Pingjiang Bofu.
Chen Rui put down the chopsticks in his hand, took out his handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and said to Chen Ziyu who was sitting opposite and enjoying his meal:
"Son, I heard from the housekeeper that you have been going to the western suburbs every day recently. Why is this?"
"What else can I do? I cooperated with the prince to set up a workshop!" Chen Ziyu said vaguely as he sipped the noodle soup from the bowl without raising his head.
"Workshop? What kind of workshop? Do you need help from my father?" Chen Rui asked curiously.
Chen Ziyu raised his head, wiped his mouth, burped, and shook his head, "No need for the time being, but Dad, do you know who has a caravan? They can spread all over the Ming Dynasty!"
"The Zhang family!" Chen Rui blurted out!
"Which Zhang family? It can't be Shouning Houfu, right?" Chen Ziyu stared at Chen Rui in horror.
Chen Rui shook his head and said, "It's the British Duke Zhang's family!"
Chen Ziyu opened his mouth and looked at Chen Rui in confusion, "Dad, the British public is a father-in-law, and he also does business?"
Chen Rui looked at Chen Ziyu like an idiot and said slowly:
"Son, you don't understand. Which official in the capital doesn't do business? If he relied on his salary, the whole family might have starved to death!"
"However, many people do business behind the scenes and do not show up in person, but everyone knows it!"
Chen Ziyu looked at Chen Rui suspiciously and asked, "Dad, why don't our family have any business dealings?"
"Our business is in the Zhang family!"
Only then did Chen Rui tell the whole story in detail.
It turned out that the British Duke Zhang Mao made the arrangement on a whim in order to find a way out for his youngest son Zhang Xin.
The title of the British Duke belongs to the eldest son, and he has no chance to meet his younger son Zhang Xin. Zhang Mao felt sorry for his younger son, so he planned to use his influence to do some business to make some money, so that Zhang Xin could become a rich man in the future!
As soon as the news was released, the nobles who were attached to Zhang Mao such as counts, marquises and other military generals all found Zhang Mao one after another. They thought that this method was good and they would not have any regrets even if they closed their eyes in the future.
Among them is Chen Rui!
Compared with others, Chen Rui is an anomaly. After all, there is only one seedling in Pingjiang House, which is different from everyone else's situation.
But with the speed at which Chen Ziyu wasted his fortune, Chen Rui was worried that after he died, Chen Ziyu wouldn't even be able to eat, so he thought of investing a sum of money to join the caravan. In the future, for his own sake, his brothers would be able to If I give Chen Ziyu a little bonus every month, I can at least have something to look forward to!
This will make Chen Rui feel better!
These words directly made Chen Ziyu silent on the spot. To be fair, Chen Rui's doting on Chen Ziyu was really deep down!
All I can think about is myself, the prodigal son!
After a long while, Chen Ziyu said:
"Dad, can all the goods obtained by the western suburbs workshop be handed over to the British government caravan?"
"Of course!" Chen Rui glared at Chen Ziyu, "We are all brothers, why do we make this money for outsiders? By the way, dad still doesn't know what you and His Highness are doing?"
"You will know when the time comes. You can't explain it in a few words now. Anyway, this thing will definitely make money!"
Chen Ziyu was vague and perfunctory, and after saying hello to Li Yan, he walked directly out of the house!
"You! You even hid it from your father?" Chen Rui pointed at Chen Ziyu's back and complained!
However, Chen Ziyu seemed to have walked far away and could not hear what Chen Rui was saying.
...
Western suburbs workshop.
With more people and greater strength, the lime pool that Chen Ziyu had just ordered yesterday had been arranged. The large lime pool was surrounded by a wooden fence, leaving only an opening for easy access to the lime water.
The main reason is that lime water is a strong alkaline substance. If a child falls into it due to ignorance, the consequences will be disastrous!
In response to this, Chen Ziyu also gave repeated orders not to allow young children to go near the lime pool. However, he refused to listen and immediately evicted the entire family from the workshop in the western suburbs!
Chen Ziyu had already taught Zhao Si and Liu Jin how to make soap.
Today, Zhao Si has been promoted to be the shopkeeper of the entire western suburbs workshop, not just the cod liver oil workshop, and his salary has been doubled accordingly!
For this, Zhao Si is grateful to Chen Ziyu and Zhu Houzhao!
Her chest was beating loudly, and she swore that she would take care of the workshop for her two bosses.
Seeing Chen Ziyu coming, Zhu Houzhao came out of nowhere, his face so dark that he couldn't bear to look directly at it.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?"
"I just went to get the plant ash, it's okay!"
Zhu Houzhao wiped his face nonchalantly and said casually.
"By the way, Zhao Si and Liu Banban have already started teaching these people how to make soap! Do we want to go and have a look?"
"No!" Chen Ziyu shook his head, "Your Highness, making soap is not difficult. You may not be familiar with it in the early stage. Once you are familiar with it, mass production will begin!"
Zhu Houzhao's back was straight and his eyes were shining, "Old Chen, if we get this done, my father will never dare to look down on me again!"
"Your Highness, this is just the beginning!" Chen Ziyu said with a smile, "The best is yet to come! When our soap, perfume, and cod liver oil are spread all over the Ming Dynasty in the future, we will be considered a real success!"
Zhu Houzhao turned his face and looked at Chen Ziyu. The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
"Old Chen, you are right. To tell you the truth, I have never been so tired as I have been these days, but I have also never been so fulfilled!"
As if he had found the meaning of life all of a sudden, Zhu Houzhao continued in high spirits: "I can't help but see that these displaced people can settle down and have a hot meal, with a roof over their heads to cover themselves." of joy!”
"These are the usual compliments from my father and the praise from the masters, which make me ten times happier!"
Chen Ziyu looked at Zhu Houzhao's excited expression and knew that this was the first time that he personally participated in completing a meaningful thing, so he felt an extremely strong spiritual feedback!
"Your Highness, we have to work harder. There are still countless people in the Ming Dynasty who need Your Highness to help them! They will be waiting for Your Highness in one year, two years, or ten years!"
Zhu Houzhao's eyes were slightly red, and he looked at Chen Ziyu and nodded heavily, "Old Chen, I understand!"
Chen Ziyu smiled, put his arm around Zhu Houzhao's shoulders and said: "Your Highness, in that case, let's go back to the palace. First, we will report the situation here to Your Majesty. Second, the vegetables in Zhan Shi's Mansion must have grown a lot. Let's Go and see how it goes!”
"Yes, yes! I almost forgot about greenhouse vegetables!"
Zhu Houzhao slapped his forehead with a look of annoyance on his face! Then he pulled Chen Ziyu and walked directly to the carriage, saying as he walked:
"Let's go back to the palace now! If we go back too late, I'm afraid the seeds will be suffocated to death!"
