell Qin Mingming about this kind of problem. He didn't expect Qin Mingming to notice it so quickly, which also surprised him.

Qin Ming thought for a moment and then said:

"It just so happens that recently there is a batch of silver that needs to be used to support the construction of the North-South Canal."

"You should write about this incident in the newspaper in the next few days."

"Just say that all the money earned from the lottery industry was invested in the construction of the imperial court."

Song Dingsheng immediately applauded, thinking that this would help restore some of their reputation.

"By the way, when does the imperial court's five social insurances and one housing fund plan start?"

Although Qin Ming made money in these areas.

However, there was still a large amount of funds from the court that he needed to raise again.

Now those overseas caravans are still running, and it is unlikely that they will bring back silver in the short term.

It was for this reason that Qin Ming was ready to find some other ways to get money for the court.

"Five social insurances and one housing fund plan..."

"You'd better find money for this."

Upon hearing this, Song Dingsheng suddenly felt overwhelmed.

Qin Ming had told them before that he wanted to implement the five social insurances and one housing fund system in modern society.

And after they heard about the five insurances and one fund system for the first time.

Everyone thought it was a fairy tale.

Things like retirement, unemployment, and funds that can be obtained when buying a house.

This is very different from their usual understanding.

"This is necessary. If many people in our factories can no longer work, how will they make a living?"

Qin Ming's words made Song Dingsheng hesitate.

These officials can naturally go back and enjoy their retirement.

Because they already have a lot of property in their hands.

Even if you go back and spend it all, you won’t be able to spend it all, and it can even benefit your descendants.

But it’s different for ordinary people. If they work in a factory until they are too old and can no longer work, how will they survive?

This is indeed a problem, but it is still a bit far away from them now.

So many people don’t think about it carefully.

But Qin Ming had already thought about these things and could even make preparations in advance.

"Your Majesty, this would cost us a lot of money."

"That's not the case. We will have a huge income."

Qin Ming shook his head slowly, dispelling Song Dingsheng's judgment.