"I don't have any money." Mingruo waved her hands quickly. She hadn't received the huge dowry yet. She wanted to keep the money on hand. If she left the palace, it would be the capital for her to settle down in the future.
"I can't come up with recipes or ideas if I don't have money." Si Haochen said with a smile.
"Oh, you mean technology investment." Mingruo discovered that Si Haochen was really smart. If he were put into modern times, he could at least be a domineering president.
"Technical investment... this term is quite new." Bai Shen looked at the princess curiously, waiting for the term to be explained.
Ming Ruo thought for a while and said: "Technical investment means investing in formulas, technical know-how, or equipment, shops, workshops, etc., which is something other than money."
"Okay, Princess, you can just invest in the technology." Bai Shen also felt that it would be better to get the Princess to invest in just buying a formula. With common interests, the Princess would come up with more good ideas, "Then how many princesses do you want?"
Where’s the profit?”
Mingruo rolled his eyes and asked thoughtfully: "Then I want to know whether to cooperate with you or with the prince..."
Bai Shen was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the princess to ask such a sharp question. How to say this? He couldn't judge how much the prince trusted the princess now.
"Of course we are cooperating with this king." Si Haochen said calmly.
"Oh, then give me half the effort." Mingruo shrugged.
Although it is only half a percent, the prince's secret properties are spread all over Donghuan. If more and more businesses are cooperated in the future, and half of the profits are taken, it will be a huge fortune. Bai Shen is sure that the princess does not know all the prince's properties.
Then half a percent is really not much.
Bai Shen asked with a smile: "How much will the princess cost if we cooperate with Bai?"
"At least 30%." Mingruo believes that the marketing strategies and fresh products and dishes from later generations are definitely worth the price.
"The prince's face is so valuable." Bai Shen sighed.
"That's natural." Ming Ruo winked at Si Haochen playfully and mouthed a voice - Great Protector.
"Ha." Si Haochen's eyes and brows were filled with smiles.
"Let's just do it. I will draft a document in a moment, and the princess will also write me the recipe for the bottom of the pot." Bai Shen ate the hot pot and felt that the boiling pot was filled with money.
"Since we want to open a serious store, I will study the recipe carefully and give you an accurate one." Today I just stir-fried the ingredients at random, not too rigorously. "You go to Lu Qiaojiang to make a pot first."
"Okay." Bai Shen nodded.
Mingruo stood up: "I'm going to read a book."
"Take your book and follow me back to Meiyuan." Si Haochen said.
"Why?" Mingruo was a little confused.
"The Great Protector wants to watch you." Si Haochen went to the side to drink tea, leaving Bai Shen alone at the dinner table to struggle.
"Oh." Mingruo nodded. He smelled of hot pot. It would be good to go to Meiyuan to take a bath in the hot springs. "I'll go clean it up."
"Um."
Mingruo went back to the room, packed his pajamas, clothes for tomorrow, two books and flint into a small bundle, then put on a thick fox fur cloak, and that was all.
The snow was still falling, and Mingruo and Si Haochen walked side by side. Si Haochen held an umbrella, and Zi Su held a lantern in front. Through the bamboo forest, the wind blew, making a rustling sound. Mingruo's body stiffened for a moment,
Walking at night is definitely not suitable for her.
Si Haochen changed the umbrella to his other hand and reached out to hold Mingruo's little hand.
"I'm more afraid of the dark..." Mingruo explained awkwardly.
"It's rare that you have something to be afraid of." Si Haochen's lips curled up slightly.
Back at Meiyuan, Aunt Dong was a little surprised: "The princess is here."
"Mommy, I want to take a shower first." After walking around outside, the smell of hot pot was still there, and the bottom of the wok was too lethal.
"Okay, okay, old slave, go and get ready now." Aunt Dong smiled so hard that she couldn't even see her teeth.
Mingruo took a fragrant flower petal bath and suddenly felt refreshed. She put on her pajamas, wrapped her hair in a towel and returned to the dormitory.
After Si Haochen took a shower, his black hair was spread behind him, he was wearing a quilted nightgown designed by Mingruo, and he was sitting on the Arhat bed reading the report. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he looked up and saw Mingruo wearing a nightgown of the same style and color as himself.
The dull mood has improved a bit.
Hey, there are obviously so many materials, but Zi Su Wei Mao wants to choose the same ones as Si Haochen to make for herself. This encounter is a little embarrassing.
Mingruo sat on the other side of the small table and opened the book. There were not many dog-eared pages in the book. The two books only mentioned the functions of the Yanling bracelet, just a few words. Mingruo closed the book and got useful information.
, almost zero.
Si Haochen, who was reading the report across from him, also frowned slightly and saw that Mingruo had put down the book: "How is it?"
"There's nothing substantial." Mingruo shrugged, "What's wrong with you? Are you in trouble?"
"The snowstorm in the northwest has been severe this year. The army is already in short supply of food and grass, and now charcoal and firewood are also in short supply. I'm afraid some soldiers will freeze to death..." Si Haochen pinched his eyebrows.
"Do the soldiers also rely on burning charcoal to stay warm?"
"Otherwise?" Si Haochen felt that Mingruo's question was strange.
When it comes to heating, this flint stone is an artifact, but flint stones are very precious. For an army of 300,000 people, a flint stone is just a drop in the bucket. However, there are many stones that can light fire.
"The prince can send people to try to find it. In the mountains in the northwest, there will be a kind of black stone. It is lighter than real stone and has a loose texture. It can be burned like charcoal for heating. It is also a kind of mineral deposit, the same as gold.
Like silver and jade, it has veins."
"Are you sure there is such a mine in the world?" Si Haochen was doubtful.
"I'm sure." She was talking about the coal mine. Although Mingruo has never been to a coal mine, she has met a real coal boss.
"Okay, I'll send someone to look for it." Si Haochen nodded.
"The food for the army...shouldn't it all be transported from your fiefdom in the south of the Yangtze River?" Mingruo guessed.
"Most of it is, and a small part is purchased from other state capitals." Si Haochen saw Mingruo's defeated expression, "Then where do you think the food should come from?"
"It comes from self-reliance and hard work." Mingruo spread his hands.
"Huh?" Si Haochen raised his eyebrows.
"The people in the northwest can support themselves, but the army is full of young and middle-aged people. How can they not support themselves?"
"You mean... to let soldiers farm the fields?" Si Haochen shook his head, "No, soldiers must practice every day and cannot slack off. Once they farm, when there is a war, they are not much different from farmers...
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"Even if there is daily drill, you can't train from early in the morning to dusk, right? If there is no war, the soldiers will have nothing to do after the drill. If a group of energetic young people get together, they might cause trouble.
It's better to organize yourself and engage in farming after training. Even if you can't be completely self-sufficient, you can still reduce some pressure." The armies of later generations all had their own vegetable fields and feedlots. Moreover, there were also cases where people passed through the army.
The military reclamation reaches the construction corps that consolidates the border defense.
