"Although the imperial court has not explicitly prohibited princes from doing business in private, some princes do do so, but most of them are small businesses, and often these highnesses themselves do not come forward, let alone take the lead.

"Your Highness, although this is a good idea, it doesn't look good after all," Lao Cao advised eagerly.

Zhu Song sighed in his heart, sad, so sad. Whether it is Lao Cao or other ancient people, they are all so sad. They think doing business is shameful. What is so shameful about it?

From ancient times to the present, doing business is like human instinct. When there was no silver or currency, it was not all about exchanging things for things. To put it bluntly, isn’t exchanging things for things also doing business?

Zhu Song also knew that in this era, since he could not change the opinions of everyone in the world, he could only adapt to today's society.

"The vassal king takes the lead in doing business, and the way of doing business is indeed a bit unsightly, but who said that I should be the one to do business in person? I want to cooperate with those businessmen. They are neither my subordinates nor my subordinates.

The king's domestic servants can only be regarded as a cooperative relationship at best, so what?"

After hearing this, Lao Cao smiled bitterly.

"Although His Highness said so, His Highness is a prince after all. His Highness does not read the books of sages but insists on practicing the way of a merchant. Oh, no, it is dealing with those businessmen. After all, it is still a bit unsightly, and it is possible to teach others.

!”

"What's the point of giving someone a handle?" Zhu Song said disdainfully: "Isn't it just that someone scolded me for being greedy, so I was taken out and scolded, saying that as a prince, I didn't know how to think about the royal family, so why did I give you this?

Royal disgrace!”

"But other than this, what else can they say? The money has come to me in vain. In my hands, I built city defenses to benefit the people and resist foreign invasion. None of these things can be done with money. With money,

Only when you do these things can you feel confident!”

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, which vassal king has been fined for three years of salary? I am the first person since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but my salary for these three years is only 30,000 dan, a total of 30,000 dan. Why don't I panic? No

Or is it because I have a strong family background?"

"The status of businessmen is a little lower, and they are considered low-class. But those businessmen, especially those rich and wealthy families in Jiangnan, are they not better off than the common people in any place? Just by being designated a low-class person, you can forever be determined.

At the lower level, people will never be able to get up?"

"No! Of course, the court still wants to curb the development of merchants. It must not allow merchants to monopolize a certain industry or place. Then there will be trouble, but it shouldn't be suppressed too much!"

After hearing this, Lao Cao remained silent. The book he read told him that the way of a merchant is always unskilled, but His Highness's words are true.

Yes, how can we do it without money? Our Ming Dynasty is so strong now. It can fight wars and provide disaster relief. Isn’t it because the national treasury is relatively strong now? The former prince wisely allowed the country to save some wealth and become rich and powerful.

several years.

But without the sagacity of the late prince, the people of Beiyuan might still be stuck in Peiping.

"Your Highness is right. If you don't have money, even the gods from heaven will be unable to do anything."

"But His Highness doesn't have anyone who is good at business, so what should we do?"

Zhu Song felt like a deflated ball when he heard this.

"That's true. I have to worry about talents every year. When will I be able to recruit talents from all over the world? Alas, although Kaiyuan is good, there are still too few people."

"Let's do this for now, Old Cao. If you find anyone who is particularly good at doing business or doing business, you must let me know. If you can recruit them, it's best to recruit them as much as possible!"

"I am back now. There is nothing in the palace that you need to check. The only thing you can do in the next period of time is to find as many talents as possible for me!"

When His Highness said this, he was just talking about finding more talents, but when he heard it in Lao Cao's ears, Lao Cao just felt that he had a big head.

"I just need to take my orders..."

…

Another half month passed and it was New Year's Eve.

The New Year is the most important festival. No matter how you go this year, you should always be generous and prepare as many food and drinks as possible on the New Year's Day. The children can also buy new clothes that they have been looking forward to for a year.

Put it on for one day.

The palace was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and His Royal Highness the King of Han personally led people to paste Spring Festival couplets on each door of the palace, hoping that the palace would be peaceful and happy in the new year.

It is really strange to say that in the past, there was no princess as the mistress of the house, so the palace seemed to be missing something, less lively.

Now that there is a princess, the princess is standing in front of the house, and there is a mistress in charge of the house, the atmosphere is immediately different.

After all, Feng Miaoqin is only fifteen years old now, one year younger than Zhu Song. After all, she is still a child now. During the Chinese New Year, in addition to His Royal Highness the King of Han, the whole family will be the princess.

Happy.

The princess got up early in the morning and ran to the yard to light fireworks and set off firecrackers. With Princess Han in front, she led the maids and servants in the palace to follow suit one by one. It was not yet evening, and Prince Han's mansion

There were firecrackers all over the place.

Zhu Song held the paste, and Gouzi posted the couplets neatly. The boy suddenly jumped down from the stool and clapped his hands.

At this moment, the father-in-law and mother-in-law also walked out of the house with happy faces. They saw their daughter setting off firecrackers in the yard and told her to be careful.

Li Gouzi looked at the eldest lady, the master and his wife sighed.

"That's great. Master and Madam haven't been so happy for a while."

King Han was stirring the paste in the bowl. He laughed when he saw Li Gouzi lamenting his master and his wife at such a young age, and asked: "How old are you? You sigh this and that. At such a young age, you are so old-fashioned.

This is not like you, what? Is it because I didn’t keep my promise and marry you a wife when I returned to Kaiyuan?"

After hearing this, Li Gouzi scratched his head and said with some embarrassment.

"Your Highness is making fun of me again. I am still young and it is too early to get a wife. Besides, I can't afford to have a wife now."

After hearing this, Zhu Song kicked Li Gouzi on the butt.

"You brat, you think the reward I gave you last time was too small, right?"

Li Gouzi covered his butt and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness did not say that His Highness's rewards were few. This is what I think. From now on, if I want to marry a wife, I must marry a fair and fat wife."
Chapter completed!