In the Xinqiao Restaurant, Zheng Rongtai only ordered two meatloafs and a basket of steamed buns, then waved his hand painfully and let the bartender go down. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Why don't you have a copy of the most famous secret roasted hoof in this restaurant?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

Zheng Rongtai swallowed his saliva and asked Li Yanqing expectantly, "Didn't you notice that I have lost a little weight recently?" ”

Li Yanqing looked at him carefully and said with a smile: "It seems that you have lost some weight, could it be that you have been on a diet recently?" ”

Zheng Rongtai was suddenly overjoyed, "Or do you have vision, I asked several people, and they all said that I was not thin, I was so angry that I was half dead, I have halved my meal in the last two days, how can I not lose weight?" ”

"At least it's a little thinner than Xiangzhou, in the past, when you sat down, the chair would creak, but today there is no sound, isn't this just thin?"

As soon as Li Yanqing's voice fell, he only listened to 'click!' With a sound, Zheng Rongtai suddenly disappeared from the table, and the guests in the hall all looked over here, and immediately burst into laughter, only to see that the chair was crushed, Zheng Rongtai was lying on the ground with his back facing the sky, moaning in pain, Li Yanqing hurriedly held back a smile and stepped forward to help him up, "This chair is so badly made, it's not strong at all!" ”

At this time, the guy and the shopkeeper hurriedly ran forward, apologized vigorously, and changed to a tenacious bamboo chair, Zheng Rongtai sat down with a hum, "Lao Li, you tell the truth, am I thin or not?" ”

"Why do you care so much about being fat? I've persuaded you before, you said that fat people have fat blessings, how did you change sex this time? ”

"Hey!"

Zheng Rongtai let out a long sigh, revealing an expression that was indescribable.

"The day before yesterday, I went to the East Palace, and I happened to meet the famous doctor Tang Shenwei, who specially gave me a pulse, saying that if I continue to be fat like this, I will not live to be forty years old, and my son will not be born, do you think I can not be in a hurry?"

Li Yanqing glanced at him sympathetically, this is true, people who are too fat often have a shorter lifespan, he thought about it and said to Zheng Rongtai: "I have a way, you can lose weight, or you don't have to work so hard." ”

Zheng Rongtai was overjoyed, "What way?" ”

"Play in the water!"

Zheng Rongtai was stunned, "How do you play with water?" ”

"Isn't it getting hotter now? You can dig a pool in the back garden, the water is not too deep, you can do it with your chest, and then you flutter in the water for an hour every day, if you are hungry at night, you eat winter melon, try not to eat meat, you can drink broth, as long as you stick to it until autumn, I guarantee that you will lose half of your weight. ”

"Really?"

"You'll find out after a few days."

Zheng Rongtai was skeptical, but thinking that he would not live to be forty years old, no matter what the method, he would give it a try.

The two drank a few glasses of wine, and Li Yanqing asked, "Are Lao Pang and Zhu Mian familiar?" ”

"I know his son very well, his youngest son is called Zhu Tao, he is also studying in Taixue, two years older than me, this kid is famous for playing with women, the first time you entered the city, the one next to Gao Yanei is Zhu Tao, you may not have noticed."

Where can Li Yanqing remember, but Zhu Mian's son is actually mixed with Zheng Fatzi, so what is the relationship between Zhu Mian and the prince?

"Are Zhu Mian familiar with the crown prince?" Li Yanqing asked as casually as possible.

"Zhu Mian is familiar with the magnates in the court, and the prince is of course no exception, what are you asking for?"

Li Yanqing said casually: "Yesterday I met a man who went to Beijing to file a complaint, he said that Zhu Mian forcibly occupied his grange and robbed his family's property, which made people angry when they heard it!" ”

"What a childishness!"

Zheng Rongtai pursed his lips, he leaned forward and lowered his voice and said: "Don't be stupid, Zhu Mian is making money for the official family, and going to Beijing to sue will only die faster, besides, you and Zhu Mian have no conflict of interests.......

As soon as he said this, Zheng Rongtai seemed to think of something, and he couldn't go on.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't say it, Zhu Jiazhen has something to do with you, and Zhu Tao mentioned you when he was drinking with me the day before yesterday."

"You make it clear, why are you talking and spitting!"

"Actually, it's not about you, but about Baoyanzhai, Zhu Tao's uncle also opened a rouge shop in Bianjing, called the Red Wangjia Rouge Shop, the business was originally very prosperous, but because after your Baoyanzhai opened, it had a great impact on their business, Zhu Tao gritted his teeth and said that he was going to burn Baoyanzhai, of course I told him not to mess around, but you still have to be careful, this kid has always been ruthless, once he finds out that you don't have a backstage, he will probably start."

Li Yanqing sneered in his heart, Zhu Tao dared to move Baoyanzhai to try it!

........

After lunch, Zheng Rongtai hired an ox cart and went home to dig the pond in a hurry, while Li Yanqing went to Baoyan Zhai, which was not far from the restaurant.

Of course, Li Yanqing also knows that more than 150 years after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, all kinds of money-making businesses have long been monopolized by the government and various magnates.

Like the cosmetics business, not only the market is broad, but also the cost is very low, the profit is very rich, how can the capital's magnates not intervene in it, they have investigated, the No. 1 Zhang Gu Rouge Shop is opened by the descendants of the founding general Zhang Lingduo, but Zhang Gu Rouge has an excellent reputation, the customer source is stable, and Baoyan Zhai has little impact on it.

And the red red Wang family's rouge shop is not spared, the market competition is so cruel, now knowing that the red rouge shop is actually the Zhu family's industry, Li Yanqing's heart suddenly became vigilant, he really has to be careful of the dark arrows shot by the Zhu family.

Bao Yan Zhai's business is as good as ever, there is still a long queue at the door, Lauder perfume has become their fist product, the quality is better than the big food rose water, the price is less than half, and the quantity is more than it, how can it not be popular.

The shop was crowded with women buying other fat powders, and three hired female clerks were explaining the use of rouge to customers, and one of them was talking about the nine uses of rouge to a dozen women, and a group of women were listening attentively.

Li Yanqing suddenly found that this female clerk was a little familiar, and after looking at it for a while, he finally recognized it, it was Aunt Yang's younger daughter-in-law, and he gave her a bracelet last time.

"Little official!"

Someone called him behind him, and when Li Yanqing turned around, it turned out to be Gu Tiezhu, and he saw him standing under the eaves of the snack bar next door with a white wax stick in his hand.

"What are you doing here?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"Just now, a few scoundrels pretended to buy rouge and squeezed into the women's pile to take advantage, and the second uncle asked me to stand here and watch to prevent them from making trouble again!"

"You hit them?"

"I've also practiced martial arts in the Bow and Arrow Club for a few days, and as long as there are no more than five people, I can deal with it!"

"Did any other rouge shop send someone to make trouble?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"That's not true, but the shopkeeper of Zhang Gu's rouge shop came yesterday, and he was very polite, and he talked with the second uncle for a while and left."

"What are you talking about?"

"I don't know, you have to ask the second uncle."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Is my dad in the store?" ”

"In the backyard! But you can't walk through the store, you can't squeeze in, you have to go through the back door. ”

Tie Zhu pointed to an alley next to him, Li Yanqing knew that the store actually had a back door, so he turned around and walked towards the alley, Tie Zhu shouted behind him: "Little official, the second door is, don't go wrong." ”

"Got it!"

Li Yanqing entered the small shop through the back door, the back door was the room of the former proprietor and his wife, now it is the clerk's rest room, and the dormitory of the shopkeeper at night, the next room is completely used as a warehouse, and the perfume making is placed at home, which is in charge of Aunt Yang's brother.

"The Peach Blossom Rouge is selling out soon, hurry up and load it!" The voice of Li Yanqing's father, Li Daqi, came from outside, and he is currently the shopkeeper and proprietor.

"Second uncle, I'm afraid there aren't many in the warehouse, there are still sixty-five bottles left."

"Send thirty bottles first, and then let Dongdong urge the goods, be sure to send them tonight!"

"Got it, second uncle!"

Li Yanqing heard his father's voice, he walked to the door, just as his father came from next door, Li Daqi suddenly saw his son, and was immediately startled, "Qing'er, why are you here!" ”

"I'll take a look at the store!"

"By the way, I just have something to discuss with you!"

Li Daqi walked into the house, wiped the sweat on his forehead, poured himself another glass, drank it, he pointed to the kettle, and asked Li Yanqing to pour the water himself.

Li Yanqing also poured a glass of water and filled his father's cup again.

"Let's sit down and talk!"

Li Daqi dragged over the chair and sat down, rubbed his arm exhausted and said, "Qing'er, when will this business end, I'm really tired." ”

"Isn't business hot?"

"It's just that the business is too good to worry about!"

Li Yanqing heard what his father said, so he asked lightly: "Zhang Gu Rouge shop came to find trouble?" ”

"They didn't look for anything, let's not talk about this first, I want to discuss with you, yesterday the old shopkeeper came to talk to me for a while, their proprietor wanted to sell the formula of our Lauder perfume for five thousand yuan, I didn't agree, and then he proposed to cooperate with the two sides."

"How to cooperate?"

"They have a hundred flower manors specializing in the cultivation of vermilion flowers, jasmine and plum and other kinds of fragrant flowers, at least more than 30 kinds of flowers, all year round, they are willing to provide us with the original flower juice, the condition is that they also sell Lauder perfume, as long as they give them a profit of 300 yuan per bottle, I said to think about it, just when you come, I will ask you! You say okay? ”

Li Yanqing thought for a while and asked, "Why does my father want plain flower juice?" Can't buy ready-made infusion perfumes? ”

"Rouge can be bought ready-made, but perfume is not, I have experimented, mixed with fresh original flower juice, the perfume smell is more subtle, soaked in perfume for too long, the floral fragrance is covered."

"Then we can cooperate, but I want to remind Daddy, it's best for us to buy land to build a Hundred Flowers Villa, the secret of distillation will be discovered sooner or later, and we have to take precautions."

"I think so, Qing'er, people's hearts are unpredictable! There was something I really didn't expect. ”

"What happened?"

Li Daqi sighed, "Dongdong wants to go it alone!" ”