In the Lizheng Hall of the Imperial Palace, Empress Changsun received the news and sent someone to inquire.

The queen who received the reward was furious, "The prodigal family is simply a crazy prodigal family. If this slut, if he has too much money and has no place to spend it, he can just send it to the palace. What is he going to do?"

A fire burned?

At that time, most of the money circulated on the market could not be burned, so people who didn't understand the situation basically couldn't understand the queen's meaning. In fact, it was because the queen had asked someone to find out that after the Du Family Chamber of Commerce bought the wool, they were too lazy to even process the felt mats, so they burned them clean.

In other words, no one cares about environmental issues in this era, otherwise someone would definitely sue Du Shaoqing for destroying the environment.

The queen, who did not know the truth, sent someone to summon Du Shaoqing into the palace, but Du Shaoqing was vague and confused.

After leaving the palace gate, he ordered the chamber of commerce to make wool felts. Even if it is not profitable from business, at least it can make less gossip.

The people of Chang'an laughed at the Du Family Chamber of Commerce for taking a chess move. Wool felt is a useless thing. If used as a warmth, it is too stiff and cannot replace clothes or quilts.

Moreover, it is troublesome to deal with, labor-intensive, and poor people don’t care about good or bad. This group of people may need it, but they can’t afford it. There may not be a few sheep at home, so it is not only difficult to operate this thing in large quantities, but also difficult to make money in this business.

On the contrary, those who secretly monitored Du Shaoqing smiled. Du Shaoqing was indeed fulfilling the agreement wholeheartedly. The purchase of wool was useless, and the purpose was to fund the Western Turks. However, in order to blur the court's sight, Du Shaoqing had to start a wool felt business. All this was so reasonable.

So before three months, when the Western Turks sold the first batch of wool on the border, they gave Du Shaoqing sincerity, allowing people to meet the captured Du Sanye and his wife. Although they were full of vicissitudes of life, they had improved their living environment and were not abused.

Except for Du Shaoqing and Wu Zhao, no one else understands Du Shaoqing's approach. Although it seems that a sheep's wool costs less than a penny, in an ordinary family, many people may not be able to earn dozens of pennies if they are busy for a month.

If it is placed on the hands of the Western Turks, a large sheep breeder, it would be amazing. How many sheep are there in the Western Turks? Multiply by a penny, how much is it? At least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of guan.

This is not the key. The key is that wool is a renewable thing and can grow out quickly after being cut. This is a great income over the year, so the Western Turks agreed without bargaining with Du Shaoqing.

At this time, how much is the annual net income of the Tang Dynasty treasury? The military expenditure consumed only a few hundred thousand chunks of treasury in Zhenguan.

Du Shaoqing's huge fortune was so big that even Princess Changle, who didn't care about foreign affairs, could not bear to see her. She was about to ask clearly before going to bed that night.

"Husband, now you are not called Doctor Du and Prince Du from outside, do you know?" the princess said resentfully.

"Oh? What do you call me? Mr. Du? Or Du Shaobao? Is it Xiao Du or Lao Du? You can't call me the child's father like you, right? If you are a woman, you can consider it, but a man can't." Du Shaoqing joked.

The princess spat and scolded her husband for being inappropriate, "No, everyone calls you a boy with money."

Puff... The boy from Sancai? Du Shaoqing almost vomited blood.

"I'm the father of three children, and I'm still a boy? Isn't this the title of our daughter? Why are these people outside so unrestrained?" Du Shaoqing complained.

The princess said angrily: "I don't care about it? I think it's because you don't care about it."

It sounds nice to call you a boy with money. More people call you a prodigal son, the most prodigal son of the Tang Dynasty, and the most prodigal son of the past and present!"

Upon hearing this news, Du Shaoqing was not angry, but laughed, "This is good, you can leave a name in history. I like it. It is much better than the general virtual name like the boy who is a rich man."

"What's the point! Stop making trouble. Our family has now become a laughing stock in Chang'an City. I'm laughed at when I go out. My son has fought with others three times in the past half month.

How could you pretend not to know?" The princess was so aggrieved that she almost burst into tears.

"Wait, I expected that the thing that people laughed at when we went out was ridiculed, but I really don't know what happened to my son's fight with him. Didn't I tell this kid not to bully others?" Du Shaoqing said angrily.

The princess felt even more aggrieved, "What a bully? My son was beaten. I really don't know if you are the child's biological father or not, and you won't talk to the child."

...Du Shaoqing was stunned. No, can you suffer a loss if you have a tiger to protect you?

The princess complained: "It's all your education that you have. If you want to fight, you will do it yourself. My son is well-behaved and obedient. He really goes up with his little arms and legs to fight with others. He loses every time and once. You don't see it, and both circles of your eyes are blushed."

Du Shaoqing said in shock: "No, as you say that, is our son who took the initiative to find him to get beaten?"

"What do you think?

You are busy all day long and don’t have time to see the child. If you send your son to Uncle Qin, you don’t care. I went to see him once. Uncle Qin said, “Don’t look like you, this child Zhonger is so young, but he is very jealous of evil. When he goes out to play, he hears criticism from the Du family. If he can’t beat him, he has to go up and fight. It has been several times.” The princess gave her husband a blank look and explained.

Du Shaoqing smiled embarrassedly: "I'm afraid Uncle Qin wants to say that Zhong'er's short-skin protection looks the most like me.

What about now? Have you educated your son well? Don’t let him go out and ask for a beating? It would be great to go out after you have learned martial arts."

"No." The princess shook her head.

"No, you usually protect your son the most, and you won't watch him fight with others, right?" Du Shaoqing was puzzled.

"I made it clear to Xuanxuan and sent the big cat over." The princess said calmly.

Puff... Du Shaoqing burst into laughter. Isn't this a big breath? I know that the wife will not ignore her son. This move is more effective than any educational and persuasion.

"It's really interesting. In the past, you didn't like children fighting with people the most. Now, the sun comes out from the west, and you took the initiative to send a helper to your son. Isn't this instigating the children to go out and bully people?" Du Shaoqing said with a smile.

The princess said arrogantly: "That's usual. Now that my son has been beaten, how can I forget it like this? No one can control the fight between children. I would rather go and apologize to others after my son beats them, than watch his son suffer losses."

Du Shaoqing hugged his wife and praised: "Mrs. These words have already obtained the essence of protecting her shortcomings. It seems that we can unite the front in educating children in the future. I hope we will not spoil my son. In fact, it is better to suffer some losses sometimes. Look at our daughter, aren't we much more at peace now?"

"Don't mention my daughter. If I hadn't stopped her from leaving the house, she would have taken the big cat to visit the nobles who were ranked first in Chang'an City one by one. Regarding who loves Zhong'er the most, Xuanxuan would be more important than you and me." The princess said with a little headache.

What is this? Does a family protect their shortcomings?

"Forget it, go to bed early, you can take care of the child, I'll rest assured." Du Shaoqing urged.

Wait, sleep? What do you sleep? I almost got you around.

The princess woke up and continued to ask: "Let the child's questions be put aside first. The point I am talking about is whether our family can stop collecting wool, so that people who go out to see our Du family are like fools.

What kind of business we can't do, we have to do wool felt business?

If it really doesn't work, just transfer the business..."

“Transfer?

That won't work. This is a big business for our family to get rich. If it develops well in the future, it can even surpass all the existing businesses of the Du Family Chamber of Commerce." Du Shaoqing interrupted.

The princess looked disbelief: "Big business? Husband, don't fool me. Although I am not good at doing business, I don't know anything. How can I do big business that can throw money out every day?"

"This is called, others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at me for not seeing through!" Du Shaoqing said proudly.

"This is nothing, and a small number of people are talking behind their backs that you, Du Shaoqing, are deliberately giving money to the Western Turks.

If it weren't for this rumor, who would dare to talk about our family behind the scenes in Chang'an City? People's words are terrifying!" The princess frowned and seemed very worried.

Du Shaoqing put away his hippie smile and asked seriously: "So since there is this rumor, why is my emperor's father-in-law as stable as Mount Tai and doesn't care?"

Ah? The princess was stunned. Isn’t that the city of Chang’an was in a turmoil. It was impossible for the father to know, why was there no movement?

I was also anxious and confused. I forgot this layer. Does it have any deep meaning?

After sorting out his thoughts, Du Shaoqing said seriously: "I know I can't hide it from the man next to me, so I'd better tell it with you.

There is only one thing that you have to keep it a secret after listening to it, and even our own family can’t say it, including two children.”

So Du Shaoqing explained that he was kidnapped by the third uncle and aunt.

The princess covered her mouth and was shocked, then said with regret: "It's all my bad health and I haven't been able to take good care of the two elders. I forgot to greet you even though I haven't seen you these days..."

Du Shaoqing patted the princess gently and comforted her, "It's not your fault. Who would have thought that the other party was so vicious? Now that things are over, let's stop raising troubles."

"I'll go and ask my father for help. Although this is our family matter, my third uncle and aunt are also people of the Tang Dynasty. The Western Turks abducted the Tang Dynasty from Chang'an City. This is also a national matter. My father cannot ignore it." The princess said seriously.

Du Shaoqing smiled, "I didn't realize that he was born as a royal princess. I'm afraid many people in the court are not as good as you, your wife.

But there is no need to go, I have been there, and my father-in-law reacts the same as you. If it is normal, he will be fine to launch a national war to deal with the Western Turks.

But it is not possible now. The Tang Dynasty has been fighting for years and it takes five years of development to stand firm, so it cannot move troops at all. It was because the Western Turks saw this and took action.

If you want to save someone, you have to slowly plan it.”

"Then let's keep collecting the wool? If we continue to invest in the enemy like this, something will happen in the future." The princess said worriedly.

"Don't worry, this is a solution that has the best of both worlds. Outsiders seem to be enemies, but in fact they are poisons given to them.

And the wool business can be done, you can just be optimistic. All of this is under my control and Xiao Wu. Only His Majesty and us know about the Tang Dynasty." Du Shaoqing said confidently.

The princess no longer asks questions. The male protagonist is outside and the female protagonist is inside. She doesn't know much about business, and it's not good to ask too many secrets.

"Hey, I hope to save my third uncle and aunt as soon as possible so that they will not suffer in the grassland. If Shaoming returns from Jiangnan during the New Year, how can we explain?" the princess said with emotion.

"So I have to hide it from him. Let's talk about it when I can't hide it."

After calming down the mood of the family, Du Shaoqing returned to the clinic to concentrate on practicing medicine, as if he was a doctor who did not care about the world.

Wu Zhao controlled the Du Family Chamber of Commerce alone and purchased wool-made wool felts. As for manufacturing difficulties and sales problems, it was not a problem to be placed in the Du Family Chamber of Commerce. Du Shaoqing asked someone to invent the machinery for making wool felts, which replaced labor, and the cost was reduced to the lowest point.

At the same time, the Northeast is vigorously building, and every household there needs a fire kang. Although wool felt cannot be used as a quilt, it is still good to lay it on the fire kang to make a mat. Spreading a few more layers is a hundred times better than straw, so it is very popular in the Northeast.

When something remains unchanged and happens every day, everyone will get used to it and no longer feel strange, so there is no eternal topic. Chang'an City's hot discussion about the Du Family Chamber of Commerce collecting wool lasted for more than three months and no one was surprised.

On the contrary, those who are interested have discovered that the Du family’s felt mat business has been on the right track and is even becoming more and more prosperous.

In this way, a group of people began to envy the Du Family Chamber of Commerce's business methods and could do any business well.

The Western Turks learned about this situation through their eyeliner, and of course they were not happy. What they wanted was that the Du Family Chamber of Commerce would continue to give money to themselves, rather than helping the Du Family Chamber of Commerce make money like this.

So they proposed an increase in price, and Du Shaoqing agreed in a very embarrassing manner. The purchase price of wool doubled, and the wool cost two cents per sheep.

The wool felt sold to the Northeast region without additional price, which clearly told the Western Turks that I was losing money and the Western Turks were happy.

It is to let the Du Family Chamber of Commerce suck the blood of the Tang Dynasty to fatten itself, so that the other party can grow and grow, and they can quickly surpass the Tang Dynasty.

All of these are actually illusions created by the Du Family Chamber of Commerce. Du Shaoqing's real killing weapon was actually in the new city north of Chang'an, which was the city built by the Tang Dynasty after the Eastern Turks.

Originally used to manage the grassland tribes, they later accepted Du Shaoqing's proposal and implemented a step-by-step approach to build a city, and completely control the northern grasslands.

After the Du Family Chamber of Commerce settled in the new city, it launched a large-scale trade, solving the great life problems of the people in the northern grasslands.

This city is a little west, so the wool purchased from the Western Turks will be directly beaten to the northern border grassland and transported to the new city.

Outsiders seem to have these wools been burned or transported to Chang'an, but in fact, the burned items are all defective and inferior, and the transported away is not simple wool.

In the new city, the Dujia Chamber of Commerce has established a huge and strictly confidential wool processing industry chain, which makes the wool processed into soft wool threads that can be woven, and then transported back to Chang'an for secondary finishing. In the end, it will be made into wool fabrics and clothes.

All this could not be found by the Western Turks, because the city of Xincheng was completely under the control of the court. No one looked down upon when the city was built before, and now it only operates some firewood, rice, oil, salt and cloth that supply grassland people. The business is too small, and the Du Family Chamber of Commerce directly monopolized the entire city.
Chapter completed!