As soon as he got up in the morning, Geng Jingzhong said while watching the beauty grooming: "Huanxi, there is something I want you to help with!" ”。

"Master's business is my business, what can I do? I have nothing to do in the house all day, and sometimes I panic, strange and uncomfortable! Han Xi turned her head with a happy face.

"Did you like the gift I gave you yesterday?" Geng Jingzhong leaned his head over and sniffed.

"Master thinks about indecent things again, I ignore you." Seeing that Geng Jingzhong didn't say what it was, but asked about yesterday's gift, Han Xi couldn't help but blush on his face.

"Where did you go! Ye thought, since we like perfume and ** Gege, then there is no reason for those official wives and daughters to dislike it, so you will come forward to hold a banquet and give them some of these things. ”

"Why did you give it to them, which lady do you like?" Huan Xi instantly became nervous.

As soon as she saw Huan Xi's expression, Geng Jingzhong knew that she wanted to be crooked again. "Baby, where can I be, you forgot that yesterday you asked me if I wanted to open a store? If you give them some perfume, they will be happy, and after a while they will run out of them, what will they do? It must be buying everywhere, in this way, our perfume is bound to be popular in Fujian, and we can sit and wait to count the money! ”

"Our palace has a lot of expenses, how can I feed my little baby if I don't earn more money!" As he spoke, he scratched his cute little nose.

"Hmph, did I use a lot of silver! But the master's attention is good, rouge gouache is so expensive, our perfume can't be cheap! "Do what you say. Immediately call someone "Come on!" ”

"Mama, ask someone to prepare some invitations, all the officials of the fifth grade and above in Fuzhou City will be sent to their homes, just say that the palace has been in a depressed mood recently, and I am specially preparing a banquet to invite all the ladies in the palace to come to the palace tomorrow to gather, listen to the play, and chat!" "By the way, sir, are you ready for the gift? And the share in our own house is indispensable, especially the mother's! ”

"The thing is that I am not prepared for? However, the opening of the store pù is a bit troublesome, and it is still in preparation, but it doesn't matter, when everyone knows about the perfume, it will be the time when our store pù opens."

Although King Jingnan's army was supported by the imperial court, the palace did not have much input, and there were many people who needed to be supported by the palace. The perfume chain pù was his first source of income, so he had high expectations.

After eating breakfast, the stewards of the things ordered to go down had already led people to start preparations, Geng Jingzhong took Huan Xi and the guards to wander around the garden, and for a few days they were either running around or staying in the study, and they didn't get familiar with and appreciate their own home.

He noticed that, unless he was intentionally summoned, all the servants and maids would salute him respectfully when they saw him from afar, and then retreat cautiously, as if he were a beast of the flood, so that in the end it seemed as if only a few of them were left in the palace. This made Geng Jingzhong feel very unhappy, and said that he was just a son of the world, no wonder all emperors since ancient times were called lonely and widowed! Does once you become an emperor, it means losing your family, love and friendship? What is the meaning of life if you become like that? But thinking that the whole social atmosphere was like this in ancient times, I couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Walking through a long corridor and sitting in the meditation pavilion by the lake, Geng Jingzhong leisurely sipped tea and enjoyed the shoulder massage of Huan Xi, while silently thinking about what to do next.

Geng Jingzhong knows that half a step ahead is a genius, and one step ahead will be regarded as a madman. At this time, people were bound by feudal etiquette and strict practices, and making a wrong step would have a huge impact. Moreover, the Qing court was still secretly guarding against the vassal king.

Early the next morning, the officials, wives, and ladies in Fuzhou City had already begun to dress up carefully and prepare to come to Jingnan Palace. Yesterday I received the invitation from the princess, everyone was puzzled, the princess invited a guest to dinner, did she just want to find someone to talk to? This reason is a bit far-fetched! Some people are still wondering if it is the prince who wants to take a concubine! In any case, you can't go and don't dare not go, so let's prepare a gift first. So they made up their minds and came with gifts.

For a time, the beauties in the palace gathered, and the warblers and swallows were all dressed up in flowers. It's a pity that Geng Jingzhong can't see this, the female relatives get together, in order to avoid suspicion, the prince and the prince went to the military camp to deal with military affairs.

The princess's pie is of course luxurious, and the activities are also diverse. Visit the garden, enjoy the flowers, listen to music, chat, and have endless fun. It wasn't until the end that she launched today's main event------ fragrance.

Jin Yong said that "the supreme martial arts, the sword slays the dragon, commands the world, don't dare to disobey, rely on the sky, who competes", and as soon as the perfume comes out, it is really incompetitive. It was immediately sought after by all the female dependents. The older official wives are more stable, while the younger official wives and young ladies are constantly trying various perfumes and can't put them down.

King Jingnan's troops were stationed in the camp north of the city. There is one general and two adjutant generals. The battalion consisted of 20 oxen and 15,000 green battalion soldiers, with a total of 21,500 men. The generals in the army are all served by the king of Jingnan himself, and the king of Jingnan, Geng Jimao, is old and frail and only occasionally appears in the barracks, and he is taken care of by two deputy generals in the army.

The Geng family is a family of military generals, so Geng Jingzhong has been training with the army since he was a child. Later, he followed Counselor Geng Jimao for military affairs, so he was very familiar with the army.

The deputy general Ma Jiuyu and Zeng Yangxing heard that the prince was coming. Hurry up to see it. At this time, the flags on the school field were displayed, the whole army was solemn, and the soldiers were neatly dressed and armored. As soon as I saw the flag waved on the high platform, the whole army had already conducted routine drills. Hum on one side and jingle on the other side. There are also more than a dozen colonels riding war horses around each camp, constantly turning in circles to patrol. It did not stop at all because of the arrival of King Jingnan.

"The army is neat, and Gu is a good man who charges into battle and kills the enemy on the battlefield. Two generals work hard! "Although Geng Jingzhong received military training in his previous life, he had never seen the drills of a real soldier. Although this is the era of cold weapons, the roar of 10,000 people is also quite shocking.

"It is not worthy of the praise of the prince, this is the duty of the last general." The two of them stepped forward and clenched their fists and said, as if they had practiced.

"Just now I saw the cavalry infantry in the army rehearsing the military formation, but I don't know why I didn't see the firearms battalion?"

"Back to the world, the firearms battalion is a training camp every ten years, and it is no different from other soldiers in normal times."

"What kind of firearm is there in the army now, and what is the range?" Geng Jingzhong kept asking.

Although Ma Jiuyu wondered why Shizi was so concerned about firearms, he still replied seriously: "There are 300 musketeers in the current army, and all of them are arquebuses, that is, bird guns, which can penetrate a layer of iron armor within 20 steps, and a layer of leather armor within 40 steps. Fifty paces away, it's not very accurate, and it's not very powerful. ”

Hearing this, Geng Jingzhong had a general understanding of the firearms listed in this era, and it seemed that because the firearms were not as powerful as bows and arrows, they were not taken seriously. To be developed, to be developed! Geng Jingzhong thought slowly.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem! You two go down and get busy, let me rest for a while. Ahem, ahem, ahem! There was a weak voice from the side of Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan, and it seemed that his body was worse than Geng Jingzhong thought. In history, it seems that his father died in the eleventh year of Kangxi, that is, there are still seven years, but looking at his state at this time, Geng Jingzhong is very worried. "Father, what's wrong with your body? Do you want to call a military doctor to take a look! ”

"Don't get in the way, it's an old problem, just rest for a while! I followed your grandfather to fight in the north and south, and fought horses for the rest of my life. But it left a lot of dark wounds, and this body can't get better! Geng Jimao waved his hand.

"Father, your sword is not old, and you can still tear tigers and leopards alive when you recuperate."

"You have time to accompany the princess more, she invited many officials and daughters today, not because she was too lonely in the mansion! She is a princess, and she can't marry and teach children like an ordinary woman. ”

"Father, in fact, today's banquet was held by her son, the purpose of which is to want the officials and their daughters to promote the perfume produced in my palace."

"Oh, it's all for women, it's about the same as rouge, but it's better than rouge. I have used it myself and like it very much. So the son wanted to open a perfume shop in the name of the princess, and by the way, sell some rouge gouache and other daughter's household products. If our things are of good quality, we will be able to make a lot of money. It's also good to subsidize the use of the palace! Seeing Geng Jimao's doubts, Geng Jingzhong hurriedly explained.

"Alas, my father is old, your two younger brothers are in the capital, you are still the boss, and you have to inherit the entire family business, just don't toss it!"

"My son knows! Father, lie down and rest. I'm going out" Hearing his father's words, Geng Jingzhong was relieved, and he could let go of his hands and feet!