The self-reversal of the cannon fodder fat wife

"Sister Yun, I'll have to trouble you to find some trustworthy people to make this soap. This recipe is worth a fortune and will definitely make us a fortune every day."

"We are starting to sell it in Pengcheng now, and we will be able to sell it to the capital in the future."

"This thing can't be researched by others. Seeing how much money we make, some people will definitely be jealous."

Yinuo knew how difficult it was to dominate the market, and in this hierarchical society, if their things were noticed by others and they wanted to snatch them away for their own use, it would be troublesome.

Gu Yun also understood this truth, but he was also worried: "Now that you said that, I am worried."

"If the soap makers are just long-term workers, it's hard to guarantee that they won't tell anyone. Even servants who have signed a death indenture will sometimes betray their masters."

Yinuo thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we separate the steps, from raw materials to finalization? After this farm is completed, someone we trust will be responsible for transporting it to the next farm, and the final finalization will be done by the maid who signed the death contract."

Gu Yun thought this was a good idea, but the candidate still needed to be discussed: "Sister, go back and discuss it with Colonel Teng. He should have the personnel."

Although she didn't know Teng Ke's family background, Yang Fei said that he was a scion of a prominent family in Beijing, and that family would definitely train many people who could be used.

Her words made Yinuo's eyes light up. How could she suddenly forget that she had a good helper by her side?

"Sister is right. I was negligent."

Gu Yun smiled: "Your starting point was to make money on your own, and you definitely didn't think of asking a man for help."

"It's just that, as a smart woman, you have to learn to use your advantages."

"Sometimes men want us to be dependent on them so that they can feel they exist."

"You should act coquettishly with them more. If you don't, someone will do it for you. Then your man will become someone else's man."

What Gu Yun said made a lot of sense. Women are like water. They can turn into ice, which is extremely hard, or they can turn into snow, which is soft and delicate. Smart women will change their forms according to different occasions and different people, and will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The most important point is that Yinuo realized that the network of interests in this era is very deep. As a commoner, it is difficult to protect yourself, let alone those around you. Do you think that so many poor children participated in the imperial examination just to serve the court?

Perhaps most people just want to change their fate and become as strong as possible to protect themselves and their families.

When Teng Ke returned home in the evening, Yinuo told him about Gu Yun's suggestions today.

Teng Ke thought about it and suddenly laughed.

"My dear Nono, you really helped me a lot."

Yinuo looked at him in confusion.

Teng Ke felt that since he had nothing to hide from Yinuo, the two had already made things very clear, and they would support each other and move forward hand in hand in the future, there was nothing to hide from him about his family affairs.

So he lowered his voice and told her the reasons why he came to Xuzhou as a garrison officer.

The first Duke Dingguo was a founding hero. He came from a Youzhou family. He was brave and decisive since childhood, and was also good at fighting. At that time, Youzhou was invaded by foreign powers. The previous emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and wanted to cede Youzhou to the Xiongnu to seek peace.

He was dissatisfied with the court's incompetence and led all the people of Youzhou to fight the enemy tenaciously. After repelling the outsiders, he successfully repelled the court's running dogs and made Youzhou independent from the previous dynasty. At this time, heroes rose up in rebellion, and wars broke out everywhere. After three years of civil strife, he finally overthrew the previous dynasty. Because he was the first person to rise up in rebellion, many people wanted to nominate him to the throne.

But he was very self-aware. Knowing that he had no ability to govern the country, he recommended Emperor Yuan, who was more famous at the time. The two of them had already become very good brothers. He also knew that Emperor Yuan was a man of great talent and strategy, and that under his rule, the Han Dynasty would be able to usher in another era of prosperity.

Emperor Yuan was grateful for his contribution to the founding of the country, so he conferred on him the title of Duke of Dingguo, a hereditary title. He also returned to him the military command of the 200,000 troops stationed in the north, and announced to the world that the Duke of Dingguo had the same status as a prince.

The first generation of Duke Dingguo also understood the suspicion of the emperor, so the first thing he did after opening the mansion was to write a ban on concubines into the family rules. This is the reason why the Duke Dingguo's mansion had few descendants, and it also allowed the Duke Dingguo's mansion to avoid many disasters.

He himself only had one son and one daughter, and he warned his descendants that the Dingguo Mansion did not need the assistance of illegitimate sons from side branches. Each generation was only allowed to have one son, who had to be carefully educated and trained to become the next generation heir.

For two hundred years, three generations of Duke Dingguo always kept in mind the teachings of their ancestors. Whenever there was a need to go to war, Duke Dingguo would be the first to bear the brunt. However, he also asked his wife and grandchildren to stay in the capital on the grounds that he had few offspring.

It was not until the generation of Tengke’s grandfather that the Huns invaded again. His grandfather volunteered to go to the battlefield and finally died on the border of Youzhou.

At this time, Teng Ke's father was only ten years old. The emperor tried his best to take back the military power of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, so he proposed that the eldest princess be engaged to Teng Ke's father, Teng Lie. It would be difficult for the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion to survive relying on the old Duke's wife alone, so she had no choice but to agree.

There has been a clear rule in every dynasty that the prince consort is not allowed to serve as an official in the court.

The emperor's move was very obvious. He wanted to weaken the power of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion and force them to hand over their military orders.

Teng Lie and the old Duke's wife reported to the emperor after their engagement. The military command was taken to the battlefield by the old Duke Ding and was lost in the melee.

Although the emperor did not believe this statement, he could not take any further action and could only wait and see what happened.

From then on, Teng Lie pretended to be decadent and did nothing all day. When the imperial envoy tried to persuade him, he responded nonchalantly that he was the future consort and did not need to have ambitions. Seeing this, the emperor gradually relaxed his surveillance on the Duke of Dingguo's mansion.

After the eldest princess married into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, he secretly searched the Mansion thoroughly, but did not find the military token. Only then did the old emperor give up.

But in fact, the eldest princess had admired Teng Lie's bravery and fell in love with him since she was a child. She also understood why the old emperor wanted to marry her to Teng Lie. One was the father who did not like her, and the other was her closest husband. The eldest princess was very smart to choose Teng Lie. The secret search of the Dingguo Mansion was just a play between the two of them.

In order to make the old emperor believe more that the couple was estranged, the two of them would always show each other their bad looks when they were outside, and every now and then there would be news that they were quarreling and sleeping in separate rooms.

The current emperor is the eldest princess's younger brother. The two have a deep relationship, but both were not favored by the old emperor since childhood. Finally, with the help of Teng Lie, he succeeded smoothly, and the Dingguo Mansion regained its former glory.

In order to train Teng Ke, Teng Lie asked him to take the military examination and stationed him in Xuzhou.

In fact, Xuzhou was the place where the Dingguo Mansion arranged for the Teng Family Army to retire and take care of themselves. They were all those who had survived the battlefield by chance, and the Dingguo Mansion had always been taking care of them. Teng Ke came to the garrison to secretly arrange for the retirement of the Teng Family Army veterans.

However, since Teng Lie has been keeping a low profile for more than ten years, they don't have many industries on the surface, and it is really difficult to support so many people.

But now it’s different. Yinuo wants to do business and needs manpower, and this group of veterans is the best choice.