Old Master Wang looked at Xu Biao even more anxiously than him.
"Fifty thousand taels of silver is indeed a lot in Fuzhou, but I heard that the caravans coming and going these few days are all taking tens or even millions of taels of silver."”
"It would be good if I could get a share of my fifty thousand taels.”
Xu Biao couldn't refute.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this situation was too exaggerated.
If it was really as Old Master Wang said, and most of the merchant groups took out tens of taels or millions of taels of silver, then the money would be worth more than ten thousand taels of silver.
Then this sum was really not small!
With so much money, if anything happened, it would definitely shake the foundation of the country!!
No way.
This matter! He had to report it back to the capital now!
Xu Biao stood up and cupped his fists at Master Wang." Then we'll leave first. Master Wang, we'll talk another day."”
"Alright, then be careful on your way, Master Xu.”
After the two of them bade farewell.
Xu Biao immediately recorded the information he had collected and reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang immediately after he returned.
At the same time.
He also brought half of his people back, while the other half stayed in Fuzhou Prefecture to wait for his news.
...
Time flew by.
Xu Biao and the Jinyiwei returned to the capital and immediately arrived at Zhu Yuanzhang's study.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw his anxious expression and hurriedly asked,""What's the hurry to report?"
The Jinyiwei had only left the capital for a month.
He came back so quickly. He must have rushed back immediately after going there.
Xu Biao told him everything he had heard in the Xu Prefecture and the Fu Prefecture.
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed drastically.
"Fifty million taels of silver!"
He took a deep breath.
"Are you sure this news is true?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked excitedly.
Xu Biao nodded.
"Your Majesty, everything I said is true!”
"This is what the local wealthy merchants in Fuzhou said. Moreover, this matter is not a secret among the higher-ups of those wealthy merchants.”
Then…
Xu Biao continued," I was in such a hurry to come back and tell Your Majesty because I was worried that if Meng Yin really got his hands on so much silver, I'm afraid that it would shake the foundation of the country if it was not used properly!"”
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
His first reaction wasn't that he was worried that the country's foundation would be shaken if something happened to the money that Xu Biao had mentioned.
Instead, he was thinking.
How much of this fifty million taels of silver would Meng Yin take?
Because for so long, Meng Yin had already become a big corrupt official in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
He also remembered Meng Yin's wise words very clearly.
If you want to be greedy, then be greedy!
Good boy.
Meng Yin was always remembering his life philosophy.
In less than a year's time, Meng Yin's target had already soared from a hundred thousand taels to ten million taels.
Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down.
He asked again,"Meng Yin really has such a great reputation to recruit so many caravans to pay?"”
Xu Biao answered truthfully," That's right, Your Majesty. Meng Yin's reputation was already known by many merchants in the world when he was in Xuzhou.”
"If it wasn't for Meng Yin issuing such words this time, it might not have had such a big effect.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
When he visited Pei County previously, he had personally seen Meng Yin's ability to do business.
She also understood that he did have such great appeal.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask,"Meng Yin has gathered so much silver, what is his next step?"”
Xu Biao replied," I don't know how Meng Yin is.”
"Because he's still discussing with those rich people.”
"However, the entire Fu Zhou Prefecture has undergone earth-shattering changes.”
Zhu Yuanzhang listened.
His interest was piqued.
"Oh? Are you saying that he has begun to vigorously transform the area again?”
Xu Biao shook his head.
"No, Meng Yin has only registered the situation of all the people in Fuzhou Prefecture, and they are classified according to the city's agriculture, industry, and commerce.”
"Once the money is in place, we'll give all of them work.”
"I heard that they're going to build a national infrastructure project."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked puzzled and asked,"Big infrastructure? What is a big infrastructure?"
Xu Biao shook his head.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I've asked the local people, but they don't know what this means.”
"I only heard Meng Yin say something. He wanted to let this group of unruly people have a taste of money.”
This was what the commoners had told Xu Biao, and he was now telling the truth to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Although I have not found out what the major infrastructure is, Your Majesty can rest assured that I have left half of the Embroidered Uniform Guards in the area and have already conducted a thorough investigation.”
"I personally feel that this matter is of great importance, so I rushed back to ask Your Majesty to make a decision first.”
Xu Biao was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would blame him.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and praised him,"Good, as expected of the Embroidered Uniform Guards that Zhen has entrusted to you.”
Basically, Xu Biao had investigated everything that needed to be investigated.
Some small problems were not that important.
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's praise, Xu Biao heaved a sigh of relief and felt a little embarrassed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Then…
Zhu Yuanzhang carefully thought about what Xu Biao had just said.
The current Fuzhou Prefecture was a poor and remote place. He originally thought that Meng Yin would follow the steps there and develop it exactly like Pei County.
He didn't expect to hear that Meng Yin was going to do some big infrastructure, and he had to work hard for the people and money.
Most importantly…
This guy had actually brought a group of wealthy people to secretly start a business without asking for a single cent from the imperial court.
If he hadn't sent someone to investigate.
He was afraid that he would be kept in the dark again!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt extremely displeased.
"I want to kill him," he said with a solemn expression.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang's expression had become gloomy, Xu Biao quickly lowered his head and did not dare to look at him. It seemed that he had already guessed that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry about this and wanted to make a few people suffer.
He couldn't help but feel lucky for himself.
At least he reported it early.
Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably punish him for his incompetence!
It seemed like…
This time, Meng Yin really angered Long Yan.
In the end.
In the next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed. He suddenly said with some interest,"No, I want to join one."
Originally.
Zhu Yuanzhang indeed felt that Meng Yin had done something wrong.
At least from his point of view as the emperor, Meng Yin had always left a trick up his sleeve for the people above. No one knew his complete plan.
However…
Previously, he had worked with Meng Yin twice.
He could already completely understand the feelings of his wealthy businessmen who were fighting to cooperate with Meng Yin.
This was because he was really making money.
Now the Ming Dynasty's national treasury is empty.
Right now, he wanted to see how Meng Yin brought so many people to become rich?
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