As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 495 Koi
After Xie Zhaozhao and Yun Qi got off the Qingfeng Tower, they went to the tall and big lamp stand by the river in front.

Yun Qi said: "They are all putting up river lanterns. You also choose one. I will buy it and we will put it up together."

"Okay."

Xie Zhaozhao looked up for a while, and suddenly saw a very unique fish-shaped lantern with a handle, so he pointed at it, "I want that!"

The waiter said with a smile: "Girl, you have good taste. That lantern is the best one on our whole lamp stand. Although it doesn't look as complicated as other palace lanterns, it has a very good meaning."

"Oh?" Yun Qi asked, "What does it mean?"

"These are koi lanterns. They were originally a pair. They symbolize good luck, health, good luck, happiness, and abundant wealth... This koi has many meanings. It is a good thing."

The shopkeeper looked at the hands held by Yun Qi and Xie Zhaozhao and said with a smile: "If you take a pair, it means that the two are in love, the harp and the harp are singing in harmony, and the white heads are inseparable."

Yun Qi smiled and said: "If you can talk to you, I want both of them."

"Hey, okay, okay, sir, please wait, I will take it off for you right away!"

Watching the shopkeeper's assistant take down the lantern, Xie Zhaozhao pulled Yun Qi's sleeve: "No wonder the shopkeeper can sell lanterns here, he is such a clever man."

Xie Zhaozhao and Yun Qi were just on the third floor of Qingfeng Building. Looking through the window, they saw that the business in front of the lampstand was better than the business in front of several other lampstands.

In fact, if you compare lanterns, everyone's lanterns look similar, but if they have more families, it proves that they are better than others.

Just now Xie Zhaozhao was chatting with Yun Qi, saying that he didn't know what they were doing.

Now Xie Zhaozhao understands a little bit.

The boss's mouth is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Moreover, he is very enthusiastic and does not hesitate to be the boss. He does everything by himself.

If you go to a store to buy something, and the boss personally introduces the service to you, it will certainly make you feel more valued than a waiter taking you to buy something, and naturally you will be more willing to spend the money.

In front of the other lamp stands, almost all of them were guys wearing blue-grey clothes, and the boss couldn't help but look like this.

Yun Qi nodded: "If you can set up a lamp stand here for shopping, you need to establish a certain relationship with the court to make it feasible."

Xie Zhaozhao asked curiously: "Why? They are not shops on this street?"

"No."

Yun Qi shook his head and said: "These lamp stands are very profitable. They will be displayed here for more than half a month. They will not be taken away until the Lantern Festival is over."

"Countless merchants in Beijing are trying hard to grab these positions. If they don't use some means, they won't be able to grab them."

Xie Zhaozhao's eyebrows moved slightly, and he heard the hidden meaning of Yun Qi's words.

At this moment, the shopkeeper and his waiters had taken down the two koi lanterns and handed them to Yun Qi and Xie Zhaozhao.

Xie Zhaozhao accepted it with a smile and asked, "How much is it?"

"Twelve taels of silver a cup."

"It's not cheap."

Xie Zhaozhao nodded slightly. At this moment, he also heard other people buying lanterns. Ordinary lanterns used to put in the river cost at least one tael of silver each.

One tael of silver is about a thousand cents, steamed buns on the street cost only three cents, and steamed buns cost two cents.

This lamp is really expensive.

The shopkeeper smiled warmly and honestly: "The rent in this area is extremely expensive, and these lamps are carefully made by specialized craftsmen. Every item is of high quality, and the gold lace on them is also made of high-quality pigments. I don't believe it." Take a look..."

"Bought it!"

Yun Qi didn't say much. He made his decision in two words, and Lin Zhen behind him paid.

Thank you so much from the shopkeeper.

Yun Qi turned to Xie Zhaozhao and asked, "Zhaozhao, would you like to choose two more river lanterns to put out?" Xie Zhaozhao took one look at them, and she was dazzled by the piles of various river lanterns.

After thinking for a moment, Xie Zhaozhao picked two eight-petal lotus lanterns. The style was simple, but each one also cost [-] yuan.

When leaving the lantern stand, neither Xie Zhaozhao nor Yun Qi carried a koi lantern in their hands. They couldn't help but look around and found that there were many people holding lanterns, but there were obviously more people putting out river lanterns than holding lanterns.

She quickly calculated in her mind that one lamp cost five hundred taels, and ten lanterns equaled [-] taels of silver. With so many people, one lantern for each person. The lanterns on the streets, plus those floating in the river, amounted to tens of thousands of taels of silver at least. .

This is just one night...

Although the shopkeeper made ridiculous claims about the koi lantern, Xie Zhaozhao took a look and found that the materials were ordinary and the cost was very low.

The profit of this light stand in one night is really terrible.

"Come."

Just when Xie Zhaozhao was thinking wildly, his wrist was held by Yun Qi.

Xie Zhaozhao was pulled forward by him for a few steps until he reached a deserted place by the river.

Yun Qi helped Xie Zhaozhao hold on to the hem of the overly long cloak, half-crouched by the river, took the fire breakers from Lin Zhen's hand, and gave Lin Zhen another wink.

Lin Zhen understood and left, and after a while he borrowed a pen.

"What should I write..." Xie Zhaozhao thought for a while and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper said it beautifully. I hope it will be as he said, so just write this..."

After saying that, Xie Zhaozhao wrote seriously on the note, "We will never leave each other until we grow old."

She handed the pen to Yun Qi: "Here you go."

Yun Qi almost didn't think about it. With a flick of his wrist, a few words appeared on the paper - "Beginning with Zhao Zhao".

Xie Zhaozhao carefully picked up the candle waiting inside and pressed the note under the candle.

Yun Qi lit the candles on both lamps, and then the two of them put the river lanterns into the water together, watching the lamps float farther and farther away and merge into the river lanterns.

Xie Zhaozhao leaned gently on Yun Qi's shoulder.

I hope everything goes as they wish, and this time the two of them can grow old together.

Yun Qi hugged her and led her to stand up, "I've asked someone to prepare a boat. Do we want to take the boat to watch the show later?"

"Alright."

Xie Zhaozhao was not very free yet. It was so busy outside and it was rare for her to relax. Of course she was not willing to let go of this opportunity to have fun.

The two left the river bank hand in hand, and soon arrived at the boat prepared by Yun Qi.

The building has two floors, neither big nor small.

The floor in the cabin hall was covered with fine Western carpets, and a few side dishes and two bottles of wine were placed on the round table.

Yun Qi took off Xie Zhaozhao's cloak and led Xie Zhaozhao forward to sit down.

The show hasn't even started yet, but the cabin is already very warm due to the charcoal fire, and you can barely feel any air conditioning.

Xie Zhaozhao didn't want to eat yet, so he took the koi lantern and sat down on an armchair by the window. He shook the handle left and right and played with it. The koi lantern seemed to be swimming around in the water under the control of the silk thread under the handle. Moved.

Xie Zhaozhao got excited and said, "This thing is really unique, but it's not as expensive as ten taels of silver a cup."

The maid in the house only has two taels of silver a month, which is a lot.

If an ordinary person goes out to work, just one or two taels a month is already a big deal.

This lantern worth ten taels of silver was extremely expensive, but many people bought it.

(End of this chapter)