Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Well, I thought about it."

Zhang Xin's emotions also fluctuated.

Sometimes I feel that if I could start over again, I would just live a good life and keep my children safe.

Sometimes she feels that if the world could be a better place, she would be willing to do things that she didn’t do in the past.

But what Xu said couldn't be more realistic.

She can't control whether the lives of people all over the world are good or bad, she just needs to take care of her own life.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted for a while and then Princess Anqing came out after washing up.

"Xin'er, the things made by those glass craftsmen are really great."

The three of them sat down, and Princess Anqing began to talk business.

“Are they selling well?”

Zhang Xin asked with bright eyes.

"Not enough to sell. A lot of them have been ordered, but they can't be made. I was thinking, should I suspend the orders and wait for him to train one or two disciples?"

Princess Anqing did not come to the palace just to thank Xu.

In addition to teaching at the girls' school, she also helped manage the three newly opened royal treasure shops.

The main items sold are jewelry made from a variety of gemstones brought back from overseas, as well as expensive ivory carvings, spices, and giant corals.

When everyone was still confused about Zhu Di's intentions, no one in the capital dared to buy except wealthy merchants.

Just when she entered the palace a while ago, Palace Lady Hu sent a batch of glassware to Xu's palace.

Glass cups, glass water bottles, glass vases.

Princess Anqing was very interested and found out that the glass was actually colored glaze, also called Guanyu in the palace.

King Ning brought back several glass craftsmen from overseas. Using overseas glass blowing techniques, he could make a piece of glass slurry into any shape.

Zhu Di had the first batch of products delivered directly to Xu.

The products made from this kind of glass are mainly sophisticated in craftsmanship, but the cost is not high.

Princess Anqing thought that she could sell it in the Treasure House.

Zhang Xin gave it some performance.

Because in her previous life she had seen very realistic peonies, cranes and auspicious clouds blown out of glass, she suggested that the craftsmen make some jewelry, pendants and the like.

When the craftsman actually made a complete set of glass flower head ornaments and put them in the Treasure Shop, they were immediately bought out.

Complete sets of glass tea sets are also extremely popular.

There's just not enough quantity.

"It should be almost done by the end of this month. I'm still teaching."

Zhang Xin answered with a smile.

All the original glass craftsmen in the palace have learned most of it.

It's not something very sophisticated. It has existed since the Tang and Song dynasties, and even in the ancient Warring States Period and Spring and Autumn Period. It's just that the overseas craftsmanship is different from that in China.

Overseas craftsmen have a general aesthetic taste and usually use pure colors. The glass paste is mixed with bright mineral colors and finally blown into crystal clear glass flower jewelry.

As for the cost, it is a drop in the bucket.

She said that the domestic glass ornaments are more beautiful.

"That's fine. People always ask me about this, and I'm tired of it. Sister-in-law, do you really want me to run the cosmetics shop?"

Princess Anqing asked again.

In the past, we were so idle that we farted. Now, we don’t even have time to fart.

Besides, she is now branded as an unfaithful woman, which is always a bit of a hindrance.

"If you can and want to manage it, then manage it. It's up to you."

Xu did not give a direct answer, but returned the choice to Princess Anqing.

"If I marry again, this Royal Xiurong Shop, no matter how nice its name sounds, is still a cosmetics shop. I'm afraid that if I manage it, people will talk about it and affect the business."

Princess Anqing was more practical.

The emperor and empress took the lead with drastic measures, but the people below did not follow so quickly.

In the south, for many years, if a woman does something slightly wrong, she will be called a shrew, but in the north, everyone just calls her a fierce wife.

Song Xuan always told her that he would rather have a brave wife than a cowardly one.

My fourth sister-in-law has lived in the north for many years and is used to it.

But I still underestimated the eloquence of these people in the south.

"Are you afraid?"

Xu raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not afraid."

Princess Anqing was certainly not afraid.

"Then let them take care of it! Mother never taught us to be afraid of what others say! Father just listens to mother, and they accept it well. If there is a new emperor, they will be able to accept it too."

Xu made the final decision.

Everyone in the court knew that the late emperor was afraid of the late empress, and no one outside dared to say anything.

Zhu Di was similar to the previous emperor in this respect.

"it is good!"

Princess Anqing also readily agreed.

Only then did Zhang Xin ask Wanxiu to place a pile of business regulations for the shop they were planning to open in front of Princess Anqing.

She lived the same life as Princess Anqing.

She finally understood.

The previous emperor was brainwashed by his civil officials, who told him that members of the royal family were not allowed to engage in business so as not to compete with the people for profit.

In fact, the so-called people are not ordinary people at all.

Rather, this group of people are hypocrites who appear to be righteous and hold high the banner of working for the benefit of the people but are actually only pursuing their own selfish interests.

According to the feedback from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to Zhu Di, among the ten court officials who complained about being poor every day, at least eight had shops in the capital under the names of hereditary servants.

The shop sells a wide variety of things, everything.

Many people in the imperial city buy their food, drink, and other necessities from these shops.

The Sixth Bureau has always been in charge of purchasing for the palace. The merchants that supplied the imperial city were initially decided by the Emperor's grandfather and there have not been many changes until now.

At that time, Zhang Xin asked the little girls who were brought back from the lecture hall in Beijing and were preparing to become female officials to take inventory of the purchases made in the past thirty years.

The result was both unexpected and expected.

For decades, the shops run by the ministers in the court and these hereditary servants have taken care of the royal family's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

They also have their own directions. Mr. Zhang's family provides cloth, Mr. Li's family provides grain, and Mr. Wang's family provides tea.

Every big industry has a big boss in charge.

The price and quality of anything that can be bought on the market in the capital are controlled by these adults.

Everyone controls their own business, and they have nothing to do with each other, and they make money in harmony.

The royal family always uses second-rate things to pay first-rate prices. The truly good things never enter the palace.

The royal family became the biggest victim.

These people are simply daring and presumptuous.

In his previous life, the records of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West mysteriously disappeared.

Among them, the construction information of the imperial treasure ship, the nautical charts used by the fleet, and all the records are all gone.

The big landlords in the coastal areas of Jiangnan became extremely wealthy through smuggling.

Zhang Xin can't do it.

She wants to break this harmony.

The emperor and empress are her biggest backers anyway, and she wants to open royal shops all over the country.

The pricing power must be in the hands of the royal family.

Everything starts from the capital and proceeds simultaneously in the capital.

Another one, because of the experience in the previous life,

Those rare items brought back by maritime trade became priceless items by the end of the Yongle Dynasty, even though the maritime ban had not been lifted.

Now that the maritime ban has been lifted, a large amount of overseas goods will flood into the country.

The price will come down soon.

This is not a long-term solution.

In the women's workshop in the capital, you learn practical things.

Over the past few years, several things that already had a foundation have been improved again and again, and now many very good things have emerged.

Just like the rouge, lip balm, hair oil and beauty cream made with secret recipes of previous dynasties in the palace, they all sold well in Zhang Xin's shop in the capital.

However, the population in the North is small, and the people there are tough, so women's pursuit of beauty is certainly far inferior to that in the capital.

Zhang Xin brought over many apprentices who had already completed their training in the workshop.

Now the first batch of female accountants in the Beijing Girls' School have achieved academic success.

A series of shops belonging to the royal family can be set up.