"What about the prince?"

"I'm reading." Fan Xian replied expressionlessly, and at the same time lowered his head.

They all understood what Queen Zhou's intention was when she wanted Princess Kunxing to come to learn Shixue. But Chongzhen still couldn't trust Yu Guozhen completely after all, so he only entrusted Princess Kunxing to him, but was unwilling to hand over the crown prince as well.

After all, getting the crown prince means that Yu Guozhen may support the crown prince in the south and fight against Chongzhen.

"You go back to report to the mother, Xinxiang welcomes Her Royal Highness the Princess." After pondering for a while, things seem to have deteriorated to the extreme, and even Chongzhen himself is aware of this.

"In this way, the slave and maid have thanked Uncle Nanhai." Fan Xian bowed again, but this time he didn't get up after kneeling, and said timidly: "The slave wants to ...... The slave maid wants to escort Her Royal Highness the princess south, I wonder if Nanhai Bo can allow it? ”

Yu Guozhen looked at him, the cooperation between the two had been very good before, he got a lot of convenience through Fan Xian, and Fan Xian also made a lot of money through him.

"Father-in-law Fan has accumulated a lot of net worth over the years, right?"

These words made Fan Xian suddenly alert, and he said with teary eyes: "The slave and maid are incomplete people, just looking forward to earning more money to make enough pension money and coffin books, if Nanhai Bo does not dislike it, the slave and maid are willing to donate 10,000 taels ......."

"You can donate this ten thousand taels to the imperial court, I can't use it." Yu Guozhen was both angry and funny: "I thought that we have cooperated quite happily over the years, and if you go to Xinxiang with money, it will be inevitable to sit on the mountain and eat empty, it is better to guide you to a business, after you go to Xinxiang." It is also possible to build an industry that truly belongs to you. ”

"Ah...... Thank you Nanhaibo, the slave and maid spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, it should be beaten, it should be beaten! ”

Fan Xian was overjoyed when he heard this, but he knew how clever Yu Guozhen's means of making money were! This is a great god who is even more clever than the boy of scattered wealth, even the God of Wealth may not be comparable! So he salivated and twitched himself a few times. Then he smiled and said, "Please Nanhaibo, please Nanhaibo." ”

"You can do as much as you have the capital. Tell me, how much money can you come up with? Yu Guozhen said quietly.

Fan Xian was stunned, how much money did he have. But his secret is that his son of the family who has passed on to him doesn't know!

Yu Guozhen knows how much money he has, will he think of something to make him spit it out?

The eunuch was suspicious after all, and he thought about it for a while, this moment was so long, it was even more difficult than an hour. At the end, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "In the past 20 years, the slave and maid have been saving food and making careful calculations, and have earned 150,000 taels of silver. ”

"It's a lot." Yu Guozhen knew that he must have set up an ambush. It is possible that his actual fortune was 500,000 taels. But I don't go into detail, anyway, when I get to Xinxiang, I can't use this silver, and I have to exchange it for gold and silver coins in Xinxiang in the end.

"This is what the slave and maid are trying to save." Fan Xian emphasized again.

"Well, 150,000 taels...... It's hard to do big business. I'll give you an idea, I see that you are still sleek, you can set up a chain store in Changhua, similar to Xinxiang shopping mall, you can always earn tens of thousands of taels a year. ”

Yu Guozhen is not prepared to control all industries by himself, so he will take some industries that are not related to the national economy and people's livelihood. After he started doing it, he sold it to merchants who were willing to run it, and then used the cash to develop new industries. The reputation he had made before was very good, so a group of people who had become rich first were also willing to follow him step by step.

Yu Guozhen made a clear distinction between this, on the one hand, let a small number of merchants who followed Xinxiang, such as Xu Zhongyuan's family and Hu Jingshui's family, obtain a large number of benefits, and on the other hand, pay attention to controlling the number and scale of these businessmen, so as not to make them too powerful. The economic lifeline of Xinxiang has always been in the hands of Yu Guozhen, and every person in Xinxiang's system, whether it is a tiger guard or a craftsman, directly or indirectly benefits from these economic lifelines, making them have a sense of identity with Xinxiang's system.

"Stack...... The slave maid wants to stay in Xinxiang to accompany the princess, I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of it. ”

"If this is the case, you can also consider setting up a cement factory in Qin' Prefecture, and in the future, building bridges, roads, and building houses, you will need a lot of cement, and you can set up the factory in Qin' Prefecture, and you can take the train from Xinxiang to it in half an hour."

"Slaves can't make cement......"

"Before the end of the year, the institute will lift the ban on a number of technologies, including cement."

In order to promote the spread of technology, but at the same time control its spread, at the beginning of this year, Yu Guozhen and others drafted a technology ban regulations. This regulation stipulates that at the beginning of each year, a few of the many technologies researched by the Xinxiang Research Institute must be taken out to lift the ban, and all individuals who meet the conditions can contribute to the purchase of this technology. The institute then sends someone to teach the technology and help it set up a complete production line. For example, this year, the institute lifted the ban on a total of six technologies, including glass firing and cement manufacturing.

"Ah, if it's cement, the slave is going to make a fortune." Fan Xian was ecstatic when he heard this, of course he knew that if Xinxiang's power continued to expand, the amount of cement would be too big. Although the firing of cement is not too difficult, if you want to burn cement that meets the needs of various projects in Xinxiang, you must still go through the training of the research institute.

He got up with joy, but he thought of one more thing, hesitated slightly, and said in a low voice: "The slave maid heard that the imperial court is secretly negotiating peace with Jianyu, and on the surface, it is Chen Xinjia who is in charge of this matter, but in fact, it was the emperor who threw it out to attract the attention of the princes of the imperial court, and it was Gao Qiqian who really presided over this matter." ”

"What can Gao Qiqian do, he is fierce and timid." Yu Guozhen commented.

He didn't know that at this time in the Forbidden City, Gao Qiqian was evaluating him.

"The slave and maid have dealt with Nanhai Bo several times, the slave and the maid are internal prisoners, he is a foreign minister, although they have dealt with each other, they have no deep friendship with each other. The feeling he gave to the slave and maid was unfathomable...... The slave maid also asked the staff, and one of the staff members said that he was the fish of Beiming. ”

Yu Guozhen's surname is Yu, and Yu is homophonic with fish. said that he was the fish of Beiming, in addition to ridicule, there was also a deep meaning. When Chongzhen heard this, he felt his cold hair stand up.

As the Son of Heaven, he is suspicious of all kinds of proverbs, and Yu Guozhen and the "Fish of Beiming" are in one place, which makes him feel even more. As if there was a force reminding him that Yu Guozhen was extremely dangerous.

"There is a fish in Beiming, and its name is Kun...... Turned into a bird. Its name is Peng ......"

Silently reciting the famous sentences in "Zhuangzi", Chongzhen's eyes became gloomy. Yu Guozhen is extremely ambitious, he just wants to incarnate Peng. Soar high and soar into the sky!

It would be nice if he were faithful and a pure servant.

"Gao Qiqian, how are the things I told you?" Chongzhen grimaced and shifted the topic to the matter of peace. Gao Qiqian's words made him dispel the last trace of thinking about Yu Guozhen's entry into Beijing.

"The slave and maid have been in contact with Dorgon, the regent of Jianju." Gao Qiqian quietly raised his eyes, and seeing Chongzhen's bad expression, he swallowed his saliva: "Dolgon is still afraid of Daming, saying that he is unwilling to fight. is also willing to exterminate the Liukou for the Ming Dynasty. ”

If it is said that in the past, Chongzhen attached equal importance to Jianguo and Liukou, and even paid more attention to Jianguo to some extent, so the elite soldiers and strong generals focused on dealing with Jianguo, then now. Chongzhen's concern for the Liukou has outweighed that of Jianyu.

Jianyu entered the customs, but plundered, and Li Zicheng, who was in the Liukou, had already established a feudal official in Longyu, and then the next step was to call the emperor and build the country. is directly going to replace Da Ming and him.

Therefore, Gao Qiqian's words made Chongzhen's heart flutter: the officers and soldiers can't help Jianlu, and they can't help Li Chuang, if Jianlu and Li Chuang are allowed to fight, maybe the imperial court can sit and reap the benefits?

Chongzhen, who was in a hurry to go to the doctor, had this idea in his heart, but he was immediately dumbfounded: Even Yu Guozhen is not at ease, where can he rest assured that Dolgon, the traitor of his brother and sister-in-law, is reassured!

"As long as I can appease the captives, give me two to three years, I want to order Guanning Tieqi to come back, first completely sweep away Li Chuang and the thieves, pacify the Central Plains Liukou, and then try to restore Liaodong." Chongzhen took two breaths and sighed: "Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven has not ceded the land, not lost money, not made peace, not paid tribute, and the Son of Heaven guarded the country...... How can Jianyu come to the people of the Central Plains! ”

Although he was a little moved in his heart, as a great tomorrow, he still couldn't do such a despicable thing as borrowing a teacher to help suppress it.

"Yes, what the emperor said is that the people of the world are grateful for the kindness of the emperor......"

"If you are grateful, you won't rebel with the rogues one by one, this kind of nonsense is rarely mentioned in front of me." Chongzhen said sharply: "Tell me the details, whether you can stabilize the captivity, it's up to you." ”

Gao Qiqian coughed lightly, he really didn't want to say the specific details!

In this peace, Dolgon saw that the Ming Dynasty could not even maintain the foreign power and middle cadres, and it was completely pushed down, so the conditions put forward were very harsh, not only demanding the annexation of all Liaodong land, but also putting forward the requirements of gold 10,000 taels and silver 1 million taels.

This request is unacceptable to Chongzhen, and he just said that Da Ming will not cede the land, will not lose money, will not be in harmony, and will not pay tribute!

After thinking about it, Gao Qiqian decided that he still had to hide some of the facts, and only said what Chongzhen wanted to hear and liked to hear.

He pondered the wording for a while, and then spoke: "The slave is still sent by Zhou Yuanzhong this time, and he is still sent by Zhou Yuanzhong, and he is very much treated preferentially by Jianyu, thinking that he is afraid of my Ming Guowei, even if he is blind, Jianyu does not dare to despise it." ”

Chongzhen's face was gloomy, he was not stupid, Gao Qiqian opened his mouth like this, and he talked about some boring things, it was clear that the result of this trip was not very satisfactory.

Just when he wanted to force Gao Qiqian, suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, and then, a nervous voice of a eunuch sounded: "Emperor, Emperor, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly played, said yes, said yes...... Li Chuang has broken through the Daimyo's Mansion! ”

The Daimyo Mansion is the south gate of the North Zhili, across the Yellow River, and the Kai' Feng Mansion is opposite. Since Li Chuang captured Kai' Feng Mansion, this has become the front line. Li Chuang even took the opportunity to plunder Xuzhou in the east, but after breaking through Xuzhou, he threatened to fear the name of Bowei in the South China Sea and did not dare to go south again. Now that Li Chuang has broken through the Daimyo's Mansion, it means that the southern gate of the Jingshi has been opened.

Chongzhen stood up abruptly and said sharply: "What about Sun Chuanting, let him deal with Li Chuang, what about others?" ”

(To be continued)