The waste prince is so fierce

After listening to Xiao Tingting's analysis, Li Quan was overjoyed.

He originally thought that Xiao Tingting would only see the immediate benefits, but he did not expect that she could foresee the huge future market for soap.

Such vision and insight are truly rare.

Thinking of this, Li Quan couldn't help but applaud.

"Wonderful!"

“It is rare for you to have such unique insights.”

In fact, Li Quan had already anticipated Xiao Tingting's thoughts.

The reason why he asked Xiao Tingting was more to test her wisdom and vision.

Now that Xiao Tingting gave a satisfactory answer, Li Quan naturally did not hesitate to praise her.

Faced with Li Quan's praise, Xiao Tingting was a little at a loss.

"Your Highness, I am just speaking nonsense, Your Highness..."

"No, you are absolutely right!"

"Soaps are expensive now because we deliberately control production. Once production increases and the market is saturated, prices will naturally fall."

"Of course, we can also artificially create scarcity like diamonds, but in the long run, the benefits may not be as good as you said. Therefore, I decided to leave the soap shop to you."

Li Quan put down the jade ring in his hand and looked at Xiao Tingting with a firm gaze.

"what!"

"I...I'm afraid I'm not up to the task..."

Xiao Tingting was shocked to hear that Li Quan would give her the responsibility of running the soap shop.

You know, this soap shop earns 10,000 strings of cash every month, and the annual profit is as high as 120,000 strings of cash. This is simply unimaginable for her, who has never seen a hundred taels of gold.

Although she was quite interested in doing business, when she really had to take over this business worth hundreds of thousands of strings of cash a year, Xiao Tingting couldn't help feeling nervous and scared.

Li Quan saw this and didn't take it seriously.

"This soap shop business is just a small business, just for you to practice.

My ambition is to build my own military and business empire."

He knew very well that money was useless without soldiers and power; and it would be difficult to accomplish anything great even if you had money but no soldiers.

Only when you have both wealth and power can you accomplish great things.

"At this stage, you just need to focus on organizing the production of the 20,000 bars of soap needed for the He's shop. When the time is right, I will let you know the next plan."

Although Li Quan handed over the soap shop to Xiao Tingting, the final decision-making power still lies in his hands.

The purpose of his setting up the soap shop was not only to make money, but also to bring down He's shop and weaken Zhao Wang's power.

"But, Your Highness..."

"You don't have to say anything. I have made up my mind."

"I believe in my own vision, and I believe you can handle this task."

Seeing Li Quan's firm attitude, Xiao Tingting was silent for a moment and then nodded solemnly.

"I will not let your highness down!"

"Well, go get busy."

The soap shop is now on the right track. Li Quan has full confidence in Xiao Tingting's ability and entrusts everything to her.

Night falls.

In the bedroom, Mingyue was not busy keeping accounts, but was holding a book, concentrating fully on it.

"What book are you reading that makes you so absorbed in it?"

Li Quan returned to his room and saw Mingyue was so engrossed that she didn't even notice his return. He couldn't help but feel curious, so he went closer to find out what was going on.

Glancing at the contents of the book, Li Quan raised his brows slightly.

"Eh? Isn't this the story from Dream of the Red Chamber that I told you and Xiao Qiu Xing'er on the way to Liangzhou?"

Li Quan was surprised to find that the book was actually his own version of the story of Dream of the Red Chamber.

Mingyue put down the book in her hand and responded, "It is the Story of the Stone that my husband told me. Xing'er found your story very interesting, so I wrote it down. I have some free time recently, so I borrowed it to read."

Upon learning that it was Xing'er who recorded his story, Li Quan nodded slightly.

"I see."

"Why did you come home early today, my husband? Is there something important?"

When Li Quan nodded, Mingyue suddenly asked curiously.

Usually, Li Quan would inspect the Black Tiger Guards before returning, but today he did not do so. Mingyue therefore guessed that Li Quan must have something important to do.

Faced with Mingyue's question, Li Quan pretended to be mysterious.

"Madam, why don't you take a guess?"

"Are you going to use silver again?"

Mingyue was in charge of the finances of Prince Qi's palace. She knew that Li Quan's visit must be related to money, so she asked tentatively.

"no!"

"It's actually for the silver!"

Li Quan took out ten silver notes with a face value of one thousand taels from his sleeve and placed them in front of Mingyue.

Mingyue was shocked to see Li Quan suddenly take out ten thousand taels.

"How did my husband get so much silver?"

Mingyue only had more than 30,000 taels of silver left, and 10,000 taels was not a small amount for her.

"Of course I earned it."

"Madam, have you forgotten what we made together that night?"

Mingyue recalled briefly.

"My husband, are you referring to soap?"

"Exactly."

Li Quan smiled and nodded.

"How can this thing earn so much silver?"

Looking at the banknotes in front of her, Mingyue was amazed.

She never imagined that there were such huge benefits hidden behind the small soap!

"This is insignificant. This is only one month's income."

"As long as the soap shop continues to operate, there will be a steady flow of money every month, and Madam won't have to worry about money anymore."

"I know that Madam has worked hard to manage the household, so I specially prepared a gift for Madam."

Li Quan took out a brocade box from his bosom and opened it. Inside was a piece of very beautiful jade. This piece of jade looked very warm and smooth, as if it was tailor-made for Mingyue.

"Oh, isn't this the raw stone we saw in Xihuang Town that day?" Mingyue recognized it at the first sight.

"Yes." Li Quan said with a smile, "After I came back, I found the best carving master in the city and asked him to make a pair of jade pendants out of the raw stone. This one is for you, and I'll keep the other one."

When Mingyue heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Thank you, husband!" She carefully put away the jade pendant and looked at Li Quan.

"But, there's no need to thank me. Have you forgotten something?" Li Quan teased her deliberately.

"Forgot what?" Mingyue looked confused.

Seeing that she really forgot, Li Quan reminded her: "Didn't we make a bet that night? If the soap can make money, you have to kiss me. Now that the soap has made money, shouldn't you fulfill your promise?"

Hearing this, Mingyue's face flushed, "That... that was just a joke, my husband, why do you take it seriously now?"

Her heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it was about to jump out of her throat.

"Who said I was joking? I'm serious." Li Quan said as he leaned closer, "You're not going to default on your debt, are you?"

Mingyue looked at Li Quan's serious expression and didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Xiao Qiu's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Your Highness, Xiao Junwei wants to see you, saying there is something urgent!"

When Mingyue heard this, she felt relieved, as if she had found a savior. "My husband, Lord Xiao asked to see me overnight, it must be something important. You should go see him, don't delay."

Although Li Quan was a little disappointed that he didn't kiss Mingyue, he also knew that Xiao Changsheng must have something urgent to tell him so late, so he told Xiao Qiu: "Master Xiao, please wait for me in the study. I'll be there soon."

Then he said to Mingyue, "I'll go see what Lord Xiao wants. You can take a rest first."

After saying that, he pushed the door and went out.