Today's Zhu Houwei was very happy, because he was bored, so he ran to the secret room of the original Fuwang Mansion. Overseeing the construction works is only incidental, and the main thing is to count the silver.

In the deepest part of the chamber there was a large room, in which there were many chests of large and small, all of which were filled with gold and silver, totaling more than two million taels. The money here does not belong to the World Chamber of Commerce, but the private money earned by running the renovation with my uncle. Looking at so many properties, Zhu Houwei showed a "gratified" smile. After a while, the money will come sooner, because there will soon be another business to be opened, although he is not the majority.

Shopkeeper Qiu, who puts food first, came to Beijing more than a month ago and is ready to open a branch. Immediately after buying a large piece of shop, it entered the renovation stage. In order to express his sincerity, Shopkeeper Qiu took out three percent and handed it to the two Zhu Houzhao brothers. Then after the three of Hongzhi father and son discussed, it was decided that Zhu Houzhao was not involved in this matter, so it was all handed over to Zhu Houwei, and the identity of the shopkeeper Qiu was still too sensitive, so it was handed over to a prince who had no power or position.

At this critical moment, Zhu Houwei stepped forward and accepted the sugar-coated cannonball, shouting in his heart, "Let the sugar-coated come more violently, as for the cannonball, you can take it back." ”

In the afternoon, Zhu Houwei came to Food First, which will open after the beginning of spring. The location of the new store is very good, just in the big shamao alley near the Ten Kings' Mansion, which is a prosperous area in the whole capital, usually there is a constant flow of people, busy traffic, and often hold temple fairs, at that time, it is shoulder to shoulder, sweating into rain.

The new store was also made with a lot of money, bought six connected shops, and then all demolished and rebuilt, and now the main body has been completed, a total of three floors, and the first floor is forty meters wide. What made Zhu Houwei appreciate was that Shi Weixian placed an order at the World Chamber of Commerce and replaced all the windows with large glass windows. For this reason, Zhu Houwei gave a friendly price very "kindly", only 3,000 taels per piece of glass, a total of nearly 100,000 taels, and the person who wanted to save face as the shopkeeper Qiu also smiled for the first time and expressed his gratitude, and everyone was happy.

When I came to the shop, I saw that the front of the store was covered with a tent curtain, and I couldn't see the situation inside, and there was no plaque, so I had to wait until it opened. Each glass window is covered with wooden boards, presumably the shopkeeper Qiu is ready to make a blockbuster, after all, the windows are all glass, and this is the first one in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houwei got out of the carriage and took a look, although there were no crowds around to stop and watch, but after passing here, he would still curiously chat about this mysterious shop and guess the identity of the owner. With such a big store and the people coming and going, as long as the taste is not too bad, there will be no shortage of business.

Zhu Houwei came today, one is to thank the shopkeeper Qiu for their help before, and the other is to tell them the decision of the ownership of shares.

When you enter the gate, the first thing you feel is that it is spacious, and the decoration inside has not yet been completed, and many craftsmen are painting and binding objects.

"Zhu Gongzi." A deep and powerful voice sounded, and Zhu Houwei looked up and saw that it was the shopkeeper Qiu with a fierce face. The shopkeeper Qiu Da is really not suitable for businessmen, and there are not many greetings from this partner with one identity, but Zhu Houwei doesn't care about this. Smiling and nodding, Zhu Houwei greeted, "Shopkeeper Qiu, I haven't seen you for a long time." Then he looked up and looked around, "This branch is really good, not to mention anything else, this façade alone is atmospheric enough, and business will definitely be prosperous in the future." ”

Shopkeeper Qiu pulled the corners of his mouth, feeling like laughing and crying, "Borrow Zhu Gongzi's auspicious words." It's a bit noisy here, and I invite Zhu Gongzi to the backyard to talk about it. Please. Zhu Houwei nodded and followed Shopkeeper Qiu to the back.

After passing through the gatehouse of more than 20 meters, and then walking through the courtyard, I finally came to the backyard. The scene here is the same as in Shandong, a large bamboo forest, and a small road leads to the depths of the bamboo forest. There are flowers and plants on both sides of the path, but the most common ones are plum blossoms, which bloom proudly in this cold winter season. Zhu Houwei smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms when he was in the steel courtyard, but he was not surprised. Not far from entering the bamboo forest, he saw a gazebo, not far from the courtyard, but he couldn't see it outside the bamboo forest, and Zhu Houwei was a little surprised when he saw it, this design was really exquisite. The path forks in the gazebo, and then on the other side of the gazebo there is a bluestone path that leads into the distance. After a while, the path is almost at the end, only to see three bamboo buildings in front of the end, there is a small bamboo forest between each bamboo building, the closer to the bamboo forest, the more you can't see the bamboo forest next to it, but here you can see a complete. The three bamboo buildings are slightly taller and slightly lower on both sides, all of which are two-storey. The bamboo building is not large, but it is as wide as three houses.

Zhu Houwei suddenly said, "Shopkeeper Qiu, you guys made a big scene this time." This backyard is also very compact, who made it here, and I want to ask him to go back and build my mansion. ”

Shopkeeper Qiu turned his head slightly and replied, "Master Zhu, this is a drawing made by my young lady, please forgive me if there is any failure." Zhu Houwei was stunned, "It's okay, I'm abrupt." ”

Then he asked with some surprise: "Your young lady also came to the capital?" Shopkeeper Qiu said indifferently: "Miss attaches great importance to the Beijing branch. ”

Zhu Houwei nodded silently, did not make a sound, and wondered in his heart whether it was because the business in the capital was relatively large and he attached importance to it, or because of other reasons.

A group of several people continued to walk towards the bamboo building in the middle, and just saw Wang Qingwen walking out of the bamboo building with a few people and greeting them at the door.

When she got closer, Wang Qingwen bowed her body and was blessed, and her voice was still as gentle and calm as last time, "I've seen Zhu Gongzi." Zhu Houwei immediately returned the salute, "I've seen Miss Wang." ”

Wang Qingwen was dressed in a pale yellow skirt with several thrushes embroidered on the corners of the skirt. With a black mink fur draped over his shoulders, although he was smiling, the coldness in his eyes still made Zhu Houwei feel a little uncomfortable. Among the people present, she was the shortest in height, but her aura was very strong.

Zhu Houwei looked at others and found that there was a pair of twin brothers standing not far behind Wang Qingwen, with tall figures and handsome faces. Zhu Houwei didn't see anything, but Hong Yu behind him frowned slightly, staring at the two of them tightly, but seeing that their hands were just hanging down at random, some distance from the sword on the side of their waists, and it was not a comfortable posture, Hong Yu did not move. You must know that the shopkeeper Qiu, who had seen outstanding martial arts before, Hong Yu was not so vigilant.

Looking at Wang Qingwen's side again, Zhu Houwei's eyes were stunned, and he saw a woman, although she was dressed as a maid, she was tall and very beautiful, just looking at her appearance, she was better than Wang Qingwen, a young lady. The melon seed face is not much bigger than the palm of the hand, the eyebrows are slender, the shade is appropriate, and the eye waves are flowing, as if there are a thousand words to tell you. There is a tear mole under her left eye, which not only does not destroy her beauty, but adds three points of style. and Zhu Houwei glanced at each other unintentionally, and immediately lowered their eyebrows, although the little face was expressionless, but it had her unique beauty, which made Zhu Houwei can't help but look at it a few more times. Wang Qingwen didn't seem to be aware, and said with a smile on her face, "I'm tired of Zhu Gongzi, I have already warmed some wine and food in the house, and I ask Zhu Gongzi to move." ”

Zhu Houwei came back to his senses when he heard this, coughed to hide his embarrassment, and echoed in his mouth: "Since that's the case, thank you Miss Wang." ”

Wang Qingwen led the way, Shopkeeper Qiu and the maid followed behind Zhu Houwei, and the twin brothers stood outside the door and did not enter. Zhu Houwei glanced at Hong Yu, and then took Huang Gonggong into the bamboo building.