"Dear Duke Dalia, I have received your request.

Fashion design is not only an extraordinary art, but also a business about money and loyal beliefs. I have the following opinions. If you are willing, I will open the door to fashion to you:

1. A piece of fashion authorized by the royal family and made by a royal tailor based on its aesthetics and the opinions of the buyer, priced at 50 rubles.

After the production is completed, there is a seven-day after-sales service period. Within these seven days, minor changes can be made to the fashion. After the minor changes, regardless of whether you are satisfied or not, the transaction will be deemed to be completed, and the right of interpretation belongs to the royal family;

Note: This garment will be printed with the St. Petersburg or Moscow court mark.

2. A mother-model garment designed by His Highness Peter himself. According to this mother-model, a senior palace tailor will keep it as it is or adjust the color according to the buyer's height, shoulder width, and waist size. The overall structure will remain unchanged.

Fashion, priced at 100 rubles.

This fashion is made once and is guaranteed to perfectly meet the above requirements. There is no after-sales service, the money and goods are cleared, and it is printed with the royal mark. The right of interpretation belongs to the royal family;

You can choose one of these two fashions. In addition to the cost, 10% of the profits from the royal family will belong to the royal family, and the remaining 70% will become the Queen Elizabeth Fund.

In the fund, as long as you ensure that your family has been loyal to the royal family and served the royal family for generations, any fashion purchased in your family’s name, no matter how many, after five generations, can receive 50% from the 70% Queen Elizabeth Fund, and the remaining

20% will be used for national services.

If you understand the above two items and are willing to participate, I will consider granting you the agency right to open a fashion store in the future.

If you are willing, please send me a message when you return, and your family can become a part of the Queen Elizabeth Foundation.

——

Your dear Crown Prince Peter Fedorovich

"

After finishing writing on a piece of parchment, he stuffed it into the coat pocket of the drunken Darier. He also followed the same pattern and changed his name and surname: Dear Bolkonsky, Dear Bezukhov, Dear Rostov, Dear

Kulagin did it again in turn.

As the beginning of everything, Peter was very serious and wrote every parchment himself.

Culkin, who was gradually sober from alcohol, stood up in a hurry and took it respectfully with both hands.

He took a look at it, his mind still a little confused and confused.

I just came here to ask about His Highness’s clothing design skills for my wife. Why did His Highness say they were not skills?

After hesitating for a moment, seeing that His Highness was not interested in explaining, Culkin did not dare to ask.

Peter waved his hand and said:

"Prepare the car and take all distinguished guests back."

"yes!"

Peter watched four of the five nobles become drunk and unconscious, while one left the palace in confusion.

After returning to the Duke's Palace for a long time, Daliye vomited out, and the Duchess quickly stepped forward to take care of him.

Darier was at a loss for a moment, and finally woke up.

The Duchess quickly handed Peter the parchment and whispered:

"This is a letter from His Highness, please read it."

Darier opened it and took a look, and couldn't help but be startled. His remaining drunkenness completely disappeared.

After thinking about it for a moment, his little eyes suddenly widened.

"Daliye, what's wrong?"

To be able to marry a duke, one must be a good match. Although the duchess's background is not as good as Yusupov's, she is still prominent. As time goes by, the title becomes more casual.

Darier looked at it a few more times and finally confirmed it was correct, and couldn't help but take a breath.

Crown Prince? Is this what the Crown Prince who pisses and lets the dogs out can do?

He spoke slowly:

"Balina, you asked me to buy you fashionable clothes this time. You did a good job!"

Barina was a little puzzled. The Yusupov family was so prominent that even if they were not officials, their status would still be there. At worst, it would be the same as an official count. What's more, there are also many counts from the family serving as officials in the palace.

My husband is a hereditary duke. His family has a lot of property and he is not short of money. Therefore, he has never taken anything to heart. He has never looked so solemn.

Balina couldn't help but ask:

"What's wrong? Weren't you asked to consult the Queen? Why did you go to the Crown Prince? I heard that the Crown Prince has a bad temper."

bad temper?

Darier snorted and said:

"The crown prince has a very good temper. He drinks wine when he meets him and entertains him with a palace banquet. Is this what a person with a bad temper can do?"

"Then why do you look like that?"

Balina muttered something, becoming even more puzzled.

Darier frowned. He recalled every detail of his meeting with the crown prince, which was not consistent with the rumors.

He originally went there with the mentality that he would be rejected and even chased out by the crown prince with a dog. In order to be brave, he even called a few other noble boys, but he didn't expect that it would surprise him!

Fortunately, I went there this time, otherwise I would have just kept repeating what others said and couldn't see His Highness's true face clearly.

Daliye took another look, took a breath, and explained to his wife:

"Balina, can't you see? Although it is just fashion, there is a lot of knowledge in it."

Knowing that she didn't understand, Daliye asked:

“Is 100 rubles expensive for a piece of high-end fashion?”

Balina shook her head and said:

"It may be a bit expensive for others, but it's nothing to us."

Daliye nodded and said:

"That's right, it's not expensive. The price is just at the threshold acceptable to the nobles. What's more important is!"

"A piece of high-end fashion costs 100 rubles. According to the Crown Prince, after deducting the cost of 20 rubles, there are 80 rubles left. After deducting the royal profit of 10 rubles, there are 70 rubles left. 20 rubles are left for state purposes, and the remaining 50 rubles are left.

Whose?"

Balina read the letter and said:

"Ours."

Daliye nodded:

"Yes, it's ours. This has far-reaching consequences."

Balina sneered and said:

"Only 50 rubles. How can a nobleman be so poor and have such a profound influence?"

Darier looked at Balina like a fool and said:

"This is a piece of fashion. How many nobles do we have in our country?"

Barina was stunned for a moment.

Dalia added:

"It can only be obtained after five generations. The premise is to be loyal to the royal family. Then you will understand what this means to all the nobles."

Balina thought for a moment and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

…

The census of 1720 was difficult for serfs because it involved taxes, and serfs always avoided counting to avoid taxes.

But it is easy for nobles because nobles want to be officials.

The result of statistics is that the total number of nobles, feudal lords, is 140,000.

After sending Dalia and others away, Peter did the math.

Nowadays, the annual salary of an ordinary service noble serving in the palace is 50 rubles, which does not take into account the wealth that their own real estate can bring.

So for an ordinary nobleman, there is no problem in consuming an ordinary fashion item.

Not to mention those high-ranking nobles.

140,000 nobles, when the rococo style is unstoppable from the aunt, if each person holds a piece of royal fashion for 100 rubles.

That's 14 million rubles.

The royal profit is 10%, which is 1.4 million rubles. The cost is fully calculated, including all after-sales and modifications, and it is only 20% at most. Of the 14 million rubles, 2.8 million rubles can be used for state purposes.

As for the large sums that nobles can receive, they must have been loyal to the royal family for five generations and have not rebelled.

Since Russia's national conditions cannot oppose the nobility, it would be better to tie their interests together and take the wool out of the nobility, and leave the nobility speechless.

After all, in a literal sense, they are the ones holding the big head.

As for loyalty to the royal family, it is currently within five generations, but if you have not received it after five generations and want to receive it again, then you must sign another one after five generations.

Five generations will succeed five generations, and there will be endless descendants.

Now that there are major interests, who dares to say no? Could it be that he has objections to the royal family and intends to rebel?

Auntie abolished the death penalty, and he wanted to kill the nine tribes.

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Chapter completed!