"Mother, I am not a child anymore. I can take care of myself. Why do I need others to take such care of me?"
Yang Wan smiled and said nothing, thinking to herself, didn't she want to see what this Zhao Feng was like?
Zhou Tong is now an adult, and it’s time to get married. Although most princesses born into the royal family are used for marriage, in fact, Zhou Zhen and Yang Wan have no such idea, otherwise they would not be married when Zhou Tong comes of age. She had been given a fiefdom before.
If Zhao Feng is really good and has a certain relationship with Zhou Tong, then there is no harm in consummating the marriage.
However, Yang Wan did not know that Zhao Feng already had two wives. If she knew about this matter, she would definitely veto it in her heart.
Zhou Tong was chatting with his mother and queen in the palace, while Zhao Feng had already returned to his home and was busy on his back.
"Husband, you are finally back!"
"Husband, you've been very tired during this period, haven't you? But don't rest yet, I just have a few questions to ask you!"
Seeing Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu surrounding him, but not planning to give him any time to rest, Zhao Feng suddenly said in a dumbfounded voice.
"Are you two kidding me? I just got home and here you are asking me these questions?"
Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu looked at each other and felt that there was something wrong with this.
"Then how about we eat first and ask questions after we finish eating?"
Zhao Feng shook his head in confusion, waved his hands, and said.
"Prepare some food, let's talk while eating!"
Only then did Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu become happy. They quickly asked the servants in the mansion to prepare the meals and took Zhao Feng to the dining hall.
As soon as she sat down, Chen Rou couldn't wait to ask.
"Husband, with the help of the imperial court, I have spread the newspaper in all major cities. However, it is very difficult for us to send letters to each other. There is already a delay in sending some time-sensitive news. What should we do?"
Shen Chuchu also asked hurriedly.
"Husband, my fabrics have been gradually gathered up, and other fabrics have been collected. I have started to lead them to create a joint-stock company, intending to unite all fabric merchants. However, we have no idea about the equity dividends, etc. I don’t know, and delivery is also a difficulty, so I can’t ensure that they haven’t cheated on their finances, so what should I do?”
Finally the two people asked together.
"And our cosmetics. If the products we produce are only sold in the capital, we won't be able to sell much. So we also plan to sell them to the south, such as some areas in Jinling Jiangnan. Should we open branches? Or start a new workshop there?"
Hearing these two urgent words, Zhao Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Since you can ask such a question, it means that you have indeed encountered a very difficult matter."
"But can you at least let me have a little rest?"
Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu pulled Zhao Feng from left to right, shook their heads and said.
"Husband, please explain to us first. It's not too late to take a rest!"
Zhao Feng nodded helplessly, picked up the tea, moistened his lips, and then said.
"Let's start with the beauty salon. My advice to you is not to open workshops elsewhere. Currently, Her Royal Highness has begun to produce some cosmetics, including soaps for washing your face and bathing, relatively affordable lipsticks, and perfumes. etc."
"Cosmetics relied on the upper market and indeed made a lot of money, but if you only focused on the upper market, it would be equivalent to isolating ordinary people from the outside."
"You must know that there are many things that do not necessarily need to be cracked. In the field of cosmetics, such as soaps, perfumes, lipsticks, etc., you can definitely produce some civilian versions of cosmetics like this."
"Only in this way, people with a little wealth will come to buy, which is equivalent to expanding the existing market again. As for the higher-end ones, they should still focus on the luxury route, so that the rich and nobles can wait Just wait until it feels different.”
Hearing Zhao Fan's words, Shen Chuchu and Chen Rou nodded. Before, they had indeed only focused on the upper market. After all, those cosmetics were very expensive. Because of this, this was a very profitable industry. .
But in fact, even if they set the price lower, they will still make huge profits, and at the same time, because they can sell more, they will make more money.
After Zhao Feng said this, he turned to look at Shen Chuchu and continued.
"As for your fabric business, setting up a company is a very good idea. The establishment of equity and dividends, etc., depend on the circumstances of each company. If you are unable to establish a collective company, you can try first I want to set up a trade union to bring together all the businessmen related to cloth."
"Next, there will be an epoch-making reform in fabrics. You have also seen the cotton fabrics produced. The quality is better than the current fabrics."
"You can't eat such a big piece of cake just by yourself, so what we have to do next is to stand at the top of the business and maintain our huge size as much as possible."
Shen Chuchu looked at Zhao Feng in surprise.
"Husband, if this happens, won't the interests of our Shen family's fabrics be shared out?"
Zhao Feng smiled slightly. Doing this will indeed share some profits in the early stage, but in the long run, uniting other people to do business is a path that must be chosen. Only in this way can we make the original production based on handicraft workshops possible. The unit's form of production is changed.
This promotes social reform. Only when people have money will they buy these fabrics. After all, this is a matter of people's livelihood.
After hearing Zhao Feng's explanation, Shen Chuchu and Chen Rou finally understood.
After saying this, Zhao Feng turned to look at Chen Rou, touched his chin and said.
"The most difficult thing to solve among these things is your newspaper. To be honest, it is indeed very difficult to transmit information, especially the speed of transmitting information, which is actually linked to the structure of society."
Zhao Feng is telling the truth. Even later generations are pursuing more efficient and faster ways of transmitting information. Many production inventions were created for this purpose.
With their current technological foundation, it is indeed difficult to solve this problem, but Zhao Feng has already had an alternative in mind.
