I'm a useless prince, so what if I know a little bit of chemistry?

The woman chuckled, as if she found it funny, and said to the man, "Stupid Luo Fang, maybe the scholar was thinking about his sweetheart, so he didn't hear the shouting, but you wanted to hit him directly. His delicate skin and tender flesh can't stand your whip."

After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Lin Fan and said, "I'm sorry, scholar. I apologize to you."

The woman left with a smile, her words containing a hint of good-natured ridicule.

Lin Fan was not so petty as to argue with a woman and just let her leave.

After wandering around Guangling City for a long time, Lin Fan also got a general idea of ​​the city's layout.

In the center of Guangling City is the main residence of the Shen family, which covers a large area. Starting from the main residence, there are eight roads leading to all directions. According to the people in the city, this means that wealth will come from all directions.

Judging from the breadth of the Shen family's business, it is indeed an 80% fortune.

Moreover, Guangling City has been built by the Shen family into the world's commercial center.

As Lin Fan walked around, he discovered that there were merchants from various countries in the city, and he even saw a few people from outside the Great Wall.

The eight main roads also divide Guangling City into eight areas, seven of which are various shops and inns, and only one area is a residential area for people to live in.

The shopping area has a wide variety of goods.

Among them, Lin Fan went to see the salt shops specifically. Salt can be roughly divided into two categories.

One is refined salt, which is divided into top-quality refined salt and cheap refined salt. Top-quality refined salt is almost a special supply to the palace and is generally sold to the royal family. Ordinary refined salt is a normal commodity and anyone with money can buy it.

The other type is coarse salt. This type of salt is not expensive, so it is sold to the people. However, this type of salt has a special disadvantage, which is that it tastes astringent and bitter.

After strolling around for a while, Lin Fan made a decision in his mind.

If soap cannot win over the Shen family, then add the salt-making method. For Lin Fan, purifying crude salt is very simple.

After walking around and finishing his observation, Lin Fan returned to his residence.

The next day.

"You two, please come to the Shen family for a gathering, please."

After breakfast, Shen Fu came to find Lin Fan and Zhang Guangzhi.

"Is your master not afraid of being exposed to the wind today?" Zhang Guangzhi asked with a smile. It seemed like he was joking, but one could hear the sarcasm in the tone.

Shen Fu smiled and explained, "Everyone, my family's head has not seen any guests yet. Today, I am here to talk to you as the acting head of the family."

Zhang Guangzhi knew that the Shen family wanted to show their power to him and his group, so he said to Lin Fan, "My Lord, it seems that the Shen family is not very interested in us."

Lin Fan said calmly: "No hurry, let's go and see how sincere the Shen family is first."

On the one hand, it was Emperor Liang's idea to win over the Shen family, and on the other hand, it was also Lin Fan's own idea.

If the Shen family could surrender, Lin Fan would be able to accumulate wealth for himself, which would be of great help in the development of his future plans.

If the Shen family is not interested in cooperating, Lin Fan will naturally not force it.

If Lin Fan wanted to support the Nian family to become a family that could compete with the Shen family in the business world, it wouldn't be that difficult except that it would take a long time.

It was only because Emperor Liang ordered Lin Fan to recruit the Shen family that he wanted to win over the Shen family. But now, looking at the attitude of the Shen family, it is clear that they don't want to cooperate, which makes Lin Fan very annoyed.

After entering the main residence of the Shen family, Shen Fu took Lin Fan and the others to the meeting room.

I saw an old man holding a tea bowl and drinking tea.

The old man heard the footsteps, raised his eyes slightly, glanced at Lin Fan a few times, and continued to sip his tea.

This attitude made Zhang Guangzhi so angry that he wanted to turn around and leave.

But Lin Fan had no expression on his face and sat down on the chair.

"Xiao Er, serve tea."

Lin Fan waved outside and shouted.

"That's right, serve the tea quickly, and it would be best if a few girls came to sing." Zhang Guangzhi echoed.

"Boy, this is the Shen family, not a place for you to act as you please!" The old man put down his teacup and said dissatisfiedly.

Lin Fan glanced at the old man and suddenly realized, "So this is the Shen family. I thought it was a teahouse. Guangzhi, stop yelling, girl! So this is the Shen family, not a brothel. At least give the Shen family some face."

The old man looked at Lin Fan for a few times, then suddenly smiled and said, "Come here, serve the guests tea."

As soon as he finished speaking, a maid came in and poured tea.

Lin Fan cursed in his heart: You old bastard, you really want to kill my prestige.

Lin Fan picked up the tea, blew on it gently, and finally took a sip. He said, "The tea is good, but it's a pity that it's too hot. I can't drink it."

The old man understood what Lin Fan meant, smiled, and said, "You can't drink this tea too quickly. You have to taste it slowly to get the flavor."

"That's right, but sometimes, this tea is not drinkable because it burns your mouth." Lin Fan put down the tea bowl and said lightly.

Lin Fan was too lazy to engage in official conversation with the old man in front of him. He threw a small piece of soap on the table and said directly: "This is a sample. I will give you two days. If there is no response within two days, then I will leave."

After saying that, Lin Fan turned around and left, with no intention of staying.

This made the old man very angry.

After all, in his opinion, Lin Fan was just a useless prince of Daliang, and he should let the Shen family see his sincerity first. He never expected that they would have such an attitude.

"It makes me so angry, it really makes me so angry!" The old man threw the cup in his hand to the ground.

Soon, Shen Fu walked in.

"Master Dai, what should we do now?" Shen Fu asked.

"Don't pay attention to them. Let them stay for a few days and eat and drink well, so that outsiders won't think that our Shen family is not hospitable enough." said the old man.

"Yes."

……

"My lord, the Shen family is going too far. They simply don't take you seriously. You'd better not cooperate with us!" Zhang Guangzhi said angrily.

As a subordinate, he knew very well that Lin Fan had pulled the bow so hard, but was now rejected by the Shen family. Naturally, he had to give Lin Fan a way out.

"Haha, Guangzhi, do you think that I have failed?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.

"Does the lord have a backup plan? Hiss, could it be Miss Chunfang and the others?" Zhang Guangzhi said in shock, as if he had realized something.

"Could it be that the lord has already anticipated this step?" Zhang Guangzhi asked.

"I didn't expect victory, but I expected defeat. How could I not have a backup plan?"

Lin Fan looked towards the Shen family courtyard with a sneer on his face.

"If you don't cooperate today, the price won't be the same tomorrow. Taoist Guangzhi, send someone to contact Chunfang so they can start."

"Yes."

Zhang Guangzhi agreed.

"Now that you're in Guangling City, you haven't taken a walk around yet, have you? Come on, come on, I'm the host, and today we won't leave until we're drunk." Lin Fan took Zhang Guangzhi's arm and walked towards the restaurant.

Zhang Guangzhi waved to the side, and a young man came over quickly.

Zhang Guangzhi winked at the young man, who nodded and then disappeared on the spot.

Guangling City, in the residential area.

"The Marquis has given the order, the backup plan can be implemented!"