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

During the afternoon break, Li Yu heard the detailed performance of several managers from the waiter.

"When they left, their expressions were not very good. It seemed that they were frightened."

Li Yu: "To be precise, they were frightened by what they imagined."

The shopkeeper: "You can say that, but no matter what, they won't do anything rash next time."

Li Yu: “That’s true.”

The fact that several restaurants were able to be opened in the capital city must have some backers, but since their backers are unknown, the managers will certainly be extremely cautious.

"By the way, I heard that some people went to the milk tea shop too."

Shopkeeper: "Yes, he left with a bad look just like these few."

Li Yu: "We will arrange for someone to keep an eye on it in the future. Also, starting from this evening, if there are high-ranking officials coming to eat, have the waiters be more attentive."

The shopkeeper immediately understood her intention, "Do you want to borrow someone's power?"

Li Yu: "Yes, they now suspect that our boss is a high-ranking official in the capital. In that case, let's let them suspect." If you are courteous to one high-ranking official, they will be suspicious. If you are courteous to multiple high-ranking officials, they will be confused and don't know which one is the real one.

This would not only ensure the safety of those officials, but also prevent them from attacking the store for a long time.

Shopkeeper: "That's a good idea. I'll arrange it right away."

*

Because Mr. Xiang was looking for her, Li Yu was not in Jinyu Tower that night.

Mr. Xiang already knew what happened during the day. Seeing that Li Yu and the others handled it perfectly, he didn't say much and started talking about other things.

He came today mainly to talk to Li Yu about the business situation of shops in other places.

She was the one who taught on Zhuangzi in September. Now it was already November, and hotpot restaurants and milk tea shops had opened up in provincial capitals all over the place.

As of today, the account books of the hot pot restaurant and milk tea shop in Beizhou Prefecture, which is the closest to the capital and opened the earliest, have all been sent back.

Seeing Mr. Xiang smiling, Li Yu knew the effect should be good.

As expected, Mr. Xiang said, "The two stores in Beizhou Prefecture are in a similar situation to the stores in Beijing. Customers are willing to go there, and the daily income is very considerable. For the time being, only news has been sent back from other distant prefectures, saying that the stores have been opened and business is going well. There will be news before the twelfth lunar month.

Madam Li, you have done a great deed. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to ask you what you want. As long as there are conditions, he will definitely satisfy you. "

Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "Now that the business has just started, let's not talk about these things for now. It won't be too late to talk about it after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has accomplished something. But how about the private restaurant in Beizhou Prefecture? Is it open?"

Mr. Xiang frowned slightly. "Because there was a problem with the owner of the shop we found, our people encountered some problems when they were tidying up the shop, which delayed us for a while. The shop is not ready yet, and it will be open around mid-November."

Li Yu: "...As long as it can be opened, it's fine. However, this will definitely not happen just once. Your Highness may have to make some arrangements next time."

Mr. Xiang: "Don't worry about that. There are people from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in each prefecture. I have sent them the Crown Prince's order. If anything happens to the stores in the prefectures in the future, they will mediate."

That's more or less.

*

The two chatted for more than an hour, talking about the store operations in various state capitals and the next arrangements.

Li Yu was in charge of Jinyulou, so Mr. Xiang was not worried at all. However, he was a little worried about the milk tea shop.

Because there are already some places in Beijing selling things that imitate milk tea shops.

Milk tea, fried chicken, sugar-fried hawthorn, and wolf-tooth potatoes have all appeared. Although they don't taste as good as theirs, they have a little influence. Those who are not so wealthy will buy the imitators' products because the imitators' prices are lower.

Potato chips and sugar-roasted chestnuts are fine. Those imitators will probably need some time to figure out how to make what Li Yu made in the kitchen.

"Do you have any solution to the milk tea problem?"

Li Yu did not answer directly, but asked: "Last time, I asked Mr. Xiang to help me find Mr. Zhuyu who wrote the storybook. May I ask if you have found him?"

If she hadn't mentioned it, Mr. Xiang would have almost forgotten about it.

"Found her." He slapped his forehead. "I have found her, but I don't know what you meant by cooperation in your letter, so I haven't come to talk to her yet."

Li Yu: "Who is she?"

Mr. Xiang suddenly kept the secret, "You will never guess her name."

Li Yu: “…”

Mr. Xiang: "She is actually a noble lady from Beijing."

Li Yu: "..." She really couldn't guess what the noble ladies in the capital would say. Most of the noble ladies in the capital that she knew followed the rules and didn't seem like the kind who would dare to write stories in private.

Mr. Xiang decided to give her a reminder: "She is now publicly dead."

A name immediately popped up in Li Yu's mind: "Miss Xie Youlan?"

Mr. Xiang: "It's her. Come to think of it, I never thought that Miss Xie was not dead at all. She lived in an inconspicuous courtyard in the outer city, and usually dressed as a man. If we hadn't run into her maid delivering the manuscript when we found the bookstore, we wouldn't have found her."

Li Yu was really surprised this time.

She always thought that Xie Youlan had left the capital, but she didn't expect that she had been staying in the capital.

She was not afraid of being discovered by the people from the Changqing Marquis's Mansion.

After Xie Youlan died, perhaps because they thought it was unlucky for someone to die in the Changqing Marquis's mansion, the Xie family's daughters were not sent away. It wasn't that Changqing Marquis didn't want to send them away, but that the princes didn't want them.

Changqingbo's wish was dashed, so he had to arrange a matchmaking for them instead. I heard that they were following the normal matchmaking process.

By doing this, Xie Youlan accidentally helped her sisters.

*

"Madam Li, if you need to find Miss Xie, just tell me in detail what you want to do and I will arrange someone to go there." Mr. Xiang said.

Li Yu first told him the idea of ​​co-branding milk tea, and then said, "I am quite familiar with Miss Xie. Since it's her, I will go and meet her in person."

Mr. Xiang: "Alright, I'll listen to you."

"There is one more thing." Li Yu reminded: "Since the eldest daughter of the Xie family faked her death, there must be a reason for her fake death. Please don't leak this news to others, sir, and the prince's people, let alone let the people in the Changqing Marquis' Mansion know."

Mr. Xiang: "Don't worry, no one will say anything nonsense."

*

After saying goodbye to Mr. Xiang, Li Yu couldn't calm down for a long time.

Xie Youlan was actually the author of several vernacular novels that were popular in the capital, and she didn’t leave after faking her death. She was so bold.

But if she thought about it carefully, among all the noble ladies she knew, only Xie Youlan had the courage to do such a thing.

After sighing a few times, Li Yu decided to go find her tomorrow.

As for Xie Youlan's whereabouts, it is better to ask Xie Youlan's opinion first before deciding whether to tell Princess Jianing.

*

In a small courtyard in the outer city, Xie Youlan shivered from the cold.

"Miss, it's getting late. You should go to bed early." Xie Youlan's personal maid added a few pieces of charcoal into the charcoal stove, then walked to the desk and advised.

Xie Youlan: "What time is it?"

"It's already three o'clock."

"Then let's take a rest." Xie Youlan put down the brush, stood up and walked to the bed.

She has written a new storybook these days and will be finished almost tomorrow, and she will be able to earn some royalties then.

In this way, by next spring, she would be able to leave the capital with enough money to go wherever she wanted.

*

The next day, Li Yu took the address she got from Mr. Xiang and went to find Xie Youlan with Lu Xuan.