Chapter 52 Economic Basics
"Our business..." Liu Shuen turned his head and looked at Nian Qian'an, lowered his voice and said, "Did you tell your wet nurse all?"
Nian Qian'an blinked and suddenly felt that Liu Shuen's words were so pleasant to hear, and silently savored: "What's going on with us?"
Liu Shuen just thought she was deliberately pretending to be confused, and couldn't help but feel funny and angry, and lowered her voice even more and more: "Of course it's a matter between you and me: Why did I go to you privately at the beginning, the affairs in the palace, yesterday, and our relationship..."
Nian Qian'an deliberately provoked his voice and teased Liu Shu'en with connotation, "Our relationship? What's our relationship?"
Liu Shuen then realized that he was using inappropriate words. He asked Nian Qian'an to ask questions repeatedly for no reason. A trace of discomfort flashed quickly in his face under the moon shadow, and he slightly raised his voice and concealed: "I owe you my sincerity but I have no intention of fulfilling it. Miss Nian Liu still has the leisure to catch my words. It can be seen that Zhizhu is holding it, and she didn't say anything that shouldn't have said?"
Nian Qian'an stopped seeing it, holding back his smile and raised his chin and said, "Of course. Yesterday I didn't want to involve irrelevant people, so you and I were so panicked that I almost drowned and froze to death. Now things are covered up beautifully and perfectly. Finally, I finally have no trace of water. How could I be so full that I can't talk to myself? Xu and Duke Jingguo's wife think it's just ordinary robbery. You have spent a lot of time to fool Xu?"
Liu Shuen even concealed the affair involved in the back. Even if she trusts Nianma and others, she will not leak it without authorization.
Liu Shuen did not answer when she heard this, but only raised her eyebrows as if she had agreed and stopped talking.
Nian's mother had something to say. After the three of them were thieves, they said to Liu Shuen: "I know that Mr. Liu has a special identity and has concerns about doing things that outsiders don't know. I can also see that Mr. Liu is a meticulous and appropriate person, but our six girls are girls' homes and can no longer jump over the wall and jump over the window like tonight. If you have something to say in private, you should be the one who is the right way to the Mingmen.
In the future, I will never bother Mr. Liu, and I will ask Mr. Liu to send a letter in advance when he needs to meet. Mr. Liu just let me know the old slave. I must arrange the time of the place. Mr. Liu must not make things difficult for Mr. Liu, and don’t tell us the sixth girl to do whatever she wants, just to wait for you to get rid of your body.”
When she learned that Liu Shuen was Chu Yanqing's secret guard, she was surprised that Qian'an had disagreements with Chu Yanqing since she was a child, so why did she have contact with Chu Yanqing's people? She also knew that as a servant, no matter how decent or close she was, she would be unacceptable to some things.
From the fact that the original body admired Xu Yuezhong and did not hide anything in front of the wet nurse and maid, it can be seen that Nian's mother is more indulgent and spoiled Nian Qian'an than An and the princess.
He also believed in the aesthetics of the original body, not worrying about Nian Qian'an's bad peach blossoms, nor caring about the rules that ordinary girls should follow. After saying that, he saw Liu Shuen responding without hesitation, so he let go of his heart and retreated to the outside room with satisfaction, leaving a crack in the door, and consciously guarding the embroidery pedestal to let the air.
Unfortunately, I was old and soon I fell asleep.
Nian Qian'an listened to the frequent snoring outside, and felt that Nian's mother was very heartwarming, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
However, Liu Shuen's eyes flashed slightly, she turned her head to look at Nian Qian'an sitting opposite the table, and asked softly, "I'm not sure I'll come tonight and I've been waiting for me for a while?"
"It's not long. I slept a lot during the day and walked sleepy at night. When I was tired of sitting, I lie down and wait. I couldn't wait to fall asleep directly. How tired can I be? Nian's mother was worried about me, and she didn't mean to blame you." Nian Qian'an touched the warm tea hanger, and pushed the tea cup all over the place, "Where are you? Are you shocked and irritated when you touch it all the way? Are you tired? Are you thirsty? Have you been thirsty? Have you taken a little tea to moisten your throat first."
Liu Shu couldn't help but feel kindness. She took a sip of the teacup and almost vomited out: "...This is not tea."
Nian Qian'an: "...it may be my medicine."
She only knew that the distance and water warmed her cold medicine, but she didn't know that the two guys put the medicine in a tea slap!
It’s all because the deliberately dimmed lights affected her vision.
Nian Qian'an touched his nose, revealing embarrassment in his smile, "Sorry, my nose is blocked and I can't smell the medicine. I'll ask Nian's mother to bring you tea..."
"No need to worry." Liu Shuen swallowed the bitter medicine while tampering with her neck, and her tone was helpless and five points suddenly realized, "It turns out that your wet nurse is worried about your body. I thought your illness was a trick made by Mrs. Jingguo, so that she could take you back to the Xu family to pick up clothes and jewelry. It turns out that you are really sick..."
He sent people to divide them into two groups, light and dark, and escorted the farmers and hunters back to the city, and returned to Sanhuai Mountain to wipe off the head and tail. He never asked Nian Qian'an in detail how he had never met Xu Yuezhong, nor did he meet Xu's mother in person. Naturally, he didn't know that Nian Qian'an was not only sick, but also suffered a lot of minor injuries that were not exposed.
Nian Qian'an, who only knew that he was very capable, began to get confused again.
At this time, I listened carefully and found that Nian Qian'an's nasal sound was a bit heavy, and the corners of his eyes and nose were also a little red.
It should be just a cold catch, otherwise Nian's mother would not really let her ignore her illness.
Liu Shuen's eyes suddenly became bright and dark, and his fingers holding the teacup moved slightly. He wanted to ask Nian Qian'an how sick Nian Qian'an was. The concern in his heart turned to the tip of his tongue, but it turned into a monotonous question, "Since you are sick, you should have a good rest. What is the purpose of still waiting to see me?"
"Didn't you tell you it's business?" Nian Qian'an was a little guilty and gave pastries a little bit of a bad heart. "You want to fool Prince Xu again, and you have to find a way to clean up the traces of yesterday. You must be very busy and tired today, right? Come on, eat a piece of pastry to get rid of the medicine in your mouth."
She leaned close to the lampstand and glared at her eyes and recognized it. She made sure the pastry was fine, so she smiled and handed it to Liu Shuen.
Liu Shuen held the teacup in one hand and the pastry in the other hand, and his tone was alert and hesitant, "Miss Nian Liu suddenly became like this, hospitality, I have to doubt whether the business you are going to do is quite difficult? It is so difficult that if Miss Nian Liu feels that she is not so enthusiastic, I am very likely to refuse to help?"
Nian Qian'an laughed dryly: Times change, Liu Shu'en's IQ is not so anxious, it's really a bad time!
Poverty makes people bald.
Her attentiveness to Liu Shuen was half because of her favorable feelings for Liu Shuen, and half because of poverty.
It seems that although she has no experience in love, she still has a clear distinction between feelings and reason for the man she likes.
Nian Qian'an murmured with regret: "So I'm not a love brain? It's better not a love brain..."
Liu Shuen asked blankly, "...what's brain?"
"Business mind. I mean, if you don't have enough capital, it's useless to have a business mind." Nian Qian'an pulled the topic back to the right path, and said frankly: "I originally planned to pay for it. Mr. Liu just needs to help me. With the convenience of your secret guard, I will find some reliable and trustworthy shopkeepers in the shop. With the exclusive secret recipe I wrote, I am not afraid of not being able to make a name for money and gain both fame and fortune.
Unfortunately, my idea was too beautiful, but my money box was too cruel to my body and heart. I was determined to smash all the five thousand taels of silver in my hand, but it couldn't achieve the effect I wanted. So... Mr. Liu, you, a secret guard, sounds very dangerous, and the food and salary should be very generous, right?
The Queen Mother said that your father doesn’t love your mother or not, and no one in the family can help you all depends on yourself, so you should have money and no place to spend it indiscriminately? Are you a secret guard who receives an annual salary or a monthly salary? How much money can you have on hand? Why don’t you buy a share of the shares? In the future, we will be together for five or five, and each person will have half the dividends?"
The more Liu Shuen heard the expression, the more exciting it became. After a while, he suddenly laughed, "So that's what your wet nurse meant. No wonder he would have to bother me in the future. It turns out that you have agreed that not only will you bring me into the gang, but you also have to come out to find someone in the market shop. Is this asking me to take care of the work of the shopkeeper and the accountant first?"
Nian Qian'an was guilty and blushed, "Everything was difficult at the beginning. When everyone and the goods were in place, you won't have to work hard after opening. The main thing is that I have to hide this from my mother for the time being, and I don't want outsiders to know that the owner behind the shop is me. So Nian and my mother can only secretly help you, and they cannot let people see that it has something to do with the business on the surface.
I know, I'm a bit tough, but all I can think of is you. There are only people I can use, and it's better not to mention a few people who can use it. I won't let you do a waste of work. As long as the shop can do it, you will never regret it if you get it."
As he said that, he couldn't help but touch his blushing face and apologized in a low voice: "So... I have to keep my word. I used to say that as long as you are willing to follow me, I will definitely have meat to eat. As a result, I'm a little poor now and can't fulfill my promise in the short term."
She looked like she was acting obediently, blinking Shuiliang's eyes as if she was saying: Please look forward to the long term! Don't dislike her poor! Don't care about the present!
Liu Shuen was funny, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, but the words he said were like a basin of cold water. "Miss Six is not a forceful person, but a lion opens his mouth wide. You speak lightly, as if as long as the shop is fully staffed, you will definitely get things done. Do you think you want to do the medicinal materials business or a powder shop? These two things are common in Beijing, and it is hard to stand up and it is even more difficult to make a name for yourself."
Nian Qian'an was not splashed with cold water. He smiled and proudly threw out the prescription she wrote, "Young Master Liu is really great. I really want to be a powder shop. A layman can't understand what's good about my prescription, and an expert may not be able to see through the mystery at a glance."
While speaking, he took out the sample she had made in the village where the distant mountains and nearby waters were tinkering with them. He opened it and smelled it for Liu Shuen to smell it. "Even if Mr. Liu is not familiar with these girls' things, he has heard of the famous name of Naixiang Pavilion, right? The fragrance powder and ointment made in this recipe is no worse than Naixiang Pavilion, and even in time, it will only be better than Naixiang Pavilion."
The queen likes to use the ointment from Naixiang Pavilion, so Chu Yanqing often goes to Kunning Palace and knows that Liu Shuen, who secretly guards Chu Yanqing, should have heard of it even if he has never seen it in person.
But what they would never know is that Naixiang Pavilion under the name of the Wei family was founded by her before. If Naixiang Pavilion uses up the recipe inventory she left before, and relying on her old capital, sooner or later she will be pulled down by the new shop she will set up.
The so-called economic foundation determines the superstructure.
At present, she could not reach into the court and was unable to spy on and reverse the name of Wei's father's treacherous minister. However, it is necessary to use a traitor to weaken the family background of the treacherous minister.
A treacherous minister who has no money is always a little easier to deal with than a rich treacherous minister.
Anyway, I have to be poor together. Since she is a poor man now, the Wei family will follow her to the poor man’s path of no return!
Nian Qian'an said that his conscience did not hurt at all and focused on Liu Shuen's reaction.
Liu Shuen knew Naixiang Pavilion better than she thought. He lowered his eyes and looked at the samples quietly on the table, his voice was low and heavy, "I actually underestimated Miss Nian Liu. It turns out that Miss Nian Liu was prepared for a long time, not a lion's mouth."
With his fingers that were still in heat from the teacup, he stroked the simple porcelain jar containing the sample. He looked up at Nian Qian'an's eyes, and floated in a dim light. "How could the exclusive recipe of Naixiang Pavilion be in the hands of Miss Nian Liu?"
It should be an outsider, but one word reveals what an insider may not be able to say with certainty.
No one knows better what the recipe of Naixiang Pavilion is than Nian Qian'an.
Chapter completed!