For workshops related to people's livelihood, such as textiles, printing and dyeing, oil pressing, ceramics, and soy products, Yu Zizhen ordered them to keep prices as low as possible.
Yu Zizhen's order to the ice-making, incense-making and perfume-blending businesses, which specialize in making money from wealthy people, is to increase sales as much as possible.
The wineries under her name, which originally had mediocre business, sent out some trustworthy people under her secret instructions and began to secretly produce high-concentration liquor.
This thing, like the refined salt that Yu Zizhen had secretly made in large quantities, is a powerful money-making tool.
In order to avoid revealing his identity to the Princess Wuwei who was about to marry Yu Zicheng, Yu Zizhen did not allow anyone to make the high-concentration liquor and refined salt to a level comparable to that of later generations.
The quality of all the high-concentration wine and refined salt that flowed out of her was controlled by her to a level that was "amazing but not suspicious."
In order to keep her reputation safe, she even did not dare to publicize the various papermaking, woodblock printing and movable type printing techniques she had mastered at the same time as publishing her farming knowledge.
She is currently only using these things on a small scale in her own territory.
In addition to these, she also secretly had people make small tools such as pulleys to help her subordinates carry heavy objects when the terrain was not flat enough or the distance was too long.
Of course, Yu Zizhen also specifically instructed his subordinates not to slack off or neglect their own farming, breeding, water conservancy, infrastructure, medical care, education, etc.
A group of people who were already extremely inward-looking due to the influence of their superiors became even more inward-looking after Yu Zizhen urged them on with carrots and a small whip.
But even so, Yu Zizhen still did not have enough manpower.
After losing several pounds due to the numerous and complicated tasks, Yu Zizhen found that her subordinates were looking at her with increasing worry. It was obvious that while everyone was working hard, they were also worried that she would really lose her life due to overwork.
Not wanting to die from overwork or make her subordinates worry about her anymore, Yu Zizhen quietly took out the small notebook she had distributed to her subordinates to record the information of debtors after finishing the urgent matters of the day.
Without exception, these people were hunted by the Lu family when they left Beijing, and then her people waited for them and saved their entire families. Yu Zizhen felt that it was time for her to find some guys with good character and who were not rigid to come and work to pay off her debts.
And there was Xiao Yuanjin, who had been avoiding suspicion these days. If she didn't take the initiative to look for him, he would just stay in his yard and not come out. Yu Zizhen also planned to use him.
Although that guy's fighting power is average (compared to her), his brain and knowledge have always been quite outstanding. It would be a waste of talent if we don't take advantage of him to fully exploit him, okay?
If it were someone else, Yu Zizhen might have to take into consideration the other party's status as the eldest son of the "late emperor", but she knew Xiao Yuanjin very well. He was a truly intelligent, kind and modest gentleman.
As long as she is alive, Xiao Yuanjin will never covet anything that is targeted by her savior. Yu Zizhen is as confident in using him as he is in using the stubborn Yaoguang.
"Yuanjin!" Carrying a large food box and a jar of peach blossom wine that she had bought from the winery, Yu Zizhen staggered into the octagonal pavilion where Xiao Yuanjin was sitting quietly and gazing into the distance.
Xiao Yuanjin raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You are so free today?"
"What are you doing here? I'm afraid I'll tire myself to death, so I'm forcing myself to rest for half a day." Yu Zizhen said as he opened the food box, took out the snacks inside, and placed them on the stone table in front of them. "Want to drink with me?"
Xiao Yuanjin looked at the setting sun and didn't understand whether Yu Zizhen was having lunch or dinner.
At this time, it is too late to eat lunch and too early to eat dinner, and no matter how you define it, it seems wrong.
He asked Yu Zizhen, "You've been busy until now, haven't you had lunch?"
Yu Zizhen nodded. "Haven't you noticed how much weight I've lost? It's really hard for me to find a chance to sit down and have a proper meal lately."
With Madam Zhang reminding her on time, she rarely missed meals, but every time she ate, she would basically continue to look through the official documents while eating.
There was no other way. If she didn't do this, she would have to sacrifice a small part of the time she originally used for sleeping.
In order to ensure that she has enough energy and a flexible mind every day, Yu Zizhen cannot reduce her already limited sleep time unless it is absolutely necessary.
While complaining to Xiao Yuanjin, she took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Xiao Yuanjin.
Xiao Yuanjin silently poured her some wine, "Have you figured out how to solve this problem?"
Overdrawing on yourself is not a long-term solution. Xiao Yuanjin believes that Yu Zizhen will not be so stupid as to just order himself around.
"I want to promote some people, and then select and appoint a group of people." Yu Zizhen told Xiao Yuanjin his plan with a smile, "In addition to those who have received my favor before and who do have their merits, I also plan to ask you to come out of retirement."
Xiao Yuanjin: ???
Xiao Yuanjin was speechless, "You..."
"I believe in you." Yu Zizhen stared at Xiao Yuanjin seriously, trying to convey his utmost sincerity to him. "I believe in your ability, your brain, and your character."
Xiao Yuanjin was deeply touched, but he did not express his opinion immediately.
Yu Zizhen poured him a bowl of wine as well. "When I successfully obtain that position, if Your Majesty wishes, I will announce your identities to the world and re-confer your majesty a title on the pretext of treating the royal bloodline of the previous dynasty well."
"But you, I don't want you to spend your life as a mere mascot, used to show the broad-mindedness and benevolence of the new emperor."
"You're so smart. You can understand any book at once and understand any diagram at a glance. You've even practiced martial arts and learned a great escape technique. If I don't put you to good use, I'll feel weak everywhere."
Xiao Yuanjin: ...
If this guy hadn't said the last half of the sentence, he would have been so moved that he would have been willing to work hard for this guy until his death.
Now, huh.
He snorted lightly, "Since you said you were going to act like a spoiled brat to get me to 'come out of retirement,' then why don't you just do it now and show me how it goes. If you can satisfy me, I'm not against ordering you around."
Yu Zizhen accidentally told the truth. Even if he regretted now that his mouth spoke faster than his brain, it was useless. He could only humble himself and act like Xiao Yuanjin said, and directly act like a spoiled child.
"Ahem." She coughed lightly and took a stance. "I don't care, I don't care. I want you to come out of the mountain."
Xiao Yuanjin: ???
Xiao Yuanjin:!!!
Xiao Yuanjin: ...
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