Zhu Jingyuan quickly adjusted his mentality and directly changed the topic:

"I'll go say hello to everyone first, and then I'll take you to your accommodation......"

Still smiling, Charles said expectantly:

"Okay, let's talk with candles that night, and then let's go to sleep, just like the ancient friends of Shenzhou......"

Zhu Jingyuan's expression stiffened again, and after smiling, he went to greet the others.

It is mainly his direct subordinate, Chu Yuqiang, the shopkeeper of the Big Food Garment Company, and several senior executives of the business house around him.

"I've worked hard for you in the past three years, so let's relax when I come to Xintianfu this time.

"Everyone has been tired all the way, go to rest first, and then let's talk slowly."

Chu Yuqiang bowed down and agreed, took his subordinates, and followed the reception staff here to leave first.

Then there were the foreign secretaries of France and Britain, whose reception was in charge of Lin Zexu and Niu Jian.

However, since Zhu Jingyuan came, he always had to say hello a little, so he also said welcome.

Finally, a group of architectural designers and senior craftsmen from France.

Zhu Jingyuan wants to build an "overseas garden" in his garden.

It is expected that there will be four main sub-districts of Tianzhu, Dashi, Taixi, and Yinzhou, and Taixi is also a relatively important part.

France is the current cultural center of Ctesi, and it just so happens that the French crown prince is his best friend.

It is also a matter of course to mention it when communicating with him on a daily basis, and to ask him for help in hiring designers and craftsmen.

Zhu Jingyuan was quite polite to these craftsmen, and said with a smile:

"You great workers have come from afar to work hard, so first go to the Huangzhuang with the waiters to rest for a few days.

"In a few days, I will personally take you to the predetermined location to investigate."

The status of designers and craftsmen in Taixi is relatively high, but no matter how high it is, it is not as high as the Prince of the Ming Dynasty like Zhu Jingyuan.

Moreover, as a designer and craftsman of Taixi, it is definitely an honor to be able to design and build a palace for Prince Daming.

A group of craftsmen were very nervous, and hurriedly returned the salute very respectfully:

"It is our honor to serve His Highness......

Zhu Jingyuan handed over the craftsmen to the reception staff of the Ministry of Works, and went back to deal with his best friend Prince Shire.

Zhu Jingyuan sent Charles to the garden opposite the amusement park, where Frederick and the other male guests lived.

When they arrived at the small courtyard specially reserved for Charles, the two of them sat down and chatted directly in the main hall when they entered the door.

Zhu Jingyuan took a bottle of men's antiperspirant from his entourage and threw it to Charles next to him very casually:

"My new invention, a small gift......"

Charles hurriedly caught it:

"Thank you...... What is it...... Deodorant? ”

When Charles saw the label on the bottle, his expression suddenly became a little ugly:

"You...... It's disgusting ...... me."

Zhu Jingyuan was immediately a little speechless:

"What do you mean by disgusting you, I'm showing you my new invention.

"I want you to try it, and by the way, analyze whether there is a market in the circle of the Tessie aristocracy.

"If you weren't my friend, I wouldn't have thrown things at you without any worries.

"I'm definitely going to find a way to cover it up, and I'm going to be as tactful as possible.

"But we are friends, and when friends are together, we need not worry about elaborate aristocratic etiquette and vanity.

"Do you want to tell me that you Tessians don't sweat?

"Didn't you lie to my friend?

"A true best friend should be able to point out each other's problems in private and be enthusiastic about helping each other solve them.

"Instead of finding out that the other party has a problem, take into account the other party's face and avoid talking about it.

"That would actually make the other person embarrassed in front of outsiders.

"It's not a shame to be rude in front of friends, but it's a shame to be rude in front of outsiders.

"People who can't point out friend problems can't be true friends."

Prince Charles's expression quickly recovered, and even turned directly to the other extreme, and said very happily and even a little excitedly:

"Yes, dear friend, you are so right, a true friend should talk about everything, and there is no need to worry about image and etiquette.

"I'm going to take a shower in the bathroom right now and try it on the smelly parts of my body."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little surprised at this moment:

"You don't have to be in such a hurry......"

Charles immediately said:

"I'd like to see the results as soon as possible.

"I've tried antiperspirants before, but they didn't work, and they were very uncomfortable.

"A best friend's invention should work.

"But to be as accurate as possible, my best friend, you should come with me to the bathroom and show me how to use it, right?"

When Zhu Jingyuan heard the last invitation, he directly thanked him and shook his head insensitively and said:

"If you are a princess, I will guide you very enthusiastically.

"It's a pity you're not, I'm not interested in men's bodies.

"As you said, just rub it on the heavy smell.

"Men don't need special guidance."

Charles couldn't hold back directly:

"Haha...... Then I went to ......"

Charles guided the ship to dock today, so I took a shower on the boat today.

Now it's just a matter of rinsing again, and it's done in no time, and then applying antiperspirant after drying your body.

After Charr got dressed and came out, he had to run to Zhu Jingyuan to make up:

"Dear friend, come and smell ......"

Zhu Jingyuan reluctantly pushed him away:

"How can it smell when you've just washed it? Let's wait until you've been active for a long time. ”

Sheldon reacted:

"That's right, then let's drink and talk about it tonight, and then sleep together......"

Zhu Jingyuan said casually:

"It's okay to have a good drink, and that's what I mean, and there's going to be a simple dinner tonight.

"But even if Da is sleeping together, it's not good for the reputation of the two of us, and now Daming is not popular with this.

"Besides, I'll go back and sleep with my little wife to be comfortable, what's the fun with you stinky man?"

Chardon shrank his head back and deliberately exaggeratedly said:

"I see, this is heavy sex and light friends, I came all the way from Europa to see you, but you didn't even want to sleep together."

Zhu Jingyuan ignored his sassy words:

"I'll go back first, you can also have a good rest, and I'll have someone invite you to a banquet in the evening."

That night, in the garden where Charles and Frederick and other men lived, Zhu Jingyuan arranged a banquet.

Charlotte, Frederick, Monroe and others, who participated last time, received invitations again.

Prince Shire, who arrived today, and all the diplomats of Britain and France also attended.

There are also Chu Yuqiang and the core personnel of Dashi Garment Company, as well as architectural designers and craftsmen from France.

The scale of the banquet was several times larger than the previous day, and the key point was that the ingredients were also very complex.

There are royal families, nobles, officials, staff, merchants, artists, and skilled craftsmen.

There are also the Ming, the French, the British, and the New World.

Gathering these people together for a banquet has actually not been done in Daming and Taixi.

Because of the dining habits of different people, the dining customs in the circle, and the taste styles of individuals are very different.

So Zhu Jingyuan tried the buffet, which is the most convenient way to deal with a large number of diners of different statuses.

Prepare various flavors of food, place them on the tables on both sides of the venue, and prepare cups and cutlery for guests to pick up.

Instead of one table per person, four to six seats surround a table, allowing guests to choose their own seats.

Of course, this is not a modern society, and several members of the royal family on the scene still have a special status.

Zhu Jingyuan still has the largest table, and the most comfortable and spacious large soft collapse.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't let Erin follow anymore, but arranged Charle by his side.

The three members of the British royal family were also arranged separately at a large table.

The others were all free to combine and find their own places to sit.

This time, an invitation was prepared, and the invitation card explained the way to eat, and the servant told it again when he entered the door.

As a guest second only to Zhu Jingyuan, Charles was also the guest of honor today, and should have arrived a little later.

As a result, he rushed over early and was the first to come over, and let the servants lead him alone to find Zhu Jingyuan who was resting in the apse:

"Half a day is like every three autumns, I can't survive the time before the banquet starts, so I decided to come and talk to my best friend......

Zhu Jingyuan was dressed in loose princely clothes, leaning on a spacious soft couch, listening to music and flipping through the book.

Now I don't have a mobile phone, and the one who can pass the time alone is reading a book.

Fortunately, the commercial development of the Ming Dynasty is very good, and the market life is far richer than that of the Qing Dynasty at the same time.

So there are countless traditions, and although they are similar to the networks of later generations, most of them are not very interesting.

But after all, the threshold for writing and printing is much higher than that of the Internet, and the proportion of high-quality products is also higher than that of the Internet.

Zhu Jingyuan was originally not used to this style of writing, but after watching too much, he slowly adapted to it.

After getting used to it, I felt that these traditions, especially the martial arts in it, were also quite tasteful.

Zhu Jingyuan put down the book, looked up at Charles in front of him, and found that his clothes had changed back to the popular style of Tessie.

At the same time, he didn't see anything at all, and he took off his shoes on the spot completely unceremoniously, and climbed directly onto Zhu Jingyuan's couch:

"My best friend, what are you reading?"

Zhu Jingyuan threw the martial arts in his hand to him:

"Why did you change your clothes back again?"

Charr's right-made rhetorical question:

"Aren't you going to change it back too?"

One sentence killed the sky talk, leaving Zhu Jingyuan speechless.

Xia Er is also a little interested in Daming's martial arts, but he didn't come now, he was chatting with Zhu Jingyuan.

So Charles glanced at the title of the book, wrote it down, and was going to go back and buy a copy to read, and then put the book aside:

"The summer in Xintianfu seemed to be significantly hotter than in Paris, so I changed into a pair of thinner tights.

"Now you lie there and don't get up, see if you can see the hair on my legs at this distance?"

When Zhu Jingyuan heard this question, he almost couldn't hold back his emotions.

Zhu Jingyuan finally realized what it was like to have a friend in a boat girl costume by his side.

also suddenly realized that the conversations he had with Charles in the morning may have broken the only remaining barrier between the two.

If there is any problem, you should first let the "best friend" help the staff officer to avoid embarrassing things in front of outsiders.

Can you see the leg hair under the stockings, he asked this kind of pit daddy question directly.

Zhu Jingyuan tried to calm down his spirits, and said as calmly as possible:

"I ...... You can't see it here...... Do you have lush leg hair? ”

Charles seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and sat cross-legged opposite Zhu Jingyuan:

"It's good if I can't see it, I don't have a lot of leg hair, I should say less than the average Europa man.

"By the way, my dear friend, the new antiperspirant you invented is very effective, and the key is that it doesn't make people uncomfortable at all.

"I used it for most of the day, and there was basically no smell on my body, and my clothes were not stained.

"When I get back to Paris, I'll bring this product to the other aristocrats, and it's going to go viral.

"Dear friend, you have solved the problem that has plagued the people of Europa for thousands of years, and I am truly completely impressed by you."

Zhu Jingyuan listened to Xia Er's words, watched his movements, and vaguely realized a problem.

Although in his own opinion, Charles wore the women's clothes of later generations, he was completely different from the men who wore women's clothes in later generations.

Later generations of men who wore women's clothing, they knew that they were wearing women's clothing, and at the same time, their movements and language would instinctively tend to be feminine.

It should be said that most of those men have a feminine tendency, so they will take the initiative to wear women's clothes.

But a man like Charles, the ordinary Tessie man of this world, has no such cognition in his head at all.

They took it for granted that the clothes they wore were the most orthodox aristocratic men's clothes.

They think that their overall image now is that of a real man.

They don't imitate women's movements and language styles at all, and even instinctively make distinctions.

The masculine, majestic, and hearty side that will be deliberately shown.

After Zhu Jingyuan figured this out, his spirit was obviously much more relaxed.

Because of the person around him, he is not the kind of feminine man who might be interested in men.

After the mentality changed, Zhu Jingyuan realized another problem.

Charles, the French crown prince, may really be his friend.

With my current status, there are too few people who can become my friends.

Even if it is his own brothers, he is in competition with himself, and the key is that his status is too special.

None of them can get acquainted with themselves to the point where they can talk about everything.

Except for his own brothers, everyone else is not to mention, all of them are subordinates or potential subordinates.

Even if they are amiable, they will not really relax like ordinary friends when they are in front of them.

When I eat and drink for them, they are all in a state of sincere fear.

It is probably the identity of Charles, the heir to the throne of another country, that can have the opportunity to form a friendship with him.

Of course, there is a gap between his identity and himself, but it is not directly competitive, and it will not directly form a subordinate relationship.

It's like a child from a particularly wealthy family, and a child from a relatively wealthy family, the identity of the two is not too far away.

Especially since he came with the intention of being friends with him from the beginning.

In the past three years, the two sides have written letters to each other, often sent telegrams to each other, and given gifts every now and then, and now they have built a natural friend mentality.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jingyuan sat up from Ge You's paralyzed state, stretched out his arm and hugged Charles's shoulder:

"Thank you, my dear friend Charles, you have been my image spokesperson in France and even in Europe, and you have made great efforts for the development and promotion of Dashi Garment Company, and if you need my help in your future life, please ask me to ......."

Charles, who was hugged by Zhu Jingyuan's shoulders, was obviously stunned.

Except when I was very young, I was hugged by my parents like this, and when I grew up, I never had it again.

Charles's lack of friends is much more profound than Zhu Jingyuan's.

Zhu Jingyuan still has the life experience of his previous life, but Xia Er only has the life of a prince in this life.

That's why Charles subconsciously wanted to make friends with Zhu Jingyuan.

Now that he is hooking shoulders like ordinary people, Charles's mood has become comfortable and very excited.

Almost diametrically opposed emotions emerged at the same time.

Charles smiled happily and waved his hand and said:

"Don't take it personally, those things are just a matter of effort.

"And, since the big food company came to Paris, my expenses have plummeted.

"My clothes for all seasons are made for free by the trading house now, and the cars I make for travel are also given by you.

"Moreover, my father now wears the clothes of the merchant house, and he has saved a lot of money on clothing compared to before.

"Because the living expenses of our father and son have decreased, the expenses of the French royal family have also dropped a lot."

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Then I realized that this was exactly what happened.

The three most central members of the French royal family, Louis XVI and Charles and his wife.

Among the three of them, Prince Charles's clothing and means of travel were contracted by Zhu Jingyuan.

Prince Charles doesn't have to make clothes, he doesn't have to keep horses, carriages, and grooms, which is a big expense.

Louis XVI also wore the clothes of the Great Food Clothing Company, and although he had to buy clothes, he was worth two thousand silver bills.

The purchasing power of 2,000 silver notes is equivalent to 200,000 yuan in modern times, but this is nothing to the head of a large Taixi country.

It's both formal and casual and ready to wear at any time, and it's not going out of style, so it's a great value for money.

The most important thing is that the luxury clothes of the big food clothing firm are expensive, but the price is clearly marked, and it is the same for everyone.

For a king like Louis XVI, the price of clothes and accessories was completely unfixed.

Wearing the clothes of the big food clothing firm is equivalent to capping the cost of clothing for top nobles like them.

This choice fits the lifestyle of the new generation of bourgeoisie.

Zhu Jingyuan unknowingly helped the French royal family save money.

However, in Zhu Jingyuan's impression, the expenses of the French royal family should be mainly on Queen Mary, right?

So, Zhu Jingyuan asked a confirmatory question:

"Can you afford as much money as your mother?"

Zhu Jingyuan thought that this issue did not need to be considered.

Charles's mother, Queen Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, was a scourge in history.

The American made a movie "Cleopatra" with her mother as the main character.

As a result, Charles now thinks about it quite seriously:

"It's not as good as my mother, but it's not much worse.

"I know, many people have heard, the legend of my mother's extravagance.

"But that was a long time ago, and I've only heard of legends.

"In fact, for as long as I can remember, I have not found her more extravagant than the average French aristocratic lady......"

Zhu Jingyuan listened to these words, but fell into deep thought.

In the end, including Queen Mary, the French aristocracy is very luxurious, so Charles does not feel that his mother is "special" extravagant.

Or did she change while growing up in the Shire?

At the time of the Shire's memory, the French Revolution in history had already begun.

There was no French Revolution in this world, but Charles's brother and sister also died in two years.

Could it be that the child's death affected her?

Or is she, like those celebrities and troubles in the history of Shenzhou, just a beautiful woman who was pushed out to take the blame for incompetent monarchs and officials when the situation in the country was eroding?

However, whether she is as extravagant as other French aristocrats, or is not so extravagant for other reasons, or just an unlucky woman who has the blame for it, has little to do with Zhu Jingyuan.

What Zhu Jingyuan cares about is that this queen will not drag down the French finances by herself because she is too extravagant.

Without the influence of such factors, which are difficult to effectively control, France's finances can be relatively controllable.

It was worth his own efforts to help Louis XVI and his sons stabilize the situation.

Otherwise, if he gave a loan to the French and let Queen Mary use it to repair the garden, it would be better to wait for their husband and wife to be gone, and go directly to help Charles.