The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

The emperor was noncommittal, and went to criticize the book.

Jia Lian had to kneel in the middle, waiting for the hair to fall.

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Chapter [*] Neifu Glass Manufacturing Office ([*]) The emperor deliberately left Jia Lian in the cold, and after he had approved the papers, he said coldly, "Do you know what's wrong?"

Jia Lian lowered his head and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the villain should not have selfish thoughts and selfishness. The emperor can rest assured that when you go back, the villain will give orders to go on, fully satisfy the emperor's requirements, and dare not be slack!"

The emperor stood up and walked to Jia Lian, "Everyone is selfish, but they must be respectful."

Jia Lian only saw the emperor's boots, and his heart was mixed.

It's beating him!

"There are still several major events in the imperial court, and the household and the household need to reserve enough money. However, on the birthday of the empress dowager, I don't want to be too shabby and hurt the honor of the royal family."

The emperor let out a faint sigh, the south of the Yangtze River is flooded, the autumn flood is coming again, the southwest is restless, the war is protracted, the Taicang silver is about to run out, the minister of households is getting old, the court is full of restrictions, and there is no open source move.

Now I finally heard a way that is not the way to go.

He looked at Jia Lian, and secretly said that this person had a reckless expression and a playful nature. If he was not alert, he would not be of great use.

Jia Lian listened to the emperor talking to him in a kind manner, and knew that the matter had turned over, "The emperor is the most filial, and he is a model for the world."

The emperor laughed at himself with a rare self-deprecating smile: "filial piety also costs money!"

Jia Lian did not dare to answer.

"Get up!" The emperor kicked Jia Lian, "your previous suggestion was quite successful."

Jia Lian stood up, bending over and rubbing his knees.

The emperor frowned and said with a sneer: "Do you do this in front of your father too?"

Jia Lian rolled his eyes, "Your Majesty, the villain's father is not as good as you. If you make him angry, you must beat him with a board."

The emperor paced the pavilion with his hands behind his back.

Jia Lian carefully followed behind him.

"How is your father? Why did you suddenly have a stroke?" The emperor seemed to mention it casually.

Jia Lian's mind turned around, how should he answer?

"Your Majesty, the villain dare not answer."

The emperor turned around and looked at him with interest, "What do you mean by that?"

Jia Lian gritted his teeth and replied, "Your Majesty, the son never speaks to his father."

The emperor smiled and said: "The Jinyi Army has checked it out, but your father is a romantic seed. It's a pity that Duke Rongguo was virtuous and mighty, and his descendants have fallen to this!"

Jia Lian froze.

There must be spies from the Jinyi Army in the Rongguo Mansion!

"If you dared to make up a deceit at will, you would have committed the crime of deceiving the king at this moment and should be imprisoned."

The emperor said it easily, but Jia Lian didn't dare to take it as a joke.

Inside the palace, not only is every step startling, but every step is pitiful!

"How dare the villain deceive the king?" Jia Lian repeatedly told himself that life matters!

The emperor sat on the couch, "Tell me what are you going to do?"

"What should I do?" Jia Lian asked softly.

The emperor was displeased: "In the Office of Glass Works of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you should have a charter, right?"

Jia Lian took a deep breath and lowered his head: "Your Majesty, what do you think is the most profitable?"

The emperor is also interested to hear how to make money at this moment, "Tell me!"

Jia Lian pondered and said: "Only monopoly is the most profitable. For example, the salt and iron monopoly in Han Dynasty."

The emperor shook his head, "Sang Hongyang's salt and iron monopoly was used for a while, and there were many ills in the past dynasties, which is not enough."

Jia Lian boldly said: "Because salt and iron are both related to the national economy and people's livelihood, they cannot be separated for a day. But glass is different, ordinary people can't eat when they are hungry, can't wear when they are cold, and they don't have much to do with franchise or not. Only those rich and powerful families have nothing to do with them. , the spare money is useless, only to buy gold, silver, and jewelry. If the glass franchise, the villain thinks there are several advantages. One is to control the output, as the saying goes, the rarer is more expensive, the less the higher the price The second is to regulate the atmosphere of the world, especially large pieces of glass are luxury goods, not for anyone to buy."

The emperor smiled and said, "Your sentence is not something anyone can buy, it's very meaningful!"

Jia Liandao: "Your Majesty, the villain thinks that the trend of extravagance and waste is widespread in the world today, and we should vigorously encourage thrift and morality. Useless things like glass jewelry cannot be banned, but they cannot be allowed to spread."

The emperor highly praised Jia Lian's ability to speak in a serious and crooked manner.

The court is full of moral gentlemen, the more he feels that Jia Lian is real.

"But there are all kinds of glasses on the market, what should I do?"

Jia Lian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the glass varieties on the market have been investigated clearly, the colors are single, and there are not many categories. If a production office is really established, the villains will have a way to create more fresh things. These low-end products Goods, don't worry about it."

The emperor nodded and said, "Do you mean to only specialize in high-end glass mirrors, and win the rest with quality?"

Jia Lian flattered: "The emperor is holy!"

The emperor smiled and said: "You are the only one who can manufacture large glass mirrors. What's the point of being a franchise or not?"

Jia Lian hesitated for a while and said, "This is the selfishness of the villain."

The emperor waited for him to speak.

"Since the villain opened this glass shop, I don't know how many people are staring at it, and no one dares to offend the villain. I just don't know what to do." Jia Lian tried to be euphemistic.

"It seems that I saved your life?" The emperor teased him, "How much money do you estimate you can earn in a year?"

Jia Lian calculated in his heart, "How much money do you need, Your Majesty?"

The emperor smiled and said, "Tell me all about it?"

Jia Lian cupped his hands and said: "If the emperor wants more, the villain will let go of the production. In the first one or two years, the price can be maintained high, and then it will definitely become more and more cheap, and finally it will become as cheap as porcelain, a few cents of silver per mirror. , it is impossible to predict how much money will accumulate. If you want less, the villain will maintain production and stabilize prices, and you can see how much money you have a year."

The emperor sneered: "I just said that a large piece of glass is a luxury, how can I let it go?"

Jia Lian complimented: "What the emperor said is. The manufacturing office can open branches everywhere. Even if it is only two or three thousand taels a day, it will exceed one million a year."

"One million!" The emperor's eyes lit up, this year's salt class was only four million taels, and a small piece of glass was almost a quarter of the salt class!

So, it works!

The emperor made a decision in his heart.

"So, what do you need?"

The most critical time has come.

Jia Lian tried his best to suppress his trembling voice, "Please allow the emperor to allow Chen to sell as a general agent at a price not higher than 15% of the price."

"Is this what you call a monopoly franchise?" The emperor said plainly, unable to hear his anger or anger.

Jia Lian thought about it, and he could still grind his teeth down to 10%.

However, the emperor spoke at this moment, "You are the first and the last to be able to negotiate with me like this. For the sake of one million taels, I am extraordinarily gracious in this matter today, that's right!"

Jia Lian held back the joy in his heart, but did not hand over the loss of millions of wealth.

If you have losses, you will gain, and only what you can get in your hands is yours.

Jia Lian immediately paid homage, "Little man..."

"Why are you still a villain?" The emperor smiled and said, "I ordered you to be the head of the Glass Fabrication Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and supervise all glass fabrication matters."

Jia Lian kowtows and thanks!

"Your Majesty, how many ranks is this commissioner?"

The emperor sneered: "Aren't you planning to take the township exam? When you pass the exam, you will have a good grade. If you don't pass it, you won't be in the stream. This is the way of the imperial court, and I can't stop it."

Jia Lian was disappointed.

No product, no product!

With a lot of thought, he followed the little eunuch back along the original road.

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Chapter Twelve It's My and My ([*]) Jia Lian doesn't like Wang Zi Teng very much.

Even if he has a delicate beard and a dignified appearance, it can't hide the essence of his ancestors, the contemptuous eyes in his eyes, and the words outside the words, nothing more than asking for guilt, blaming Jia Lian for entering the palace and not telling him.

If something happens to him, can you, Jia Lian, afford it?

Jia Lian's idea of ​​talking to him a little more is also unacceptable.

Returning to Rongguo Mansion, he simply reported to Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng didn't know that this commissioned director meant millions of silver taels. He just regarded it as an idle job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs doing chores, and he gave up after encouraging a few words of loyalty and diligence.

As for the old lady, the wife had been working as a woman in the house, and found out that she was not in the class, and blamed Jia Lian for humiliating Jia's lintel.

What do they know?

"On the bright side, we handed over our white money, and we haven't caught anything yet." Jia Lian explained to Sister Feng, who was pouting and dejected: "Actually, we are avoiding disaster."

Sister Feng spat: "I just realized that you made a plan early in the morning. I was sad for a long time because of my loss. That was a few thousand taels of income a day, and it suddenly disappeared. Who doesn't feel distressed?"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "I feel bad. There is gain."

"Bah! Why would there be such a thing if I didn't make this glass in the first place?" Sister Feng frowned, "It's good now, it's a waste of time."

Jia Lian shook his head gently, "Why is it a waste of time? At least we made tens of thousands of taels of silver. We also left a good impression on the emperor."

Sister Feng said faintly: "This good impression is really valuable!"

Jia Lianbo said angrily: "Okay, I said that it's not a question of money or not. How can people like us care about the gains and losses under the eyes when we look at the long-term?"

Sister Feng broke free from his grasp and pouted: "You always have your own ideas. I can't tell you, and I don't bother to ask. You're saving my wife's opinion. By the way, only Jianmeizhai sent a stack of children. The shopkeeper said it was drawn by a painter hired by the second master. I picked a few pages and looked at it, the one-colored hairpin ring and the small ornaments, and the rest. I saw a phoenix hairpin, which was very suitable for me. meaning."

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, "Since you like it, I will let them make it for you."

Speechless for a day.

On the second day, You came over early and said with a smile, "It's cool this autumn, and the flowers in the garden are blooming. I was thinking of inviting the old lady and the ladies to visit our place, but the old lady suffered from it yesterday. The wind is cold, and my wife is fasting again, so she has no time to spare. I have to settle for the next best thing, and by the way, I invite you to come over and have a fun time, and all the drinks and entertainment are available."