About half a month after the 100-day banquet, the prince found Hua Ronghua again, planning to reopen the interrupted exhibition.

This time, the fair was mainly to extract goods from the imperial merchants, and everyone had already prepared the goods, but the court here suddenly stopped, even if they didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction, but they had opinions in their hearts. It is not that the goods have been paid tribute to the nobles in the palace, or that the goods are damaged by moisture and cannot be sold.

"Is it that all merchants shirk on this ground?" Looking at the prince and Mr. Xiao who were frowning, Hua Ronghua couldn't help but ask.

Mr. Xiao looked at Hua Ronghua, who had just entered the house, "It's not all, but there are a few leaders, and most of them are waiting." ”

Hua Ronghua breathed a sigh of relief slightly, "That's easy." ”

"Easy to do?" Mr. Xiao asked in surprise, and even the prince looked sideways.

"Mr. Xiao, you just send people to find those merchants who have not said that their goods cannot be exhibited, only to say that we apologize for the postponement of the exhibition for so long, and in order to show sincerity, we will specially upgrade the merchants who can support the exhibition to honorary members, and we only charge half of the service fee for each exhibition of goods sold by honorary members."

Mr. Xiao hesitated and said, "But in that case, won't we earn less, and if we say that, those imperial merchants will definitely come?" ”

"Of course!" Hua Ronghua said with certainty: "There is no businessman who does not pay heavy profits, I think they must all be very eager to participate in this exhibition, now they are just making a gesture to ask for benefits, and now the benefits are given to them, they have no reason not to come!" However, Mr. Xiao, don't invite those who take the lead anymore, and all the activities of Fanwutang will exclude them in the future, although we need money, but we also have a temper! ”

Hearing Hua Ronghua's words, the prince also felt that the pressure suddenly decreased, and he became relaxed, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Hua's temper is not small!" What you let Qin Shan do is now being bitten by the second son of Kanglebo Mansion! Every day I go to the yamen and shout to sue you. I heard that Kang Lebo also preached the misfortune of his family among the nobles, and shouted that he wanted to remarry a good wife for General Gongxi! ”

"If you want to marry, let me marry." Hua Ronghua said indifferently, and after saying that, seeing that the prince and Mr. Xiao were looking at her in surprise, she suddenly felt that her remarks were a little too different, and after thinking about it, she smiled and said: "Even if he wants to marry his daughter-in-law, he can't do it now, how can the groom get married if he is not here?" ”

Hearing her explain like this, the prince and Mr. Xiao breathed a sigh of relief slightly, this woman is too powerful and not good, and I don't know what kind of mood Gong Xichu is in front of Mrs. Hua now.

The prince smiled and reassured: "Don't worry, Mrs. Hua is doing things for this king, although she can't give you high-ranking officials, but she won't let such a trivial matter disturb you!" This king has already greeted the yamen, and if the second son dares to sue again, he will be beaten out directly. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince." Hua Ronghua sincerely thanked her, although she was not afraid of Kang Lebo's father and son finding fault, but the less trouble the better.

"Then the next thing is Mrs. Laohua, but it is too hard for Mrs. Hua to run back and forth alone, so it is better to find someone to share some of the burden for Mrs. Laohua."

As soon as the prince's voice fell, Hua Ronghua was stunned, what does the prince mean by this, is he afraid that he will swallow money and find someone to watch him?

"Okay, it's just a little too busy!" Hua Ronghua said with a smile. This kind of thing is the most aggrieved, knowing that there is a spy by his side, but he still has to welcome it with a smile.

"Does Mrs. Hua have the right person in mind?" The prince asked.

Hua Ronghua was stunned again, let himself choose someone, didn't he want to install his own people? However, the opportunity is rare, and she really doesn't want to have someone who stares at her all the time and is arrogant. After a little thought, he said: "It's that Miss Huang, it seems to be called Xue Ling!" ”

"Miss Huang?" The prince was stunned.

Mr. Xiao explained in due course: "It was one of the two women who studied Fan with Mrs. Hua last time, and she was originally the daughter of Lord Huang's mansion, and Mrs. Hua asked for a female partner, and her subordinates brought it from the music square. ”

"Born in the music workshop!" The prince seems to be a little dissatisfied with Miss Huang.

Hua Ronghua said: "Your Highness, don't look at your background, if the daughter of a good family shows up like me, her reputation will definitely be hindered in the future, and if you can't marry at that time, we will be evil." ”

Although Hua Ronghua is reasonable, the prince is even more strange, why does Mrs. Hua have to use a woman? I wanted to ask, but then I thought about it, in case Mrs. Hua thought that it would be bad if she disliked her as a woman, so she said: "It's okay, the woman is careful, she is from an official family and she is also literate, and it is good to communicate with Mrs. Hua if she is also a woman." However, there is only one woman to help, and I am afraid that Mrs. Hua is still too busy, so it is better to add another person. Grandpa Cui! ”

Cui Gonggong responded to the door and announced that a person had come in, the person who came was not very old, with a pleasing baby face, white skin, and smiled before anyone spoke, even if Hua Ronghua didn't like the prince to put people next to him, he didn't think he hated it.

"This person's name is Fuxi, he is a distant nephew of Grandpa Cui, he is more clever and loyal, let him run errands for Mrs. Hua!" The prince made the final decision.

It was not until this time that Hua Ronghua understood, it turned out that it was a kind word for the prince to ask him if he had a suitable candidate just now, and people even picked a candidate, so he was stupid to really choose someone, alas, I hope the prince doesn't think too much about what happened just now.

"Fuxi has met Mrs. Hua." Fuxi smiled and bowed with his fists in his fists, and gave a salute to Hua Ronghua, without the slightest sense of shame as a man saluting a woman, and without making people feel stiff.

"It's you! You're welcome, I remember that you were one of the best people to learn the language, and I thought you were going to sea with you! But it would be better if you could come and help me, when Miss Huang is in charge of the accounts, you will be in charge of the business, and finally check the account books, and then hand them over to me after the two of you sign them together. She also said this to the prince, saying that she would not be wary of the people he arranged.

The prince said with a smile: "Mrs. Hua can rest assured that all matters in Fanwutang will be left to Mrs. Hua." ”

Oh, it's nice to say, don't worry about arranging someone for me to come over?! However, the scene that needs to be said still has to be said.

In this way, the most basic staffing of the Fanwu Hall also had a prototype, the deacon prince, the deputy deacon Hua Ronghua, the account room Miss Huang, and the business supervisor Fuxi, and later Hua Ronghua asked Fuxi to choose an entourage called Shunzi and hired a coachman Lao Jin.

After determining the personnel, Hua Ronghua set the wages for the six people in Fanwutang according to the wages given to the shopkeeper and the steward by the Chamber of Commerce, and obtained the approval of the prince. For those who have learned the language and worked as a buddy, they are registered as temporary employees, and these people have no insurance, no fixed salary, and they are paid once they work. Although I feel a little harsh on those temporary workers, but now Fanwutang has not made much achievements, and it is impossible to raise so many idlers.

After everything was ready, Hua Ronghua directly ordered Fuxi to go door to door to find those honorary members of the imperial businessmen. As soon as the conditions were opened, sure enough, those imperial businessmen were moved. Even the imperial merchants were also merchants, and they were also profit-chasing merchants, and it didn't take much to agree, and then the fair was held as scheduled, and those who had been looking forward to seeing the true face of the tribute for months finally got their wish.

Half a month later, Hua Ronghua handed over an account book to the prince and explained: "This is the profit of this exhibition, although the service fee has been halved, but the income is higher than the last time." After deducting the cost, the 20% of the funds withdrawn from the profit are about 5,000 taels. ”

"So this time there are 20,000 taels handed over to the treasury?" The prince was also very happy to hear this number, "It is worthy of Mrs. Hua, she has earned so much in less than five days." When the trade fair is held a few more times, the number of people who want to turn in will be even higher. ”

Hua Ronghua paused for the teacup that was about to be brought to his mouth, raised his head and said to the prince: "Your Highness, will our next exhibition be held in the capital?" ”

The prince looked at Hua Ronghua deeply, and asked with a smile, "What advice does Mrs. Hua have?" ”

"Your Highness, where is the richest in Beipeng?"

"It should belong to Jiangnan!" After speaking, the prince also looked in a trance, "Isn't it that Mrs. Hua wants to go to Jiangnan to hold this exhibition?" ”

"yes!" Hua Ronghua nodded, "Although there are many powerful people in the capital, it is not as good as Jiangnan in terms of money." Even if we continue to hold exhibitions in Beijing, maybe the next few will make money, but after a long time, it may not be, after all, who will go hungry to buy these things? And after the successive trade fairs, not only do the merchants have no new goods to sell, but even those buyers will no longer need them, right? ”

"But Jiangnan is rich, and most of the people there live in abundance, and they may not need the goods at the fair. Moreover, the road to Jiangnan is far away, and it is dangerous for Mrs. Hua and her women to go. The prince hesitated.

"They are rich in life, but not everyone has ever seen the tribute?"

As soon as Hua Ronghua spoke, the prince's eyes suddenly lit up, yes, if you use these imperial merchants' goods, and then under the banner of tribute, it may not be impossible to sell in Jiangnan.

"Although this is feasible, it is also a big expense to transport goods from the capital to Jiangnan." Mr. Xiao said with some concern.

"Well, I think we can be flexible." Hua Ronghua said while thinking about it: "We can calculate the cost of this way, and let the imperial merchants who want to go to Jiangnan to exhibit and sell their goods pay for it themselves, if they go out of the caravan to transport the goods by themselves, then this part of the money can not be paid." ”

Speaking of this, Hua Ronghua raised his head again and asked the prince, "Your Highness, if we leave for Jiangnan, there should be escorts, right?" ”

"It's nature! When the time comes, the king can pick some good men in the Royal Forest Army to go with you. The prince promised.

"Great." Hua Ronghua said happily: "At that time, we can ask those imperial merchants that if they go out of the convoy to transport goods, if they follow behind our team, the accompanying guards can ensure their personal safety, but they need to pay a certain protection fee!" ”

As soon as the words came out, Hua Ronghua suddenly felt like a gangster who collected protection money, but before she could come up with better words to replace these words, the prince and Mr. Xiao over there had already nodded.

After talking to the prince, he went on to arrange travel, contact the imperial merchants, and leave the matter of screening the goods to Fuxi, while Hua Ronghua went home to pack up his things and prepare to leave Beijing.