Chapter 90
Yinzuo happily told Kangxi that he would use the reddish colored glass cup to drink milk, the greenish one to drink grape juice, and the blueish one...
They have all been arranged, but none of them will be used to drink medicine. Such beautiful glass cups should be used to drink delicious things. Well, compared to bitter medicine, milk has now become a delicious thing.
Yinzuo and Kangxi said, "Your Majesty, please make more of this infectious life-saving medicine, and keep the price as low as possible, or even free of charge. Will Your Majesty have to pay for it again?"
Kangxi nodded: "This kind of epidemic is not a big deal if it can be solved with money."
Things that can be solved by spending money are not problems, but isn’t it still necessary to have money?
Yinzuo said to his father, "We don't make money from this medicine. But they are also researching other medicines. If they find other medicines, can we make some money, father?"
"There are also pills, powders, and ointments made by the imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital. They are all very effective. It would be a pity to just keep them in our hands. If they are willing to sell them, we can give them some money after selling them."
"If Your Majesty opens more pharmacies like this across the country, we should be able to make a lot of money." Yinzuo was counting on the abacus in his mind with great interest.
It is just like what the prince said, he is now obsessed with money.
However, this time the idea was not to do it for himself, but to get his emperor father to come. All those people in the Imperial Hospital belonged to the emperor's people, and those doctors who were tinkering with Western medicine also needed the emperor's support to achieve results, such as the cinchona tree found in Yunnan this time.
He is also busy tinkering with toy clocks with his eleventh brother and is too busy to handle everything, so he should just give this money-making idea to his royal father as a filial gift.
But unfortunately, after hearing what he said, his royal father not only did not praise his idea, but also poured cold water on it.
"Let me open a pharmacy?"
"The business of merchants is to compete with the people for profits."
A row of small question marks appeared in Yinzuo's eyes.
"I didn't compete with the people for profit."
"The medicine store that the emperor wants to open is different from other medicine stores. It will not squeeze out other people's business."
"And without forcing others to come in and buy things, the emperor can also set a suitable price for the medicine, so that everyone can buy good medicine without paying a high price, and more people can use the good medicine in the hands of the imperial physician."
Kangxi listened to Yinzuo's chatter, and he thought it made sense, but how could an emperor do business personally? So he rejected it as soon as he heard it.
As people in high positions and with high power, they can easily squeeze out others when doing business. Officials are not allowed to do business, let alone emperors.
Yinzuo said: "The Emperor has to lose money to make quinine cream, so the profit from the pharmacy can be used to subsidize it."
"Otherwise, the Emperor would have to be hounded by the people from the Ministry of Revenue every day, saying that he had no money." He had heard that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue all cried like they were poor.
"Without money, you can't do anything." Just like you can't build a big ship and sail to the West.
Kangxi felt pain on the forehead from being hit by Yinzuo.
And he also heard Yin Zuo ask him in confusion: "Cebutan Harcha and his people feel that their tribe is poor, so they are very interested in making money."
"The Emperor is not rich, so why aren't you active in making money?"
The thoughtful Yinzuo did not directly use the word "poor" in front of his royal father, but euphemistically said "not rich", although it was not very euphemistic.
Kangxi: “!”
When his son asked him in confusion why he was not working hard to make money if he was poor, Kangxi couldn't hold back his anger again. He felt angry and embarrassed.
This son is too capable. I originally asked him to come here today to praise and reward him, which is a happy occasion, but he was caught off guard and embarrassed.
Kangxi was very embarrassed, his face turned red and black, and then black and red. He threw a memorial to Yinzuo: "Aisin-Gioro Yinzuo, get up to my study and study."
Kangxi felt that Yinzuo still lacked the influence of books. Whether it was the royal family or educated people, they should be noble and elegant. This kid was running in the opposite direction, and could he speak more nicely? Could he not always embarrass his father?
The memorial fell at Yinzuo's feet, but Yinzuo was not hit by it. However, he saw that his father was angry, so he wondered, "My son did nothing wrong."
"Father, please think about this carefully."
Then he left with his reward, thinking that he would think about the glass cup when he had time. If he could make such a beautiful glass cup, he would surely be able to sell it for a very good price.
Kangxi was angry again when he saw Yinzuo's happy back.
But after he calmed down, he slowly thought about it and decided that the drug store business was not a bad idea. He was not thinking about making money, but felt that medicine, if planned well, could win the hearts of the people.
Just like the quinine cream used to treat the epidemic this time, if it didn't cost money, it would definitely win the hearts of the people. Other medicines should make less money and promote the Royal Huimin Pharmacy...
In fact, the promotion of sweet potatoes and corn has helped win a lot of people’s hearts in recent years, but one can never have too much public heart.
After all, the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty are a foreign race, so they need to work harder to win the hearts of the people.
Yinzuo returned with many rewards including a glass cup. He did not take Kangxi's anger to heart, but he still complained to his mother when he went to see her.
"Mother, what do you think the Emperor meant? Does he think I haven't read enough?"
But Concubine De said, "Just read it as you like, the most important thing is not to tire yourself out." Just read it slowly, there's no rush to take the imperial examination anyway. Concubine De was very open-minded.
The Fourth Prince, who also came to pay his respects to Concubine De, listened silently.
The fourth prince had always heard the imperial concubine say that he should study hard and have a promising future, so that the emperor would like him. He was not used to the doting behavior of the imperial concubine.
However, Yinzuo's situation is very different from that of others.
It was just that De Fei also seemed to be a bit spoiled to Fourteen, who was too naughty and a bit annoying. Last time, he saw Fourteen chasing a dog around the palace and trying to catch its tail.
When the fourteenth brother went out, the palace servants avoided him, and even the little Pekingese dog avoided him.
He wanted to manage it, but it was difficult to do so.
Last time, he brought Fourteen, who was grabbing the dog's tail, back to Concubine De. Concubine De's reprimand was not severe at all, and Fourteen was not afraid at all.
This time, Fourteenth Prince was making faces at Fourth Prince to provoke him, but Fourth Prince ignored him.
But Yinzuo saw it, stretched out his hand to cover Fourteenth's face, and then put his hands on his little face and kneaded it like a toy: "Sixth brother, look at your face. Have you grown more flesh?"
Fourteen's face was kneaded, and he said incoherently: "More meat, good."
But he is growing into a little fat boy, even fatter than Xiao Shi was back then.
Defei was tired of raising Yinzuo, so she always wanted the fourteenth little boy to be fatter. The fatter the better.
Yinzuo was a little worried when he saw that the little fourteenth child was so fat that he was overweight, but it was only for a moment, and he was soon relieved. When this little fat boy entered the upper study, he would soon lose all his fat.
Yinzuo was playing with the little fat boy while talking to the fourth prince: "How is the house outside the palace going? What style did you choose?"
Although the amount of money given by the Emperor is fixed and the Ministry of Works also has general regulations, which prevent people from expressing themselves as they please, it is still possible to choose the style of their preference within the framework.
For example, the Jiangnan area is beautiful with many trees, and the other is open and majestic.
The Fourth Prince said, "I went to see my eldest brother's place, and I thought it would be fine if it was similar to his." The Fourth Prince did not have much interest in the design of the future house, as long as it was habitable.
However, the Fourth Prince also looked forward to having his own house and residence.
Concubine De also talked a lot with the Fourth Prince about building a house and setting up a mansion outside the palace.
Over the past few years, although Defei and the Fourth Prince did not become as close as mother and son, they seemed to be doing okay overall.
Defei thought that Yinzuo's health was not good, and when he grew up and lived outside the palace, it would be difficult for her to take care of him. It would not hurt to have more brothers to take care of him.
As for the Fourth Prince, his facial expressions would never be wrong, and as for his cold face, everyone knew that was just his personality.
Yinzuo also felt that the relationship between Concubine De and the Fourth Prince was not close enough, but he had no magic solution for this matter. He could only hope that things would get better with time.
Yinzuo and the Fourth Prince came out of Defei's palace together. Yinzuo had something to say to the Fourth Prince.
"Fourth brother, I want to go to the Ministry of Works." The fourth prince is now learning how to do things in the Ministry of Works. To Yinzuo, isn't this just a good opportunity to supervise the construction of his mansion? How convenient is that? But the fourth brother himself doesn't care much about the construction of his mansion.
Seeing his fourth brother looking over, before his fourth brother could disagree, Yinzuo said, "Fourth brother, I have something important to do, not to mess around."
There were many skilled craftsmen in the Imperial Household Department, which served the royal family, and there were also many talented people in the Ministry of Works. He planned to take a look around.
The Fourth Prince was old-fashioned, and Yinzuo had no official position at the moment, so it was against the rules for Yinzuo to go to the Ministry of Works. But he thought about it and realized it was not a big deal, so he finally said, "Okay, I'll take you there."
Yinzuo was busy all the time. As time passed, his and Eleven's "great cause" also produced results. First, they made a telescope that could see farther, which they presented to their royal father as a gift, and received a reward from him.
Concubine Yi was so happy that she never thought that her eleventh son would be praised by the emperor for his contribution. To be honest, Concubine Yi was also jealous of Yinzuo before. Who made the emperor favor Yinzuo so much?
Now she is not so jealous anymore and lets Little Eleven have fun with Yinzuo.
The eleventh prince was also happier than ever before, and said to Concubine Yi: "Sixth brother and I are not just playing around."
Not to mention that they are doing serious work, his sixth brother is actually also studying, but he is not working as hard as others. For example, others can memorize the book by heart, but his sixth brother cannot recite it word for word, but he can still give a general idea.
And his sixth brother is quite good at arithmetic and geometry.
His sixth brother said that even if you want to make toys well, you have to learn more knowledge.
They have now made some pretty good toys and large clocks. The toys are as high-end as those produced by the Imperial Household Department, and the large clocks are as good as those tributed from the West.
Yinzuo had just finished making the things when the crown prince sent someone to pass on the message that the Southeast Asian merchants had returned. Wasn't this just in time?
The person that the Crown Prince and Yinzuo met together.
The Nanyang merchants felt it was a great honor to be able to meet the Crown Prince and the Emperor, and they couldn't wait to tell everyone about their overseas experiences. They also tried their best to find all the new overseas toys and seeds that Yinzuo asked them to bring back.
Yinzuo was very happy.
After being happy, Yinzuo took out his "samples" to show people and asked if they would sell well when shipped outside.
The Nanyang merchant's eyes immediately lit up. The things that Yinzuo took out would actually be high-end goods no matter where they were, and Yinzuo now felt at ease.
After meeting with the Nanyang merchants, they immediately started to produce in large quantities. Of course, this required the manpower and workshops that the prince had promised before.
Yinzuo patted his chest and assured the prince again: "I will give the prince a share of the money after I sell it!"
The prince now felt that Yinzuo was able to earn some money, but he did not feel comfortable asking for the little pocket money earned by his younger brother.
Yinzuo could see that the prince didn't care, he shook his head, he really didn't understand why his royal father and the prince brother didn't have much money, but they were not proactive in making money.
Alas, in the end I still have to rely on him!
He earns money for his royal father and his brother the crown prince!
(End of this chapter)
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