Liu Mingqi was not born in the difficult 1950s and 1960s, nor in the vigorous 1970s and 1980s.

He was born in the 90s and 00s, known as the "Destroyed Generation".

So his thinking is different from the previous generations.

He does not believe in the power of faith, he believes that money can do everything.

In this strange ancient world, although the structure of society has changed, many essences have not changed.

The saying "Money can make the devil push the mill" can still be used here, and it is easy to use.

Liu Mingqi's identity determines that he cannot kill a giant like the Lin family from the official perspective.

The children of the royal family were not allowed to do things in the court and the army, which greatly restricted Liu Mingqi's hands and feet.

Fortunately, Taizu did not raise his descendants as pigs like Zhu Chongba, and in turn allowed and encouraged them to actively engage in business.

Business means making money.

If you can make money and make money that ordinary people can't imagine, then many things will be easy to do.

As long as the current business of Prince Yu’s Mansion maintains normal development momentum, Liu Mingqi can accumulate strength in less than three to five years.

Then he can implement the next plan.

Before the strength has been achieved, it is useless to think too much, so Liu Mingqi has been working hard to recover these days. After all, the body is the capital of everything.

The thing he does the most every day is to walk slowly, and not let the wound break open because it is too fast.

On that day, he was walking in the courtyard corridor, and a servant came forward to report: "Your Highness, there is a man who calls himself Luo Lie, the prince of Sulu, who wants to see you."

"Sulu Kingdom?"

Liu Mingqi recalled, this should be a country not far from Cebu Country, right?

What did he come to him for?

While thinking, Liu Mingqi waved her hand and said, "Let him come in."

"yes!"

...

A moment later, a short, black man, led by his servant, arrived in front of Liu Mingqi.

The first action he had when he met was to bow to the end, and at the same time handed over the box in his hand: "Lu Lie, the fifth prince of Sulu, has seen His Highness Mingqi, the prince of Prince Da Kangyu! He heard that His Highness was assassinated, and the ministers of the foreign country came to visit him. This is a little bit of intention, please accept it."

Hey, this kid is very polite!

Liu Mingqi smiled and asked him to get up, "Fifth Prince, I have received your kindness, but let's forget the gift. It's not easy for you to live in the capital."

Dakang has the inherent vanity and politeness of the Central Plains dynasty.

Any princes and nobles of the tribes of the surrounding vassal states who came to Dakang to study and travel, the imperial court would arrange food and accommodation for them in the Imperial Palace. Generally, there was a yard, and then yards of different sizes were allocated according to the number of people.

Then the court will give them living expenses every month, including cooling fees in summer and charcoal fees in winter. Overall, they don’t have to spend money on food and accommodation at all, at least they are the standards of wealthy people.

But if they want to do something, want to be more luxurious, want to buy things, want to do business, etc., then they don’t have any discounts, they all rely on their foundation and ability to make money.

There have been many cases where princes of small foreign countries went bankrupt because of their business.

There was no friendship and was a poor man, so Liu Mingqi was naturally not willing to accept gifts.

Luo Lie smiled even more when he saw this: "Your Highness, this is not a valuable thing, but a little local specialty of our Sulu Kingdom."

Local specialties?

Then I'm interested.

Liu Mingqi took it over and opened it. She saw long and dried tofu skin.

The boy didn't react for a while.

What's wrong?

People give away feathers thousands of miles away, but are you giving away leaves thousands of miles away?

Seeing Liu Mingqi's doubts, Luo Lie smiled and said with a pity: "Your Highness, you don't know that this is a leaf unique to our country. If you dry it, burn it in a cup and smell the blue smoke coming out, you will feel very energetic and relieve fatigue.

We natives don’t do much work all day long and live a boring life, so it’s a rare pleasure for us to gather together and sit around to smoke this smoke.”

Liu Mingqi: "!?"

What did I hear!?

The boy quickly raised a leaf, smelled the smell again, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "Since that's the case, I'll keep it first and try it back. Thank you for your feelings!"

Seeing Liu Mingqi seemingly interested, Luo Lie's heart was filled with joy.

It's really worth spending so much money to bribe that brat's guard and get some clues out.

This Prince Yu is indeed full of interest in novel things. Even if it is very vulgar in our country and can only pass on the tobacco leaves that you smell when you are bored, it can attract his attention.

"By the way, what is its name?" Liu Mingqi handed the box to the servant behind her and asked casually.

"We call it tobacco leaves, which are leaves that can burn smoke." Luo Lie replied. He was so cautious that he did not see one of Liu Mingqi's hands trembling slightly.

"It's interesting."

Liu Mingqi patted his shoulder, "Fifth Prince, how do you know that I like these strange things?"

Luo Lie, who was patted by Liu Mingqi on the shoulder, felt that his whole body was full of strength. "Go back to Your Highness, the minister used some means to get the news from the subordinates of the Prince of Cebu."

"Um?"

The boy was stunned. This was what he guessed, but he didn't expect Luo Lie to say it directly.

Luo Lie was not angry when he saw Liu Mingqi, but instead looked at him again, and he felt sure.

It seems that I have been betting right!

This highness doesn’t care about Du Lifeng at all, he only cares about what Du Lifeng brings!

As long as I can bring novel things, it will definitely replace Du Lifeng's position in the heart of the little prince, and thus become one of his important partners!

Thoughts flashed, Luo Lie scratched his head and looked embarrassed: "Although the means of buying are not glorious, I think this matter cannot deceive the little prince, otherwise we will have no basis for trust if we cooperate in the future."

"You... are really interesting."

Liu Mingqi has said it twice today, and he is really interested in this fifth prince of Sulu, who looks dark.

Unlike Du Lifeng's stupidity, this prince is very smart and scheming. He doesn't look like a native, but like a merchant in Jiangnan.

"Our Sulu country is several times larger than that of Cebu country, and there are some business dealings between the Dongyang island countries." Luo Lie said: "Your Highness, you like these gadgets. The minister will immediately send someone to collect them, and they will be transported back one after another next summer."

"Let me guess..."

Liu Mingqi pondered, "You are so active and earnest, for the products from our Prince Yu's Mansion!"

"That's right!" Luo Lie nodded and said, "The soap, flower essential oil, toilet paper, sugar and big white rabbit milk candy invented by His Highness are all the same things as magical products. If you can sell it in a small country in the East, you will definitely sell it for a big sale."

"Does the small Eastern countries have that much money to buy?" Liu Mingqi smiled.

There are dozens of small Eastern countries, but each of them is not large in size, and most of them exist in the form of tribal alliances. Their king's power is far inferior to that of the emperors in the Central Plains.

Since the power is dispersed and the king's power is not supreme, it is normal for many tribes of all sizes to do their own affairs.

In addition, people in small Eastern countries are usually lazy, so basically people are very poor. This personality and situation will continue for thousands of years and will almost never change.

If it is just sold to those heads, patriarchs and nobles, a mere tiny number of people is not worth traveling all the way.

"In summary, there are still many people." Luo Lie was a little embarrassed, "Besides, we can sell it over to sell it, so we can also exchange it for spices, gold, silver, and grain? Isn't the Central Plains short of food? They don't have enough food there!"

"It's too difficult to operate here." Liu Mingqi shook her head directly, "The grain can be transported here, but the risk in the middle is also great. If you don't pay attention to a fleet, you will be destroyed by the wind."

After a pause, Liu Mingqi said again: "But the Fifth Prince, your fighting spirit is very good. I like young people like you who are determined to be strong... So you can get something first and sell it in the Gyeonggi area, don't be in the Imperial Palace! As long as you can achieve some results, then the next step you can bring a full ship of goods back to the East."

Luo Lie was overjoyed, and he thought that Liu Mingqi would not be able to say this.

The result is that you can have an assessment first and let yourself display your ability.

"Please rest assured, little prince, I will do my best to live up to your expectations!"

When he said this, Luo Lie's body was so bent that he almost hit the ground.

From this we can also imagine his happiness.

But no matter how happy Luo Lie is, he is not as good as Liu Mingqi.

When the servants sent Luo Lie out, Liu Mingqi took the small box he sent, quickened his pace, and ran back to his room.

As soon as the door was closed, Liu Mingqi first took out the tobacco leaves in the small box in a few strokes, and began to crush them with both hands as much as possible.

After being kneaded enough, Liu Mingqi took out another piece of hemp paper for writing, put the crushed tobacco leaves on the hemp paper, and slowly began to roll up.

A series of actions are troublesome to say, but in fact they are done in one go.

When Liu Mingqi clamped a long paper tube like a thin straw with her index finger and middle finger, she couldn't help but smile brightly on her face.

Probably right?

He lit the paper tube with a fire fold, and watched the green smoke rise from the port, Liu Mingqi took a deep breath at the other end.

The next moment, two white gases spurted out from the boy's nose.
To be continued...