Chapter 601 First Cry 1 Cry

Seeing Gu Jiu pretending to be stupid, Emperor Wende kicked the stool over because of his violent temper.

"Don't tell me that you don't have an account book. You can accurately tell the gambling house's turnover for a year, so you must have checked the book book of the gambling house secretly."

Gu Jiu was wronged.

She checked the ledger.

But can this matter be brought up?

Can't!

She asked cautiously: "The Jinwu guards dispatched, didn't they find the account books of Youcai Gambling House?"

Emperor Wende stared: nonsense! If Jin Wuwei finds out the ledger, I can ask you for the ledger.

Gu Jiu said cautiously: "Daughter-in-law has heard that places like gambling houses have secret rooms. Account books are usually kept in secret rooms."

Emperor Wende sneered, "Boss daughter-in-law, the Jinwu Guards haven't moved for two years, do you really think that they are all rusted and their brains are not working well?"

The implication is that not to mention the secret room, all dark rooms and basements have been checked, but no real ledger has been found.

The Jinwu Guard did not fail, they arrested people and found a set of fake ledgers.

According to the data registered on the fake ledger, Youcai Gambler's annual turnover is only a mere 200,000 taels. Compared with the number Gu Jiu broke out, it is 90% less.

Jiucheng, where did the 1.8 million taels of running water go?

Emperor Wende was furious if the account was not checked clearly.

What's even more irritating is that the cashier of the gambling house is dead.

Now no one knows where the real ledger is placed.

Inside and outside the gambling house, inside and outside the cashier's house, they searched everything, but found nothing.

Now only the Princess Palace remains.

However, according to the spies' report, the ledger should not be in the Princess's mansion.

Gu Jiu snorted.

It turned out that the Jinwu Guard met the old Jianghu, and they had already dealt with the real account book before the Jinwu Guard was dispatched, without leaving any traces.

"My daughter-in-law has the guts to ask, have everyone's homes been searched?"

Emperor Wende stared, "If you have anything to say, just say it.

"

Gu Jiu lowered his eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye, looking particularly virtuous and well-behaved.

Those who are familiar with her know that these are actually illusions.

Virtuous and well-behaved, she has never had anything to do with Gu Jiu.

She said in a low voice: "According to what my daughter-in-law heard, there is a Nanny Zhang in the Princess's Mansion, and this Nanny Zhang has a nephew from the same family who doesn't know much, who is studying in the Imperial College."

Emperor Wende heard the string song and knew the meaning, "You mean the real account book is in the hands of this Imperial College student?"

"My daughter-in-law didn't say anything." Gu Jiu quickly cleared herself up.

Emperor Wende laughed angrily, "What are you afraid of? I don't know how to eat people."

Gu Jiu: "..."

Beep!

She wasn't afraid that Emperor Wende would eat people, she was obviously afraid of being shot at the head.

Let people know how she sued the Guozijian students, and those scholars will probably scold her in a 1808 way. Let her reputation be completely rotten on the street.

To be honest, Gu Jiu really didn't want to have sex with those scholars if it wasn't necessary.

After all, she also planned to use scholars to gain fame for herself.

Of course, if those scholars were really rude, Gu Jiu would not be too polite.

When it comes to swearing, she is not afraid of others.

However, Gu Jiu didn't want to face those scholars so early.

So she pleaded pitifully: "If there is really something to gain, my daughter-in-law begs the emperor to keep it secret. Don't say that the news was provided by the daughter-in-law."

Emperor Wende laughed angrily at Gu Jiu's cowardice, "It's the first time I know that you are also afraid. Don't worry, I promise not to betray you, it's okay."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I also thank Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of the child who is about to be born."

Emperor Wende laughed and rolled his eyes. Without a word, a servant quietly went out and informed Jin Wuwei to go to the Imperial College to arrest people.

"Sit down and talk!"

Emperor Wende finally showed mercy and was willing to give Gu Jiu a seat.

Gu Jiu: "..." Is this the rhythm of continuing the awkward chat?

There was really nothing to talk about, she just wanted to go back to the palace and lie down.

Gu Jiu sat down reluctantly, waiting for Emperor Wende's next words.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of War came to see me yesterday and said that you plan to build something similar to the official post, and the Ministry of War intends to cooperate with you. You and I should talk about this carefully."

Gu Jiu was obviously relieved.

Just don't chase after her about the casino.

The casino is a pit, Gu Jiu only wants to stand by the pit and look at the scenery, she absolutely does not want to jump into the pit.

She rationalized her thoughts, threw out her express delivery idea, and sold it to Emperor Wende.

"...Each city has a station, and the people at the station are only responsible for delivering the goods and letters to the next station, not the destination. It's like beating drums to pass flowers, with the least manpower and the cheapest cost, to deliver the most goods."

"How do you make sure it's the cheapest way?"

Gu Jiu said firmly: "Ask someone to send a letter thirty miles away, and you can go back and forth in the same day, and there is almost no cost on the way. The person thirty miles away picks up the letter and continues to send it to the next station. There will be expenses, the most is to drink tea on the road when you are tired and thirsty.

In this way, the letter is transmitted from station to station. When the letter is finally delivered to the recipient, the letter may have passed through the hands of ten people, but the total cost of the ten people on the road may not exceed one year. A hundred coins.

Conversely, it would take about three to four days for a person to send a letter from the capital to a place three hundred miles away. Three meals plus accommodation on the road will cost seven or eight hundred Wen at least. If it rains on the road, you will have a headache and brain fever, and the cost will be higher.

Moreover, the person who sent the letter had to travel for several days, and when he arrived at the destination, he would have to rest for at least two days to recover. This delayed another two days of work, and the messenger lost two days of income. "

"Finally," Gu Jiu paused, "It's just delivering items and letters, not sending messages. As long as you are careful, you don't have to worry about making mistakes."

Emperor Wende pondered over Gu Jiu's words, "In this way, wouldn't you need a lot of people for the courier delivery you made? You have to pay them for their wages. If there are more people, can the wages be saved? ?”

Gu Jiu smiled, "To tell you the truth, my daughter-in-law has carefully calculated it with someone. This express method may require more people, but the cost will never be higher than the previous delivery method. With our method, Similarly, if a cart of grain is sent from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital, the shipping cost can be saved by about 30%.”

Emperor Wende stared fiercely, "Can you really save 30% of the shipping fee?"

Gu Jiu didn't say anything dead, "It's better to let my daughter-in-law try it first, and see the effect first."

Emperor Wende suppressed the excitement in his heart.

The imperial court has a huge loss every year, which is to transport food.

If one hundred catties of rice is transported to the capital, and people eat it and chew it, 40% of it will be damaged, that is, forty catties.

The remaining 60 catties are transported to the northwest border, and another 40 catties will be lost.

That is to say, one hundred catties of grain was transported from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest border, and only twenty catties of grain were left in the end.

Such a huge loss is not unique to Da Zhou.

Throughout the dynasties, countless capable officials and officials wanted to solve the problem of loss along the way. However, this has had little effect.

The three armies went ahead without using food and grass.

To provide food and drink for 50,000 generals, at least 100,000 civilians must be mobilized to deliver food and grass.

These 100,000 people also want to eat and drink!

Food and drink, where do they come from?

Naturally, the food was cooked and eaten from the transported military rations.

So loss occurs.

The Ministry of Household Affairs said that it had allocated 100,000 dans of grain to the border.

However, when the grain reaches the border, it may only be 50,000 dan.

It is not necessarily greedy ink, most of it may be lost on the road.

In addition to the people who need to eat and drink, the mules, donkeys, and horses responsible for transporting grain and grass also need to eat and drink.

The so-called loss along the way, people eat horses, that's how it came about.

The Ministry of Households allocates grain every year, and a large part of it is eaten along the way.

Transportation is a big problem in this era.

It's no wonder that Emperor Wende was so excited when he heard that he could save 30% of the freight.

One hundred thousand dan, tens of millions of catties of grain. If you can save 30%, you can save millions of catties of grain.

Enough to feed 50,000 people for a month or two.

If you save a little food, you can eat it for half a year.

Half a year more food than the enemy is enough to determine the outcome of a war.

Emperor Wende was so excited that he walked up and down the hall with unpredictable expressions.

Gu Jiu felt uneasy.

Her original intention of developing the express delivery industry was to promote the circulation of goods and tap Dazhou's economic potential as much as possible.

As for the military application, from the very beginning, she has always avoided developing towards the northwest and northeast, which are important places for garrisoning troops.

Thinking of developing the south first, those rich places.

Unexpectedly, before he even started, he just put forward an idea, and he was followed by the Ministry of War Minister.

Now, Emperor Wende is also interested.

Gu Jiu thought, it's really not possible, at worst, let this business go.

She has a lot of money-making projects, so there is no need to fight with Emperor Wende.

Snapped!

Emperor Wende patted the table and pointed at Gu Jiu, "I order you to cooperate with the Shaofu of the Ministry of War to develop the express delivery industry well. Whether you want money or people, I will satisfy you.

My only requirement is to lay out express routes with a distance of at least 3,000 miles within one year. The Northwest and Northeast are two important areas for stationing troops, focusing on the development of the express delivery industry. "

Gu Jiu: "..."

Mrs. Rong Ben vomited a mouthful of old blood first.

According to Emperor Wende's design, she still makes a lot of money.

"Daughter-in-law, please resign! Daughter-in-law is just a woman, and she can't bear such a heavy burden because she is small and weak."

Emperor Wende laughed, "It's late! I appointed you to be in charge of this business, and the Shaofu and the Ministry of War will fully cooperate with you. You are not only responsible for building the delivery point, but also responsible for making money."

The corners of Gu Jiu's mouth twitched, "My daughter-in-law is pregnant, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter! As many people as you want, I will send you as many people as you want. At worst, Liu Zhao will be relieved of his errands and serve you."

Gu Jiu: "..."

Beep!

If this is the case, Yushi will impeach her to death. The couple couldn't have a normal married life.

Emperor Wende is a murderer!

Gu Jiu wanted to cry!