Lu Xu: ?

Huan Tang said for him: "The prince has a house and a good field on the outskirts of the city, in addition to the palace in Beijing, there are two shops in Beicheng, Xicheng and Dongcheng, the fief is far away from the capital, and there are more shops there, but it takes more than a month to go back and forth, and the concubine has two shops in Beijing, which I am taking care of." Lu Gongzi might as well go and see if there is a suitable transformation, if not, you can look for another one. ”

King Rui nodded: "Well, which one do you like, this king came forward to buy it." ”

After that, he said to Huan Tang guiltily: "You should have been drunk on calligraphy, painting, piano and chess, but I blame me for not making money, and you have to work hard for me to worry about those mundane things every day." ”

Seeing that King Rui went to take Huan Tang's hand, he was ruthlessly thrown away by Huan Tang, and he came to the side of Huan Tang like a dog skin plaster to paste it, Lu Xu simply didn't see it.

Whew-

Lu Xu couldn't help but slander, you won't learn!

What's the use of just talking about sweetness?

He didn't know that King Rui had managed it, it was because he was in charge of it every year, the dignified county king, and the five thousand food towns were not enough to spend, so Huan Tang had to take care of the money for him.

Lu Xu took out the fan in the drawer and fanned it, fanning the sweet and greasy air in the room away.

Lu Xu: "What does the prince mean, is the store for me to choose?" ”

Rui Wang: "That's good. ”

Lu Xu: "You actually asked me to be your housekeeper?" ”

King Rui: "No, I want to partner with you, just like you and Chengping Bo Kaiyuehui Building, but I want ninety percent, you can only get one percent, what I get is to be put into the royal treasury, you can be wronged, of course, I will also find the royal brother for you to ask for some benefits, such as ...... Giving you the status of an imperial merchant? ”

Imperial merchants?

Lu Xu was at a loss for a moment, as far as he knew, Daqi didn't seem to have an imperial merchant, right?

Lu Xu asked with the same curiosity as Cheng Pingbo: "Lord Wang, what is an imperial merchant and what are the benefits?" ”

Rui Wang: "......"

Asked him, he suddenly thought so, he hadn't asked Emperor Hong'an for advice, how did he know?

Rui Wang: "Charge you less tax silver?" ”

Lu Xu: "......"

Then it's better to make more profits!

He even thought about donating all the money to the treasury, would he care about so much tax silver?

Lu Xu shook his head: "I'm willing to pay taxes and silver to the treasury, lord, if I were an imperial merchant, wouldn't a lord like Cheng Guogong dare not provoke?" ”

Rui Wang: "...... Not guaranteed. ”

No matter how you reward him, he is also a businessman.

Lu Xu: "Can you guarantee that they won't bully Junqi and my brother?" ”

King Rui: "The status of the imperial merchant has no effect on the court, do you want to make some other requests?" ”

Lu Xu: "...... Alas. ”

Rui Wang: "......"

Lu Xu: "Then don't use it, thank you, Lord Wang." ”

Rui Wang: "......"

The sigh you just let out is clear.

Huan Tang couldn't help but smile: "I heard that Lu Gongzi also has a lot of business in Longxing. ”

Lu Xu smiled embarrassedly: "You have won the prize, it is all a small business that is not worth mentioning." ”

Huan Tang said to King Rui: "The prince might as well ask for an imperial merchant for Lu Gongzi to do business in the whole territory of Daqi without being limited by geography?" ”

Lu Xu looked up sharply.

Huan Tang: "Since it is an imperial businessman, the prince will ask for a will for Lu Gongzi to borrow the pavilion post, so that whether Lu Gongzi wants to communicate at home, send goods, or the caravan wants to borrow the post station to rest, it can be more convenient." ”

Lu Xu stood up suddenly: "Thank you for the promotion, don't thank you for your kindness, I don't want it, you can divide me with three percent and five percent!" ”

Rui Wang: "......"

He tidied up his robes and put up his shelves: "This king said that the imperial merchant is a gift, and you are not rare, and you are short-sighted." ”

Lu Xu picked up the fan and fanned him, "Yes, yes, it's me, it's that I don't have the foresight, what do you want to eat tonight, I'll go grocery shopping!" ”

Rui Wang: "......"

I've seen a lot of dogs, and it's the first time I've seen him switch between despising him and scolding him so easily.

King Rui has a long insight, and thinks that it is no wonder that he always loses money in business, look at people, see the benefits he likes, and how he can bend and stretch!

"It's late tonight, you wait for Xiu Mu to cook in the palace that day, bring your little Hanlin, and your younger brother, you cook, and this king invites them to dinner."

Lu Xu: "No problem, I must prepare well, prepare carefully!" ”

King Rui smiled, "I'll find you a few craftsmen first, and help you re-carve those broken stereotypes." ”

Lu Xu smiled: "No, the prince only needs to lend me some craftsmen who can print." ”

Rui Wang: "Huh? ”

Lu Xu: "It's broken and stereotyped, and it can't be wasted." ”

Since King Rui has no choice but to become the Duke of the Kingdom, then he can only find a way by himself.

King Rui and Huan Tang went home, sat in the sedan chair, and King Rui asked Huan Tang, "What kind of idea do you say he is playing?" ”

Huan Tang: "I don't know, but I think Cheng Guogong is about to run into trouble." ”

King Rui remembered Lu Xu's fighting gaze and couldn't help laughing.

He didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and said with great interest: "Then I'll find a printing craftsman for him, and then go into the palace to ask him about the imperial business."

Huan Tang: "The matter of the emperor may not be easy to agree to. ”

Rui Wang: "Huh? ”

Huan Tang: "According to the existing law of commercial taxation, even big businessmen do not have such convenience, and for the benefit of the private treasury, Your Majesty agrees, and the cabinet and the six ministries may not agree." ”

King Rui was dazed, "Huh? ”

Then how could Huan Tang say that to Lu Xu?

Huan Tang leaned into his ear and whispered: "If you encounter obstacles, you will mention that the imperial merchant will try the new commercial law, the household department is already worried about how to implement the trial, and wants to try the pros and cons of it, let him try, so that the money he earns for the prince will go to the private treasury, and the money earned by his own caravan will be handed over to the treasury according to the new tax law, killing two birds with one stone, and it will not affect anyone's interests, and the household department will inevitably support it." ”

"I see that Lu Gongzi is not a person who cares too much about money, so although he may suffer some losses for a while, but as time goes by, he has talent, he can come out of Longxing, operate and blossom in Daqi, he has the identity of an imperial businessman to maintain, and the local yamen does not dare to embarrass him too much."

King Rui smiled: "I don't think he is interested in making money, and he is most interested in sending things to him at the post station." ”

They remembered Lu Xu's shiny dog-legged eyes, and they all laughed in unison.

King Rui held Huan Tang's hand, "If he is capable, throw it to him, so that you can be freed." ”

"What is not liberating is not so bad." Huan Tang shook his hand back, and said suspiciously: "Why did you suddenly agree to take care of the private treasury for Your Majesty?" ”

Emperor Hong'an has mentioned it more than once, but King Rui has repeatedly excused himself with "I will only spend money, what if you drive me to guard the emperor's mausoleum if the private treasury is emptied".

He has always just wanted to be an idle prince of idle clouds and wild cranes.

King Rui smiled bitterly: "Brother Rui said, I am the prince of Daqi, I want to fight for some anger, in the future, he is gone, and the elders that the prince can rely on are left with me, I want to assist the prince for him and take care of the emperor and grandson." ”

The two of them were silent again.

Emperor Hong'an was much older than him, he was not even ten years old when he ascended the throne, and his mother taught him to be respectful to his imperial brother since he was a child, for fear that he would provoke Emperor Hong'an and be slaughtered by Emperor Hong'an, who was short-tempered and shouted and killed.

In fact, he has always been afraid of this brother.

But Emperor Hong'an is actually not bad to their brothers, and they have given what they should have been in charge of, and they have also given what they should have given.

Especially he, the old man, mixed in the palace until adulthood, the queen mother often went to see them in the past, and later the queen often went to see them, until he went out of the palace to build a mansion, their mother and son have never been bullied by slaves.

He dared to go out to Huantang's house to rob people, but in fact, he relied on his brother, who was like a brother and a father, and would not really treat them well.

"I've been willful all my life, my father and brother have been in my pocket, anyway, we won't have children, so let's take care of the accounts for the royal brother and save some money for the royal brother's children and grandchildren and subjects. If I lost money, I sold the palace and made a profit, and I gave it to the royal brother to stuff a private treasury. Don't look at the emperor's fighting power, he can't make money and he is not as good as me, you see the private treasury left by the emperor is ...... for the emperor to spend."

Chapter 256: Lively

King Rui was efficient, and he found all the craftsmen for Lu Xu in the afternoon.

The bookstore that originally helped them engrave also sent the formalities to Lu Xu, and Lu Xu didn't need to worry about it, the receiving steward took it to run the formalities, and went to run the printing procedures again.

Lu Xu led people to send the broken engraving to the new engraving shop, which was located behind a large bookstore in the middle of the eastern city, and the location was very luxurious.

Other families generally put the engraving and printing workshops in the southern city or the suburbs.

Lu Xu asked, this turned out to be the shop that King Rui bought in order to print books for Huan Tang, because it was too troublesome for Huan Tang to go out of the city to see the progress of engraving, so he moved the workshop to Dongcheng.

Lu Xu: "......"

He asked curiously: "How many books can Gongzi Huan print a year?" ”

Steward: "Childe said that he laughed, writing a book is a matter of several books a year, and Gongzi Huan is riddled with mundane things, and he can usually publish a poetry collection in about three years." ”

Lu Xu: "Usually, do you still print it for others in the store?" ”

Steward: "Occasionally, an adult wants to print a few books, but he happens to be shy in his pocket, so the prince asks us to print them." ”

Lu Xu: "Give it for nothing? ”

Steward: "Exactly." ”

Lu Xu: "......"

He had another stomach full of swear words that were inconvenient to speak.

The steward sent to him by King Rui is also the third steward of the palace, he is not tall, he is born with a smiling face, he is in his thirties, he speaks very sweetly, and he is the son of Lu when he opens and closes his mouth.

Lu Xu: "Will this store be under my control in the future?" ”

The third steward: "Exactly, the prince said that if Gongzi Lu is willing, the shops in the palace can be handed over to Gongzi to take care of." ”

Lu Xu: "Then let's talk about this here today, the bookstore in front of you is also from the palace, right?" ”

The third steward: "Yes." ”