I really don't want to take shortcuts anymore

Chapter 473: The Way of Producing Goods
When Huo Xiu spoke slowly, Luo Qianhuai scooped a honey-juiced red fruit and put it into his mouth. He had just chewed it for a few bites when he noticed the gazes of everyone and understood what they said belatedly.

Everyone present, including several ladies who were friends with Luo Qianhuai, had now heard the contempt that shone between the lines of Huo Xiu's words.

There is no one who can sit in this water pavilion who is not exquisitely beautiful. Even if you didn't notice it when you were admiring the flowers, you can probably understand it from the arrangement of seats in the water pavilion.

Although the Marquis of Xiang is just a Marquis of Guannei without a fiefdom, the Marquis is a superior person. Even if his fiancée is a daughter of an eunuch, she should be treated with the same courtesy as the Marquis. She should sit at the top of the front row. .

Mrs. Xin came from a distinguished family and had been the prime minister's wife for many years. She was very adept at official socializing and would never make such a low-level mistake.

Therefore, this arrangement of seating clearly told everyone that she extremely disliked Madam Jing.

Although Mrs. Wang, Cui Ying'er and others had some complaints about this, after all, they were now within the Xin Mansion, and they followed the rule that guests should follow the host's wishes and did not comment too much.

To go deeper, the Xin family now holds the power of the prime minister, and will soon have a queen. And judging from the current age of His Majesty, he will have at least a few more decades of wealth and prosperity. If Madam Xin gives birth to a legitimate son for the Empress, it is not impossible for the family to become a century-old aristocratic family.

In such a prosperous family, even Lady Wang, the Madam of His Majesty, would not go against Lady Xin for the sake of Lady Jing, let alone Cui Yingniang and others.

Although it is not appropriate to take sides openly, it is still okay to give suggestions in private.

As a great peasant, Lou Zhiping was in charge of the world's financial and economic power. His family received no less offerings than the Prime Minister's Mansion. Therefore, his wife and daughter also knew the taste of bear's paws. Even Yun Jin, who looked at the others with great enthusiasm, did not There is no such strong desire.

Cui Yingniang glanced at her daughter, indicating that she would wait for an opportunity to make a rescue.

It was Lou Ziyan who came forward, but the younger daughter was more charming and competitive. Even if Cui Xiu upset the face of Lady Luo Jing in public, it would be difficult for the other party to vent her anger on Lou's family.

Lou Ziyan understood and was about to open her mouth to answer when she heard Luo Qianhuai speaking.

It's strange to say, this introverted man who had been traveling with her for quite a while before and was always silent, could now speak confidently in front of a room full of guests without showing any timidity at all.

Not only that, her voice is unexpectedly sweet, like a clear spring in a valley, clear and peaceful. Although her voice is not high, it seems to flow directly to the bottom of her heart.

"Madam is right." Luo Qianhuai said calmly, "When my daughter was in the countryside of Xinzhou, even if the villagers were lucky enough to hunt bear paws, they would not be willing to taste them themselves. They would take them to the market or county to sell. The income was only a few thousand yuan, but it could greatly improve the livelihood of the family and provide them with food and clothing."

It was equivalent to answering Mrs. Xin's question and telling the origin of the delicacy.

Mrs. Xin didn't expect that she could actually recognize it.

She pursed her lips tightly and narrowed her eyes, revealing an obvious displeasure. However, few people noticed her change at this moment. Except for a few ladies who wanted Yunjin, the others were fine. Especially after knowing that the delicacy they had just tasted was actually bear paw, they even felt a little secretly happy:
Firstly, Mrs. Xin's willingness to treat guests with such luxurious treasures shows that she values ​​them; secondly, for ladies like them who grew up in Xijing, this is the first time they have heard about the life of the lower class villagers, and they find it very fresh.

Madam Wan had never thought that a little village girl could actually taste the flavor of bear paws. Could it be that such a good piece of brocade would fall into the hands of such a person? It was really a waste of natural resources.

She raised her eyes to look at the other ladies who couldn't hide their disappointment, and said with a sneer: "Mrs. Jing, this is not the village where you lived when you were a child. You have to speak over your head - the bear's paw is here There are good things in Xijing that even the rich can't buy. The braised bear paw sold at the end of the year auction at the Suiji Xinglou last year ended up costing over a thousand gold - you just said it could only be sold for a few thousand dollars. Could it be that you were just talking nonsense? Do we think we are fools?"

When she said this, the other ladies also thought it was reasonable, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

Luo Qianhuai was not surprised. Commodity circulation and economics were something that only a very small number of people in this era could understand. Most of the ladies present didn't even know arithmetic, so how could they know this?

She smiled indifferently and taught them free science: "Madam, do you know the benefits of commodity farming? Pearls of the East China Sea are collected by merchants in large dendrobiums. The price of each dendrobium is only a thousand yuan. They are shipped to Xijing to be made into hairpin ornaments. A small one can be worth gold, and a large one can be made into hairpin ornaments. The price is a hundred gold; the silk from Huzhou, the weaver girl works hard and sleeps all night, and she can get two pieces a month. It is only half a piece of gold when sold in the cloth shop, but when it is shipped to Xijing, the price is at least ten gold, and there is no upper limit. "

"The same is true of bear paws. They are rare game in the countryside, and villagers are satisfied if they can get a few thousand coins for them. Who would have thought that someone would send them all the way to Xijing on horseback, cook them repeatedly in a broth with good wine until they are soft, pour a sauce made of honey on them, and grind them into fine ice, and give them an elegant name like "Looking for Bears in the Snow" and then sell them for hundreds or thousands of times the price?"

When Luo Qianhuai said this, the ladies below were all surprised and thoughtful.

Madam Xin didn't expect Mrs. Jing to be so insightful. Not only did she easily resolve her difficulties, but she also revealed her chef's secret recipe for making bear paws in public, which really made her famous in front of everyone.

What depressed her the most was that the person who took the initiative to send the ladder to the opponent's feet was none other than herself.

This is tantamount to setting up a stage, hoping that others will make a fool of themselves, but the other party takes this opportunity to win a lot of praise.

Cui Yingniang was happy. She often listened to Lou Zhiping talk about business at home, and she knew much more about the businessmen in the world than the others present. At this moment, she looked at Luo Qianhuai with a different eye, thinking that she was not only a skilled doctor, but also had a very good vision, and was definitely not an ordinary woman.

No wonder His Majesty specially selected Madam Jing to marry Marquis Xiang. It turns out that he has a good eye for talent. From this point of view, the rumor that the young emperor disliked Marquis Xiang was mostly a rumor and could not be trusted.

However, another thought arose in Mrs. Wang's mind, and her gaze as she looked at Luo Qianhuai became somewhat hot.

The young emperor rehabilitated the Wang family. Not only did he return the confiscated properties, he also granted them many shops and farms. Unfortunately, Wang Tai was still young and she was a woman, so she didn't know how to run a business.

When the Wang family got into trouble, the people around them either stood by and watched, or added insult to injury. She didn't like the people who came to her again this time, so she couldn't find anyone to discuss how to deal with it.

But Mrs. Jing seems to be familiar with this. She is already familiar with him, and if he invites him into the house to ask Haosheng and hear what she has to say, he will probably gain something.