After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 484 So Cute and Dumb
Jinse had no idea what the twelfth prince was thinking.

But what the twelfth prince said gave Jinse a new clue.

Just as the twelfth prince said, opening a bookstore involves paper, ink, printing, and other aspects. Since the goal is to make cheap books, it's better to have your own workshop that can produce cheap paper than to source cheap paper from elsewhere.

After all, if one day other people's cheap paper also goes up in price, wouldn't that put pressure on her bookstore's lifeline?
It's best to keep your vital points in your own hands.

But suddenly, they have to start making paper again, and they also need to find a way to make cheap paper...

First, you need a papermaking workshop, then you need people who know how to make paper, and then you need to experiment and innovate based on existing known papermaking methods.

This will take effort and require initial investment, right?

As Jinse thought about this, her feverish mind gradually cooled down a bit.

She pondered for a moment, then said to the twelfth prince with difficulty, "But, doing all this myself will cost a lot of money at first, right? And I'll also have to set up my own paper mill..."

She did a quick mental calculation: "In that case, it would be better to just buy some ready-made paper from someone else that offers better value for money; that would seem more worthwhile."

At this moment, the twelfth prince casually sent a message to Jinse.

“Our bookstore has its own paper mill downstairs, but the paper mill has always used the papermaking methods available on the market, so it can’t produce those cheap papers.”

Jinse was stunned and stared blankly at the twelfth prince.

After a long pause, she said in a daze, "Does Your Highness also own a paper mill?"

The twelfth prince thought for a moment, then calmly added to his statement: "To be honest, besides the bookstore, I also own a paper mill and a printing factory, but they are not very large workshops, mainly supplying only my own bookstore."

Jinse was stunned for a moment, then slowly accepted it: "Oh, I see." Seeing her so adorably dazed, the Twelfth Prince couldn't help but smile.

After laughing for a while, the twelfth prince suddenly put on a melancholy look: "These are all properties left to me by my mother. Because I don't know much about them, I haven't managed them much after taking them over, nor have I thought about how to run them."

Jinse instantly showed a knowing expression.

If these shops were all left to the Twelfth Prince by Consort Chen, then it makes sense.

After all, how old is the twelfth prince? And before this year, he couldn't leave the palace at will. If he could set up so many shops and workshops under such circumstances, that would be quite remarkable for his age.

Seeing the twelfth prince looking so sad, Jinse couldn't care less about anything else.

She awkwardly offered her words of comfort: "Your Highness, Consort Chen has passed away, but I believe that in the other world she would wish for Your Highness to be well."

The twelfth prince smiled and responded.

As for Consort Chen, he really didn't have many memories left. After all, Consort Chen had passed away too early, and even if he wanted to remember her, there really weren't many memories left to recall.

So at this moment, the Twelfth Prince was able to comfort Jinse instead: "Well, it's really nothing. I'm not that sad about my mother anymore. When I think about it occasionally, I just feel a little sentimental, wondering what it would be like if she were still here."

Jinse didn't know how to respond to that.

Fortunately, the twelfth prince quickly changed the subject.

"I've noticed that Sister Jinse has been managing the bookstore very well lately. Why don't you also occasionally take care of the paper mill and printing plant?"