"Mr. Chen, I guess there are still some things in the Cao Mansion that need you to deal with. I'll just go to various trading houses and have a look."
"It's okay. I'll be fine when I get here. Chen Xu will take care of the other things."
Obviously Chen Xuan is very confident in his sister's ability. He just needs to show up to let the Cao family know that Chen Xu has this backer. If he really intervenes, it will lead to rumors.
Seeing Cao Xinyue here, Chen Xuan was a little surprised but didn't ask any more questions.
"Let's go out in disguise tomorrow. Mainly Mr. Chen. There are not many people who know me outside. It doesn't matter to me."
"clear."
The next day, at the door of Cao Mansion, Chen Xuan changed into regular clothes and put on a little beard to disguise himself. In this era, as long as he is not a familiar person, it is basically difficult to recognize him even if he is disguised. After all, there are no photos or videos.
But I didn't expect Mrs. Cao to come over with Cao Xinyue. Mrs. Cao was still wearing mourning clothes, and Cao Xinyue was indeed wearing ordinary plain clothes.
"I heard that His Highness is going to visit a trading house in Huzhou Prefecture. Xinyue is usually naughty, but he is also familiar with everywhere. Let Xinyue lead you."
"Madam, isn't this good?"
"Xinyue, go and lead the way for His Highness the Fifth Prince." Zhu Zhanyang didn't explicitly refuse, so Chen Xu forced Cao Xinyue to lead the way. Chen Xuan didn't stop him, so Zhu Zhanyang let it go.
Now that her daughter is out, Chen Xu can devote all his energy to dealing with the difficulties caused by the elders of the clan. Her husband has just been buried, and the fight for the family property has been fierce since last night. It is estimated that there will be no peace during this period. Let her daughter
It's a good idea to find a chance to go out and escape.
Of course, I also have the mentality of letting my daughter have more contact with the emperor's grandson.
Today, Zhu Zhanzhen asked Chu'er's son, Yang Song, and two guards to follow him. The emperor and grandson must take all necessary measures when traveling.
"Let's go, you know the road, take us to the nearest market and have a look first."
Cao Xinyue changed into the attire of a maid and led a few people forward.
"The largest raw silk fabric trading market in Huzhou Prefecture is the Jiangnan Cloth Market." Cao Xinyue introduced the destination while walking.
Chen Xuan took over the conversation: "More than 60% of the stalls in the Jiangnan Fabric Market belong to the Cao family, and the other two floors belong to the Li family, another large family in Huzhou Prefecture, and the rest belong to small traders."
"Oh? Do we have so many stalls?" Cao Xinyue was surprised.
Zhu Zhanzhen and Chen Xuan were both speechless. This girl was really big-hearted. It was probably because her parents protected her so well.
When you come to the Jiangnan Fabric Market, you can see its prosperity from a distance. People are constantly coming and going, and it is even more lively when you walk inside.
The output of Husi silk is large, and the market is also large. Many people come to do business every day.
The Cao family incurs huge expenses every year just by renting these stalls.
Food stamps have flowed into the cloth trading market, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Huzhou Prefecture has also opened. Zhao Quan's work efficiency is very fast. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of Yingtian Prefecture has done a good job. It will soon open three branches in Huzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Hangzhou Prefecture.
A semicolon is opened somewhere.
There are many people doing business in these places. In modern terms, there are many individual industrial and commercial households. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was very useful as soon as it was opened. Under the instructions of the court, it provided low-interest loans to these individual industrial and commercial households so that they could rent shops and do business.
Chen Xuan expressed great appreciation for the bank: "His Highness's ideas about the bank are really great, and so are the food stamps."
Cao Xinyue's face was full of surprise: "Did you do the bank and food stamps?"
"That's not accurate. I came up with the idea and had a little involvement."
Suddenly, Zhu Zhanzhen's image in her heart became taller. Her father took the food stamps a month ago and said that these things were better than treasure banknotes. He also praised the later banks and keenly felt that the court wanted to
Stimulate commerce.
I wanted to do something big, but I didn't expect that I suddenly fell ill and died.
"Did you really do it?" Cao Xinyue asked again in disbelief.
"Xinyue, don't be rude to His Highness the Fifth Prince."
"It's Xinyue who's being rude, uncle, Your Highness, please don't blame me." Cao Xinyue said in a low voice.
Zhu Zhanzhen looked around and then asked Chen Xuan: "Mr. Chen, are all these raw silk transactions recorded?"
If you register, you have to pay taxes for transaction and transportation. Those with stalls are slightly better, and they basically have to be recorded. After all, the stalls are there, and you have to pay them even if you don’t want to pay them. Individual traders who do not have stalls and pick up goods in bulk are basically exempt from this.
One way.
According to modern practice, individual industrial and commercial households have tax exemptions, which is also to stimulate business practices, but this practice is definitely not possible in the Ming Dynasty at present.
Chen Xuan said: "It is not easy for individual traders to do business."
He knew the situation. As long as the punishment was not serious or too severe, if the law was strictly followed, none of these traders would be able to do business.
Chen Xuan was not a pedantic person, but he just didn't understand what Zhu Zhanzhen meant, so he could only say some circumstantial remarks.
Looking at those busy people, Zhu Zhanyi said: "Master Yao Guangxiao once told me that he used to be a beggar and became a monk to make a living, but he still does not believe in Buddhism."
Chen Xuan's words to Zhu Zhanzhen left the two-foot-old monk scratching his head. He didn't know why Zhu Zhanzhen said such a thing.
"Although he does not believe in Buddhism, he has a scar on his head and Buddhist beads on his body. Does Mr. Chen know why?"
"Why?"
"In order to make a living, masters are like this, and ordinary people are even more like this. Everyone is just trying to make a living."
"Your Highness..." Chen Xuan was speechless.
However, Cao Xinyue curiously interrupted Zhu Zhanzhen's emotion: "Your Highness, the master you mentioned is a monk who really doesn't believe in Buddhism?"
"Well, that's what he said himself."
"It seems that the monks in the palace are just like the monks in our place. The monk invited to my family to deliver my father's salvation is also a fake monk."
"How to say?"
"I saw him eating meat secretly the day before yesterday."
Chen Xuan knocked on the little girl's head, and Zhu Zhanchen smiled helplessly: "Find a living, don't complain, just don't talk to your mother and the elders in the clan about this."
The vast majority of ordinary people live their whole lives just for a living. The better ones can leave their children and grandchildren with a craft or a few acres of fertile land. Life is not easy, and if war breaks out, people will not be able to survive.
"Mr. Chen, protecting the livelihood of the people at the bottom is a top priority. Can you please invite some craftsmen who can weave and draw silk to the house? Also send someone to Zheng He to hire a craftsman named Zhang San.
He brought some men over."
"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Chen Xuan was quite puzzled.
"Steam ships can increase carrying capacity and transportation speed, and it is also very important to increase the output of various products."
"Your Highness, do you want to replace the production process with steam engines?"
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded: "Develop mechanization, improve national productivity, and when you go to inform Zhang San, ask him to drive a steamship, as long as it is small."
"Why is this?"
"Show off."
Human beings have three basic needs: to eat and to show off.
