Chapter 171 Money-making Matters

Cheng Ke also ignored the princess's instructions, insisted on sitting on the armchair in front of the couch, glanced at Li Xiaonuan, who was standing in front of the couch with his hands down, turned his head to look at the princess and asked directly:

"Why did my mother call me over? Hurry up and order, I have to rush to the ministry early, a bunch of things are waiting for me."

"You kid, although the messenger has received it, there are still Shangshu and squires in the household department, where do you want to be busy like this? You have to take care of your body, too."

Cheng Ke got impatient, and was about to stand up by holding on to the armrest of the chair.

"If my mother is fine, I'll go first."

"Sit down, sit down, mother has something to discuss with you."

The princess hurriedly straightened up and motioned for Cheng Ke to sit down, Cheng Ke sat back on the chair, picked up the cup, and drank tea impatiently, the princess looked at him with a smile and said:

"It's the matter of Lirui, that girl has been waiting for you since she was eleven or twelve years old, from childhood to adulthood, she is the only one in these girls, and she has won your favor, I think ......"

Cheng Ke's hand holding the cup shook slightly, hurriedly put down the cup, turned his head to stare at Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan was full of smiles, hung his head slightly, lowered his eyebrows and stood with his hands down, listening intently to the princess's words,

“…… Just pass her to the bright road, be your big girl, she has been with you for all these years, and she is in this position, and she should be, just let her rest in the courtyard of your study, and you are so ......"

Cheng Ke suddenly turned his head to stare at the princess, then turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan, the blue tendons on his forehead jumped up, and the princess hurriedly waved her hand and said:

"Your daughter-in-law is a virtuous woman, this thing ......"

Cheng Ke jumped up from the chair violently, raised his foot and kicked the low table in front of him, and shouted violently:

"Who is Riri? Those girls, what are you unhappy about when I drove them out earlier? Whoever likes it is disgusted to watch it by himself."

After speaking, he turned around angrily and rushed out of the door, strode out of the courtyard, went out of the second gate, and a few small people such as Yuanshan came up, looking at Cheng Ke with a blue face and a violent face, Cheng Ke paused, pointed to the distant mountain and ordered:

"Go and call for peace, and ask him to come and see the master immediately"

The distant mountains rushed out, after a while, Ping An followed the distant mountains, ran over, Cheng Ke put his hands behind his back, his face was so gloomy that he could drip water, he lit peace, gritted his teeth and reprimanded:

"You are a good girl in the governor's mansion, raised until you are in your twenties, and you don't send out to marry, you don't know that this is going to violate the peace of heaven?"

Ping An blinked inexplicably, looked at Cheng Ke who was gritting his teeth, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowing to accompany sin,

"What the prince taught me is that it is not a slave, which girl is it, and I ask the prince to make it clear."

Cheng Ke kept pointing his fingers at him, and said hatefully:

"That Lirui, you go and marry her to your master today, and you will marry today, and let her sleep in the new house at night, and you won't have to come to see your lord again."

Ping An suddenly understood, and hurriedly kowtowed with a bitter face and promised, who will you marry if you marry in one day today?

Cheng Ke's anger seemed to calm down a little, and he continued to command:

"You, the manager, must also be dedicated to checking this house, all girls who have reached the age of eighteen, no matter where they are on an errand, they can't keep you in mind if they marry the master, and in the future, this is the rule of the house"

"Yes"

Ping An agreed heavily, Cheng Ke gloomy, raised his feet and walked out, took two steps, suddenly stopped, turned around, and commanded abruptly:

"Hold five hundred taels of silver, make a dowry for Lirui, and record it to the master's account."

Ping'an hurriedly bowed and agreed, and when he saw Cheng Ke walking away, he straightened up, raised his hand to wipe his sweat, wrinkled his brows, and was full of distress to find someone to marry Lirui.

Li Xiaonuan timidly and cautiously shrank aside, stood with his two hands twisted together, and looked at Cheng Ke out of the house, crying,

"Mother"

Chuncao and Qiugui's faces were plain as usual, and they called the little girl to come in, and cleaned up the house together, the princess let out a long sigh, beckoned Li Xiaonuan, and took her hand and comforted:

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Ke is such a violent temper, from childhood to adulthood, the things in my house, I don't know how much he smashed, it's okay, he lost his temper, got angry for a few days, and then it will be fine, alas, forget it, it's all over the past two or three years, even if there is some affection, it should be almost forgotten, but we are negligent, this man, unlike our women, we women miss the old the most, men, just love fresh, forget it, in the future, you will bother more, pick a few good girls, and slowly ****."

Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes and nodded slightly, this rebel is really used to it.

Cheng Ke walked out of the gate, got on the horse, and galloped towards the household with the small servants such as Yuanshan and the long-term entourage and guards.

was busy until noon, Cheng Ke went out of the household department, went to Defu Building, and made an appointment with Zhou Jingran for dinner.

Cheng Ke breathed a long sigh of relief, fell on the rocking chair in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, closed his eyes, Zhou Jingran slowly shook the folding fan, turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile:

"You said yesterday that you brought Xiao Nuan here for dinner, but you only said half of it, what did Xiao Nuan say?"

"In the south of the city, there is a small wine shop called Liyuan, have you ever been there?"

Zhou Jingran twisted his eyebrows and thought about it, then shook his head,

"I haven't noticed, what's wrong?"

"Well, that wine shop is Xiao Nuan's dowry shop."

Cheng Ke said sullenly, Zhou Jingran raised his eyebrows, laughed, closed the folding fan and pointed at Cheng Ke and said:

"You married and married home, this incident is easy to save."

"What kind of wine shop, I deliberately went around yesterday to take a look, but there are no more than three or five doors, in front of a two-story building, seven or eight compartments upstairs, and in the back, there are only a dozen private rooms, guess what, how much does people earn in a year?"

Zhou Jingran straightened up slightly, looked at Cheng Ke and said:

"Listen to what you mean, such a small wine shop, this year's income is more than our Defu Building?"

"Alas, it's just a lot, it's a lot, Xiao Nuan said, that wine shop, last year, earned 22,000 taels of silver"

"So much"

Zhou Jingran screamed in surprise, Cheng Ke nodded heavily, Zhou Jingran looked at Cheng Ke with wide eyes, curious,

"What about the rest of Xiao Nuan's shops? That Shuyuntang, as well as Yuwei Zhai, and that teahouse, how much income does it have in a year? ”

"Suyuntang doesn't make much money, Yuweizhai has now opened four or five houses, I heard that last year, there were also four or five thousand taels of income, that was her and the second miss of the Gu family partnered, did she share four or five thousand taels a year, or earned a total of these, I didn't ask in detail, the teahouse didn't ask."

Cheng Ke lazily explained, Zhou Jingran slowly leaned back on the chair, gently patted his palm with a folding fan, thought for a while, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and said:

"Why don't you discuss with Xiao Nuan and lend us the shopkeeper in Liyuan?"

"I've mentioned this, Xiao Nuan said, if this Defu Building is like Liyuan, it's a pity."

Cheng Ke paused, Zhou Jingran hurriedly straightened up, pushed Cheng Ke with a folding fan, and said a little anxiously:

"Don't sell it, hurry up and say that this Xiao Nuan will also do business, but I didn't see it."

"Mrs. Li's mother's family was originally a businessman, and the people who married her were all shops, and in the past few years, she has been managed by Xiao Nuan, and I heard that since she took over, the shops are making money."

Cheng Ke's voice was a little proud, and he said slowly:

"Xiao Nuan said, this Defu Building, the place is spacious, the house scenery is good, and the back, it is the two of us to support, if you use your heart, you can make the first wine shop in the capital."

Zhou Jingran's eyes lit up, and he motioned to Cheng Ke,

"You go on"

Cheng Ke looked at Zhou Jingran with a smile, and then said:

Xiao Nuan said, this wine shop, as long as it is elegant enough, the dishes are good, and it is a little different from other people's homes, it will not be bad. Today's Defu Building is not comfortable and elegant in layout, there are too many conformists in the dishes, and there is nothing special, so this business is not good. ”

Zhou Jingran frowned, spread his hands and said:

"So what the hell is going to do? I understand that. ”

"This arrangement, the wine shop and the home are the same, this one, you have to find a discerning shopkeeper, the dishes are on the top, it's better to find a few retired cooks in the palace, it's easy to come over the white case, just pick a few people from our house to come over, this is different from other people's homes......"

Cheng Ke paused, turned his head to look at Zhou Jingran, blinked his eyes, and said in a low voice:

"Let's find some musicians from the teaching workshop to come over, and in the back garden, play the piano, play the flute and sing music, this one, hehe, it is difficult for other families to learn, but it is good to have the acquiescence of the emperor."

Zhou Jingran's eyebrows were raised high, and it took a while for a while to breathe out, pointing at Cheng Ke,

"This is all Xiao Nuan's idea?"

Cheng Ke smiled, didn't say yes, didn't say no, Zhou Jingran wrinkled his brows, thought about it carefully, and nodded,

"It's a good idea."

Zhou Jingran turned his head to look at Cheng Ke, squinted his eyes, and said in a low voice:

"In the past, because of the Chongyang Festival, my father talked about this workshop, and he only waited for a few festivals throughout the year, but if he didn't raise it in normal times, he would lose his dignity when he came to use it, and then he talked about using etiquette and music to educate the people.

Cheng Ke thought about it, nodded again and again, turned his head to look at Zhou Jingran, and said with a smile:

"This matter is a big deal."

Zhou Jingran squinted his eyes slightly proudly, shook off the folding fan, shook it slowly, thought carefully for a while, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and said:

"This shopkeeper, I think of a person, I will definitely do it"

"Oh?"

"That Chaoyun is from the Ji family, this Ji family, the most will understand the minds of others, she has opened a few tea shops in the capital, the tea house on the side of the aftertaste, the elegance of the layout, the capital is the first to say, she is a small warm person"

In fact, doing business really requires talent, not everyone can do it well, in addition to talent, there is also luck

In the blink of an eye, the month is about to pass halfway through, and the deceased sighs with emotion.