Travel through space and help the prince’s husband in construction

Hongdu began to arrange his own plan. He used his personal connections and resources to quietly recruit some reliable people.

Some of these people are retired soldiers, and some are martial arts masters, and they all have unique skills and experiences.

Hongdu trained them rigorously and ordered his trusted aides to lead them in studying various combat techniques and strategies.

At the same time, he also focused on cultivating their loyalty and teamwork spirit, allowing them to become a united and powerful defense team.

During the training process, Hongdu discovered several young people with outstanding talents and potential.

Hongdu ordered his confidants to personally guide them and pass on their experience to them. The young people were very grateful and they studied hard to continuously improve their abilities.

These people were the personal guards that Hongdu had trained for his sons. Although Jiayang was imprisoned, they still had to guard against the assassination of the princes and grandchildren by Jiayang's men.

Hongdu knew Jiayang's ambition very well. As long as Jiayang was alive, Hongdu would not dare to let down his guard.

As time goes by, the team grows stronger and stronger, and Hongdu believes that they will become an important force to protect their families and themselves.

Although he had given up his pursuit of power, he understood that as a member of the royal family, only by possessing sufficient strength could he ensure the safety of himself and his family.

Hongdu continued to strengthen the defense capabilities of his palace. In the process, Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan also secretly understood Hongdu's character and secretly praised him.

Although Hongdu was still as kind and generous as before, he had learned to protect himself after Jiayang seized power. In addition to being kind, he also became more defensive towards others.

When Hongdu sent people to the shop under the name of Prince Duanjing to buy talismans and drugs that could protect his family, Li Mohan asked the shop owner to meet Hongdu's requirements and promised Hongdu that he could provide these self-defense items for a long time.

Hongdu also plans to lead some of his men to expand his business in neighboring countries. Hongdu owns a fur and meat processing workshop.

In addition, Haribam has many specialties. There are many fragrant plants that are dried by the people and used as seasoning packets to remove the fishy smell when stewing meat. The meat jerky processing workshop under the name of Hongdu.

It is very simple to make meat jerky in other places. You just need to use salt to marinate, cut the meat into strips, put them outside to air dry, then bring them back to steam, and then air dry them.

The workshop under the name of Hongdu has learned from the experience of adding spices when making braised meat. On the basis of the original method of making meat jerky with only salt, it has developed a process of marinating raw meat strips with fried salt and spices and then drying them. The meat jerky produced is fresh, salty, delicious and fragrant. It not only retains the fragrance of meat, but also removes the fishy smell. There are flavors with different formulas of seasonings. It is deeply loved by customers.

In addition to beef jerky and horse jerky, there are also some small animals hunted on the grassland. After skinning, they are cleaned, pickled and dried to make cured meat.

Ordinary people cannot afford these things, but many big restaurants like to have them as ingredients for special dishes.

Moreover, there are a lot of wild animals and the production is very large. In addition to selling their fur, if the market for cured meat can be opened up, it will be a channel to increase the income of all people.

Hongdu had to find a market and then order these cured meats from people in various tribes.

When he was still the crown prince, he sent two caravans to Beichuan, but at that time, because he did not know Beichuan well, he did not dare to bring a large amount of goods that might not be marketable.

Therefore, the two times we brought mainly leather, and only a small amount of cured meat and dried meat, and no spices at all.

However, his men discovered through the sales process that the people of Beichuan really liked this kind of dried meat with various spices.

There were not many cured meat strips, so his men did not sell them, but gave them to the partners who bought the leather materials. The leader wanted to let these partners taste the spicy flavors made with different recipes and spices. Then ask everyone to give their opinions after their families tasted them.

When his caravan returned from Beichuan, the feedback he received was almost unanimous praise, with people liking all kinds of flavors.

Some of these partners have restaurants at home, and there is only one and a half months before the Chinese New Year, so they all ordered some cured meat and dried meat from the caravan leader, asking them to send them together with the leather materials next time if it is convenient.

Among these businesses are the restaurants owned by Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan. Their restaurants are doing well and they need all kinds of ingredients to make new dishes.

There have been other cured meat ingredients in the past, but none of them tasted as good as the ones sent by Prince Hongdu.

Therefore, the second time Hongdu's caravan received a large order from the restaurant under the name of Prince Duanjing's mansion. Although dried meat and preserved meat can be stored for a long time as long as they are properly preserved, he did not expect the order volume to be so large.

This unexpected harvest made Shishi Hongdu doubly happy. It was really an unexpected gain. But he was imprisoned afterwards. His caravan was also attacked and could not leave Haribam at all.

This time, Hongdu planned to lead the caravan to expand the market in Beichuan. During this period, Li Mohan sent people to secretly observe Hongdu's actions.

While Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan were helping Halibamu solve the domestic rebellion problem, they sent people to secretly observe the actions of the three princes Hongdu, Wenxuan and Galan.

Although the old king liked the third prince and wanted him to be the future crown prince, the couple believed that Crown Prince Hongdu had a broader mind and a more far-sighted vision. His endurance and perseverance were much stronger than his other brothers.

The two of them paid special attention to discovering talents during their travels. They have a huge industry and hope to help people in different countries live a prosperous life, so the most important thing here is talent.

The couple had a good impression of Hongdu. Now that he was no longer the crown prince and did not hold an important position, they wanted to make use of him.

Li Mohan had already sent people to secretly observe Hongdu's every move. If Hongdu is a gentleman who is consistent in appearance and heart, and a talent for doing business, then why not provide him with an opportunity to cooperate in trade with the Beichuan caravan.

Hongdu didn't know that he had caught the eyes of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Beichuan, nor did he know that his actions had been reported to the two nobles by the secret guards.

He was full of fighting spirit. This time, he began to actively prepare for the caravans to be sent to several surrounding countries. He planned to first cooperate with leather merchants in the surrounding countries in trade. He only brought a small amount of other goods to test the market demand. In the future trade of the caravans, he would continue to expand.

He specially selected some smart and capable subordinates, organized a caravan, and prepared to go to Beichuan again to develop the big market there.

Before setting off, he and several of his trusted subordinates studied Beichuan's market demand and trade rules in detail and formulated a thorough plan.

At the same time, Hongdu did not forget to strengthen his own strength. He continued to train and cultivate his guard team to improve their combat effectiveness.

In addition, he also collected intelligence through various channels to understand the dynamics of neighboring countries so as to respond to possible crises in a timely manner.

With Hongdu's efforts, his business territory gradually expanded and his wealth accumulated day by day. He not only created a more stable living environment for himself and his family, but also provided more sales channels for the tribes in Haribam.

The caravans under Hongdu had a smooth journey, and one of them reached Beichuan.

They displayed high-quality furs and meat products, which aroused great interest from merchants in the capital.

These high-quality furs are in short supply in the fur processing workshops in Beichuan. They are made into various garments and accessories, which are not only loved by local people but are also one of the most popular categories of export products.

These clothes and accessories made of high-grade fur can be sold at high prices in other places, and are especially popular among the rich in cold regions.

Although fur products are available in all continents, it is not easy to find fur that can be called good leather. Embroiderers with exquisite processing skills need years of experience. Therefore, the higher the quality of fur clothing and accessories, the harder it is to buy.

Beichuan has a large number of skilled embroiderers, but what it lacks is such top-quality furs. Hongdu's caravan successfully opened up the market in Beichuan, and his reputation spread in the business community.

Several major buyers contacted him, hoping to cooperate with him. Hongdu was ready to seize this opportunity to further expand his business influence.

However, the market is like a battlefield, and competitors are also coveting his achievements. Some other leather vendors began to use lower quality leather at a lower price to steal his business.

Some even passed inferior products off as good ones, disrupting the market order. Hongdu decided to take measures to protect its partners.

He sent out his capable men to investigate the source of competing products.

In front of all the buyers, they compared their good leather with other inferior leather, explaining that the other party's low price was because the quality was not good enough. So if the buyers wanted to use other low-priced goods to suppress his price, he would not accept it.

Hongdu exposed other people's conspiracy and defeated it with an open strategy.

Those merchants who make high-end furs finally chose to cooperate with Hongdu, including several large workshops under the banner of Prince Duanjing's Mansion.

It was precisely because Prince Duanjing's Mansion negotiated with him first and reached a cooperation intention that other major buyers took a different look at Hongdu and his new caravan.

Now, if we directly compare various leather materials, it is very clear in everyone's mind that Hongdu can provide high-quality leather, so the price will be higher.

The merchants who signed cooperation contracts with him were willing to pay a high price, but they wanted to ensure the quality of the leather, so they graded the leather according to several indicators, such as the size of the leather, the integrity of the leather, the thickness of the velvet, the brightness of the color, etc. Each type of leather was sold at a different price according to different grades.

The leathers that Hongdu brought this time were of the best quality and premium grade. The selling price was naturally very high, which made other leather material dealers very jealous. However, although their leathers were large in quantity, their quality could not be compared with those high-quality leathers of Hongdu.

After this on-site market survey, Hongdu decided to continue to focus on the high-end market. He sent a pigeon message back home, asking his workshop to pay attention to quality when receiving raw hides. During processing, the master craftsman personally supervised the production and led his apprentices to strengthen the control of product quality, ensuring that every fur product from his workshop met extremely high quality standards.

After the fur processing workshop under Prince Duanjing's Palace received the batch of leather materials from Hongdu, the high-end fur clothing it processed was very popular among the wealthy.

Therefore, the manager in charge of leather procurement immediately placed another order with Hongdu, and the quantity increased several times.

But the sudden surge in orders made Hongdu feel troubled. Rare and high-end leathers were not produced in such high quantities. Hunters also depend on luck when hunting.

Therefore, in order to supply several major customers at the same time, Hongdu quickly ordered his subordinates to expand the scope of raw leather purchases. At the same time, he also asked several major customers to postpone the delivery time by ten days.

But fur clothing is seasonal clothing, so everyone wants to receive the fur in advance, but they certainly don't want to.

When Hongdu talked about this with the stewards of Prince Duanjing's mansion, the stewards hoped that the Hongdu caravan could deliver the goods in advance. However, the fur clothing they made was not sold to the countries near Beichuan, but to overseas countries in other continents.