Chapter 559 Do You Really Think I Can’t Lift a Knife? (1 update)
The little prince was really too tired these days. After a small meeting with his two elder brothers, he fell asleep.
Who knew that when he woke up, he heard his subordinates report that their elder brothers were preparing to kill people everywhere.
The frightened little prince rushed out of the room and ran directly to the yard of his two elder brothers, and stopped the two men who were sharpening their knives and full of murderous intent.
"Fourth brother, fifth brother, we won’t do that, we really won’t do that!"
Lu Zexu was so anxious that he put his shoes on the wrong way. If his two elder brothers really made trouble, who knows what will happen in the end.
"Let alone anything else, I must deal with those big grain merchants and the families behind them! If it weren't for this group of people, would you be so worried?"
The fifth prince was very angry.
The young prince immediately comforted him, "Deal with it! Deal with it! Deal with them all! I will not let any of the four major families live!"
The Fourth Prince on the side also had a sullen face, "Those so-called wealthy merchants in the city, one by one, are not good people! Driving up grain prices, monopolizing medicinal materials! If they hadn't interfered, why would you have to work so hard?"
The young prince nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry! Don't worry! No matter whether it is a wealthy merchant or a noble family, I will not let any of them go."
"Fourth brother, do you remember the loom that you and the craftsmen studied together in the capital? As long as that loom is successful, your and fifth brother's wishes will be fulfilled immediately!"
The Fourth Prince was puzzled, "It's just a loom, can it really be so powerful?"
He couldn't believe it and worried that this was a delaying tactic of his younger brother the Crown Prince.
The little prince smiled and said, "That is not a simple loom. Once it is successfully developed, the working efficiency will be increased by at least five times!"
This is what the little prince saw by chance in the video, and then he told the fourth prince that there are a large number of craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, and they have been studying this thing for more than half a year. Before leaving Beijing, they will succeed immediately.
The fifth prince is very sensitive in the business field. Jiangnan is not only a land of fish and rice, but also a place of silk fabric production. If this loom is really successful, the impact on these wealthy merchants in Jiangnan will be more than a little bit!
He immediately patted the Fourth Prince on the shoulder, eyes full of hope, "Fourth brother, this textile machine depends on you! As long as this thing is successful, the rest will be handed over to me, your younger brother! I promise to make these wealthy merchants pay one by one, and make them pay to the bottom of the world!"
Although the Fourth Prince did not quite understand the ins and outs of this, but since his younger brother the Crown Prince and the Fifth Brother said so, there should be no problem.
He immediately took on this important task.
Anyway, there are students from the Imperial Academy and veterans of river management watching over the embankment, so there won't be any problems. Even if there are problems that they can't solve, they will come to ask him for instructions.
Some of the Second Prince's students followed the Crown Prince to Jiangnan. It can be said that these students really helped a lot.
Especially in statistics and measurement data, they have made outstanding contributions.
The fourth prince began to study the last step of the textile machine behind closed doors, and only the fifth prince was left.
The young prince breathed a sigh of relief, "Fifth brother, fourth brother is busy with the textile machine, the promotion of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, it's up to you, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the noble families and wealthy merchants for now, they are just grasshoppers after autumn, they won't jump for long."
Things are different now. After several years of doing business, the IQ of the fifth prince has made a huge leap, and he is not as easy to fool as before.
"Do you really have a way to deal with the wealthy merchants from the Jiangnan families? I'm not the fourth brother, and I'm not that easy to be convinced."
The little prince was speechless, "Is it really okay for you to say that about the fourth brother? The fourth brother is very smart. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is the smartest person in our Daliang."
"Don't interrupt. The Jiangnan families are deeply rooted, and they have intricate ties with the court. It's not that easy to move them. Do you really have a way?"
The fifth prince frowned and looked extremely serious.
"Why don't you let me handle it? Although I'm a prince, I have no reputation since I started doing business. I don't care about my reputation. Just kill them all, and no one can stop us from continuing to provide disaster relief!"
Pah -
the little prince slapped the fifth prince on the cheek with his hands, one on the left and one on the right. Not only that, he also rubbed it hard.
"Don't talk nonsense! Reputation is still very important! It's not worth it to ruin your reputation because of these bastards!"
The fifth prince was stunned.
Even when he was a child, his father and mother didn't treat him like this.
He is a prince, and no one dares to overstep his authority.
Such an intimate action is really the first time since the fifth prince can remember.
Such an experience is really novel.
The young prince continued, "Fifth brother does business for the court and for the people of the world. The profits from the Ministry of Commerce can provide half of the military pay for the court's frontier troops, which greatly relieves the pressure on the Ministry of Revenue."
"What fifth brother does is for the country and the people. This reputation is naturally a good reputation!"
"As for those old-fashioned remarks, fifth brother, don't take them to heart. Fifth brother's ability and talent are absolutely not inferior to any other prince!"
"Brothers know, father knows, officials know, and people know, that's enough."
A hazy mist suddenly rose in the eyes of the fifth prince. He had heard too many rumors, like being a prince but not striving for progress, only knowing how to do business, and really degenerating.
It would be a lie to say that he didn't care, but these remarks were not made in front of him, and he had no way to punish them.
Over time, he heard such remarks many times, and they were like a thorn that pierced his heart deeply.
His brothers were either heroes who fought on the battlefield, or teachers who educated people, or judges who enforced the law impartially and were selfless, or talented people like the fourth brother who were good at research.
Only he could only make money and knew how to make money. He was full of money and damaged the royal dignity. He was looked down upon by the clan members.
Over time, even the fifth prince himself felt a little inferior.
He didn't expect that his younger brother, the crown prince
, would look at him like this! ! In his eyes, his brother who only knew how to do business was also so talented!
Just as capable as his other brothers!
Just as worthy of respect and praise!
He never looked down on him.
He himself doesn't care about his reputation, but his younger brother, the prince, cares a lot about it.
How can his sixth son be so good?
Such a good prince, but the powerful families in Jiangnan are making things difficult for him. If he doesn't teach these people a lesson, they won't know how powerful he, the fifth prince, is!
A century-old family, in addition to reputation and status, also has accumulated wealth.
Every family has its own business, otherwise, how can it accumulate wealth?
The fifth prince can do nothing else, he is just an ordinary business genius.
Cutting off supply channels, competing for partners, and grabbing each other's markets, the fifth prince is very good at it.
Before the four major families took action against the prince against the Red Lotus Sect, their business in other places had already lost most of its money, making them exhausted.