Chapter one hundred and eighty second(1/2)
After the last enthronement ceremony, Guo Dan once again broke the Wanli view of money. It turned out that the most expensive construction can make money, which is incredible.
If someone else said this, Wanli would probably have killed him. He could say such nonsense, would he think I am mentally retarded?
But if it was Guo Dan, Wanli became very excited because he had made a profit after the enthronement ceremony, and he also made hundreds of thousands of taels of money, which made him want to enthrone a few more concubines at that time.
But then again, that's all, and those wealthy businessmen can't shine their ancestors every day.
It seems that in the future, I will use less exaggerated sentences in front of the emperor. As long as he gains profit, he will definitely take it seriously and is even more scoundrel than a scoundrel. However, if he doesn't do this, I will have nothing to do. Guo Dan muttered in his heart and asked again: "Your Majesty, I don't know what happened last time, you are thinking like this?"
Wanli said in surprise: "What's the matter?"
Guo Dan said: "Is it just that your Majesty will attend the opening ceremony of Marseille?"
"This is the matter!"
Wanli frowned and said, "I won't go, so as not to gossip about the censors and censors."
Since Zhengde, these ministers have tried their best to prevent the emperor from leaving the palace casually, because Zhengde has played a little crazy and no one can stand it. In addition, Wanli himself is also a fat man, so he simply doesn't want to go there. At worst, he will make less money.
Guo Dan didn't dare to force Wanli, and this was just the icing on the cake, and said, "I know."
Wanli asked again: "By the way, how do you play this horse? There are both losses and losses in this gambling, so you won't lose."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, you will make sure to make a profit."
Guo Dan hurriedly patted his chest and promised.
Wanli's eyes lit up and said, "How can you make a stable profit without losing money?"
Guo Dan immediately explained to Wanli.
He had no idea about gambling, but he just brought the gameplay of later generations, but it was simplified.
Only two prize pools will be opened for the time being.
The first is to bet on the horse, which means to bet on who will run first.
The second is to bet on the top three, regardless of ranking.
These two prize pools are calculated separately.
For example, when betting on a horse, the total amount of betting is one thousand taels, and the amount of betting on a horse is 25 taels, which is 1 thousand taels divided by 25 taels, and the odds are 40 points per loss.
However, the total amount is deducted from 15% of the handling fee.
"This is quite complicated." Wanli nodded thoughtfully and said, "Even if I go there, I can't make much money."
Guo Tan smiled and said, "If Your Majesty goes, then you can operate it secretly. When everyone is optimistic about Your Majesty's horse, the odds of other horses will definitely be very high. I can guarantee that 70% of the money in the prize pool will belong to us, and if Your Majesty goes, there will definitely be many people who bet."
When the dealer knows that everyone is optimistic about the same horse, and this is the dealer's horse, it is simply a loss of money from the sky, and you can do it with a little operation.
"Yes!"
Wanli looked happy, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll go when there are too many people playing in the future."
Are you trying to cut leeks? What is it all the same?
Guo Dan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Wanli felt a little embarrassed and coughed lightly: "I still think that the handling fee of more than 10% is too low. You said you wanted to do charity, so you just mentioned 30%. What do you think?"
30% of the handling fee? You are not cutting leeks, but digging roots. Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, this gambling horse is about long-lasting flow. Only the more money the prize pool is, the more people it attracts. This is a lot of money. In fact, there are not so many specific income, because you still have to pay taxes."
Wanli exclaimed: "Do you still have to pay taxes?"
As far as he knows, gambling houses don’t pay taxes, so why do I have to pay it? The taxes are to be entered into the treasury. He has always been making money from the treasury. Now it is equivalent to putting his money in the treasury, and then he gets it from the treasury into his own wallet. Isn’t this an unnecessary move?
"Don't you not be able to work with me?" Guo Dan was a little confused. Are you the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
Wanli realized that he was a little too much, so he coughed twice and said, "What I mean is that I have already taken 30% of them to do charity, and of course this tax is included in it."
This is OK? Take the tax that should have been given to the court and do charity. Who is doing this charity? Guo Dan said, "It doesn't matter if you are humble, as long as your majesty, you will give an order."
Wanli said: "You ask Xing'an Bo to report this matter first!"
It was agreed that he would come to Xu Mengchong to take the blame!
Guo Dan felt that this was a bit too much, and Xu Mengchong might not agree, saying, "Your Majesty, I think it's okay to pay some taxes. At least I can give the court a reason to crack down on other gambling houses. They don't pay taxes. As long as those gambling houses are sealed, don't all of them come to play gambling horses, we will make more, and the court will make more, so naturally those ministers will not be able to talk about it anymore."
Wanli nodded, and he was also afraid that the censors would ramble, so he said, "If you make sense, just do it."
Wanli believes that Guo Dan can make money by using construction, but others don’t believe it, and there is a 100% trick in it.
Although the censors and censors all expressed their support for Guo Dan last time, that was because they didn't want Ma Zheng to fall into the hands of the cabinet, which did not mean that they recognized Guo Dan. In fact, they were still watching this matter.
Therefore, when they learned that Guo Dan had taken out 100,000 taels and built the ranch, they went to the cabinet without saying a word and asked to review the matter. Even the merchants believed that Guo Dan must have used this matter to make money from Taipu Temple, let alone old drivers like them.
Indeed, the price was too outrageous. The censors and censors finally understood why Guo Dan dared to boast about it. It was said that you wanted to make money from the court. This kind of method has been used by those corrupt officials, so how could they hide it from us?
After watching these memorials, Shen Shixing did not dare to neglect it. This was not a small amount, but he was still very cautious and did not immediately inform the emperor. He went to Taipu Temple in person, found Xu Mengchong, and asked about this matter.
"Yes, Guo Dan did apply for a grant of 30,000 taels from Taipu Temple a few days ago."
Xu Mengchong nodded very calmly.
Thirty thousand taels, the amount is right. Guo Dan and Chen Ping’s first contract is also 30,000 taels.
Shin Shixing frowned and said, "Then have you assigned it to him?"
Xu Mengshi said: "It is still under review, but I think his application conditions are reasonable. If there is no accident, Taipu Temple should be allocated to him."
“Reasonable?”
Shen Shixing looked unhappy and said, "I would like to hear it carefully."
Xu Mengshen said: "Shoufu Shen should also know that the ten pastures were all disrepaired in disrepair. From stables to warehouses, they were very damaged and they all had to be repaired or even rebuilt.
In addition, Guo Dan promised to raise 5,000 horses, so he had to build many new stables and houses. According to the agreement signed between us, we gave him a well-equipped ranch, and the money should be paid for by us."
Shen Shixing frowned and thought for a while, and vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a thing, but no one cared about it during the review, because everyone thought it was normal and could not write it on the contract and contract ten old ranches for him. Is the court not ashamed of face? I didn’t expect it to be a pit.
"But there is no need to be so much for 100,000 taels." Shen Shixing said.
Xu Mengchong said in surprise: "What a hundred thousand taels? Guo Dan applied for only 30,000 taels, not 100,000 taels."
Shen Shixingdao: "But there are rumors outside that Guo Dan will spend 100,000 taels to rebuild the ranch and build the racetrack."
Xu Mengchong shook his head and said, "I don't know this. My Taipu Temple only received an application of 30,000 taels."
What's going on?
Shen Shixing frowned. If this is the case, he really can't say anything. It was a contract between Guo Dan and Chen Ping. He was willing to spend 100,000 taels or 200,000 taels. That was his business and they couldn't control it. Guo Dan only applied for 30,000 taels in the court. It was too early to investigate it like this, but he still reminded: "Xing'an Bo, many people are paying attention to this matter, you have to be cautious!"
Xu Mengchong nodded and said, "Thank you, Shoushen, for your concern, I will handle it carefully."
Shen Shixing nodded, chatted with Xu Mengchong for a few more words, and then left.
There is not a lot of application for 30,000 taels. After all, the construction of ten large ranches, plus the funds that should have been allocated to Guo Dan. This is really not a lot.
Xu Mengchong personally sent Shen Shi to the door. When he returned to the house, he saw that there was one more person in the house, and was leisurely tasting the fragrant tea there. Who was not Guo Dan?
Seeing that this kid was still so leisurely, Xu Mengchong twitched and said, "I said, what exactly are you doing? People do this, but they are afraid that others will misunderstand and avoid suspicion everywhere. But you kid is good, and you deliberately create these fogs, making everyone think we are colluding."
Speaking later, there was a three-point resentment in his tone.
Guo Tan smiled and said, "Brother, even if we have a big deal, won't they think so?"
Xu Mengchong was stunned for a moment and said, "So you made them even more suspicious, what's the reason."
Guo Tan smiled and said, "Why don't you think so? We are all innocent. Let them investigate. We are not afraid. We can also consume their energy so that we will not bump into the headless fly. If something happens, it will be more than worth the loss."
Xu Mengqiu nodded thoughtfully and said, "After that being said, you will get nothing except trouble when you do this."
Guo Tan smiled and said, "Brother, doing business is a troublesome thing. Without trouble, there is no interest."
Seeing that Guo Dan was unwilling to tell the reason, Xu Mengchong knew that it was difficult to ask, so he said, "You have seen it just now. As soon as the news came out, the chief minister came to the door immediately. It can be seen that they are all staring at this matter. This is not entirely a transaction. If you use transaction methods to do this, it is probably not possible."
Guo Dan nodded and said humbly: "I know this, this is also my shortcomings. In this regard, I can only rely on Master."
"No, don't say you're used to this. I'm most afraid of getting involved in such a thing, if it weren't for that..."
Xu Mengchong suddenly closed his mouth and seemed a little embarrassed. He wanted to say that he was just to avoid the struggle between the court, so he recommended him to Wanli. He coughed twice and changed the topic: "Recently, Rong'er was competing with others for riding skills outside every day. I heard that it was also arranged by you?"
Guo Dan nodded and said, "I admit this. I just want to do publicity and lure them all to participate in Marseille."
Xu Mengchong said: "Then there is no need for you to let Rong'er do this."
Who is your grandson who has a sarcastic face and lets him go, the best effect is. Guo Dan sighed: "Brother Ming Jian, I originally arranged for Guan Xiaojie and Liu Xun to go, but Xiao Gong asked him to take the initiative. He really hopes to share your worries. It is his filial piety that deeply touched me, so I asked him to go."
Although Xu Mengchong didn't believe his nonsense, he felt a little relieved. Although this grandson was rather naughty, he still had no filial piety, and said, "You also know Rong'er's personality. You have to look at it a little, don't cause trouble."
Guo Dan nodded and said, "Please rest assured, you are in control."
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News came out immediately, confirming that Guo Dan had indeed applied for 30,000 taels of money from Taipu Temple. Although there were voices saying that the total was only 30,000 taels, which was not entirely the construction cost, not 100,000 taels.
But it's a ghost.
Because human nature likes to think in the direction of conspiracy theories, especially when it comes to such a large amount, everyone believes that it is a collusion between officials and businessmen and power transactions. Moreover, Chen Ping has already started construction, and after getting so much money, he naturally works very happily.
The amount of 100,000 taels is a real impact.
To be continued...