When he saw that something was wrong, Luo Jing quickly protected Zhenwu. However, Dachun was very sharp-eyed and recognized the person at a glance. He hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Master, I am the disciple whom I learned from Hope Yi, named Song Shifan."

When he heard it was Song Shifan, Zhenwu couldn't help but smile. Song Shifan was wearing a cotton coat and a big cotton hat, not like a scholar at all. He didn't recognize him. After a moment of pondering, he said, "Let them come to the palace to meet him tomorrow morning."

The person who came was indeed Song Shifan. The six of them were teaching in Hope Yixue and are now in charge of various workshops in Zizhulin. They happened to pass by and saw Yinzhen from a distance. He couldn't believe it. When he walked closer, he found that it was Yinzhen. He couldn't help but hesitate. He didn't know if he should come forward to meet him. Yinzhen was obviously in a private visit in a private outfit. He came forward to disturb him rashly, but he was afraid of blame. He didn't come forward to meet him. He was unwilling to accept that the opportunity to meet the saint was really rare, so he walked over hesitantly.

After being stopped, he couldn't help feeling a little timid, but saw Dachun walking up quickly and whispering: "No need to salute, the master told you to understand that you will go to the palace to meet you early in the morning."

When Song Shifan heard the oral order of Zhenwu, he was very happy and had to kneel down in a habit. Fortunately, Dachun was prepared and grabbed him and whispered: "Go back first, don't leak the traces of his master."

"Student understand." Song Shifan hurriedly bowed and left with a light step.

When Zhehui Zhenwu was beside him, Dachun said lightly: "Master, please be happy, the frustrated population is fast. To prevent the leak of news, the slave begs to return to the palace."

Zhenwu looked up at the sky, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Then go to Yinzhen's villa to take a look."

Yinzhen's villa was not very far from the street, but at a tea time, Zhenwu and his party walked over. Yinzhen, who received the message from the guards, had already been waiting at the gate. When he saw Zhenwu coming, he hurried forward to kneel down and bow down.

"Brother Ninth, don't be polite." Zhenwu stepped forward, gently held it, and smiled and said, "There is no outsider, and it's not in the palace. Don't make trouble for those false tributes."

Yinzhen stood up with the flow, clasped his fists and said, "I don't know that the emperor has arrived, and I have never met you... Zhenwu waved his hand and said, "I said, don't be rude, why are you like a starling? Let's go and see your new garden."

It was almost dark, so why don’t you look at the new garden? Yinzhen knew it was an excuse, so he didn’t dare to be more polite, so he hurriedly said, “Prince, please.”

The two entered the main room and as soon as they fell, Zhenwu said, "It's easy, don't make a fuss like in the palace."

Yinzhen couldn't help but secretly complain, "How can you call your fourteenth brother at will?" He hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty hasn't eaten yet. I've asked someone to prepare the table."

"There are no outsiders here, so Brother Jiu should call me fourteenth brother. I'm the emperor, keep silent, I can't even eat this food." Zhenwu said, and then gave a slight meal and said with a smile: "Even the table is ready. Brother Jiu knows that I'm in the Zizhu Forest?"

Seeing that the Fourteenth Old is not even worthy of me, Yinzhen had to follow him, and said bluntly: "A guard in the garden saw a familiar imperial guard on the street. I was not sure if the Fourteenth Brother has come, so naturally he has to make perfect preparations."

Zhenwu smiled and said, "Since I'm ready, let's start the meal. After walking for a long time, I'm hungry."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen hurriedly got up and walked to the door and whispered a few instructions. Seeing him coming back, Zhenwu said in confusion: "Is it not just the face of the table?"

"I have only sent a few Datong wives and Yangzhou thin horses. They are both great singing and dancing." Yinzhen said with a smile: "The 14th brother is tired of singing and dancing in the palace, so I want to ask the 14th brother to change his taste."

Datong Wives, how could this name be so vulgar? But it is compared with the Yangzhou thin horse? Zhenwu was slightly stunned and asked, "Brother Jiu has already set up the dot in Datong?"

Yinzhen was speechless. After saying a word, the fourteenth brother mentioned the government affairs again. He did not dare not answer. He pondered slightly before bowing and said, "How dare I neglect the errands assigned by the fourteenth brother? Not only Datong, Baotou, Ordos, Yulin, Xi'an, Ningxia, Lanzhou, and both places, Shanxi merchants all have business names and fixed business routes. I have condemned people to collect relevant information in the above areas, but I am really curious, how will the fourteenth brother integrate Shanxi merchants?"

After pondering slightly, Zhenwu said: "Xi'an has always been a heavy army. The new guard army will definitely set up a logistics base in Xi'an in the future. Datong is a major town in Beijing for three generations and two dynasties. It is also the throat of Shanxi and Hebei. It is known as the "Northern Key" and it is also a logistics base. These two Jiuge sent people to set up key points as commercial export bases for the northwest.

To integrate Shanxi merchants, we naturally use merchants to make merchants. We use goods to force them to come forward and then bind them. Shanxi merchants have a wide range of activities and have exchanges with Russia, the Western Regions, the northern Mobei, and the western Mobei Mongolia. They must use interests to bind them so that they will not sell their information or gain enemies."

Yinzhen was shocked when he heard this. Old Si Si was planning to fight in the northwest. Seeing that the servants started to come in to cook food, he was not inconvenient to ask more questions, but he thought in his mind that using goods to force Shanxi merchants was nothing more than tea, salt, and iron. Although these things were sold, they could not be allowed to operate them. If this is the case, it would be better to directly rob the bandits of force. At most, the court would have a reputation of being unstable and ineffective in suppressing bandits.

When the servants withdrew, Zhenwu continued: "The military workshops in Tianjin cost a lot of money, and the livelihood problems of many bannermen cannot be solved by relying solely on military workshops. Therefore, it is necessary to vigorously develop civilian workshops. However, in order to prevent some opposition, I have to temporarily take the guise of military logistics. I have contacted many Europeans in Nanyang and have also hired many European craftsmen with a lot of money."

As he said that, he took out the walnut-sized gold watch he carried with him and said, "For example, producing pocket watches that are several times more beautiful than this, large and small clocks, flawless, bright and transparent glassware, and small things that wash faces and brush teeth. These things are enough to make up for some of the expenses of military workshops."

Yinzhen's eyes immediately widened and said in disbelief: "Fourth brother, watches and glass are all used by wealthy people. Although the profit is considerable, the sales are too large. Coupled with the small things that wash the face and brush teeth, you can earn hundreds of thousands of taels in a year after a long time. For the huge expenses of the military workshop, it is no different from a drop in the bucket. What can you afford?"

"Brother Jiu's business is not good. You have to learn to divide the market into three levels: high, medium and low to analyze. The most profitable one is the middle level." Zhenwu smiled and said, "If I can get two million a year, I will be content. At least I can earn back the wages of the bannermen. If I don't support them in vain." (To be continued)q!~!

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