After Li Delin left gratefully, looking at the background of his departure, Chen Changgeng, who had been standing by and watching, asked with some confusion.

"Lord Shizi, why do you have to use these merchants?"

Li Delin is not the first businessman he has seen in the past two days, he has already met no less than fifty people, and he doesn't quite understand what the prince thinks.

"The heads of our mansion used to use nameless sectsmen and their own servants to do business abroad, where are they needed?"

Different from what many people imagine, in fact, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty have been doing business, but they do not come forward to operate, but entrust their families, official schools, servants and other servants to do business, so that they can not only receive the benefits of doing business, but also avoid being impeached by the imperial envoys, of course, their business behavior is often carried out by privileges, not so much business, but rather "bullying and dominating the market", which is certainly not what Zhu Guoqiang needs.

"The chief officials don't know, these people have lost all their net worth in the fire, of course, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, they still have some capital, but more importantly, they have done a lifetime of business, and the experience is not comparable to ordinary people, not so much that I give money to make them comeback, but rather to lend their hands to make money for me......"

In fact, this is a decision made by Zhu Guoqiang after careful consideration, he wants these businessmen to fill their "white gloves" and make money for themselves. After all, there are so many places to spend money in the future that just the little money that has been seized will not be enough.

Even if he has a space-time gate, he still needs someone to help him earn money, and of course, he also needs someone to help manage money and even spend money. And the only one who can do all this is a businessman! After all, whether in ancient times or in the future, the ability of officials or chamberlains to manage money and earn money is not clear, but the ability to earn money for themselves has long been proven to be breathtaking.

Let those officials or chamberlains earn money for themselves, it is not clear whether they will do business or not, but they will definitely do everything possible to use their power to earn money for themselves.

As for the treacherous businessmen...... That can be compared with officials, and even compared with the profiteers of later generations, except for some Jin merchants who have no bottom line, are willing to be driven by foreign races, and are willing to be traitors, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are not only not profiteers, but even the top ones are good businessmen based on integrity!

Moreover, from another aspect, judging from Fan Sanlun's confession, in addition to selling materials to the Manchu Qing, the Fan family also provided a large amount of information to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This is also what Zhu Guoqiang needs, he needs reliable channels to collect intelligence, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty used Jin merchants, and now those bankrupt merchants inside and outside Jinan are his best choice.

The reason why it is the best choice is not only because they lost their belongings in the fire and urgently need the capital and opportunity to make a comeback, but more importantly, in their eyes, their own prince is "the god of fire", with this kind of spiritual constraint, under their own support, they will form a royal business system of the German domain, through them as a "white glove" to manage money, make money at the same time, but also hide the intelligence network in this commercial system, and unknowingly establish an intelligence system.

Such a business intelligence system, at least for a long time to come, can play a role beyond people's imagination. Just like in another world, Mitsui & Co. or Samsung has a global intelligence network comparable to that of the CIA, and their intelligence network is hidden in business practices.

"As for the servants in the house, chief, tell you the truth, will they do business?"

Looking at Chen Changgeng with a smile, such a long time of contact has made Zhu Guoqiang know a lot about his temperament, it is not clear whether he is a Qing official or not, but it is certain that a person who holds poisonous wine and says to the king, "Lord Wang, you must die", will definitely not be bad, and there are still loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty......

Thinking that when they first came over, those guys who shouted "The prince is going to die", they are generally loyal ministers, and if these officials are used well, they can be regarded as their closest team, but they are ......

"Besides, in this palace, in addition to Lone, there is also a king."

Shizi's casual question, so that Chen Changgeng's heart sank, when he looked at Shizi, his eyes also changed slightly, as the chief of the palace, how could he not know the meaning of Shizi's words, after thinking about it, he said.

"Shiziye, in fact, the prince was a ghost fascination at the beginning, since that day, the harem has been obsessed with calligraphy and painting all day long, and the prince didn't ask about the things in this mansion in the past, and now he won't ask again."

The reason why Chen Changgeng said this is not so much to exonerate the king, but to protect the king, after all, what the king did at the beginning was indeed to be controlled by others. As long as the prince wants to, he only needs to instruct Song Xuezhu to put on a piece of paper, just because the prince wants to dedicate the city, he can make the prince unable to eat and walk around.

Even, he thought of another possibility - after all, the prince of the world relied on the sword to kill the relatives to prevent the prince from offering the city, and Chen Changgeng, who witnessed all this, didn't see that as long as the prince insisted, the prince of the world was afraid that he would really have to be "loyal and filial piety" as an "unfilial son".

"Lord Shizi, now you are in charge of all the big and small things in the house, as for the king......"

Lowering his voice, Chen Changgeng reminded softly.

"There is a king, at least it is more convenient for the prince to act, unlike the king, even if he goes out of a royal city, there are many eyes staring, unlike the prince you are always at ease, after all, the "feudal ban" is forbidden by the feudal king, and the prince still has a little freedom to enter and exit. ”

Chen Changgeng's euphemistic suggestion made Zhu Guoqiang laugh.

"Chief, you are too worried, no matter what, he is always Lone's father, Lone was forced to ask for the tablet of Emperor Gaozu at the beginning, and if there is a chance in the future, he will have to apologize to his father, okay......"

Waving his hand, Zhu Guoqiang is not willing to continue to talk about this topic, for him, the current situation is the best, as long as King De stays in the harem with peace of mind, continues to be obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and is his prince well, then the two will naturally be safe, if not...... Hey, even if they don't want to, at that time, they can only reunite their father and son!

"Who's next? Oh? Is it specialized in architecture? It just so happens that reconstruction is inseparable from such a person now, so let him in......"