Chapter 103: Cutting off the beard
Legend has it that sweat and blood BMW can travel thousands of miles a day, although this is somewhat exaggerated, but the good horse travels hundreds of miles a day is real, so within a few days, a letter came from Ying Nan's side, and the prince successfully cleared his suspicion. In addition, although the crown prince was criticized by the emperor for privately adjusting grain, these are really nothing compared to the charges of corruption.
Lin Yingxue helped the prince so much this time, and the prince originally wanted to personally bring a thank you gift to the Lin family to thank him, but because Lin Yingxue didn't want to be too high-profile, the prince dispelled this idea and only arranged for the people below to send the thank you gift over.
"Wow, Miss, why did the prince suddenly send someone to send so many things to Miss!" Di'er has never seen so many good things since she was a child, so the several boxes of jewelry and silk in the courtyard dazzled her for a while, this look at that, and she couldn't help but feel amused when she didn't know where to put her eyes.
"Okay, let's put things in the storeroom when we've seen enough." However, Lin Yingxue showed a lack of interest in this, and her face did not show any joy because of this.
"Oh." After listening to Lin Yingxue's words, Di'er was about to order someone to carry the box to the warehouse, but at this time, what she saw out of the corner of her eye made her involuntarily startled.
Hearing this, Lin Yingxue couldn't help but turn her head, "What's wrong?" β
"Miss, there's a ...... inside," Di'er made sure that she wasn't dazzled, and suddenly pointed to the box and couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue couldn't help but turn around and walk up to the box that Di'er pointed to and took a look. Originally, she just glanced at it casually, but when she saw the contents of the box, she couldn't help but smile brightly.
Her own young lady just saw so many precious jewelry, and she didn't react, but when she saw this box of gold and silver, she smiled so brightly, did she always misunderstand the young lady's taste, in fact, what her young lady liked, is this simple and cheesy gift?
It is impossible for Lin Yingxue to know Di'er's inner thoughts, but what she really lacks now is cash silver, yes, it is cash silver!
No matter how much gold, silver, jewelry, and precious antiques she has on hand, but these are all dead things branded by the Lin family, except for decorating her faΓ§ade, there is no other use, and it is impossible for her to take these things outside to exchange for silver taels, otherwise if it is known, she will not be laughed at by others.
But she wants to develop her own power, reward her subordinates, and have favors, and it costs money in many places, so the prince really put a little thought into today's thank-you gift, and he actually felt what she needed so clearly now!
Well, she is very satisfied with this thank you!
In an instant, Lin Yingxue's mood began to brighten, "Take a good count of this box of silver and silver tickets." β
She wants to see how many assets she has now, and whether it is enough for her to develop her own power.
Although I don't know much about my own young lady's thoughts, as long as my own young lady is happy, Di'er will be happy in her heart, so she also happily went down to count the numbers.
In the evening, Lin Yingxue counted the cash in her hand, and after confirming that the silver taels in her hand were enough to set up a store in the imperial city, on the second day, she dressed up in disguise and went to the street with a flute.
"Miss, what are we doing when we come out today?" Her own young lady pulled herself out early in the morning, originally she was still happy in her heart, thinking that her own young lady was taking her out to play, but it wasn't until she followed her own young lady for a morning that her own young lady didn't even buy a single thing, and she didn't eat a single bite of snacks, and Di'er realized that she was thinking too much.
Seeing Di'er's face from excitement to frustration, Lin Yingxue couldn't help but laugh secretly, and then looked at the sky, it was time for lunch, so she pulled Di'er and casually walked into a noodle restaurant on the side of the road, "Your young lady has been doing a big job recently, now you have to save money, let's have a bowl of beef noodles for lunch." β
Di'er has never been a squeamish girl, and the days of accompanying Lin Yingxue to eat Wotou pickles have come before, so why do you care about these now?
After she sat down happily, she couldn't help but say with some doubts: "Miss, what are you going to do lately?" β
"I-" Lin Yingxue was about to speak, when the second child in the store happened to walk past her, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she hurriedly stopped the little guy and asked: "Little brother, I came to the city from out of town and want to do some small business in the city, do you know what kind of stores are available for rent around here?" β
These people who already lived nearby may know more about the neighborhood than she does.
"There are several stores that are renting out around here!" At this time, there were no customers in the store, so the little guy stopped and asked, "Guest officer, how big are you looking for a store?" β
Lin Yingxue saw that there was a play, and after thinking about it, she replied: "It's better to be a little bigger, two-story, if it's a single floor, it's okay, but the space must be larger." β
After Lin Yingxue finished speaking, the little guy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said a little excitedly: "Eh, it's really a coincidence, there happens to be a two-story store for rent near here!" The owner who originally rented the store was a restaurant, but the business was not very good, and the rent was just withdrawn a few days ago. This will, the two-story store is just for rent, and you can go and see if the store is to your liking. β
Lin Yingxue heard what Xiao Er said, and she was also happy in her heart, and after eating the noodles, she carefully inquired about the place where the store was located, and by the way, she also gave a little more broken silver to reward Xiao Er, and then left with Di'er.
As the shopkeeper said, after she arrived at the place that the shopkeeper said, there was indeed a two-storey storefront for rent, although the decoration looked old and old-fashioned, but after she took over, she had to find someone to renovate it anyway, so this is not a big problem, and the location of the store is also good, although it is not in a particularly prosperous area, but it is not bad.
The more Lin Yingxue looked at it, the more satisfied she became, and after walking into the store with Di'er, there happened to be a middle-aged man in the store, and looking at it, it seemed that he was the owner of this store.
"Excuse me, is this store still for rent?" Because she deliberately dressed up as a man when she went out, Lin Yingxue also deliberately lowered her voice at this time to make her voice sound thicker.
The middle-aged man turned his head and glanced at Lin Yingxue when he heard the voice, and saw that Lin Yingxue was dressed and talked well, and guessed that Lin Yingxue might be a son of a rich family, so he immediately smiled on his face, "Yes, yes, this son wants to rent a storefront?" That boy came just in time, and now my store is being rented out cheaply! β
Seeing the middle-aged man in front of her seeing her and seeing a treasure, Lin Yingxue had a bottom in her heart, but said quietly: "How to calculate the rent of this store, boss?" β
"Childe is really a cheerful person, then I won't come to that set with Childe, this store's two thousand taels of silver a year, how about it, this price is fair, right?" As the middle-aged man spoke, he gave himself a thumbs up, revealing a triumphant look.
When Lin Yingxue heard this, she couldn't help sneering, "I'm afraid the boss is joking, I'm just going to the main street of the imperial city, and the rent is not much more expensive than this, not to mention that your store is also a few years old, it's so old, and I have to pay for it to be renovated and repaired out of my own pocket after I take over...... This year's rent of 2,000 taels of silver is probably a bit expensive. β
The middle-aged man originally saw that Lin Yingxue didn't look very old, so he should be very foolish, but as soon as he heard Lin Yingxue speak at this time, he knew that he was afraid that he was underestimating the person in front of him.
"Then according to Childe's meaning, how much rent is appropriate for this year?" The middle-aged man asked with a roll of his eyes.
"One thousand taels."
"Childe, you're too ruthless in lowering the price, how can you talk about business like this?"
"One thousand two."
"One thousand eight!"
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The two of you went back and forth, bargained for a long time, and finally set the price at 1,500 taels.
"Childe's eloquence, I'm ashamed of myself!" The middle-aged man no longer had any smile on his face at this time.
Lin Yingxue glanced at the middle-aged man with a reluctant face, and smiled and motioned for Di'er to take out a hundred taels of silver tickets and give them to the man, "This is a deposit, I didn't bring so many silver tickets with me when I went out today, let's sign the receipt tomorrow and make up the silver, okay?" β
"Childe has the final say!" The middle-aged man put away the one hundred taels of silver and said angrily.
After solving this matter, Lin Yingxue returned to the Lin family happily, but what she didn't know was that as soon as she left on her front foot, someone on her back foot fell in love with the store again.
"Your Highness, the people below came to report that the fifth lady of the Lin family and the people under us fell in love with the same shop." The man who spoke was a handsome young man, but like his master, the man had a cold expression, and he didn't look very easy to get along with.
And Murong Xun was originally writing something with his head down, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head, "Really?" That's a lot of action. β
first single-handedly got rid of Zhao Yun in his hands, and then turned the tide to help the prince rehabilitate, as for looking at this action now, it seems that he intends to develop his own power......
A little girl who is only twelve or thirteen years old has such courage and resourcefulness, if he lets her grow up one day, then can it be repaid? Murong Xun frowned, his hand shook inadvertently, and a drop of soybean-sized ink dot fell in the middle of the original neat and neat pair.
"Keep an eye on it, don't let her go too smoothly." After Murong Xun finished speaking, he crumpled the rice paper on the table and threw it to the ground with an expressionless face, and picked up a piece of paper again and wrote it as if no one was around.
"Yes." After the man standing on the side answered the order, he arched his hand and withdrew.
So, on the second day, when Lin Yingxue brought enough silver tickets and was about to pay the money, the boss who had discussed it well suddenly stopped renting.
No, to be precise, I shouldn't rent it to her.
"Boss, being a man is about integrity, you clearly agreed to rent it to my lady yesterday, why don't you rent it today? You are untrustworthy and rebellious! Di'er pointed to the boss's nose angrily and spat out the few idioms she only knew.
The middle-aged man didn't make a noise at first because of the loss, but later he was scolded by Di'er for two points of anger, so he retorted angrily: "This store is mine, I can rent it if I want to, and if I don't want to rent, I won't rent it, do your, you two, hurry up and take the silver and let me go, don't delay my business for a while!" β
As the middle-aged man spoke, he threw a silver ticket of one hundred taels outside the door for Di'er to pick it up.
Lin Yingxue looked at the brazen middle-aged man and frowned, and was about to say something, but at this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the store.