The third prince said in a soft tone: "Get up!" Then you don't have to bow down to me, and you don't need to call me Master. ”

Seeing that Cheng Chen was still kneeling on the ground, the third prince wanted to reach out and help Cheng Chen get up, but he felt inappropriate, but he just politely stretched out his palm and swung it upwards to signal.

"Your Highness!" Cheng Chen thanked him and stood up.

The third prince stood up and walked in front of Cheng Chen, getting closer and closer, so close that Cheng Chen's face could feel the breath he spewed, and then he stood still and said with a look of hope:

"You don't have to go back to Xuanyu Pavilion in the future, why don't you enter my mansion and be a concubine?"

Cheng Chen had to take a few steps back...

Cheng Chen smiled and politely refused: "Your Highness is joking, although his subordinates are lowly, they will never be concubines in this life!" Please bear with me, Your Highness! ”

Why does a man want her to be a concubine?

The third prince was still savoring the faint fragrance coming from the tip of his nose, and felt pity for the faint fragrance that suddenly retreated.

At this time, seeing that Cheng Chen rejected him again, a burst of loss and melancholy in his heart for no reason made him a little irritable, so he said in a somewhat unkind tone:

"Oh? As the concubine of this prince, you have been wronged? ”

Cheng Chen looked at the three princes who were a little angry, and said in a firm tone: "The subordinates don't mean this, the subordinates don't want to marry in this life, let alone be concubines!" Your Highness, please! ”

The third prince said in a cold voice: "Hmph! If you don't want to, I'll beg you to fail! ”

Cheng Chen didn't want to bypass this topic, so he said:

"Your Royal Highness, there is a report to my subordinates, my subordinates held a party in Chongrenfang on the night of the Longevity Festival, and I accidentally heard two scholars passing by talking about interesting things in the township, a Luoyang scholar said, he had been to Songxian County, and went to a very strange rocky mountain, this mountain has no grass, the mountains and rocks are green, and the faults are clear. His subordinates had seen in the miscellaneous records that there would be gold mines in the rocky mountains of such terrain, and his subordinates wanted to ask His Highness to send some professional prospectors to investigate. There may indeed be a gold mine in the rocks of this mountain! ”

After listening to Cheng Chen's report, the third prince stomped forward a few steps, grabbed Cheng Chen's arm excitedly, and said eagerly: "Are you sure?" ”

Cheng Chen's eyes flashed with a hint of banter, and said: "Your Highness, what can be determined is not your subordinates, your subordinates are only suspicious, and it doesn't hurt Your Highness to send someone to take a trip!" ”

Cheng Chen wanted to break free of his big hand, but he didn't dare to push too hard.

The third prince also realized his behavior, so he gently let go of her hand, his face was embarrassed, he bowed slightly, and said, "I will send someone to investigate!" If there really is a gold mine, you will make a great contribution! Go back to your room first, I'll rest here tonight. You will be my staff member in the future, will you? ”

"My subordinates are willing! Subordinates retire! Cheng Chen bent down and sang a promise, turned around and went out.

How could Cheng Chen want to be willing, hiding so deeply at a young age.

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The soft sunset, the brilliant clouds, lying on the mountains not far away, the clusters of villages built against the mountains, and the curling smoke rising from the roofs of houses......

Cheng Chen's master and servant walked on the country road, Cheng Chen looked at the mountains and countryside in front of him, and felt its tranquility with his heart.

"Miss, look at someone flying a kite?" As he spoke, Xizhu ran towards the kite flyer.

"Xizhu, you're back! Don't go, I'm going back! Cheng Chen scolded her.

"Yes, Miss!" Xizhu reluctantly ran back.

Cheng Chen wanted to reprimand her a few more words, but she seemed to hear someone calling herself, and turned her head to see Lihong coming over.

"If you want to play, just go play for a while! Come back early! ”

After Cheng Chen finished speaking, he also raised his feet and walked towards Lihong, only to hear the cheering sound of Xizhu coming from behind.

"Lihong, do you have something to do with me?"

Lihong replied, "Miss! The master wants to see you. ”

Since the unhappy parting that night, Cheng Chen has not seen the third prince for five days here, and he came to find him today without knowing what happened.

"My subordinates have seen Your Highness!"

After Cheng Chen entered the room, he bent down to salute.

"Sit!"

The third prince pointed to the seat opposite him and said.

"Your Highness!"

This treatment has been improved, and you can sit opposite him, and there is only a three-foot distance between the two...

"This is the excerpt on the book of the household, it is copied, you see!"

Cheng Chen sat down, and the third prince put a copy of the fold on the table in front of Cheng Chen.

Cheng Chen picked up the fold and looked at it seriously.

"At today's court meeting, the head of the household department said that the household treasury is empty and can play polo, advocating open source and reducing expenditure. This open source has no shadow, throttling, everyone understands the meaning of the Hubu Shangshu, the father has been obsessed with Taoist alchemy in recent years, and has spent a lot of money to build a Taoist Taoist platform, which is extremely luxurious. ”

Cheng Chen was watching the twists and turns, and the third prince was explaining on the side.

"This household member named Zeng Gong proposed to reform the salt industry and increase taxes to enrich the national treasury."

The third prince pushed over another book.

"My father has agreed, and asked the eldest prince and the second prince who is willing to supervise it, and the two princes blame each other, and in the end, as usual, what the two brothers are unwilling to do falls on my head."

After Cheng Chen closed the fold, the third prince asked, "Tell me your opinion!" ”

Cheng Chen thought for a while before he spoke:

"The Great Xia Dynasty and the previous dynasty followed the old Sui system, and the salt was not sold by the government, but the local government did not form a complete set of processes for the implementation of control, and the taxes were very small. It is easy to say that the salt industry is reformed, it is difficult to say that it is difficult, it is easy for the lower classes, and the difficulty is difficult for the upper elites, and the salt industry is a ban on profiteering has always been the forbidden territory of the powerful, and this reform is afraid that it will touch their interests. ”

Now that the salt industry wants to set a precedent for reform, it must be understood that there will be a dead end.

Cheng Chen paused, took a sip of tea, and then continued: "The subordinates have a set of salt industry operation order; The reform of the salt industry can be forced by the government to stipulate all mountain salt, well salt, sea salt, etc., so the salt must be sold to the government, and the government will increase the price of the salt ticket after the government co-ordinates, and one ticket can be 100 stones, and then the government agrees to sell it, and the salt ticket is sold to the salt merchant, and the salt merchant then transfers the sale to the store retailer. If the salt industry is operated in this way, the government can take more than half of the income from the sale of salt. ”

After hearing this, the third prince sat up straight and said, "How do you think I should deal with this errand?" ”

Cheng Chen thought for a moment before saying: "This errand is directly handed over by the emperor to His Royal Highness for supervision, and the supervision and the presiding officer have little to do with it. The eldest prince and the second prince should also have some entanglements of interest in the salt industry, but not too much, otherwise they will rush to take over the errand. ”

Cheng Chen then asked, "How does Your Highness want to choose?" ”

The third prince replied without thinking: "Of course, it is right to make my father happy!" "If the emperor doesn't like it in the future, how can you get the position you want in your heart?

Cheng Chenpi smiled and said, "Hehe, then His Highness will directly preside over this matter!" Show your face in front of the emperor first.

Congratulations to Your Highness for embarking on a difficult and bumpy road, and since then there have been many more enemies. Congratulations! ”

"But His Highness can be in the heart of the emperor!"

The third prince said categorically: "That's enough, how can you achieve great things if you don't move forward in fear of the enemy!" ”

"Your Highness is right, it is not the husband's job to fear the enemy like a tiger, anyway, His Highness's foundation is not as good as the two princes, and there is nothing to fear of losing."