Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

It was a clear and pleasant female voice. Although he hadn't heard it for more than a year, Li Yu still recognized it the first time because the impression was so deep.

A sentence suddenly popped up in her mind: Princess Jianing is also here!

Following the voice, Li Yu looked around, and soon, she saw Princess Jianing dressed as a man, holding a string of candied haws in her hand.

Princess Jianing probably wanted to watch the fun, so she stood on tiptoe to look in the direction of the quarrel. This time, the person following her was not the little girl she brought with her when she went to Jiangyang County, but a man in white.

During the past two days she had heard that Princess Jianing was interested in the Prime Minister's son, and they often traveled together.

This man is most likely the one.

"Do you want to take a detour?" Lu Xuan suddenly asked from the side.

Li Yu retracted his gaze and said, "Take Xiaomei over there and wait for me. I want to talk to someone."

After saying that, she jumped off the carriage and slowly walked to Princess Jianing.

"Princess!" she called softly.

Princess Jianing's body stiffened and she slowly turned her head.

Seeing that the person who spoke was not her guard, she breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment she was surprised, and pointed at Li Yu with the hand that was not holding the candied haws, "You...you are Li...Boss Li?"

Li Yu nodded: "It's me."

Princess Jianing cried out, and was in no mood to watch the quarrel anymore. She held Li Yu's hand and said happily, "Why did you come to the capital? I thought I recognized the wrong person just now."

When other people looked at the two of them, Li Yu made a long story short: "My brother-in-law will pass the imperial examination next year and is now studying in Beijing. I also want to do business in Beijing, so I came here with him."

Princess Jianing was even more surprised this time than before, "I remember your brother-in-law passed the examination for a scholar last year, and he passed the provincial examination this year?"

Li Yu nodded.

Princess Jianing: "Then he is a genius. Oh, there are too many people here to talk. Let's go to the teahouse next door."

Having said that, she ignored the man in white beside her and pulled Li Yu towards the teahouse on the side of the road.

Li Yu turned his head and winked at Lu Xuan and Han Xiaomei, telling them not to worry.

*

The two sat down in the teahouse.

Princess Jianing first asked Li Yu a lot of questions about life. When she learned that she had been living a smooth life over the past year, she smiled even happier than Li Yu.

Then, she held Li Yu's hand and said, "You just said you wanted to do business?"

Li Yu: “Yeah.”

Princess Jianing became interested. "Are you still selling braised meat? Come to think of it, there is a braised meat shop in the capital this year. The braised meat they sell tastes exactly the same as yours."

Li Yu said: "The owner of the braised meat shop and I have a cooperative relationship. I gave him the recipe. This time I plan to make hot pot in Beijing."

"Hot pot, what is that?"

"It's something you can cook while eating." Li Yu said, "If the princess wants to eat it, I'll make it for her."

"There's no rush for that." Princess Jianing waved her hand and said, "It's not easy to do business in the capital. If you need anything, just come to me. As long as I'm here, no one dares to bully you."

She is still as chivalrous as she was last year.

I didn’t find the wrong person, Li Yu thought to himself, then smiled and thanked him.

As it was getting late, the two only talked for half an hour before parting ways.

Before leaving, Li Yu suggested to make hot pot for Princess Jianing tomorrow, and Princess Jianing agreed without thinking. At the same time, she met the young man in white through Princess Jianing's introduction, and she guessed correctly that he was the son of the prime minister.

*

After watching Princess Jianing and the Prime Minister's son walk away, Li Yu returned to Lu Xuan and Han Xiaomei.

Lu Xuan didn't know Princess Jianing, but Han Xiaomei did, so on the way back, she asked Li Yu if he wanted to ask Princess Jianing for support.

Li Yu did not deny it.

Among the few people she knew in the capital, Princess Jianing was the most suitable. She had a high status and no one would easily mess with her. Secondly, she was a woman and no one would pay much attention to her.

When she goes to make hot pot tomorrow, she will find a chance to mention it to Princess Jianing. She thinks she will agree.

*

The next day, Li Yu saw Uncle Zhang and his group off first.

They helped a lot in this trip to the capital, and to express their gratitude, Li Yu bought gifts and red envelopes for everyone. However, none of them wanted them. "If it weren't for you, the grass on our graves would be two meters high, and we wouldn't be able to stand here and talk to you. It's our duty to escort you to the capital this time, so you don't have to be so polite to us!" Not to mention this time, they would be willing to do it seven or eight times.

Li Yu had no choice but to talk to Uncle Zhang and finally persuade them to accept the gifts.

*

After returning from the city gate, Li Yu went directly to Taiping Street to look at the copper pot. The coppersmith had already made one. She took it and looked at it. She was satisfied and paid the deposit and signed the deed on the spot.

She then found a carpenter to replace several of the ordinary tables and chairs with high-end ones.

From then on, the shop was established, with tables and chairs, bowls and plates, and copper pots. What was still needed was helpers, a shop sign, and a cook.

These things are not difficult to do. Li Yu already has a plan in mind, so he is not in a hurry.

But it must be said that opening a shop in the capital city is really expensive. Take the past two days as an example. The rent for the shop for half a year was 1,200 taels, 50 copper pots were 275 taels, and 400 sets of porcelain, including 300 sets of white porcelain, each set was 100 wen, and 100 sets of celadon, each set was 1 tael, and 130 taels were gone. Tables and chairs also cost a lot of money. A set of ordinary tables and chairs cost 480 wen, a total of 20 sets, and high-end tables and chairs cost 20 taels each, a total of 8 sets.

The store hasn't even opened yet, but more than 1,700 taels have been spent.

Li Yu felt distressed.

She brought all her assets with her when she came here. She has made a lot of money in the past two years, especially after she started selling braised meat in the county in October last year. The net profit from the county, town, and wholesale sales to various towns is at least six taels of silver a day.

In addition, I also have a dim sum business, which has made a lot of money over the past year.

When she saved Qi Yue, Qi's mother gave her one thousand taels, and the Qin brothers and sisters gave her two thousand taels. Later, when Princess Jianing came to Jiangyang County, she also gave her gold leaves and silver ingots.

With this base amount, although she usually spent more, she still brought nearly five thousand taels of silver notes when she came.

As a result, after only two days, there were still three left. She would have to look at the yard in the next few days. If she bought it directly, she would probably have to pay one more. The man from the brokerage said that in the capital, even in the outer city, the price of a good house would not be less than one thousand taels. If it was in the inner city, the price would have to be doubled.

Li Yu couldn't help but sigh. It's easier to spend money than to make money. She had to do a good job in the hot pot business no matter what!

*

After returning to the courtyard and having lunch, Li Yu changed into new clothes in the afternoon and prepared to go out again.

She had been in Beijing for a few days and was very busy every day. Pei Mingzhu felt a little uneasy and walked to her door and asked, "Sister Li, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Not yet." Li Yu smiled at her, "Are you bored here?"

Pei Mingzhu shook her head, "It's not boring, the capital is fun." It's just that they came here to help, but they have been resting for the past few days, and she felt embarrassed.

Li Yu saw through her thoughts and said, "Anywhere you want to go these days, just ask your parents to take you there. Once our store opens, it will be hard to have such an opportunity again."

Pei Mingzhu hummed.

*

After talking to her, Li Yu turned around and called Han Xiaomei and Lu Xuan to go out.

This afternoon, they are going to the palace to make hot pot for Princess Jianing.