Yi Xin as a concubine

Xin Baoer lowered her head and took a sip. Then she showed a satisfied look and praised with curved eyebrows: "It's really good. You have inherited the true teachings of Lancao."

He took another sip and said, "Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Time is tight and the task is heavy. I'll only be busy for a year or two. Once everything is on track, I'll have some free time. You know I'm the laziest."

After drinking the soup, I chatted with the two of them for a while before going back to their rooms to sleep.

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Time flies, and the seasons in Nanzhao seem to be frozen in spring and summer. It is already October, but there is not a single yellow leaf on the mountains and fields. This climate is suitable for the growth of most herbs.

It has been almost two months since the last time we shipped herbs back to the north. It looks like we can get the next batch.

Ziqidonglai has been open for nearly two months. Through Tuya's connections, she has gotten to know several people in high positions. She is never stingy with these connections, knowing that these people are rich and powerful, and no amount of money can show their sincerity. So whenever there is any good thing new in the store, she will prepare a portion and send it to them.

In Nanzhao, no matter whether you are a man or a woman, a king, a marquis, an earl, or a commoner, there is no one who does not have a competitive spirit. This is probably the national culture.

You should know that most of the things produced by Ziqidonglai are unique, and are the most precious items that can satisfy the competitive psychology of these nobles. They can be said to be gifts that touch the heart.

Of course, there are some invisible benefits that Xin Baoer had long anticipated, such as the star effect. Every time the jewelry and clothes are sent over, similar styles in the store will be sold out within a few days.

For example, with the strong recommendations of these top nobles, many malicious competitors were eliminated openly or secretly, which reduced the pressure on Wei Yu and Yu Si a lot.

With continuous innovation, Zi Qi Dong Lai has been completely accepted by the Nanzhao nobles. Even the Queen has spent time with her. Xin Baoer has also reluctantly participated in various banquets among nobles many times, and her reputation has been completely established.

At the same time, the Xinlin supermarkets built in her name in various towns in Nanzhao have begun to take shape. Planning began at the end of August, and in just over a month, less than two months, more than a dozen stores have been opened.

According to Xin Baoer's plan, at least a dozen stores in places far away from the royal capital must be opened before the end of the year. She wants Xinlin Supermarket to be everywhere in Nanzhao.

Xinlin Supermarket is different from Ziqidonglai. Xinlin Supermarket is more friendly to the people. It has high-end, medium-end and low-end products. It is based on the layout of supermarkets in later generations. It has everything, such as rice, flour, grain, oil, fresh fruits and vegetables, cooked food and desserts, as well as wine and beverages, daily necessities, clothes, shoes and hats, etc. Some of the goods are purchased from the surrounding people, some from merchants in Nanzhao, and of course most of them are specially supplied by the North.

She wanted her supermarket culture to become the mainstream consumption trend in Nanzhao, starting from food, clothing, housing and transportation, and all other aspects. On the basis of earning a lot of money, it would become an indispensable part of Nanzhao. Not only the nobles would be inseparable from her Zi Qi Dong Lai, but the lives of ordinary people would also be inseparable from her Xin Lin.

When one day Chu Xingchen is able to launch a war to unify the Central Plains, her business monopoly can play a certain restraining role on Nanzhao. Although Nanzhao has no ambition to expand, times have changed. When there is chaos in the country, it is inevitable that they will want to take advantage of the chaos.

As for those products specially supplied to the North, she had no plans to build factories in Nanzhao. Even though the transportation was troublesome and laborious now, they had to be imported. After the people of Nanzhao got used to those products, she would gradually reveal the origins of the products to lay the foundation for future trade between the two countries.

In the next few months, she would have to constantly update her products while trying her best to maintain and expand her network, not only in the royal capital, but also in every place where there is a Xinlin supermarket. It is said that a county magistrate is not as good as a local manager, and a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Doing business has always been about making money through harmony.

However, she doesn't have to do those things herself, she can just send the second-in-command to do it. But if she does that, she will have to stay in Ziqidonglai in person, and only occasionally inspect the shops around the royal capital. That way, she will have more free time.

But she did not slack off because she had already planned to leave Nanzhao and go to Seabuckthorn Country after the New Year. Before leaving, she had to solve the potential problems in Nanzhao.

As October approached, her eighteenth birthday was getting closer, but since there was no one to celebrate her birthday with her, she didn't take it to heart. She kept herself busy every day, taking care of one thing after another, and then started a new round of busyness.

October 12th is the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, and it is also Xin Baoer's eighteenth birthday.

But she herself didn't remember, and she didn't get up until noon.

There was an aristocratic banquet on the third floor yesterday, which was held by Marquis Tuya for one of her new favorite husbands. If it was someone else, Xin Baoer would just go over and say hello, but Tuya was her benefactor, and it could be said that without Tuya, she would not have been able to gain a foothold in Nanzhao so quickly, so she could not refuse and could only accompany him from beginning to end, and even drank a few glasses of light fruit wine helplessly.

For someone who has not drunk much, it doesn't matter whether the alcohol content is high or not. She can't stand the slightest aftereffect. She returned to the room in the middle of the night and fell asleep without even washing up. It was Wei Yu who was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, so he wiped her and changed her into pajamas, allowing her to sleep peacefully.

"Is Xiaobamei not awake yet?" A familiar male voice sounded outside the door.

Xin Baoer was actually about to wake up, but the hangover headache made her not want to open her eyes. She only felt that the voice was familiar, and did not think about anything else for a while.

"Little Eighth Sister, Little Eighth Sister, get up quickly. Second brother is here to celebrate your birthday." It was that familiar male voice again.

Xin Baoer was rubbing her temples hard when suddenly an idea came to her mind. She looked towards the door with anticipation, then thought of something and looked down at her clothes. She didn't care about the discomfort anymore and got up and went into the cloakroom.

He grabbed a coat and put it on, tying the belt as he walked towards the door.

"Second brother." As soon as the door opened a crack, the familiar face appeared in front of her, and her hand that was about to open the door stopped for a moment.

There is a feeling called homesickness. Xin Baoer felt that way at that moment. She wanted to see the person outside the door as soon as possible, but she was also afraid that the person would disappear once the door opened, and it was just an illusion caused by her drunkenness.

"Open the door and see what gift your second brother has brought you. I guarantee you'll like it." Xin Chengzhi raised his hand high, holding a small gift box, and pushed it into the crack of the door like he was offering a treasure.

This time, Xin Baoer was finally sure that it was not her hallucination. She exerted force with her hands, and the door was suddenly opened. Xin Baoer threw herself into Xin Chengzhi's arms like a cat.

"Second brother, woo woo woo, second brother, woo woo woo ..."

Xin Baoer didn't know what happened. She was so happy to see her long-lost relatives, but she burst into tears unconsciously, and the more she cried, the more aggrieved she felt.

"What's wrong? Are you having a bad life in Nanzhao and feeling wronged? Tell your second brother and he will avenge you." Xin Chengzhi didn't have time to show off his gift at the moment and was busy coaxing his pampered girl.

Xin Baoer cried harder and harder, gasping for breath, which scared Wei Yu, Zhao Xian and Qin Chu. They were with Baoer every day and had never seen her being bullied. Could it be that the second young master of the Xin family had caused her to cry? Then the three of them glared at Xin Chengzhi with six eyes. Xin Chengzhi suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if a disaster was about to happen.

Xin Baoer cried for a quarter of an hour before she stopped. She cried so hard that she would sob from time to time even after she stopped. Her eyes, which were already swollen from being drunk, became even more swollen after crying. Her big grape eyes were almost reduced to slits, making her look pitiful and ridiculous.

Xin Baoer also felt uncomfortable in her eyes at this moment, so she let her second brother into the room and ran to the mirror to look at herself. When she saw this, she was so frightened that she almost screamed.

Probably there is no woman who doesn't love beauty. Now she looked like a ghost and didn't want to look back and look at her second brother. But Zhao Xian couldn't bear it anymore, so he went downstairs to cook two hot eggs for her and asked her to apply them on her eyes first. He also called Ershiqi to check her out and prescribed some ointment. After all the trouble, half an hour had passed, but her swollen eyes could finally be seen by people.