"What's so hard about me? I only eat and sleep every day, so I've gained weight. Wuyang and Xiaobei are really hard-working. They have to work until midnight every day before going to bed, and they don't listen to my advice."
Guan Xiaorou held Jin Feng's arm and said with a worried look: "Master, you are back, you have to help Wuyang and Xiaobei share the burden."
Jin Feng's fundamental purpose in establishing the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce was to make money.
But now that the Ninth Princess has ascended the throne, it can be said that the entire Sichuan and Shu and most of the Qin Dynasty belong to Jin Feng, and it is meaningless to compete with the people for profit.
The goal of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce is no longer to make money from the rich, but to solve people's livelihood problems.
The main products are no longer luxuries such as jade and black knives, but replaced by daily necessities such as salt, ironware, farm tools and coarse cloth.
The nature is similar to the supply and marketing cooperative used by Jin Feng when he was a child.
Since in order to solve people's livelihood problems, the more outlets the better.
Therefore, Jin Feng asked Tang Xiaobei to build at least one Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce outlet in every town in Sichuan.
In addition to selling goods, the outlets are also responsible for mail delivery and other tasks.
In Jinfeng's vision, other businesses such as Huimin loans may be added in the later stage.
It’s just a sentence to say, but it’s difficult to do.
The penetration rate of education in Dakang is too low, and there are too few people who can read and count.
Just assigning a person in charge to each outlet almost made Tang Xiaobei break his legs.
Fortunately, Jin Feng captured Jingzhao Mansion.
No matter ancient or modern, there is no shortage of parents who want their children to become successful.
As the second largest city in Dakang, Jingzhao Mansion has more wealthy people than in the countryside.
Many people, like the old blacksmiths of the past, cut back on their own clothing and diet, but also want their children to study in the hope that their children will succeed in the future.
After capturing Jingzhao Mansion, Jin Feng sent people to recruit a large number of down-and-out scholars, which temporarily solved Tang Xiaobei's urgent need.
Scholars need to be trained when they come, and the locations of stores reported in towns and villages need to be reviewed. In some counties and districts with important locations, Tang Xiaobei has to go and supervise.
In short, in recent months, Tang Xiaobei spent very little time at home, and spent most of his time traveling around Qin and Sichuan with his people.
Fortunately, there is an airship, otherwise the time spent on the road would be enough for Tang Xiaobei to laugh and cry.
Half a month ago, Tang Xiaobei passed through Dashan Pass and ran to Daying to stay with Jin Feng for two days.
At that time, Jin Feng almost thought she was sick.
The current Ninth Princess is almost the same as Tang Xiaobei. She has lost a lot of weight and looks very haggard.
"You all have worked hard," Jin Feng patted the Ninth Princess on the shoulder and asked, "Are those great scholars you mentioned here?"
The Ninth Princess told Jin Feng before that there are several retired Confucian scholars in Sichuan, Shu and Qin, and they are all capable people.
It's just that when Chen Ji was in power, the political struggle was too fierce. These great scholars either failed in the political struggle, or they really couldn't stand it and resigned themselves.
The Ninth Princess once said that she would ask them to come out to help her, but until now, Jin Feng has not heard of any great scholars coming to the village.
"I sent letters to several gentlemen, but they didn't reply. I don't know whether they didn't receive them or didn't want to reply." The ninth princess said helplessly.
"Wuyang, you are the emperor now. If you ask me to tell you, if you give them the order directly, if they don't come, they will be resisting the order!"
Guan Xiaorou defended the Ninth Princess: "I have only heard of people rushing to become officials, but I have never heard of them being unwilling to be officials!"
"Sister, my husband once said that forceful melons are not sweet. Great Confucians are noble people and cannot be forced."
The Ninth Princess said helplessly: "I'll find some time to pay a visit in person. If the etiquette is met, maybe they will be willing to come over."
"Wuyang, you are the emperor now, how can you easily visit me?"
Guan Xiaorou said: "If these great scholars are deliberately showing off, they may be even less willing to come if you go to visit them in person!"
"Sister, you don't understand these people. They are really talented and virtuous people. Otherwise, would I be so interested in them?"
"Wuyang, although I know that the person you are interested in must be outstanding, but this time I am on Xiaorou's side."
Jin Feng said: "Whether these great scholars will come or not has nothing to do with whether you go in person. Even they would have come, but because you visited in person, they stopped coming."
"Why?" Ninth Princess asked with a frown.
"I have read the information of these great scholars. They are indeed talented and virtuous, but these people pay most attention to reputation."
Jin Feng said: "If you personally ask them to come out, if they refuse or scold you, it will make you look more noble and will definitely be recorded in history.
You should know how tempting this is for people like them!"
The Ninth Princess was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.
Jin Feng is right.
For many scholars, they don't care about power, money, or even their own life or death. They only care about their reputation.
Leaving a name in history is a lifelong dream for many scholars.
As the first queen in this world, Princess Ninth can be said to have her own traffic.
Every move she makes will most likely go down in history.
How could these great scholars let go of such an opportunity?
So the possibility that she would come to the door in person and be scolded by the scholar and then kicked out was very high.
This is also one of the reasons why the Ninth Princess has not left.
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Once they publicly boycott the Ninth Princess, many scholars will follow.
By then the situation will be even more troublesome than now.
"How about letting this go beforehand?"
The Ninth Princess, who had always been decisive, was a little unsure at this time.
"No, I'll just go and invite them later."
Jin Feng said with a smile.
"Husband, are you not afraid of being scolded?"
"I, Jin Feng, think that my actions are worthy of heaven and earth, my conscience, and the people!" Jin Feng raised his head and said, "Why do they scold me?"
The Ninth Princess wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Jin Feng.
"Don't worry, I will definitely find these people for you!"
"Um!"
The Ninth Princess nodded slightly, looking at Jin Feng with eyes full of gratitude and attachment.
She knew that Jin Feng actually didn't care about any great scholars and was willing to go to the mountains to invite people in person. The most fundamental reason was to help her share the burden.
"Relying on others is not a long-term solution after all. If you want to be prosperous and stable, you still have to cultivate your own talents!"
Jin Feng turned around and asked: "How are the repairs of the paper mill and printing factory going?"
If you want to cultivate your own talents, you must first popularize education.
If we want to popularize education, we must first develop papermaking and printing.
Otherwise, how can we popularize education if there are not enough textbooks?
After realizing this problem in Dashanguan, Jin Feng wrote to the Ninth Princess and asked her to build a printing factory and paper mill in the village.
Later, Jin Feng was busy with other things and didn't ask anymore, and he doesn't know how things are going now.