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There is no shortage of smart people in the world, this is what Zhao Hongrun has always warned himself. No, even a villain as talented and unscrupulous as Yang Shitao knows how to relieve Zhao Hongrun's defensive mentality by collecting profits.
Thinking about it, Yang Yantao also knew that if he gave Yang Yanxing a sum of money for free, Zhao Hongrun would never accept it. Once he returned to China, he would pay the money back immediately.
Come to think of it, would the dignified Prince Su care about this little money?
You must know that the amount of money Zhao Hongrun invested in the Smelting Bureau was more than dozens of times.
But if a high interest rate is charged, then the meaning is different, because this is already a normal way of raising money.
Even if Zhao Hongrun has a lot of money in his hands, there is no need to have trouble with legitimately borrowed money, right?
What's more, Zhao Hongrun currently owes a huge debt to the Ministry of Household Affairs, with the debt amounting to millions of taels.
Under this situation, even if Zhao Hongrun was unhappy in his heart, he had to admit that he owed the Sheeptongue clan a favor.
"Husband, what's wrong with you? You don't look good...How about you return the money first as your husband said?"
Seeing Zhao Hongrun standing there, his expression changing color, Yang Yanxing asked cautiously.
Zhao Hongrun was not originally angry with the little girl, he was just unhappy that he was indebted to that bastard old man Yang Shitao.
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't speak, Yang Yanxinghui misunderstood and said with a cry: "If my husband is not happy, I will close this shop immediately, sell it to others, and return the money to my grandfather..."
Seeing that this little girl was about to be harmed and paranoid, Zhao Hongrun quickly hugged her gently and said frankly: "I'm not angry with you. When I was away, I relied on you to support Prince Su's palace. How could I have the right to give birth to her?"
Are you angry? I'm just not happy with your...forget it, this store should be closed or opened, it's up to you to decide."
After saying that, he saw the look of horror on Yang Yanxing's face again, and quickly added: "No matter what decision you make, I will support you."
Sure enough, this addition played a vital role in letting the little girl understand that these were not Zhao Hongrun's angry words.
"Really...is it really okay?" the little girl asked timidly.
"certainly."
Looking at Zhao Hongrun, Yang Yanxing bit her lips and said timidly: "Then... I want to keep this shop so that our Prince Su's Mansion can make a living..." As she said that, she peeked at Zhao Hongrun's expression.
, and explained carefully: "Sir, please don't be angry, my prince's family really doesn't have much money..."
"..." When Zhao Hongrun heard this sentence, his chest felt tight.
I think that he, the dignified King Su, once had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in his hands, but now, just to break the Smelting Bureau, break Bolangsha, and break Sanchuan, he not only threw all the money in his hands, but also owed money to his customers.
millions of taels of silver.
Fortunately now, his livelihood in Prince Su's Mansion actually depends on a fourteen-year-old girl.
If it was just that, Zhao Hongrun would admit it. After all, as a Wei person and the prince of the Wei people, it would be nothing for him to contribute financial resources to the Wei state. But there were some bastard things that actually looked into his money bag that Zhao Hongrun didn't even reach out to.
, trying to make money.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun really felt a little tired.
It's not because of his contribution to Wei State, but because there are a bunch of bastards holding him back.
"Husband, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Zhao Hongrun find a stool and sit down, the little girl obviously noticed the change in the former's mood.
"It's nothing, just...a little tired."
The little girl blinked in confusion, and then said cautiously: "The husband will rest here for a while, and Rong Nu will carefully sort out the account books, okay?"
Zhao Hongrun nodded.
Seeing this, the little girl sat back at the table and checked the account books carefully to see if there were any miscalculations.
Looking at her serious look, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but ask: "Girl, why do you want to take over the livelihood of Prince Su's Mansion?"
Hearing this, Yang Yanxing turned back to look at Zhao Hongrun in confusion, and then said with a toothy smile: "The slave is the husband's woman and the mistress of the palace. This is her duty."
"Nonsense..." Zhao Hongrun cursed with a smile, but a hint of warmth flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun had the idea of forming his own caravan in his mind.
Although it was said that his father and the imperial court would definitely give generous rewards after Sanchuan was pacified, Zhao Hongrun knew very well that the money would not be enough to repay the millions of taels he owed to the Ministry of Household Affairs, not to mention the Smelting Bureau.
Xiangfu Port, Bolangsha, these are monsters that need to swallow a lot of gold.
The Smelting Bureau, in particular, has spent countless manpower and material resources on Zhao Hongrun, but has yet to develop a method for mass production of screws and nuts. Zhao Hongrun is so angry that he sometimes wants to end this research.
But after much deliberation, he finally had no choice but to continue throwing away money.
Although the mortise and tenon craftsmanship invented in the State of Lu was good, it focused on woodworking, and the machinery Zhao Hongrun wanted was steel machinery.
In this category, mortise and tenon technology is not as stable and convenient as screws and nuts.
Note: The mortise and tenon process is a mortise and tenon structure developed by ancient carpenters. It can seamlessly join various parts without nails, screws, nuts, adhesives, etc. It is a great invention. Those who are interested
Readers can search by themselves and will not go into details here.
This kind of prediction made Zhao Hongrun have a premonition that he might often be in the state of being a "negative man" owing huge sums of money to the household department in the future. As a result, the livelihood of Prince Su's Mansion would become a little difficult. After all, Zhao Hongrun had no face.
Even though he owed a large amount of money to the Ministry of Household Affairs, he continued to borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to support his family.
In this case, it would be much easier for Zhao Hongrun if there were some shops or caravans at home that were only used to support the family.
This is what is called family property.
For example, this Su's Chujin store.
Although it is still very weak, I believe that no one will dare to interfere with its living space in this store, whether it is legitimate or unfair means.
Because this is King Su’s family property!
That night, after Yang Shixing settled the account books, Zhao Hongrun accompanied her to close the shop.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun had already dined at the Ningxiang Palace of her mother-in-law, Concubine Shen Shu, and Mi Jiang and Wu Na in Prince Su's palace had probably dined as well. Only the little girl Yang Shixing was still there at this moment.
Empty stomach.
This deeply touched Zhao Hongrun.
Regarding this matter, he doesn't blame Yulong or Mi Rui, because they are both the kind of people who have no concept of money. He doesn't blame Miss Su either. After all, Miss Su lives in a waterside pavilion and doesn't know.
It's not surprising that Prince Su's palace was in embarrassment at that time.
But it is undeniable that during the most difficult period of Prince Su's Mansion, it was the little girl Yang Yanxing who shouldered the heavy burden and shouldered the responsibility of the hostess, even though she was not Zhao Hongrun's woman at all.
Zhao Hongrun had a hunch that if someone called Yang Yanxing "Little Madam" in front of him in the future, it would be difficult for him to feel any rejection, because he saw this little girl's willing and silent contribution to the family.
This feeling is very strange.
On December 30, the seventeenth year of Hong De, the last day of the year, the people of Daliang happily spent the last day of the year and ushered in the New Year's Day.
The Emperor of Wei also entertained courtiers at a banquet on New Year's Day.
Compared with previous years, there were more than a dozen special dishes at the New Year's Day banquet in the 18th year of Hongde's reign, such as roast lamb, sheep's blood in broth, sheep cheese, etc. These dishes with Sichuan characteristics are said to be Sichuan-style dishes.
A tribute sent by the tribal alliance, the ibex is very precious to the people of Sanchuan.
Moreover, Tobe also brought back several people from Sanchuan who were good at cooking and asked them to bake authentic Sanchuan dishes.
In these dishes, the chefs in the imperial dining room only played the role of icing on the cake, for example, decorating the plate with roasted lamb with edible decorations, or adding some seasonings to make it more fragrant.
That's all.
In fact, those courtiers who raved about the meal knew clearly that they could drink goat's milk wine and eat large pieces of ibex meat at the court banquet. Whose blessings did these do? After all, ibex is not just a matter of force.
The Sanchuan tribe can offer it as a gift.
But as the biggest contributor to this matter, Zhao Hongrun refused to attend the banquet. He didn't even bother to think of an excuse. He fulfilled his promise to his mother-in-law Shen Shufei and took Miss Su, Mi Jiang, Yang Yan Xing and Oona to Ning Ning.
Shang Palace went to a family dinner.
The reason is very simple, because the court banquet not only invited all officials from the court, but also invited princes and kings from outside the country such as King Chengling, King Jiyang, King Zhongyang, and King Yuanyang.
If those invitations are really, as Zhao Hongrun said, a soft threat from these princes and kings, then Zhao Hongrun's actions this time undoubtedly revealed a message: I am too lazy to pay attention to you!
Anyway, the faces of the princes and kings at the banquet were a little unhappy.
Maybe they were still thinking of establishing friendship with Zhao Hongrun during this banquet to prevent the matter from becoming tense, but they didn't expect that Zhao Hongrun would be so disrespectful.
On the third day of New Year's Day, according to the customs here in Wei State, it is not easy for unpleasant things to happen. For example, visiting people to collect debts, making trouble with others, fighting or anything else are rarely seen.
After all, Wei people superstitiously believe that the third day of New Year's Day is particularly important for this year. If something bad happens on these three days, it is likely to lead to bad luck this year.
As a result, Zhao Hongrun got three days of free time.
It wasn't until the early morning of the fourth day that Zhao Hongrun was woken up by Zongwei Shen Yu early in the morning. Then, in the main hall of the front yard, he met his cousin Zhao Hongmin, whom he had met several times.
"It's you again, cousin Hongmin."
"Actually, cousin, I also want to bring you good news, but..."
When he saw Zhao Hongrun and saw the weird expression on his face, Zhao Hongmin also smiled bitterly in his heart.
After all, he rarely met his cousin Zhao Hongrun. Counting this time, he only met three times in total, but these three times were all for the same thing.
"The clan has invited you." Zhao Hongmin said with a wry smile.
"Oh, let's go then." Zhao Hongrun looked calm, as if he had already guessed it.
Walking side by side with his cousin Zhao Hongrun outside the house, Zhao Hongmin was quite dumbfounded.
He has never seen any clan member who is "invited" by the clan so frequently, let alone any clan member whose troubles have greater impact than the last.
Especially this time, it actually alarmed the most qualified ancestor in the clan.