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

Li Yu stood and watched for half a minute before the man who was talking stopped.

Then, he stared at Shopkeeper Sheng with a burning gaze, and said, "Shopkeeper, your shop has been praised by the Empress, Consort Liang, and Concubine Jing. It has a promising future. As long as you pay two hundred taels of silver to join the Chamber of Commerce, your boss will be able to dine with the president of the Chamber of Commerce.

You probably don't know that the Chamber of Commerce's president is not an ordinary person. As long as you can talk to him, this store will naturally be protected by him in the future, and others will never dare to bully you."

When Shopkeeper Sheng saw Li Yu coming, he did not answer the man immediately, but said, "The store just held a competition, and there is no extra money. Please give me some time to report to the boss. Even if our boss is willing, it will take two days to raise the money."

Because the owner of the workshop had never shown up, and the workshop had its name on the Queen's list, the man did not dare to act rashly. He said, "Let's come back in two days," and led the other people to leave.

*

Li Yu took the initiative to make way for them.

Unexpectedly, the leading man recognized Li Yu when he walked up to her, paused, and started talking to her about the Chamber of Commerce.

"Who in Beijing doesn't know about Li's hotpot restaurant and barbecue restaurant? Boss Li, if you bring these two stores to join the Chamber of Commerce, you will surely have countless prosperity and wealth in the future!"

Li Yu looked at him with a smile on her face. "I also listened to what you said just now. To be honest, I am tempted. But I have never heard of this Beijing Chamber of Commerce before. May I ask which lord organized this?"

She wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about the so-called Chamber of Commerce, but the men were not stupid. They looked at each other and neither of them answered.

*

Li Yu pretended that he hadn't noticed anything, and asked with a smile, "Can't you tell me?"

"You absolutely cannot tell me today." The man who had just spoken to Li Yu said, "But Boss Li, don't worry. Joining the Beijing Chamber of Commerce will only bring you benefits and no harm!"

Li Yu was a little disappointed, but she didn't show it. She thought for a moment and said, "Although I don't know who that person is, what you said makes me excited. But the store belongs to Princess Jianing, and I can't make the decision alone. If you have this idea, why don't you ask Princess Jianing directly?"

The man didn't dare to bring the matter to Princess Jianing, so he waved his hand and said, "The princess is not someone a commoner like me can see whenever I want."

After saying that, he led his people away in a hurry.

*

Li Yu watched the figures of several people disappear around the corner before pretending to buy something.

She let He Mengyan, Han Xiaomei and Si'er make the first choice while she stood by and talked to Manager Sheng.

"Before today, have you ever heard of the Capital Chamber of Commerce?"

Shopkeeper Sheng pondered and said, "I heard about it a few days ago, but I was busy preparing for the competition and didn't pay attention. I will arrange someone to check it out later."

Li Yu hummed, "When I came here, I heard someone say that it was organized by Cheng Wang. If you can't find a clue, you might as well check with Cheng Wang."

Hearing the title of King Cheng, Shopkeeper Sheng frowned, then relaxed.

If it was really King Cheng who did this, the Crown Prince would have a way to make King Cheng gradually lose the emperor's favor.

Prince Cheng has been gaining momentum lately. As the Emperor dotes on him, many officials have sided with Prince Cheng and are ready to fight against the Crown Prince.

*

He Mengyan looked through all the toys in the store and finally chose a cotton doll.

Han Xiaomei didn't choose anything. She already had all these toys at home, so there was no need to buy more.

Si'er didn't choose either. Among these toys, he was only interested in building blocks, and they had building blocks at home.

After paying the money, Li Yu took the three of them away.

*

The few of them walked outside until the evening before returning to the barbecue restaurant.

We're having a barbecue tonight.

When Li Yu went to the kitchen to make arrangements, Madam Yan stopped her.

"During the day, a few people came over and wanted our store to join the Beijing Chamber of Commerce. They said that as long as we paid 500 taels of silver as a joining fee, we would be at the top of the Chamber of Commerce in the future.

I didn't think it was right, so I didn't agree and just said I'd find you if I had any questions."

With a faint smile on his lips, Li Yu said, "They actually came here too?!"

She thought they would be too afraid of Princess Jianing to come over, but now it seems that she was overthinking.

Could it be that Cheng Wang is really organizing behind the scenes?

Otherwise, how could those people be so bold!

"From the looks of them, it seems they will come again. What should we say then?"

Li Yu considered and said, "I will talk to Princess Jianing tomorrow. If they come again tomorrow morning, you can ask them to go to Prince An's Mansion to find me."

Madam Yan: “Okay!”

*

He Mengyan didn't let Li Yu accompany her the next day.

Li Yu happened to have something to do, so she asked Han Xiaomei and Si'er to go shopping with her.

For their convenience, she also arranged for Miao Da to be their driver.

Watching their carriage go away, she went to Prince An's Mansion.

Princess Jianing is resting at home today.

Li Yu went over and said a few irrelevant words to her, and then started talking about the Beijing Chamber of Commerce.

Because the people from the Chamber of Commerce did not go to the hot pot restaurant, Nanny Tian did not know, so this was the first time Princess Jianing heard of the Capital Chamber of Commerce. She was extremely angry and pointed at herself and said, "Am I too low-key this year? They actually want money from us, and they want 500 taels. Why don't they just rob us!"

Li Yu was afraid that she would get too angry and hurt herself, so she tried to comfort her, "Madam Yan and I have met the people from the Chamber of Commerce, and their attitude is not bad. They are probably just concerned about you, the princess."

"If they were really afraid of me, they shouldn't have come to our store." Princess Jianing said angrily, "I want to find out whose lackeys they are. They actually came to me for money."

Princess Jianing took care of Qingbi and asked her to call someone immediately.

Qingbi took the order and was about to leave when Prince An suddenly came over.

Princess Jianing became even angrier when she saw someone who could support her. She stepped forward and repeated what Li Yu had said like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

Prince An said a few words of comfort, then raised his hand. The servants in the courtyard saw it and immediately retreated.

"Father?" Princess Jianing was confused.

Prince An walked up to her and said, "I heard about the Beijing Chamber of Commerce and sent people to investigate. Guess who is behind the Chamber of Commerce."

Princess Jianing: "Prince Hui?"

Prince An shook his head.

Li Yu considered carefully and said, "Is it King Cheng?"

Prince An: “Yes.”

*

Next, Li Yu and Princess Jianing listened to Prince An talk about other things related to the Capital Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce was supported by King Cheng from behind, and the person who was openly doing the work was the steward of an official in King Cheng's party. Under the guise of benefiting the merchants, they coerced and bribed many merchants in the capital in an attempt to earn some money that could be used to compete with the Crown Prince and Prince Hui.

The people in the Chamber of Commerce now are all servants of the officials of the Chengwang Party. There are a few from your family and a few from my family. When we have money, we can earn it together and no one will suffer.

However, King Cheng himself was a stupid person. He did not make good arrangements when arranging things, and he did not control his officials well. The servants of several officials leaked the news and accidentally revealed the name of King Cheng.

"They won't be able to do this for long. Something bad will happen within half a month. You don't have to worry about it. Just wait and see the Chamber of Commerce fall." King An said.