I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

35 – Let’s work together

The meal was simple.

Samjin’s staple food is millet rice with grilled bird meat, a few side dishes made with seasonal vegetables, and even soup with some ingredients.

In terms of meat side dishes, it is incomparable to ordinary people’s meals. It was too shabby to be a meal for Sinreunggun, the great empress, who boasted a larger number of guests than Pyeongwongun or Geonshingun.

Then, he said that this was the only thing he would give me, and he did something to subtly ignore it. It was because the same meal was prepared in front of Shinneunggun.

“Then I will.”

As if he always had such a modest table, Shin Leung-gun naturally raised his chopsticks and started eating.

A beautiful noblewoman holding up such a simple prize while wearing a white silk dress….

To compare it to her past life, she came because one of the world’s most beautiful celebrities served her meals, but she went to a soup restaurant.

She said yes and she wasn’t disappointed at all. Quite the opposite. I was hoping for this situation.

‘Xinling’s funds have dried up.’

Xin Leung-kun is having such a simple diet now, not to mock me or to show off her frugality.

Purely due to lack of funds. The number of diners she served, she says, reached 3,000. There were more diners in Geonsin-gun and Pyeongwon-gun combined.

How much money would be needed to feed such a huge number of people?

‘Shinreung-gun doesn’t have the green pay from government posts, nor the revenue from family villages.’

Until now, Jo Nara has paid for all the expenses.

It was for the benefactor who saved the country from the brink of destruction, but wouldn’t that be a waste of money?

However, there was something overlooked in Jo Nara.

‘Who would have known that Lord Xinling would sit in the country of Zhao for years?’

He was living there like an asylum, and even less did he know that thousands of diners would gather there.

Even as Shinneung-gun, it was a little shameful to ask for more money, but there were too many places to spend money for Jo Nara to say that he would increase the budget.

There, Pyeongwon-gun comes up with a trick.

The plan is to give four villages as family towns in Shinneung-gun so that they can cover the budget on their own.

Brother-in-law, in this case, it was the benevolence of Pyeongwon-gun for his sister-in-law, Sinreung-gun, and a policy for efficient use of the Cho nation’s budget.

Sinleung-gun also took this for granted. He will, as he has said many times, is not Shinleung-gun the benefactor who saved Jo Nara, who had gone to the brink of destruction.

She went so far as to kill her country’s general who refused to give her reinforcements for Jo Nara and seize her military power. She gave her life to the outstanding diners he cherished.

She deserved the price she deserved for saving her country at the cost of the movie she enjoyed and the people she cared about.

Everyone thought so.

However, as a result, this measure was not carried out.

It was the result of advice given by a diner to Shinneung-gun.

Said the diner.

Even though you are a hero of the country of Zhao, have you forgotten that you are a traitor who killed the general of the country of Wei and wielded military power without permission? The fact that you saved the state of Zhao and did not receive any payment is a sign of being righteous, but if you receive a family name and become a feudal lord of the state of Zhao, the whole world will regard you not as a righteous person, but as a traitor who abandoned his country for the sake of the small power of the Zhao state.

In other words, ‘Because you did not receive a price, the world recognizes your innocence and regards you as a princess of Wei and a benefactor of the country of Zhao. Is the sound

It is a sharp remark that properly understands human nature.

Since the grace of saving the country is so great, they will be treated as state guests for a few years. However, it was unknown whether it would be able to maintain its independent position as it is now even after giving it a family name and making it a feudal lord.

Since Sinneung-gun immediately recognized the danger and rejected Pyeongwon-gun’s proposal, it was said that the matter of distributing the family name disappeared.

Turn around and go back to your place.

Of course, nothing has been resolved. In a situation where the state was maintained, Sinneung-gun still had to suffer from a lack of budget.

So, Shin Leung-gun organized his meals in a simple way. I, the owner, eat like this, so don’t you diners complaining about side dishes? And to give the diners a kind of player.

“Why is that? Didn’t the meal suit your taste?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I was thinking for a while…I’ll eat well.”

Then, when I put the food in my mouth, I was amazed and amazed at the taste.

Ingredients are cheap, but the taste is not far behind those eaten in the palaces of Yan or Pingwongun’s mansion.

“Isn’t it delicious?”

I guess I was too openly surprised. Seeing Shin Leung-gun ask such a direct question.

I smiled shyly and affirmed.

“Yes, it’s delicious. Sooksu’s skill is amazing.”

“Among my many diners, this is my favorite skill.”

Since there were thousands of diners gathered, it seems that there was also a cook among them.

But to hear that the diners cook and eat the rice themselves, that’s funny in its own way.

I giggled a little and moved the chopsticks again. Other foods were the same. Contrary to the usual ingredients and appearance, it was an eye-opening delicacy.

“Isn’t it amazing?”

“Yes? What are you talking about?”

“Cooking. It’s nothing special, but it tastes like this.”

Sinreung-gun gathered the ingredients in the soup with chopsticks.

She didn’t bring it to her mouth right away, but held it still and watched.

“Even if the ingredients are the same, the taste can change dramatically depending on what ingredients are mixed and how they are cooked.”

With that said, she turned her eyes to me.

“This world is the same. Depending on how you use people, that person also changes.”

Shin Leung-gun’s gaze was like a blade.

I didn’t strain my eyes or frown, but just by looking at it, it felt like a knife was pointed in front of my eyes.

“What kind of person can Young master be to me?”

The situation I was facing with my senses was full of tension, but my thoughts calmed down rather calmly.

I feel a sense of déjà vu. Isn’t this a familiar picture? The current situation was very similar to when I had an interview in my previous life and asked for a one-minute self-introduction.

At that time, the interviewees, including me, explained themselves by comparing themselves to certain objects.

Just like Shinneung-gun did before.

“Did you say cooking resembles the world?”

I also get on board with that flow.

“Each of those dishes still can’t make it all. One dish is not enough. Wouldn’t it be a true meal when all those dishes come together to form a table?”

I said, tapping the bowls of soup and side dishes with my chopsticks.

“No matter what award you win, there is something you can’t miss.”

“It’s Bob.”

“Yes. If you compare Sinleung-gun to this meal, it is rice. It is the centerpiece, and sometimes it is a meal by itself. However, it is true that it is somewhat boring if it is not accompanied by proper dishes.”

Shin Leung was immersed in my story with a smile on his face.

He noticed that although he was starting out, he was looking forward to seeing how much more crappy this guy would make.

“You asked what kind of person I am?”

“I did.”

“Then I’ll be this meat dish. It can’t be rice alone, but it’s the best among side dishes, and it goes well with rice.”

“Poop.”

Shin Leung-kun was startled by the laughter that erupted involuntarily and covered his mouth with his hand. But in the end, he couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.

“Ahahahahaha! It’s fun. It’s really fun. I was wondering why someone who’s not fun and hard like you cares so much…”

His belly button fell out and he laughed, and in an instant he completely fixed his face and asked Shin Leung.

“Then I ask, how are you going to serve me a meat dish?”

Since ancient times, meat is the most precious thing in table setting.

Several interpretations were possible for volunteering to serve such a meat dish. I will be the most valuable person around you, I will be the closest person, etc., But my meaning was essentially the most expensive.

And Shin Leung-kun’s question came after he correctly understood what I said about being your source of funds.

“Would you like to do business with me?”

“It’s a business… You mean to start a business, right?”

“That’s right. I want to establish a guild.”

At my words, Shin Leung-gun showed a rather cynical reaction, unlike his appearance so far.

“Having a top group? That’s a good word. However, commerce is like war from old times. Those who succeed by reaping profits account for 10%, and 30% just make a living intermittently, so the other 60% cannot escape disgrace. Are you confident?”

“Yes.”

“Don’t be shy. What are you planning to sell? Could you tell me why you’re so self-confident?”

If you already cut the bottom fabric, you can use it.

I sensed that the initiative had passed to me and turned around.

“You can sell anything. If you put your mind to it, you can sell the water that flows in the mountains and streams, even the air we breathe. What to sell is a secondary issue.”

“Selling water and air? hahahaha, there are no cheaters. Pores will like it.”

In the truly distant future, that too is a commodity, lady.

Bongi Kim Seon-dal cheated and sold water from the Daedong River, but in the 21st century, bottled water at a really high price is openly on the shelf.

“Okay. To a merchant, a commodity is like his or her life, so I can understand why you want to hide it. However, then there would be no reason for me to be with Young master, right?”

“Even though I’m young, I seem to know one more thing about business than Lord Xinling. It’s an honor to be able to tell you this.”

Do you feel like talking to people when you talk to them? The tongue moves very automatically.

I am amazed at myself for not being able to imagine myself in my previous life.

“Your words are liquid. I don’t have to worry about not being a solicitor. So, what kind of business does Young master know?”

“The key to business is not what to sell, but how to sell it.”

“How to sell?”

In the future, it will be called marketing.

Here is the answer to why different prices and different sales volumes are recorded even with the same product.

Anyway, even if you make a really good product, making money from it is a short time. It’s not like I can create a cutting-edge industry, and it’s not protected by copyright law, so copies will soon be on the market.

Later, if I really become a business magnate or have national power on my back, it might be possible to keep it a top secret like the silk industry, but for now, it’s just a dream.

‘So what is needed is how to differentiate my product from others.’

I saw that difference in Shinneung-gun.

“My answer is you, Shin Leung-kun.”