When Aoxue was brought to the castle where Zhu Jingyuan lived, she was so excited that she almost jumped.
I just took the risk and gave it a try. I didn't expect that I would actually have the chance to see the king. This time it was really worth dying.
After Aoxue followed Lin Zexu's secretary through the door, she was sent to a dedicated examination room.
Lin Zexu's secretary immediately retreated, and the two maids Xiaona and Irene who were guarding the door closed the door and stood guard at the door.
Aoxue knew that these women should all be servants of the king, and there might even be women, so she was filled with envy and caution.
No matter what the identity of the other party was, they all performed the blessing ceremony in turn very carefully.
All the maids headed by Chunxiang looked at Aoxue's image with quite surprised expressions.
Except for Dongmei, who just joined the company not long ago, Zhu Jingyuan's other personal maids all wear the same type of clothes as Aoxue.
They are all tailor-made with the best materials, and the grade is infinitely higher than what Aoxue wears.
But they only occasionally wore it to play when they were in Zhu Jingyuan's room and were specifically serving Zhu Jingyuan.
But no one dares to go out directly. That would be too shameless.
"These little hooves are so wild..."
This is what almost everyone has in mind.
Chunxiang, the leader, didn't talk much nonsense and took Dongmei to search Aoxue in person.
After confirming that there was nothing hidden under her clothes, he took off all the jewelry and hairpins on her body.
Make sure the woman doesn't have anything hard on her body.
Aoxue understood that this must be a rule, so she did not dare to have any resistance and obeyed and cooperated as much as possible.
Chunxiang did not deliberately embarrass Aoxue.
After the security check was completed and it was confirmed that no suspicious items were carried, Chunxiang gave her time to sort out her clothes.
He also gave her a mirror and a comb and asked her to comb her hair and face again.
If she was allowed to go to the king in such a cowardly manner, it would be the fault of servants like herself.
Chunxiang also personally told her the most basic rules at home:
"Unless His Highness asks you to kneel down for something, don't kneel down casually. His Highness doesn't like to kneel down.
"You are not His Highness's maid, so don't call yourself a maid. You can call yourself me, a daughter of the people, or your own name.
"When I see His Highness, I just need to give him a blessing. If I ask you to sit down, I really want you to sit down. His Highness has always been straightforward in his actions.
"What is your Highness asking you? Tell the truth as consciously as possible. Your Highness hates lies the most.
“If you make a small mistake and admit it consciously, the punishment will probably not be too strict.
"If you are caught telling lies, you will have to shed your skin even if you die.
"Finally, remember not to be pretentious, that is what His Highness hates the most."
Aoxue tidied up her appearance carefully, but was stunned when she heard Chunxiang's first words.
Most powerful people like to be knelt down and enjoy the status of their masters, but the king doesn't like it?
Is this Empress Chunxiang deliberately deceiving me, or is this really the king?
But it’s completely understandable that I don’t like people lying and I don’t like people making mysteries.
Aoxue cleaned up her appearance, received some basic reminders from Chunxiang, and was then sent to Zhu Jingyuan's conference room.
As soon as Aoxue entered the door, she saw a young man wearing the prince's casual clothes standing at the end of the conference room.
Tall and straight, handsome in appearance, kind in temperament...
The look in his eyes seemed to be quite expectant.
There was only one person in the conference room, and he was wearing the prince's uniform. It was obvious that this young man was the king.
However, he did not sit on the main seat, but stood directly there.
Moreover, the whole person does not feel like a top noble, but rather like a university scholar from a relatively wealthy family.
This feeling made Aoxue obviously stunned.
She had instinctively thought that the king must be a very dignified person, a person who was extremely graceful and noble.
Because the king of the Dashi Kingdom is a prince, the richest prince in the world.
How can a person of this status and status have such a temperament when he lives and breathes Qi and nourishes his body?
Aoxue, full of doubts, made a blessing ceremony as seriously as possible:
"Ao Xue, a civilian girl, has met the king..."
Zhu Jingyuan did not sit on the chair, but stood at one end of the conference room, just for safety and instinctively choosing carefully.
In a relatively spacious place, when you encounter an emergency, your hands and feet can be used immediately.
Looking at the woman coming in from the door, Zhu Jingyuan took a moment to look at her image.
Her face, facial features, appearance, and figure are all relatively outstanding.
However, the whole person basically does not have a soft feeling, but has a rather tough smell.
At first glance, one would think that she would be strong and probably a self-centered type.
Coupled with the professional attire she is wearing, she looks a bit like a strong woman in later movies and TV series.
If she were a popular lady, her image and temperament would be okay.
It's a pity that she is just a girl, so she may not be liked by the traditional masters and young masters of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Zhu Jingyuan didn't care too much about her image. After all, Zhu Jingyuan had seen too many women of her level.
There are many maids that she has used and can use at any time. Their appearance and posture are on a higher level than hers, and they are also more distinctive than hers.
As for her wearing this kind of clothes, I have seen and experienced many more enchanting people.
So there is no particularly unexpected feeling psychologically.
What Zhu Jingyuan cares about is whether there is a possibility that she is really the same kind.
"Do you have anything to say to me?"
Zhu Jingyuan asked a question that seemed inexplicable.
Zhu Jingyuan has already figured out that he does not need to find the password by himself, his identity is actually public.
If other folk time-travelers came to look for him like this, they would definitely expose their identities.
Zhu Jingyuan's question made Aoxue immediately think of Empress Chunxiang's reminder.
Admit your mistakes honestly and don't lie.
Aoxue immediately said very respectfully and decisively:
"Ao Xue, a civilian girl, sold the factory employee benefits given by the king, and also found other workers to buy welfare goods to sell. She used the money in exchange to buy the clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, and bicycles she wanted. Please ask the king Punishment..."
Aoxue felt that she had done a good job, talking about her mistakes, admitting them sincerely, and not making excuses.
I didn't immediately mention the matter of the female clerk named Lin Na.
Reporting is meaningless to me. My purpose is to surrender and hope to get the attention of the king.
So Aoxue secretly mentioned that she would buy clothes designed by the king.
And he came here specially wearing this kind of clothes.
But unfortunately, the king seems to have no reaction to the image of wearing such clothes.
Maybe it's because I'm used to it...
Zhu Jingyuan saw Aoxue's reaction and the way she spoke, and immediately felt very regretful.
At the same time, I felt inexplicably relieved.
This woman didn't mention anything else at all, she just talked about her own fault. It shouldn't be that the time traveler came to find her.
However, Zhu Jingyuan was still a little unwilling to give up, so he asked another suggestive question:
"Now that you have seen me, do you really just want to surrender? Don't you have any other ideas?"
Aoxue was a little confused.
Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? What other ideas can I have?
I have only one idea.
I knew there was no chance at all, so I didn't think of saying it.
But if you asked specifically, all you can say is:
"Aoxue wants to be the king's slave girl. Aoxue's body is still clean and has not been touched by a man..."
Zhu Jingyuan completely gave up.
The ideal she expressed in such a state of urgency was to become a slave girl to her great king.
There is absolutely no way this kind of woman is from her own time.
But now this scene is also a bit strange.
She has an image similar to that of a later working woman. She wears a formal dress similar to that of a later working woman, and says she wants to be her own slave girl.
This environment now is a bit like the conference room in a previous life...
Zhu Jingyuan shook his head helplessly:
"There are too many people who want to be my slaves, but I actually don't like slaves, so I set you free. How can I accept you as a slave again?"
Aoxue realized that she had said the wrong thing.
He and thousands of slaves had just been liberated by Zhu Jingyuan.
Empress Chunxiang also reminded that His Highness does not like slaves.
Aoxue bowed her head decisively and admitted her mistake again:
"The daughter of the people is wrong, please punish me..."
Zhu Jingyuan sat back in his seat and knocked the small bell on the table. Chunxiang and other maids immediately opened the door and came in.
Zhu Jingyuan looked at Chunxiang and the others:
"Chunxiang stays, the others go out first..."
An Xiaona waited for the maid to leave immediately, and Chunxiang walked to Zhu Jingyuan and sat down next to him.
Chunxiang adjusted the recording equipment that was not sure whether it was reliable, and at the same time picked up the paper and pen on the table.
The long-term tacit understanding made Chunxiang know that Zhu Jingyuan called her in just to ask her to record certain things.
Zhu Jingyuan occasionally thinks of some propaganda phrases, or talks about certain truths when talking to people.
Chunxiang will be asked to sort it out and make it into a manuscript for broadcasting, and read it out through the loudspeaker in the factory.
This is to establish and control public opinion positions and subtly influence workers' thinking.
If workers can voluntarily refuse to resell and resell, it should be more effective than a purely high-pressure policy.
At the same time, Zhu Jingyuan himself is now in a state of political training.
The first stage of administrative training should have been at the village and town level.
Although Zhu Jingyuan is in a special situation and holds the positions of both king and governor, he cannot completely escape from grassroots work.
The prince must personally understand the real grassroots situation and have enough direct dealings with ordinary people such as workers and farmers.
Only later will I know what kind of reaction there will be at the bottom after I make a decision at the top.
So now when he encounters many small things, Zhu Jingyuan will occasionally take the initiative to do it himself.
Zhu Jingyuan turned to Aoxue standing here again and changed the topic to her matters:
"Don't you think that since you know your mistakes and can correct them, you must be considered a good person?
“Then I should just impose a small punishment and even ignore the profit you get from selling the benefits?
"It's a pity that I'm not a traditional nobleman. Here, right or wrong can only determine reward or punishment.
"The magnitude of rewards and penalties is determined by the actual benefits created and losses caused."
Aoxue's little idea was exposed on the spot, and she almost knelt down and kowtowed.
However, thinking about Chunxiang's reminder and being glared at by Zhu Jingyuan, he forcibly resisted the instinct to kneel down:
"Slave... the people's daughter has realized her mistake, the people's daughter has really realized her mistake, and the people's daughter is willing to use the subsequent wages to compensate for the factory's losses.
"But my salary for one month is not enough. Please allow me to pay back the money in four months."
Zhu Jingyuan shook his head and said:
"Haha...you have to pay it back in four months. Don't you remember the factory rules?"
Aoxue really doesn't remember, otherwise she wouldn't need to be reminded by her sister Ling Shuang.
In fact, Ling Shuang couldn't remember the specific rules, but she was sure that doing so was definitely against the rules.
Ling Shuang instinctively wanted to stop Aoxue, this stupid sister, from continuing to violate the rules by exaggerating.
The result was that it didn't work at all. Aoxue was a woman with a different mind.
Aoxue shook her head in confusion:
"Folk girl...don't remember..."
Zhu Jingyuan looked at Chunxiang, who directly copied Xuanke:
“If you resell personal employee welfare goods for profit, all resale proceeds will be confiscated, you will no longer enjoy employee benefits for one quarter, and you will not be allowed to take general education exams.
“Anyone who acquires and resells employee welfare goods for profit will be fined three times the resale proceeds, will no longer enjoy employee benefits within one year, and will not be allowed to take general education exams.
“Those who take advantage of their position to misappropriate a small amount of park materials and products for their own use will be fined five times the market value of the stolen materials, will no longer receive employee benefits within three years, and will not be allowed to take general education examinations.
“Those who actively steal park materials and products and resell them for profit will be fined more than ten times the market value of the resold materials and expelled. Depending on the severity of the situation, they may be subject to forced labor for three to twenty years, or even life or death.
"The crime you committed was to purchase and resell employee welfare products. The proceeds were eighty-five silver notes. You should be fined two hundred and fifty-five silver notes, and you will not be able to enjoy any employee benefits within one year, and you will not be allowed to take the general education exam. ."
Resale and theft, personal use and profit-making, the penalties in the Mengxian factory area are completely different.
The most severe punishment for stealing materials and selling them is at least three years of forced labor plus a tenfold fine.
But just buying welfare goods according to the rules and then selling them to outside individuals is not a particularly sensitive matter.
Because most welfare products are subject to purchase restrictions, and the actual sales price will not be lower than the cost price.
Aoxue's behavior falls into the second category, purchase and resell, triple fine, and one-year restriction.
Two hundred and fifty-five silver notes is almost Aoxue's salary for a year.
Aoxue was a little confused, but she couldn't deny it. Thinking of Chunxiang's reminder, she lowered her head and said:
"The women of the people understand it. The women of the people accept the punishment and are willing to pay the fine by deducting their wages every month..."
After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan asked:
"Are you very unconvinced?"
Aoxue said immediately:
"There is no dissatisfaction, the daughter of the people knows her mistake..."
Zhu Jingyuan took a deep breath:
“All you see are the two numbers eighty-five and two hundred and fifty-five. Do you know what I see?
“You know how much actual losses your industrial park has suffered due to your illegal resale behavior.
“Do you know why someone charges such a high price for the things you resell?
“Because a pair of 20% spandex pantyhose, in places like Paris and London, costs starting at one hundred silver notes.
"If you resell one piece for twenty silver notes, the clothing store will lose more than one hundred silver notes in revenue."
Aoxue is actually very sensitive to money, and her eyes widened immediately:
"One hundred...one hundred silver notes...no wonder they are willing to buy one with twenty silver notes..."
Looking down at the socks on her legs, Aoxue's legs trembled violently, and she almost collapsed on the ground.
He quickly held on to the back of the chair next to him, and managed to steady his slightly trembling body:
"Your Majesty... This kind of clothes can really be sold for one hundred silver coins... Why can it be sold so expensively?"
Zhu Jingyuan explained step by step:
"The reason is very simple. First of all, they are unique secret recipe products. The only material formula in the world is in my hands and produced in our factory.
“At the same time, they are nominally invented by me, and the whole world recognizes them and is willing to pay this price.
“Finally, it is particularly in line with the preferences of the Thai people and solves a problem that has plagued the Thai aristocracy for hundreds of years.
"You have been living here for a month. You should know that the wages and benefits of workers in our big food country are very good. It can be said to be far better than all other places in the world, right?
“But have you ever thought about why you get this kind of treatment?
"Why do I have the money to pay you such a high salary and give you such good benefits?"
Aoxue himself is a smart person. When he heard Zhu Jingyuan's comparison of before and after, he immediately understood:
"Because the actual cost is less than three silver coins, you can sell it for more than one hundred silver coins in the West..."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded with satisfaction:
“There is still some brains, but not enough brains.
“The core reason why you, workers, have been able to achieve and maintain this standard of living is, of course, technological progress.
“But our technological advantages over the countries in Europe and the West, and our unique secret-recipe products such as rayon and elastic yarn, enable us to earn excess profits in Europe and the West, which is also one of the important factors that allow you to maintain a higher standard of living.
“As long as this kind of profit can be maintained, the wages of you workers will continue to rise in the future.
"I even hope that one day, even if you are still an ordinary worker, you can earn one hundred silver dollars a month.
"Then... you can still wear clothes that Westerners can buy for tens or even hundreds of silver coins for two or three yuan, or even one yuan a piece. Do you want that kind of life?"
Aoxue said almost without hesitation:
"Of course I do. I dream about it. I don't care what kind of life the Thai people live. I just want to live a good life for myself..."
Zhu Jingyuan immediately struck while the iron was hot and said:
“Then you workers resold our clothes and secret ingredients to the Thai people at lower prices.
"How can our factory continue to maintain super high profits? How can you workers make more money?
"After the Taixi people master my secret recipe, let alone selling them a piece of clothing for one hundred silver coins, they will be picky even if it is sold for one silver coin.
“Because the wages of workers in Taixi are lower, if we both have the same technical level, the things they make will definitely be cheaper than ours.
“At that time, we workers with high wages will not be able to sell the things we make.
"Then it will be impossible for you to maintain your current living standards."
Aoxue almost knelt down again. This time she felt like crying, and at the same time she said loudly and sincerely:
"I really understand this time. I will never resell welfare products to others again..."
Chunxiang was writing furiously beside her, recording these key conversations as completely as possible.
It was broadcast inside the factory and played during classes for workers.
