Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 374 Princess Lin'an
Outside the building of Jiangpu Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Zhu Yunxi sat on a grand master's chair moved down from the second floor, looking at the few scum kneeling in front of him, it felt like a dream.

He never thought that Wang Dengke, the student he brought out, could do such nasty things.

This Wang Dengke was originally a student he recruited from the Imperial College, and he was considered the first batch of students in the Hope Academy.

Although he was poor in mathematics, physics and chemistry, he did a good job in first-hand articles, and he planned to focus on cultivating talents.

However, I asked him to be the manager of Jiangpu County Supply and Marketing Cooperative, intending to practice him and entrust him with important tasks in the future.

Unexpectedly, he would cause such a big disaster for himself for his own selfishness.

What made him even more unexpected was that Feng Chaoyang, the magistrate of Jiangpu County, would flatter himself through Wang Dengke, the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Is this flattering a bit far away?
Wang Dengke saw Zhu Yunxi's gloomy face, and his heart fell directly to the bottom of the valley.

Relatively speaking, Feng Chaoyang was still full of puzzlement, thinking that he was obviously working for the grandson of the emperor, so why was he arrested?

"Are you really His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager?"

Zhu Yunxi's face sank like water.

"Yes!"

Feng Zhaoyang hurriedly kowtowed upon hearing this.

"The lower official Feng Chaoyang pays homage to His Royal Highness, the Emperor Taisun, His Highness is a thousand years old..."

"Everything I did was done according to His Highness's will. I really don't know what crime I have committed..."

"According to Gu's will?"

"Yes!"

"Wang Dengke told me that the supply and marketing cooperative is His Royal Highness's property, and let me take care of it."

"Then I will take care of it..."

After hearing this, Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly and looked at Wang Dengke.

"Wang Dengke, come and tell Gu, what's going on!"

Wang Dengke kowtowed and couldn't say a word.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Yunxi was even angrier. He got up from the teacher's chair and kicked Wang Dengke.

"waste!"

"What did Gu tell you back then!"

"In the past three years, I didn't expect the supply and marketing cooperatives to make money. You dare to buy goods privately and crowd out other shops. Did you eat the guts of a bear?"

When Wang Dengke saw Zhu Yunxi say this, he kowtowed and pleaded guilty on the spot.

"Humble position is guilty!"

"The humble job has failed His Highness's expectations, His Highness, please punish me severely, woo woo woo..."

Zhu Yunxie kicked him for a while, and returned to the grand master's chair until he was tired.

"Check it out and see if anyone has been killed!"

Chang Jizu retreated when he heard the words, and ordered people to investigate in the four miles and eight townships.

When Wang Dengke heard the words, he hurriedly said.

"Returning to Your Highness, the humble job just wants to make meritorious service for His Highness, and has never killed anyone!"

"Contributing meritorious service?"

Zhu Yunxi was taken aback when he heard the words, and then thought of the fact that the supply and marketing cooperative made a quarterly profit of 10 taels when he read the report.

It turned out that this guy thought that making money for himself was a performance of meritorious service!

"Take a few people aside first!"

"Bring the merchants at the gate of the county government to Gu!"

"promise!"

Not long after, four merchants were brought in front of Zhu Yunxi. Seeing that the shackles on them had not been removed, Zhu Yunxi was so angry on the spot.

"Are you blind to see the shackles on them?"

"Come on, quickly remove their shackles!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunxi looked at the few people kneeling next to him, and saw that there were exactly four people.

"Then put the shackles on the four people beside you!"

"promise!"

After the four merchants unshackled, they kowtowed to Zhu Yunxi for a while.

"Caomin pays homage to the emperor's grandson, Caomin has been convicted, and will never dare to do business again, begging the emperor's grandson to give Caomin a way to survive, woo woo woo..."

Zhu Yunxi only felt endless bitterness when he heard this.

What I clearly want to do is good governance, but how come I have become like this when I am down here?
Zhu Yunxi stood up again, and personally stepped forward to help the four of them up.

"Let the four gentlemen suffer!"

"This matter is the crime of the orphan, and the orphan will naturally go to the emperor's grandfather to plead guilty."

"But before that, Gu Yao must take care of these scumbags and restore the prosperity of Jiangpu County!"

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the few people, and they were so frightened that they knelt down again.

But this time Zhu Yunxi did not help them personally, but ordered someone to give them seats, and personally asked about what happened in Jiangpu County during this period.

"How many surnames?"

A merchant closest to Zhu Yunxi hurriedly got up and said.

"Don't dare!"

"If your surname is Wang, Your Highness can call Cao Min Old Wang..."

"Shopkeeper Wang, may I ask what kind of business you are in?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Cao Min runs a cloth shop in Zhujiang Town."

"Is business okay?"

"Return to Your Highness, it will be fine before the supply and marketing cooperative opens..."

Shopkeeper Wang suddenly thought of something when he said this, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Your Highness, spare your life!"

"Caomin doesn't mean to criticize His Highness. Caomin's business is not good, and it has nothing to do with His Highness's shop..."

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi hurriedly explained.

"You don't have to be afraid!"

"Gu started the supply and marketing cooperative, not to compete with you for business, nor to make money."

"Gu is now announcing that not only will your store be able to operate normally, but even Gu will increase the price of the supply and marketing agency's products to prevent them from competing with you."

"This……"

Shopkeeper Wang and the others looked at the emperor grandson in disbelief after hearing the words.

In fact, they were already very grateful to the emperor's grandson for allowing them to continue to open the door for business.

Now they just want to sell all the goods in the store, and then quickly move out of Jiangpu County to a place without a supply and marketing cooperative.

Now the emperor told them that not only would they be allowed to continue doing business, but he would also take the initiative to raise the prices of commodities in the supply and marketing cooperative, giving them an unreal dream.

"Emperor grandson, is it hard for you to make money like this?"

Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly.

"Shopkeeper Wang, if Gu tells you that Gu never expects the supply and marketing cooperative to make money, do you believe it or not?"

Shopkeeper Wang frowned and thought about it.

"letter!"

"Your Highness is rich all over the world, and the entire Ming Dynasty belongs to you, so you naturally despise this small amount of money!"

Zhu Yunxi slapped his thigh excitedly when he heard the words.

"Yes!"

"Gu really despises such a small amount of money!"

When Zhu Yunxi said this, he pointed angrily at the few scum who were kneeling beside him with shackles.

"Gu's reputation has been ruined by these scumbags!"

"If it's true that they haven't killed anyone, I'll punish them with the shackles for a month!"

Several merchants hurriedly waved their hands when they heard the words.

"Your Highness, although Lord Xianzun and Manager Wang are overbearing, they did not kill anyone."

"Your Highness, please take it lightly..."

Zhu Yunxi said calmly when he heard the words.

"You don't need to intercede for them. Don't worry, even if Gu doesn't kill them, he won't let them be officials here."

"Wait for a month after their shackles are displayed to the public, you will never see them again!"

When several merchants heard what Zhu Yunxi said, the expressions on their faces were obviously much more relaxed, and their subsequent words were a little more complicated.

But no matter what Zhu Yunxi asked, they all agreed obediently and did not dare to say a word.

Although Zhu Yunxi was very upset, he also knew that this was the national condition.

If they dared to boast in front of him, he would order someone to investigate whether these people were members of a certain palace.

"It's almost noon now, so please invite a few of you to have a meal!"

"Come here, go to the largest restaurant in the county to order a table of food and wine, and I have to personally entertain a few shopkeepers!"

When the shopkeepers heard this, they were so moved that they knelt on the ground to express their gratitude.

They have lived half their lives, and they have never had such a big face!
I don't know if it's because the supply and marketing cooperatives don't provide catering services, but the restaurants and inns in Jiangpu County have a good business, and Zhu Yunxie quickly fixed a table of good noodles.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of dishes, the four shopkeepers also completely opened up the chatter box with a little bit of alcohol.

"His Royal Highness, the grass-roots people know why you started this supply and marketing cooperative. Isn't it just to let the common people have a place to buy things cheaply, and a place where they can sell things at high prices without being exploited by the gentry..."

"But the shopkeeper you are looking for is really bad. Instead of understanding your painstaking efforts, he only thinks about how to make money!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard what shopkeeper Wang said, he hurriedly said.

"Yep!"

"That's what Gu means. Dare I ask shopkeeper Wang, if you were asked to be the shopkeeper of the supply and marketing cooperative, what would you do?"

"How to do?"

Shopkeeper Wang raised his neck and drank a glass of wine when he heard the words, and immediately became energetic.

"It's not that the grass-roots are bragging to you. If we have such a big business and rely on so many workshops in the capital, we can make money even if we lie down!"

This is also where Zhu Yunxi is most angry.

Although he prohibited the supply and marketing cooperatives from buying and selling some needles and threads, he also gave the supply and marketing cooperatives a lot of exclusive products.

For example, cheap industrial products such as soap, matches, sickles, and hoes.

Not to mention leading Ming Dynasty in these things, they are in a leading position in the world.

However, Wang Dengke, a waste, still thinks that it is not enough, and even grabs the business of needles and thread brains with the people at the bottom, which really throws away all his people!

"In doing business, you can't stick to a shop, you have to move around..."

"If Caomin were the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative, they would send staff to carry farm tools to the villages below to sell them. If the people had money, they would buy them with money, and if they had no money, they would exchange them for grain, poultry, chicken eggs, chicken feathers, etc."

"If you don't want to hire too many people, you can cooperate with the head of the village, the head of the township, the head of grain, etc., and let them run the business on your behalf."

"Put some commodities in people's yards, and the people will buy or sell them in the village, and then send people down to settle the settlement every three to five days, and then transport the collected goods back..."

"The price of the collection, it depends on what the emperor grandson wants to do!"

"If you just want to make money, then the purchase price is a little higher than the local gentry's purchase price. As long as the common people can sell it for a few pennies more, they are willing to sell it to you even if they walk a few miles!"

"If you want to benefit the common people, then you can lower the price by referring to the normal price, excluding the loss in the middle, and lower it by [-] to [-] percent."

"Moreover, Caomin does not recommend that you accept everything, only some local specialties, or the most in-demand commodities."

"Caomin has been thinking about the supply and marketing cooperative for several months, and even drove a carriage to the capital to take a look at the supply and marketing cooperative's main store."

"Caomin feels that the emperor's grandson is playing a big game of chess..."

"Emperor Grandson, you just need to set a unified purchase price according to the needs of the markets in various places, collect from cheap places, and ship to expensive places to sell. There is no need to collect everything..."

After hearing the words of shopkeeper Wang, Zhu Yunxi felt endless emotion in his heart.

There are sages in the countryside!

Zhu Yunxi ate this meal directly from noon to night.

During the meeting, the four merchants spoke freely, pointing out many problems in his supply and marketing cooperative, and also provided him with a lot of business suggestions.

Zhu Yunxi ordered someone to record them one by one, and after the show was over, he ordered someone to send them home.

The next day, shopkeeper Wang got up from the bed with a splitting headache. Just as he was about to call for someone to pour him some water, he saw a black gauze hat on the bedside.

Wang Dazhi picked up the black gauze hat with a dazed expression, only to see that there was a green official uniform underneath!

"what happened!"

"Yunniang!"

"anyone there!"

Following Wang Dazhi's cry, a woman in her thirties opened the door and came in, bowing her knees to Wang Dazhi.

"Congratulations, master!"

"Congratulations on what?"

"My lord, you forgot. The emperor's grandson chatted with you very speculatively yesterday. He gave you a ninth-grade carp official uniform on the spot and allowed you to study in Beijing Zhongshang College!"

"What?"

When Wang Dazhi heard this, he fell off the bed in shock.

Seeing this, Yunniang hurried forward to help, but was pushed away by Wang Dazhi.

"Don't help me, leave me alone..."

"The emperor's grandson appreciates me very much?"

"Reward me with an official uniform?"

"I'm an official now?"

"I'm an official now, hahaha..."

As Wang Dazhi recalled what happened yesterday, the expression on Wang Dazhi's face became more and more exaggerated, and finally he stopped at a laughing scene.

"master?"

"Ah ah ah..."

"Master, you are talking, do you want to kill my concubine in a hurry?"

"Ah ah ah..."

Seeing her master like this, Yunniang was so anxious that she ran out crying and called the doctor.

Two quarters of an hour later, the doctor came to Wang's house with a medicine box on his back.

"Langzhong, take a quick look at my master. My master just laughed when he found out that he became an official, and his face froze when he smiled..."

Seeing Wang Dazhi's behavior, the doctor immediately knew what happened.Now that I heard the words of shopkeeper Wang's wife, I am more sure of my guess.

"It's okay, shopkeeper Wang just laughed so hard that his jaw dislocated, just wait for the old man to return to his place!"

The doctor squeezed Wang Dazhi's chin a few times, and then slammed his chin with a cold jerk, only to hear a click, and Wang Dazhi's chin returned to normal immediately.

"Oh, it hurts me to death..."

After Wang Dazhi could move his jaw again, he didn't dare to laugh out loud, and he didn't even dare to speak.

After drinking a large pot of tea, he happily put on his official uniform, giggled at the reflection in the water tank, and was only thinking about one thing.

I became an official?

I, Wang Dazhi, even became an official!

After Wang Dazhi sneered at the water tank, he hurried to the supply and marketing cooperative to meet the emperor's grandson, but unexpectedly, the emperor's grandson returned to Beijing early in the morning.

Seeing this, Wang Dazhi was full of regret, and could only kowtow to the sealed supply and marketing cooperative to express his respect for the emperor grandson.

After Wang Dazhi kowtowed a few times, the other three merchants who had been awarded official uniforms also rushed over. Wang Dazhi accompanied them to kowtow again before getting up from the ground.

"Emperor Dasun Renyi!"

"In order not to delay our business, the supply and marketing cooperative was ordered to close!"

"I'm really ashamed. When I was exposed to the shackles a few days ago, I secretly scolded the emperor's grandson. I really deserve to die, woo woo woo..."

While several people were doing self-reflection and self-repentance, Chang Jizu walked over holding a "false" edict.

"The emperor's grandson has an order!"

When Wang Dazhi and the others heard this, they hurriedly knelt on the ground respectfully.

"Emperor Grandson's Handbook!"

"After chatting with four people including Wang Dazhi, Gu Zai was deeply aware of the problem of the supply and marketing cooperative, and decided to temporarily close the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Wang Dazhi is now appointed as the manager of the Jiangpu Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and Chen Jihe, Sun Shangrong, Geng Qinghe and others are the deputy managers to assist Wang Dazhi in running the supply and marketing cooperative. When the four return from their studies at Jinling Business School, they can take up their posts!"

"Kin this!"

After Chang Jizu read out Zhu Yunxi's decree, he sent the four of them a letter of admission to Jinling Business School.

The four of them looked at the five big characters in gold on the notice, and felt an excitement they had never had before.

Not only can they be officials, but they can also go to school?
The emperor's grandson's kindness to them is too great, even if they are smashed to pieces, it is difficult to repay them!
"Dare to ask this lord, where is the grandson of the emperor?"

"The emperor's grandson has shown great kindness to us. If we don't meet the emperor's grandson in person and kowtow to the emperor's grandson, we will have trouble sleeping and eating!"

Chang Jizu smiled slightly when he heard the words.

"That can't be said!"

"The emperor's grandson is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and his whereabouts must be kept secret. It is a serious crime for ordinary people to inquire about it. Anyone who dares to reveal the whereabouts of the emperor's grandson is an unforgivable crime!"

When several people heard this, they broke out in cold sweat with fright.

"Sir, forgive me!"

"We really just want to thank His Highness, and we have absolutely no intention of harming His Highness!"

Seeing that several people were frightened like this, Chang Jizu hurriedly explained.

"I know what you're thinking, but the emperor had something to say before he left, saying that if you want to thank you, you should just study in a business school and come back and run the supply and marketing agency for him. You must make the supply and marketing agency a shop that benefits the country and the people." !"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"My lord, please tell the emperor grandson a word, saying that we must live up to the emperor grandson's expectations, and we will be happy to run the shop for his old man!"

After delivering Zhu Yunxi's decree, Chang Jizu did not rush to the city gate, but rode on a fast horse and headed towards the largest house in the city.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest princess, Princess Lin'an, and her son-in-law Li Qi were exiled to Jiangpu because of Li Shanchang's affairs. If Zhu Yunxi, a nephew, came to Jiangpu, if he didn't come to pay a visit, he would definitely be gossiped.

Therefore, after dealing with the affairs of the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday, he went directly to Lin'an Princess Mansion to pay a visit, and stayed here for one night.

When Chang Jizu came back to report, Zhu Yunxi was having breakfast with his aunt and uncle.

Although Princess Lin'an was exiled to Jiangpu, after all, she is the eldest princess of Ming Dynasty, the daughter of His Majesty the emperor, no matter how bad life is, she is much better than ordinary people.

What's more, she also inherited the property of Li Shanchang's family, as well as the manor, land, shops, etc. that she had "worked hard" for many years.

If the emperor's daughter wants to start a business, she can make a name for herself in all walks of life.

Princess Lin'an is not a greedy person. She only runs a few restaurants and inns in Jiangpu County, plus a few farms.

Therefore, the supply and marketing cooperative established by Zhu Yunxi in Jiangpu did not have much impact on Princess Lin'an's business.

After Chang Jizu finished his report, Princess Lin'an rushed to say a few words before Zhu Yunxie could speak.

"Nephew, don't blame aunt for talking too much. If your uncle didn't stop her, aunt would have written to you a long time ago to tell you what happened here!"

"Your supply and marketing cooperative is really not good. Not only can you not earn much money, but it also caused anger and resentment. It has completely embarrassed the royal family!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard the big aunt's rebuke, she could only nod like a good baby.

"My aunt's lesson is that my nephew has already ordered people to close the supply and marketing cooperative, and plans to train the personnel after a while before opening."

After hearing this, Princess Lin'an exclaimed on the spot.

"what?"

"You have to drive again!"

"Nephew, it's not my aunt talking about you. How good it is for you to manage the Minggang Chamber of Commerce and the Jinling Coal Chamber of Commerce. They are both good businesses with an annual income of more than one million. Why do you engage in such a thankless business?"

Li Qi heard his daughter-in-law talking endlessly, so he coughed vigorously a few times.

When Princess Lin'an heard her husband coughing, she said angrily.

"You can take a break!"

"You're not consumptive, why are you coughing in summer!"

"I said a few words of kindness to my eldest nephew, what's bothering you!"

When Li Qi heard his mother-in-law say this, he was so angry that he threw his chopsticks and sat aside.

Compared with Princess Lin'an's pungentness, he, the criminal minister, has become much more cautious since then, for fear that his mother-in-law may say something wrong and cause the dissatisfaction of the future emperor of Ming Dynasty in front of him.

Zhu Yunxi saw Li Qi's embarrassment, and hurriedly said to him with a smile.

"Don't worry, big uncle, I really like big aunt's quick talk."

Seeing Zhu Yunxie say this, Li Qi relieved the depression on his face, and showed a shy smile towards Zhu Yunxie.

"The emperor's grandson misunderstood. The guilty minister didn't think that Lin'an talked too much, but he was afraid of delaying His Royal Highness's meal..."

Lin'an snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"What criminal!"

"What's your crime, what's your father-in-law's crime!"

"It's not that the father is partial, and he doesn't like me as a concubine. For his own selfishness, he doesn't show any affection at all!"

Seeing Lin'an saying this, Li Qi's face was as scared as blank paper.He didn't care about the superiority and inferiority anymore, he hurried to pull Lin'an, and even covered her mouth with his hands.

"Stop talking..."

"If you talk nonsense again, our family will be gone..."

When Lin'an heard her husband say this, she also realized that it was wrong, so she shut her mouth wisely.

Just thinking of the tragic situation of the whole family, tears fell down, and she sat aside and sobbed.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi could only put down his chopsticks, and then sighed dejectedly.

"Big aunt, big uncle, you two don't have to act in front of me. Although I can't reverse Li Xiangguo's case, I will never add crimes to you, let alone a few cousins!"

Seeing what Zhu Yunxi said, Li Qi showed a trace of shame on his face.Lin'an, who was crying, stopped crying, wiped away her tears in embarrassment, and complained to her husband beside her.

"I just said that my eldest nephew values ​​love and righteousness, so he is not a hard-hearted person like the father."

"If we have anything to do, we can just ask him directly, there is no need to deal with it!"

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