Chapter 55 Know who to be with
After Li Yanhong's wife and her party left, the prince took Zhou Shixian to the princess' study in the backyard. Through a layer of pearl curtains, the princess heard the prince and Zhou Shixian talk about the business negotiations just now.
Speaking through this curtain, the prince jokingly called "ruling the power behind the curtain".
The princess knew that the one she would marry in the future would be Zhou Shixian. She was unwilling to marry a nerd who knew nothing, so she borrowed Chongzhen's oral orders and asked Mr. Zhou to join the "Zhongshan Trading Company" and followed the prince to have a long experience. The negotiations that did not require the prince to come forward are often Zhou Jun. Of course, Li Yan came here this time, of course, the prince could only take action, but Mr. Zhou was ordered to record it, which could be considered as participating in a big deal.
"My sister, we won't cut the price of 200 taels of silver at all. Is it a little bit dark? My father told me that it would be enough to have more than 150 taels of silver, but you will definitely let me get stuck and not cut the price. I am really unsure." Although the prince looked foolish when facing Li Yan, he looked back and felt quite guilty.
"Your Highness, when dealing with nouveau riche like Dashun, you just offer a high price. If your father hadn't just offered 200 taels of silver in Nanjing, your sister would dare to offer 300 taels of silver. For nouveau riche, as long as he really wanted to buy, the more expensive you were, the more he bought!" Isn't this Dashun a genuine nouveau riche! More than 60 million taels of silver were obtained for no effort at all. How can you be so embarrassed if you don't squeeze more oil and water if you don't squeeze more oil and water if you buy LV bags in later generations, those who consume LV bags bought hundreds of thousands of dollars and paid for the order. If the LV bag market is in accordance with the LV bag market, the rifle will not be sold to a luxury product.
Seeing the princess's confident look, Dashun will be the sucker. But on the other hand, Dashun is not short of money now. Since the bullets are not good, let alone rifles, you can buy the ready-made ones in the Ming Dynasty with some money. It's really cheap! Thinking of Dashun's equally generous purchase of four-wheeled carriages, I no longer doubted the princess' judgment.
"My sister, I don't understand that low carbon steel, high carbon steel and surface carburization myself, so I dare not brag about it with them."
The princess smiled and said, "It's better not to say this, just follow what you said about the 100-carbon steel, which can be more intimidating. This 100-carbon steel can be refined into steel, of course, it takes time and effort, and the quality is not guaranteed. I have no choice but to use this method in the Ming Dynasty. The quality of the refined steel is stable, but not like the hand-forged 100-carbon steel, you should read a book. However, I concluded that even if Dashun and other people can forge low-carbon steel and high-carbon steel, they should have never heard of the surface carburization. If you don't tell them that the surface carburization is good, if you say it, you may be sure that there will be smart craftsmen who can figure out something."
The prince and Zhou Shixian were reading "Mathematics", "Physics" and "Chemistry" sent to Nanjing. Sometimes they had to be tutored by the princess, but both of them were very smart. Mr. Zhou was willing to study it and had the idea of not losing face to men. He had more progress than the prince in these subjects, which made the princess feel very comforted.
The prince asked, "My sister told us to mobilize eight major businesses in Shanxi to Nanjing. This was done by Mr. Zhou, and it seemed that they were moved."
Prince Zhou said, "Princess, the eight stores in Shanxi have purchased a lot of goods from us. They have become familiar with each other. They initially made a lot of money in government bonds, but later they did not withdraw in time, and they lost money in the money. So far, they are not losing money. However, they should have made a lot of money when doing new businesses like Daming. The eight stores have never stopped purchasing goods. Just by my hands, they bought more than 1.1 million taels of silver. That day, Mr. Fan talked to me about whether there were new opportunities to make money. I suggested to him that it would be better to withdraw the money invested in government bonds and invest it in Nanjing stocks. I believe that they are selling government bonds in batches at this time. With their strength, it should be no problem to invest 2 million taels of silver."
The princess naturally knew the strength of these eight businesses, so she said:
"So good! This business is not something you need to worry about. However, what I have published in the Ming Dynasty is all new products that have never been seen on the market. These are all from the latest technology. If you feel the huge profits of the new products and the power of my new firearm in the Ming Dynasty, you can understand why I insist on reading some new books."
The prince immediately replied:
"Since I read these new books, I feel my horizons are wide open. But the more I read, the more I feel that I know too little. This vast world is actually composed of 118 elements, and our body is a pile of carbohydrates. Isn't this too incredible for Sister Yu?"
The princess pondered for a moment and said:
"What we know about this world is still very small. But everyone has a process from not understanding to understanding, and then to mastering. From using bronze swords in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to using iron swords, and later to understanding how to make steel by hundreds of tempers, and now they use firearms. For example, in the past, they used lime to build walls, and now they can use cement. In the past, they used window paper, and now they use glass. The deeper we understand the world, the more we can use technology to serve us. When you have free time, you might as well read more new books, which is always beneficial."
The two of them retreated only. In fact, Mr. Zhou was three years older than the princess, but in front of the doctors in later generations, he might be more than ninety points in Chinese, and the others failed. For this princess designated by Chongzhen, he was also considered an elite of the times in this era, so what else could the princess pick on!
When it was late, it started to rain lightly in the sky. Looking at the raindrops flying outside the window, the princess felt a little lonely.
The rain drips and taps the window frame, which makes the princess' reverie about another time and space. At this time, I really want to walk through the rain, let the colorful raindrops fly slanted towards me, or hold up a lattice umbrella in the rain, let the crystal raindrops drip along the tip of the umbrella, and the sliver of rain outline a hazy and dreamy picture. The fantasy of the free and freehand situation is already a distant past and seems to never come again. The princess looks up at the autumn rain floating all over the sky, and her heart is like a dream, and she can't help but be stunned.
After a few simple sips of dinner, the princess no longer had appetite and returned to the room in a bad mood. The prince didn't know the princess's worries and thought the princess was still worried about business matters. She wanted to persuade her, but she swallowed it again.
As usual, the princess had to paint for a while shortly after dinner. After the princess had one arm, she could no longer play the piano. However, the princess' calligraphy and painting skills had made great progress. The princess just added changes in light and darkness and color to calligraphy and painting, and used the principle of perspective, and the princess' paintings were more three-dimensional. The princess actually loved palace clothes very much, but after all, after experiencing the fashion era in later generations, she did not need to copy the fashion from later generations, and she could also make countless new clothes based on her feelings. Therefore, many of the princess' fashion designs could always be changed from brushes to fashionable clothes in Beijing. However, whenever the new clothes were on the market, the princess added a feeling of making wedding clothes for others.
At this time, the maid Xueyan had already laid the rice paper and grind the ink. The princess looked out the window and saw that the rain had already stopped. Through the glass, she could feel a coolness of late autumn coming. She suddenly trembled in her heart. She thought about Daiyu's "Autumn Window and Autumn Rain" for no reason, and couldn't help herself. When she picked up her pen, she couldn't fall down for a long time. Finally, she wrote a poem by Ouyang Xiu's "Langtaosha":
Wine to the east wind, and let it be calm together. The weeping willows are in the east of Luocheng. We always go hand in hand and travel around the fragrance. The gathering and separation are bitter and the hatred is endless. This year's flowers are better than last year's red. Unfortunately, the flowers are better next year, so who do you know?
Love is forgotten in another time and space. Now, reality tells itself that "love" is a luxurious word. Perhaps only in dreams can one dream of romance and moon. In this era, there are very few people who can understand themselves. Without love, it is difficult to find a soulmate!
The princess remembered the boyfriend who was "not unifying or independent, it is difficult to unifying or independent" in later generations, recalled the romantic feelings and various sweet past events, and couldn't help but think of the sentence again:
This love can be remembered, but it was already lost at that time!
The princess has never seen the Hong Kong drama "The Emperor's Flower". This drama performed by later generations writes the love story between Princess Changping and Zhou Shixian in a lingering and sad and inexplicable way. The princess hums the theme song "The Emperor's Flower" "The Emperor's Flower":
·········The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed. Seeing the current situation of falling catkins, life and death are tragic through the city gates and the lanes, and the world is always accompanied by the long and peaceful burial together! The country and the country are chasing, but only seek prosperity and paradise. Liying will never insult her love. Tears are soaking in the cup. The two hearts know how to eat grapes slowly. The emperor's daughter is now wearing makeup, and she temporarily borrows a new tomb to make a new house. Let's look at each other and look at each other. The wind and frost will break through the waves and cross the three rivers.·····
As I hummed, I was filled with tears. I didn’t know whether I was in the play, in the dream, or half-awake. I said that I was performing this old drama 370 years ago; I said that I was feeling various interpretations of a tragic drama more than 370 years later.
Xueyan saw the princess crying, but she didn't know what to do. The princess didn't cry too much. Don't look at the princess' left arm, it did not prevent the princess from caring for and taking care of the prince in all aspects. Although she was less than one year old, she looked like an older sister. Xueyan admired the princess' strength and talent. When she saw the princess sad, Xueyan was indifferent. Fortunately, the princess got ready soon, and she also drew an orchid and wrote the inscription: No one believed in nobility, who would show her heart?
The princess was very confused this day. A 21st century bourgeoisie traveled through time and became a princess in the imperial family. She inevitably had a bit of a erotic pretentiousness. This is completely understandable.
After a pretentious and sad feeling in spring and autumn, the princess remembered the serious business. Beijing has raised 800,000 taels of silver for Nanjing with public debt. The new products produced in Nanjing have also sold more than 3 million taels of silver. In addition to arms sales, the silver that has arrived in Nanjing will exceed more than 3 million taels, of course, including the cost.
However, relying so much money alone, even if you make a profit of 1.5 million taels, it is obviously a dream to support the Ming Dynasty to reach the weapon level in the 19th century!
You also have to think of some weird way to get money quickly. Otherwise, don’t talk about whether you can achieve your goal in one or five years, but you still have to make a big question mark.
The princess couldn't sleep all night, and the next day, she finally had an idea and immediately wrote a letter with her password and sent it to Nanjing.
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Chapter completed!