169 Grand Palace Market
Sure enough, as Luan Yi expected. When Xiaocui heard him say that if he didn't know Jinan, he would never see himself in his life, and Xiaocui was scared. immediately expressed her willingness to listen to Luan Yi's words, no matter what Luan Yi asked her to do, she was willing.
Luan Yi smiled and nodded, just like when he was a child, stroked Xiaocui's head, and said, "This is a good boy!" ”
Subsequently, Luan Yi made up a reason, saying that the old lady Luan Diao who lived in Jinan was sick, and she always thought that her subordinates were not serving her well, and wanted Luan Yi to transfer Xiaocui back to Jinan to take care of herself.
As a dutiful son, Luan Yi of course couldn't disobey the old lady's wishes, so he asked Luan Fu to send Xiaocui back in person.
On the day of the trip, Luan Yi, Cai Yan, Diao Chan, and Qiqiao kept sending Xiaocui to the city gate.
Facing Cui'er, who was weeping because she was reluctant to leave Luan Yi, Luan Yi stroked her head as always, and said with a smile: "Go early and come back early, the day you can return to me is our wedding day." ”
"Big wedding?" Cui'er paused, and the corners of her mouth raised, "The slave family must come back as soon as possible." ”
Luan Yi nodded and helped Cui'er into the carriage, "Go ahead!" ”
Luan Fu whipped violently, and the carriage slowly drove away from Luoyang.
Seeing Cui'er stand up until she disappeared from sight, Luan Yi turned to Cai Yan and Diao Chan and said, "I still have something to do, go to the church first, and you can go home by yourself first!" ”
After speaking, he waved his sleeves, strode into the distance, turned at the end of the street, and disappeared from the sight of Cai Yan and Diao Chan.
He walked around the alley, found a place where no one was, put his hands behind his back, and said, "Come out!" ”
"Squeak!" The wooden door of a courtyard three steps away opened, Luan Yi stepped into the courtyard, closed the gate with his backhand, and said to the person in the center of the courtyard with his back to him, "See her gone?" ”
"Hmm!"
"Not ready to chase her out of the city and snatch her back?"
The man shook his head. "What's the use of robbing? Can I snatch her person, can I snatch her heart? Besides, she won't go with me if she dies, because what she really loves is you! ”
Luan Yi groaned for a while and nodded, "That's right!" ”
Luan Yi asked again: "Are you really going to follow me?" ”
"Don't get me wrong! I didn't say I would do it with you. Xiaocui's greatest wish in this life is to protect your safety, and her wish is my wish. I am only responsible for your safety, and I will never listen to your commands! ”
Luan Yi spread his palms, "Whatever you want!" After speaking, he opened the courtyard door and walked away with square steps.
Hearing Luan Yi's departing footsteps, the people in the courtyard turned around and looked at who Wang Yue was. He looked at Luan Yi's back and whispered, "Luan Yi, Luan Yi, what kind of person are you to make Cui'er love you so deeply." ”
On the way home for Cai Yan and Diao Chan, they happened to pass by Xishi. Diao Chan wanted to go to the market and buy some rouge gouache and other things, and asked Cai Yan if he would go.
For a few days in a row, Cai Yan always dreamed of Cai Yun, so he didn't rest very well, so he replied that he was tired and wanted to go home to rest.
So, the two parted at Xishikou, and Cai Yan went home. Diao Chan led Qiqiao into the crowded West Market.
"It's a pity!" Tangram said stupidly.
Diao Chan asked her, "What is a pity?" ”
Qiqiao sighed in a low voice, "It's a pity that my sister instigated Xiaocui for so long, and finally cultivated her to be a madman, but in the end she got nothing!" ”
"It's a pity!" Diao Chan was a little depressed. Since marrying into the Luan family, she has instilled the concept of Luan Yi Supreme in Xiaocui at every opportunity, and rooted Luan Yi's omnipotent and perfect thoughts in Xiaocui's heart, which made Xiaocui, who was already in love with Luan Yi, more and more incorrigible. Subsequently, through many events, Xiaocui felt that any woman approaching Luan Yi had ulterior motives, and under the control of this emotion, she finally reached the final state of madness. Diao Chan originally wanted to take advantage of this situation and borrow Xiaocui's hand to kill Cai Yan, but he never thought that there would be another Zhen Mi halfway.
Diao Chan will never forget the expression of her anger when she found Luan Yi coming home with another woman's body fragrance that day. So, she quickly knocked on the side and revealed this matter to Xiaocui. Xiao Cui really didn't disappoint her, and immediately sent a killer to assassinate Zhen Mi. It's a pity...... fell short, Luan Yi not only saved Zhen Mi, but also found out Xiaocui by some means.
According to Diao Chan's original prediction, even if Zhen Mi did not die, Xiaocui, a future competitor, would be executed by Luan Yi because of this.
But she didn't expect that Luan Yi didn't kill Xiaocui, but just transferred her out of the capital.
"Luan Lang, Luan Lang! The slave family should be moved to find a man who values love and righteousness! Or should I be sad to meet such a soft-hearted husband? Diao Chan murmured in a low voice.
Since Xiaocui left Beijing, the Luan family's bloody case has been officially solved. Luan Yi can finally free up more energy to spend on business.
The bidding meeting in October made Luan Yi make a lot of money, empty gloves white wolf, and earned more than 1.7 million taels of gold for nothing. According to the exchange rate of gold and silver at this time 1:7, that is, more than 11.9 million taels of silver.
Luan Yi attributed the money to the income of the first floor in the world. In this way, it is nearly twelve times higher than the original target of earning millions of silver. When Emperor Ling heard that he hadn't done anything and had earned more than 6 million silver for nothing, he was so excited that he jumped up, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he couldn't even walk. Praise Luan Yi is the pillar of the country, the mainstay, and the god of saving the country...... It's almost to the height of a national hero.
Luan Yi saw that Emperor Ling was in a good mood, and suggested that Emperor Ling cancel the official office in West Garden. When persuading, he did not mention the harm caused by the sale of officials, such as the unclear governance of state officials, but only said that it would be difficult to take back the official once it was sold, and many people spent money to buy an official, and they would do it for a lifetime, and if they wanted to sell it again, how long would it take? Unlike goods, which are sold one after another, the circulation is fast. The faster the flow of goods, the faster the money will be earned. Therefore, if you can't make money selling officials, you might as well close the West Garden Selling Officials.
Emperor Ling just tasted the sweetness, and felt that selling officials was indeed not as profitable as trading with Luan Yi, but although the income was small, it was not a lot of money. At this level, even this point of entry is gone, and it can't be drawn. He told Luan Yi the reason.
Luan Yi laughed when he heard this, and said to Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, why do you only stare at selling officials? Not to mention that the West Park Sales Management Office does not make much money, it also uses a lot of manpower. If you free up these people to do something else, you will definitely get more out of it. ”
Emperor Ling slapped his head and laughed, "What you say makes sense!" Aiqing has a new way to make money. ”
Luan Yi paused for a moment and scolded himself for talking too much. In a hurry, the mind is spinning rapidly and making money? Make hay! Department stores are open, what other ways to make money? After thinking about it for a while, he didn't get anything, and seeing that the Spirit Emperor was going to be impatient, he hurriedly turned around. It's not good to make money, won't you join Emperor Ling's other hobby? "Your Majesty, there is no way to make money for the time being, but the minister has thought of a particularly interesting thing that is worth doing."
"Oh? What's the matter. ”
"Does Your Majesty like to do business?"
"Yes, of course I do! Especially these days, I've been trading all my dreams. ”
"Haha......" Luan Yi stroked his palms and laughed, "Your Majesty will definitely like that minister's idea!" ”
"Don't sell it, just say it and I'll listen to it."
"Your Majesty, why don't you build a market in the palace for the eunuchs and palace maids to trade? Of course, Your Majesty can also leave a shop for himself in the market! ”
"You mean?" The Spirit Emperor glared at the bull's eye, dumbfounded, "This is a good idea, a good idea, a good one...... cough cough cough ...... Oh yes! Aiqing is really talented! ”
Luan Yi made Emperor Ling happy, but Zhang Rang was not happy, he coughed and interrupted: "It costs a lot of silver taels to build a large number of silver taels in the palace, and the ministers of the court and the central government will definitely not agree." ”
"Huh...... What are you afraid of! Luan Yi giggled, "Your Majesty just made a lot of money." Enough to pay for ten markets out of his own pocket. The money is paid by themselves, and it is not a reason for the ministers of the treasury to do without it! ”
"This ......," Zhang Rang said suddenly.
When Emperor Ling heard that the minister had nothing to do with him, he couldn't close his mouth with joy, "I feel rich, I'm good, I'm good!" Immediately, the Wanyi Bureau and the southwest corner of the Imperial Garden on the west side of the palace were demolished and transformed into the palace market.
Luan Yi doesn't care if the loss of the Wanyi Bureau has an impact on the daily operation of the palace, after all, it is a headache for Zhang.
The only thing he cares about is that his obvious Luan family contractor team finally has work to do again.
Emperor Ling was not generally enthusiastic about building the market, and strongly demanded to design some shops by himself.
In order to prevent him from designing indiscriminately, Luan Yi had to teach him some design skills.
I have to admit that Emperor Lingdi didn't do a good job, and he still had a certain talent in redesign. The designed pavements are novel and beautiful in appearance, and have a post-modern style. The only drawback is that the design is not designed with weighing in mind. The most bizarre thing is that there is a building that does not even have columns, it is simply a castle in the sky.
Luan Yi couldn't see this thing, in case it collapsed and killed a eunuch and palace maid, it was still a trivial matter, if he killed a concubine or a prince, the responsibility was not something he could bear.
For this reason, he used his brains a lot, and consulted many senior craftsmen, and only on the premise of trying not to change the appearance, he finally added load-bearing columns, and then laid the foundation after repeated verification.
Emperor Ling seemed very excited, and came to the construction site almost every day to watch his works grow day by day. Day after day, I waited for three months and finally looked forward to the completion of the building.
On the day of the collective opening of the store, Luan Yi, as one of the owners, naturally also participated in the grand collective opening ceremony.
With Emperor Ling's order, the eunuchs and palace maids all over the street stood in front of their shops in a daze, at a loss.
The Spirit Emperor was furious, "What are you doing stupidly?" ”
"Sell?"
The eunuchs and palace maids looked at each other, not knowing how to sell them.
"Haven't you been to Luoyang Bazaar?" The Spirit Emperor shouted in anger. "It's so quiet in the bazaar?"
The eunuchs and palace maids still looked at each other, at a loss.
"A bunch of fools! Learn from the truth," Emperor Ling scolded angrily and cleared his throat, "Take a look!" The latest golden hairpin is ten cents a piece! ”
Not to mention, it's really like that! It's just that...... Golden hairpin...... Ten cents, this is also cheap!
Luan Yi pursed his lips.