The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 88 Refuse to cooperate with price reduction
Gu Yuzhi was squatting in the courtyard when he heard someone said that Mu Sheng was coming. He turned around and looked at Guard Qi eagerly.

Guard Qi glanced at Xiang with a cold face: "It's almost time. Your Highness, please get up."

He coughed lightly: "Since Shopkeeper Mu is here, Your Highness should go get busy."

Recently, the love-hate entanglement between Li Ji and Wen's Medical Clinic has been rumored by the people of Changzhou as a mess, but no matter how it is spread, it is true that Li Ji Medical Clinic has been closed down.

Magistrate Qi hasn't dug out the casino account room yet, and everyone in the palace is curious about the follow-up development of this matter. When they heard that Mu Sheng was coming, not to mention His Highness, Guard Qi himself was also very curious.

But he couldn't let His Highness know this.

Gu Yuzhi jumped up and hid behind the screen. Xie Changshi hadn't come yet, and Mu Sheng was waiting in the front yard.

Gu Yuzhi was not very clear about what happened outside the house, but Wen Xiuzhu had already noticed Mu Sheng's purpose of coming, and the fan in his hand flew up: "Your Highness, I feel that what shopkeeper Mu has brought is good news. "

Is it enough to open a few stores to call it a trading firm?

of course not!

After controlling the supply of goods, finding partners is the beginning of a business.

Wen Xiuzhu originally thought that only two stores would be opened in Changzhou this year. It would be good to be able to maintain the daily expenses of the palace.

Who would have thought that Li Ji Trading Company was willing to commit suicide, and such a huge business opportunity was immediately thrown away!
Wen Xiuzhu grinned almost to the back of his head, but he still forced himself to shut up.

Mu Sheng hasn't spoken yet. If he doesn't predict correctly, it will be embarrassing to say it.

Shopkeeper Wen was strange. Gu Yuzhi was about to ask when he saw Xie Changshi and Mu Sheng walking in together. He pursed his lips tightly to prevent anyone outside from noticing him.

As soon as Xie Changshi sat down, Mu Sheng couldn't help but take out all these invitations, with a smile that couldn't be suppressed on his lips: "Steward Xie, these invitations were handed over by the shopkeepers of other state medical clinics. Want to cooperate with us.”

Cooperation?

Gu Yuzhi's big eyes rolled around, and he suddenly understood why shopkeeper Wen was so strange before.

He muttered silently: "I don't know if there are many medical clinics that come to me."

It is best to have a lot of them, so that a lot of money can go into the warehouse!

Mu Sheng handed over all the invitations: "Thanks to the steward, I have done a preliminary screening and excluded all the medical clinics that had a very good relationship with Li Ji Medical Clinic. Although these pharmacies are relatively small, they are basically indifferent. Northern generations opened medical clinics. If it weren’t for Li Ji Medical Clinic, these pharmacies wouldn’t be in such a difficult situation.”

Mobei was originally poorer than other places. There were very few local medicinal material growers. At first, a few pharmacies cooperated to transport medicinal materials from the south. After Li Ji Trading Company arrived, they quickly recruited these small medicine shops.

The purchase price is getting higher year by year, and many pharmacies have closed down.

Speaking of these things, Mu Sheng was also full of regret: "It's not like there are no drug stores that want to break through the blockade of Liji Trading Company, but these businesses must close down either because of family troubles, or because there are problems with the medicinal materials and they are closed down by the Yamen."

Gu Yuzhi blinked. The medicinal material was found to have problems and was seized by the government. Isn't it Huang Fu's method to deal with them this time?

But now, it is Li Ji Medical Center that has been sealed!

He shook his feet: "Teacher Shu, is this what you often say, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and heaven will reincarnate. If you don't believe it, look up and see who has been spared by heaven?" Shu Xiaohan was so cute with Gu Yuzhi's cute little appearance He died, stepped forward and rubbed his face Xuxu: "What the young prince said is absolutely right!"

She knew that in feudal society, it was impossible for the ruling class like the young prince to have empathy for the common people, and they would even only consider themselves when doing things, in vain for the lives of the common people.

She didn't want the young prince to become such a person in the future, and could only influence him bit by bit through his words and deeds.

"Does the young prince know why the shopkeepers of these medicine shops came to Changzhou to seek cooperation with us after hearing that Changzhou Liji Medical Center was sealed?"

Gu Yuzhi had never seen such a serious Teacher Shu before, and shook his head blankly: "I don't know."

"Because they see hope. Not only the hope that the pharmacy can continue to open, but also the hope of survival and the inheritance of their ancestors."

Survival and other things were too heavy for Gu Yuzhi. The young prince could not quite understand it, but when he thought about his life in the palace, he felt that he could understand it again.

Are the shopkeepers of these small apothecaries feeling the same as the emperor himself when he ascended the throne, hoping that life will be better in the future?
Gu Yuzhi puffed up his face, feeling a little uncomfortable.

But soon Gu Yuzhi's attention was attracted by Mu Sheng: "The first choice of these pharmacies is not only because of sympathy, but also because they and Li Ji have more or less hatred."

Li Kee Medical Center failed to succeed this time. What about next time?

Mu Sheng liked the atmosphere of Wen's Medical Clinic very much, and he had no desire to change his employer again in the future.

He said so much in one breath, and when he looked up, he saw Butler Xie's brows furrowed. He screamed inwardly, was he afraid that Butler Xie would think he had overstepped his bounds?
Xie Changshi took a while before speaking: "Shopkeeper Mu has thought very well. In order to avoid future troubles, we cannot cooperate with the medical clinic that was close to Li Jishang before."

Mu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"What I'm thinking about now is how to negotiate the price of cooperation."

This was an area that Xie Changshi had never touched upon before. He could not jump to conclusions, so he immediately called the accounting clerk in the mansion.

There is no doubt that the medicinal materials are at cost price, but there are many other expenses. Xie Changshi has not calculated exactly how much their cost is in total.

Thinking about it this way, it's time for Wen's Trading Company to hire a special accountant to keep accounts separate from the government's account books.

The accountant soon appeared holding the account book, and the three of them were counting the data on the account book together. Time passed bit by bit, and soon it was night.

Gu Yuzhi felt a little bored inside, but it was hard to go out at this time, so he could only chat with Teacher Shu and the others with his eyes closed.

Shu Xiaohan clicked her tongue and shook her head when she thought of the three people outside checking the accounts, and looked at Gu Yuzhi with a little sympathy: "The young prince's business will be involved in more and more business in the future, and the account books will be bigger and bigger by then. It’s complicated, young prince, if you want to check the accounts, I’m afraid it will be in trouble.”

Since his enlightenment, Gu Yuzhi has actually followed Wen Xiuzhu to learn how to read account books bit by bit, but it is relatively simple. Gu Yuzhi can at least understand the expenses and income of the house, if nothing else.

But the business ledger...

Gu Yuzhi opened his eyes and poked his head outside. Seeing the three people still immersed in checking accounts, with their hands on their chins, he suddenly felt melancholy about the future: "Teacher Shu is right, I will definitely be very tired in the future!"

(End of this chapter)