Chapter Forty-Seven: Malicious Intentions from Behind the Scenes
"Su Wen, you are really amazing! I have completely convinced you today, and I can actually get in touch with the big boss of Liu Yan Pavilion!"
Tang Ji's eyes were about to lose laughter, holding a heavy silver ticket in his hand, and he counted it over and over again, wishing that he could count a flower.
"It's just the first day, and the rouge we shop will get more and more popular in the future, but you and I can't spend all our energy on this, after all, the state exam is the right thing. Su Wen had a straight face, worried that Tang Ji would lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds because of the matter at the rouge shop.
Tang Ji nodded and said, "I understand." ”
Seeing that Tang Ji did not forget his original intention because of the Rouge Shop's ability to absorb gold, Su Wen also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Wait for two days, let's go recruit a guy again, and let Xiaoyu be in charge of the cashier at that time, and we can also prepare for the exam with all our might." ”
Tang Ji also felt that this construction was feasible, but then he raised a very important question: "But Su Wen, if our shop's business is still so good in the future, I'm afraid that the inventory will really run out soon!"
Su Wen was stunned, this is indeed a big problem, now Lin Huaju's rouge is all sourceless water, and if he sells one box, there will be one less box, not to mention that he has to use these rouge to study the problem of painting pigments, if he can't solve the problem of supply, it is impossible to say that one day Lin Huaju will become an empty shell.
After thinking about it, Su Wen suddenly remembered that there was a person, presumably with the friendship of several people along the way, such a small question, the other party should not refuse.
"Why don't you go and ask the number of the jack of all trades?" Su Wen was not sure that Hao Ma Ken would not help for free.
Tang Ji patted his chest and said proudly: "This is easy to say, I will go to him the day after tomorrow, doesn't he claim that he knows nothing and no one knows? If you dare to handle even this little thing, see if the uncle doesn't sit on him to death!"
At first, Su Wen thought that Tang Ji was talking big, but he didn't expect that at noon the next day, Tang Ji not only successfully pried open Haoma's mouth, knew the original source of this rouge shop, but also directly brought Haoma to the shop.
"The little monk said, he has admired our Lin Huaju for many days, and if he has to come to us to be a buddy, I can't stop him!"
Hearing Tang Ji's words, and then looking at Haoma's helpless look, Su Wen was immediately happy, he really didn't expect that the fat man not only heard the news for free, but also directly kidnapped people, so that whether it was business or supply problems, they were all solved together!
"I said fatty, you didn't threaten people with force, did you?"
"How is that possible!" Tang Ji grimaced, looked at Haoma next to him, and said, "You asked him yourself, is it voluntary?"
Haoma nodded dejectedly and said in a deep voice, "It is indeed my willingness. ”
Now Su Wen is really curious, everyone has been together for so long, how difficult Haoma is, but he has a deep understanding, how could he be fooled by the fat man all of a sudden?
"What the hell is going on?"
This time, without waiting for the fat man to show off triumphantly, Haoma was the first to reply: "He provided me with a piece of news that I don't know. ”
"Oh?" Su Wen looked at Tang Ji, a little incredulous: "What news?"
Tang Ji suddenly became even more proud, he shook the fat on his face tremblingly, and said with a smile: "Don't say, don't say, you will naturally know later!"
When Su Wen heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes, but no matter what, it is always good that the matter is resolved, and he led Haoma to familiarize himself with the shop at the moment, and by the way, he explained a few words about the price and the limited sale, and the first young man in Lin Huaju took office like this.
In the next few days, Lin Huaju's business is still booming as usual, and there is even a trend of getting more and more intense, it is said that now a box of Lin Huaju's rouge on the black market outside has been fried to a sky-high price of eighty taels of silver!
Every morning before dawn, there was a long queue in front of Lin Huaju's shop, among which there were many servants of dignitaries and nobles, or the stewards of the three buildings, all of whom were just a small box of rouge.
I don't know if the big bosses who once rejected Su Wen have regretted it so much that their intestines are blue.
No one knows if the head of the three buildings regrets it, but the little third son knows that he regrets going home anyway.
The third son was the young man who had the opportunity to buy a box of rouge on the day of Lin Huaju's fame, but gave up the precious opportunity because it was too expensive, for this matter, he was scolded by the young master for a bloody head, and originally wanted to remedy it the next day, who would have thought that it would be difficult to buy a box of rouge in the back!
Several days have passed, and the third son still hasn't been able to buy Lin Huaju's rouge, and today he returned empty-handed again, and just walked to the door of the young master's study, as if he had foreseen his miserable end.
He knows that since the young master returned to the state capital, his temper has not been very good, it seems that he has changed as a different person, he has done things three times and twice, which is like adding fuel to the fire, making the young master's patience worse and worse, thinking that he didn't buy the board with rouge yesterday, and the little third son's ass is still hurting.
I don't know if the news I finally heard today can alleviate the young master's anger.
Gently knocking on the door, the little third son came to a young man with a very nervous mood, the young man was born extremely good-looking, with beautiful eyebrows and teeth, if he dressed up, he would definitely be mistaken for a beautiful embryo.
"Less...... Young master......" The little third son shook his throat and shouted.
The young man raised his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw the appearance of the little third son, he knew in his heart that this waste must be in vain today, and suddenly his eyebrows were raised like a sword, and he said coldly: "Didn't buy it again?"
Cold sweat broke out on the top of the little third son's head, and his voice became thinner than that of a mosquito: "It's really, it's really ......"
The young man confirmed the conjecture in his heart, and immediately picked up the pen holder on the table and smashed it at the little third son, and shouted angrily: "What is it? Don't I know that rouge is not easy to buy? But how can people buy a box in the Sun Mansion? What is the use of me raising you!"
"Do you know that the eldest lady will come to the state capital in two days! Sun Hu's kid shows off to me every day, saying that he is going to give Lin Huaju's rouge as a gift to the eldest lady, where will you let me put my face when the time comes?"
The third son let the pen holder smash on his head, but he didn't dare to dodge, waiting for the young master to dissipate his anger a little, and then he resignedly said: "Young master, although I didn't buy rouge, but the young master, what you asked me to inquire about has a result." ”
Hearing this, the young man narrowed his eyes slightly, put down the inkstone in his hand that was about to be smashed out, and said in a cold voice: "Tell me to listen! If you can't satisfy me, you can go down and get 20 whips yourself!"
Xiao Sanzi's body was shocked, wiped the cold sweat on his face, and quickly replied: "I made a special trip to Yunchong Street to inquire, and then found the person who saw the little boss of Lin Huaju at the beginning, and finally heard from a small guy in Wanhualou that the boss of Lin Huaju is not a local, it seems to be called something, Su Wen, a scholar who came to the state capital from a foreign country to prepare for the state examination!"
After the third son finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at his young master nervously, not knowing if his answer could help him avoid the punishment of the 20 whips, but he didn't want to, he actually saw that his young master was stunned.
Soon, the young man came back to his senses, looked at the little third son, his eyes were like sharp knives, and asked, "Are you sure, the boss of Lin Huaju is called Su Wen?"
The third son nodded, not knowing what the young master meant, but he didn't dare to say more.
"All right, go down and go to the treasury and receive five taels of silver. ”
The third son was startled, a little unable to believe his ears, he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the young master would actually change his attitude, instead of being punished, he was rewarded?
But he didn't dare to ask more, and withdrew from the study with great gratitude.
The door slowly closed again, and the young man behind the desk, his face had completely sunk, and his eyes flashed: "Su Wen! Good you Su Wen! I don't know how to snow the shame of Chunxi Building, but today you sent it to the door by yourself! Okay! Very good!"
This young man, of course, is Yan Zi'an, who lost face because of Su Wen's song "Qingyu Case" in the Chunxi Literary Conference that day.
Although Yan Zi'an was actually defeated by Bai Chi that day, in the end, Su Wen's appearance and victory was undoubtedly a slap in his face, and he still remembers that after Su Wen was invited to the backyard by Liu Shishi, those literati students looked at him.
That's silent ridicule and ridicule!
As a former genius on the first day of Linchuan City, Yan Zi'an He had suffered such a big loss, but how could he follow his father into the state capital for several years, and he had no foundation in Linchuan City, and he couldn't attack Su Wen, so he could only come back disgraced.
But now, Su Wen came to the state capital quietly, didn't this give him the best opportunity?
"Hmph, don't think that if you open a rouge shop with a hot business, I can't do anything about you, I will let you know what will happen if you offend me in the state capital!"
A sneer tuded at the corner of Yan Zi'an's mouth, as if he had seen Su Wen kneeling at his feet and begging for mercy in the future.
Thinking of this, Yan Zi'an immediately summoned the steward of the Yan family, and then whispered a few words.
The steward looked at Yan Zi'an in surprise and inexplicably, and said with some hesitation: "Young master, it's a bit unruly to do this, if that Su Wen has any background, I'm afraid it will cause trouble for the master." ”
Yan Zi'an smiled contemptuously and said: "Even if he has a background, he is also in Linchuan City, what basis can he have when he comes to the state capital now? Even if Lin Huaju's reputation is just a shit luck and he is tied up with the big boss of Liu Yan Pavilion, in the final analysis, he is just an ordinary scholar, is it possible that with the status of my Yan family in the state capital, I can't even put a few rouge shops on the table?"
The steward nodded when he heard this, and couldn't help but mourn in silence for the young man named Su Wen, it was not good to offend anyone, but he offended the eldest son of the Yan family, and now even if his rouge shop business is good, I am afraid that it will have to be closed.
With the support of the steward, the smile on the corner of Yan Zi'an's mouth became more and more cold, and he said coldly: "I not only want to stink the reputation of this shop! I also want to make his Su Wen's literary name stink! When the time comes, no matter how good his results in the state examination are, it will be impossible to be admitted to the academy!"
The steward reminded softly: "In this case, I'm afraid we will have to help from the Holy Inquisition." ”
Yan Zi had already made up his mind in peace, and sneered: "Uncle Lin is afraid that he has forgotten, Xiaohu's uncle, isn't he the deacon of the Holy Inquisition?"