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Chapter 421 Making money for the prince

After hearing this explanation, Emperor Kangxi just glanced at Yinzhen and said, "Even so, it can't be so absolute. I just need to eat less."

Liang Jiugong on the side hurriedly came up to smooth things over: "Your Majesty, the fourth brother is afraid that you will suffer from eating too much for a while. Even though you have eaten this, you should be careful and eat less. It is not good for you. Good health."

Lord Kangxi remained silent, but took three more skewers of roasted venison and put them on his own plate, then distributed the remaining meat skewers on the big plate to all the ministers to enjoy, and even waved away the Xue family and others and the others. Prince Yong continued to enjoy the singing and dancing while he was making skewers.

Xue Hong just returned to her seat in a daze, watching the first emperor of the ages, Kangxi, sitting on the noble dragon chair... Lu Chuan.No, why is this picture so magical?

"Fourth brother, come here."

While eating, Lord Kangxi called Yinzhen with a smile on his face, and whispered something to Yinzhen.Yinzhen came back and said something to Xue Yi.Xue Yi smiled and couldn't hide it.

A few days later, Prince Yong Yinzhen brought a plaque to Xue Hong's barbecue shop.

Xue Hong received a message from Prince Yong asking him to wait at the barbecue restaurant. He thought it was Prince Yong who wanted to eat barbecue, so he ordered him something based on this reason, but he did not expect that he brought such a big guy.

"My lord, this..."

Prince Yong smiled and said: "This is a plaque bestowed on you by Huang Ama, you should kneel down and receive it."

Xue Hong waited hurriedly to kneel down, and Prince Yong personally took off the bright yellow brocade covering the plaque, only to see a few large characters printed on it like a flying dragon and a phoenix——Lips and Teeth Leave Fragrance.

Although Xue Hong didn't know much about calligraphy, but just looking at the inscription on the plaque, he knew that this thing was Kangxi's own handwriting.

Prince Yong said: "Xue Hong, Huang Ama has ordered that the barbecue in your shop is very delicious, this plaque is for you."

Xue Hong said hurriedly: "The emperor's kindness is so great. I thank the emperor for the reward. Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."

Here, Xue Hong hastily cleaned up a clean place in the shop, set up an incense table to offer fruit, and enshrined Kangxi's calligraphy. He only needs to choose an auspicious day and hang it in the small shop.

After finishing these things, Prince Yong smiled and said: "Go and bring some kebabs to this king. This king was in charge of arranging the program for the former emperor Ama's birthday banquet. There was nothing good to eat raw, but today I miss that taste gone."

Here, Xue Hong hurriedly ordered the grill master to bring up some skewers of all kinds prepared in the kitchen today, filling up the table.Prince Yong twitched his index finger when he saw it, and began to eat bitterly.

Of course, he didn't forget what he was going to say to Xue Hong today: "You, you don't know where you got so courageous at such a young age. You thought that on the day of the birthday party, you used the king as a shield? figure it out?"

Xue Hong was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the piece of roast mutton that he had just picked up fell on the table: "The emperor... the emperor saw it?"

"What kind of person is Huang Ama? How could you deceive him with your little tricks? You don't want this delicacy to spread to the palace, you don't want the Xue family to be too prominent in the capital, right?"

Xue Hong put down the skewers, and said with a wry smile: "My lord is wise. This is our family's tradition. We never fail to do business. After all, money is endless. Our Xue family will keep the front line for everything. This show In the past two years, the Xue family has really done a lot in the capital, and they really can't be the first birds anymore."

Prince Yong raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know, why is your Xue family so cautious? Can you give me a reasonable explanation?"

"My lord, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. You must know this truth. Although my father is an official and I have fame, our family is a businessman after all. Naturally, we know how to protect the interests of businessmen. , how can the business continue for a long time. There is a Zhimeifang, a barbecue shop, a dried fruit shop, and the greenhouse vegetable business that my brother is in charge of. The Xue family has earned enough, enough to attract envy It's gone."

After hearing this, Prince Yong smiled with great interest: "Oh? Is it just for this reason? Don't you fear that Xue's family will become Shen Wansan of the Ming Dynasty again, and be feared by the emperor for being too rich and rich?"

Xue Hong raised his head suddenly and looked into Prince Yong's eyes. In those eyes, Xue Hong saw a bottomless depth.

People, stop covering up in front of people who are more scheming than yourself, because the more you think you can cover up something, the easier it is to expose everything to the other party's eyes. It's better to be honest. Save yourself being a clown.

What kind of person the man in front of him is, maybe Xue Hong can't figure it out based on his ability.But if everything in the future can develop according to the course of history, this is the final winner of Kowloon's inheritance, and there is no reason not to be more open and honest.

Xue Hong said: "What the lord said is true. Although the situation in the capital is complicated, I always believe that with the strategy of the lord, I will not lose to anyone in this battle. No, there is no word "typing" in the dictionary of the lord." Therefore, our Xue family should act as low-key and calm as the prince. I don't think it is the time when my Xue family has no scruples and makes money wantonly. We only need to ensure that the prince's wallet is full. But I believe in the prince, one day, The Xue family will definitely become the richest businessman under the prince's wing, and will also be the businessman who pays the most taxes in our Qing treasury."

Prince Yong smiled and said, "Oh? You mean, all along, your Xue family has been making money for me?"

Xue Hong looked helpless: "My lord, you clearly know, why are you still asking me such a thing? If it wasn't for helping the lord to make money, how could our family come up with a patented method to collect money from those merchants? If it wasn't for helping the lord to make money, Why does our family make patents for all the production processes and secret recipes of all the products in all stores and put them in the household department, and pay patent fees every year? If it is not for helping the prince to make money, we will not be so early every month. The tax money that should be paid is handed over to the household department. Your lord, the household department is your home field, isn't it?"

Prince Yong smiled: "You have been with this king for a long time, and you should know that this king is not a person who trusts people easily."

Xue Hong also smiled: "My lord wants to be in that position. Of course, no one has to believe it, and no one can believe it. So our Xue family does not ask the lord to believe, but only asks the lord to see us, to see our future performance, and to see the truest truth." Facts, don’t listen to slander and misunderstand us.”

(End of this chapter)