Chapter 38: Nuts
She is still dressed like that, with a yellow face, a slender body wearing coarse cloth clothes, she looks like an ordinary little lady, but he has seen the complexion under the yellow foundation as white as clotted fat, and it can be broken by blowing.
"What does it smell like?" He raised his eyes and asked suddenly.
Ji Rongjin has been making pastries in the kitchen, and she may have been dyed with the fresh smell of shrimp and crabs, she smiled sweetly, "Your Highness is a coincidence, the folk girl has just come out with three new pastries, do you want to pay for it?" ”
Yan Tao took his hand upstairs, passed by Ji Rongjin's side, leaned closer, "What do you say?" "The voice was low, like the laziness of waking up, extremely relaxed.
There was a smile in his eyes, it was very broken, reflecting the light shining in from the door, with a clear masculine atmosphere, Ji Rongjin subconsciously avoided his head.
His eyes moved.
Oh no, I realized that the range of movements I disliked was too large, and I heard the other party's sneering voice, uh...... She is his 'outer room', and this time should be the time to be a good shield, and it seems that it is not good for her to avoid it so obviously.
At the fence on the second floor, the nobles were still peeking at His Royal Highness King Qi, who was rich and graceful, but he didn't expect him to laugh with the little lady in public, is this still His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the general who was brave and good at fighting and forgetting to die for the Great Xia Dynasty? Their hearts were really broken, and they all lost their souls and hid their faces back to the private room.
Yan Tao raised his eyes, and the nobles at the fence upstairs were all scattered, silent, and raised their feet upstairs.
Ji Rongjin was weak-hearted and hurriedly asked the big boss to bring the three characteristics over to entertain King Qi as soon as possible.
In the VIP room on the third floor, King Qi sat in the main seat to pay for the seasonal snacks, Kang Tai stood aside and asked in a low voice: "What is the matter with Ji Niangzi?" ”
Ji Rongjin quietly glanced at Yan Tao, who was tasting delicious food, "Will it disturb His Highness?" ”
Yan Tao raised his eyes: "It's okay." "It's not a meal, it's just a refreshment.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Ji Rongji was also not polite: "Your Highness spends most of your time fighting in the south, there is a lot of water in the south, there are warships!" ”
"Yes." Steward Kang asked curiously: "Ji Niangzi wants to do business with warships?" ”
"Yes," she nodded and asked, "In addition to the returned civilian ships, are there any idle official ships?" "In ancient wars, when there were not enough ships, the court did not have so much money to make them, so they would requisition civilian ships.
Kang Kang looked up at his master.
Yan Tao lowered his head to taste the food, looking at the past from Ji Rongjin's perspective, the hair of the mutton fat hosta was like ink, revealing a wide and smooth forehead, slender fingers holding silver chopsticks, elegantly sucking crab roe soup dumplings, and the prince, who has always exuded a noble atmosphere and made people feel unattainable, was pulled down from the altar by the fireworks in the world when eating.
made Ji Rongjin feel a little real, and when she saw the eyes of Steward Kang, she said in her heart, this boat business may also earn King Qi's silver.
The two stood quietly on the side, waiting for King Qi to pay for the dim sum, but they didn't expect that the three dim sums and the King of Qi had finished paying for his face.
"Not bad." Eat dry and wipe clean, Yan Tao did not hesitate to praise.
After how many generations of innovation have it taken to achieve the future generations of Huaiyang classics, it can't be delicious!
Complaining and complaining, the money still has to be earned, and he didn't hear Steward Kang's question, Ji Rongjin had to ask himself, "Your Highness, is there a warship that has been put on hold?" ”
Yan Tao glanced at her lightly, "What business are you going to do?" ”
"Wedding."
A few people in the private room obviously didn't understand what Ji Rongjin said.
Qiao Qingyu couldn't help it the most, and was the first to ask, "Madam, didn't you just say the boat, why did you talk about the wedding again, and what is the wedding?" ”
Yan Tao and Kang Tai obviously wanted to ask the same question.
Ji Rongjin grinned.
Whenever she sees the smile of the little lady, Yan Tao can always feel that there is a sense of hills and valleys in her chest, leaning back against the circle chair, her hands hanging on the armrests of the circle chair, and waiting indifferently for the little lady to say what is the connection between the boat and the wedding.
In the eyes of everyone, Ji Rongjin smiled sweetly before speaking, "It is said that many sons and daughters in Beijing are about to get married, Your Highness!" ”
Obviously wanted to talk about a few princes, but after going around, the corners of Yan Tao's mouth curled, and he didn't deny it, "Hmm." ”
"In the past ten years, due to internal and external troubles, the south of the lacquered wood furniture, rockery, basin cutting and other large pieces can not be transported to the north of Kyoto, now the world is peaceful, Beijing married in the sky is also expensive, furniture, rockery will inevitably increase, if His Royal Highness has idle ships, can be rented in the name of the government to the need of merchants, let them transport these things to the capital."
"Official?" Yan Tao's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop.
Ji Rongjin heard the strings, "It can also be used to replenish the soldiers, killing three birds with one stone." ”
Yan Tao raised his eyebrows.
Kang Tai glanced at his master and asked for him, "Why do you kill three birds with one stone?" ”
"As soon as you get it, of course, you don't need to maintain a warship that is not in use; The second is to use a boat to feed the soldiers stationed there, and the third is of course a merchant who can rent a ship, and not all merchants can afford to build a boat. ”
Yan Tao's hand knocking on the table paused.
Kang Tai was shocked in his heart, did Ji Niangzi know that the court and the household department had deducted the salaries of His Royal Highness's soldiers and soldiers in the past year? But she either stayed at home, or her mind was in the morning tea house, when did she know His Highness's difficulties?
The master and servant looked at each other and remained silent.
Ji Rongjin didn't know what they were thinking, thinking that they didn't understand why they could make money, and continued, "In a month or two, the ship will inevitably arrive in Beijing, and the shops that contact them will definitely make a lot of money." ”
Seeing her confident and smiling face, Yan Tao's good-looking hand knocked on the side of the table, "Just these two?" ”
Gaze at each other.
Ji Rongjin didn't hide it, "Of course, there are a lot of wedding supplies, two large items can be done, and other small items can make a lot of money by the way." ”
"For example......"
"The silk and satin worn by the newlyweds, the silk used on the bed, and the decoration of the new house and all kinds of nuts, lotus dates, etc." As long as you are getting married, you can make a whole set of peripherals with furniture as the center.
Yan Tao's fingers were still tapping on the tabletop, "How to rent to merchants, how do merchants enter the capital, and how can you be sure that their goods will enter your shop?" ”
This is not a small project, once the operation is not done properly, the post of the squire of the military department can be relieved by his father, but if the operation is good, it will really solve his difficulty in raising the army.
The sun moved west, Yan Tao sat in the window, the light shone in, half light and half dark, he knocked on the table with one hand, supported the circle chair with the other, and the narrow Danfeng eyes extended a faint shadow, and at this moment he looked at the little lady in front of him with half-squinted eyes.
Ji Rongjin was hairy by him, can't this business be done? That's a pity, she originally wanted to make a lot of money!
"What are the specific charters?" I don't know how long it took, his expression lightened, and he raised his eyes and asked.
Sigh! Ji Rongjin breathed a sigh of relief invisibly, in the afterglow, the sun was setting, the light in the window was dimming, and it was almost late.
"I'll go home and write down the details of the plan, and let Captain Qiao present it to His Highness tomorrow."
"I'll go to Osmanthus Lane tonight."