Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 256

At night, Ning Qing tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

Hui Ping, who was sleeping on the low couch, couldn't help feeling a little worried: "Miss, is there something wrong? Your injuries haven't healed yet."

Ning Qing rubbed her chest, and it was almost healed, leaving a scar deeper than her face, and it still hurt a little when pressed.

"It's not a wound, I'm thinking about opening a shop."

Hui Ping said: "What's there to think about, wouldn't it be nice to open a dessert shop?"

After Huiping finished speaking, her face changed, and she secretly regretted it.Because when leaving Tiansheng Song Zhuo's private house, Ning Qing said that she gave Song Zhuo the sweetness of the world as a medicine fee, so the girl will definitely not do this again, so as not to get involved with Song Zhuo again.

Hui Ping quickly changed the subject: "The girl is not going to be a landowner. According to the slaves, it is better to find a village, buy a few hundred acres of land for rent, and build a small manor in the village. This is honest and simple."

Ning Qing was silent for a while: "We'll talk about it tomorrow when Brother Shui comes."

At noon the next day, he rode in a simple and unpretentious carriage, and he was wearing ordinary silk clothes, but it was hard to hide his beauty.

When he got out of the carriage, Zhao Yufeng, who was in the opposite room, leaned on the crack of the door and stared at him.

How did Shui Jingnian know that there was a peeping person, knocked on the door, and He's mother welcomed him into the house.

"Brother Shui, you're here." Ning Qing greeted her.

"On the first day you moved here, I'm afraid you haven't put a lot of things in place. No, I'll ask someone to move some as long as I'm going down."

Pingxing and Huiping are downloading things.Shui Jingnian entered the living room with Ning Qing while Ning Qing dismissed the servants.

"Since you are here, I want to discuss with you about opening a shop."

"So fast?" Shui Jingnian said, "Take care of your body first."

"No more. It's already June and it's hot!" Ning Qing said while shaking her fan.

"What does this have to do with the hot weather?" Shui Jingnian asked curiously. "What business do you want?"

"Ice making!"

"Ice making?" Shui Jingnian was taken aback, and then he was shocked: "Do you know how to do this?"

"I will." Ning Qing said: "Although my family is rich and well-educated, my grandparents are from the village. Even if my mother makes money, she is unwilling to move to the city. One summer my mother took me to Look at grandma, it’s so hot, there is no air conditioner, so my grandpa uses saltpeter to make ice. I was curious, so I asked him to teach me.”

Shui Jingnian chuckled: "You are amazing, the little girl can make desserts, draw pictures, and make ice."

Ning Qing was a little flattered by his praise, and ran on him: "Then what do you know? Can you cook?"

"I can't cook." Shui Jingnian hehehe: "Brother can make cannons and bazookas!"

The corner of Ning Qing's mouth twitched, well, pretend she never said that!

"Are you sure, really making ice?" Shui Jingnian put a smile on his face and looked at her seriously.

"To do."

"If you do it, there's really no going back."

Ning Qing nodded.

In this era, ice in summer is a luxury, only nobles can afford it!And not every noble can use it all the time!In many cases, even noble ladies or young ladies can only put a small bucket in the house when it is the hottest.Which noble would sell ice with it!

Therefore, if Ning Qing can really make ice, the whole Zhanjing might explode!
And Ning Qing's net worth will rise by leaps and bounds. Coupled with the huge profits brought by ice making, she will become the new darling of the entire business world!
"Although this is very profitable, luck and misfortune depend on each other, and many unnecessary troubles will follow." Shui Jingnian said. "Or, you can just open a shop and make a little money."

"Don't be afraid of trouble." Ning Qing shook her head: "Because Brother Shui, you are a trouble. You are born of a concubine, even if you don't fight or snatch, someone will attack you. At the beginning, no matter how difficult it was, you never gave up looking for it. Me, now, how can you tell me to abandon you and hide in the side to live quietly."

Shui Jingnian was moved in his heart: "Ning'er..."

"Besides..." Ning Qing turned her head to look at him: "Why do I have to hide in a small mountain village to live an ordinary life, and why do I have to stand aloof from the world? I'm a person who wants to be astonishing and stunning, and I can fight the world!"

"That's right." Shui Jingnian's blood boiled a little after she said it.

"The weather is getting hotter and hotter now, we need to find the saltpeter as soon as possible."

"You are not familiar with the place, so let me find the shop."

Shui Jingnian immediately called Pingxing and asked him to take someone to find the shop.And he planned to go up the mountain with Ning Qing to find saltpeter.

Because Ning Qing's body was weak, and of course, Shui Jingnian's body was not much stronger, so he asked Shui Jingnian's most trusted guards to carry the sedan chair up the mountain.

After searching for two full days, Ning Qing finally found a large amount of saltpeter on a mountain outside Zhanjing, and Ning Qing immediately bought the entire mountain and even a piece of hilltop.

The shop Pingxing found in Zhanjing found a shop in Beihuai Street, which is the second busiest.

The shop is neither big nor small. It used to be an embroidery shop, but it closed down because it couldn't keep going.Ning Qing asked someone to decorate, but no one cared, until the signboard was put up!The name of the shop is very straightforward and simple, it is called - ice shop!

As soon as this signboard was hung up, it caused an uproar from the surrounding attention.

"Whose shop is this that actually sells ice?"

"Which big noble family sold it?"

"What kind of aristocrats, even the royal family, can't have enough ice to sell! This ice is not easy to hide, it's not even enough for your own use, so how can you sell it!"

"But... what's going on here?"

"It must be a sensationalist! Maybe they only sell some jelly or mats!"

This shop is the joke of some people after tea.

In the best restaurant in Zhanjing - Wanxing Building, a man and a woman are walking through the lobby.The man was dressed in light blue clothes, about 20 years old, with a handsome appearance and gentle eyebrows.

The girl is sixteen or seventeen years old, she is dressed in a flowery dress with pale yellow makeup, her head is full of emeralds and emeralds, her face is as big as a palm, her skin is fair and beautiful, and her chin is pointed.

The girl covered her mouth and smiled when she heard the people in the hall talking: "Ice shop! What a silly name. Our Su family dare not boast about such a big mouth!"

The man smiled faintly, with disdain in his smile, turned around and went upstairs first.

No matter what the outside world thinks, Ning Qing's ice shop has already caught up with the schedule.

For the shop, Ning Qing bought eight more people.Four men lined up on the front of the store were in charge of selling ice, and four men and women were in charge of making ice in the back.All eight signed the deed of sale.

Ning Qing looked at the four people in charge of making ice, her eyes under the veil curved into a smile: "I will teach you ice-making techniques in a while, but don't think about leaking it secretly, so I can't find it! Anyway, leaking Those who go out, the four of them will be tortured together!"

The four of them shuddered.

Ning Qing brought the four of them into the small room, and Hui Ping had already prepared two pots, one big and one small.

Ning Qing poured some water into the big basin, then put the small basin in it, filled the small basin with clean water, and then saw Ning Qing holding a pack of white with crystal yellow in it, similar to coarse salt Things are poured into the big basin.

Something magical happened!

I saw the water in the small basin slowly froze, and a cold air came out.

"It can really make ice!" Hui Ping and those four gasped.

Huiping touched it with her hand excitedly: "It's really ice!"

Ning Qing smiled, and said to the four people: "I will leave the ice-making work to you in the future."

"How much can you set for a barrel?" Shui Jingnian said.

Ning Qing thought for a while: "Ten taels of silver, how about it?"

"The price is moderate, and ordinary rich people can afford it. And ice is a rarity in summer, so I believe many rich people would like it!" Shui Jingnian said, "You don't make small profits but sell more? Or sell it for five taels of silver, or two taels of silver. .”

Ning Qing shook her head: "Just wait! Selling ice is enough to attract people's attention, but if it's so cheap, it will attract people's eyes even more."

"What date can you book to open?"

"June [-]th!"

"Okay, then wait until June [-]th. I'll go back to the palace first."

After Shui Jingnian left the Anning Garden, Zhao Yufeng, who was opposite, was lying on the crack of the door to watch again.

After Shui Jingnian left, Zhao Yufeng came to knock on the door.

Mother He opened the door: "Miss Zhao, what's the matter?"

Zhao Yufeng said: "I want to go shopping with your girl. We only moved in not long ago. There are no girls of the same age nearby. I want to play with your girl."

Ning Qing was bringing out the eight newly bought people. Zhao Yufeng opened his eyes wide when he saw it: "This is your servant again?"

"That's right." Ning Qing nodded, "What's the matter? Huiping, put these people in place first."

"Yes." Hui Ping led those people to the back room.

When the spring rolls were served with tea, Zhao Yufeng curled her lips: "Are you alone in this family? I counted, and there are eleven people in your family, and now I have bought eight more. Do you need so many people to serve you alone?" ?”

Ning Qing said: "It's useful. What's your business?"

Zhao Yufeng choked, and said again: "I've always wanted to play with you, but I've seen you rushing in and out these past few days. By the way, who is that son who keeps looking for you?"

Seeing Zhao Yufeng's shy and timid look, Ning Qing was a little funny, Brother Shui's peach blossoms are here!But the grade of this rotten peach blossom is too low!
He just smiled and said: "He is my partner, I recognize him as my brother. He is the son of a great nobleman, he is very romantic, has a lot of wives and concubines, and he likes to play with the hearts of young girls, and then kicks other girls away He has power, and those poor girls he dumped have nowhere to cry! How pathetic!"

Zhao Yufeng didn't believe it: "You lied to me! Otherwise, how dare you go with him!"

Ning Qing smiled: "Your brother didn't tell you that I'm ugly? Because I'm ugly, I'm safe. How can he like me! I dare to do business with him."

Zhao Yufeng froze for a moment, and walked away with a pale face.

Soon on June [-]th, the ice shop opened.

Ning Qing came to the scene in person, and Shui did not come for many years.Because he is a prince, if he holds this technology himself and participates in the shares, he may be ginsenged. Such an important technology is not reported!
Many people in Zhanjing have almost forgotten the joke about the ice shop. Only the residents or shops around the ice shop know about it.

A few days before the opening, things were being moved in the store one after another, and an announcement of the opening on June [-] was pasted outside the store.The signboard was also covered by a red cloth.

(End of this chapter)