After a while, the man invited Lin Tong and Rouge to the front hall.

Lin Tong and Rouge were very happy to see Li Tao, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "I've seen the little master!" ”

To tell the truth, Lin Tong and Rouge are grateful to Li Tao from the bottom of their hearts, if it weren't for Li Tao's care, they wouldn't be where they are today. Now, when I suddenly saw the little master coming, how could I not be happy in my heart.

"Don't, don't, don't! If that's the case, I won't dare to come again next time. Li Tao helped the two up: "I heard that you gave birth to a big fat son, how old are you?" ”

"Almost two years old?" Lin Tong had a happy smile on his face.

"What's your name?"

"Lord Forest"

Rouge smiled on the side: "He said that the little master has the grace of reinvention for us, and our son can't forget the great kindness of the little master, so he gave it such a name, and I also think it's very good." ”

"You have a heart, how can I afford this?" Li Tao pondered for a while and said: "When he is older, he will be sent to my house, and I will ask Mr. to teach him to read and write, if he can be a jinshi in the future, it will be regarded as raising eyebrows for the two of you!" ”

"Thank you, little master!" The two were overjoyed and wanted to kowtow to Li Tao, but when they saw that Li Tao didn't like it, they saluted Li Tao on the spot.

Li Tao took off a jade ruyi he was carrying with him and handed it to the rouge: "I came in a hurry today, and I didn't prepare, this gadget, even if I gave Ling Lang a meeting gift." ”

Lin Tong said in a panic: "How can this be done?" ”

Li Tao's eyes widened, and Rouge took Yu Ruyi when he saw this: "The slave family thanked the little master on behalf of the dog." ”

Li Tao pointed to the three daughters and said to Rouge: "Rouge, they are your future mothers." You are a connoisseur, take them around the shop and help them choose some suitable gouache rouge. Lin Tong and I are here to talk and talk, waiting for you. ”

When the three girls heard Li Tao say this, they couldn't help but blush a little, but they couldn't say anything.

Rouge hurriedly saluted the three daughters and led them away.

"Little master, why don't we go to the backyard!" Lin Tong said.

"It's here, it's good here!" Li Tao pointed to the table in the hall for guests to rest.

A guy had already brought tea. Li Tao and Lin Tong sat opposite each other.

Li Tao asked casually, "Lin Tong, how is the business of the shop?" ”

"There are many nobles in Chang'an, and the business is more than ten times better than when it was in Luzhou. Over the course of a year, an income of 30,000 yuan is not a problem. Lin Tong said with a smile.

"Isn't this the best of you and your wife? There are so many gouache and rouge shops in Chang'an, and I haven't seen a better business than yours here. ”

Lin Tong smiled and said, "The little master has won the prize!" ”

"By the way, if I'm not mistaken. Kurou should give you and your wife dividends every year. What is your husband and wife's share of this shop? ”

"When I first came to Chang'an, we accounted for one percent, and this year the shopkeeper Fan added one percent, saying that one percent was for me, one percent was for rouge, and the two of us accounted for two percent."

Li Tao frowned and said, "So little? ”

Lin Tong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Little master, there are a lot, and there are at least six thousand yuan a year." How can we use it. If you hire a shopkeeper in another family, except for the money. At most, we will send a red envelope at the end of the year, which is not more than a fraction of ours. ”

Li Tao shook his head and said, "No, the two of you are the old men of the Fan family's firm, and there are too few of them." Besides, your gouache and rouge shops will have to set up semicolons in various places in the future, and these will have to be managed by your husband and wife. I'll talk to Jiulang when I go back, and from next year, the two of you and your husband will account for fifty percent. ”

"Fifty percent" Li Tao's words, Lin Tong, who had just taken a sip of tea, was almost choked.

Li Tao was afraid that he would refuse, so he said directly: "This matter is so decided." By the way, Lin Tong, I heard that there are people in the palace who often come to you to buy gouache rouge, is this true? ”

Lin Tong nodded and said, "It's true, there weren't many last year, but this year it's a lot more!" ”

"Who are they?"

"The most are sent by martial artists, and they come almost once every three or two days. Under the influence of the martial arts people, the number of people in the palace who came to buy from me has gradually increased this year! ”

"Martial artists?" Li Tao was puzzled: "Why haven't I heard that there is a surname Wu among His Majesty's concubines?" ”

Lin Tong said with a smile: "This martial artist was only crowned by His Majesty half a year ago, although he is not very old, but I heard that he is extremely favored, and even the queen mother and Concubine Li are compared to her." ”

Zhao Lijuan fell out of favor? Li Tao had doubts in his mind, but he remained silent and continued to chat with Lin Tong.

At this moment, a young man and woman in the store caught Li Tao's attention.

Although both of them are wearing Tang costumes and don't look like Central Plains people on their faces, they speak with authentic Chang'an accents.

"Xuelian, since you're here, let's choose two, and count it as a gift from me." The young man said.

The girl named Xuelian shook her head and said, "Forget it, it's too expensive, it's good for me to make my own rouge with red and blue flowers!" ”

After Li Tao heard this, his heart moved, it is the custom of Turkic women to make rouge with red and blue flowers, but this woman is Turkic.

Li Tao pointed to the pair of men and women, and said to Lin Tong seriously: "Lin Tong, I have been confined in the house by my mother this month, and I am about to suffocate to death." You sit still, I'll be the shopkeeper for you and have a good time. ”

Lin Tong was surprised at first, and then couldn't help but smile: "The little master has a lot of knowledge about rouge gouache, I benefited a lot back then, and it is more than enough to be this shopkeeper, please do it!" ”

Li Tao grimaced at Lin Tong, walked up to the two young men and said, "I don't know what the two guest officers need?" ”

The two of them couldn't help but be a little shocked when they saw that the shopkeeper was so young, but they didn't care. The young man said, "The shopkeeper is just in time, let's choose a few suitable rouges for my friend." ”

Li Tao looked at Xuelian and smiled: "I just heard that this lady will make her own rouge. The rouge made is to pick off the red and blue flowers when they are in full bloom, and then put them in a stone bowl and repeatedly pestle the mallet, the petals of the red and blue flowers contain two kinds of pigments, red and yellow, and after the yellow is removed, it becomes a bright rouge. ”

"How did you find out?" Xue Lian said in surprise.

"Not only do I know how you make rouge, but I can also deduce that you are Turkic."

"Huh? Who are you? Have you seen me? How do you know that I am a Turk? Xue Lian asked vigilantly.

"The lady misunderstood, I haven't seen you!" Li Tao explained: "I am the shopkeeper of the rouge shop, so I naturally know the origin of the rouge. Rouge is native to the Yanzhi Mountain of the Xiongnu, the local people call it Yanshi, and the Central Plains people call it red and blue flowers, the flowers of this plant can be painted on the face to increase the color of peach, so it is loved by local women, and then gradually spread to the Central Plains, and quickly spread from north to south, to the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a situation that the rouge of the north is all over the two spirits. Today's Turks, women have always inherited this custom, often using Yan makeup to decorate their faces. Therefore, guessing that the lady is Turkic, I am right! ”

Xue Lian nodded and admitted, "You're right, I'm a Turk. (To be continued......)