Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Ling Chuan slept until noon, and after waking up he was still full of doubts.

Since the woman wants to have a child, she should just do what she should do. There is no need to be shy.

Judging from the scattered information Ling Chuan had obtained, the Lu Xi family was probably quite powerful, so it wouldn't matter if he married into the family.

But looking at her, it seems as if she is hiding herself here. She is in charge of the family, can't she even make the decision on marriage?

Ling Chuan walked towards the front door while thinking about random things.

The people living around San Tiao Lane are either rich or noble, and San Tiao Lane is the widest and most prosperous commercial street in this area.

In Lingchuan's words, this place is the core CBD in Beijing. There is a row of shops outside the front door, and it is prosperous and bustling.

The front door of the Lingchuan courtyard is also a shop that sells pastries. It is called Yunfu Ji and is run by a man in his seventies named Cao.

"Boss Cao, how is the business today?"

Cao Huanchun showed a strange smile. The title of boss was only popular in the Min Yue area. This Mr. Ling was not from Min Yue, but he insisted on calling him that. He was helpless.

"Normally, has Master Ling ever had breakfast?"

Ling Chuan glanced at the bustling crowd outside the door, and then looked at the deserted look in the shop, knowing that Lao Cao didn't want to talk about this, so he nodded: "I had a hangover yesterday, and I still have a headache now."

Cao Huanchun politely led Ling Chuan to sit aside and said, "Mr. Ling, why don't you have a cup of tea and some snacks first."

After drinking a cup of tea, Ling Chuan felt better: "Boss Cao, I have something to ask you."

"Mr. Ling, please speak."

Ling Chuan leaned over and whispered, "Is your young lady usually very fierce?"

Cao Huanchun frowned upon hearing this, thinking that this guy dared to criticize His Majesty, but he soon smiled and said, "Young lady is in charge of the family power and shoulders the responsibility of revitalizing the family. It is also somewhat beyond your control."

Ling Chuan nodded, thinking it made sense, but he still asked, "But such a heavy burden shouldn't be placed on her alone, isn't there anyone in the clan to share it with her?"

Cao Huanchun sighed, "It's not that there is no one in the family to share the burden, but there are too many people who want to share it. They all want to swallow up the inheritance of the young lady's family."

Ling Chuan combined the information he knew and analyzed it, and understood: "So, the young lady's family is extinct, and someone wants to seize her property?"

Cao Huanchun glanced at Lingchuan again, then nodded: "That's about what I mean."

Ling Chuan thought that this was indeed the scenario of a rich woman seeking a child. If he married into the family, he would definitely have both wealth and beauty. So he slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, I'm good at doing business. Let your daughter find me. I promise to help her run the family business prosperously."

Cao Huanchun immediately understood what Ling Chuan meant. He thought that this boy was quite ambitious and could not help but snorted, "Mr. Ling, you'd better not have this idea. There are so many eyes in the clan watching you. If the young lady brings a person from another family back, he will die suddenly within three days."

Ling Chuan was shocked and thought to himself, are all these wealthy families so cruel?

But he didn't give up. He took the snack he had just taken a bite of and said, "Boss Cao, come to think of it, these snacks in the shop are so bad, can they be sold?"

It wasn't that Ling Chuan was looking for trouble, but in Ling Chuan's opinion, the snack was really bland.

Cao Huanchun was stunned for a moment, thinking, do you think we are really doing business here?

But of course he couldn't say this to Ling Chuan, so he could only explain: "Master Ling, the recipe for this dessert came from the palace, and the nobles in the palace have praised it. Master Ling's taste is too good."

"From the palace?" Ling Chuan took another bite in disbelief: "That's it? The fragrance is good enough, but there is no taste. It's not sweet at all."

These words also stunned Cao Huanchun. He wondered if the person who made the snacks today was careless and made a mistake, so he picked up the snack and tasted it.

"That's right, it's this taste. Why doesn't Mr. Ling think it's sweet?"

Ling Chuan savored it carefully, and finally raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't you put sugar in this snack?"

"How can cakes be made without sugar? This dessert uses top-quality maltose."

"Mallet?" Ling Chuan was stunned for a moment: "Why not use white sugar?"

"Master Ling actually knows about white sugar?"

Cao Huanchun was dumbfounded. White sugar was a tribute from foreign countries. After the war three years ago, the foreign countries stopped paying tribute. Even now there is not much left in the palace. How did Lingchuan know about this?

"Master Ling, white sugar is a tribute from foreign countries. Ordinary people have never heard of it. How can it be used in making cakes?"

"Uh..." Ling Chuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "If I say that I can refine sugar, do you believe it?"

Cao Huanchun was dumbfounded again. How could he refine something that ordinary people had never heard of?

"Mr. Ling, are you joking?"

Ling Chuan wanted to explain a few more words, but Xiao Taohong came to his side quietly: "Mr. Ling, the young lady is here, please come over."

Lingchuan had taken advantage of her a lot yesterday, and Xiao Taohong couldn't help but blush when she saw Lingchuan.

Ling Chuan didn't notice it. What he was thinking was that the woman came here yesterday, so why did she come again today?

In the past, she only came here every now and then. Could it be that she tasted something good last night?

Ling Chuan walked towards the backyard with obscene thoughts.

Lu Xi was sitting in the pavilion drinking tea, still with a faint smile on her face, as if what happened yesterday had never happened. Ling Chuan was still thinking about how to tease her, but the first thing Lu Xi said was shorting grain prices.

"Huh? I mentioned this yesterday?" Ling Chuan was a little confused, but this word definitely came out of his own mouth.

Lu Xi nodded: "When we were drinking last night, you and I talked about the flood in Jiangzhou Prefecture, and then Master Ling mentioned that we could stabilize the grain prices in Jiangzhou Prefecture by shorting the grain prices.

"Oh... I remember now." Ling Chuan finally remembered: "Is this matter... also related to the Lu family's business in Jiangzhou Prefecture?"

Lu Xi was stunned for a moment, then made up an excuse and said, "To be honest with you, Master Ling, someone in our clan is working in Jiangzhou Prefecture. If we can't handle this flood properly, we may suffer a disaster."

Ling Chuan thought to himself that it was no wonder. In fact, he didn't trade stocks, so his understanding of the concept of short selling was relatively superficial. However, it should be enough to fool Lu Xi.

"In this case, we have to go all out."

Lu Xi nodded: "That's what I mean."

Ling Chuan fell into deep thought, and after organizing his thoughts, he said, "It's simple to say. Just let your people buy grain at a high price in the local area."

Lu Xi frowned when he heard this: "Buying grain at a high price? The grain prices in Jiangzhou Prefecture are already unaffordable for the local people. Isn't this just raising the grain prices in disguise?"

"Yes, what we want is to raise the price of food."