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Du Ruo sat cross-legged in the center of the room, thinking for a moment before picking up a pen dipped in ink and drawing on paper.

After a while, Meng Yuanzhou got up and walked to the place where the piano table was placed on the other side, and sat down to play the piano.

The two of them each do their own thing, each immersed in their own minds.

The copper incense burners on both sides smoke curl out, and the faint fragrance lingers in the room, which makes people feel more peaceful and peaceful. Du Ruo also slowly calmed down from Fang Cai's uneasiness.

Just playing the piano and painting like this, after half an hour, Li Jian, the person in charge, walked in from the outside, and was a little surprised when he saw the situation in the room, but he walked in front of Meng Yuanzhou casually, bowed down and said, "Master!" ”

Meng Yuanzhou put his hands flat on the strings, stopped the sound of the piano, and looked up to ask him what was the matter.

"As expected, the price of silk has risen a little this year, and the amount of silk that Wanhe plans to buy this year has been calculated, please take a look." Li Jian handed over the booklet in his hand.

Du Ruoxin said, it turns out that the owner of the Wanhe Cloth Village in Fengling County is also the Meng family.

Meng Yuanzhou took it in his hand, opened it and looked at it.

Du Ruo saw that they were talking about business, and she didn't mean to avoid it, so she had to keep her head down and continue to paint, trying to reduce her sense of existence.

"This is last year's book, and if you buy the same amount this year as in previous years, you will have to pay an extra amount of silver." Li Jian said.

After reading it, Meng Yuanzhou put down the account book, got up and walked around the room for half a circle, "This bit of silver is nothing, the price of silk is rising every year, and the amount of silk required for weaving cloth in the cloth village is increasing year by year, and an extra amount of silver will be paid every year, which is irrepressible." If you can do business in the palace this year, Wanhe's silk demand will increase greatly, and your budget is far from enough. ”

Although Du Ruo didn't deliberately listen to them, he inevitably listened to them all. She said again in her heart that Meng Yuanzhou had said before that he was not interested in the business of neighboring countries for the time being, and it turned out that he was eyeing the business in the palace.

There are also many villagers in Donggou Village who grow mulberry and raise silkworms, especially the Su family, which is a large silkworm farmer. The Song family used to raise it for two years, but later the price of grain rose, and the people switched to planting grain, and some even cut down mulberry trees.

"Yes, the slave will go back and re-estimate later, but the palace has not yet replied, and I don't know when it will be able to reply, and now that the new silk has just come down, this matter can't be put on hold for too long. In addition, if you buy silk from other places, it will cost a lot of money to transport it with manpower and material resources. Li Jian said.

Du Ruo thought quickly in his mind, his eyes looked directly at the corner of the rice paper, and even the ink dripping on the paper was like a taste.

"It's okay, just do what you have to do." Meng Yuanzhou said.

"Yes."

Du Ruo looked up at the two of them, hesitated, put down the pen in his hand, got up and said, "Meng Ye, I have a bold idea, about the purchase of silk, I don't know if Meng Ye is willing to listen?" ”

Meng Yuanzhou looked at her suspiciously, "Tell me about it!" ”

Du Ruo's face was solemn, he walked out from behind the shorter, and said with a straight face: "This is a woman's opinion, if Meng Ye thinks what I said is inappropriate, it is better to laugh at it!" In the past two years, the price of grain has risen, more and more people have planted land, and there are fewer silkworms, so the price of silkworms has naturally only risen but not fallen. According to my estimates, Wanhe Buzhuang has to buy a huge amount of silk every year, and it is not impossible to control the price of silk. ”

"What do you think?" Li Jian interjected, he actually wanted to listen to it.

Du Ruo continued: "If the price of grain rises, there will naturally be more people farming, so the price of silk will rise, and the number of households raising silkworms will naturally increase." If the price of silkworms rises sharply this year, build momentum, many farmers will run to raise silkworms next year, the year after tomorrow, the year after tomorrow, the amount of silk produced will only be more, this time next year will unite some big businessmen, press down the price, if the household is low and do not sell, silk can only be backlogged in their hands, they will sell sooner or later. ”

Of course, she made this from the standpoint of a businessman.

If you stand in the position of a farmer, you may cry your father and scold the profiteers.

Meng Yuanzhou looked at her with appreciation, looked at her with a smile, and finished speaking for her: "This year, Wanhe can also join some businessmen to raise the price of silk, next year there are more people raising silkworms, but the price has plummeted, even last year, it is still the same as last year, three or four years later, the people will turn to farming, and we will raise the price, and the cycle will go on and on." ”

"That's exactly what I meant." Du Ruo said.

Thinking about it this way, she has too much potential as a profiteer, and she is panicked.

Li Jian, the head of the department, frowned and thought about the feasibility of this idea, after all, this is a protracted battle, and it is not a matter of a day or two to catch a big fish in a long line, nor a matter of a month and a half.

But he was struck by the boldness of the workwoman, who spoke and acted unusually

Meng Yuanzhou walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and looked at Du Ruo with a lot of content in his sight.

He suddenly didn't think that what she said to Feng Ning was ridiculous at all, relying on her cleverness, it was not impossible for her to make money in business, and she had her own opinions and ideas on this.

I have to say that she is much smarter than she thinks and has a long-term perspective.

"Very well, I will consider your proposal." Meng Yuanzhou said.

Du Ruo said: "Then Meng Ye and Li will continue to discuss the matter, and I won't bother." She sat down again and continued to paint.

When she finished the painting, she was the only one in the room, and Meng Yuanzhou and Li Jian went out after discussing business matters, as if they were going out to meet customers.

She packed up the things on the table, pressed the painting under the scale, and returned to the Zengong Building.

When Feng Ning saw her come back, he carefully looked at her face, and was busy asking what Ming Se asked her to do.

"Meng Ye asked me to paint a picture for him." Du Ruo said, and then she blamed: "I haven't asked you yet, why did you go to the thatched house for so long?" I thought you fell into the pit, but I was worried for a long time, and I almost didn't tell Aunt Zheng to catch you! ”

"Suddenly, I had a stomach upset, it hurt so much, and I went for a long time. Did Meng Ye say anything to you? Feng Ning said with a smile again.

"I didn't say anything, just asked a few casual questions."

I said a little more today, anyway, if I say something, I won't die.

It's one thing for her to say it, it's another thing for them to listen or not. If you don't say it, then no one will know about it in your stomach, and you will have a lot fewer opportunities.

Feng Ning saw that her attitude towards herself was the same as usual, so she quietly relieved herself.

After getting off work, as soon as Du Ruogang walked out of the Shangong Building, he was stopped by Ming Se and called to the side. She was very puzzled in her heart, didn't she just reply to the letter today? Why are you looking for her again?

Ming Se's attitude towards her was obviously a little more respectful, his face was kind, and he looked at her with a smile, "Du Niangzi, this is what Meng Ye rewarded you." ”

After speaking, she uncovered a piece of red silk cloth on the tray held by her servant, and a tray of neatly arranged silver ingots appeared in front of Du Ruo's eyes.

Du Ruo looked at the silver ingots on the tray in surprise, one ingot of silver had to be twenty taels!

"Miss Mingse, I didn't do anything, why did Meng Ye reward me with so much silver?" Even if Meng Yuanzhou adopted her proposal, it has not yet been implemented, so how do you know how effective it will be?

"Du Niangzi, these days you care for the young master, the master sees it, the young master is the master's heart, the young master is good, the master is naturally happy. After receiving the money, you can use it to make a small business, and if you have any difficulties, you can come directly to me. Mincer said with a smile.

"I can't take this money, and I won't be rewarded for nothing." Du Ruo shook his head.

Although she is in dire need of silver now, she cannot take it for nothing.

As the saying goes, take people with short hands and eat people with soft mouths.

Even the moment she saw the silver, she remembered that she had nothing to do, and she was either a traitor or a thief......

"Since it is a reward, the master is happy in his heart, whether he has merit or not, he will be rewarded, you just have to take it." Minse said again.

"No, no! I have thanked Meng Ye for me, I have already appreciated it before. Du Ruo insisted.

There must be two hundred taels of silver on this tray, and it is indeed enough to use it for business, but she can't ask for it.

"Isn't there a shortage of money in Du Niangzi's family?"

"It's worth it, but I don't need it."

Ming Se didn't force her, only smiled: "Think about it again, maybe you can use it to do a business or something, if you figure it out, come to me again." ”

I don't know why Mingse opened her mouth to do business and closed her mouth to do business, but since she followed Meng Yuanzhou to do things, she must have all the business in her mind, Du Ruoxin said.

When I left Xiuzhuang, my heart was still a little thumping, and it was the first time I saw so much silver, smooth and heavy, but it was a pity.

It was still early, and she went to the Zongheng study on the street again.

There was a reclining chair in the study, and Boss Huang was lying on it, like a pregnant woman who was ten months pregnant, with an open book on his face.

Du Ruo's eyes swept around the study, and his fingers tapped on the bookshelf.

Boss Huang slowly reached out and took off the book on his face and opened his eyes. Seeing that it was her, he sat up and smiled: "Coming?" ”

"I don't know what you thought about the cooperation you talked about last time with Boss Huang?" Du Ruo asked.

Boss Huang got down from the recliner and said to her: "After thinking about it, I still think it's not feasible, time-consuming and laborious, if I can't sell it, I can't afford the loss, there are still parents, wives and children at home, it's not safe!" ”

Du Ruo smiled and said: "How can there be a reason to make a steady profit without losing money in business, besides, it is impossible to compile this book, and it is impossible that one copy cannot be sold." I can understand Boss Huang's worries. ”

Boss Huang nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "Forgive me!" ”

Du Ruo didn't think that he would definitely agree, so he wasn't too disappointed.

After lowering her head and thinking for a while, she said again: "Boss Huang, I have an idea, you listen to it and then make a decision, how about it?" ”

"Say!" Boss Huang pointed to the chair and motioned for her to sit down.

"Well, if you only sell ten copies, I don't want a penny, if you sell fifty books, let's seven or three, you seven and I three, if it's more than 100 copies, let's five or five cents, if it's more than five hundred, let's four or six cents, you four and I six, how about that? The loss weighs on me, and the surplus is yours. ”

In a small place like Fengling County, she didn't dare to say it big.

Boss Huang listened to her proposal, touched his chin with interest, and then stretched his eyebrows, and said, "Of course it's the best!" "He didn't have any plans to make a lot of money, since there was no risk, there was nothing to worry about.

Seeing that he agreed, Du Ruo said: "In this case, let's find time to discuss specific matters and sign the contract." ”

"Okay, what's the little lady's last name?"

"Du."

"Okay, okay."

When they returned home from outside, Song Ju'an and Du Ercheng were not at home, and the pair of rabbits were not at home, only Cai sat on the threshold, sewing a shabby dress.

She walked around the room, came out again and asked, "Mother, where did An Lang go?" ”

"What are you looking for him?!" Cai didn't raise his head.