"What color does the prince like?" Gillian asked him with both hands. Qiuhan said, "It's winter, then it's winter, so she has to make a cold-proof cloak for everyone in the yard, and Yue'er is also helping.

"What color are you?" Li Xingzhou picked up the lanterns, and he was busy writing down some things he still remembered in "The Wealth of Nations".

That day, he used his views in the court to convince the emperor not to kill the Suzhou Da Shang, and he thought it was useful. It would be correct to remember more, so as not to forget it for a long time in the future.

"Yue'er and I want the crimson peony, and Sister Shiyu wants the red plum in the snow. Qiu'er said I would make the decision for her, so I chose the same one as Sister Shiyu for her." Gillian agreed with a smile.

"Then I want black." Li Xingzhou said casually. In terms of aesthetics, red and white are better looking with black.

Gillian smiled: "Then let's go to the golden dragon black water robe."

Only then did Li Xingzhou remember that, as a prince, he was allowed to be decorated by dragons, so he nodded.

He felt sorry for her again: "If you can't be busy, just ask a few girls to help."

Gillian nodded, but she didn't have the intention to help.

Li Xingzhou had no choice but to give up and continue writing his own things.

After getting along for a long time, I found that although Jiao was gentle and weak, not as firm as Shiyu, Qiu'er was as independent as Yue'er, but in fact she had her own little persistence in her heart. Once she touched those things, she would never give in.

......

As a classic work in classical economics, Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" can be said to guide the rise of Britain, and later David Ricardo's "Political Economics and Principles of Taxation".

He can't remember the original text, but the essence and important points can be written down in his own words.

Now Qiu'er is busy in the courtyard and has been trying her steam power design. She is also busy with poetry. Only Jiao and Yue'er are idle. Because most of the maids in the mansion learn how to produce perfume, they are gradually forming large-scale production. Jiao and Yue'er only need to go through every few days to inspect.

Yan Bi slowly let go of her prejudice against women and began to deliberately or unintentionally hand over many things in the royal palace to Shiyu to take care of, probably because she could see that she was really capable.

However, Yan Kun is the busiest person at the moment. Since he took charge of the Hangyuan of the Wangfu, he has known that this is not an easy task and also understands the importance of this matter to the Wangfu.

So I have been leading people along the way to travel around Suzhou, Luzhou, Guazhou and other places, and began to contact major businesses, contact foremen at various ferries, and hire workers.

This is a difficult thing. Even though I know that I am helping the royal palace work, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Who can guarantee that everyone who works for the royal palace is a good person?

Fortunately, Li Xingzhou’s pre-paving problem is much simpler.

Because Guazhou, Luzhou and Suzhou were rescued by Li Xingzhou, King Pingnan, and everyone in the world knows it.

With the strong protection of King Pingnan, Guazhou recalled the fugitives and resumed spring farming. Not to mention Luzhou, Suzhou, expelled rebellions and resumed production. The people were grateful to King Pingnan.

Moreover, Guazhou had the help of Shi Gong, the prefect of the prefect; Luzhou had Princess Qing'an, and Fang's building; and Suzhou had several major merchants led by Wang Lun, and the King of Pingnan saved their lives;

Although Yang Hongzhao has temporarily taken over Ansu Mansion, and it may last for a year or two until the situation in the south is stable, the court has sent another new magistrate, but during this period, he will definitely rely on several major merchants and many of them have the right to speak.

In this way, things will be smoother and simpler than expected. With the support of local people and the help of the government, it will be easy to find the right labor.

Several places are also areas with shortage of jobs, and many people are afraid of not being able to find anything to do. Wangfu Hangyuan's career is progressing smoother than expected.

Although Yan Shen was running around, his old face was smiling. He was already mentally prepared. This was something he wanted to ask for, and he wanted to establish a good relationship with local people and government officials. It was inevitable to see people's expressions.

As a result, whenever he went anywhere, as long as he lit the flag of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion, everyone treated him as a guest of honor and welcomed him in the middle of the road. Things would go smoothly and naturally be happy.

The only thing left is Jiangzhou. Once the support of the Ningjiang Prefecture and the affairs of Jiangzhou are managed, the royal ship can sail and join the shipping competition.

Li Xingzhou also understood that competition must be unfair.

This is also the biggest problem he faces at present - there was no such regulation that civil servants were not allowed to do business in ancient times! Officials and businessmen protected each other, and collusion between officials and businessmen and improper means was unhindered, and even a blatant social atmosphere!

Even the Degong family had a side business in Jiangzhou, or a big merchant, doing business with the royal palace. Such a businessman had the prime minister of the dynasty and the prefect of Ningjiang. Who had just competed with them?

The largest merchant in Jiangzhou, the eldest son was also the Tongzhi of the Salt and Iron Department of the current dynasty.

This is a big problem. When officials and businessmen are involved, the competition in trade cannot be fair, and he cannot let the emperor order officials to do business like later generations.

It is a trivial matter for the emperor to not listen. Once he dares to make it public, it will touch on the fundamental interests of officials in the world and become the target of public criticism.

There was a strange emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wanli. He was scolded by civil servants and said that he was incompetent and indifferent, obsessed with wine and sex, and ignored the government affairs.

Emperor Wanli did ignore the government and did not have much political talent, but it was him who allowed the Ming Empire, which was declining to survive. Why?

Because he abolished the ancestral system and opened the sea ban, each ship would drive wherever he wanted to pay. The Ming Dynasty ships were built larger and larger, and navigation technology exploded. He also abolished the regulations on clothing, carriages and horses of all classes set by Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as he paid the money, he would wear whatever he liked, and use whatever he liked.

Furthermore, he sent eunuchs to collect commercial taxes, salt taxes and other commercial taxes everywhere, which hurt the fundamental interests of the Ming Dynasty civil officials. Because in that era, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were on the surface, but in fact, officials were businessmen, or monopoly businessmen, so he was so badly known to his mother in history.

According to the logic of the officials, natural disasters and man-made disasters are caused by Emperor Wanli’s failure to cultivate virtues. Only when he cultivates virtues (no commercial taxes) can the country be prosperous and the people be safe...

The biggest problem Li Xingcheon is facing now is also the same.

Trade needs freedom because the free competition in trade can promote business development, technological progress, lower prices of goods, and improve people's living standards.

But once he dares to publicly publicly, he will offend more than half of the officials in the world. In the face of such a problem, Duke De would not stand on his side.

The road is long and it is so arduous...

Li Xingzhou was not ready to give up. Liu Bang's path to becoming rich is the most worthy of his reference. If he cannot succeed in one step, then just make a false compromise first. When you hold the world, you can transform whatever you want!

......

"Giao Jiao, is your father easy to talk to?" Li Xingzhou asked with a pen down.

"My father is a scholar who is well-read and has always been kind to others. The prince is not afraid, right?" Gillian said with a smile.

Li Xingzhou laughed and responded: "I am not afraid of thousands of troops, but I will be afraid of my father-in-law and mother-in-law..." Having said that, he was actually very guilty. After all, it was the first time I met my father-in-law and mother-in-law...

Gillian covered her mouth and smiled. Li Xingzhou was furious and reached out to scratch her itch: "Little girl, even your husband dares to make fun of you. Be careful of family rules."

"Geeh..." Gillian laughed even more violently.

Li Xingzhou was speechless, afraid that it was not human nature to see his father-in-law and mother-in-law? What's so funny!

...........

The next day, Li Xingzhou came back for a morning exercise to pay New Year's greetings and saw many people busy cleaning the palace, sweeping the floor, sprinkling water, and wiping tables, chairs, doors and windows, trimming flowers, plants, trees, branches and leaves, etc.

Li Xingzhou didn't understand what day it was, so he went to ask Yan Bai. When Yan Bai said that, he remembered that, by the way, the Jurchen envoy was coming today!

At some noon, it was raining and the weather was slightly cold, and autumn was already coming.

After lunch, a vague barking of dogs came from next door. After a while, Chen Yu brought two people to visit.

One man and one woman, the man looks over fifty years old, dressed in a literati and looked more like a person from the Central Plains.

The woman was wearing a short bear-skin jacket and a beautiful snow fox felt hat. She was not very old, with white skin and tall skin. This was the first time she saw such a tall woman, and she almost caught up with her.

Li Xingzhou bowed to Chen Yu first, and Chen Yu returned the gift and got along with the old man. He got used to it after a while.

Then the old man briefly introduced him: "This is Lord Liu Xu, the envoy of Jingguo." The man bowed, which was very standard, which surprised Li Xinzhou. The man seemed not to be a Jurchen, and then returned the gift.

Then he introduced the young woman next to him, "This is the Princess of Jin, Wanyan Yingge." He bowed according to the ceremony, but the Princess of Jin did not return the ceremony, and he didn't care.

Invite a few people to the main hall to sit, and then Yue'er brings tea.

Li Xingzhou was not surprised by a princess. In ancient times, the emperors and tribal leaders had dozens or hundreds of children. The Jin Dynasty sent one of them to marry Jing, so that the alliance would be more stable.

Li Xingzhou didn't know why they wanted to visit the royal palace, so he just made some polite words.

He is familiar with this kind of thing, probably whether he suffers on the road, whether he has enough food after coming to the capital, whether he has enough clothes or not...

Liu Xu answered the whole process smoothly and responded appropriately, and even praised him for his youthful and promising him without any trace in his words.

Li Xingzhou was very different from him and asked casually: "Mr. Is it because he is familiar with the habits of the Han people and is knowledgeable about calligraphy and etiquette? Is it because he is also a Han person?"

When Liu Xu was asked, he suddenly stopped and his smile gradually became awkward.

He felt that the atmosphere was wrong and didn't know where he said it wrong, so he asked, "What's wrong? I said the wrong thing..."

"I'm ashamed." Liu Xu just squeezed out these few words.

Wanyan Yingge next to him smiled disdainfully: "Yes, he is a Han Chinese. He betrays his own tribe and joins our Jurchens. Now the prince knows what is wrong." She gloated.

Li Xingzhou was puzzled: "This is very good, why are Lord Liu ashamed?"

"He is planning for my Jurchens and betrayed his own people, so of course he has to be ashamed." Wanyan Yingge said.

"Everyone is just his master. If the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom was the hero whom Lord Liu recognized, there was nothing wrong with following him." Li Xingzhou finally realized that what was wrong was the deviation of their worldview.

Seeing him say this, Liu Xu couldn't speak for a long time, and finally he felt a little moist in his eyes and bowed long: "Thank you, the prince, for your advice."

Wanyan Yingge had an unhappy expression on his face. Seeing the two of them like this, he understood Liu Xu's situation in the Jin Kingdom.

Liu Xu was grateful to him and spoke a lot, and slowly talked about the purpose of his trip to the south. During this period, he also exaggerated Li Xingzhou's deeds. Finally, he talked about the Northern War, the Jingguo and the Liao army that were confronting each other.

When Liu Xu asked him about his opinion on the next battle, he probably felt that although he was young, he was also a brave general, with great achievements and his opinions were of great reference value.

When she talked about this, Wanyan Yingge was indignant because she heard people talking about the streets and alleys, restaurants and teahouses these days, and everyone said that the Jurchens were sure to lose. Although she was extremely worried, she felt that her father might not win, but she was always unhappy and rushed to say, "I will never lose this battle!"

"The princess is young, she is rude to ask the prince for her principle." Liu Xu hurriedly bowed.

Li Xingzhou didn't care. He looked at Wanyan Yingge with an angry look and probably understood why she was angry.

These days, I guess I heard people say that the Jurchens will be defeated every day, because the court thinks so much inside and outside the court. Just imagine that in a foreign country and listening to people curse their motherland every day, can you feel in a good mood?

He smiled and said, "I also agree with the princess's words. The probability of victory in this battle of the Jin Kingdom is relatively high, probably more than 80%.

It was Liu Xu and Wanyan Yingge's turn to be surprised. Although they didn't say it, they were actually unsure. Twenty thousand people faced the 150,000 elite troops of the Liao Kingdom...

"Why?" Wanyan Yingge looked at him and asked. Liu Xu also leaned forward slightly, afraid of missing out on what he said.

Li Xingzhou put down his teacup, "Because the Liao people still have room for their own land, even if they lose the land in the central and eastern regions, the western regions are still enough for them to survive, but you Jurchens do not. If you lose this time, the descendants of the Jurchens will have to suffer hardships in the bitter and cold places for generations and struggle to survive.

So I think you Jurchens will fight to the death of the enemy without any hesitation, but the Liao people cannot do it. A brave person wins when they meet on a narrow road. If one is weak, one is defeated. What's more, the Jurchens are fighting desperately. Then, not to mention one is worth ten, one is worth a hundred.
To be continued...