The disaster in the southwest has made the previous rumors more credible.

In recent years, there have been constant wars, but there are not many natural disasters, and every time a war is triggered, the cadres can be invincible with their own strong military strength. During the period of the first emperor, the territory of the Great Cadres was only three-quarters of what it is now, and the northeastern, northwestern, and southwestern frontiers were not yet under the control of the Great Cadres. The first emperor was a heroic and strategic hero, with great ambitions, and he took the initiative to send troops to expand his territory after more than ten years of obscurity.

The great cadres attached no less importance to the army than farming, and with their super combat effectiveness and ambition for expansion, the first emperor personally drove the expedition and conquered the south and the north, so that he now has a vast territory and a strong army. Although the territory is large, it is a fact that after decades of war, the people have lost money, the population has plummeted, and the economy has been depressed. In his later years, the first emperor repented, personally issued an edict against himself, lightly taxed, and revitalized agriculture, so that the devastated Daqian was revitalized again.

After the current saint succeeded to the throne, although he did not have the foresight and determination of the first emperor, he was still young and promising, and he was more than successful. However, the young emperor, in the case of frequent battles with Xijon and victory, gave birth to an arrogant heart, so happy with his achievements, and self-serving. When several useful generals in the army disagreed with the emperor, they could only resign and go into hiding, which also made the loyal and upright people in the court feel uneasy and did not dare to speak.

The emperor is crooked, and it is difficult for the courtiers to be right. The traitors in the Great Qian Dynasty were rampant, the courtiers tended to be attached to the situation and harmed the loyal and good, and a large number of virtuous people avoided their edge and retreated to the mountains. Above the court, the old Xun Gui Yan clan was framed to bully the monarch and rebel, and the whole clan was overthrown, but the Ram clan and the Zhao clan, who had been pressed under the Yan clan, sprung up and won the emperor's favor.

There is a ram vein above the court, and the king of Zhongshan, who has been divided into the southwest area outside the court, has also been suppressed by the ram clan, and has been taken back from the fief and moved to the border of Xirong. Although it was a frontier, it was restrained by the generals of the imperial garrison, and it was more aggrieved than it was. The king of Zhongshan can be said to have tasted courage from a salary, and in recent years he has been at war with Xirong and the southern kingdom. He has repeatedly gone out to seek military merits, and has a lot of prestige in the army.

Looking at the Great Qian, the only one who can compete with the ram at present is the King of Zhongshan, who is quite prestigious in the army. What? You say the emperor? He has long since worn out the emperor's ambition in the pile of beauties full of the harem. Even the court meeting rarely shows up.

When Yan Shao received the message from the King of Zhongshan, he seemed to have expected it and was not surprised at all.

"We really don't return the royal order to him?" As the best subordinate beside the master, he said that he couldn't understand the master's intentions. Isn't it a cooperative relationship between them and the Zhongshan Wang's family? This royal decree is a symbol of the princes and princes, and the master is now withholding it. Will it be of great use in the future?

Yan Shao raised the note in his hand above the candle flame, watching the jumping fiery red swallow the black handwriting little by little, and his eyes were unpredictable.

"The king of Zhongshan is cunning and cunning, and he is not credible. This time we were lucky, we got the royal order effortlessly, and got something that could contain the king of Zhongshan. Moreover, this royal decree is not as simple as you think, and it will really be of great use in the future. ”

Seeing the note in his hand turn into ashes inch by inch, Yan Shaocai turned around, "How is Little Lady Du's shop?"

Last time, Du Wanwan looked at the place. I was waiting for myself to talk to her about the details of the shop, but because of the natural disaster, the imperial court moved frequently, and news came from all over the place, waiting for his orders. He couldn't go to the shop in person, so he ordered the people around him to go, and it had been several days, and it had been done.

"The shop has been negotiated, and it was rented in the name of a Xijon merchant. We have also informed Du Xiaoniang here, but Du Xiaoniang said. She had to prepare for the renovation and opening of the shop herself, and only a few of us were left to help. So.. "So what happened to this shop, he really didn't know.

Yan Shao listened to the report of his subordinates, and raised his eyebrows slightly. The corners of his lips curled into a faint smile. This Du Wanwan is really interesting, "Just let her be." "Anyway, the shop has been rented, and he also found out that Du Wanwan really uses him as a partner, and when he uses him, he is not ambiguous at all.

Du Wanwan has been very happy lately. It is not easy to rent a shop in a good location, and what is even more difficult is that the rent is unbelievably cheap.

Since the imperial court issued a decree on the exchange of silver, the prices of goods in the entire Daqian Dynasty have risen by a cut. The original rent in Xicheng was not cheap, and now such a good location costs seven or eight taels of silver a month. And the house rented by Du Wanwan is only four taels a month.

After asking repeatedly, Du Wanwan learned that it was not the problem of the shop, but the problem of the owner's family. The owner of this shop is a very merciful lord, and there are a lot of wives and concubines in the family, all of whom like the cream and fat powder prepared by Du Wanwan. But every time Du Wanwan made a limited amount, most of them were sold to the capital, and there was nowhere to buy them if they had money.

When renting the shop this time, in order to please the beauties, the owner asked for a regular and quantitative supply of the paste in his house, and when a new product came out, he had to leave a batch for the beauties of his family. The person sent by Yan Shao to talk about the shop felt that this move was harmless, so he readily agreed, and the main family was not stingy, and directly reduced the rent to four taels a month.

After Du Wanwan found out, he directly sent the main family a part of the cream powder to show his gratitude.

After the shop was rented, Du Wanwan began to design the layout of the lobby and customize the counters and shelves. There is no transparent thing like glass here, and Du Wanwan can only imitate other shops in Xicheng and place tall shelves behind the counter. However, in order to be different, Du Wanwan made an article on the wall of the lobby, painted lifelike beauty pictures, and wrote some low-cost maintenance tips.

The carved patterns on the counters and shelves, Du Wanwan specially went to Yan Shao for reference, and set several gorgeous and complicated styles. After all, fat powder shops are all visited by women, as a visual sensory animal, the more beautiful the color, the more gorgeous the pattern, the more attractive it can attract the attention of women.

In addition to these, Du Wanwan also specially contacted the best embroidery workshop in the city, embroidered two screens with a hundred flowers, and finally looked for the shopkeeper and his buddy.

The shopkeeper said that Yan Shao had such people under him, and Du Wanwan also believed that Yan Shao's people should be more reliable. And the guy in the shop, Du Wanwan did not look for a half-old young apprentice like other shops, but decided to use some little girls with good skin, beautiful people, and articulate mouth.

Of all the preparations, this one should be the most difficult. Although there are women who come out to help, the number is very small, and most of them are women who have already married, and there are very few unmarried young ladies like her, after all, the folk customs have not yet opened to that extent. Even if Yan Shao is found, he can't solve this problem in a short time.

Because the decoration of the shop is still in progress, the matter of the simple female helper was temporarily left behind by Du Wanwan. (To be continued.) )

PS: The hand is better, but the speed of the code word is still very slow.