My delicate husband

Lan An was also a little troubled when he saw the businesses left by Brother Xia. He didn't expect that Brother Xia's involvement was so wide. Fortunately, Brother Xia left Bai Lu behind, which made Lan An feel relieved.

"Bai Lu, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Don't worry, Mr. An, but the shop is currently suffering heavy losses."

Bai Lu still recognized Lan An's abilities. Although the real reason he stayed was to take care of Brother Wu, he was still looking forward to doing business with Lan An.

Brother Xia has three houses, two jewelry shops, a rice shop, three carpentry workshops, a wine shop, two pottery kilns, a rouge shop, and a blacksmith shop. He has a wide range of businesses, but except for the carpentry workshop, all of them are making losses. One of the jewelry shops has closed, and the rouge shop has lost the most money. Lan An is very upset.

Bai Lu felt a little ashamed when he saw Lan Euan's face getting darker and darker. He had tried to persuade his master, but the master just wouldn't listen. The more he faced setbacks, the more courageous he became.

Those people brought from the capital are used to the luxurious life of the aristocratic families, and the ways of the capital simply don’t work here.

Brother Xia is also a relatively benevolent boss. If this shop loses money, he will replace it with another one. Anyway, he is not short of money. He opened these shops for Brother Wu. His main source of income comes from the rewards from his royal brother. He gets thousands of gold every month, which is enough for him to squander. However, he cannot give it to Brother Wu openly and can only do it through these shops.

Later, Brother Xia became interested in doing business, especially after he made friends with Lan An. It was easiest to cheat the self-righteous families in the capital out of their money.

"Brother Xia, don't you check the accounts? Bai Lu, I don't think you and Manager Fang are that capable, right?"

Lan An's tone was unusually fierce. Zhang Xiaomo casually flipped through the account book and was speechless. He finally understood why Lan An was angry.

"The master always thought the loss was not bad."

"This adds up to a loss of nearly ten thousand taels of silver a month, right? Is that okay?"

Bai Lu explained to Lan An that money in the capital was calculated in gold, and this ten thousand taels was just the cost of a meal in the capital. Lan An didn't care about that. He was a genuine capitalist and he didn't want to support a group of people who lived off the money.

Look at the people in the Zhang family, each of them is capable and they earn their monthly salary based on their abilities. But look at the shop owners of these shops, none of them is useful.

It is said that women and children's money is the easiest to make. Lan An just couldn't understand how the Rouge Shop could suffer such a loss. The key is that it has been losing money for three consecutive years. Otherwise, it would be better to close it down as soon as possible.

"Bai Lu, go and call all the shop owners to come here."

Bai Lu nodded, got up and went out.

"Brother Xiaomo, do you think Brother Xia did this on purpose?"

"An An, don't be angry. You can't be angry now. Be good. I will help you find a solution."

Lan An asked Zhang Xiaomo for a hug in a wronged manner. He nestled in Zhang Xiaomo's arms and sucked his collarbone. He didn't want to care about these at all, but he had promised Brother Xia. Brother Xia must be setting a trap for him.

In fact, Brother Xia considered for a long time before handing these things over to Lan An. Brother Wu broke with the family and left home with nothing, and all the expenses he had during the years away from home were paid for by Brother Xia.

It is not convenient for Brother Xia to give more money now. These shops will definitely make a profit in Lan An's hands, and all the profits can be given to Brother Wu.

Although he was the magistrate of Yunling County, his monthly salary was less than fifty taels of silver, which was equivalent to nothing. Yunling County was far away from the capital and was also a typical poor county in the early Qi Kingdom. When Brother Wu was exiled here, Prime Minister Wu wanted to force him to return, but later he let him fend for himself.

The current state of Yunling County is the result of five years of hard work by the two of them. Before, Yunling County was a barren land, and the county government office was rebuilt by them.

No one would have thought that the youngest number one scholar in Chuqi State, the eldest son of Prime Minister Wu, and the dream of all the noble ladies in the capital would openly rebel against his family after graduating from high school and be exiled to a wild place like Yunling County. Even now, many people feel sorry for Brother Wu's talent. Apart from him, the Wu family has no one else who can support the family, which is why he has not been completely abandoned.

Brother Xia is doing this now because he wants Lan An to provide financial support for Brother Wu's career. He knows how talented Lan An is in business, and he also knows that Lan An is unwilling to get involved in these things, but Brother Xia really has no choice. Time is too tight and he doesn't have time to make too many deployments.

Lan An also called everyone from the Zhang family to his front. He glanced at Brother He and threw two account books to him. Brother He looked at them with a painful expression, and seeing Lan An's dark face, he understood his thoughts.

"Brother He, you understand without me saying anything."

Lan An was also a little sleepy, so Zhang Xiaomo held him in his arms and coaxed him, and Lan An closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Zhang Xiaomo glanced at everyone and spoke in a low voice

"As you all know, Brother Xia left some assets to An An before he left. You are also aware of An An's current health condition. All the shop owners will be here soon. You should understand the situation clearly and discuss countermeasures as soon as possible to think about how to turn the situation around."

Zhang Xiaomo gave Brother He a look again, and Brother He nodded. Then Zhang Xiaomo carried Lan An back to the room to rest.

Bai Lu brought all the shopkeepers over soon. Brother He chatted with Bai Lu for a while, and everyone gathered together for a brief discussion.

However, all the shopkeepers were not very cooperative. After all, they had followed Brother Xia for many years and did not approve of the new owner. They came here today just to give face to Bai Lu.

After waiting for nearly two hours, Zhang Xiaomo finally coaxed Lan An to come to the hall. The shopkeepers present all looked a little impatient. Bai Lu did not try to persuade them, as he also wanted to teach these people a lesson.

"I called you here today for no other reason. I don't support idlers."

Lan An said this and nestled in Zhang Xiaomo's arms. The shopkeepers' faces were not very good. The shopkeeper of the Rouge Shop had been with Brother Xia the longest and was very dissatisfied with Lan An. He spoke directly.

"We have been following the boss for so long. As a boy, do you know how to do business?"

"Then tell me how you do business. Explain to me why you lose so much every month. If you don't satisfy me today, you don't have to leave."

The owner of the rouge shop didn't give Lan An any face and stood up to leave. Lan An just got up from Zhang Xiaomo's arms, went into the inner room, took out a bow and arrow, and shot an arrow directly. The wailing of the rouge shop owner could be heard not far away.

"Brother Man, please bring the person in."

After Brother Man left, Lan An looked at everyone. Brother He was also speechless. It was not easy for the young master to get into a better mood, but these people insisted on provoking him. He could only wish him good luck.

Lan Euan felt painful when he thought about this skill. He had spent a lot of silver to upgrade it. Its accuracy was limited by distance, and Lan Euan spent a lot of money to upgrade it. The initial distance was two meters in radius. Lan Euan spent 5000 taels of silver to upgrade to twenty meters in radius. Of course, he spent two more taels of silver to upgrade the locking. Before, it had to be within the line of sight, but now it can be activated as long as he thinks about it. Now it can be activated four times a month, with 15 arrows each time. This was also the upgrade that Lan Euan spent two silvers on. Later upgrades will require two silvers. Lan Euan does not have that much money.

Fortunately, the shops in the capital were doing very well and making a lot of profit from dividends. Lan An also had two pieces of silver now, but he was still too poor. That was why Lan An was willing to take over these shops. He couldn't just rely on the one in the capital.

"Can we talk properly now?"

The owner of the rouge shop immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, but he really didn't understand. He had been to the rouge shop before in the capital. The young ladies from wealthy families liked it very much, and he also made money from it.

The rouge shop also explained the situation honestly, and Lan An finally understood that the things they bought were not practical, expensive, and had poor effects. The main reason was that the production costs were high and the technology was not up to standard. No wonder they suffered such a loss.

"Shut up, it's a bit noisy."

Lan An called all the shopkeepers to his front and asked them the reasons. They all understood that it would be strange if they didn't lose a lot of money if they applied the methods they used in the capital here. These people didn't know how to do business. They didn't know the importance of money. They had high expectations but poor skills and were unrealistic.

Lan An already had a general idea in his mind. He asked these shop owners to go back and gave them half a month to visit several surrounding counties, look at other people's products and then look at their own, and reflect carefully.

Everyone nodded repeatedly, finally getting away from this living devil.

Lan An rubbed his head with a headache, and Zhang Xiaomo quickly held him in his arms to comfort him.

"Bai Lu, you are familiar with these stores, right? This week, I want to know the problems that all stores have in their operations, and I will visit each store."

Bai Lu nodded to Brother He, and Lan Euan looked at the other people in the hall.

"Are there any shops you're interested in?"

Lan An actually had his own plans in mind. Guo Ge'er and Xue Ge'er chose the jewelry shop, Wu Da Ge and Kong Da Ge chose the grain store, Man Da Ge and Han Da Ge chose the wine shop, and Xie Da Ge and Zhu Da Ge chose the ceramic kiln. Lan An was not surprised by these choices.

"Okay, you guys should also think about how to run the business."