Chapter 287: My Precious Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, and Corn! You Have Finally Returned! (1 / 2)
“Good, good!”
The old emperor looked at Gao He with increasing satisfaction. He truly felt that ranking him tenth in the second tier of the imperial examination back then was far too low!
A talent like this should have been the top scorer!
The Minister of Revenue suddenly jumped up, eagerly hinting, “Your Majesty! If there really is someone who can save the empire tens of thousands of taels, why not let him join our Ministry of Revenue?”
Before the old emperor could refuse, the Minister of Works turned visibly pale with anger. He stepped forward to protect his department’s financial savior. “Yuan Jinke! Dream on!”
Did the Ministry of Works not need to save money?
When they needed copper, they had to bribe the eunuchs to get any from the treasury. No bribes, no copper. The alternative was buying from copper merchants!
They also had to buy wood from timber merchants—sometimes in the tens of thousands of logs!
Workers and craftsmen had to be paid.