The two chatted nonsense for a while, the palace chief talked about his mother's birthday banquet, Ning Peilan got Bai Ko's guidance, and the dishes made at the family banquet were unanimously praised, and the sisters-in-law and nieces copied the recipes and went home to make their own. 【】

mentioned this, Gu Yun also invited the palace chief to come to eat his niece's full moon banquet by the way, the little baby girl was born after mid-autumn, and now it is September, and the day is almost full moon.

Speaking of the full moon banquet, the palace chief remembered to give before

"Your second aunt is really interesting, such a good object, but she can't climb it by herself."

"This is called the eye master is low,"

"Do you still care about your sister's marriage?"

"No matter, her parents are here, there are brothers and sisters-in-law, and there are two cousins underneath, even if she becomes an old girl, it's none of my business, it's all the result of the second aunt's own improper upbringing, what's the matter with others, I'm a royal businessman now, and I don't have time to care about them."

"Hehe, now the confidence is different, and the speech is rough."

"What else do you need to say?" Gu Yun shrugged his eyebrows proudly.

The two laughed, Qinglan's voice floated in from the outside again, and Songnantang on the street sent a letter in, as if there was business to discuss.

Gu Yun then called Qinglan to come in with the letter, and asked her to call Bai Ko to come, Qinglan took the order to go down, and after a while, Bai Ko came from her house, Gu Yun and the palace chief Ji had finished reading the letter, and saw that Bai Ko was coming, so he gave her the letter.

"Songnantang's business, asked if our workshop could make bottles suitable for medicated oil."

Bai Ko Zhanxin looked at it, the beginning of the letter was full of beautiful words, and the back was related to business, and it seemed that the news of being given the status of an imperial merchant had reached the workshop.

"The bottle of medicated oil has to be darkened to avoid the deterioration of the potion caused by sunlight, which is the strength of the workers, who were glaze craftsmen before they changed careers, and in the afternoon the maid went to talk to Songnantang in detail."

"Bai Ko, you see that I have come to talk to your family for the first time, don't you want to give me a little expression?" Gong Changji smiled and pouted, and Gu Yun pushed it over with an elbow.

"The prince really likes to laugh, you are married to the second lady of the Ning family, who is one of the best in the imperial business circle, and our prince still wants to slap you, otherwise if you get stuck on the raw materials, our workshop will be shut down, and the inability to hand over the goods to the palace is a political problem, not a business dispute."

"Did you hear that?" Gong Changji threw a flying eye at Gu Yun proudly, "If you want business to go smoothly, you have to slap me." ”

"Can I not do business with his family?" Gu Yun rolled his eyes and said to Bai Ko.

"Yes, the competition was fierce before the imperial merchants, and everyone wanted to stand at the top and eat the most benefits, so the enemy of the enemy is a friend, we only need to unite with the competitors of the Ning family, not only can we disperse the risk of raw material procurement, maybe we can also buy rare materials that have not been available before."

Gu Yun squinted at Gong Changji proudly, "Now you know who should be with whom, right?" ”

Gong Changji was so frustrated by Bai Ko that he rolled his eyes and exhaled, "Bai Da shopkeeper, give me some business." ”

"The prince's expression doesn't look very good, as if he came to ask for ideas?"

"That's right, I happened to catch up with your family and actually got the status of an imperial businessman."

Gu Yun's face couldn't help but become stern, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, I'm a man, I want to make more money, okay?"

"Don't test your fame?"

"Test, this is not a conflict, aren't you the same?"

"Isn't it true that the prince is said to be supported by his wife? After all, the princess's marriage, the annual income can be on par with the county king's wealth, the prince's private property before marriage is only a partnership of fox farms, after being entitled, there is a little more fertile land, but the princess has a mountain forest and fertile field workshops and shops under her name, and she is quite a business-minded person, and it is really the princess who makes a lot of money in the future, and the princess supports her family. Bai Ko said.

Gu Yun was dumbfounded, and Gong Changji felt very shameless and covered his face with his hands, and expressed his acquiescence with his behavior.

"Whose mouth is so cheap?"

"You don't know, people in my circle." The palace chief's voice under the palm of his hand was muffled.

"Hey, someone else's mouth." Gu Yun patted Gong Changji's shoulder, full of sympathy.

"Lord Wang doesn't have to be depressed, there are so many business opportunities, those people are just jealous that you married the second lady of the Ning family, and hate that you don't have such a rich wife."

"Tell me about it?" Gong Changji put down his hand and looked at Bai Ko hopefully.

"Didn't our prince tell you about continuing to hoard land inside and outside the city?" Bai Ko began to sympathize with the young county king, who had had a smooth life at home before marriage, but now he was dumbfounded when it was time for him to provide for his own family.

"I said, open up wasteland and build factories." The palace chief rolled his eyes, and came to the spirit again, "Can you add me one?" ”

"Count your buddies and brothers, and form an agricultural and industrial alliance with you as the core circle, so that each of you can get a piece of land, connect each other into a large area, and then divide it into different uses according to the terrain and soil quality, farming, breeding, and building workshops."

Palace Changji's eyes lit up when he heard this, nodded again and again, moved to Gu Yun's side next to him, and pushed his elbow against his waist, "How is it?" ”

"How's that? Tomorrow, I will ask them first, one person gets a piece of land, and the wild land on the outskirts of the city is no longer valuable, and it will cost several taels of silver per acre, which is not cheaper than the land I bought at the Joy Place, and without the support of my family, where will those guys get the money to buy land? What's more, there is a bunch of follow-up investments, all of which are money. ”

"Yes, not to mention anything else, the expenditure on farm tools alone is a big expense, we have to find the best craftsmen to make farm tools, and we must no longer use those cheap and easy-to-roll broken things, but whether we can buy enough iron ore depends on you young masters."

"Well, after all, money is the biggest problem." Thinking of his brothers, they were just from good backgrounds, but they really didn't have any big money in their hands that they could dispose of at will, and Gong Changji was depressed again.

"If you buy iron ore, you can buy it in a scattered way, buy it in small quantities many times, and you can make up enough quantity, which is not a problem, it costs more money and time, and it is not as good as a purchase in place, so you can save a little." Gu Yun now has a lot of experience with money and things.

"Well, if you really want to do this, you have to build a smelting workshop on the new land, preferably close to the water's edge, build a wharf where small boats can dock, and the iron ore will be transferred by small boats to the big wharf, smelting needs a lot of water, and it is just right to build it near the water." Bai Ko added.

"Hmm, let's get together tomorrow and discuss it, right? It's a lot more complicated than when we started raising foxes. ”

"Raising foxes is just investing money and not making money, only five young foxes have survived so far this year, I want to wait for them to breed to be able to produce skins, and I have to stay up for a few more years, but buy a piece of land to open up the wasteland to catch up with next year's spring ploughing, as long as the wind and rain are smooth, you can see the benefits."

"Yes, for next year's spring ploughing, let's move quickly."

Seeing that they were both immersed in the idea of a new business, Bai Ko quietly bowed and retreated, and went to the kitchenette to prepare lunch.

After lunch, the palace chief said goodbye and went home, he had to discuss the new business with his wife, if she was also willing to join the alliance, it would be a powerful help.

Bai Ko took a lunch break for a while, changed her clothes and went to Songnantang on the street to talk about business, before she went out, Changfang sent someone to invite the prince to go over to discuss matters, becoming such a big thing as an imperial businessman, naturally it was a trivial matter to announce the whole family, and it was a trivial matter to set up a banquet to celebrate.

The big shopkeeper of Songnantang saw Bai Ko coming, and personally welcomed her to the inner room to speak, first to say hello to Gu Yun Shizi, and then to talk about business, the main content is what is written in the letter, I want to buy a bottle that can hold medicinal oil, such a big medical hall also sells some self-made medicines, and has its own pharmacy, in order to win in the competition, it is natural to use your brains.

The business was very smooth, and the glass workshop had sufficient productivity to fully meet the order quantity of a pharmacy, so Bai Ko took a pen and paper to write a quotation, and drew the style of the medicine bottle, and the business was finished in one afternoon, and the next thing to do was to let the workshop make a sample of the bottle.

After returning to Zhongming Courtyard, I heard the girls say that the prince was waiting to see her, so I didn't change my clothes and went directly to the ear room.

Gu Yun was reading a book inside, but when he put down the book, he had a stinky face.

"Didn't you go to Jicheng Hall in the afternoon, why do you have such an expression? Who upset you? White took off her shoes, stepped forward as she spoke, and laid the paper she had brought back on the low cupboard.

"Isn't it just an imperial businessman, and the family actually wants to worship ancestors and hold banquets." Gu Yun was very unhappy.

"Is it useful for you to object?" Bai Ko shrugged his shoulders and threw down a sentence coolly.

"It's useless."

"That's not over."

"Are you busy?"

"It's hard to say, is there a fixed date? If there is a conflict, which side do you want your servant to prioritize? ”

"Naturally, I think my business is the most important, so do you need to ask? There is no shortage of you in charge of the East Kitchen, if Zeng Zhu's cooks and cooks haven't learned your way of doing things by now, they can all be replaced. ”

"Now there is a ready-made opportunity, and Songnantang's business has been negotiated, the workshop will next make samples, no matter how good the style and drawing are, after all, it is still necessary to use the real thing, once it is not good to change it twice, three times or even four times or five times It is possible, if you don't want the maid to come to C to hold the banquet, let the maid stay in the workshop for a day in the name of business, but the maid still has a monthly example of the East Kitchen Superintendent, so you still have to write a menu to hand over the difference, and the spoon will not be done."

Gu Yun finally smiled, "This is really a good idea." ”

"So, don't be angry now, do you?"

"Who said that? I'm still angry. ”

Gu Yun stood up and pounced on Bai Ko, holding her waist with his right hand, and stabilizing the back of her head with his left hand, the tips of their noses to the tips of their noses.