Shipin Dalizheng

After finishing writing, he threw the pen away and said, "This is embarrassing."

Chu Chen's face showed a smile of success, but when he turned around and looked at the poem, his face froze. The handwriting was very neat, and the poem seemed... reasonable...

His eyes wandered, trying to find something else to talk about. He was racking his brains to think of a solution when a commotion broke out in the courtyard. The maids and servants brought by the guests ran around and spread the news, "Something happened."

The Xie Mansion had strict rules and many servants. They sent people to guard each courtyard and prevented people from moving around freely. Half an hour later, the guests were organized to leave the Xie family. As for what happened, they did not make a big fuss to lose face.

However, after the carriages from various mansions left, the news still leaked out. It was said that Liang Chongwen sneaked into the room of Xie Jinzhi's concubine Jin Xiangxiang. The two of them were in love and were caught in an affair by Xie Ying. Xie Ying ran out of the room, but because she cried so hard, she was seen by the servants, who reported it to the second master and mistress Xie.

The two asked Master Xie to make the decision. Master Xie spared their lives because Liang Chongwen and Jin Xiangxiang had been engaged. He rolled them up naked and sent them back to the Liang family. Naturally, the marriage between the Liang and Xie families was called off.

Rong Tang walked on the road with a smile on his face. When he passed by his own shop, he took a special look. He saw that the Liang family was in a hurry to close the shop and drove out several customers.

Those people spoke with southern accents and cursed the Liang family for being dishonest. Rong Tang listened for a while and it seemed that they wanted to sell something to the Liang family, but Manager Liang was trying to lower the price so much that they were going to lose money.

Rong Tang looked at the sign hanging by the Liang family, which also said a candy shop. So, were these people here to sell candy?

Du Shaokang urged him, "What's so good about this? These southerners are here to sell candy. In previous years, they were so arrogant that they only sold to the Liang family and charged exorbitant prices. Now our candy is much better than theirs, cleaner and sweeter. The Liang family's business is not as good as ours, so they won't be able to sell their candy this year."

Rong Tang asked, "Merchants from Jiangnan?"

He looked around for a while and saw a short man whom he remembered. He had seen him before crossing the river, and Rong Zhan had asked them for directions.

With a wink, Rong Zhan followed, and Rong Tang continued to follow Du Shaokang.

Du Zhong was already waiting for them at the door, serving them tea attentively and even bringing a small fan to fan it for them himself.

"Prince Rong, you've seen the situation in our shop, why is it so awkward?"

"Is business bad?"

"It's not that we're not making money. Our sugar and wine are both of excellent quality. We initially sent them to various prefectures as gifts, and the response was quite good. Many families placed orders for banquets. It's just that store sales have always been unsatisfactory, as you, Prince, have witnessed with your own eyes."

He felt very embarrassed. His store sales copied the model of the small store in Rongtang County, but the effect was not good, and sometimes it even had a counterproductive effect.

An hour ago, the youngest son of the Minister of Personnel reportedly had a toothache after eating some candy. The Minister's mother came to the store angrily and scolded him, then bought two cans of thin sugar to drink with water before leaving.

Rong Tang smiled and lowered his head to take a sip of tea. "Manager Du, this is the most prosperous and wealthy area in Shangjing. Who's kid would queue up in the street for a few cents worth of candy?"

Du Zhong thought about it and slapped his mouth. There were poor children in the small county town who wanted to eat candy but had no money. They could line up at the door for a while, recite a nursery rhyme, promote the store, and exchange it for a piece of candy, and everyone would be happy.

In the capital city, especially in this area, everyone is either rich or noble. You can't afford to be treated like a monkey for a piece of candy.

Du Zhong said with a bitter face: "What should we do then?"

Rong Tang continued to drink tea, while Rong Wanli was twisting his fingers.

Du Zhong understood that Rong Shizi wanted benefits, and he looked embarrassed. "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to wait for the Third Master to bring back the goods."

Speaking of transporting goods, the job should be done by a manager. Even Fu Xinzhuang is willing to deliver them. Mr. Du Sanye especially likes to do it himself. After all, it is because Fu Xinzhuang comes out with new styles almost every day, and the uniquely shaped candies make him happy.

"I want benefits, but I won't ask for them for nothing. The main reason is that I have an agreement with Mr. Du that this year's sugar will only be supplied to the Du family, and my small shop in the county town can't afford the high price."

When Du Zhong heard this, he was a little moved. "Prince Rong, why don't you tell me about it? I'll consider it."

"I'll find another way for you to double or even triple the price of sugar. While the sales volume won't be huge, the profit will definitely be super high. If it doesn't work, I can give it up. Anyway, I won't let you suffer any loss."

Du Zhong finally couldn't resist his desire for profit. "Prince Rong, you can give it a try. If it really works, I can make the decision and give you 20% to 30% of the extra profit."

What he said was very conservative. For example, they currently sell a jar of thin sugar for 200 wen. If Rong Tang can find a way to sell it for 300 wen without affecting sales, he can increase the sales by 20% to 30% of the 100 wen, which is 20 to 30 wen.

The Du family also earned an extra seventy or eighty cents on top of the original profit, so it was definitely not a loss.

"I want 50%, and the family that earns more will get half."

Du Zhong refused to give in and bargained for a long time. Even after getting to 40% of the price, Du Zhong was still not satisfied. "Prince Rong, we have an agreement. If the new product cannot be sold at the price, our agreement will be cancelled."

"Okay."

After saying that, Rong Tang didn't want to stay any longer, so he took Rong Wanli out of the Du family shop.

After walking for half an hour, we arrived not far from the Meridian Gate. Sure enough, we saw many people gathered around the large bulletin board, watching the fun. I guess that was the place where the imperial edict was posted to recruit fortune tellers.

Rong Tang walked over and was about to reach out when an old smoker came out from the side and knocked his hand aside. Lao Wen's warning voice rang out, "Boy, are you going to kill yourself?"

A moment later, Rong Tang was stuffed into Zheng Changzhi's double-horse carriage.

"Ahem, Senior Wen, where is Rong Wanli?"

"Don't worry, he's fine."

Then Rong Wanli said in a muffled voice: "Master, I am still alive."

Rong Tang was already thinking that since ordinary people couldn't hurt him and people like Lao Wen couldn't stop him, it would be a waste for the four guards to be guards. He would keep one of them to be on duty and send the others to guard the store.

For example, a new store that is about to open.

The place Rong Tang was taken to was very familiar. It was the yard next to the Tang family. He just found out that this was Zheng Changzhi's villa. The time when he climbed the wall in women's clothes was seen by this person.

I became more alert in my heart. Zheng Changzhi is a smart and suspicious man. I must not let him see my gender.

Zheng Changzhi held a scroll in his hand, his fingertips white. When Rong Tang approached, he suddenly threw the scroll in his face and said, "You destroyed my painting. Tell me how you're going to compensate me."

Rong Tang cried out in his heart, "What bad luck!" It turned out that one should not be too arrogant, because if one is arrogant, things will easily get into trouble.

"This is not my fault. I'm the victim. It was Chu Chen who tricked me. He said the painting was his and asked me to write a poem. If I knew it was your painting, I would never write a poem even if I died."

Zheng Changzhi's face darkened. "My painting is not worthy of your ink?"

"Do not……"

"Did you write that poem?"

"Is it... strange?"

Rong Tang was a little nervous. This was a poem he wrote himself and he didn't copy anyone else's. Was it because his writing was too bad and it offended Zheng Changzhi?

Zheng Changzhi's eyes were complicated, suddenly excited, suddenly cruel. Sometimes he felt like he had met a soulmate, and sometimes he wanted to strangle Rong Tang to death, which made Rong Tang tremble with fear.

Zheng Changzhi finally calmed down and slowly exhaled, "If you want to bring down the Liang family, I will help you, but once this matter is over, you should also fulfill the promise you owe me."

Rong Tang breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was still an old debt.

but.

"Mrs. Moon Queen, you must dress in women's clothing and perform a show. If you can make the Queen Queen smile, your destruction of my painting will be forgiven."