Hard to be a good wife

The New Year's Eve banquet was completely boiled because of a paper book written by Prince Zhao. The music in the hall stopped, and the singing and dancing were also withdrawn. The King of Nanjin discussed with the ministers where to build a factory and how much money to invest.

A good banquet turned into a business discussion somehow, and everyone was very excited and dancing.

Prince Zhao asked a court lady to replace Tang Yue with some hot dishes for him to eat by himself. Anyway, no one would ask him for his opinion on such important national affairs.

But Tang Yue's mouth has always been tricky, and the cook of the Prince's Mansion was trained by him, not a little bit better than this imperial cook. The imperial meal was really not very tasty, and he stopped moving after he was half full. Chopsticks, but watching everyone with great interest, you can't argue with each other.

"Your Majesty, military pay has consumed most of the treasury's money these years. After all, there have been fewer wars this year, and there has been a once-in-a-century snowstorm. I really can't spend any more money to do this."

"But His Royal Highness has already said that the raw materials used to make paper are extremely cheap, as long as it takes man-hours, it doesn't cost much money at all."

"Creating wasteland and building factories requires money, and labor requires money. If you want to make enough paper for the world's bachelors, how can it be a small sum?"

"Master Zhan, you don't care about money and food, what does this matter have to do with you?"

"Lord Liang, Master Shiwen in Zhisu Nei has already taken charge of his affairs, and has long since neglected government affairs. As a young mansion, I am one of the nine ministers, why can't I express my opinion?" Lord Zhan said loudly: "Your Majesty, why don't you express your opinion?" Please think again! Although this paper is good, it is not an urgent need, and it is the same to rebuild after the treasury is plentiful."

"Your Majesty, the national strength of our Southern Jin Dynasty has always been inferior to that of North Vietnam. Firstly, the population is insufficient, and secondly, our cultural background is not deep enough. In the eyes of North Vietnamese students, our Southern Jin Dynasty is a barbarian who doesn't know how to educate. The reason is nothing but us. There are too few literati and bachelors, if the number of students can be quickly increased, why worry about the country's prosperity?"

"What a joke! If the Southern Jin Dynasty really became a pedantic nerd like the North Vietnam, how can we talk about unifying the country? How can we talk about defeating the North Vietnamese army? The reason why my Southern Jin Dynasty has been undefeated all the year round is because of tens of thousands of soldiers who are not afraid of death!"

"Master Zhan, don't make generalizations. I just said that we need to increase education, but we didn't say that military strength is not important. This is not a relationship between one and the other!"

"Okay!" The King of Nanjin jumped up, his good mood seemed to be poured down by a bucket of ice, and there was not much left.

Tang Yue heard Prince Zhao mention this Zhan Shaofu, since he is against them, he is an enemy.

He got up and said, "Father, can you let Erchen say a few words?"

"..." The scene fell silent for a moment, and everyone looked at Tang Yue curiously, not understanding how he would come up with such a trick.

Logically, with Tang Yue's status at this time, he is not qualified to participate in government affairs, but His Royal Highness did not stop him, nor did the King object, so it was hard for everyone to say anything.

"What do you want to say?" The King of Nanjin asked without curiosity. In his eyes, Tang Yue was just a doctor with excellent medical skills. No matter how good his medical skills were, it did not mean that he would understand government affairs.

"I have listened to it for a long time just now, and it is nothing more than the word money."

"The princess is really rich and powerful, but thinking about the Marquis of Liyang and your dowry, I understand." Shaofu Zhan said sourly.

"In this world, things that can be solved with money are not considered big things. What Zhan Shaofu is worried about is that the treasury can't afford money to set up factories and recruit workers. If this is the case, why not leave this matter to private merchants? "

"Merchant? The princess is joking, right? How can such a big matter be taken care of by that pariah? If they leak this secret, who will bear the consequences?"

"There's nothing secret about this. As long as each process is separated and completed by different people, the merchant is responsible for funding, management and sales, and the technology can still be in the hands of the imperial court. Otherwise, even if the paper is made, who should the imperial court send?" What about selling?"

"Sales?" Many people don't quite understand what Tang Yue's words mean. Could it be that this paper is not made for free for students and officials?

"Such a good thing, North Vietnam will definitely like it, and it must be able to sell for a good price." This is a monopoly business. As long as North Vietnam gradually gets used to the existence of paper, they will naturally be willing to spend money to buy it. It is not a source of income. Come on?

"Heh, I heard that the Crown Princess is extremely intelligent, and she is already a master of xinglin at a very young age, but after all, you are separated like a mountain. You may not understand the affairs of the court. What is the difference between selling such a precious thing to the enemy country and collaborating with the enemy?"

Zhan Shaofu's hat was big enough, and Wang Ziguan secretly applauded, if Tang Yue could make a fool of himself in front of the king, then he would hit the prince in the face.

"Precious? Paper is precious because it has just appeared. If everyone is used to the existence of paper, it is just a piece of paper. As paper is indispensable in daily life, if the North Vietnamese are also used to using it Well, then they will continue to buy from us, this is a guaranteed business, so why worry about the treasury not being rich by then?"

Tang Yue knows that people in this era have the problem of being self-cherishing, they like to hide all good things, and it is best that people all over the world don't know about them.

But what is the use of such treasured things?It's nothing more than one's own appreciation, and it can't play any practical role.

Even if Tang Yue doesn't know how to do business, he still knows how to settle the account.

"That can't be done by private merchants. Who knows if they will take this technology as their own?"

"Businessmen take earning money as their bounden duty. Entrusting them to do it will definitely be better than the court's own management. We only need to extract a certain amount of tax from it. If Zhan Shaofu is worried, we can send a few officials to supervise it."

"Senior minister!" The first person to stand up and publicly express his support for Tang Yue was an official he didn't know. With the first one, there will be a second and a third soon.

Regardless of whether they were out of sincerity or to save face for the prince, more than half of the officials agreed in the end.

After all, this business does not conflict with their interests, so what does it matter who runs it?

"I remember that there are many shops under the name of the Marquis of Liyang, and there are also a large number of managers who know how to do business, but that's the case?" the King of Nanjin asked.

The Marquis of Liyang has been sitting in silence tonight, without expressing his opinion. After all, he has become the father-in-law of His Royal Highness, so it is better not to be too high-profile.

Hearing the question from the King of Nanjin, he stood up and answered: "Reporting to the king, there is indeed some business in the minister's family, and it is all managed by the stewards."

"Since that's the case, it's better to leave this matter to Aiqing, so that the widow will let it go."

Tang Yue was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand how the King of Nanjin changed his mind, how could he point out that his family should be in charge of running the paper mill?

Is this a trust in their family or a temptation to their family?

"Your Majesty, you have to think twice..." Shaofu Zhan hesitated to speak, with a worried look on his face.

"Father, you have to think twice, I heard... I heard..." The eldest prince glanced at Prince Zhao deeply.

"What did you hear?" The King of Nanjin frowned, seemingly displeased.

"My son, I heard that the Prince's Mansion is recruiting private soldiers and making weapons privately. I'm afraid..."

"Bang!" The King of Nanjin slapped the table with his palm and snapped, "Where did you hear such arrogant words?"

The eldest prince was taken aback, but he was a person who had experienced the storm, and quickly recovered his composure, "Father calm down, my son is just hearsay, don't get angry, you should ask His Royal Highness about this matter .”

The King of Southern Jin tightly held the hands under the table. He has always been afraid of the nine sons. If he really wants to rebel, his position will change sooner or later.

"Zhaoer, what do you say?"

Prince Zhao sat on the seat with no expression on his face, and only replied: "If you want to commit a crime, why is there no excuse?"

"If you don't want people to know unless you have done nothing, how dare His Royal Highness swear that he didn't recruit soldiers privately? Didn't build weapons privately?"

"Of course you dare." Prince Zhao replied decisively: "How could Gu do such a rebellious thing without telling the truth from the king? The king just left the house, how could he hear such rumors?"

The eldest prince laughed self-deprecatingly, "I only remembered it when I was bored and heard someone gossip. I have lived in the mansion for a long time for my brother, and I don't know much about it."

Even those who are not well-informed can hear such rumors. Doesn't the well-informed person even know that the king goes to the toilet every day?

"Brother Wang is too modest, but you dare to use this kind of hearsay to tell your father. I really admire your courage."

The King of Southern Jin looked at this man's son, and then at that son, "Zhao'er has only been back to Yecheng for half a year, and I'm afraid he still can't accomplish such a big event."

"Father is wise!" Prince Zhao made a bow.

"Father, this is not hearsay. I even remember the location. You might as well send someone to find out."

The King of Southern Jin stared at Prince Zhao for a long time, but the other party just said indifferently: "Since Brother Wang is so sure, let's take someone to investigate. I really want to see what you can find."