Chen Yuanheng said: "Speaking of which, I really admire the emperor's mind. Successive dynasties and dynasties did not allow the people to raise soldiers privately, and the emperor was able to agree that we have our own troops in Nanyang and Yizhou Island, which is really remarkable. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "What is this? Does my father think that the emperor wants us to have our own army? However, if we don't raise an army ourselves, can the imperial court send us an army? The imperial court's own army was almost unable to survive, if we hadn't made the sea trade and Shanghai City out later, would the imperial court have been able to fight in the northwest for so many years? He can't afford to raise the Northwest Army alone, where is the army sent to us to expand the territory? There's no way around it. ”

Chen Yuanhang sighed: "Yes, we are Da Chu, and we look very strong, but there are four major families outside, and there are so many surrounding countries, there are barbarians in the northwest, Yi people in the south, and Hu people in the west, which is really eyeing each other." However, what about the inside of Da Chu? After a period of time, there is a struggle for succession, the internal fighting is too strong, the officials are just thinking about fighting for power and profit, thinking about how to make money, developing their own families, where are there many people who think about the people and the country. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Speaking of which, the emperor of Dachu didn't figure it out. I always think about the fear that the four major families will seize power, and I always think about how to weaken the four major families, and I don't want to think about it, if it weren't for the four major families, the Central Plains would have been eaten by the alien races around me. ”

Chen Wenlin said: "Yes, when we were in the clan land, everyone didn't think about coming to the Central Plains to seize power, just thinking about how to defeat the barbarians, how to make the people in the clan land live better, our clan land did not ask for a penny of military rations from the imperial court, didn't we also guard the frontier well, but the emperor of Dachu still kept suspicious of us." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "What is the result of suspicion? It's the mess of your own court. The management of their own country is a mess, and their own borders are always not peaceful. Hmph, Father. Or say that he has a big heart? ”

Bai Shi said with a straight face: "These words, that is, they can be said at home." You can't say it when you go out, slandering the court, this is a big crime, what's more, you don't respect the emperor in and out of what you say, this is a kingless person, even the patriarch can't do this. ”

Chen Wenhui stretched out her little pink tongue and said, "Got it, mother." Don't we have that measure yet? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Madame, don't blame the children. When I went out, I felt that the people of Dachu were too miserable, and I had to do something for them. It's a pity that there are too few people in the court who think this way. Fortunately, King Jin and Liu Jingyuan are both people who are willing to think about the people, so I think it is very correct to support King Jin to win the throne. I hope that in the future, King Jin can bring a prosperous era to the people. ”

The family chatted a few more words. Then, they went back to rest.

The next day, Chen Yuanheng and the Bai family were busy informing them of the regulations they had set yesterday, and they came to Xiao Chen's family to discuss going to Nanyang's house.

This should be handled with care. Otherwise, there will be a grudge, fortunately, Chen Yuanheng and the Bai family are both social masters, and they have thoughtfully considered each person who came to ask for them, and some of them were strong, and they directly said what things to prepare, and also told the conditions and let them prepare by themselves. When the time comes, go with the Chen family's merchant ship. For those who are not strong, they are also based on their family situation. Help them come up with ways to participate, for example: The family only had money, and there were not so many people, so they were told where to hire people, buy people, introduce the Ma family who sold prisoners, and help find merchants in Shanghai City to hire Japanese people. For example, there is a family with only a few thousand taels of money, but there are three sons in the family, so they are persuaded to send the sons of the concubines not to buy land to build a manor, just go there to do business, a few thousand taels is still enough to buy a shop, run it well, and then consider buying a manor management in the future. After sorting them out one by one, time passed quickly.

The capital is fully mobilized. Those big families, powerful royal relatives, big families, big bureaucrats, big businessmen, and those who have money and people began to buy things, such as seeds, grain, farm tools, and so on. Guards are also to be hired. For a while, the business of the black family shop was much better, and Tang Guanghui was busy with his feet not touching the ground. These people are all smart, and they all know that these seeds, grains, farm tools, etc. are still more cost-effective to buy from the Heijia family on Yizhou Island, so the shipping cost is cheaper. Tang Guanghui took out the resources that the Hei family had stored for hundreds of years and sold them at once, these earned silver is still a trivial matter, the smart Tang Guanghui exchanged these silver for a lot of resources, for example, with those big silk merchants in Suzhou, they don't want the silver they give, they directly want their silk, and trade with the Bai family, and don't want the Bai family's silver, but the Bai family's newly produced cotton, so that the Hei family's warehouse is full again.

Even with it, Da Chu's business is also much better, because there are big buyers like the Hei family, those silk and satin are sold a lot, Suzhou silk merchants look at the empty warehouse, so they have to increase productivity, open a lot of looms, so that the warehouse is full. And the Bai family saw the benefits of cotton, so they naturally worked harder to promote the cultivation of cotton in the clan land.

The rest of the walks of life also sold a lot of things, for example, the demand for wine is also increasing, and the demand for meals is also increasing, because there is a need to talk about business and eat. There are also those who want to bring wine to the South Seas. In addition, low-end products such as kudzu cloth and linen cloth are also sold more, because these families who want to take people to develop Nanyang always have to dress and eat for their subordinates, so they naturally purchased a lot of these low-end products.

And those who are not qualified to participate in the construction of manors in Nanyang are not idle, they either send concubines and clansmen to do business, or take this opportunity to develop their own family industry, because everyone needs more things, and naturally the economy of Dachu also brings vitality and brings a lot of opportunities. There are also those ordinary people, there are many, there are no food at home, I heard that they can go to Nanyang to develop, and those big families are recruiting, and they are all enthusiastic to sign up. After all, in the hearts of the common people, those powerful big families are sometimes more trustworthy than the imperial court. Regardless of whether the big families can succeed in developing Nanyang or not, the people they hire will definitely be fed and clothed, and the benefits given by the big families are generally very good. Therefore, the people are not mobilized. The traditional thinking of the Chinese, the poor family is rich, since they are going out, or to go to such a far place, naturally they have to prepare some things, poor people, there is nothing good, dry food is to be prepared, clothes should also be brought a little more, so that there are naturally more people who buy things.

Because of this trend, Dachu's economy has been much more active, especially the business in the capital has doubled. So the taxes also doubled. The emperor quickly noticed such a thing, it was very strange, how could this phenomenon be the same as what Chen Yuanheng and King Jin said before, it was really the same as a hundred things. Thinking of this, the emperor was even more curious about the little girl Chen Wenhui who had put forward this theory before. Although I have met Chen Wenhui a few times before, they all met in a hurry at the banquet and did not talk, and I have the impression that Chen Wenhui is a delicate and beautiful little girl, very characteristic of the Chen family's girls. Well, if there is a difference, the eyes seem to look deeper than ordinary girls, smarter, and more confident.

The emperor said to his personal eunuch: "What kind of little girl is this Chen Wenhui?" How can you be so smart? I really want to have a good chat with her. However, she is a girl, how can she talk to me? If it were a man, it would be simple, although I was younger, I could give me an official position, and I would have called in and summoned me directly, but it was a girl, hey, it was difficult to do. ”

The big eunuch Lai Qing smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the slave maid has an idea. ”

The emperor was surprised: "Oh? What are your ideas? ”

Lai Qing said: "If the emperor wants to see her, it is better to ask the imperial concubine Niangniang to summon her into the palace, and then the emperor can go to Zhongcui Palace to see her." ”

The emperor laughed: "Really, I really forgot about it, the imperial concubine is her own aunt, and it is a common thing to summon her, so let's just say it, come to Qing, you go and talk to the imperial concubine, and let her summon her niece Chen Wenhui into the palace." When the time comes, I will also go to meet this smart little girl, the future female city lord of Da Chu. ”

Lai Qing said: "The slave maid heard that the imperial concubine heard that Simin County was mainly going to Nanyang, and she was a little worried, and she thought that the separation was imminent, so she had already asked someone to pass the order over, so that the county lord of Simin would enter the palace to meet the imperial concubine Niangniang the day after tomorrow." ”

The emperor smiled and said: "That's a coincidence, then don't go and talk to the imperial concubine, you pay attention, when that day comes, Chen Wenhui enters the palace, you will tell sù me, and I will go directly." ”

Lai Qing understood what the emperor meant, and compared to deliberately letting the imperial concubine Xuan's niece enter the palace, this could better see Wen Hui's level. Because this kind of face is sudden, there must be no time to prepare, and naturally what is said is the truth. If the imperial concubine was announced and knew that the emperor was coming, Chen Wenhui would definitely prepare the answer to what the emperor wanted to ask in his heart in advance, and this must not be what the emperor wanted to know. Lai Qing hurriedly agreed, thinking, he must not leak the news, and he must not let the people know that the emperor wants to see Chen Wenhui, after all, the imperial concubine has a wide range of contacts in the palace. Of course, as the chief manager of the palace, Father-in-law Laiqing has his eyeliner in various palace rooms, and Zhong Cui Palace is no exception. It was too easy to inform the emperor when Miss Wen Hui met with the imperial concubine.

Chen Wenhui didn't know that the three biggest people in the Great Chu Palace, the emperor, the imperial concubine, and the concubine all wanted to see her. At this moment, while she was preparing for the affairs of going to Nanyang, she also had to discuss the affairs of the Hei family with Tang Guanghui, and when she returned home, her mother told her that the imperial concubine asked her to enter the palace for an audience the day after tomorrow. (To be continued)