The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

After tasting the potatoes, corn and peppers, Emperor Xia not only satiated his appetite, but also filled his spirit with a sense of satisfaction because of the prospect of the future, with a smile on his face, which never left.

"Father, my son will take you back to the palace." Xiao Rui said courteously.

Emperor Xia nodded, but when he was about to get up, he was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Xiao Rui, and asked with a smile: "Are you driving me back to the palace?"

Xiao Rui hurriedly said: "How dare my son! Where do you start with this?"

Emperor Xia asked: "Are you urging me to leave so that you can ask about other gains? Are you afraid that I will be greedy for your money?"

Xiao Rui did mean that, and His Majesty saw through this little thought at a glance. As expected of his father, he couldn't be fooled at all, but he couldn't show the slightest bit on his face, and he had to say anxiously: "Father, this is a shame. I'm sorry! I've never thought about it that way, besides, I don't like money, I don't have any concept of money, money is something outside of my body, what do I want so much money for?"

After saying these words, Xiao Rui felt an unprecedented joy, and finally understood Papa Ma's emotions, so cool!

"Then I will stay here to hear about other gains from this maritime trade." Emperor Xia said with a smile.

Xiao Rui immediately said to Shen Wansan: "Zhong Rong, tell me about other gains, haven't you finished counting them yet? You must be too busy!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, don't worry, Your Majesty, your subordinates have already finished taping, and they have all the treasures in their minds!" Shen Wansan said excitedly.

Xiao Rui immediately rolled his eyes, saying that sentence in vain.

Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Zhang Liang laughed secretly, Shen Wansan, who was always smart, was also confused this time.

I only heard Shen Wansan say: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, this time HNA exchanged with the countries of the South Island through direct exchange, and obtained spices, sumac, camphor, sandalwood, pineapple, ambergris, pepper , jewels, magical beasts, fruit seedlings, etc., attacking thirty-four kinds of items, including more than 30,000 catties of various spices, countless jewels, and more than 80,000 catties of pepper..."

Shen Wansan eloquently introduced the harvest of the eight chartered ships in detail.

Xiao Rui listened to the hype, but he had no idea how much it was worth.

At this moment, Emperor Xia hit the nail on the head and asked, "How much would it cost to make it into silver?"

When Xiao Rui heard this, he quickly winked at Shen Wansan, but Shen Wansan thought that His Highness was urging him to report quickly, so he said directly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this trip to the south cost a total of 8 million taels to purchase goods, excluding the cost and the income of the crew , expenses, and repairs to seagoing ships, if you sell all the goods, you should be able to make a profit of eight million taels!"

Emperor Xia frowned, and asked, "The net profit obtained by a ship is one million taels?"

Shen Wansan explained: "The main reason is that the goods brought back are relatively scarce, such as spices and gems, which are cheap in the Nanyu countries, but when they return to our Xia country, the price will increase several times, or even ten times, and there are no prices. This time, the villain also brought back dozens of magical beasts with very long necks. This is the first time the villain has seen them. The crew all said Qilin. Such strange beasts must be expensive..."

"From this point of view, the profits of maritime trade are very large!" Xia Huang said pleasantly.

Shen Wansan said again: "Reporting to Your Majesty, because we are going there for the first time, the countries of the South Island are still a little wary of us, so the price of item exchange is high. Once the number of times increases and we are familiar with each other, the price can be lowered, and the profit will increase at that time." Increase by 30%! If we can exchange credentials with the South Island countries, the profit will be even higher! We have things that the South Island countries do not have, and the South Island countries have many things that we do not have. Such an exchange is all money. !"

Emperor Xia nodded. He didn't care about the profit this time, but what he valued was the long-term plan! If two or three hundred ships go to trade, and the profit of one ship is one million taels, that trip is comparable to the tax revenue of the national treasury for a year!

Of course, Emperor Xia also understands that once scarce items flood into the market, the profits will drop directly, but it doesn't matter, even if it drops by 30 to 40%, the profits will be extremely considerable.

But... two to three hundred ships require two to thirty thousand people, and with the current shipbuilding technology of Great Xia, to build so many large sea-going ships requires a huge amount of silver! At that time, the money was not earned, and the entire national treasury was emptied, which was not worth the loss.

Although the craftsmen of the Great Xia Kingdom are superb, they are concentrated on armor and weapons, and the shipbuilding industry is not developed, mainly because there was not much demand before.

Just when Xia Huang was thinking about it, Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Father, the maritime trade can be carried out step by step. As for the shipbuilding technology, I suggest that the Department of Shipbuilding and the Ministry of Industry should look for talents to jointly research and invent, and we will surely be able to build larger seagoing ships. .At that time, our Daxia fleet may not only go to the South Island, but also to the West, or to the East! Maybe we can cross the vast East China Sea, and maybe we can discover a new continent.”

Emperor Xia came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is a matter of long-term consideration, and there is no rush. Today, I have opened my eyes and learned something. It is true that there are people outside the world. If it is confined to one place and does not go out, I didn't know it would be so exciting outside! It's time for me to go back to the palace!"

"Farewell to Your Majesty!" Everyone hurriedly stood up and escorted His Majesty back.

Before going out, Emperor Xia suddenly thought of something, and said to Xiao Rui: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, those who see you have a share, and I don't have much appetite, six million taels is enough!"

Xiao Rui:...

Shen Wansan has worked hard for several months, and he has already reserved six million taels by His Majesty before he can get any silver. If the item does not sell for six million taels, will he still have to pay it back?

Thinking of this, Xiao Rui felt that the dowry was for nothing.

Shen Wansan was also confused, what did he hear? In front of you is His Majesty of today's Wencheng Wude! But afterward, Shen Wansan admired him even more, because he found out that His Majesty is so real, no wonder Daxia can be so prosperous, it turned out that His Majesty saved it bit by bit!

If Xiao Rui knew what Shen Wansan was thinking, he might strangle him to death!

Sending Emperor Xia away, Xiao Rui stayed for a while longer, seeing the strange beast called unicorn, which was actually a giraffe, but to the people of the Chinese mainland who had never seen a giraffe, it was indeed miraculous. , You can also make a small profit. But what a loss, such a miraculous animal is naturally sent to the garden, and one day, on a whim, you can have a barbecue, double-click six six six.

Then Xiao Rui also returned to the palace.

When we got back to the East Palace, the sky was getting dark, and the daytime was gray, every sun, but at night, it snowed!

This is the third day of March. In the past, it was full of spring, but now there is heavy snow, and judging by the accumulation of clouds in the sky, this is another heavy snow!

Xiao Rui stood outside the hall, looking at the falling snowflakes, he couldn't help but sighed.

At some point, Lu Zhi came over with a big cloak and said softly, "Your Highness, it's snowing, and it's cold outside!"

Xiao Rui turned around and smiled: "I'm sorry."

He took the cloak and put it on, and stretched out his hand to catch the falling snowflakes. The snowflakes were large and icy cold.

"Your Highness is worried that the heavy snow will affect the upcoming wedding? There are still twelve days left, so it should not be affected." Lu Zhi comforted.

Xiao Rui shook his head and said, "I'm worried that something bad will happen."

"Since we know that bad things will come, why don't we find a way to solve them? If we can't solve them, then minimize the impact of the bad things and have a clear conscience." Lu Zhi said.

Xiao Rui nodded and said with a smile: "E Kang is right, it is this king who has fallen into a demon."

As he spoke, he took out a bracelet from his bosom, which consisted of more than a dozen thumb-sized red gemstones strung together, then handed it to Lu Zhi, and said: "This is a jewel bracelet exchanged from the countries of Nanyu Island. Chuan, this king looks very beautiful, so I brought one back for you."

Lu Zhi was taken aback, shook his head hastily, and said, "I dare not accept you."

"Accept it... You are the daughter of Uncle Ming Yi, unlike ordinary female officials, you don't have to be careful in the East Palace." Xiao Rui laughed.

Lu Zhi pursed her lips, and finally took it back, and said: "Your Highness is benevolent, no wonder Lady Yan cares so much about His Highness. When I returned to the Hall of Female Officials in the evenings of the past two days, Lady Yan often came to chat with slaves."

"Xiao Xiao wants to chat with you?" Xiao Rui said with a smile: "She doesn't have any friends in the palace, it would be great if she could get to know you well, and you two can take care of each other. This little girl is kind and intelligent , if you have been with her for a long time, you will know how good she is."

Lu Zhi smiled, not ashamed to tell the actual situation.

Thinking of Yan Xiaoxiao's probing like a calf, how could Lu Zhi not know what she was thinking?

"Has Your Highness eaten dinner?" Lu Zhi asked.

Xiao Rui shook his head and said: "I don't have much appetite, let the dining room prepare some porridge. I've been busy all day, so I'll take a bath first."

"Yes!" Lu Zhi nodded and went to make arrangements immediately.

Soon, the hot water slowed down in the bathtub in the room, Xiao Rui took off his clothes and sat in it, the hot water soaked his chest, and he felt comfortable after soaking in the hot water.

Xiao Rui simply covered his face with a hot towel, enjoying the comfort.

Suddenly...the door of the room was pushed open, and a beautiful shadow of a woman flashed in.

The woman's footsteps were light, and she slowly approached Xiao Rui, but Xiao Rui didn't notice it! And in the woman's hand, she was holding something.

Soon, the woman came behind the screen and was very close to Xiao Rui.

She... took a deep breath, walked around the screen slowly, and stood behind Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui has not noticed it until now, he doesn't know it!

The woman looked at Xiao Rui on the barrel, especially his bare upper body, with his arms resting on the barrel, without any defense at all.

The woman clenched the thing in her hand, feeling extremely nervous... She took a deep breath, and finally took the last step, completely approaching Xiao Rui, then she stretched out the hand holding the thing to Xiao Rui's neck.

Xiao Rui didn't know about this, this is the imperial palace, his east palace, there are a large number of personal guards outside the palace, as well as Li Yuanfang, Dian Wei and Yang Youji, which assassin can get in?

In addition, he took a hot bath to relax his spirit, and he didn't notice the people behind him at all!

At this moment, the woman's hand holding something is about to touch him!