Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Lin Xiaoyue did not hesitate to hide the secret and carefully explained to them the function of the shock absorber.

When they encountered some parts that they couldn't understand, Lin Xiaoyue even started the furnace in the blacksmith shop in Xianyun Villa and personally forged them for these old guys to see.

I don’t know what stimulated these old guys.

Farming with the Seventh Uncle didn't yield much, but it made these retired old soldiers feel bored, especially in the winter when there was a freezing cold wind blowing everywhere, causing severe pain in their hand and foot joints.

So, he followed Lin Xiaoyue to learn blacksmithing in the steaming blacksmith room.

As a result, the blacksmith's room was filled with the sound of clanging iron all day long, which made people passing by outside feel a headache.

After spending this period of time together, Lin Xiaoyue also realized that the Seventh Uncle was indeed a good person. Otherwise, he would not be able to pay out of his own pocket to support these veterans who retired due to injuries and were alone and helpless.

Of course, what she saw, the more than 200 people living in Xianyun Villa were just the tip of the iceberg. Many more were scattered in other imperial villas or shops under the name of the Seventh Prince.

However, Lin Xiaoyue heard that these imperial farms and shops were not making much money, and the Seventh Imperial Uncle invested a lot of money in them every year.

No wonder he is so poor.

Lin Xiaoyue thought about it and decided to do one good deed every day, so she taught them how to distill liquor.

Anyway, the secret recipe of this distilled liquor has been told to many people, so it’s not really a secret. However, no one in this area of ​​the imperial city probably knows about it.

As for how long it can operate exclusively in the future? God knows, at least the Seventh Uncle can make some money from the powerful families in the imperial city first.

This made the Seventh Prince's uncle so happy that he was grinning all day long. He happily carried two large jars of freshly brewed distilled liquor, sat in a modified carriage and went to the palace to ask the Emperor for benefits.

Of course, the benefits that were asked for were divided equally between the Seventh Uncle and Lin Xiaoyue, which was fair.

This wave of operations left Xiaocao Chunxing and Ergouzi dumbfounded. After all, you are a member of the royal family. Is it appropriate for you to cheat your nephew like this?

The Seventh Uncle waved his hand, indicating that brothers should settle accounts clearly. Father and mother are not as close as money, not to mention uncle and nephew.

By the way, after drinking the wine, the emperor praised it highly and even sent someone to Xianyun Villa to buy wine.

With the emperor taking the lead, the fame of distilled liquor soon spread to the concubines in the harem, and even the royal relatives, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, who also rushed to Xianyun Villa to buy distilled liquor.

Upon seeing this, the Seventh Prince's eyes rolled around and he raised the price of the distilled liquor that he was going to sell to a level that shocked Lin Xiaoyue and the others.

A jar of wine was sold for two hundred taels of silver.

It is many times more expensive than what they sold in Wanbao Town.

This is simply a blatant money grab.

Xiao Cao and Er Gouzi were both honest and simple. They looked at each other, swallowed hard, and asked cautiously, "Seventh Uncle, is this price a bit high?"

The Seventh Uncle glanced at them and replied in a particularly arrogant tone, "What's so high about it? Two hundred taels of silver, I still feel I'm losing out. Next time, change the jar to a pot, two hundred taels a pot."

Xiao Cao and Er Gouzi were shocked by this man's shamelessness. This was more than just robbery, right? Two hundred taels for a pot, only a fool would sell it.

But the facts told them that there are all kinds of strange things in this world, and there is nothing that others cannot do, only they cannot think of it.

The Seventh Prince kept his word. After he put up a sign outside Xianyun Villa saying "sales suspended", the dignitaries in the imperial city could no longer sit still.

It would be fine if they hadn't tasted it, but after they tasted such a top-notch, mellow and delicious wine, they were told that the sale was suspended? ?

Who can stand this!!!

Many royal relatives and dignitaries came to Xianyun Villa, but the Seventh Uncle refused to see them all and only said that the outcome would be clear in a tavern in the city in three days.

Yes, during this period, the Seventh Uncle converted his own shop into a wine shop and started selling distilled liquor three days later.

As a gift to customers at the opening ceremony, a pot was clearly marked at two hundred taels. Even so, the rich and powerful still scrambled to get it.

The business in the tavern is so booming that it is no exaggeration to say that the demand exceeds the supply.

Today, the Seventh Uncle has transformed himself from being the poorest uncle known far and wide to a cash cow that makes a fortune every day.

But the emperor was so jealous that he didn't even care about his face. After the court session that day, he changed into casual clothes in the wind and rain, took the eunuch chief, and went straight to Xianyun Villa to ask the seventh uncle to participate in the investment.

Even though he was the emperor and extremely wealthy, the money was managed by the Ministry of Revenue, and he didn't have much in his own private treasury.

The Seventh Uncle couldn't stand the Emperor's nagging, so he pulled his partner Lin Xiaoyue out to take the blame.

So, when the emperor and the seventh uncle walked to the blacksmith's room after bargaining, they saw Lin Xiaoyue, who was having so much fun that she didn't know what to do, at the door of the blacksmith's room, playing with Xiaocao, Chunxing, Ergouzi and several old soldiers making snowmen and having snowball fights.

Her teeth were showing when she smiled. She didn't look like a lady from a noble family at all. Instead, she acted like Princess Anle. She was really... down-to-earth.

When the emperor thought of the title of Princess Anle that he had bestowed on Lin Sanya, he felt cold sweat inexplicably seeping out of his head.

Fortunately, it was only a county lady, not a princess. If she really was a princess, she would have laughed so hard that she would have rolled on the ground, and the royal family's reputation would have been rubbed on the ground.

The emperor shook his head to get rid of the mess in his mind, cleared his throat, and drew everyone's attention to him.

The crowd who were just having fun were surprised to find that the emperor actually came to Xianyun Villa in person, and they all knelt down and kowtowed.

The emperor just nodded to everyone, then waved to Lin Xiaoyue on the ground and asked someone to come closer to talk.

The Seventh Prince took the opportunity to wave to everyone and asked them to disperse.

Otherwise, if people saw a royal family bargaining with a little girl, the royal dignity would be completely destroyed.

To be fair, this emperor was pretty good. If it was another emperor, he would have taken away the recipe with a decree or verbal order. The common people could only grit their teeth and bear the pain, offering the recipe to obey the emperor's order.

Therefore, when the emperor talked to Lin Xiaoyue about investing, she agreed very readily.

Finally, after the three of them discussed it, the original 50-50 split between her and the Seventh Uncle was changed to 40% for the Emperor and 30% each for her and the Seventh Uncle.

In this case, the emperor will have no objection.

Of course the emperor was satisfied. He got 40% for free without paying anything. All that money went into his private treasury.

However, after the emperor left, the Seventh Uncle could no longer hold back. He beat his chest and stamped his feet, hugged a tree and howled, shouting that he was heartbroken.

Lin Xiaoyue found it funny. She had made a lot of money these days, and this was only what she earned in just ten days.