The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Jingxue added, "This shop also needs to be redecorated. I'll go back and think about it today, and then I'll give you the blueprints. Thank you for your hard work these past few days; your wages are the same as those of the other shop owners!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Manager Peng curtsied.

"You can call me 'Boss' or 'Miss,' just try to keep a low profile!"

"Yes, I've got it. I'll go take care of it right away!" With that, Manager Peng left.

Jingxue looked around the shop again and made up her mind. "Yueyue, guard the door and don't let anyone in!"

"Yes, miss!"

Besides the room in front, the back yard was also piled with goods. Jingxue also gave an extra 500 thermos bottles and 2000 lighters.

At this moment, Qin Jing also arrived, with a servant behind him carrying two thermos flasks.

The thermos flasks provided in the mall had woven bamboo shells, the kind that Jingxue had only seen on websites in modern times, and seemed to be products from the 1960s or 70s.

Seeing Jingxue, he said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, this thermos is nice, I need to get some. And that lighter, no, I mean the kind that can light, I want one too!"

"I've already given you 2000 lighters and 500 thermos flasks! The rest of the goods are in the backyard!"

"Huh? 500 thermos flasks aren't enough! We need at least 1000!" Qin Jing said anxiously.

Jingxue: Okay! Poverty limits my imagination!

"It will be there when you come to pick up the goods, don't worry!"

"Alright! I didn't bring any extra money with me today."

“Let’s calculate it together next time, Qin Jing, tell me about your sales model!” Jing Xue found a chair and sat down.

Qin Jing tried hard to understand Jingxue's words, "Sister-in-law, I have shops in various prefectures. The caravans will travel south to stock up on goods and then bring them back from the south. If a product sells well in a particular area, we will find out by sending a message by carrier pigeon and then deliver goods there!"

Upon hearing this, Jingxue couldn't help but sigh that Qin Jing's sales model was quite advanced for ancient times. She secretly rejoiced that she had met such a smart and business-minded partner.

Jingxue nodded. "Yes, I heard that Beiye has a security escort agency. How do they operate?"

"You mean this? Escort agencies usually only take on valuable shipments. People don't bother with infrequent trips. Cousin-in-law, would you like to hire someone from an escort agency to transport your goods?"

Jingxue shook her head. "I mean, what do ordinary people do if they need to mail something? It would be so much more convenient if there were mail services that mail things and letters for people! But you can't do that with too few people. There are branches all over Beiye, you know what a branch is, right?"

Qin Jing nodded. "Sister-in-law, what you mean is that it's like my shops in various places. Those shops are like outlets, and the whole thing looks like a network covering the entire North Night!"

"Smart!" Jingxue gave him a thumbs up.

“Actually, there’s no need for caravans to travel all the way south. We just need someone to deliver goods between each outlet!” Jingxue thought of modern express delivery.

At this moment, Qin Jing remembered what Ye Muchen had told him about the "military village" before the banquet yesterday. If the soldiers could transport goods and letters for the people and charge a corresponding fee, the army would also have money to buy food, which would benefit both sides!

"Hey! Snap out of it! What are you thinking about?" Jingxue waved her hand at Qin Jing, who was lost in thought.

"Oh! Sister-in-law, this is not an easy matter! Let me think about it some more!"

Jingxue nodded; it was indeed not an easy task.

"Qin Jing, I want to find a schoolteacher!"

“Teach that boy in your courtyard? If he’s alone, I’ll send him to the primary school at Grand Tutor Lu’s house, where all the children are from official families.”

"Grand Tutor Lu?"

"Grand Tutor Lu also attended the Duke of Ningguo's birthday banquet yesterday. Don't you recognize him?"

Jingxue thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that old man with the white beard who swirls around?" She then mimicked the gesture with her hand, making a very lifelike imitation!

Qin Jing chuckled. "Sister-in-law, you really dare to say that! That's the Empress's own father, and the Emperor's teacher! His name is Lu Renbing."

Jingxue laughed too: Passerby C, haha...

"How old is that old man? Is the Empress his daughter?"

"Grand Tutor Lu is almost seventy years old, with five sons and one daughter. The Empress is the fifth son, and his youngest son was born when he was almost 50!"

Jingxue scratched her nose. "Can he even see the words clearly? What if he sees a word that doesn't have a dot on it as if it does? For example, he might see the word 'big' as 'dog' or 'too' instead."

"Haha..." Qin Jing couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh my! Cousin, you're so funny, haha..."

Jingxue rolled her eyes: This guy has such a low threshold for laughter!

"If we don't go to private schools, are there no academies that children from ordinary families can attend?"

Qin Jing stopped laughing. "There are two academies in the capital, one is Yuda Academy, and the other is Baichuan Academy. I don't really know much about these two academies! Baichuan Academy is closer to your War Prince's Mansion!"

"okay, I get it!"

"Sister-in-law, what's your decision regarding the Mingyue Tower collaboration?"

"Qin Jing, are you a money-making machine? Don't you even give me a break?" Jing Xueteng stood up from her chair.

"Hey! Sister-in-law, don't be in such a hurry! I'm just giving you a little reminder!" Qin Jing quickly clasped his hands in a gesture of respect.

"Sigh! Qin Jing, I feel that there are too few kinds of vegetables on the market now. I want to help the people in the village find something to do in winter, such as building greenhouses to grow vegetables. If there is no water, we can dig wells. But there is one material I can't find for building greenhouses!"

Jingxue then added, "Do you know what? If you can grow vegetables in winter, would your Mingyue Tower still be afraid of not making money?"

Qin Jing: Sometimes my cousin-in-law's words seem like wishful thinking. Growing vegetables in winter? That can only happen in Jiangnan!

"Sister-in-law, what kind of materials are you referring to?"

"It's a transparent fabric that can keep you warm while letting light pass through. You can't really call it fabric; it's like fabric but not quite!"

Qin Jing: I'm confused. I've never even heard of it, let alone looked for it.

Jingxue patted her skirt and said, "Never mind, let's wait until I find that kind of fabric! You'll definitely get your share then. I'm going back now, so you should get the goods out of here as soon as possible!"

Qin Jing didn't know how to continue the conversation, so he left with his servant.

Just as Jingxue was locking the door, she took out another 500 thermos flasks and placed them inside the room.

In addition to ordering people to pick up the goods, Qin Jing also sent someone to look for Ye Muchen. He heard that Ye Muchen had gone to the camp in the suburbs of the capital, so he had to wait until evening to go to the Prince of Zhan's mansion.

Jingxue stayed in the mansion for three days in a row, teaching several maids beauty and nail care while also instructing the bricklayers on how to build a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove). The steward also curiously came to help out.

Once the heated kang bed in Jingxue's bedroom was set up and tested successfully on the first try, the steward immediately said he would make one for the Prince's Lingyunxuan as well. After saying that, he secretly glanced at Jingxue.