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

Li Yu pretended to listen attentively.

She knew Lu Sheng quite well. Judging from his behavior today and what he just said, it should be a very important matter.

If she can help, she doesn't mind helping. However, the thing that has troubled Lu Sheng since entering the capital should be related to his sister and the Ministry of Revenue...

Han Zheng looked at Li Yu's opinion. Seeing that Li Yu was not opposed, he sat up straight and looked at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng covered his mouth and coughed, then said, “Sister-in-law Li should know the origin of my relationship with the Ministry of Revenue. My sister was almost killed at the beginning. My father had the biggest problem. He took the initiative to harm my sister. He made a big mistake.

But besides my father, Huang Xianghuai, the young master of the Ministry of Revenue, is also a problem. If he didn't want to take revenge on my sister, my father wouldn't have done that. So Huang Xianghuai is also my enemy.

After I came to the capital, I have always wanted to avenge my sister, but I am weak and can't do anything. Now I finally thought of a way. "

*

As expected, it was related to the Ministry of Revenue’s Mansion. Li Yu put away his smile and asked, “What do you want to do?”

Lu Sheng: "Now the King of Hui and the Crown Prince are fighting in the court, and the Ministry of Revenue is on the side of the King of Hui, so I want to help the Crown Prince."

Li Yu: “…”

Han Zheng: “…”

Lu Sheng looked at them and said, "I plan to pretend to go to King Hui's people, get their news, and then pass it on to the prince. I want to make the Ministry of Revenue and King Hui lose together. What do you think of this plan?"

Li Yu and Han Zheng looked at each other, then stared at Lu Sheng and said, "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Lu Sheng: “Yeah.”

Li Yu: "This method is not good at all. Do you think you can succeed just by surrendering? It's not that easy. After you decide to surrender, King Hui's people will definitely investigate your situation thoroughly.

They will easily find out about your sister. Then, the first thing King Hui and his party will do is to kill you."

Han Zheng: "Second sister-in-law is right. I think if you want to deal with the Ministry of Revenue, you can use other methods."

*

Unexpectedly, both of them thought this method was bad. Lu Sheng was a little frustrated. After a while, he suddenly cheered up again, "I can act and play the role of a playboy to make them believe me, or I can tell them that I was wrong before, and my sister's future is not as important as mine..."

Li Yu and Han Zheng looked at him quietly.

Lu Sheng's voice became lower and lower, and it was almost inaudible at the end.

Li Yu sighed, "According to what you said, even if they believe you for a while, they will most likely ask you for a pledge of allegiance. If they ask you to kill your sister and use your sister's life as a pledge of allegiance, what will you do? Are you going to kill your sister?"

Lu Sheng: “…”

Li Yu stood up and poured a cup of tea for Lu Sheng. He said, "The people in the Ministry of Revenue are so arrogant. They will definitely get their comeuppance. Since you have waited so long, why not wait a little longer?"

Lu Sheng sat down heavily on the chair and remained silent for a long time.

When he spoke again, his voice was choked up, "I'm really too stupid."

Li Yu winked at Han Zheng, and Han Zheng handed over his handkerchief.

Li Yu said: "You are not stupid at all for being able to pass the imperial examination. You feel powerless now because the other party is too powerful. But you have to know that the Minister of Revenue will grow old, and the Minister of Revenue's Mansion will not stand forever. As long as you plan patiently, there will always be a chance to trample them under your feet."

Lu Sheng wiped his eyes and said, "I don't know how long I have to wait."

"It will be quick." Li Yu said softly, "You are already in the Imperial Academy. What you need to do next is to gain a firm foothold and strengthen yourself step by step."

Lu Sheng: “I understand.”

*

Lu Sheng went into the guest room dejectedly to rest.

It was too late and the gates of the inner city were closed. He lived in the outer city and could not leave at all.

When the lights in the guest room went out, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Lu Sheng asked them before doing anything. If he had rashly gone to seek refuge with them, it would be unclear whether he could survive until the twelfth lunar month.

After all, there are many ruthless people on King Hui's side, and they will not easily let go of those who want to deceive them.

*

There were guests at home, so Li Yu and Han Zheng didn't say anything else. They packed up and went back to their rooms to rest.

The next day, Li Yu went to Jinyulou, Han Zheng and Lu Sheng went to Hanlin Academy together, and Lu Xuan, Han Xiaomei and the other four went to the hot pot restaurant and barbecue restaurant to help.

Jinyulou is still full at noon today.

Several of them were regular customers who had visited the restaurant a few days ago.

They are very wealthy and don't care about the prices in the store. They just eat according to their taste.

There were also a few merchants from other places. After hearing that the food at Jinyulou was delicious, they exchanged some silver together and planned to have a good meal before leaving.

There were officials in the capital as well, but they were not on King Hui's side, so the store didn't pay much attention to them.

*

Those who come in and out of the store are all wealthy and powerful people, and the shopkeeper's mouth is almost grinning from ear to ear when he counts on the abacus.

If business is good, the prince will be able to spend more money on work.

He is very happy.

However, there are those who are happy, and of course there are those who are unhappy. The managers of several restaurants in Beijing are very unhappy.

It would be fine to have another hot pot restaurant and a barbecue restaurant in Beijing, because they belong to Princess Jianing and they dare not touch them. But what about this new milk tea shop and Jinyulou?

The two stores took away some of their business.

Recently, their subordinates have been complaining, which makes them feel uncomfortable as well.

They would like to use some shady tricks, but what if the owners behind these two stores are more powerful, wouldn't they be digging their own grave?

People say that the milk tea shop belongs to Concubine Shu in the palace, but no one knows whether it is true or not.

The managers of the restaurant did not dare to act rashly and could only complain in private.

Originally they viewed each other as rivals, but now that Jinyu Tower was open, they temporarily put aside the past and formed an alliance again to start talking.

*

"Has anyone seen the owner of Jinyulou? I want to meet him. He is going too far. He is blatantly stealing business."

"In the past, the high officials in the capital liked to dine at my place, but these days they all go to Jinyulou."

"If this continues, I won't be able to open my store."

"And the Dongxue Milk Tea Shop also took away some of my candied fruit business."

“These two stores are really too much.”

"No, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to talk to them."

Several people were shouting, and what they said was all for themselves.

In fact, the biggest reason why their business deteriorated was that they had been making the same things all along, without any innovation. When the dignitaries in the capital city discovered that there were newer and tastier meals, they decisively chose the new ones.

They just don't want to admit it.

*

Several restaurant owners sat together and whispered for half a day, and finally decided to go to Jinyulou and the milk tea shop in person to find out the situation.

So, on the fifth day of Jinyulou's opening, the milk tea shop and Jinyulou welcomed the owners of other restaurants.