Within a few days, Chen Wenhui and Chen Wenjun returned to Shanghai City. After arriving in Shanghai City, they found that Ma Mingsong had not come back, but the princess followed him again, the brother and sister had not seen the princess for a long time, and of course they had not seen Chen Wenlin, so they naturally had a lot to say, so the princess invited them to the princess's city lord's mansion to eat.

During the banquet, the princess saw that there were no outsiders present, so she talked about the things in the capital: "Originally, my mother and concubine have been living in the hot spring palace all the time, but my father and the emperor also asked my mother to take care of the palace affairs, and the mother concubine had no way, so she had to let those eunuchs work hard every day and go to the hot spring palace to ask for instructions." As soon as the mother concubine was not in the palace, the palace was the queen's world, there were two pregnant Shuyuan in a row, Zhaoyi did not keep the fetus, the father was furious, and took the mother back on the one hand, and raised Wan Zhaoyi to be a concubine, and now she is the mother of Wan Defei. In this way, the struggle between the crown prince and the third prince began again. In the palace, Concubine Wande and the queen also began to fight, and it was very hard for the mother to be caught in it. As soon as I saw the turmoil in the capital, I took both children out. This time, I'll have to stay for a while. ”

Wen Hui listened to this, and saw that when the princess talked about the hard work of the concubine, she still smiled, and she knew that in fact, her eldest aunt should be very willing to see Concubine Wande and the queen fight, so that the concubine can benefit from the fisherman. Wen Hui looked at Wen Jun and found that Wen Jun was also smiling, so she knew that everyone was very psychologically clear.

Wen Hui said: "Sister Princess brought the little nephew and little niece, why don't you show us, we also have to give a meeting gift." ”

Princess Lichuan couldn't help but smile even more happily at the mention of her children, and said, "The two of them are very naughty. I was tired of this trouble, so I ate early, and was taken to bed by the nurse, and you will see you another day. ”

Wen Hui smiled. Princess Lichuan said again: "Speaking of which, there is a big news in the capital, which is about the three princes. ”

Wen Hui hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with the third prince?" ”

Princess Lichuan said: "Didn't the third prince marry? This third brother and sister looks like a heavenly fragrance, but ah. I don't know a word, but I'm still very proud, I think I'm from a family of poets and scholars, these nobles are all gentlemen, and they are not worthy of talking to an elegant person like her, so they offended many people, and these people are angry and angry, embarrassing her everywhere, and there is news almost every day. has become a big joke in the capital. The third prince was annoyed and angry, and she was not allowed to go out to socialize. ”

Wen Hui smiled and said, "This is really the best news for the four princes. I wonder if he's heard about it? ”

Princess Lichuan said, "Alas. Speaking of this, I think that among these brothers, the fourth is the most promising. There is nothing to say about being handsome, and the most rare thing is that he is shrewd and capable, you see the prince. What else would you do besides finding a woman? The second child is even more unbearable, and the third child is considered a smart one, but it is a pity that he has taught the Confucian students badly. will only be full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and enter into serious things. None of them can be done. That's all right, look at their daughters-in-law. The crown princess of the crown prince is a gourd with a sawed mouth, and her talent is mediocre. The second one is simply a dominatrix, and the third one is a fool who doesn't even know a word. It is still Wen Feng of the fourth family who can show his hand the most, he is beautiful and generous, and his ability is also outstanding. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Hui's face became unnatural, and Princess Lichuan quickly noticed it and asked, "What's wrong?" I heard in the capital that Wen Feng was pregnant, is there something wrong with this? ”

Wen Hui hurriedly said: "It's nothing, the lobby sister is in good health, but I'm afraid the mood won't be good." ”

Princess Lichuan hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Wen Hui said: "After I went back, the lobby sister came to see me, and at my house, the lobby sister was disrespectful to my mother, which made my mother angry, so I asked the lobby sister to go back." For this trivial matter, the fourth prince actually punished the hall sister for grounding and thinking about it. Moreover, he also married two concubines. I heard that after a while, I will marry a side concubine. Now that the lobby sister has lifted the grounding, but there are two more concubines in the family, and seeing that she is going to enter the side concubine, she will feel a little uncomfortable. ”

Princess Lichuan's eyebrows furrowed, and she thought to herself, how could this Wen Feng make such a low-level mistake, could she still think that Chen Yuanheng was a concubine of the Chen family? The current Chen Yuanheng is his own mother, and he has to take a look at it. You must know that Chen Yuanheng is now a feudal official, an official of the third grade, in charge of the affairs of a province. This official position has long been much stronger than Chen Wenfeng's father being a petty official of the Ministry of Rites from the fourth grade. Back then, Chen Zhaonan, that is, Wen Feng's grandfather, was also an official from Sanpin, so he was still stained with the light of the concubine's daughter. Is it a fluke that this Chen Yuanheng can become a third-grade master? Also, Chen Yuanheng is a candidate for the next elder of the clan, this is a real power figure, this is higher than the status of all the Chen clan who currently live in the capital, how is her brain tidy, she still looks at people with old eyes. Besides, now that Liu Yan can go to this day, she still wants to compete for the throne, all relying on her own mother concubine in the palace and Chen Yuanheng outside the palace, she is so stupid as to offend Chen Yuanheng, is she stupid?

After Princess Lichuan scolded Chen Wenfeng in her heart, after all, she was a cousin for many years, she used to play in the capital, and her relationship was very good, she couldn't bear to see her make such a low-level mistake, think about it or write a letter to her in the future, enlighten her, if she listens, it's not too late, if she doesn't listen, then just leave it alone.

Princess Lichuan thought about it in her heart, but said to Wen Hui: "It is estimated that Wen Feng is pregnant, and her brain has become stupid, so it will be good if she thinks about it when she looks back." Come, come, let's eat. ”

So everyone diverted from the topic and began to talk while eating. During the dinner, Xu Wenchang and Wen Jun discussed the progress of the dock, and then discussed the progress of the construction of those real estate shops in the city with Wen Lin, and they couldn't help but be very happy to learn that the second phase of the shop pù would be completed and delivered around March. After eating, everyone dispersed and went to get busy.

Chen Wenhui is still in charge of the accounts, and after a month, she has accumulated a lot of things, and she is busy with Qiu Bi and them to sort it out, and it took more than half a month to get it done. After getting it done, Wen Hui began to be idle again, still looking at the accounts once a day in the morning and evening, and helping Wen Lin the rest of the time.

In the middle of this, Ma Mingsong is back. As soon as he returned, he took with him many people. sold out the rest of the shops in the third phase, among them, Wen Hui had already prepared for her family to buy five more shops in the middle of the third phase, but she almost didn't buy it. It's just that Wen Hui bought it, but Ma Mingsong's friends didn't have enough to buy it. Ma Mingsong asked to start selling the fourth phase of the shop.

On this day, everyone gathered in the city lord's mansion to discuss matters. Ma Mingsong said: "These three issues have also been sold out, but I still have many friends who haven't bought them, what should I do?" ”

Xu Wenchang asked: "Wenlin, how is the progress of the second phase of the project?" ”

Chen Wenlin said: "It will be completed in a few days. ”

Xu Wenchang was very happy to hear it and said, "I asked you before. Didn't you say next month? How can it be so fast? ”

Chen Wenlin said: "In fact, according to the progress of the previous year, it will be until March, but I didn't expect that after this year, more people will come to Shanghai, and our wages will be high, so there will be more craftsmen working in this way, and the progress of the project will be faster, and I estimate that it will be completed in a few days." At the same time, the third phase is already under construction. ”

Xu Wenchang was very interested when he heard this, and said: "Why is the second phase not over yet, and the third phase has begun?" ”

Chen Wenlin smiled and said, "It's all my sister's idea. ”

Princess Lichuan was very interested and asked, "What is Wen Hui's idea?" ”

Chen Wenlin said: "This sister has recently come to help me when she is free, and I found that there are more craftsmen. She helped me count these craftsmen, some of them were specialized in laying bricks, and some were specialized in moving. There are special tiles. There are special beams, anyway, the division of labor is very fine. In this way, each has a full-time job, and everyone just does the work they are most familiar with, so they will naturally do it faster and better. In this way, some of the work in the second phase will be completed soon. Some jobs are idle. Younger sister. I opened the third phase, and assigned all these craftsmen, and when the second phase was put on the beam, the brick-laying craftsmen had nothing to do, so they went to the third phase to build the wall. When the beam is ready, it's time to put on the tile. The third phase of the house is also ready to be put on the beam, and the craftsmen of the second phase go to the beam, so this move, these craftsmen have no free time, so that the progress of the project has been greatly improved. So, soon the second phase will come to an end, and the third phase will be built a lot. ”

Ma Mingsong and Xu Wenchang both stared at Wen Hui. Wen Hui was a little embarrassed and said: "This is actually nothing, our women are like this for the servants in the house, it's just that I took these out to manage the craftsmen." ”

Saying so, Wen Hui was secretly happy in her heart, this is the most advanced management science she learned in her previous life, this is something that she learned after four years in college and three years in the United States for further study and a master's degree, which is more than a thousand years ahead of this era.

Princess Lichuan said: "Sister Wenhui, she always surprises us." I really envy my third uncle, how can I have such an outstanding child? ”

The three Chen siblings smiled.

Xu Wenchang said: "Then we have to consider whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue and sell the fourth phase of the shop." ”

Wen Hui said: "I don't want to sell it now, because although our sales are hot, the main reason why we built this Shanghai city is the sea trade, and now the sea trade has not developed, but I went to Goguryeo a year ago, which has not driven too much business in the city, so there are still some shops in the first phase that have not been rented out." At this time, I don't think it's good to open four issues. ”

Chen Wenjun said: "I think so too. Moreover, I think the first thing to do at the moment is to go to the sea first, first to Goguryeo and then to the Wa Kingdom, or to go to both places together. ”

Xu Wenchang thought for a while and said, "It's okay to go to two places together." Anyway, we have a lot of ships now. Just use a small clipper. In this way, Brother Ma worked hard to go to Goguryeo, and Wenjun went to the Wa Kingdom. In this way, when you all come back, it is estimated that it will be able to greatly drive the business of Shanghai City, and at that time, the shops in the second phase will also be cleaned up, and they will be rented out, and the samples will be opened for another four phases, which should be able to sell more silver. Perhaps, this time, we will be able to recover all the money that is expected to cost in the future. Then you can wait for the cost to pay for itself. ”

Chen Wenjun suddenly said: "Perhaps, after we return to the voyage, we can not only earn back the money we will invest in the future, but also recover the money we invested." ”

Everyone was taken aback.