Buddhist palace maids want to be rich

Chapter 268 Offering Ice
Mrs. Huang also talked about the aunt of the same clan in Master Huang's hometown, although she is blind now, she has adopted a child to take care of her.Those days were better than ordinary people with sons.This is all the kindness of Commander Liu.

Jiang Zhixia was naturally modest and polite.

In this way, the two settled down to open a joint shop.

Mrs. Huang naturally disagreed with Jiang Zhixia's claim that she would quit after two years.However, after Jiang Zhixia's persuasion, he agreed.

After all, although Master Huang is a fifth-rank guard, in a capital city full of nobles, being a fifth-rank is nothing.

There is no one in their family who is good at running a shop, so the life of the Huang family really depends on their salary.

So their family's life is not considered difficult, but there is no such thing as luxury.It's just that it's not enough compared to the top, and it's more than the bottom.

Although Mrs. Huang promised to return the shop to the Huang family in two years, she insisted on paying more for other investment matters.

And Jiang Zhixia also understands that the kindness should not be too much, otherwise it will easily cause the heart of the beneficiary to be overburdened, and then it will be easy for the kindness to fail and make enemies.

Therefore, after some discussions, the two finally agreed on a plan that they were both satisfied with.

Now that this matter was decided, Jiang Zhixia took out the proposal written by himself, and the two studied it side by side.The last thing left is to let the steward do the actual operation.

In this way, the doll shop is slowly getting ready.

After deciding on the business of the shop, Jiang Zhixia let go of other things except drawing pictures.

The days passed by day by day, and the weather gradually became hotter.

This year's summer is a bit later than in previous years, and it's not until the end of April that it starts to get hotter.

But even though it was a bit late, it entered the heat of the day as soon as it got hot.

No matter the common people or noble families on the street, they all started to wear the thinnest clothes at home.

Even so, it was still very hot.

At this time, half of the ice in the official ice department had gone down.

Those with a lot of money and those with little money went to the Ice Department to buy some ice to defuse the heat—it was too hot, and there was no other way to cool off.

And those rich families also deeply felt that this summer might be a scorching heat, and they were afraid that there would not be enough ice in their ice cellars, so they hurried to the ice department to buy some ice to store in their own ice cellars.

At this time, Liu Tiankuo quietly dedicated the ice-making recipe to the emperor.

The emperor was naturally very surprised.

Even when Liu Tiankuo came back and described it to Jiang Zhixia, it became "the first time I saw the emperor's mouth open enough to put down a chicken".

Jiang Zhixia was also rather strange, why didn't Liu Tiankuo offer the ice recipe to the emperor when it was about to enter summer, instead of offering it after it was hot for a while?
Naturally, Liu Tiankuo quickly explained to his wife.

Before offering wood cotton flowers, and then offering ice recipes, this suggestion is too frequent and too eye-catching.

The second is that if it is offered at the beginning of the heat, the effect will naturally not be as good as when it is so hot.

Of course, for this ice-making recipe, Liu Tiankuo picked out Jiang Zhixia, and just made up a story about him making mistakes.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't care about the source of the prescription, he only cared more about the money produced.

That's right, anyone with a discerning eye can see the huge profits of ice making, let alone the emperor.

During the time spent with the emperor, Liu Tiankuo could be considered to have grasped some of the emperor's temperament.

He knew very well that the emperor couldn't bear the huge profits.

When presenting wood cotton flowers before, although Liu Tiankuo offered it in private, he did not turn away most of the palace officials.

He knew that cotton cotton flowers were already available in frontier places such as Yazhou.The remaining planting, spinning and selling all require a lot of manpower.

The emperor alone, or the emperor's confidantes, naturally cannot plant a large number of them.

Besides, kapok flower requires a lot of cost after all, if we really talk about profit, it's not that much. . .

But ice making is naturally different, it is a huge profit.

Therefore, when Liu Tiankuo presented the prescription this time, the emperor sent back most of the palace servants, leaving only the emperor's confidantes to wait on him.In this way, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.

If it is handed over to the Ministry of Households, it will fill the treasury.

If he is unwilling to hand it over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the emperor will ask his confidants to do it, which can fill up the private treasury.

And the emperor naturally understood what Liu Tiankuo meant, and was extremely satisfied with his understanding of emotions and interests.

One must know that if this prescription is used by the Marquis of Chengen himself, the accumulated wealth will be unimaginable.

From this point of view, Liu Tiankuo is still more loyal to him as the emperor.Can he be dissatisfied?
After all, he was a general who came out of the battlefield, and he was even more patriotic and loyal to the emperor.

Therefore, the satisfied emperor did not hand over the prescription to the Ministry of Households this time, but asked his confidants to open a special ice shop in Nanfang.

When the shop opened, everyone was naturally surprised.

As we all know, the only ones who can sell ice openly are government officials—of course, those who secretly sell ice in noble mansions are not counted.

Unexpectedly, the government came to the shop, inquired about it, invited the Shangguan to come, and then left in despair.

The shop is still open.

Everyone understood that this shop must have a very strong backstage.

While the emperor's ice shop was in full swing, Jiang Zhixia took advantage of this shareholder wind and opened another shop selling cold drinks.

As Liu Tiankuo said, the emperor will sell ice for two years alone to enrich his private treasury.After that, the emperor will still hand over the ice-making recipe to the household department.After that, using ice is naturally very simple and convenient.

This cold drink shop will not lose money no matter what.

Cold drinks are sold in summer and hot drinks are sold in winter.Of course, this is just a small business, better than nothing.

So, what kind of iced milk tea, what kind of almond cheese, what kind of iced fruit tea with various sauces, and all the drinks that she could think of that could be made with ice were quickly made.

Days passed by.

On the sixth day of May, Jiang Zhixia and Liu Tiankuo sent off Mu Rongya and Uncle Mu who were going back to Quzhou for Jiji's birthday together with the people from Cheng Enhou's residence.

The journey is long, so I would rather go early than late, so as not to delay the auspicious day, Uncle Mu and Mu Rongya set off early.

After seeing off the Mu family, Jiang Zhixia's busy and leisurely life began.

On weekdays, you have to be a housekeeper—even though there are not many housework, you should be upright and orderly. This is also taught by Mrs. Cheng Enhou.

I also have to draw various patterns.

Zhu Cuilou's jewelry now does not dare to launch four new products every month, only one new product.

After all, this is his own business, so Jiang Zhixia naturally hopes to last for a long time.

It’s all new now, what should I do if I have no ideas in the future?
Jiang Zhixia also kept the drawing of the doll shop - at least for two years, before it became his own.

Liu Tiankuo can talk, Master Huang is available.Therefore, it is natural to gather it well.

(End of this chapter)