Su Liu's master and servant rested in the inn for a day, and then they carefully read the information sent by Song Fei again, and considered how to start.

But all the big families will cultivate capable henchmen, the real sons and daughters of the family, even from birth, will be prepared, and have been growing up with them, loyal and reliable.

Ning Guang is no exception, not to mention the head of the General's Mansion for him, Su Liu's hand can't reach out to the General's Mansion, of course, she won't stretch out this hand, after all, there is no name and no point.

But what Ning Guang gave is different, these days, whoever is in the hands of the title deed or something, it is who's it, and the government only recognizes that one deed paper, and a thin deed paper is the authority.

Therefore, these things are her Suliu's, and she is more qualified than anyone else to take over and deal with them. What? If you don't accept it, if you don't accept it, you can go to the Lord, who asks people to be willing to send it, do you want to give your own things to someone else?

Of course, Su Liu will not show off her might, she is now relying on Ning Guang, although she is far away in the sky, but this person is still there, and the people next to her still have some scruples, once Ning Guang has something long and short, whether these things can be guarded or not is really a problem.

Therefore, Su Liu is desperate to find some bigger backers, her biggest potential enemy in Shangjing is actually not anyone, but Ning Guang's parents, and the entire Guangning Hou Mansion!

Just think about it, although Ning Guang's things are his own, he hasn't married yet, if there is any accident, it is from Guangning Houfu, a small peasant girl came to this flat land, holding something that should belong to Guangning Houfu, can you not hate?

With the connections of Guangning Houfu, if you want to kill her as a little peasant girl, it is as simple as sneezing.

Su Liu is very sorry for her life, and when she doesn't have the greatest support, she will never go to fight with Guangning Houfu.

For Ning Guang, who took care of the business shop and other things, it was one of his retired personal guards in the army, named Pingjing, because a hand was broken during the war, so he retired, Ning Guang is also a person who sympathizes with his subordinates, and Pingjing's mind is not simple, so he arranged him to be a general manager by his side, in charge of foreign affairs.

Ping Jing is only thirty-five years old, has no special hobbies, the only thing is good wine, and he is still alone.

There are four or five large and small Zhuangzi in Ningguang, six shops in Beijing, and one dark hall, which is the small gambling house, which is also the most profitable. Of the six shops, two are rented out, with an annual rent of 800 taels, and the other few are those who open teahouses, and the business is very poor, as if they are going to close their doors, and two of them are selling cloth and incense powder, which is barely maintained, and those who open restaurants also have the feeling of closing.

As for the industries in other places, they are considered chains, but there are no account books or anything, and Su Liu doesn't know whether to make money or not.

All in all, when she saw the industry in Beijing, she expressed her sorrow, which was obviously to catch up with the rhythm of the mess, and to bring these shops back to life, she had to make some big moves.

Su Liu decided to make an unannounced visit first, and asked the inn to arrange a person to help lead the way, and Su Liu took the two girls and Mrs. Cui out in her own carriage.

Shangjing is far larger than imagined, and it is divided into several urban districts, the royal family and nobles are concentrated in the east city, where the princess or the princess or which prince and grandson live in the mansion, and then two streets apart, it is a family of nobles, and the ordinary people do not dare to go there to shake, so as not to collide with the nobles and lose their lives.

Su Liu and the others led the way by a small guy, who was a special errand runner in the inn, very clever and talkative, all the way to Su Liu and the others to introduce which one this was, and which one was the two-person tall lion. From which rouge gouache is the most popular among ladies and nobles, to which family's clothes and jewelry are the latest and fastest, what styles are popular now, and which places are the best to eat, I talked endlessly.

Shuang Ning saw Su Liu smiling lightly, listened carefully, and asked, "Little boy, do you know where our General's Mansion is?" ”

"General? Which great general? This sister, there are many nobles in Beijing, there are several generals, I don't know which one my sister is talking about? "The little boy is only eleven or twelve, his black eyes are black and translucent, and he is very clever.

Shuang Ning was choked and a little embarrassed, and Su Liu pursed her lips and chuckled when she saw it.

"It's the one who was just recalled by the emperor, General Zhenwei." Xueluo couldn't bear the embarrassed appearance of frost, covered her mouth and snickered, and opened her mouth to relieve the siege.

"Oh. It's the mansion of General Zhenwei. The little boy sighed, lifted the corner of the curtain, looked around a few times and said: "No, that is, it is the general's mansion given by the emperor, I heard that it is the mansion of the Duke of Zhou in the previous dynasty." ”

"Girl, look."

Shuang Ning hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car and motioned for Su Liu to look out, Su Liu glared at her, but couldn't help but look out.

The two mighty stone lions in front of the door are dancing with their teeth and claws, different from the doors of other people's houses, the door of Ning Guang's house seems to have just been repainted, but it is black, black and translucent, and it is very solemn and atmospheric. On the tall plaque, the same black background gold paint, eye-catching writing General Ning's Mansion, surrounded by a circle of walls outside, can not see the delicacy inside, only vaguely see the glazed roof, one after another.

In fact, there is no need to guess, Su Liu also knows how big it is, and with such a big mansion, the expenses must not be low, she began to vaguely understand that Ning Guang, as a second-grade master, is so poor, only a mere 100,000 taels of cash, I am afraid that it will fill this big hole.

"Let's go."

Su Liu suddenly felt a little wilted, lacking interest, supporting her chin with one hand, and began to think bitterly, if she took over Ning Guang's business, how could she operate and make money.

Shuang Ning and Xue Luo didn't understand what happened to her suddenly, how did they see the General's Mansion, but they were not happy, the two looked at each other, Xue Luo made a look, and they had a tacit understanding not to bother her.

And the little boy is also accustomed to observing pleasant faces, and he is also sitting very quietly on the side at the moment, no longer talking non-stop.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, the carriage finally stopped, and the little boy took a first look and said that the teahouse to which they were coming had arrived.

"Actually, if the girl wants to drink tea and listen to the play, there are several teahouses in Beijing that are very good, and this teahouse is really ......," the little boy said hesitantly.

Su Liu smiled faintly: "Let's just take a look." ”

The little boy was silent and jumped out of the car, and when the snow fell, they were also about to get out of the car, while Mrs. Cui took out a curtain and wanted to put it on Su Liu.

"Well, you don't need this, right?" Su Liu snorted.

"Girl, follow the customs of the locals, the girl has reached the end of the year, and she is the one who is married, in case you meet any abrupt disciples, what can happen?" Cui Pozi said bitterly: "Moreover, this is Shangjing, and the girl will always come here to live in the future." ”

The meaning of this is that Su Liu will marry here in the future, if something happens now, it will not be good for people to recognize it in the future.

Su Liu also knew that a woman's reputation was particularly important, so she was a little sneering, took the curtain, and asked the two girls to help put it on, and then got out of the car.

Ningguang's teahouse is called Cuizhuyuan, the name is elegant, but from the outside, the layout is far from the name, the black doors and windows, lifeless, and very old-fashioned.

Su Liu didn't rush in, just took a look outside, the location of Cuizhuyuan is not difficult to find, it is also facing the main road, opposite is a book seller, and there is a book seller, as well as a scholar four treasures, according to this, there should be many literati, and the business is not so bad, you can see from here, but there are no guests inside.

Walking slowly into the teahouse, there was only a few tables inside, and there were two scholar-like people talking about the current situation.

The freedom of speech in the Great Qi Dynasty was open, and literati and scholars would not be imprisoned when discussing political affairs outside, unlike in modern times, where the more sensitive politics did not dare to speak easily.

In addition to allowing people to chat and drink tea here, the teahouse also sells tea, and as soon as you enter the door, you can see a row of shelves with all kinds of tea leaves. There are two or three juniors in the store, two are chatting, one is dozing off with his head, and the shopkeeper doesn't know where to go.

Seeing Su Liu and the others coming in, the two who knocked their teeth immediately stood up, and pushed the dozing Xiao Er, and the three of them walked up diligently.

"This young lady, do you want to drink tea or buy tea?" Xiao Erjia asked Su Liu with a special look, and quickly glanced at a few people, even the two Xiao Er next to him looked at people unabashedly.

Su Liu frowned slightly, tilted his head slightly, and asked when the snow fell, but there is a private room, the little second immediately said yes, and led a few people to the second floor.

The private room said that it sounded good, it was a room, hung a few ink paintings or something, made a table, compared to the hall downstairs, there is nothing special, oh, what is special is that the tea is very expensive.

"So expensive!"

Shuang Ning listened to the price of a pot of West Lake Longjing asking for fifty taels of silver, and couldn't help but scream softly.

Her voice was not loud, but it was enough for the little second who led the way to hear it, and her face immediately changed, her enthusiasm decreased by several points, and she said lukewarmly: "It's not expensive, girl, you go and inquire, if it's a teahouse, it will cost more than ten times the silver!" Our green bamboo garden is considered to be a fair price. ”

was despised, Frost Ning's face turned red, and she lowered her head and didn't make a sound.

No wonder this business is so poor, first of all, this service attitude is dissatisfied, Su Liu shook his head secretly, and said coldly: "Yipin Teahouse wants five hundred taels of West Lake Longjing, so naturally it is expensive." First of all, their service there is naturally first-class, you get what you pay for, and Cuizhuyuan can have five hundred taels of service? Don't look at anything else, just look at your service, I still suspect that this fifty taels is too high. ”

The little second was choked back by Su Liu, suffocated, his face changed a few times, he stared at Su Liu, as if he was looking for a rebuttal, and after a long time, he held back a sentence: "Is the girl here to drink tea or to find fault?" Please go out without tea. ”

"What kind of price, what kind of service to buy, sure enough, fifty taels to buy your service attitude, it's really high!" Su Liu sneered: "No wonder the business of this teahouse is so poor, there is a person like you who is above the top, if I am the shopkeeper, I will be the first to dismiss you." ”

This last sentence was a little harsh, and the little two were shocked on the spot, and they didn't know what to say.