Just as he was talking about Shen Wansan's deeds, Zhu Yuanzhang pulled Shen Wansan over. Now the Ming Dynasty's national power can be said to be unrivaled, but economic issues still cannot be taken lightly, because he knows very well that the emperors of various countries have They appointed their country's richest businessmen with business acumen to regulate their country's private economic and trade issues. Although Shen Wansan was very shrewd in business, he could not afford to fight with many countries, so they had to come up with the most compromise method.

When Shen Wansan walked into Zhu Yuanzhang's palace, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's Queen Ma combing Zhu Yuanzhang's hair. Zhu Wenzheng, who was guarding there, came over and stopped Shen Wansan and said, "Your Majesty is washing up. Please wait a moment, Mr. Shen."

So he stopped at the door of the palace. Standing here, he could see the environment in the palace. Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the dragon bed with his eyes closed and enjoying Queen Ma combing his hair.

After a while, Queen Ma stopped, combed her hair, looked at Shen Wansan standing outside the palace, and quickly reminded Zhu Yuanzhang, who had closed his eyes, that Shen Wansan was already here.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes and rubbed his groggy eyes and said: "Hey, Shen Wansan is here... Hurry, summon him."

So Zhu Wenzheng went out to remind Shen Wansan who was standing outside the palace that she could enter the palace. Empress Ma saw that it was no longer suitable for her to be here, and then she left the palace to give Zhu Yuanzhang and Shen Wansan some time to discuss.

Shen Wansan, dressed in white robes, came to Zhu Yuanzhang and worshiped: "Shen Wansan pays homage to your majesty!"

For Shen Wansan, Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor who was jealous of him. After all, Shen Wansan in history was also because he did so well. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that his business acumen was too good, so he became jealous. You are better than him. My treasury was rich, and his business ability was so strong that he could not stay by my side, so he was thrown into Yunnan as a soldier and spent his whole life in Yunnan.

Shen Wansan, who came to meet Zhu Yuanzhang as a businessman again, seemed very high-spirited, because all countries were trying their best to appoint wealthy businessmen from various countries to strive to integrate their private trade with the national finance, so there was no big reason for Zhu Yuanzhang to touch him again. move.

"Zhong Rong, I have no doubt at all about your business ability. When I was jealous of you, it was indeed my evil heart that was at work. Every time you were in a dangerous situation, you were able to turn danger into safety, and you were able to turn waste into treasure. I can see all this...

Now that you and I have met again, it has been more than hundreds of years, and I never thought that I would still be able to ask for help from you."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Wansan knew that Zhu Yuanzhang still had not given up his murderous intention towards him, but he still had to ask for help from him. This created a self-contradictory truth. In other words, Ming Dynasty always had the economic advantage. Without this status, Shen Wansan's business ability can be continued by others, and then he himself will have no value.

"Haha, what is your Majesty saying? I have never thought about these things. Whether your Majesty is jealous of me or hates me, didn't I die in your hands once? I, Shen Wansan, am not afraid of being killed again. Your Majesty kills me once. If the emperor wants me to die, I have to die."

Shen Wansan's answer actually slowed down Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous intention, but generally speaking, this answer was not to reassure the emperor so that he could have a way out, because the world is so big that the emperor can find him wherever he goes. These words were meant to reassure Zhu Yuanzhang that he, Shen Wansan, would not give up his job until the country stabilized the private economy.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and replied with satisfaction: "What you said is very good, I am very satisfied."

Standing there, Shen Wansan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Why did your Majesty summon me to the palace this time?"

"I summoned you to the palace to serve as an official. Do you dare to do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with great interest.

His body moved slightly, then returned to normal, and his complexion returned from white to normal. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to be an official this time for these things.

So Shen Wansan replied: "Since Your Majesty said so, I will explain it to Your Majesty straight to the point. I don't have any big problem. As long as Your Majesty speaks, I will comply and serve Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and said: "Very good, I am in urgent need of officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Since Guo Zi, the Minister of Household Affairs, is sorting out the national inventory and the trade affairs between the country and other countries, he has no time to take into account private economic management. Therefore, I appoint you as the Minister of Household Affairs. , forming a complementary state with Guo Zi, how about you take charge of private trade? "

Standing there motionless, Shen Wansan's back was soaked with cold sweat. The moment he heard the official appointment, a sudden wave of warmth rushed over him, and the warmth went straight to his heart. It seemed that the most dangerous moment had passed.

However, Shen Wansan still did not show these problems in his face. Instead, he paid homage to Zhu Yuanzhang in a more serious manner: "Your Majesty, Shen Wansan, thank you for your kindness!"

Zhu Yuanzhang just said "hmm" and then ordered his nephew Zhu Wenzheng to give Shen Wansan a seat. No one was seen today except the morning court.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang also carried a chair to sit in front of Shen Wansan, and asked the soldiers to carry a table over, brewing Liudong tea, the best tea in the south of the Yangtze River, with boiling water and served it. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang now What a huge change in attitude towards Shen Wansan.

"Zhong Rong, from the perspective of domestic private trade, what do you think should be the focus?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, taking a sip of a cup of tea.

"Well... this tea is not bad. Regarding our country's folk trade, I am most concerned about Jiangnan tea, ceramics, silk and other commodities." Shen Wansan also took a sip of tea and admired it, and then answered Zhu Yuanzhang's question. question.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who put down his tea cup, fell into deep thought. He was a little unable to deal with the country's folk trade, because these issues were all handled by Guo Zi, and there were very few opportunities for him to intervene. He ordered Zhu Wenzheng to report the annual private trade goods of the Ministry of Revenue. They have all been moved here, and it should be the most accurate to make a decision based on the private trade products on the brochure.

After a while, Zhu Wenzheng led ten soldiers to bring this year's folk trade goods in boxes. Otherwise, Ming Dynasty had a large population. Five boxes were already filled with folds before they were moved over. Some of the excerpts are insignificant, otherwise they would have been carried over as well.

After Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang briefly looked through the brochures of folk trade goods, it turned out that as Shen Wansan said, the most popular items of folk trade were tea and silk. Large families mostly sold ceramics, tea and silk, and tea was the main trade. They are used to entertain guests, ceramics are mainly given as gifts, and silks are mainly used for clothes. These three items are very popular among wealthy families, while ordinary people mainly buy and sell food crops and ordinary small items.
Chapter completed!