Chapter 248: Notes to the Royal Palace (Part 1)

The 253rd year of Dafan, the 21st year of Changzhi. Spring

Narita Mansion is a famous city and a big county. It flows outside the city with the white river. It looks at the mountains and forests. It is full of plum blossoms. It has a fertile field of thousands of miles, and the rice is ripe for three years a year, and it is bordered by the coastal border. Although there are no other continents in this world, shipping is also very convenient, and some coastal islands are also developed.

At noon, Fang Xin was on a pavilion with drizzling drizzle below, and he saw a boat, with a chimney with thick black smoke coming up, leaning on the shore.

A crew member at the dock said, "Get the shore!"

The ship slowed down, the anchor was lowered, and a few merchants came out. On the deck, the piles of various cargo were piled like hills, and the water surface was heavy. When we arrived at the dock, a middle-aged man greeted him. After a few words, he ordered the workers on the dock shouted on the pile of goods.

Get busy unloading.

"The steam engines have all appeared." Fang Xin thought with emotion.

The emergence of steam engines will inevitably lead to an industrial revolution, which has been used in textiles, ships, and mining. It can be said that in the past thirty years, more coal and iron have been produced than in the past two hundred years.

Only railways and trains have not yet appeared, steam engines, but have been widely used in water transportation.

Telegram has not been invented yet, but it is not uncommon to appear at any time depending on this situation.

This change of times is not a good thing for the Great Fan Dynasty.

Indeed, due to the development of the industry, the court's income has been said to have expanded to a scale of 100 million taels of silver, but this money has not brought good luck.

When Emperor Changzhi ascended the throne, he was twenty-nine years old. It was twenty-one years since then. The flood, drought, locust and wind storms continued every year. Various sects and various bandits emerged one after another. It was nothing, but there were two very influential uprisings.

The first was a relatively traditional peasant uprising. Chen Yonggui rebelled and rebelled with the fourth year of Changzhi. The war lasted for eight years, killing 20 million people and spending 200 million taels of silver in the court to encircle and suppress it.

It's nothing. A short and fierce rebellion filled the emperor's heart with sorrow. In the 20th year of Changzhi, two thousand rebels attacked the palace overnight and even attacked the emperor's bedroom.

Emperor Changzhi couldn't sleep all night. After reading the report in the early morning, he burst into tears and couldn't get up from ill that day. It was just an organized rebellion. It turned out to be a temporary organization of "Changkee" (that is, workers). The defense of the imperial palace was so relaxed. It was incredible, which fully demonstrated the corruption of the empire.

The emperor was seriously ill, but Fang Xin didn't feel good about it. For him, these were very clear

The first uprising was the development of capitalism, combined with the aristocrats, and the development of power became increasingly greater, especially the cooperation of steam engines and textile machines, which made the strong capital commodity economy impact the countryside.

The farmers across the empire went bankrupt, becoming wage workers in rural areas, or becoming workers. This is a pain in history. Some bankrupt farmers were desperate and forced to revolt.

Since Fang Xin established the aristocratic business system at the beginning, after two hundred years of development, the aristocratic class has mastered huge economic strength and pursued autocratic and high-pressure policies. It can be simply summarized as monopoly, negative effects, and gradually fully exposed.

This combination of capital and power caused the workers to be severely oppressed, so the workers' uprising overnight and attacked the palace in the imperial capital, although beyond expectations, was reasonable.

In such an unprecedented and complex situation, the imperial government was at a loss and didn't know what to do

Although time travelers have already understood that they must follow the trend of the world, they have also secretly promoted the fire. Under their suggestion, some ideas about freedom and human rights were invented by the imperialists and secretly spread.

Fang Xin has been in this world for thirteen years, and has been 14 years old, but he has already figured out these situations relatively clearly.

However, this is a long-term matter after all. Now it is a major event that concerns the foundation of the country - the Crown Prince of the Empire

Emperor Changzhi has four sons and three daughters

The eldest son, Li Zhuoxi, was originally the prince, but he was not very smart since childhood. The most important thing is that he was weak in physique and could not only not practice martial arts, but also could not study for a long time, which naturally disappointed the emperor.

The second son was Fang Xin's father Li Gang, and he was named the Prince of Changtu, but he died early, leaving behind Li Weiyuan (Fang Xin) and his younger brother Li Dongde.

The third son Li Yangqing lived for only fourteen years and died underage. The emperor posthumously conferred the title of King of Pingyuan County.

The fourth son, Prince Xingtai, was 21 years old, but he was relatively talented and had the highest call for the crown prince.

Faced with this situation, it had nothing to do with Fang Xin. Li Gang had already inherited the Prince of Changtu and went out to the Narita Mansion to become a vassal. Although he had the royal palace and land, once he left the capital, it would be difficult to come back.

Moreover, Li Gang died at the age of thirteen, Li Weiyuan (Fang Xin) inherited the Prince of Changtu and became the seventeenth iron hat prince. He could only participate in the transaction of land and houses, and did business, and could not participate in the regime.

But Fang Xin felt something keenly. This was not his human act, or it could be called heaven's will. However, there is no need to say this intention.

Just as the ship of cargo was unloaded, a middle-aged man could go upstairs. When he saw Fang Xin, he knelt down with a "slap": "Prince, the villain Zhao Xueruo greeted me!"

"Have you brought the new book?" Fang Xin asked while sniffing.

"If you want to go back to the prince, you will bring it with you, three boxes."

"Well, get up, how about the goods?" Fang Xin said this. Zhao Xueruo smiled, got up, and said, "Reply to the prince's words, if it is profit, there will definitely be eight thousand silver dollars."

Silver rounds are also a product of social development. They are made by the steam pressing machine and are now the standard currency of society.

"Eight thousand silver dollars per ship of profit!" Fang Xin stood up, stood at the window and pondered, looking at the world below with a slightly confused look.

To him, this world is also unfamiliar, with heavy rain and fog, the whole city is filled with dark fog, and there are a large number of chimneys rolling upwards... It really makes people wonder where they are

After a moment, Fang Xin turned around and stared at the man and said, "Very good. As usual, you send half to the palace, you can draw 10% by yourself. I will give you another 200 yuan and make up a thousand silver dollars. Some of them will be included in the cost. However, if you violate the rules, I will not be stingy with family rules!"

"When the prince said, how dare the villain? The villain was a small vendor on the street. The prince promoted me to take charge of this business. If you dare to neglect it, you will not dare to break the rules." Zhao Xueruo smiled and did not directly look at the young prince's cold eyes. She lowered her eyes and bowed her hands.

Fang Xin sneered. The man's inner cunning had already seen it, but this was also a routine beating. Of course, Fang Xin knew that his fate was OK, and a million yuan of silver dollars was indispensable.

However, he has not yet reached the point. Although this answer is quite respectful, he is a little weak. To this day, the prince's majesty is no longer the same as before. When Da Fan founded the country, not to mention a mere businessman in front of him, even officials would fight against Li Li in front of him.

This difference is not only the progress of the times, but also makes him feel melancholy. He waved his hand and said, "What is the color of this ship?"

"When the prince, they are all northern goods, ginseng, marten, antler horns, and some pearls collected from the islands." Zhao Xueruo stepped forward and replied: "I want to report to the prince that the villain has already contacted Su Jixing, which is to deliver the goods today..."

Before Fang Xin could answer, a middle-aged servant with swordsman behind him said angrily: "Bold, the prince told you to reply, but you dare to postpone it on excuses. No matter how great Su Jixing is, is it that the eldest prince?"

Zhao Xueruo was stunned and shocked. He took a step back and said, "I dare not, it's all up to the prince."

"Forget it, you still need commercial reputation." Fang Xin said indifferently: "You go down and deliver the goods!"

"Prince Xie, the villain is going to go down now." Zhao Xueruo said again

When he got down, he saw him shouting at the window and transporting freight out in batches. Along the way, there were all kinds of shops everywhere, winding and forming a long street.

Fang Xin got up, went downstairs, ignored the shopkeeper's shouting, and walked slowly on the street, feeling the faint mist on the street, and a faint bitterness appeared in his heart.

After walking down, Gao Shiming, who was following behind, said, "Prince, isn't Zhao Xueruo too rebellious?"

Fang Xin glanced over and found that a newly built residence had the smell of a modern villa. Not to mention, it was the subtle influence of the time traveler. He thought about it, sighed, and said, "This Zhao Xueruo has talent. It only took him a year to open up the situation and pay tribute to the mansion 30,000 silver dollars. You also know that with this money, the mansion will be much more abundant."

Today, in the past two hundred years of peace, how much land can be divided in the world? When the Iron Hat King of Changtu was in the vassal state, he only got 1,000 acres of land, and the rest were supplemented by the imperial court's ancestral government. The legal salary was only 30,000 silver dollars, and some routine discounts were only 23,000 yuan. This amount of money was only for the Iron Hat King of Iron Hat King, but he could only maintain the royal palace.

The Prince of Changtu has inherited the Iron Hat Prince. According to the rules, there are 600 guards. Now he has only raised 60 people in the second squad. Gao Shiming is the commander of the guards. Logically speaking, he is also a sixth-rank general. Now he is in charge of these 60 people, even in the underdog. Of course, there are also benefits, that is, the court has relaxed the control of the royal family a lot.

In the morning, the Iron Hat Prince could enter and exit so casually, so he had to notify the local magistrate to go out.

"Even so, he can't help being so arrogant. Prince, if he had a strange intention!" Gao Shiming said with some concern, but Fang Xin knew that the business bank would be very prosperous, so the old man in the mansion began to become jealous. He just wanted to install his nephew to the chamber of commerce.

"Yi Xin? Gu promoted him to the street vendors and gave him 10,000 silver dollars. He also asked him to share 10,000 yuan. He was in charge of major affairs. Who doesn't know about this? If you really want to have a strange intention, you can't take someone else's head?" Fang Xin sneered and stared at Gao Shiming with a glance: "Gu has the order card of the king. Even if he was killed on the spot, it would be legal and reasonable. Who would say that this king is wrong?"

After a breath of relief, Fang Xin said, "If your nephew can graduate from business school, I will not be stingy with a business manager."
Chapter completed!