After hearing what Meng Yin said.
Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts gradually calmed down.
He had been in power for many years, but he had never seen a second person in the imperial court speak of the benefits of being a corrupt official from a novel perspective like Meng Yin.
It also gave him a new perspective on corrupt officials.
Although he hated corrupt officials the most in his life, he recalled what he had seen in Pei County in the past two days.
The images of the citizens with happy smiles on their faces flashed through his mind.
Meng Yin really managed Pei County well.
He even fantasized about it.
If he had been able to live in Pei County from a young age, would he still have thought of revolting?
After all, when he was young, his thoughts were really simple. He would herd cows for the landlord's family, then marry a wife at a suitable age and continue to be a farmer with his father for the rest of his life.
In that era, as long as one could eat their fill.
Who would rebel?
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed with emotion. Perhaps he would support Meng Yin like the people of Pei County now?
Not only would they not rebel, but they would also protect their country.
Empress Ma, who understood him the most, knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking.
She stepped forward and immediately changed the topic.
"Alright."
"Why are they talking about national affairs? We are businessmen. What we care about most is how to make money.”
"Lord Meng is such an extraordinary person. Even if the emperor knows your thoughts, I'm afraid he will need time to accept it.”
Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang meaningfully.
Then…
She smiled gently.
"Lord Meng, now we should talk about business. It would be best if our two sides could cooperate.”
The topic was finally back on track.
Meng Yin nodded.
The family in front of him was a little strange. They were clearly here to do business, but they had to talk about the emperor for so long.
"If it weren't for the fact that you're the relatives of Empress Ma's clan, you would've been kicked out long ago just because the old man had been going against me."”
"Forget it, I'm magnanimous and won't argue with you.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his face darkened again.
This kid is really showing off his official authority in front of me all the time!
"You guys came at the right time."
"I do have a good business here, but I haven't found a partner yet.”
Speaking of doing business, Meng Yin's interest soared a lot.
Because…
He could ruthlessly slaughter these few innocent people!
"This business is suitable for you, and you will definitely make a fortune!”
Meng Yin said with a smile.
"What is it?" asked Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly.”
This time, their family had come to Pei County for the ancestral land. They had brought about 500,000 taels of silver with them?
It was enough for business.
Meng Yinli and Zhu Yuanzhang were moved. He pointed at an ornament beside him.
It was a glittering and translucent item carved into the shape of a swimming dragon.
When he poured wine or other liquids into it, it sparkled as if it was filled with bejewelled nectar.
"Are you interested in selling this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang and the others looked over.
His eyes lit up.
"Azurite!"
The few of them shouted in surprise.
Meng Yin smiled meaningfully, then clapped his hands.
He ordered the people below.
"Come on, carry everything up and let them have a good look.”
Very quickly.
A few servants carried a few things up.
One was a polished mirror, and the surface of the mirror reflected light like lines.
The other type was considered a work of art. Other than being highly ornamental, it had no other use. Fortunately, the workmanship was very exquisite and there were many shapes. There were ancient auspicious beasts and some small and exquisite ornaments.
There were also many colors.
What was rare was that no impurities could be seen on each piece.
The most obvious was the colorless and transparent decorations. The interior was pure and there was nothing inside, reflecting a dazzling and holy light.
Looking at these shiny things.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were all dumbfounded, unable to shift their gazes away.
"Azurite! It's a high-quality glass!"
As they spoke, they even started to attack.
Zhu Yuanzhang touched it and sighed,"The texture is light and the color is bright. It's better than all the jade we've seen!”
Empress Ma nodded in agreement.
The decorations that were usually used for display were not light.
Like the glass accessories that Meng Yin took out, he casually played with them in his hands.
Not only was it light, but it was also an extraordinary item.
Meng Yin saw their excited looks.
He clenched his fist to cover the smile on his lips.
He coughed and continued.
"Those outside are all defective goods. They are not worth much here, and there is no need to sell them.”
"What you see now is the real treasure.”
"How is it? Are you interested?"
Empress Ma looked at her own clear face in the mirror and exclaimed,"It can actually illuminate so clearly!"
It was even clearer than the reflection on the surface of the water, let alone an ordinary bronze mirror.
Empress Ma took a fancy to this mirror.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Xi were also playing with those sparkling and translucent artifacts with fondness.
Couldn't he tell that his family was very interested?
Zhu Yuanzhang did not hide his praise."Not bad! This batch of goods was indeed unique! I believe that we can definitely sell it for a large sum of money.”
He had just finished saying this when he heard Meng Yin lightly say something as well.
"Then you can pay the deposit."
"A total of 100,000 taels."
"After you hand it over, you can take away this batch of goods.”
"If you sell it as soon as possible, I can give you more goods next time.”
Meng Yin said with a smile. He was just waiting for them to get the money.
His happiest moment had finally arrived.
One hundred thousand taels…
Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded, and his face turned long.
Empress Ma was also very puzzled.
"Lord Meng, why do you have to charge 100,000 taels to take it away?”
Meng Yin said matter-of-factly,"Look at how precious this batch of goods is. Isn't it worth 100,000 taels?
After that.
"You can't even take out a hundred thousand taels as a deposit. I'm starting to doubt if you're really related to the imperial family.”
Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Besides, you don't even have 100,000 taels of silver to do business. Forget it!"
Meng Yin waved his hand, looking down on them.
Seeing that they were all silent, Meng Yin added,""Even though I took a hundred thousand taels as a deposit, you have the final say on the price of this batch of goods.”
"I only gave you ten because I wanted to test your business skills.”
"If you can't even sell ten of them, what's the point of working together?”
His words made sense.
But Zhu Yuanzhang still felt that Meng Yin seemed to be deliberately slaughtering people.
After all, he understood Meng Yin quite well.
He is always thinking about other people's money
Meng Yin said to Zhu Yuanzhang,"Don't say that I didn't teach you.”
"Aren't you all relatives of Empress Ma?”
"With this layer of relationship, if we can get the name of the royal family's special supply, won't we have a channel to sell our goods?”
"If the nobles in the capital buy anything, you can also make a profit.”
"If you sell it well, I'll give you even better treatment.”
In any case, Meng Yin was just trying to draw a pie for them first.
He provided the goods and analyzed how to sell them to make money.
As for whether they could sell it, that would depend on their own ability.
Now, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were only his agents.
If they couldn't do it, he could just change the agent.
As long as they were really relatives of Empress Ma's clan, it should not be impossible to sell them.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.
"100,000 taels!"
He hadn't even earned money yet, and he had to take out 100,000 taels first.
Meng Yin, this brat, was too much!
The most infuriating thing was that he could not refuse.
Because only Meng Yin had this batch of glass.
It was a classic case of missing the village and losing the shop.
Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that if they didn't cooperate with Meng Yin now, someone else would come looking for them soon.
It would be too late to regret then.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and took out a hundred thousand silver notes.
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