Chongzhen stood patiently behind and looked at Tian Xiuying who was concentrating.

The pen between Tian Xiuying's slender fingers was waving skillfully, replenishing the colors and lines.

Looking at the portrait, Chongzhen couldn't help but be slightly surprised. Unexpectedly, Tian Xiuying was still a "Pochen Sect".

What is the Boshen School?

There was a very famous painter in the Ming Dynasty named Zeng Jing, whose courtesy name was Bochen.

His paintings incorporate Western realistic style, cleverly blending the Eastern expression with the Western delicateness, and look very real.

The painting is over. It can be seen that Tian Xiuying has been painting here for a whole day today, and is devoted to painting.

After finishing the painting, she couldn't help but nodded, with a satisfied smile on her face.

As a result, when he turned around, he saw the emperor standing behind him, and was shocked.

"Your Majesty, why are you here..."

"On the big night, of course I came to Xiuying to discuss the story between Yun and Yu."

Tian Xiuying's face turned red again. Chongzhen took the painting from Tian Xiuying's hand and said, "What a beautiful boy!"

"Your Majesty, I have drawn it in a hurry, and I am not ready yet."

"I think it's very prepared and it's very well drawn."

Chongzhen carefully put Hua down, then hugged Tian Xiuying and said with a smile: "Xiuying, it's time to go to bed."

Tian Xiuying was a little curious about why the emperor has become so enthusiastic in recent times and has become extremely unrestrained in his behavior. He was not like this before.

It started snowing outside again.

Not only Beijing but also Zhangjiakou is snowing.

Zhangjiakou is located on the border area and has always been a place where the Ming Dynasty trades frequently with foreign trade.

The eight major locust merchants in the late Ming Dynasty were from Shanxi, but they all did business in Zhangjiakou.

Cao Huachun and the factory guards had already arrived in Zhangjiakou.

Started to conduct separate operations and search the house.

The eight locust merchants are actually easy to deal with. They are just merchants from the north and their status is still very low.

When later generations talked about merchants in the late Ming Dynasty, they were usually colluded with officials and businessmen in the southeast, and their interests were complicated.

But in fact, it was a businessman from the south.

The late Ming Dynasty was an era of extreme societies.

You have to say that it’s very rich, indeed! Very rich!

The only richest one is the Southeast!

How far has the southeastern area reached?

A servant can keep a brothel singer in the mealtime.

Moreover, due to the rise of business, many people are keen on business, and inexplicably businessmen can already participate in the imperial examinations. Many ministers in the court came from businessmen's families.

But most parts of the mainland are very poor, and not all places attach great importance to business.

For example, the north is completely different from the south, and the north is still very traditional.

The eight major locust merchants relied on border trade to accumulate wealth, but their status was still not high. This is a traditional concept and could not be changed for a while.

For this reason, the eight major locust merchants have not found any solutions, and their industries have even extended to Jiangnan.

Therefore, it is very possible that some people in Jiangnan have indirect relationships with Jiannu.

But even if they have a huge amount of wealth, their status is still low. This is not Jiangnan. It is not easy for the court to really want to mess with them.

The first thing Cao Huachun did when he arrived in Zhangjiakou was not to search the house, but to mobilize the army of the Zhangjiakou in Zhangjiakou with the emperor's decree and start to take people separately.

Get the person first and get the person as fast as possible!

Arrest the person and don’t let someone run away!

The eight major locust merchants have no relationship at the border?

Of course there is!

Otherwise, how to sell iron tools, some officers on the border will turn a blind eye to earn their own money.

However, Cao Huachun's sudden attack caught everyone off guard.

When I heard that the factory guards came to get people, even if anyone who had collected money before, who dared to stand up now?

Don’t want to live anymore? Blatantly oppose the court?

Although Cao Huachun always had a kind smile on his face, he was decisive and quick in his work.

Soon, everyone in the eight families was controlled.

Cao Huachun also used the emperor's imperial edict to mobilize the local government to do miscellaneous work.

At the same time, the people from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue are already on the way.

On the morning of the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, Chongzhen had just woken up from Tian Xiuying's gentle hometown. After breakfast, he received a letter from Cao Huachun to 800 miles.

After reading the letter, Chongzhen was so excited that he held his hand tightly.

The eight major locust merchants combined have as many as 8 million taels. Just pulling out one person is even more than Duke Cheng!

During the Chinese New Year, such good news came, and Chongzhen suddenly added a lot of money.

The nobles in the capital have already copied one wave, and the remaining factory guards can be sent to Zhangjiakou for support immediately to ensure the stability there.

There was also good news that afternoon.

Xu Guangqi entered the palace and presented two things to Chongzhen.

It's both soap and shampoo.

Staring at the yellow and rough soap, Chongzhen was stunned for a while before he realized.

According to Xu Guangqi, he has tried many people, and it has worked and has no adverse reactions.

It seems that Old Man Xu is still very considerate in doing things.

Looking at the soap and shampoo in his hand, Chongzhen felt like he was returning to the 21st century. Although it was still rough, it had already formed.

It is not a problem to polish it again.

“How much does this piece of soap cost?”

"Reporting to your Majesty, it costs about 50 cents, because it was just made and can be reduced further."

“Where is this small box of shampoo?”

"It's about the same price."

OK, I'm here to post!

How to play next?

Tell you how to play!

A piece of soap and a small box of shampoo will cost 5 taels of silver!

Why sell it like this?

Because your emperor and the queen have this thing, are you nobles and officials following the trend?

What?

Why not sell the price to the people to make small profits and quick turnover?

1. Production capacity cannot keep up!

2. The current people have just experienced the change of Jisi. Many people have hoarded their money due to disasters. Who would like to play with money to buy this thing?

Not to mention those poor people, even if you sell 50 yuan per yuan, the poor will not buy it, so they can simply start the high-end market first and earn the money from these noble ministers!

This thing is more convenient than the soap acacia used for bathing, and it is much easier to use.

With the endorsement of the emperor, marketing is built!

With the arrogance of the literati and noble people in the capital, would they not sell it?

That's how luxury goods are played!

50 yuan cost, sell 5 taels!

This profit margin is higher than that of later Apple phones!

It's simply a huge profit!

"Xu Aiqing, this appearance can be polished and it will be better."

"Your Majesty has taught you."

"Wang Cheng'en, you go to the capital immediately to find a bigger place and free up the place for Lord Xu. Then make soap and shampoo in that place. The location should be large. If one place is not enough, find a few more places."

It just so happened that Chongzhen was going to move the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace recently, and to get some of them to work there to help me make money so that I would not cause trouble in this palace and even get money privately.

A piece of soap earns nearly 5 taels. If you sell 5,000 pieces of soap in a month, it will be 25,000 taels. With the same shampoo, it will be 50,000 taels (32.5 million yuan)!

It’s 600,000 taels a year!

This is still sold in Beijing. If you want to make more money, you can sell it in Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Jiangling. If you build chain stores, you can make money from the rich first!
Chapter completed!