After all his efforts, Yinzuo not only failed to get any benefit from his father, but also almost got into trouble with his second brother, the Crown Prince. This also made us, the Sixth Prince, fully aware of a very realistic problem - it is simply a pipe dream to want to achieve financial freedom by begging for money from his father, Kangxi.
But if you want to become rich, there are only two conventional ways: increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. However, Yinzuo has been living a life of luxury for so many years, so it is naturally impossible for him to save money. Now the only way left for him is to increase revenue. But how to increase revenue has stumped our Sixth Prince.
"Alas, my dear time-traveling god, I'm really not your favorite child. You're so biased..."
It's no wonder that Yinzuo feels this way. The place he traveled through is really too bad. If he traveled back to the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, or even the previous dynasty, he wouldn't be so helpless as he is now. The three essentials for a time traveler: salt making, glass, and soap, none of which he can use now.
You have to know that no matter what era, salt and iron were strictly controlled and supervised by the government. Anyone who got involved in private sales would basically be killed. Even if Yinzuo had the courage of a god, he would not dare to touch this hornet's nest, so salt production was the first item he passed.
Speaking of glass, you have to know that Yinzuo traveled through time to the Qing Dynasty. As early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, merchant ships from capitalist countries such as Britain, France, and the Netherlands came to China's ports of Guangzhou, Ningbo, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, etc. and started business with the locals. It was at this time that glass entered China along with the merchant ships, such as glass windows, mercury mirrors, glass cups, and snuff bottles. Although these are expensive nowadays, they are not rare items.
However, the glassmaking technology was not spread until the end of the Kangxi period through the Thirteen Hongs in Guangzhou. Yinzuo thought that it was still a long time before the end of the Kangxi period, so it was not impossible to make a fortune by taking advantage of this time difference.
As for soap, I'm sorry, there really is no room for Yinzuo to play. Nowadays, the soap-making technology is very mature. Not only can cheap products be produced for ordinary households, but people have also learned from it and used flowers, spices, goat milk, and even Chinese medicine to make various scented soaps. Now Yinzuo uses soap for bathing and washing his face every day, which is specially formulated by the Imperial Hospital according to his preferences, so this item is basically useless.
"Master, why don't you eat first and then continue thinking about how to make money? I'd like to ask you why you're wasting your time thinking about this. How can His Majesty let you be without money? It's only because the weather is warm now. If it were winter, the dish would get cold and the oil would solidify. With your picky nature, you would definitely not eat it..."
Yinzuo's mind was now full of how to make money. When he heard Dexi's words, he basically followed him and walked towards the dining room. However, after a few steps, he suddenly stopped and looked up at Dexi next to him.
"Repeat what you just said."
Although Dexi didn't know what he had said just now that irritated this gentleman again, he didn't dare to disobey Yinzuo's order since he asked him to repeat it.
"Master, I just asked you why you're wasting your time thinking about this. Could it be that His Majesty would let you be short of money?"
"Not this one, but the next one."
This must be his master, otherwise Dexi would have rolled his eyes at him. Why was he in such a hurry? He had already finished saying this sentence, so wasn't he going to move on to the next one?
"I say this is only because the weather is warm now. If it were winter and the food got cold, the oil inside would solidify and you would definitely become picky and refuse to eat it again."
This time, Dexi didn't give his master any chance to interrupt him and said all the following words in one breath. Of course, Yinzuo would not interrupt him again because he had already heard what he wanted to hear.
"Oil, yes, oil. Why didn't I think of it before? Peanut oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, corn oil. These are all money. Dexi, go to Xia He later to get ten taels of silver. This is a reward from me. Just consider it as a thank you for reminding me."
Yinzuo no longer complained about the time travel god's bias. After all, there were no other advantages to traveling to the Qing Dynasty, but the advantage was the rich products. For example, peanuts, melon seeds, and corn, the mainstays of modern oil extraction, were not widely planted now, but as long as one looked carefully, they would definitely be found within the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
By the way, we can also look for potatoes and sweet potatoes. When the oil is squeezed out, we can also make fried chicken and French fries, which will be another considerable income.
Yinzuo was immersed in his beautiful fantasy for a long time before he suddenly realized a very serious problem. He was now a bald prince. Apart from the people in his courtyard, the others were completely useless. He was still trying to squeeze oil, fry chicken and French fries, and achieve financial freedom. Without anyone to help him, it was completely wishful thinking for him to rely on himself...
Yinzuo's high spirits just now disappeared completely in an instant. He felt that his great dream was about to die in the womb.
As the saying goes, don't panic when encountering problems, take action first... Go to your father's place first, maybe the problem can be solved. If the great Emperor Kangxi knew that his miserable son has now treated him as the emissary of the wishing well, I wonder if he would regret it so much that he would want to take back the Enze Garden that he had just given to Yinzuo two days ago.
But the problem is that Kangxi didn't know, so when he saw Yinzuo coming, his attitude was quite gentle, and he looked like a completely kind father.
"You just got a new garden, why don't you go over there to take a look? Instead, you come here so often. Are you attracted to something of mine again?"
Kangxi was really afraid of Yinzuo's bandit-like behavior. Not only was he domineering and unreasonable, but he was also very shameless. If you didn't agree to his request, he wouldn't get impatient and would just keep nagging you. If you got angry, he would act like a spoiled child and act like a spoiled child. If you learned to be as shameless as him, he would be even more shameless than you.
"Hehe, Khan Ama really understands me. My son has been a little short of money recently, so I thought about starting a business to make some money. After all, it's not a good thing to always rely on you for a living. But don't worry, Khan Ama, I won't take anything for free today. As long as this matter is done, I will give you a 30% bonus every year."
Kangxi had been Yinzuo's father for so many years, and this was the first time he saw some money coming in from him, so he immediately became interested. However, when he saw Yinzuo pretending to be well-behaved, he couldn't help but want to tease him.
"As for business, have you forgotten the rule that bannermen are not allowed to engage in business? And as a prince, haven't you heard the saying that you shouldn't compete with the people for profit?"
Hey, why do you take such nice rules seriously? Let’s not talk about others, just talk about your son Laojiu who was the best businessman in history. Why didn’t you tell him not to compete with the people for profit at that time? Now you use this to stop me. Is it interesting?
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