"Cao Bin, do you have to do this?"
"I'll just ask the prince-in-law to dismiss the craftsmen, and you won't lose anything!"
Princess Zhaoyang said with an ugly expression.
Although Chen Shimei's behavior made her very angry and uncomfortable, he was her husband after all.
Even if you want to get rid of the relationship, others won't believe it.
Cao Bin shook his head and said:
"Princess, you are harming me!"
"You remember Gao Qiu, right? Wasn't it because of this kind of thing that he was impeached and dismissed from office?"
"Cao's current behavior has made many people dislike him."
"If someone reports him for using his soldiers for personal gain and defrauding the people, wouldn't he end up with the same fate as him?"
After saying that, he looked helpless and said:
"Princess is different. You are a relative of the emperor. With the support of the Queen Mother, no one dares to do anything to you."
Princess Zhaoyang said with a mournful face: "How can that be done? I will become a laughing stock."
She is a proud person. Let alone publishing their deeds in newspapers, even if they are embarrassed in the emperor's circle, she feels more uncomfortable than death.
What's more, censors like to impeach royal relatives.
Even with the support of the Queen Mother, she could not stop the enthusiasm of the censors.
Seeing her looking like she was about to cry and feeling pity for her, Cao Bin felt secretly happy in his heart. This was the effect he wanted.
That's what he said. If the matter of Princess Zhaoyang was really published in the newspaper, it would be like a slap in the face of the emperor and the queen mother.
For a little money, it's not worth it.
Cao Bin's purpose was just to use Princess Zhaoyang to set a trap for the people behind Chen Shimei.
This requires finding a suitable reason to let them relax their vigilance.
Moreover, Chen Shimei is destined to be beaten. Who will take care of this beautiful princess in the future? It is so regrettable to be widowed at such a young age.
Cao Bin plans to be a good person and good deeds.
In this way, it can not only help Chen Shimei, but also trap the bad guys. Isn't it the best of both worlds?
So she sighed and said:
"It doesn't matter, Cao Bin has admired the princess since he was a child, so he took the risk and shouldered the responsibility for the princess."
Princess Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment, then her eyes suddenly showed surprise, and she excitedly grabbed Cao Bin's hand and said:
"Cao Bin, is what you said true?"
Cao Bin nodded "hardly" and pretended to be relaxed: "It's just dismissal, princess, don't worry!"
Seeing that Princess Zhaoyang only cared about being happy and didn't care about her own life or death, Cao Bin had to forcefully remind her.
Sure enough, Princess Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment, and finally showed a moved expression, looked at Cao Bin and said:
"Brother Bin, you..."
Seeing Cao Bin staring at her with fiery eyes, she noticed Cao Bin's first words of "admiration", and her heart suddenly started to churn.
Did he actually have such thoughts? And since childhood?
For a moment, she felt excited, but she didn't dare to look at Cao Bin's eyes.
In fact, since Cao Bin returned to Beijing this time, she had a particularly good impression of Cao Bin.
Especially in contrast to Chen Shimei, Cao Bin can give her a solid and reliable feeling.
But she had never thought about this. After all, the royal family of the Song Dynasty tended to be conservative in educating their children, which was very different from that of the former Tang Dynasty.
After suddenly discovering Cao Bin's thoughts, she couldn't bear to pull away when Cao Bin was caressing her jade hand.
At this time, the female officer behind Princess Zhaoyang suddenly "coughed" and glared at Cao Bin fiercely.
The princess hurriedly let go, her eyes wandering, not daring to look directly at Cao Bin, and said at a loss:
"Brother Bin, do you really want to do this?"
Cao Binguo smiled at the female officer as if nothing had happened. He didn't mind her rolling her eyes. He returned to the couch and sat down, not only did he calmly say:
"This matter requires the princess's cooperation. I can only say that we should try our best to make up for it."
The princess then stroked her chest, stabilized her mind and said:
"Brother Bin, if you have any ideas, tell me and I will definitely cooperate."
Cao Bin pondered for a moment and said:
"I want to set up a folk construction camp with the princess."
"First of all, I can send Mr. Xia Yuqi to help, or I can hire the construction camp to come over."
"But the princess has to pay according to a reasonable salary, so it can be said that the two construction camps are cooperating."
When Princess Zhaoyang heard this, she suddenly realized and said happily:
"In this way, the mouths of those censors can be silenced, and the Xindi construction camp can slowly grow..."
Cao Bin waved his hand and said:
"Princess, don't be too happy yet. Our friendship is friendship, and business is business."
"I have a few requests that the princess needs to agree to."
Without waiting for her response, Cao Bin continued:
"First, we have to split the new construction camp 50-50. I only provide skills and people, and the princess is responsible for the money."
"Second, it's okay to find someone to invest money to distribute dividends, but it must be approved by Cao, and no new shareholders are required. I only believe in the princess."
"Third, new construction camps cannot be developed in Bianjing and take away the business of our military camp."
After hearing this, Princess Zhaoyang quickly agreed.
When I heard Cao Bin say that he only believed in himself, I felt a little warm in my heart.
The construction camp can be so profitable because of its large scale and convenient manpower. The most important thing is the existence of Xia Laodao.
These days, there are not many senior craftsmen who are willing to teach apprentices their skills on a large scale. Coupled with Xia Laodao's ability in civil design, the construction camp is very profitable.
Princess Zhaoyang didn't think so much. She only knew that she would not lose money by doing business with Cao Bin.
If you split it 50-50, you will earn more, so I agreed immediately.
Seeing her leaving with a relaxed expression, Cao Bin chuckled twice, looking forward to the day when the idea would come to fruition.
The person behind Chen Shimei is easy to find out. On the surface, he is Wang Shen, the consort of the Princess of Shu, but behind the scenes, there may be Zhao Ji and Cai Jing.
In addition to using Cao Bin's methods to make money, they may have other purposes this time.
Now that Cao Bin has let go of investing money to get dividends, they will definitely be tempted to ask Chen Shimei to invest money anonymously.
When Chen Shimei dies, all the money they invested will remain unreconciled!
Without spending a penny, Cao Bin could use their financial resources to expand the construction group wantonly, and finally get both people and money...
After this matter was settled, the weather became colder and colder, and the time soon reached the twelfth lunar month.
On this day, the Privy Council suddenly issued an official document to Cao Bin and others.
The emperor and the civil and military officials will review the new army in three days to see the training effect of the government soldiers.
The New Deal is now in full swing. If the New Army succeeds, it will further prove the correctness of the New Deal, and innovation will be stepped up next year.
At the same time, commercial taxes from various places were also reported to the court in advance.
Because the autumn tax has already been collected once, this time the tax is based on the income of the past three months, just to verify the results of the new policy.
What shocked the court was that Xiangzhou's tax revenue in one quarter reached 300,000 yuan, three times more than Bianliang.
For a time, people in the DPRK and China were talking and marveling:
"As expected, he is Lord Kou, a capable minister of the country who was once praised by Emperor Taizong."
"How long did it take? How long did it take to manage an inconspicuous Xiangzhou to become more prosperous than Bianjing!"
"Even if Guan Yiwu is alive, it's nothing more than this, right?"
