No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 240 Compete with the people for profit?

No matter how curious they are about Mr. Xueya, they know too little after all, and after chatting for a while, they can't talk about anything.

Qin Ning immediately remembered her original intention of dragging Song Ju to find Luo Junyao, "Yaoyao, you said yesterday that you have something else fun to do, what is it?"

Luo Jun shook her eyebrows with a smile and said, "Do you want to go together?"

Qin Ning nodded again and again, "Yeah." After returning to Shangyong, she really felt that there was no fun in Shangyonghuang City than her uncle's house.

Apart from going to the academy to go to school every day, there is really nothing interesting to do.

Qin Ning was forced to lie in bed to recuperate since she was a child, and once she recovered, she couldn't stay at all.Twelve hours a day, she wished she could jump around alive and well for ten hours.

Luo Junyao looked at Song Ju, who smiled and said, "If it's interesting, I might as well get involved."

Luo Junyao smiled at the two of them: "You all come with me!"

Following Luo Junyao into Jingyuan, Luo Junyao led the two of them directly around the garden to a small courtyard in the corner of Jingyuan Garden.

Qin Ning was curious and envious, "Where is this place? I really envy you and uncle living in such a big garden."

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "You, the eldest princess and your younger brother are three people, the princess mansion is not enough to live in?"

Qin Ning blinked her eyes, "That's right." Although the Princess Mansion is not as big as the Prince Regent's Mansion, it must be more than enough to accommodate three people, not to mention that her brother is still a baby.

It's just that the Prince Regent's Mansion is very different from the original plan.The entire Jingyuan can almost be compared to an independent garden, and there are many scattered pavilions and small courtyards in the garden.Naturally, it is more interesting than the courtyards of the Princess Mansion, which are laid out according to the conventional mansion, even her own courtyard has a small garden.

In this Jingyuan, even if the palace has a little prince and a little princess, it may be enough to live in.If uncle and Yaoyao don't like the excitement, they can just throw the child out to live.

After all, the entire Jingyuan is regarded as the main courtyard, and of course children can no longer live with their parents when they reach the age.

Luo Junyao pushed open the door of the small courtyard, and it was very quiet inside, as if there was no one there.

Qin Ning looked carefully, but did not see anything unusual.

"What the hell is this for?"

Luo Jun said, "This is my study."

Qin Ning was puzzled, "Is it necessary to put your study so far away?" It's a quarter of an hour's walk from where she and her uncle lived, right?
Luo Jun smiled and said: "But, this place is very close to the outer courtyard, and it is very convenient to enter and exit."

"Then why not put it directly in the outer courtyard?"

"Because it's far away, and it's safer here, and no one bothers you." Luo Junyao said as a matter of course.

"..." Therefore, it is not a good thing that the mansion is too big, and it takes a lot of time to go in and out every day.

Luo Junyao dragged the two of them into one of the rooms, which turned out to be a study.

It's just that the study room has just been furnished, and the bookshelves are still filled with new books, and there is still a faint scent of ink in the study room.

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "From now on, if you come to me, you will come directly from the way we came in just now."

Song Yu said: "Jingyuan is the residence of the regent king after all, isn't it good for outsiders to come in and out?"

Luo Jun shook his smile and said: "The place we live in is really a private place. There are many people coming and going in Jingyuan every day, but don't worry if you don't meet them."

In fact, there are quite a lot of people going in and out of Jingyuan every day, but each has his own way.Without the permission of the owner, it is not easy to bump into it.

"That's good." Song Juan nodded in response. The planning and layout of the Prince Regent's Mansion was different from most mansions.Few people could come in before the regent got married, so it would be bad if some taboos were committed because of this.

Qin Ning was very at ease, "Shaking..."

Luo Junyao glanced at her, "Why are you in such a hurry." Even so, Luo Junyao turned around and took a booklet from the bookshelf beside him.

Spreading the booklet on the table and opening it, both Qin Ning and Song Yu came over curiously.

"In the winter of the sixth year of Zhihe, Shangyong's support plan for poor women? What is this?" Qin Ning asked puzzled.

Luo Jun rolled his eyes, "You can't even understand what this is?"

Qin Ning quickly shook her head and said: "No, I know what you mean, but... what's the use of this? Every winter, people donate porridge or donate cold clothes to poor people. What's so special? You rely on this to survive It is probably useless to stand firm as the princess regent."

What Qin Ning said was the truth, helping the poor is almost a common practice of the nobles in Shangyong. Whenever there is a disaster, or there are natural or man-made disasters, or there are any happy events at home, someone will do this.If you want to rely on this to improve the reputation of the regent princess, I am afraid it will not be of much use.

Not completely useless, but not very useful either.

In addition, Luo Junyao is too young, even though he is the regent princess, his prestige is not enough.

This is not something that can be completely resolved by status.

"Thank you for reminding me." Luo Jun rolled his eyes, "But can't you learn from Min Min?"

When Qin Ning beeped with her, Song Jue had already picked up the booklet and read it carefully.

"Oh." Qin Ning immediately leaned over and rested her chin on Song Jue's shoulder to watch with her.

After a while, Song Yu put down the booklet in his hand, and looked at Luo Junyao with a complicated expression, "Are you really planning to do this?"

Luo Jun shook his chin with his hands and said, "I've thought about it for a long time. If I don't get married so soon, I might have to wait. After all... no matter what we little girls do, others will treat us as nonsense."

"But, am I not the princess regent now?" Luo Jun said with a smile, "Besides, I am rich."

Song Jun smiled and said, "That's your dowry. In addition, your dowry is indeed a lot, but if you don't succeed and you only rely on yourself to spend money, it won't last for a few years, and it will only make people laugh in the end."

Luo Junyao said: "I understand that it won't last long if I just keep investing money in myself, so I don't plan to invest money endlessly. Since I want to do big things, of course I still need to be able to make money by myself so that it can work perfectly. what."

"The queen mother probably won't be happy." Song Yu said.

The Empress Dowager just wanted to lock all the women into the room for embroidery, but Luo Junyao wanted the women to come out. Isn't this against the Empress Dowager?

Luo Junyao didn't take it seriously, "Who cares about her."

Song Ju pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and smiled and said, "Count me in, I can pay 3000 taels, is it enough?"

Luo Junyao smiled happily and rolled his eyes, "Enough, enough!"

Qin Ning looked at the two suspiciously, and said after a while, "I said...are you kidding me?"

Luo Junyao and Song Yu turned to look at her, and said in unison: "What's the problem?"

Qin Ning said: "It's a big problem. You are a princess regent and a lady of the uncle's house, and you actually want to do business? This is called... fighting for the interests of the people, okay? Be careful that the censor impeaches you."

Luo Jun shook his head, "You didn't object when we wanted to publish a picture book before."

Qin Ning rolled her eyes at her, "Do you understand? What we charge for publishing picture albums can only be regarded as retouching fees. Although some bookstores are our own, they are also under the name of stewards." Powerful officials do business Not only is it unseemly, but more importantly, it is to compete with the people for profit.

Therefore, although many rich and powerful families inevitably have some properties, most of their properties refer to commercial real estate and land.As for the above operations, they can only be listed under the names of subordinates trusted by the family.

Although this is an unwritten rule, it is actually just a window paper, which can be broken if poked.Everyone knew what was behind the window paper, but no one said anything.

Of course, this is not without the slightest benefit, at least no one dares to do business in the name of a powerful person openly, after all, it's fine if no one cares about it, and it would be troublesome if they are targeted by political enemies.

The children of merchants cannot take the imperial examination. If they are admitted, they may not only face the risk of losing their official positions, but also affect the future of future generations.

Luo Jun said: "This is not our own business."

"Isn't it?" Qin Ning asked suspiciously.

Song Yu laughed and said, "You didn't read it carefully at first, but what you said was that it was done in the name of the imperial court. But now the imperial court is short of money, so you can take out a small part of the shares for us to raise money, but the big part is still owned by the imperial court."

"We just pay money?" Qin Ning was a little disappointed, she was not interested in things that only needed money.

Luo Jun shook her head and said: "We still need to do it, but it is more convenient in the name of the court. We have official endorsement, and we will give the court the most of the money we make, so it is difficult for others to say anything. If you make money at the time, you will calculate it independently, and all of it will be used to help poor people and places, so it is not considered as a competition between the court and the people for profit."

Qin Ning said: "Well, although I don't know if you can do this, but since you guys want to do it, I'll give you 5000 taels." In fact, she still felt that there was something wrong with Yao Yao's statement, but it must be because she said so. If there is a solution, she just plays along and supports her.

Qin Ning was not very interested in these things. After listening to Luo Junyao and Song Yu talking for a while, she felt a little drowsy, so she simply found a storybook and went outside to bask in the sun.

There were only two people in the study, so Song Jue looked at Luo Junyao and said, "Yaoyao, you... don't just want to recruit some poor women to work and make a living, right?"

Qin Ning couldn't understand those things, but Song Ju could understand them.Although Luo Junyao just wrote about building a workshop and recruiting female workers so that they can spend the winter with money, Song Jue felt that it was not that simple.

Luo Jun said: "It's true now, the weather is getting colder. Minmin knows that it's just Shangyong, how many people will freeze to death and starve to death every winter?"

Song Xi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. Naturally, these aristocratic ladies would not pay attention to this, and no one would tell them.

Luo Jun said: "I checked, and there were nearly a thousand people who died of freezing in the whole winter last year, and [-]% of them were women."

Song Jue's expression changed slightly, of course she knew Luo Junyao's unfinished intentions.Shangyong is the most prosperous place in Dasheng. If so many people freeze to death every year in such a place, what about other places?
Luo Jun shook his head: "Actually, it's a bit late now, but it's better than doing nothing, right?"

Song Jue asked, "Yao Yao, what exactly do you want to do?"

Luo Junyao smiled at her and said, "What do you think, how about restoring the atmosphere of Dongling's time and going even further?"

Song Ju remained silent, Luo Junyao leaned over and looked up at Song Ju's slightly drooping eyes, and said, "Minmin, I know you don't want to be a good wife and mother, do you want to try it together?"

Song Xi said: "Although there is a reason for Anlan Academy to become what it is now, the Empress Dowager, we all know that it is not only because of the Empress Dowager, but the people represented by the Empress Dowager. Are you sure you can do it?"

Luo Jun said: "You must at least admit that I am the most likely to do it right now." It's not because of her outstanding ability, but because of her position.

Song Xi couldn't help but rolled his eyes at her, "Do you dare to say this to yourself a few months ago?"

If Luo Junyao really only intends to build a workshop to help those poor women spend the winter, it's okay for her to support her.But Luo Junyao obviously had other plans, and this was a bit too much, so she wondered what was wrong?
Luo Junyao raised his hand and swore seriously, "I dare, I really want to do this, and I will really do it."

"I didn't see it, you actually..." Song Yu didn't know what to say for a moment.

Luo Jun shook his smile and said, "Xie Anlan can build Anlan Academy, so we are not as good as our predecessors? Bet or not? If you win the bet, you will be free?" Is she not as good as Xie Anlan?This must be impossible!Xie Anlan is not as nympho as she is!

"Why did you ask me first?" Song Juan asked curiously.

It stands to reason that Hongxiu was the first to have a good relationship with Luo Junyao, and Su Rui was the one she liked to cling to the most.

Luo Jun said: "Because I think you are the most courageous, as smart as Sister Su Rui, and the most likely to be persuaded by me, and you can also help me persuade Shufeng."

"...What misunderstanding do you have about me?" Song Yu took a deep breath and asked.

Luo Jun smiled and said: "No, I'm pretty sure about people. Although Sister Su Rui also said that she doesn't want to live with her husband and children, I think you are the most likely to act directly. And... if you run away from home, the most likely It's you who survived."

Song Juan sighed, "Although I don't know where you have such confidence in me, but... I can't let you down. I bet!"

Luo Junyao stretched out his hand and gave her a high-five, "It's a happy cooperation."

"Pleasant to work with."

Song Jue looked at Luo Junyao with a complicated expression, "Now can you tell me how you figured it out?"

Luo Jun shook his smile and said: "Among us, you are the oldest besides Sister Su Rui. Sister Su Rui and Shufeng have already been engaged, but you... have not yet."

Song Jue raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter? You also know that I'm the third child at home, and we have many girls in our family."

"No matter how much you flatter Uncle Jiang, he will never forget that his daughter's marriage has not yet been settled. I guess you did something secretly." Luo Jun shook his smile and said, "In addition, you seem to like to read travel notes and state annals and county annals of various places. Passionate about saving money."

Not long ago, they had just paid for the picture album, and before recovering the cost, Song Yi was able to take out another 3000 taels.

You know, the monthly rate of ten taels of silver a month in Shangyong is extremely high.Song Jue was the third girl in Pingjiangbo's mansion and was not taken seriously, and she never got ten taels of silver a month.But usually she doesn't see that she is in short supply at all. If it's not that someone in the family subsidizes it, or she has a good way of making money.

"so?"

Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Minmin, you originally wanted to run away from home, right? You didn't enter the Martial Arts Academy because you like martial arts, but to ensure your safety in the future." The people in the Martial Arts Academy who really like martial arts are Shen Hongxiu, Zhao Sisi and Xu Hui.Liang Shufeng felt that it didn't matter where he went, so he chose with Song Yu.

Song Huan is actually not interested in martial arts, but she is very serious and hardworking.

Ruan Yueli decided at the age of thirteen or fourteen that she wanted to marry Xie Yan to obtain the honorable position, and Song Juan at the age of eleven or twelve would plan to plunge into the dwindling Budao Academy for his future.

The ladies of Shangyong are not easy either.

Song Jue looked at Luo Jun for a long time, before he sighed softly and said, "It's impossible to run away from home, after all, I still have to consider the reputation of my sisters."

"So..." Luo Jun shook his head and said, "You originally planned... to escape to death."

Song Jue gave her a surprised look, but smiled silently.

Although the words were unfamiliar this time, Song Jue could understand what she meant.

Even Luo Junyao couldn't help admiring this handsome and elegant classmate, so she silently gave her a thumbs up.

(End of this chapter)