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

Li Yu had no plans to cooperate with other dim sum shops this time.

Especially those shops in the inner city, they basically have backstage, so it is not appropriate to cooperate with all of them. If we only cooperate with one of them, we will offend the others, so we might as well reject all of them.

Seeing her unwillingness, the shopkeepers of several shops were a little dissatisfied, but they didn't say anything. It was true that they had a backer, but the person in front of them also had a backer, and she was Princess Jianing, whom they couldn't afford to offend. There was no need to offend the princess for a piece of mooncake.

He left after Li Yu refused with a clear mind.

Only the owner of Qinglian Tower insisted that Li Yu cooperate with him.

"Qinglian Tower is the private property of the Third Prince's wife. As long as you cooperate with me, you can get in touch with the Third Prince through his wife." The shopkeeper was particularly proud. "Third Prince, you should know that your uncle is the commander of the Imperial Guards and is highly valued by His Majesty."

Li Yu: “…”

"I don't know how many people in the capital want to establish a relationship with the Third Prince. Now I'm giving you the opportunity, I advise you to seize it."

Li Yu gave a fake smile: "Thank you for thinking of me, boss. The Third Prince is indeed amazing, but my mooncake recipe is half from Princess Jianing. Without the Princess's approval, I dare not cooperate with outsiders.

If the shopkeeper insists on cooperating, how about going with me to Prince An's Mansion? Then you can talk to Princess Jianing in person. As long as the princess agrees, I will write the contract without hesitation."

The shopkeeper of Qinglian Tower: “…” He didn’t dare to go to find Princess Jianing. The relationship between the princess and the third prince’s wife was not good. Even if he went, the princess would not agree.

Seeing that he was frowning, Li Yu knew something was going to happen, so she said, "Or you can go to the Third Prince's wife and tell Princess Jianing that she is the princess's sister-in-law, and the princess will definitely give her face."

The shopkeeper was even more afraid. After thinking for a while, he waved his hand and said, "If you don't want to cooperate, then don't cooperate."

Anyway, the mooncakes won’t be sold for a few days, so I won’t make much money even if we cooperate.

*

After sending this wave away, several more waves of people came looking for Li Yu.

Li Yu politely refused all of them.

Until the afternoon, no one came.

However, towards the evening, someone from the East Palace came.

The person who came was Nanny Shi, who had been to the mansion a few days ago. She was dressed in palace clothes and brought two guards with her.

This time her purpose was to order mooncakes.

"The Crown Princess liked the bacon-stuffed mooncakes that Madam Li made a few days ago, so she asked Madam Li if she had any more. She needs them tomorrow."

Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "There are seven or eight cured meat mooncakes at home, but they were made the day before yesterday. Because they have been stored for a long time, the taste has changed. If the Crown Princess needs it, I can make some more tonight."

That couldn't be better. Nanny Shi said hurriedly, "It will cost more than a hundred yuan."

Li Yu: “…” You want to give so much, right? You want to entertain someone.

Thinking in his heart, Li Yu didn't ask, and said: "Okay, since Madam needs it, I will go home and do it now."

After saying that, Li Yu went to the backyard of the barbecue restaurant to make some arrangements, and then got on his own carriage to go home.

The carriage carried by Nanny Shi followed behind her. As the mooncakes were needed urgently, she would not return to the palace tonight and would return early tomorrow morning.

*

Two carriages were moving on the road without any concealment. The people from the Third Prince's Mansion who were following Nanny Shi stared at them for a while and then went back to report.

At the Third Prince's Mansion, after hearing the reply from the secret guards in the mansion, the Third Prince's Consort said, "I thought she had some trump card, but it turns out she just bought mooncakes from outside the palace, and she's not afraid of not being able to put them on the table."

The secret guard thought for a moment and said, "The mooncakes at Li Ji BBQ Restaurant are selling very well. When I arrived today, even though it was evening, there were still people waiting to buy them."

The Third Prince's Consort: "It's just for something new. I've heard of fresh meat mooncakes, but they're made of meat. It just wasn't available in the capital before."

The secret guard felt that this was not right, so he boldly said, "People who have bought meat mooncakes all say that they are delicious."

The Third Prince's Consort: "That's because they haven't tasted anything made by the imperial chef. Okay, let's not talk about this. Let me ask you again, what is the relationship between that Li and Nanny Shi?"

The secret guard considered and said, "They are not particularly close, not even as close as other guests in the store. From what I see, I think they have no relationship."

The Third Prince's wife was completely relieved and waved her hand, saying, "Go down and do your thing."

Secret Guard: "Don't you need your subordinates to keep an eye on it?"

The Third Prince's Consort: "No, relying on the mooncakes outside the palace, the East Palace will not be able to stand out."

*

at home.

Li Yu asked Nanny Shi to sit down in the east wing where she lived, then found the remaining bacon, washed it and sliced ​​it.

Thinking about making the mooncakes that the East Palace wanted as soon as possible, she asked Fang's mother and Madam Mu to temporarily stop what they were doing and come help her.

In this way, the three people worked from dusk to midnight and finally made 180 bacon mooncakes.

Nanny Shi brought a large food box, and Li Yu packed it for her, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for your hard work, Madam Li." Madam Shi ordered the guards to close the lid of the box and took out a silver note for five hundred taels. "This is your salary."

Li Yu wanted to say that the rewards from the Eastern Palace in the past few days were quite a lot, but Nanny Shi gave her a look and said something in her mouth.

The two were close to each other, and Li Yu could read her words clearly. She said, "Someone is watching."

With a chill in his heart, Li Yu took the banknote.

*

On the top of the wall, another man in black with his face covered looked for a while, then jumped to the ground and left quietly.

After Lu Xuan went over and made sure that there was no one there, Li Yu asked Nanny Shi if she knew who it was just now?

"Most likely they are the Third Prince's men." Nanny Shi said, "I guess they want to see how close we are."

Li Yu: “…” The man who followed the carriage during the day should also be from the Third Prince’s Mansion. He is really haunting.

*

Because there was curfew after that hour, all the inns and teahouses outside were closed, so Nanny Shi slept in Han Xiaomei's room at night, while Han Xiaomei shared a room with Li Yu.

The two guards will not sleep tonight. They will stand outside and watch to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

*

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, at dawn, Nanny Shi got up and returned to the palace.

After Li Yu sent her away, he went back to the room and took a short nap. After breakfast, he went to the store to sell mooncakes.

Before noon, all the mooncakes were sold out. She gave each of the shop assistants a pound of mooncakes and five hundred coins as a gift and asked them to go home and celebrate the festival.

Since they could eat mooncakes and earn money, the helpers were happier than each other and spoke well of Li Yu.

Li Yu responded one by one, and after everyone left, she locked the door and went home to celebrate the festival.

*

At the same time, inside the palace.

This year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was moved to noon, and the Queen was responsible for arranging all matters related to the palace banquet.

In addition to the royal family, officials above the fifth rank also attended the palace banquet.

In previous Mid-Autumn Palace Banquets, every participant received a mooncake, and this year is no exception.

However, when the mooncakes were served on the table, many people found that this year's mooncakes were different from those in previous years.

At the banquet for the ladies in charge of the Queen, Madam Taifu said, "This mooncake looks similar to the fresh meat mooncakes at Li Ji BBQ Restaurant."

The Crown Princess smiled and was about to answer, but she heard the Third Prince's wife smiled and said, "Madam Jiang guessed right. The mooncakes were bought from the Naliji BBQ restaurant by the Crown Princess's sister-in-law."