On the third day of the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce, the merchants of wealthy families from all over the world stopped talking in the garden and returned to their houses to begin to concentrate on writing business strategies. At this time, Shu'er's sprinkling and meticulous 10,000-word business strategy has come to an end. The map of Ning and the palace drawn by Lin Ying has also been properly completed according to the discussion between the two of them in the past three days.

Shu'er and Lin Ying looked at their common masterpiece, and as usual, looked at each other and smiled.

Towards the end of the evening, Lin Ying said to Shu'er: "At this time, the garden should be clean, let's go there and sit, and I will draw you a picture of a woman dressed as a man who is more beautiful than a flower." ”

Shu'er shook her head and said, "You have been making paintings for the past three days, and your eyes are red, so you should go back to the house and sleep, and I will call you again at dinner time." ”

Lin Ying pulled up Shu'er's sleeve and said, "Sister Shu'er, King Zhao knows that I want to draw a map of Ninghe Palace, so the paper and pen and ink given to me are very rare, if I don't paint today, I'm afraid he will have to take these things back tomorrow." ”

Shu'er still shook her head: "It's not been a year or two since I wore men's clothes, you don't paint sooner or later, do you want to paint today?" Besides, it's not that we can't afford these pen, ink, paper and inkstones now, if you like it, buy it from King Zhao, rest well in a few days, and it's not too late to paint it for me. ”

Lin Ying pursed her mouth and said, "But in a few days, we won't be in the Zhao Palace, and we won't be able to find a place as beautiful as the Zhao Palace Garden to paint your portrait for a while." And ......" Lin Ying sighed, bowed her head and said: "I used to feel that I could see you every day, as if I could spend many years, so it doesn't matter if I paint you or not." But lately, I always feel that maybe one day, you will stay in the Song Kingdom, and I will return to the Chu Kingdom. So, I'd like to draw a few more pictures of you in my spare time. Besides, I have painted a fan for Princess Zhao Guo, so there is no reason not to draw something for you. ”

Shu'er had no choice but to follow Lin Ying to the garden. The garden was unusually empty, except for a few palace people and the round tables that had not yet been set for dinner.

Shu'er played with a bright red peony and said with a smile: "Those old stubborns, they really waited until the last day to start writing, and they were not afraid that King Zhao would think they were perfunctory." ”

Lin Ying looked at Shu'er with a smile, and had already started to paint. Towards the end of the day, it is the best time of the day to draw people. The sun is not strong, obliquely shining on the people among the flowers, it seems that Shu'er's skin is as warm as jade, her eyebrows and eyes are smart, and the dimples of her smile are deeper.

Shu'er had never been painted by Lin Ying, and when she saw that he had already begun to write, she stood there stiffly and motionless.

Lin Ying said, "Don't stand still, and don't look at me. ”

Puzzled, Shu'er asked, "If I walk around and you can't see clearly, how can you know what I look like?" If you paint me ugly, don't rely on me to walk around. ”

Lin Ying said confidently: "With a good painter like me, you can look at the flowers at will, and I can look at you at will." But I thought in my heart: "You and I grew up together, I have seen you thousands of times, and I not only remember what every look and expression of your eyes and expressions looks like, but also know what those eyes and expressions mean." If I draw you, I don't even have to look at you. It's just that today's spring breeze is warm and the flowers are blooming, I just want to see you enjoy the flowers. ”

Shu'er listened to Lin Ying's words and concentrated on appreciating the flowers. She hasn't seen so many flowers for many years, a few days ago there were many people in the garden, it was inconvenient to enjoy it alone, and today she is quiet to appreciate it, she is such a flower lover, it is inevitable that she is relaxed. She remembered that there were two best places to enjoy the flowers in the Song Palace, one was to look down from the star-picking platform and see the lotus pond with leaves in the sky, and the other was the Yiren Garden repaired by King Qi Xiao, the flowers continued to bloom all year round, and she often picked flowers from the Yiren Garden and brought them back to her mother who was grounded in the Splendid Garden. But in fact, there is another place that she doesn't want to recall - Suhua Palace, the palace where she was born, and the palace where her biological mother died. The sunset there is as white and warm as Qi white jade. She has traveled to so many places in Kyushu and has never seen that kind of flower again.

Shu'er was immersed in her thoughts for a long time, and Lin Ying had quietly finished painting, rolled the painting into her sleeve, and said: "Submit the business plan early tomorrow morning, I think our illustrated and new business plan will definitely be selected by King Zhao." Go back and prepare to discuss it in class, and when you are done, I will show you this painting. ”

Shu'er asked, "Why did you wait until that time to show it to me?" ”

Lin Ying replied with a smile: "Because, if you win, I will give you this painting as a gift." If you lose, I will give you this painting as a sign of comfort. If I show it to you now, what congratulatory gift will I give you to comfort you then? ”

Shu'er said: "It's really nothing wrong with your crooked little brain!" Actually, I don't care about the opportunity to talk in front of me or the win or loss of the discussion. The reason why I am serious is only because since King Zhao invited us to come, we presented him with a consultation, focusing on returning a heart. If he doesn't like our idea of finding a different way, he will at least like the Ning He Palace Diagram that you worked so hard to make for three days. In the business field, the most taboo is to offend the royal nobles, although King Zhao has no quarrel with the world, but we can't lose respect. ”

In the early morning of the fourth day, King Zhao sent palace people to various courtyards to collect business strategies. On that day, the king of Zhao, the princess of Zhao, the prime minister of Zhao, and the officials of various ministries read these strategies in the Chengyu Hall and gave them rankings. Merchants ate and drank in the garden, chatted and waited for news.

Lin Ying slept all day, and Shu'er went to the garden to talk about business. Many businessmen looked down on Chen Guoyan, who had become rich for a few years, at first, but Shu'er was humble and funny, her demeanor was neither humble nor arrogant, she had a wealth of knowledge from traveling around the world, and she also had a sharp business view, which gradually made many old stubborns in the business world look at her differently.

The two brothers of the Qiao family of Song Guo also took good care of Shu'er. The other merchants of the Song Kingdom did not want to associate with the people of the Chen Kingdom, but they looked at the faces of the two brothers, Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling, and also talked with Shu'er. They found that although Shu'er was a native of the Chen Kingdom, he was different from the other Chen merchants present, and was ignorant of the Song Kingdom, and was still stuck in the killing and arbitrariness of King Wu of the Song Dynasty. This Boss Yan of Chen Guo knows a lot about Song Guo and is also quite curious. They asked each other questions and answered, and gradually became friendly, and agreed that although Chen and Song had now severed all contacts and the situation was tense, trade should be a matter of time.

At dinnertime, King Zhao sent Prime Minister Lu Xin to the garden to announce the ranking of business policies.

Lu Xin opened King Zhao's handwritten book and read it out: "Lonely invited businessmen from all over the world to Pingliang, fortunately there are fifty business strategies, all of which are excellent works of governing the world, good advice from the community, lonely feelings are deep, and there are many things to learn. Among them, one is the prescription of 'a big country governing a small country, a small country governing a big country' proposed by Song Guoqiao's Jing Gong, and a policy of 'rebuilding Zhao Palace' proposed by Chen Guoyan's Shugong. I hope that the two of them will discuss in front of the palace tomorrow, answer the confusion of loneliness, and solve the doubts of the guests. "If you want to talk about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends