Chapter 114
Lian Qing's eyes flashed with a flash of clue, and put the account book back in his arms, and said with a smile:
"Our business is a small business and earns a lot of money! It is a bit worse than my master's business, but it is quite rich. According to the wife's instructions, we only make clothes shops and restaurants. Jin is rich and luxurious. Our shop only makes the most expensive clothes. The luxurious and exquisite clothes made by the wife are all very good. The servants have collected some capable embroidery girls and are promoting new styles every month. Now our ready-to-wear shop is a piece in the city of Jing'an, Jin, and even the nobles in the palace come to our shop to order clothes."
Li Qing had bright eyes. He had both food and clothing. If he was high-end, he would be the best at making money. Lian Qing smiled and looked at Li Qing and continued:
"The restaurant is also very good. The couplets and long and short sentences that Mrs. had given to Mrs. Tang and the long and short sentences that Mrs. Tang had sent to the slave. The slaves wrote them and hung them in the lobby. Jindi is a literary man. Now everyone knows that the boss of Houdeju is a master of words and sentences, and the master hidden in the city, and our restaurant is also of great value. Even a cup of clear water can be sold for several times the price."
"This year, the money is enough. Mrs. Shili Village and the water and earth dragon can start to repair it again in spring."
Mu Tong bowed beside him and said with a smile. Li Qing's eyes narrowed into a thread of smile. He took a sip of tea, thought for a while, sighed, and whispered:
"This clothing shop, restaurant, etc., is a small business in the eyes of the prince, and it's okay for a moment. But, that kind of master, I must not miss my identity. I don't like this. If anything, Uncle Qing would just push it to the prince! Uncle Qing, be careful in everything."
Lian Qing nodded solemnly, looked at Li Qing, but stopped talking. Li Qing smiled and drank two sips of tea before continuing:
"There is another thing. Uncle Qing is going to worry more. The Ministry of Revenue will bid for the red fruit business in the beginning of next spring. I also want to compete for the bid. If I can win the Qing Kingdom, it would be even better. Uncle Qing knows that we have a prescription. Red fruit is used as medicine and made pills to sell it. It would be a huge profit. If you ask the old monk from Hangu Temple to say good things to our pills, you won't have to worry about sales. I have asked Su Ye to try making pills to see the amount of red fruit. These medicines are still the business of those famous families and rich people."
Mu Tong's eyes lit up, Lian Qing frowned slightly, thought carefully for a while, stretched his eyebrows a little, and said with a smile:
"If we bid, we must collect the deposit. We are afraid that we will not be able to eat such a big place as Qingguo. Also, if we do the Hongguo business, we must meet the Wang family, will our wife be sure?"
Li Qing was slightly stunned. She didn't think about Dingyin's affairs. She lowered her head and thought for a while before saying:
"This, what place should I eat? Uncle Qing is the mastermind. I just thought that Qing's country is prosperous and Hangu Temple is here. We will do more with half the effort in business. Wang family, if we don't go to touch it, it's better to cooperate with them. We have some relationship with Hangu Temple. I will reveal this to my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law should have passed the message. I think they are willing to join Hangu Temple, at least they don't want to touch us. Uncle Qing should take more time and carefully calculate the matter. If there is a charter, go to the royal palace to meet the old master of the Wang family and see what they mean."
Lian Qing nodded, Li Qing took a sip of tea, turned around and ordered Qiuyue and Mutong:
"You two go to the door to watch."
Qiuyue and Mutong agreed to retreat. Li Qing turned to look at Lian Qing and asked with a frown:
"Have the old monk ever asked you?"
Lian Qing nodded and replied in a low voice:
"I have looked for it a few times. The master said that after the New Year, he would let Kuji bring people here, and send some people one after another in March and April. The wife is in Pingyang Mansion. This Bei Temple must be built, but Hangu Temple is followed by the arrangements of the wife."
Li Qing frowned and said after a while:
"Uncle Qing, I have been waiting for you to come back to discuss this matter. I no longer hide it from Wuya Temple. On the day of Laba's porridge, I clearly stated that it was the masters of the Qixia Temple in Hangu Temple. There was no big obstacle. Hangu Temple used to send people to other temples to hang lists. When the construction of this Bei Temple started in the spring, I was preparing to explicitly say that it was built Hangu Temple North Temple. Originally, I wanted to build it with my own strength. But judging from the situation of Wuya Temple in the past six months, if you accumulate a little bit like this, you can't make half of the reputation of Hangu Temple in ten or twenty years, and you still have to rely on the reputation of Hangu Temple."
Li Qing paused and continued with a smile:
"Mu Lian was able to create such a great reputation in just a few years. I really don't know how he did it! Bei Temple was built at the foot of Yushan. That piece was my fiefdom, so it was all for Hangu Temple. Several hot springs have been found at the foot of Yushan. I plan to choose a hot spring farm. In the future, if Hangu Temple is in Han, it will be like a Qing Kingdom, and when the prince is gone, or... I can live in the temple. But..."
Lian Qing felt sad and said with a forced smile:
"I'm not yet thirty years old, and my wife's plan is too early."
"If people do not have a long-term plan, they must have immediate worries. It is better to plan earlier.
Lian Qing looked at Li Qing with pity and sighed softly.
"The master said that if you want to build Hangu Temple, you are afraid that the identity of the wife, the guardian, will not be hidden. The master asked the slave to tell the wife that it would be better to choose a time to disclose this matter as soon as possible."
Li Qing frowned, lowered his head and thought for a while before saying with a smile:
"I have told the prince about the construction of the North Temple. I'm afraid he has sent someone to Hangu Temple a long time ago, so let him discuss with the old monk to deal with this matter. There are too many connections in this, and it is not something we can grasp. Let's make arrangements. Let's only do some good job of building the temple. The Lotus Peak was built one after another after another after a hundred years. Now, it's a bit messy. We'll make plans for this North Temple from the beginning."
Lian Qing nodded and said with a smile:
"Mrs. It makes sense. To put it more seriously, these are considered military and national affairs. Of course, it is better for me to arrange it more appropriately. Mu Tong brought the map to the slave to see the wife's fief. It is a good place. After the Chinese New Year, I will first be busy with the Hongguo business and the fief planning. After this, I will go to Jin to see it."
Li Qing nodded with a smile,
"Uncle Qing is now worried about finding some suitable people to use. We should try to put all the people in our hands in business. For the construction of temples, Uncle Qing can see if he can find some suitable people from Pingyang Mansion to use. There are too many projects to build, and there are not enough people."
Lian Qing nodded, and Li Qing said with a slight stubborn look:
"Uncle Qing just came back, so let's take a break first. There is no hurry to do these things."
Lian Qing laughed, looked at Li Qing gently, and said for a while:
"Don't worry, Madam, I'm so kind. I'm going to take care of myself. I'll serve my wife for the rest of my life."
After a pause, Lian Qing said with a smile:
"I have bought a lot of rare foods. My wife liked these strange things when she was a child. She even knew what it was and how to eat them. This time, whenever she saw rare foods, she brought them back to her, she brought them back to her."
Li Qing smiled and looked up. She actually liked seafood the most. She just went to sea for fresh seafood, but unfortunately she had never eaten it before.
Lian Qing sued and went back to rest. Li Qing leaned on the kang in the east wing with a smile, slowly calculating the amount of silver, planning to make the business of Xiu Shilizhuang and the hot spring village at the foot of Yushan. Where she lives, she had to make a big room, all of them had to repair water and earth dragons, use glass as windows, and soak in the hot springs in the snow.
Zhu Yu entered the house, bent her knees and blessed her blessings. She took a bag, grabbed the thing from it, and asked with a smile:
"Madam, look, what is this? Even the manager sent a lot of strange things over, and I only saw two or three things, but I didn't recognize this. Even the manager said that if there are any people I don't know, just come and ask the wife."
Li Qing quickly stood up, leaned over and looked at the things in Zhu Yu's hand, and said with a smile:
"This is called scallops. Well, I don't know what they call it. This is a good thing. I can't eat it tonight. Before eating this, I have to soak it in rice wine for a day and a night, then take it out, find a big bowl, put it in the bowl with ham slices and winter bamboo shoots, pick up or so of the biggest shrimps, then put it on a layer of soaked scallops, pour half a bowl of rice wine, steam it for an hour, and it's all right. Soak it tonight and try it tomorrow."
Zhu Yu agreed with a smile, Li Qing got off the kang and said with a smile:
"I'll go and see, Uncle Qing brought some good things back."
Zhuzhi hurriedly took a silver fox cloak and waited for Li Qing to put it on. They went to the kitchen behind. The kitchen was said to be a small kitchen, but it was a large yard. The three main rooms on the front were all connected, supporting the stove, and four open houses on the left and right. The yard was clean, and dozens of large and small pockets were piled up. Several mothers were squatting on the ground and picking up the things in the bag. Li Qing entered the yard. The women hurriedly put down their things and knelt on the ground. Li Qing smiled and signaled them to get up and enter the kitchen. The kitchen was extremely clean. The stove was slightly reversed, and there was also a trace of dust in the corner. The red and white table next to it was covered with a large piece of snow-white cotton cloth, and all kinds of seasonings were neatly arranged. Li Qing nodded with satisfaction and looked back at Zhuyu and praised:
"Zhuyu is well managed by this small kitchen, and the nannies are all responsible. If you go to Mama Zheng, just say what I said, each person who works in the small kitchen this month will pay half a month's monthly money."
Zhu Yu smiled and kowtowed with the woman in the kitchen to thank him. Li Qing smiled and greeted them, turned around and returned to the yard. Zhu Yu hurriedly smiled and ordered:
"Madam Duan, Madam Li, take all the things that the company manager just sent to her for her to see." (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log in. There are more chapters, support the author and support genuine reading!)
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