The prince couldn't help but look up at his wife, still puzzled, "Can't she go to Mingda and Changyu's place? Why should she do it in my East Palace?"
The Crown Princess smiled and said, "Because we also invited Bai Shan and others, right?"
The prince immediately frowned upon hearing this, "Chang Yu is about to get engaged, Ming Da is not young at all, what is she going to do?"
The Crown Princess said: "They are all young men from aristocratic families, and they are just observing etiquette. What can she do?"
Seeing that the prince was still frowning, she smiled and said, "The pavilion in the small garden will be cleared out for them to use when the time comes. If your highness is worried, you can go and have a look."
The prince no longer objected. He took a look at the menu in the hands of the princess. He heard that Zhou Man and she had borrowed it, so he twitched the corner of his mouth and said to himself: "You are talking about discussing unresolved matters. I'm afraid it's for food."
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Two days later, Man Bao happened to have no classes in the Imperial Medical Office. Early in the morning, she ran to give the Queen Mother an injection, and then went back to Chongwen Hall to prepare lessons and revise books. When Bai Shan and the others left school in the afternoon, she immediately put all her things away.
Just take it and run to find them.
For the sake of excitement and safety, Manbao also invited Liu Huan and Yin You.
With Liu Huan here, they can express some views on taxation to Liu Shangshu through his mouth; with Yin Huan here, as long as they don't cause too much trouble in the palace, Master Yin will protect them.
Man Bao did not hide her thoughts, so Liu Huan said: "Is it too late for me to leave now?"
Man Bao said: "Roasted venison, and Xiao Ling Zhi, which I have never eaten before."
She has never eaten it, and neither have Bai Shan and Bai Erlang. In fact, like Zhou Man, they have never heard of it before.
Yin You has heard of it, but has never eaten it.
He rarely eats baked goods. This time he mostly just sat and talked, and most of the time he didn't enjoy tasting delicious food.
But Manbao and Baishan sympathized with him and felt that life without delicious food was an incomplete life, so they cut a small piece from Xiaolingzhi and gave it to him, and also gave him a small piece of roasted venison, and then
He has to eat his own soup and water.
Chang Yu couldn't help but look at him several times, and then whispered to Man Bao, "How pitiful."
Man Bao was already staring at Xiao Lingzhi who was assigned to his plate, and asked: "Can you start eating?"
Mingda:……
Chang Yu nodded in response, "Okay, okay, the venison is roasted. I didn't eat much last time, but I must have a good meal this time."
Everyone feasted happily.
Mingda couldn't help but eat several pieces. Then when he saw everyone eating and drinking, he asked Manbao, "Didn't you say you came to discuss unsolved issues with everyone?"
Man Bao said while eating: "Yes, but we have to eat before we talk. You see, it's still early now. We can talk here before the palace door is locked. Don't worry, I and the Crown Princess
It’s agreed.”
Yin or had a small appetite, but he had already finished eating, so he put down his chopsticks and asked directly, "What is the unanswered question?"
Manbao tilted his head and thought for a moment, stopped Princess Changyu who was about to speak and said, "Princess Changyu wants to participate in some business."
Yin You was stunned for a moment and then asked: "Are you planning to ask everyone to contribute money together?"
Liu Huan thought about his money bag, and then turned to ask Bai Erlang, who was immersed in his work, "If I borrow money from you to do business..."
"This is impossible," Bai Erlang refused directly, "If you even borrow the capital to do business, then what business is there?"
Liu Huandao: "I don't believe you didn't borrow money when you first bought the property. Did you save it in advance?"
Bai Shandao: "We didn't borrow any money, our family directly gave us money to do it. And we also have money ourselves."
Bai Erlang added: "There are many young and old."
Man Bao raised his hands and said: "I was the poorest then, but I am the richest now."
After all, she is a working person.
Liu Huan stared at them, "How do you save money?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang said matter-of-factly: "Monthly money."
Bai Erlang said: "Although our monthly money is less than yours, we still have it."
"You guys are really good at saving. You can actually save your monthly money."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "If you were in our village, you would definitely be able to save. We have to go to the market to spend money. From the street to the end of the street, we will never spend more than twenty coins."
Yin You on the side said calmly: "Maybe if you are as weak as me and have no other uses, you can naturally save it."
Seeing that they were going off topic, Chang Yu couldn't help but knock on the table, "Can you get back to the topic?"
Man Bao: "Oh, yes, Chang Yu wants to do business, do you think she can do it?"
Bai Shan then asked what kind of business he was doing, what the estimated cost was, and if he needed any help from them?
Others were all ears.
Mingda looked at Manbao.
Man Bao said: "I didn't tell them in advance, so you see, they don't think there is a problem with Changyu's business."
After finishing speaking, she looked at Bai Shan and others and said, "Relatives of the emperor and court officials are not allowed to do business."
Several people:……
Yin You asked hesitantly, "Princess Changyu still plans to manage it herself. Just leave these matters to the servants."
Changyu immediately felt confident and looked at Mingda and then at Manbao, "Look, they don't think there is any problem."
Man Bao nodded and said, "That's the problem."
Bai Shan also reacted and said with a smile: "I understand. Do you want to discuss how to prevent powerful people from taking advantage of their power to bully others and compete for benefits with the people?"
Mingda asked: "Why not stop it, but prevent it?"
Bai Erlang said: "How can we stop it? Isn't that just stirring up a hornet's nest? Not even us, even His Majesty can't do it."
Yin You and Bai Shan Manbao nodded together. This was also the reason why Manbao organized the game. It was impossible to prevent it, but they could discuss how to better prevent it.
Yin You asked, "Why are you planning to discuss it?"
Man Bao asked: "If we can discuss it, let Liu Huan and Liu Shangshu convey it. If we can't discuss it, we can write a note to His Majesty and ask him to answer it for us. In fact, I am also quite curious. Wan
In the future, if my family's medicine business and ointment business become very big, will the court deal with me and how will it be dealt with..."
Everyone:......
Even Bai Shan didn't expect that she had such thoughts, and was speechless for a while.
Man Bao met his gaze and said, "This is called taking precautions before they happen. Isn't it normal?"
Liu Huan still looked confused and quickly stopped, "Wait a minute, what does this matter have to do with us? Since you know it is a hornet's nest, why do you still want to poke it?"
He is not stupid either. Although their conversation was a bit convoluted and it took him a lot of effort to understand it, but as the grandson of the Minister of Household Affairs, he still knows that it is a very sensitive matter for powerful people to be involved in business affairs.
He turned to Zhou Man and said, "With your small business, can you sell a hundred jars of ointment a month?"
Man Bao: "...No, it seems like there are more than 20 cans now?"
"So what are you worried about in such a small workshop?" Liu Huan, who has been exposed to it since childhood, said: "So what are you worried about? Don't say that you didn't sell the ointment, even if you did, it would be fine. You are an imperial doctor, a doctor, Run
To put it bluntly, ointment is also an ointment. What's wrong with you prescribing ointment to a patient?"
Manbao immediately spoke to Mingda Changyu: "Did you hear that? Did you hear that? These are all loopholes. There are many more loopholes like this. If we don't want to compete with the people for profit, there are a lot of loopholes that need to be filled."
Everyone: ...You are so cruel that you even block your own way.