The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 60 Xie Changshi’s naivety is a bit too much

It was just a matter of repairing the official road in another place. How could Magistrate Qi be unwilling? He immediately patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Xinliang's official road will definitely connect Changzhou and Quanzhou next year."

With the assurance of his words, Xie Changshi really agreed to this matter. After Qi Zhifu left with a slight sigh of relief, Xie Changshi said: "Your Highness, I want to select more people to join the escort agency, as long as they are young and middle-aged people." , anyone who passes the screening here can be accepted.”

Gu Yuzhi was really confused now. He scratched his head and asked, "Xie Changshi, why is this?"

Didn't you feel very embarrassed just now?
I feel like it’s really hard for adults to understand.

Xie Changshi smiled and said: "According to the prince's regulations, His Highness has 3000 personal soldiers and three guard battalions, but His Highness now has no guard camps, and the personal soldiers are just a few dozen people who followed from the capital. Not to mention that these people are all separated into escort agencies."

Gu Yuzhi opened his mouth, silently calculating the number of people Xie Changshi mentioned, and then said with a grimace: "Xie Changshi, the escort agency hasn't paid back its money yet, and it's recruiting so many people. I, I can't afford it." .”

He didn't know how many personal soldiers the other princes had, but he felt that his own manpower was enough, and he really couldn't afford any more!
Shopkeeper Wen promised to teach him how to do business, but the restaurant didn't open and the hospital didn't have a doctor. Gu Yuzhi really felt so pitiful!
Xie Changshi said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't panic. When Guard Qi comes back this time, he should bring back a year's salary for His Highness. And it's not like His Highness can recruit so many people at once. I think we can bring the bodyguards back to you." After training them, Guard Qi and the others can return home."

Gu Yuzhi's eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously. He really didn't know that he also had a salary!

but……

He suppressed his smile: "But I am only six years old. Doesn't the prince only have a salary when he is ten years old?"

He still has several years left.

"His Royal Highness is not yet young, but His Highness is no longer a prince, but a prince. As a rule, the prince gets a salary every year."

Gu Yuzhi could no longer hide the joy in his heart, so he covered his mouth and laughed with his eyes curled up, very cute.

"Then what is my salary? Is it enough to support so many people?"

"As a rule, the prince's salary is ten thousand stones per year. In a short period of time, His Highness will definitely be able to support these people. That's why I said that we can recruit more people and persist until next year to cultivate the wasteland. His Highness's fiefdom will have production, the escort agency and the medicine shop We can get on the right track, so Your Highness doesn’t have to worry too much.”

Gu Yuzhi muttered and calculated: "One stone is worth ten buckets, so can't we follow what the prefect Qi said and recruit ten times more people?"

He puffed out his little face, looking a bit like a young adult: "I wonder if there are so many refugees outside the city?"

Xie Changshi...

"Your Highness, have you forgotten that the people in the mansion still have to live..."

Shopkeeper Wen also poured cold water on him at this moment: "Your Highness is innocent, how can Xie Changshi be so naive!"

He thought about it, but when did a scholar have a deep understanding of these things?Not to mention that shopkeeper Wen felt naive, even Shu Xiaohan felt that Xie Changshi was a bit too idealistic: "Most of the young prince's salary will be in silver, and with the price of grain in Changzhou, this silver cannot buy ten thousand stones." Food. And based on the urinary behavior of people like Li Ji Trading Company, knowing that the young prince has taken in so many refugees, I am afraid that the price of food will be raised even higher. How should His Highness deal with it then?"

how to respond?

Gu Yuzhi never thought that the salary was for money!

He pouted to show that he was unhappy.

Shopkeeper Wen glanced at Shu Xiaohan and thought to himself that this woman took the wrong medicine today and actually spoke for him.

But the most important thing now is to interrupt Xie Changshi's dangerous thoughts: "His Highness' current business is only the escort agency, and it is unknown whether the drug store can be opened! And once His Highness takes in refugees, Li Ji Trading Company will definitely remember His Highness severely. One stroke, Your Highness, let alone the drug store, whether the escort agency can be saved is still one thing!"

Gu Yuzhi's face turned pale at Shopkeeper Wen's words, and he muttered: "It shouldn't be possible, right?"

"No? Your Highness, think about why there is no Longchang Escort Agency? Think about what the people at Liji Pharmacy did when they were providing disaster relief outside the city? Your Highness should not have agreed to Magistrate Qi just now!"

The more Shopkeeper Wen talked, the angrier he became. He secretly hated that he was just a consciousness now, and his host was still a child of a few years old. He really had all kinds of means but nowhere to use them!
Only then did Shopkeeper Wen have doubts about his original choice. Will His Highness King Wen really make his mission a complete success?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and his voice couldn't help but contain some complaints: "Not to mention how long it will take for the children in the shelter to be able to serve as bodyguards, let's talk about those young and middle-aged people who must train diligently every day in order to become guards. How can their appetite be comparable to that of ordinary people? ? Wanshi grain seems to be a lot, but it is consumed really quickly!"

Otherwise, those princes could just live on these salaries, and why would they be working so hard in business to earn money?
Three thousand guards!Is that something you can afford with ten thousand kilo of food per year?
"Also, the guards' moon silver, armor, weapons, etc. all need money. His Highness's salary has all been replaced by food. What should be used to exchange for these things?"

How could Gu Yu know? He was completely heartbroken by Wen Xiuzhu's words.

He said with a grimace: "I really shouldn't have chosen Xinliang before!"

Wen Xiuzhu tried his best to widen his squinted eyes. Is this the fault of the name Xinliang?

Seeing that Gu Yuzhi had not spoken yet, Xie Changshi thought that what he said was a bit harsh, so he pretended to cough: "Your Highness..."

Gu Yuzhi raised his head and looked at him: "Xie Changshi, you said that Guard Qi will bring my salary back this time. How can he bring it with him? There are ten thousand stones of food!"

Xie Changshi's face suddenly changed. Oh no, he was confused at such a critical time!
But it doesn't matter, he can find a way to remedy it.

"If I guessed correctly, it should be a silver note. I immediately sent someone to meet Qi Guards and asked them to exchange the silver notes for food in Jinzhou. At the same time, I also let the people from Liji Trading Company see the strength of our Wenshi Escort Agency .”

"Jinzhou?" Shopkeeper Wen thought for a while, "That's okay. Jinzhou is also a grain-producing area, and the price of grain will definitely be cheaper than that of Beijing and Mobei. Now that the matter has come to this, His Highness should let Xie Changshi think of more ways. Exchange some coarse grains, and don’t be so high-profile when entering the city, otherwise the people from Liji Trading Company will find ways to incite the emotions of the people outside the city if they know that His Highness has purchased grains here."

"Let Li Ji Trading Company see the strength of Wen's Escort Agency? Don't you understand that wealth should not be exposed? Your Highness, please quickly advise Xie Changshi to be careful!"

Shopkeeper Wen shook his head as he spoke, "It's like a mountain apart. This Xie Changshi is really too naive when it comes to money!"
(End of this chapter)