Chapter 290: Imperial Merchant
"Then it's hard crescent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info go, follow Miss Yao to the back garden, take care of it carefully, get a thick dress for Miss, don't let Miss catch a cold. Princess Lu took the opportunity to wave off the maid. For a while, only Princess Lu and Wei Yan were left in the house.
The smile on Wei Yan's face remained unchanged, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart. Princess Lu said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Jia is also a clever person, and the bayberry I sent to Xinyue last time was really eye-opening." ”
"Thank you Princess, for your appreciation. Qingxue's Qingyin Pavilion is designed for people to solve problems and deliver news, there is nothing surprising, and it only relies on the word 'heart'. ”
Wei Yan's attitude has always been neither arrogant nor humble, and she behaved very calmly, Princess Lu looked at her every move, and secretly wondered, why is this folk woman so indifferent in front of her? Did she think she was great just because she had climbed Helian County?
"Shopkeeper Jia is designed to solve problems for people? I don't know if the king's problem is solved? ”
A clear male voice came from the back hall, and then footsteps sounded, and a man in a golden crown and purple robe opened the curtain and walked out.
Wei Yan's eyes flashed, and joy passed through his heart, "The folk girl sees the prince." ”
"Shopkeeper Jia might as well guess, what does this king want?" King Lu stood with his hands in his hands and looked at her with a smile. Now that Qingyin Pavilion is famous, and she frequently makes overtures to him Lu Wangfu, he really can't guess what she wants to do. Obviously standing on Helian Jun's side, but he wanted to stretch out his hand to the power of the Talu Palace? Does she have the ability to dance with long sleeves and eight faces?
"The prince's foresight, how can the people's daughters speculate? But the people do have some news, and the prince may be interested. "What King Lu wants, consolidate the throne of the present and sweep away all forces that will threaten the position of the present king, including the empress dowager, including the Meng family, including Helian County. Wei Yan and King Lu are dealing with each other for the first time, if you say it casually, you can guess his thoughts, which will only bring more suspicion and defense; And the fall of the Meng family and the removal of Helian County are not what Wei Yan wants to see. After all, the Holy Palace is only a force in the rivers and lakes, and what we have to do is not to offend those who are powerful, but to seek a safe balance between various forces.
"Oh? Really? Shopkeeper Jia is so sure, it seems that he will be able to sell it at a good price in this king? King Lu smiled slightly, took the fragrant tea poured by the princess herself, and took a sip casually. The inherent compelling momentum of the superior is inadvertently revealed in the gestures.
And Wei Yan didn't flinch, there was no trace of fear on her face, she talked and laughed freely, not slowly, "Indeed, these things in the hands of the people's girls should be very valuable news." But if you talk about money, it is too worldly and insulting. Besides, there will always be a time when the gold and silver mines will be exhausted and the bottom will be seen, and what the people want is never the luxury life in front of them. long-term stability, others can't afford it, but for the prince, it's just a gesture. Therefore, this business must be the prince. It can be regarded as an indirect explanation of why she came to the Lu Palace. This sentence made King Lu very satisfied. After all, in the eyes of the world, King Lu and the new emperor have an unstable foundation and insufficient power, and now the court is controlled by the Lu family, and the harem is called by the Meng family. If it weren't for the Zheng family and the Xu family's hard work, I'm afraid that the country would have changed hands long ago.
"Oh? Shopkeeper Jia is so confident? Think you can sell something for such a high price? Indeed, the king will open his eyes and see what he sees. King Lu smiled faintly and made a "please" gesture.
Wei Yan thought that it would take a lot of lips and tongues to persuade King Lu to believe her, but she didn't expect King Lu to be so cheerful, and she didn't have much suspicion because of her relationship with Helian County. Could it be that her drama with Helian County has long been seen through by him? Or is he just playing tricks on her at all, and won't pay her anything at all? But at this time, it is not the time to care about the gains and losses, and the scalp has to continue the transaction no matter what. She has come to this point, because of the reputation of Helian County's Qingyin Pavilion, and because of Helian County's reputation, she has become embarrassed and difficult to achieve greater achievements, and she really responds to the sentence "Success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He". Between her and Helian County, it is really unclear who owes more to whom.
She took out a tattered thread-bound book from her sleeve and gently placed it on the table beside her, "Lord Wang take a look at it slowly, if you are really interested, it is not too late to consider the conditions proposed by Qingxue." There was a lot of disturbance today, so Qingxue said goodbye first. ”
Princess Lu looked at the two of them in surprise, and saw that King Lu did not look at the book, but looked at Jia Qingxue with interest, and really didn't understand what kind of dumb riddle these two were playing in front of her. She clearly understood every word, but she didn't understand anything. What does Jia Qingxue want? What does the prince want? Today, the prince specially ordered her to invite this Jia Qingxue to come, just to say these inexplicable words? Is the prince inconsiderate? How can this Jia Qingxue believe it? She's a woman from Helian County!
As soon as Wei Yan walked out of the hall, King Lu picked up the notebook and quickly flipped through it, and suddenly his face changed, and he ordered: "Quick, change the clothes of this king, this king wants to enter the palace!" ”
Qingyin Pavilion soon ushered in a new customer, the current regent, Lu Wang Yuwenli. King Lu walked up to the piano hall on the second floor of Qingyin Pavilion, and sat opposite Wei Yan for several hours in the light mist of dispelling cold incense. No one knew what they said, and even Cheng Yiyi, who stepped forward to serve tea, couldn't hear any secrets.
A few days after King Lu left, Wei Yanfang announced a shocking news. After hearing this news, Dye Mo and the others couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
The balm, flower dew, and fat powder made by Qingyin Pavilion will enter the palace and be specially used for concubines of more than three grades. In other words, there will be an endless stream of silver money flowing into the Qingyin Pavilion, because they have become imperial merchants!
Wei Yan ignored the angry and stunned appearance of everyone, and directly began to assign tasks: "Dyeing ink, you are familiar with the incense powder factory, please assign someone to expand the workshop, next spring, our incense powder will enter the palace, and the supply of 100,000 taels in the first year must be guaranteed." Elder Chen, divide half of the forces in the palace to work in the incense powder factory, mainly based on the personal wishes of the people in the palace, and those who want to be comfortable, or those who have relatives in the family who want to come, can go. The quality must be guaranteed, and the labor and management of the workers should not be deducted. ”
Elder Chen Si stroked his beard and said: "It is not difficult to expand the incense powder factory, you can find a larger house in the suburbs, and there are enough people, and there are secret recipes." Now the difficulty is to get enough flowers, the capital has four distinct seasons, the climate is cold in autumn and winter, the flowering period is short, and there are not many farmers in the city who supply flowers. Businesses with land prefer to grow fruits, vegetables, grains rather than flowers. If you want to buy from other places, not to mention the delay time, it will also increase the cost. If we cultivate our own flowers, it is feasible, but it is difficult to use our own flower fields to supply flowers next year, and the year after that. (To be continued.) )