The rise of the prince

Chapter 709 Fang Xin
The days of depravity are not long, and the extravagant life of gentleness and fragrance every day is not long.

At the end of October, at the beginning of winter, Qifang came back from the south. The fleet brought a large number of military uniforms, and the tents were handed over to the new army.

Yan Kun also came back from the north, and a large amount of copper and iron ore was transported to the palace.

Immediately under his organization, the palace held a formal round table meeting, and there were two major decisions.

First, in the future, Guan Zhong will be mainly responsible for the affairs of the Wangfu Shipyard, and will start to receive orders from outside the Wangfu.The reason for this is that there are [-] large ships in the palace, and two more will be launched in mid-November, after which there will be no more according to the plan.

In this way, the shipyard of the Wangfu can be idled, so many workers need to eat, and the shipyard that has been invested in a lot of money can not be idled.

Fortunately, the big ship of the Wangfu is well-known. It crossed the East China Sea and defeated the Liao Kingdom. In addition, it often traveled to and from the north-south waterway. Everyone saw its superior performance. Some merchants paid a lot of money to imitate it. Fold soldiers.

There have long been merchants who have proposed to the Wangfu to buy ships, especially merchants in Mingzhou who often trade by sea.

It's just that the production capacity of the Wangfu Shipyard at that time could only meet the needs of the Wangfu.

But now it's different, Wangfu's large ship is enough, and Wangfu can start to accept orders from other merchants. Of course, there are considerations before and after these orders.

The first is to take orders from shipping merchants, such as merchants in Mingzhou.

Most of them trade across the sea, mainly with Japan, Cochin and other places. From sea trade, he even heard that some of them can go along the sea to the Indian Peninsula in the south, and even to the Persian Gulf.

Moreover, maritime trade routes are still frequent. Some merchants do business with countries around the Persian Gulf, also known as the Maritime Silk Road.

They desperately need ships like the Wangfu Dingnan class ship to deal with the rough seas, and because the round trip is very difficult, time-consuming, and costly, the more goods they carry at one time, the more profitable they are. They also urgently need a big ship like Wangfu.

Li Xingzhou was not stingy, and was ready to provide them. As long as they gave them money, the shipyard of the Wangfu could build them for them.

This is the first big decision.

The second decision is to transfer Yan Kun back to be in charge of the restaurant business of the palace, as well as intelligence collection, and let Fang Xin replace Yan Kun's work, lead the fleet to the north, and be in charge of the business in the north.

Because Yan Kun is also getting old, Yan Chun's death reminded Li Xingzhou that Yan Kun is also getting old and can't run around anymore, otherwise his body won't be able to bear it.

But the subtle thing is that everyone agreed with the vote, and only Fang Xin himself opposed it.

Everyone looked at him puzzled, but he raised his hand helplessly in agreement.

After the meeting, Li Xingzhou came out of the lobby and met Fang Xin.

There was a chill in the air in early winter, and Fang Xin hesitated to speak after seeing him.

Li Xingzhou didn't say anything, but he made a rough guess in his heart. Fang Xin was "picked up" by Yan Kun. Although he didn't know his origin, he was unexpectedly capable and intelligent. I have to say that Yan Kun is a real person. There is a set.

"Let's talk while walking." Li Xingzhou said, walking towards the small courtyard, Fang Xin followed, "I wonder why this king uses a stranger like you so much."

Fang Xin was stunned for a moment, he probably didn't expect him to be outspoken and to speak so openly and clearly, after all, this is an embarrassing thing.

"Good." He replied honestly.

Li Xingzhou smiled, "This is not the first time you have such doubts."

"That's right, in the next class of grassroots, there will be no distant names, no one will know, the prince will entrust a heavy responsibility to He who has no scruples."

Li Xingzhou glanced at him and said with a smile, "I don't know everything about you."

"My lord. I know I'm coming down." Fang Xin was surprised, and Li Xingzhou saw the worry in his eyes.

"You used to belong to the prince, right?"

Fang Xin was stunned, "My lord, so you know everything."

"Haha, it's not as magical as you think, but when the prince passed away, because of the rebellion, no one from the royal family, courtiers, or even the people offered sacrifices to him, but I saw someone set up an altar to sacrifice in the backyard of Tingyulou. It can only be your supervisor."

"Please forgive me, my lord"

"Forgive me for any crimes. The prince is also a poor man. The scenery in front of him is so beautiful. As a result, people leave the tea to cool down, and there is no incense. You are grateful for the old kindness, and it is right to sacrifice to him."

Fang Xin was a little unbelievable, "But the prince is a prince."

"It's my political enemy, that's right." Li Xingzhou sighed: "I was the one who killed him, maybe he didn't have to die, I forced him to death." He patted Fang Xin on the shoulder, "This king has to do this, you understand ."

"Understood, if the prince is not like this, none of the people in the house, young or old, or cronies in the army will be able to retreat unscathed." Fang Xin said.

"It's good that you understand. It's comfortable to talk to a smart person like you, and it's easy to understand, so I don't blame you for offering sacrifices to the prince, and I don't care about your previous background. I'm talking about the present." Li Xingzhou said seriously:

"Mr. Fang, what you have done for my palace is enough to make me not ask about your origin. The saying that heroes don't ask where they come from is false, and it is true that the palace cannot live without you. Do you feel safe in that way?"

Fang Xin stopped, stared at him blankly, and sighed after a long time, "Your Highness, in the next life, you will claim to be extremely smart, and you will be able to figure out everything. Everyone can understand five points, but only Your Highness, I really don't understand."

Li Xingzhou smiled boldly, "Don't worry about whether you understand it or not, tell me about yourself, whether you want to stay in the palace or not.

If you stay, I will take over Yan Kun, the business in the north, and the fleet, I will leave it all to you.If you don't want to stay, you can leave, the king will send you some money to ensure that you leave Beijing safely.

But there is one thing you have to remember, life is so long, time is running out, you are a Confucian scholar, Confucianism said to enter the world, sir, you don't want to waste your life and can't show your strengths. "

Fang Xin was silent, his eyes seemed unwilling, and finally he cupped his hands: "I will stay here."

"That's good."

After finishing speaking, Fang Xin left in a hurry. Li Xingzhou didn't ask much. Fang Xin should be the former prince's mastermind, or someone like a retainer.

As he said, he didn't care about Fang Xin's past because of his ability and wisdom.

As for the future, Li Xingzhou is also completely assured that Fang Xin is the kind of person who is confident in his own abilities and is also very arrogant. Because of this, only he himself agrees to stay, and he will try his best to be himself, whether he wants to or not. own job.

After talking, he finally felt relieved. Before, he was afraid that he would not be able to keep Fang Xin. After returning to the small courtyard, Shiyu looked at him with strange eyes, as if he had done something bad.

He looked aggrieved, and walked over with a smirk, "Hey, what's the matter, what did I do to make Madam unhappy, why don't you make it up to Madam tonight."

Shiyu blushed slightly, gently pushed him away, and said a little angrily, "Go away, it's Qifang, she said she wanted to find you, and asked you to go to Tingyulou for a banquet at night."

(End of this chapter)