Chapter 15 Do some business
Kyoto, Chu Yunjing has never stepped out of the palace since returning to the door, Qi Wangfu has never had a master since the opening of the mansion, according to the rules of the big seal, the prince should be married before he can open the mansion, this palace was given a mansion after the marriage last year, and it was specially prepared for her.
Meng Jixiang, the housekeeper in the house, used to serve King Qi in the palace and was a eunuch, Meng Jixiang was very good at doing things, and Chu Yunjing was very satisfied with this assistant. But Meng Jixiang is not her own person after all, she always feels that Meng Jixiang is sent by the palace to monitor her.
In addition to Chu Yi and He and her younger siblings that day, she also saw Sun De, Xu was the one who supported Sun De, and now he is better in the mansion than before, but he is still an insignificant figure in the Chu Mansion.
Sun De is a person she likes very much, sleek and flexible, mainly obedient, and none of the errands she sent were unsatisfactory. That is, in the Chu Mansion, Sun De is not reused by the stupid lord and mother, if this is in the old mansion, I am afraid it would have been a master long ago.
She thought about finding an opportunity to ask Sun De to come over, so that she could have a loyal male steward.
On this day, she received a letter from Yongzhou, with whom she has been in correspondence since her return to Kyoto.
Today's letter was sent by her aunt: Seeing the words is like meeting, everything is fine in Yongzhou, don't read it! My grandfather is healthy, and my family is still the same. Wei's has been enrolled in the hall, and at the beginning of the downturn, Qingshu traveled to Xia County to teach the young son of the poor family, which was quite effective. Is it true that you are near? Yongzhou - Yuan Jingchuan.
She sat by the desk under the window, her hands unfolded like treasured letters, her eyes full of anticipation.
When she got the news of Yongzhou's safety, she was extremely down-to-earth, and immediately wrote a reply: Xiaojing is supreme, everything is fine! I miss my grandfather and aunt very much, please don't worry about my grandfather. Sister Wei seeks a way out for herself, and my little sister is pleased!
In just a few words, she can't tell thousands of thoughts, I only wish the people she cares about to live a long and safe life.
The letter revealed that Wei Qingshu went to Xia County to teach the young son of the poor family, and she was able to use what she had learned all her life to help the poor students, which was really a great virtue.
Dafeng is mostly respected by the princes of the clan, and the chances of poor students going to the official career are slim, Wei Qingshu's father is an example, and there are many talented and virtuous teenagers, who are buried by the evil world.
She stamped the written letter with ink, summoned Si Yu and Qian Guanguan, and checked the letter up and down before handing it to Qian Guanguan: "Guanguan, you go and send this letter to Yongzhou, and then pass Sun De over." ”
Qian Guanguan responded, she remembered something again, and added: "Take Sun De directly to the four shops on East Street, I will wait for him there." ”
Although Qian Guanguan was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask more, so he only suppressed his doubts in his heart and took the order to retreat.
Chu Yunjing was full of spring breeze, sat in front of the dressing table, picked left and right, dressed herself, obviously she was going out.
It is not suitable to be publicized and majestic, so she put on a pearl gold comb grate, and inserted a small Dongzhu gorse in the back hair, and looked left and right in the mirror, and she hooked her lips with satisfaction.
"Which coat do you want to wear?" Siyu is picking out clothes for her.
She looked at herself, tied the piece of bergamot jade around her waist, since she got this piece of jade, she always tied it around her waist, and it was very suitable for daily wear at home, not thin or thick: "Midsummer is halfway through, the weather is getting hotter, take that purple cloud thick yarn." ”
Si Yu brought a purple long-sleeved shirt with small pearls embroidered around the clothes. This dress was given by Zhang Guifei, the fabric is tribute, this kind of yarn is difficult to deliver, and it is inevitable that it will be ruined on the way to color, but it can produce five horses every year, and the saint rewarded two horses to Zhang Guifei, and Zhang Guifei made two clothes for Chu Yunjing with purple clouds, and sent them over as a wedding gift and a bunch of other gifts.
After everything was in order, she took Si Yu to sit in the carriage, and she wondered why Su Hua didn't follow.
East Street is not as bustling as the Main Street, with bustling crowds and more fireworks among civilians.
She was carried out of the car, Sun De and Qian Guanguan were already waiting for her here, she didn't want to be too loud, so she motioned for everyone to go in quickly, and asked the carriage to wait at the back door.
After entering, she ordered all four shops to close their doors and called the big shopkeeper over.
She sat on the main seat with dignified steps, and her unsmiling appearance was very awe-inspiring.
"This palace intends to change these four shops, anyway, the silk business is not easy to do, it is better to do something else."
The chief shopkeeper at the bottom bowed humbly: "The owner's shop, what do you say, I don't know what the owner wants to do?" ”
Everyone wondered what she was going to do and waited for her to speak.
Without thinking, she said, "Bookstore! ”
The big shopkeeper below thought he had heard it wrong, and the proprietor wanted to choose a more difficult bookstore?
"The owner, I don't understand it very well, the most important thing in this business is to make money, according to the understanding below, if you open a bookstore, it may not be better than now!" The tone of the big shopkeeper was mixed with mockery.
"Business is really not good, so I asked my people to do it, and the big shopkeeper will go to the elderly as soon as possible!" She took a sip of the tea that had been prepared for her, in a nonchalant tone.
The big shopkeeper panicked: "This.... This... Where did the old man offend the owner, the old owner didn't come often in the past, they were all under the dots, is the new owner not convinced the old man? ”
"Naturally, I'm not convinced, how much oil and water have you made from it over the years, do you want this owner to list them for you?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
The big shopkeeper was shocked and said, "You.... You are.... How did you find out? ”
She has already checked the accounts, in the past, Yuan Ting had a lot of business in her hands, so she naturally couldn't take care of this half-star shop, and was exploited by someone with a heart, and the big shopkeeper knew that the old owner didn't care about these shops, so the fake accounts were sloppy, and she only took a few glances to find the clues, just waiting for the right opportunity to fall.
"This business, whether it can be done depends only on the selected shopkeeper, like you, you don't even bother to improve the fake accounts, how dare I use it." She shook her head with a fake sigh.
In fact, these oil and water are nothing to her, if she didn't have a new plan for these four shops, I'm afraid she wouldn't expose this matter, it was all because she gave alms to the old shopkeeper, after all, it was not easy to do it for half a lifetime.
She didn't want to look at the old man, there was something big to do down there. beckoned to Si Yu: "Si Yu, give the prepared ones to the big shopkeeper, and we will resign him from now on." ”
I saw that the big shopkeeper's mouth was open, and he wanted to say something to justify, he raised his head and looked at Chu Yunjing's fierce gaze, he didn't dare to say it, he was exposed in public, and a lot of age was a matter of shame, so he took the money bag in Si Yu's hand with a disappointed face, kowtowed and said goodbye.
She drank the tea, smacked her lips, and nodded frequently: "Well, good tea, I will serve this tea to the guests in the future." ”
A few people were puzzled, do you still want to serve tea to guests when you open a bookstore?
She slowly got up and looked inside and out: "Sun De! This silk is sold at a cheap price! ”
Sun De hurriedly stepped forward and agreed, although he didn't understand what the young lady was going to do, but the work of the party always had to be done.
"There are also these four small doors, all smashed, make it into a big plaque for me in the clouds, and make it more atmospheric to show that we are buying and selling, isn't it?" She pointed to the door of the store again and said arrogantly.
"The wall in this middle is also smashed, obviously the four rooms are connected together, why don't you make one, don't you get tired of running around?"
"There is also the second floor, and the partition wall on the second floor will also be smashed for me!"
"Don't keep nodding, do you know what I want?" She looked at Sun De, who nodded like a chicken.
She already had a plan in her heart, and now she is just about to realize it, and the person who realizes it must be Sun De, so Sun De must understand what she thinks in her heart.
At present, Sun De didn't quite understand, he scratched his head and expressed puzzlement: "This.... The little one really doesn't understand, does the young lady want to make these four into one? With the second floor? ”
"Oh yes! That's what it means, I want that kind of shop with a majestic and bookish aroma, you know? ”
Sun De couldn't wait to think about it: "Eh.... This bookshop with the scent of books is not difficult, but majestic? How can this be transformed? ”
She shook her head helplessly, and an idea popped into her mind in an instant: "You still don't understand, have you ever been to the clouds?" ”
What she has always seen in her mind is the atmospheric appearance of the clouds, as if she is so shocked that people will only say, 'It's really luxurious'.
Sun De shook his head embarrassedly: "Ouch, Miss, how can you go to that kind of place with such an identity as a child, isn't this a long life." ”
Si Yu and Qian Guanguan were silent in the back, but they all snickered when they heard this.
"Eh, you haven't been there, how can you know what it's like inside, I feel majestic just by looking at the appearance, so... Let's go tonight and learn from it. ”
Sun De really doesn't understand what the bookstore has to do with that kind of smoky willow washer, and he still needs to learn from it?
"Uh.... This... Miss is a female streamer, this is not good. Sun De was embarrassed, but in fact, his psychology blossomed.
"It's okay, I'll just wear men's clothes, you be my attendant, let's keep a low profile." She continued to scan the layout of the store nonchalantly, in the past, in Yongzhou, there were many men's clothes in and out of some places that only men could go.
Sun De still has concerns: "This... What if adults know about this? ”
She turned to look at Sun De impatiently: "Hey~ You husband, if you don't say it, I won't say it, if they don't say it, who can know?" Don't think I don't know your little abacus, I don't dare to say that it's because of my identity, in fact, I can't wait to go in and take a look! ”
She sneered, and Sun De's face turned red, and he smirked embarrassedly.
She said to Sun De earnestly: "When I go back today, I will ask Aunt An to go to the Shilang Mansion to get your deed, and in the future, you will be in charge of the affairs of this bookstore, I know that you are doing things properly, I am a woman in the house, it is not easy to always show up, I don't ask for anything else, as long as you are loyal to me." ”
After hearing these words, Sun De was already in tears, kneeling and kowtowing, he had struggled all his life to finally be appreciated, even if it was a woman, he would have to fall to the ground.
"Oh, my aunt! I knew that I didn't see the wrong person, and I knew that Miss couldn't forget my Sun De, Miss rest assured, there will be a sea of swords and fires in the future, and my Sun De is also duty-bound. ”