readsfreenovel Chapter 107 Monopoly
Chapter 107 Monopoly
Zhou Chang felt uncomfortable all over and had a premonition that he would lose the money he earned yesterday.
"Your Majesty?" Zhong Yu went further, "If that's the case, the money is definitely not enough. Unfortunately, these days, Manager Fu also said that the money from the Four Flavors Pharmacy can barely support the Xinghuafang Pharmacy, and the money in the mansion is only enough for daily expenses..."
Zhong Yu was unaware and changed the subject to think again: "Come to think of it, I heard from Shou Hou this morning that the prince must have had a fruitful harvest at the palace banquet yesterday. Are you planning to keep the money to open a clinic and medicine shop in the south? Why not move it out first..."
Zhou Chang's head was buzzing. The idea of a Southern Medical Clinic or a pharmacy was simply out of her mind. She gritted her teeth and said, "Monkey, monkey, go to the bedroom and bring all the banknotes from yesterday."
"Yes." The skinny monkey was sitting by the door outside the study eating something. He immediately agreed when he heard the order.
After a while, the banknote was brought.
Zhong Yu stroked the money and his expression finally cleared up: "Your Majesty, here is a total of 28,000 taels. Manager Fu and Doctor Meng of the Four Herbs Shop are truly amazing."
Is she the divine being?
The Qingjing Pills were a "substitute" for the same dimension that she had personally led the development of.
But when he was tinkering with these things last month, Zhong Yujiu strongly disagreed, and insisted that as a prince, he should not be involved in these "little tricks" and should focus on the "way of the sage".
Therefore, no matter what Zhou Chang came up with, Zhong Yu always "firmly believed" that it was all the credit of the owner of the pharmacy and the doctor.
But Zhong Yuyi was not pedantic. He knew that nothing could be done without money, so he turned a blind eye to his prince's quest for money everywhere and only regarded it as a temporary expedient.
Seeing that Zhong Yu had a thick stack of banknotes in his hand without leaving any for her, Zhou Chang could only be ruthless again: "Now that we have the money, we will do as we said just now. Let Manager Fu take action as soon as possible and raise the prices of the herbs and snake oil in the pharmacy. Hmm... raise the price of snake oil tenfold first."
"Ten times?" Zhong Yu opened his mouth wide.
Zhou Chang clenched his fist and said, "Yes, tell Shopkeeper Fu to first quietly purchase all the snake oil in Jindu City and its surrounding areas. After successfully purchasing all of them, raise the price tenfold. This is a monopoly."
Afterwards, Zhong Yu was sent away.
Aunt Jing came in again, carrying a torn purple brocade robe.
"Didn't Aunt Jing go to see Miss Yuan off just now? Why is she here again?" Zhou Chang hasn't had any peace since he finished breakfast.
Aunt Jing bowed and said, "Your Highness, I have already mended the clothes, but in my opinion, Your Highness does not need to wear this dress anymore. It has been washed and worn out. Shouldn't you change it?"
Frugality is the virtue of Prince Yi Fengming, and Zhou Chang has no control over it: "Then please ask Aunt Jing to worry about making a few more sets of clothes."
"That's right. This old servant said that it's time for a change." Aunt Jing smiled smugly and meaningfully.
Zhou Chang didn't realize it, and always felt close to Aunt Jing, as if she were an elder.
Aunt Jing's smile became more amiable. "Just now, when I went to see Miss Yuan off, I did chat with her for a while. Miss Yuan's appearance is impeccable. She is one of the best in Jindu City. However, her family background is not satisfactory. But if the prince likes her, it doesn't matter. She is from a merchant family. If she can become a concubine or a concubine for the prince, that would be great."
Zhou Chang was speechless.
Don't say that she is a non-marriage person. Even if she is not, Yuan Qi and she are both women.
As for Prince Yi...
Aunt Jing was still nagging at the side: "Your Highness, you don't have to be embarrassed to admit it. If you didn't have any interest in her, why would you have met with her alone so many times? What's more, your bet is to help the Yuan family, and the risk is so great. If you don't have any interest in the young lady, what is your purpose?"
This kind of problem cannot be answered head-on, otherwise it will only make things worse.
Zhou Chang changed the subject and asked half-jokingly, "Oh, so Aunt Jing is worried about the risk of betting. If she loses, the worst that can happen is that she will leave here. Is Aunt Jing reluctant to leave the prosperous Jindu City and unwilling to leave with me?"
"Your Highness, please don't joke like that. I will serve you my whole life." Aunt Jing scolded, then changed her tone, "It's just that I feel uneasy when I think about the fact that your Highness hasn't married yet. If I lose the bet, it doesn't matter about other things, but if I really go to the fiefdom, I don't know where it will be, and I don't know how long it will take to delay."
No matter what the topic is, it will eventually come down to urging people to get married.
Zhou Chang had no choice but to say, "Don't think too much, Aunt Jing. I am only upholding justice for the Yuan family. As for getting married, I am not in a hurry, so don't worry about it, Aunt Jing."
"How can I not worry? The Empress is watching over us in heaven." It would have been better if she hadn't said it. Once she said it, Aunt Jing became even more anxious. She clasped her hands together and prayed to the sky.
"..." Zhou Chang's best strategy was to "play dead".
Aunt Jing was not someone who could be easily fooled. She muttered a few words to herself and then asked directly, "If Your Majesty had no intention, why did you give her the handkerchief that Your Majesty had embroidered with her own hands? You used to carry it with you and you were reluctant to use it yourself."
"Uh..." Zhou Chang now knew the importance of the handkerchief, so he could only answer vaguely, "It was at most a small mistake. It was not easy to ask for it back then. The Yuan family definitely doesn't need a handkerchief. She will return it when she remembers it later."
Aunt Jing just watched, obviously not believing it.
Zhou Chang knew that he couldn't explain it clearly, but he also reminded her: "Aunt Jing, speaking of this, please tell everyone in the mansion not to gossip about it casually."
Aunt Jing looked at him with a critical look: "Is the prince really not interested in Miss Yuan?"
"Really." Zhou Chang didn't dare to hesitate at all and almost stood up and stood at attention.
"That's good." Aunt Jing breathed a sigh of relief. "By the way, I was worried just now."
"What are you worried about?" Zhou Chang was puzzled.
Aunt Jing shook the handkerchief in her hand and said, "Alas, I am the one who worries too much. When I was entertaining Miss Yuan just now, I asked a few more questions on behalf of the prince."
Zhou Chang could already guess what she had asked and thought to himself that this was not good.
"Miss Yuan didn't say it explicitly, but I think she has someone she loves. Therefore, since the prince has no interest in her, that's the best." Aunt Jing was frank.
"Well, not at all." Zhou Chang couldn't help but worry whether it would cause Yuan Qi's misunderstanding.
After all, she suddenly showed up as Prince Yi Fengming to help Yuan Qi, and Yuan Qi and Prince Yi did not know each other before, which was indeed abrupt if you think about it carefully.
However, after spending several times with Yuan Qi, he did not notice anything unusual about Yuan Qi.
Then she shouldn't think too much...
"It's good that the prince doesn't like Miss Yuan. This will save some trouble. Even if the merchant's daughter is interested, in the future..." Aunt Jing continued to talk to herself, "But the prince should not be like before. When His Majesty wants to arrange a marriage again, don't say such things again."
"What did you say?" Although Zhou Chang had the memory of Prince Yi Fengming, he couldn't remember it when he didn't need it.
Aunt Jing did not answer directly: "If the prince has forgotten, then I will say that it is because you are young and ignorant. It is those people in the palace who are not doing their job. They should have arranged a marriage for the prince two years ago, but it has been delayed until now and no one has taken care of it."
"What did I say back then?" Zhou Chang was still searching through Prince Yi's past memories, but there was nothing special. But he also prayed for the wind to blow occasionally."