Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

The Fang family had always lived a wealthy life and never cared about spending money like water, even though they had now fallen into decline as an aristocracy.

So when Luo Yu bought a five-story building on Fenghuang Street in Xicheng District and bought eighteen young women aged fifteen or sixteen and ten young men to work as security guards from the pawnshop, no one thought it was an exaggeration.

Seeing that she bought a lot, the dealer gave her two children around ten years old.

It was also the first time for Luo Yu to see a child being sent in this way. She did not mind having so many people working, as ten years old was the easiest age to discipline.

Then she found out that there were eight children, so she simply spent an extra twenty taels and packed up the bags to take away.

So, when Luo Qie, Fang Qiuyue, Mr. Fang, Mrs. Fang, sister-in-law Gao and their maid Ping'er returned to the house with 38 people, Qin Bingrui was stunned.

Qiuyue and Ping'er were responsible for teaching etiquette to the eighteen girls, who were led by Gao and Fang to do needlework, mainly to materialize the women's bags designed by Luo Yu.

Anyway, I bought a building and there is plenty of space for sale.

The key point is that she didn't have any business plan for the time being, so she spent 2,500 taels of silver to buy the building, which was a 40% discount.

It turned out that the original owner of the building was offering a 30% discount to the public, which was the lowest discount the Bai family wanted to get at 50% off. If the other party was not a member of the Bai family, they could offer a maximum discount of 40%.

When Luo Yu heard this, he thought it was a 40% discount, so he would make a profit if he bought it. After all, money is something outside of the body. Qin Bingrui had so many banknotes on him that he couldn't use them, couldn't take them away, and couldn't eat them all.

In addition to buying thirty-eight workers, the young girls cost ten taels each, the young men cost twelve taels each, and the ten children cost a total of twenty taels, for a total of two thousand eight hundred and twenty taels of silver.

Qin Bingrui looked at the remaining more than 100,000 taels of silver. How come only a fraction of it had been used in so many days? The money in ancient times was really easy to use.

"Sister, what kind of business are you planning to start that can wipe out the Bai family's business in one go? If we do the same business, I'm afraid our chances of success are slim."

"Free is the most expensive thing. Just wait and see!"

Afterwards, Luo Yu continued to arrange the personnel at hand.

Qin Bingrui was put in charge of managing ten young men, and it would be best if they could provide military-style training. Qin Bingrui was very happy, as he quite liked supervising people's training.

As for the remaining ten children, Luo Yu taught them to read and learn some self-defense skills from Qin Bingrui. Usually, they were only responsible for serving tea and cleaning the house. When they were a few years older, they could become personal maids and guards. After they became familiar with the work, they would feel safer and more reliable.

After roughly allocating the tasks, Qin Bingrui asked Luo Yu: "Sister, did you find anything missing?"

"What's missing?"

"Who's going to cook? Do you want to do it yourself?"

"Yeah, why don't we go buy a few more aunts to do the laundry and cooking."

Fang and Gao smiled at each other, and Qiuyue immediately rushed to say, "Usually, Sister Ping'er and I cook together. If the young lady and the young master don't mind that our cooking is not to their liking, we can continue."

Fang thought that her cooking seemed pretty good and was about to ask to try it.

Luo Yu immediately raised his hand, fearing that Fang would snatch the job away, and quickly said, "No, no, you have too much to do. Cooking requires an uncle or aunt with superb cooking skills."

When he went out, he repeatedly told everyone not to go to the yard where Qin Bingrui lived alone, otherwise they would bear the consequences.

Fang could only explain privately to her father, mother and sister-in-law that Qin Bingrui was a girl pretending to be a man and did not want to be discovered or disturbed by anyone.

Old Master Fang was puzzled: "She's obviously a woman, why is she afraid of having her secret discovered? Only a fool would think he's a man."

Old Madam Fang rolled her eyes at Mr. Fang.

"A girl who's out there on her own must have some secrets that are unknown to the world. You old man, just don't go."

Fang just smiled with her lips pursed. She didn't dare to say that there was a big white tiger and a dog in their Fang family's house.

It's hard for anyone to accept this fact, right?

Luo Yu and Qin Bingrui walked out onto the street, where they had a chance to be alone and talk to each other. They finally didn't have to avoid people.

"Sister, why don't we go see the building you bought first and open my eyes."

"Let's go. I guess the Bai family already knows that the building has been sold. They must be regretting not selling it sooner."

"By the way, Yan Xuan should know where the White Tiger is. Shouldn't there be any problem?"

"It's okay. If you go to pick him up, he won't suspect me. After all, I can't stand being investigated. Besides, since Xia Liang is sure he won't act rashly, there's no need for us to alert him. Let's wait. Maybe another group of people will arrive soon. They'll arrive eventually, no matter how late they are."

"Sis, I'm relieved to see you're so optimistic. You said our journey was quite exciting. We were chased by four groups of people separately. Fortunately, they didn't all want to kill us."

"The prince's secret guards, the Bai family's assassins, and the emperor and empress's men, each one is more formidable than the other."

The two of them appeared in front of a five-story building on Fenghuang Street in Xicheng District, talking and laughing.

This building is a great buy. Amidst the green bricks and tiles, the five-story building looks even more charming in the sun, as if time and history have stopped at this beautiful moment.

Qin Bingrui couldn't help but sigh: "Sister, this building is worth buying. This is our first house."

"Yes, it must live a magnificent life."

"Sister, what are you going to use it for?"

"library!"

"Fuck, sister, you're still awesome!"

The entire Fenghuang Street is the most lively and prosperous street in Liangzhou City. The street is five meters wide. There are no messy stalls on both sides. It is full of neatly arranged large shops. Most of the people on the street are wealthy people. People like Luo Yu who wear ordinary fine cotton skirts are rare.

The streets are paved with large slabs of bluestone, which are thick, majestic, simple and elegant. The whole street is spotlessly clean, which highlights the class and attention of these shops.

There is a high-end jewelry store on the left side of the five-story building. It looks dazzling. There is a sedan chair parked at the door, and most of the people coming in and out are young and beautiful ladies.

On the right is a ready-to-wear clothing store, which sells all luxurious and high-end materials. I guess ordinary people would never ask about the prices, as they only sell luxury goods.

Very good, Luo Yu smiled, the library is here, there is no need to advertise, it is absolutely free to spread.

The luxury goods street is interesting only if you see a group of poor scholars coming and going.

Opposite is a high-rise building of the same size, but it is one floor shorter than Luo Yu’s building. I believe the Bai family will be furious when they see that this five-story building has been bought by someone!

"Sister, you are now the young lady of the Bai family. Aren't you afraid that the shopkeepers of the Bai family will recognize you?"

"I asked my mother, and she said that apart from a few old shopkeepers in Muzhou, no one has ever seen Bai Fengchu. What about the Second Master and the Third Master? Do they dare to come? Even if they come and deny me, it won't work. If they say I'm not Bai Fengchu, then where did I really go? Do they dare to tell me?"

"Well, let's have some fun in Liangzhou City!"

"Well, let's go back. Since we want to open a library, we have to seek cooperation from Prince Rui, right?"