After Ning Zhiyi left Meiyuan, he suddenly remembered that he had not done anything serious.

He sat in the carriage and thought about it carefully, and realized that making money was the real business right now!

As for the complaints of those officials... If I don’t listen, they won’t exist!

Tomorrow, close the door to the East Palace!

He touched his sleeve pocket and found a piece of paper inside. On the paper was a weight loss plan written by Li Chenan for him.

This... is really difficult!

But for the sake of money and the great cause of the future, Ning Zhiyi gritted his teeth and shook the fat on his face. I must persevere!

The prince returned to the East Palace, and Li Chenan was still sitting in the Painted Plum Pavilion, sipping tea alone, and carefully sorting out all the next plans.

What he said to the prince was not without purpose.

Now there is an incompatibility between him and the second prince Ning Zhixing.

Ning Zhixing wanted him to die, and he also wanted to kill Ning Zhixing in Shuangjiao Mountain.

The third prince is still a little young, and at least for now, he is still a marginal figure.

Therefore, he needs to support someone who will be beneficial to him in the long term, and the loyal and kind-hearted Crown Prince is obviously the best candidate.

As for asking him to lose weight, it doesn't actually matter. What is tested is whether he has the perseverance to achieve great things.

The money-making properties the prince mentioned are by no means false.

Li Chenan hoped to join hands with the prince. After the Shuangjiao Mountain incident was over, while cleaning up the filth in the temple, he wanted to start business that he was good at.

Nowadays, Ningguo's business can basically be said to be in decline.

According to the information from the Imperial City Department, Ningguo has regressed a lot in the past twenty or thirty years compared with the surrounding countries, even worse than the Great Wilderness Kingdom that was just founded!

There are many reasons for this, but the most important one is the collapse of the business order. It is the exploitation of businessmen by officials at all levels that causes them to lose their enthusiasm for doing business.

Big businessmen have begun to shrink their industries, and small and medium-sized businessmen are now clinging to their own small business and have no interest in continuing to expand.

And doing business is even more difficult.

Not only are there bandits on the way, but there are also huge commercial taxes in each city.

Of course, those who have the best life are the six major clans in Ningguo.

Four of the five major princes, together with the Jiangnan Shang family and the Annan Qu family, are the largest chaebols in Ningguo!

Cheng Guogong's mansion controls the four major horse farms in Ningguo.

The Duke of Qi holds the largest number of bank accounts in Ningguo. For example, the most famous Bafu Bank is one of the businesses under the Duke of Qi!

The Duke of Yan State holds the five largest mines in Ningguo, accounting for almost 70% of Ningguo's iron smelting share.

Duke Luo's government controlled the six major salt fields in Ningguo, including the Gongjing Salt Fields in Rong County, Shuzhou.

There is only one Huaiguo Duke, but it has declined. The water transportation that was originally in his hands has now been taken over by the Jiangnan Shang family, the descendants of Prime Minister Shang.

The Jiangnan Shang Clan has only been around for a hundred years and is extremely low-key. However, according to the records of the Imperial City Division, it has now become one of the six major clans with the help of Jiangnan silk and water transportation.

As for the Annanqu family, this family was originally the most prominent family in the Yong Kingdom.

Lu Zhanxiao attacked Yong, and it is said that the head of the Qu clan made the greatest contribution.

Therefore, Lu Zhanxiao destroyed the entire royal family of the Yong Kingdom. Not only was the Qu family not implicated, but they also got the best tea mountains from the Yong Kingdom royal family.

The existence of these clans is inevitable in history.

They were attached to the royal family and played important roles for the royal family. In the eyes of everyone in this era, that was what they deserved.

But they monopolize these most profitable businesses, but they do not have to pay taxes to the country.

They earn more than half of the society's money, but the country's taxes need to be shared by ordinary people and small businessmen.

This is unfair!

But Li Chenan, at least for now, does not have the ability to break this monopoly. He can only find another way——

For example, with the help of His Highness the Crown Prince, you can also take possession of a mine or salt field.

Then rely on the technologies you know to increase production and improve products, seize the market with better quality and cheaper prices, and then slowly defeat them!

The first cut should start from the salt field of Duke Luo's mansion.

He drank all the tea in the cup, stood up with his hands on his knees, and looked out the window.

I looked lonely!

The leaves of those plum trees have withered and turned yellow, even covering the plum garden.

Then... flowers will appear on its bare branches, and it will not be until a winter snow comes that they will fill the garden with snowy flowers.

Li Chenan was about to walk out, but unexpectedly Wang Zhengjinzhong stepped into the door of Hua Mei Xuan.

"Master Xiao Li!"

Wang Zheng Jinzhong bowed his hand and said: "The arrangements have been put in place according to your requirements. The water bandits of Shuangjiao Lake have really connected Shuangjiao Island and Shuangjiao Mountain with boats, and are now transporting the grain to Shuangjiao Island."

"The Guangling Navy led by Master Zhongli Qiuyang is now hiding in the Xiaocong River, which is more than fifty miles away from Shuangjiao Lake. It is waiting for your fireworks at Shuangjiao Mountain as a signal to attack at any time."

"Lord Changsun sent his subordinates to ask you, when are you going to take action?"

Li Chenan pondered for three breaths, "Three days later...that is, on the morning of September 16th, you and all the soldiers of Xuanjia Camp will come here to pick me up!"

Wang Zheng Jinzhong was slightly startled and asked in a low voice: "Shouldn't we go quietly?"

"No, we guys will go there in a big way!"

"...I obey my orders!"

"In addition, Lord Changsun also asked his subordinates to tell you something."

"What's the matter?"

"General Wu Mian left Kyoto in ten days and went to Changle Palace!"

Li Chenan narrowed his eyes slightly. This general, Wu Mian, did not have a high presence in the court.

After the current emperor ascended the throne, he reformed the military system and returned all military power to the Ministry of War and the emperor himself.

The original General's Mansion was turned into an empty shell. Although the General Wu Mian still stayed in the yamen, what he was doing was no longer formulating military action plans and deploying troops across the country, but...

Give some suggestions to the Ministry of War or the Emperor.

But the eldest son Sun Jinghong once mentioned Wu Mian. This man was about fifty years old. He once served as a hussar general in the hands of Lu Zhanxiao and participated in the battle to destroy the Yong Kingdom.

He also served in the Western Frontier Army and served as the general of the Western Frontier Army. He fought several battles with the barbarians of the Xiyue Kingdom and won all of them!

Sixteen years ago, at the age of thirty-four, when he was in his best condition, he was transferred from the Western Frontier Army by the Emperor and returned to Kyoto, where he took up the post of General and guarded the vacant room in the General's Mansion.

Lord Changsun said that Xu was related to the fact that he had served as a hussar general in the hands of Lu Zhanxiao, and that this was secretly sent to Xue Zang by the emperor.

So, why did he go to Changle Palace?

"Send someone to keep an eye on Changle Palace!"

"In addition... I have also sent people to keep an eye on the other three locations in the Four Great Citadels of Kyoto!"

"...Sir, the guards of the other three acropolis are all from the Duke of Cheng's Palace and the Duke of Qi's Palace."

"Be careful with your ship!"

"Ji Tae is not that stupid!"
Chapter completed!