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

After leaving Prince An's Mansion, Li Yu went to a hot pot restaurant and a barbecue restaurant, and told Madam Yan and Nanny Tian that next time someone came, they should just refuse them directly.

If they continue to bother, let them go to Prince An's Mansion to find Princess Jianing.

After finishing this, she went home to rest for a while, then got up and continued her work.

Nowadays, she doesn't need to worry about the operation of the hot pot restaurant and the barbecue restaurant, and the business of Jinyulou and the milk tea shop is also stable. Only the handicraft workshop needs to add a few new toys. The variety of toys in the store is still a bit small.

But there is no need to rush this matter. After all, besides her, craftsmen are also using their brains to develop new toys.

For now, Li Yu plans to try to make a Rubik's Cube with wood. Once the Rubik's Cube is made, she will stop for a while and rest for two days. Then, she will make something like facial cream for women according to the original plan.

Thinking of facial rouge, Li Yu couldn't help but recall the method of making colored glaze that she had given to the Eastern Palace. After such a long time, the craftsmen at the Eastern Palace should have made some progress. After all, she had written it very clearly.

I'll ask Mr. Xiang next time I see him.

After thinking about it, Li Yu lowered his head and continued to saw wood.

She no longer thought about the Capital Chamber of Commerce. Since Prince An said that, it meant that the Crown Prince did not intend to let Prince Cheng grow stronger by relying on the Chamber of Commerce. He would definitely take action in the next few days.

*

In an inconspicuous courtyard in the capital, a dozen men were sitting crookedly on the ground.

If Li Yu was present, he would definitely be able to recognize four of them.

They were not others but the people who had met her face to face at the entrance of the workshop yesterday.

At this time, these people were talking about today's achievements with their companions.

Because of their tough tone and ruthless means, two merchants obediently handed over the money today, another three said they would pay tomorrow, and a few said they would think about it, but they believed that these merchants would not be able to consider it for long, after all, their fists were very hard.

Of course, there are a few that they find tricky.

*

For example, they went to Tingyu Workshop again today. The owner of the workshop changed his statement this time, saying that the boss had gone out of town yesterday and would not be back until half a month later, so he asked them to wait.

The workshop had just been praised by the Queen Mother and was very popular in the capital, so even though they were angry, they couldn't do anything.

Another one is the Dongxue Milk Tea Shop. Although they didn’t directly refuse, looking at the expression of the owner of the milk tea shop, it was clear that he didn’t want to join the Chamber of Commerce.

This shop is similar to a handicraft workshop, with a plaque awarded by Concubine Shu. There are also rumors that the milk tea shop is related to Concubine Shu.

Even if they had ten times the courage, they would not dare to offend the Concubine Shu and could only back off.

"Both of these companies are favored by the master. As long as we bring them into our chamber of commerce, they will provide us with money continuously in the future. But they have backers." A man spat, "God damn it, why wasn't I born in an imperial family?"

If that were the case, would he still be afraid of these small shops?

The other men laughed.

After laughing enough, the man who had talked to Li Yu in front of the workshop said, "Let's go to these two places every day."

Even if we can't come to an agreement, we won't get beaten too much when we report to our master later.

*

the other side.

Qingyuefang.

Yue Ji sat on the second floor of Qingyuefang and listened to the mulberry picking girl singing.

After the song, he invited the mulberry picking girl to sit next to him and asked her about the clothing making competition a few days ago.

Miss Caisang was only 29 years old. She glanced at Yue Ji and said in a sweet voice, "The clothing-making competition is very interesting. If there is such a competition next time, I will participate in it again."

Yue Ji: "I remember that on the day of the final competition, Mr. Li from the Liyu Hotpot Restaurant also went there. Did Miss Caisang see him?"

"Yes." Miss Caisang smiled. "Boss Li is a great man. I admire him very much. But I was busy judging the clothes at that time and I didn't have the chance to talk to him."

Yueji: "Who did Boss Li talk to?"

Miss Caisang thought his question was strange, but she still said, "With Princess Jianing, they have the best relationship, right?"

"Besides Princess Jianing, didn't you talk to the owner of the workshop?"

Miss Caisang: "Why does she want to talk to Shopkeeper Sheng from the workshop?"

Vietnamese: “…”

Miss Caisang sensed something was wrong and said meaningfully, "Mr. Yue, you came here today specifically to inquire about Mr. Li, right?"

Yueji: “Not really, just asking casually.”

Miss Caisang shook her head, but did not continue to expose him. Instead, she said, "Boss Li and Shopkeeper Sheng did talk once, but the situation of their conversation was the same as you and me, there is nothing strange about it."

Yue Ji hummed.

A few days ago, he went to the imperial mausoleum to meet Prince Hui and happened to have missed the clothing-making competition, so he came to ask specifically.

To this day, he still has doubts about Li Yu, but looking at the current situation, there should be no useful information.

*

The Vietnamese left quickly.

After watching him leave, the mulberry-picking girl returned to her room and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

Thinking that during the competition, Princess Jianing did not look down on her because of her status and spoke kindly to her, she sat back at the desk, took out a piece of letter paper, ground ink and picked up the pen to write.

She wanted to tell Princess Jianing about what happened to Mr. Yue.

But her things should not be allowed into Prince An’s Mansion.

No, you can’t enter Prince An’s Mansion, but you can go to the hot pot restaurant.

The manager of that store is from Prince An’s Mansion!

After coming to terms with it, Miss Caisang quickened her writing speed. In the evening, she called the maidservant who served her and asked her to deliver the letter to the hot pot restaurant.

*

Li Yu didn't know that someone was helping him secretly.

She worked at home for a few days and finally made the prototype of the wooden Rubik's Cube.

On this day, she was planning to finish the Rubik's Cube in one go, when suddenly a letter was delivered to her home.

She thought it was a flower-appreciation invitation from Mrs. Wei, but when she opened it, she found that it was signed by the Beijing Chamber of Commerce.

The hot pot restaurant has not joined the Chamber of Commerce at all, but the people from the Chamber of Commerce invited her to a banquet at Danyun Tower next to Chengjiang River tonight. Needless to say, it was most likely a Hongmen Banquet.

"No." Li Yu closed the invitation and said to the gatekeeper, Father Fang, "Tell the person who delivered the invitation that I have an appointment with Princess Jianing tonight and I can't go."

Mr. Fang sighed, took the note and trotted out.

The person who delivered the invitation was an old man. When he heard Li Yu’s refusal, he left with a gloomy face.

*

That night, Danyun Tower.

The owners of some restaurants in the capital sat on chairs, looking flatteringly at King Cheng who was sitting in the front row.

King Cheng looked happily at the officials standing beside him.

In the past, he did not compete for the position of crown prince, and few officials cared about him. He did not think it was a big deal and just thought that he could eat and drink happily all his life.

After Prince Hui left, officials came to curry his favor and gave him all kinds of new and interesting things. Only then did he understand why Prince Hui had been competing with the Crown Prince all these years.

It feels so good to have power, and once you have it, you can't let it go.

He also wants that position in the future!

"Master Zhang." King Cheng said to the first Minister of Personnel who supported him, "The Chamber of Commerce has been established today. It depends on you in the future."

The Minister of Personnel smiled happily: "I will definitely live up to your expectations..."

Before the last word "托" was uttered, the sound of orderly footsteps suddenly came from outside Danyun Tower.