Chapter 574: Finally relieved (Updated 2)

The boss of Fulailou suffered little loss. After all, the potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corns he exchanged for were not much compared to those of the wealthy families in Jiangnan.

The worst hit were the wealthy families in Gusu City.

Originally, the business of a cloth shop had already made them lose a lot, and it was obvious to the naked eye that they might not be able to do cloth business in the future.

500 coins per piece, such a price would mean losing money!

The cloth piled up in the cloth shop could not be sold at all.

Now they are supported by the wine shop business. The wealthy families are very grateful that they had used rice and grain to exchange potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Otherwise, what could their wine shop use to compete with the number one restaurant in the world?

Come to think of it, they should thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his initial actions.

However, facts proved that they were too happy too early.

The incident in Shandong Prefecture was repeated in Gusu City.

Those orphans in the city's charity home spread the news very quickly.

What the victims are eating now are dishes that cost more than ten taels of silver per dish in big restaurants.

What the rich people have to queue up to eat, the victims, cloth shops, and migrant workers on the dikes can eat casually. What

those children of aristocratic families may have water in their brains, it's just ordinary food, they are willing to spend so much money to queue up to eat!

My goodness, what happened in Shandong Prefecture is happening again, and what the boss of Fulailou experienced, the bosses of major restaurants also experienced it once.

Moreover, the owners of these big restaurants suffered more and bigger losses, and the consequences were more serious.

The restaurants lost their signs to attract customers, and their business really plummeted. The noble families that relied on the restaurants for their livelihood really had no hope at all.

With less income and failed businesses, coupled with the fact that the little prince had taken a large amount of money from them before, they suffered heavy losses.

Now, they can't even live off their savings.

Without the support of money, it would be difficult to maintain the noble families' decent lives, and the so-called noble families would gradually decline.

What the little prince did was just to speed up this process.

Before, in the little prince's mind, the system of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans was indestructible, and people had to be divided into different classes.

However, since he was able to enter the small supermarket, and since he was exposed to more knowledge and more civilization, in his heart, the three-class distinctions of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans no longer existed.

He did not hate businessmen. On the contrary, he admired those businessmen who did business peacefully and paid business taxes honestly. What he hated were the wealthy merchants who made money from national disasters and oppressed and exploited the people. He

did not need these wealthy families to do anything more. As long as these people could stabilize the price of grain in times of disaster and did not deliberately raise the price, he would not do anything to these wealthy families.

Making money from national disasters touched the bottom line of the little prince.

The wealthy families in Jiangnan were directly impacted and a large number of them went bankrupt.

Where there is decline, there is prosperity.

With such a large market being given up, others will naturally enter directly and quickly divide up the market in the Jiangnan region.

Some small families took advantage of the situation.

With the decline of the four great families, the small families that had been suppressed before would certainly not miss such a good opportunity.

Without the oppression of the four great families, those small merchants immediately became active, unrestrained, and developed freely.

If you make money, you don't have to worry about the aristocratic families taking most of it in various names. Such an environment is the best.

The people are all tenacious. If they have a way to make a living, they will seize such an opportunity, just like weeds with vigorous vitality, rooting into the soil, absorbing nutrients, and striving to survive.

Winter is coming.

Those people whose houses were washed away by the flood moved into the newly built cement houses and no longer have to worry about sleeping in the open.

After a whole autumn, the men working in cement factories and on the dikes all earned enough money to buy food for the winter.

The children also learned a lot of words in school.

The women who worked in embroidery workshops and cloth shops all had bulging wallets.

The people finally survived the flood.

The entire Jiangnan region was full of vitality again.

At the same time, the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally farmed in order to fill the stomachs of the people all over the world and planted potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn for a year to fill their stomachs spread throughout the Jiangnan region.

Being able to eat enough can be said to be the most basic pursuit and expectation of the people.

How could the people not be grateful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was so high and mighty, for personally going to the fields and actually getting something in return?

Except for the declining noble families and the bankrupt merchants, all the others were grateful to the Crown Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Fifth Prince for coming to provide disaster relief.

They even made an umbrella for the people and gave it to them.

The young crown prince received letters from the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince, and saw the recent situation in the Jiangnan region, especially the four great noble families who had started selling shops, farms, and land to maintain their wealthy lives. The young crown prince was in a very good mood. He

even ate an extra bowl of lunch, which made the Second Prince and the Third Prince very happy.

During this time, the two of them truly experienced how difficult it was to raise a child.

Apart from other things, the problem of the Crown Prince's eating is a difficult one. He only eats a little bit at every meal, and his face is so skinny that he has no flesh at all. They really don't dare to let him do any government affairs.

But even so, the Crown Prince didn't gain any flesh back.

Now, seeing him eat an extra bowl of rice, the Second Prince and the Third Prince are really happy. It's

really sad to say.

Obviously, the two of them do all the work, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stays in the mansion all day without any fatigue. But after a period of time, they didn't lose any weight, but the Crown Prince who didn't work became thinner and thinner.

It's simply unfair.

After thinking about it, the two attributed this phenomenon to acclimatization.

There was no other way. Apart from this, they really couldn't think of any other possibilities.

The two began to persuade the prince to return to Beijing on a daily basis.

There is only a small part left in Shandong, so it is not necessary for all three of them to stay here.

"Leave the construction of the port to us. You have been out for three months. It is time to return to the capital to take responsibility."

The second prince advised.

"The food in the capital is what you are used to. Take good care of yourself after returning to the capital. Look at how thin you are now. A gust of wind can blow you down."

The third prince also advised.

The little prince shook his head and said seriously, "No, no, as the saying goes, you must start and end things. There are still many things to do in this city. How can I leave?"

The second and third princes were speechless: From the beginning to now, weren't they the ones doing things?

A white pigeon suddenly flew into the window from outside and landed on the window sill.

The little prince took the letter tied to the pigeon's leg, glanced at it, and burned it with an expressionless face.

"Second brother and third brother, go back to Beijing to answer your orders first. Leave this to me."

The annoying old father was angry, so he should not go back and get into trouble at this time.