Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 54 Something Happened

The most lively event in Jinling City today is the long-distance race around the city at the end of August. The streets and alleys are discussing the number of applicants and the huge canvas paintings posted all over the city.Not only the outsiders who have just entered the city find it novel, but the old residents in the city like to watch in groups.

Tong Hui of Changhuai Painting Academy regretted his death. Song Xinyi, manager of Lianghexuan, approached him to discuss cooperation. As long as Changhuai Painting Academy would lower the cost of high-skilled painters to draw long-distance paintings for long-distance races, the prominent position on the scroll would be signed by the painting academy name.

He scoffed at the time, and at the same time worried that if these paintings caused any trouble in the future, the Changhuai Academy of Painting might take part in them, so he didn't agree due to various concerns.In the end, Song Xin chose the most ordinary painter and signed a contract with him. Lianghexuan bought out all the paintings and paid all the money in one lump sum. , and reproduce these paintings for other purposes.

400 taels is not a small amount for ordinary painters. Although it was half of the price he had proposed at the beginning, Tong Hui still signed the contract readily.It's all right now, Lianghexuan's handwriting was much bigger than he imagined, and it completely shocked his cognition, and the government not only didn't say anything, but also arrested a few gangsters who wanted to destroy the painting.

The long paintings on canvas all over the city are not very advanced, and the pictures are not delicate, but this kind of painting is meant to be viewed from a distance.The pavilions, towers and pavilions of Jinling, the shadows of the trees in the morning light, the streets and alleys in the moonlight, the Luming Temple in the winter snow...all are presented before your eyes, and all of these have nothing to do with the Changhuai Painting Academy. The date and the three wild characters of Lianghexuan.

Tong Hui vomited blood so badly, if he said anything now, others would be skeptical.But he had an appointment with Lianghexuan, and he couldn't ask the painters to make another copy to prove himself.

Lu Xuewen entered Jinling again after more than half a month, and was taken aback by the changes in the city.On the way back to his home in Jinling, he asked the coachman to slow down, rolled up the curtains, and admired the long canvas paintings along the road bit by bit.In addition to admiring Cheng Fu's idea, he also had to wonder how rich Lianghexuan was.

However, the real situation is that under Song Xinyi's shameless bargaining method, the artist's fee and material fee did not exceed 1000 taels.

"Boss, Lianghexuan is open today. Miss Cheng just left for a while. Let me call you back. I will meet you at Lianghexuan tomorrow." The young servant who rushed to deliver the greeting card in advance reported outside the carriage, panting.

"understood."

The news of Gu Yanya didn't make Cheng Fu think for too long. After she put the letter on the little brother's desk, she went out again.First went to the tavern to explain to the two stewards to customize the Mid-Autumn Festival gift box, and then returned to Lianghexuan to follow up on various matters of the long-distance race.

"Now the number of registration points has been increased to four, there are cases of repeated registration, and the three clerks have to check repeatedly every day." Song Xinyi said to Wu Ying.

"If you don't have enough manpower, please, and you can promote those who can use them well first, so that you don't have to worry about everything." Anyway, with Cheng Fu's style of being persistent about money and not caring about money, Lianghexuan will have to do it for a long time in the future. Keep recruiting talents.

The two were discussing the details when Cheng Fu's carriage stopped outside the door.

"Why are you back?" Wu Ying felt that she should take a good rest, after all, she was still too young.

"I was almost delayed by something, let's go upstairs and tell you." Cheng Fu stepped up the polished stairs first.

Wu Ying and Song Xinyi looked at each other and followed.

The closer the competition is, the more lively Jinling City will be. Cheng Fu intends to form a food alliance, but specifically, she will do it in one area, or directly cooperate with merchants. She is far less familiar with Jinling's business atmosphere than Wu Ying and Song Xinyi, who were born and bred. So their opinion needs to be sought.

According to her idea, circle a piece of land, encourage merchants to sign up, and then go to set up a stall to sell their main food.And Lianghexuan is responsible for selling vouchers to tourists. Afterwards, the merchants will use the vouchers received to settle with Lianghexuan, and Lianghexuan will return [-]% of the money according to the face value.In this way, merchants can promote their own delicacies, and Lianghexuan can also make a lot of money.

But venue is an issue.

Wu Ying thought for a moment, "I don't think it should be limited to food..."

Capital
Xu Ye came out of the Imperial Academy yawning, and saw Guang Zhi standing not far away, waiting for him with a short stick in his arms.He also gave in, fearing that he would be set up by various forces, Guang Zhi and his father Xu Ze came to pick him up personally every now and then.

"I'm not a three-year-old child." The boy quietly loosened his official uniform and complained.

Guangzhi didn't say a word, but raised his chin at a restaurant not far away.Xu Ye looked along and saw someone watching him sneakily at the door. There were two well-dressed middle-aged men sitting on the second floor, one of whom he recognized was the Seventh Prince's aide.

"It should be released earlier." The boy said in a deep voice.

Although you can't avoid these right and wrong in a foreign land, it's better than in the capital, where your every move is being scrutinized, which is too annoying.

"Bear for another six months, and I will accompany you wherever you want." Guangzhi put his arms around the young man's seemingly thin shoulders.

"Or don't, my father can't do without you." Xu Ze faced far more ups and downs than he did.

Guangzhi twitched the corner of his mouth, "Him? Let's fend for ourselves."

Xu Ye shook his head helplessly, thinking: The trivial matters between brothers and sisters are no more worry-free than those between men and women.Guang Zhi disliked Xu Ze all day long, and Xu Ze also disliked him.Xu Ye was caught in the middle. When he was young, he was always seen by the two of them. After finally growing up, he had someone he cared about, so he didn't have the time to care about their trivial matters.Anyway, it's not that the two are really in conflict, it's just that life is too boring, and they are old bachelors, looking for trouble for nothing.

Back home, Pangshi and Tianshi hid their knives behind each other through the wall as usual, and the uncle and cousins ​​also hid in their own rooms as usual.Xu Ye rubbed his calloused ears, and quickly returned to the boundary of Wufang like Guangzhi avoiding the plague, and entered Xu Ze's study.

Xu Ze closed the file, "People from Jinling came to hear that your little girl is running a long-distance race around the city. It's quite lively."

"Oh..." want to go.Every time we talked about Cheng Fu, the boy would sigh.

Xu Ze smiled angrily, "Come here."

"I have no strength." Xu Ye lay flat on the bed, his eyes glazed over, and he lacked energy.

Guangzhi poked him with the stick in his hand, and he turned impatiently, with his back to them.

"Xue Youzhi won't be able to stay in Jinling next year. His position is very sought after now. You have an amazing father who asked you to have a colleague." Holding a teacup in his hand, Xu Ze spoke softly, as if saying something A trivial matter.

"!" Xu Ye suddenly sat up.

"It's not that I can't win you the position of magistrate, but you are too young, and there are always people who want to talk, which is of no benefit to you. As far as I know, the position of the crown prince has already been determined..." Xu Ze breathed a sigh of relief at this point, "It doesn't matter It doesn't matter who will be above you in the end, just enjoy yourself in Jinling." It is enough for the Xu family to have him as a target in court.One day when he gets tired and wants to retire, Xu Ye will naturally take over and do better than him.

Xu Ye stopped wearing his shoes, and obediently walked to Xu Ze's side, thinking that his father would at most send him to the nearby Yangzhou, but unexpectedly it was Jinling.

"By the way, before the release, if anyone else wants to contact you, you push them all away, and don't go out if you have nothing to do."

"What is the emperor going to do again?" He was only compiling by the Imperial Academy. If he didn't deliberately understand it, the rain of swords, lights and swords in the court would not easily pass into his ears.

"Old in the month."

"..."

Xu Ze raised his forehead, "Today he has listed the marriage-age children of princes and ministers, and wants to match princesses and princesses. He is also particularly concerned about whether you get what you want. If not, he will marry his daughter to you. "He didn't expect his son's reputation to be like that, and to be so memorable.He couldn't help asking Emperor Chengqi today, is there no other high-school disciples in this capital except Xu Ye?

"..."

What Xu Ze didn't tell Xu Ye was that the emperor had had this idea for a long time, and everyone inside and outside the palace wanted to settle the marriage of their children before the emperor messed up the mandarin ducks.Even though the Ning family and the Xu family were completely torn apart, there was no room for change, but the Ning family was not the only one who fell in love with his son.Those princes and eldest princesses were also very curious about Xu Ye.

"I promised the emperor that I will marry you in two years. The emperor just stopped thinking about it." At that time, Emperor Chengqi's face collapsed, and now he doesn't want to think about it.

"Pfft..." Guang Zhi couldn't hold back when he heard the word "marriage".

But Xu Ye thought about other aspects, "Will it be bad for us?" Any marriage with the royal family will raise the tide of the family, even if the royal family has no real power and only a name, it will be very different from the past.

Xu Ze didn't care at all, "It's not me who is anxious." He has already reached this position, as long as he keeps steady himself, nothing will happen, and the final result is that he will successfully sit on the position of right minister after a few years.Of course, Xu Ye's worries are not unfounded. For example, some people may not want him to live until the day when the right prime minister steps down.

Xu Ye looked at Guangzhi, "Jinling, I'll go by myself."

Xu Ze and Guang Zhi were stunned at the same time, and finally they both smiled helplessly, "Silly boy."

Jinling
After Lu Xuewen went back, he made improvements according to the suggestions in Cheng Fushi's handbook. He adjusted the display of the shop, and his embroidery was no longer rigid to the tradition. Just come up.The embroidery shop in Suzhou was always paying attention to the movements of the Lu family, and when they heard that he had received expert advice in Jinling, everyone inquired about Jinling.I don't know if I didn't inquire about it, it turned out that Jinling was going to hold a grand event, and the Lu family also got an excellent business space, but they even missed the ordinary business space released to the public behind the government.

In just half a month, Lu Xuewen became a famous figure in Suzhou again, and he was very embarrassing.

"Why Suzhou?"

Among the ideas Cheng Fu gave him, one of them was to hang a [-]-foot embroidery for a long-distance race. The material does not have to be very good, but the color must be eye-catching, and the theme is based on Suzhou characteristics. .What Lu Xuewen didn't understand was that they were participating in the long-distance race in Jinling, so why did they choose Suzhou as the topic.

"By that time, people in Jinling will be bored with looking at things related to Jinling. Besides, you are the only one of the Suzhou firms participating in this event that promotes embroidery products. There is no comparison with your counterparts in Suzhou. In the eyes of outsiders, the Lu family is Suzhou. A representative of embroidery." Is this not good?

Lu Xuewen suddenly realized.

In addition, Cheng Fu also asked him to arrange several high-level craftsmen. The young and beautiful embroiderers were beautifully dressed and sat in the shop that day, teaching tourists to embroider some simple and interesting patterns for free.There is no need to show unique embroidery skills, and the focus is on the fun of patterns.Being noticed is success.After all, the Lu family doesn't rely on one or two days of grand gatherings for their livelihood, what Lu Xuewen wants is to make a comeback.

"In fact, most of the people who pay attention to embroidery work are women. It will be more effective if there are beautiful men who are good at embroidery work." Cheng Fu scratched his nose, and consciously turned his eyes to Wu Ying who was next to him, imagining how beautiful Wu was sitting quietly. Doing embroidery there is really pleasing to the eye.

"Turn around." Wu Ying glared at her.

The three discussed in detail about this competition for half a day. Lu Xuewen asked all the questions he wanted to ask, and asked someone to record them carefully, and brought them back to Suzhou for preparation in a few days.

"How did I hear that you were looking for Xiufang?" Wu Ying looked down from upstairs, and Lu Xuewen got into the carriage in a good mood.

"The Lu family is in Suzhou, so it's not suitable." She requested a large amount this time, and the work had to be detailed. Given the current busyness of the Lu family, she might not be able to deliver the goods in a short time.And Jinling has a lot of good Xiufang, she can contract to three or four at the same time, saving time and worry.

"Let me tell you, let me join your tavern." Wu Ying turned around and stood by the window, playing with a string of ornaments around her waist.

Cheng Fu put down the pen in his hand, "Do you know why I opened the tavern?"

"Do you like writing scripts?" Wu Ying only knew that the scripts were written by her, and Cheng Han was in charge of perfecting them. It seemed that Cheng Han was too busy now, and asked the poor students of Yubei Academy to write some of them. Cheng Han The pay is quite high.

Cheng Fu rolled his eyes at him, "Because I have no money."

"Huh?" What does this have to do with money?How can it be opened in the capital without money.Of course, the last time he went to the capital was many years ago, and he didn't know how small the "Youjian Tavern" in the capital was.

"At first I wanted to open a teahouse."

Wu Ying raised her eyebrows, this is indeed more expensive than the investment in the tavern.

Opening an ordinary teahouse, the income is not very good, and it is easy to become a place where you spend a few pennies for a day.If you open it better, it is a bottomless pit.Cheng Fu was just the unfavored lady of the Gu family back then, and she really didn't have such great skills.

"So you mean to open a teahouse?" Wu Ying grasped the point.

"Actually, there are other things, but I've been too busy recently. Let's talk about it after the long-distance race." Now it's the long-distance race of Lianghexuan, and I have to take care of the tavern. Come on, her energy is too much.

Seeing her explaining, Wu Ying felt a little anxious, "I'm not trying to help you make money, I'm..."

Cheng Fu interrupted him, "I know, I know, you think I'm not bad."

"...You just need to understand." Wu Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't think so much, I like you too." She and Wu Ying can only be collaborators, friends or relatives in this life.

Wu Ying understood what she meant, and sighed inwardly, this is good, this is enough.

When the two were talking, Luo Xing, who had gone downstairs to eat candy, suddenly came up and said seriously: "Ma Xiaodong has an accident."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Ying's servant also ran up, not noticing the expressions of several people, and anxiously said: "Mrs. Wen is here."

Wu Ying frowned, no matter what happened, the little girl remained calm, "Go down and deal with it."

"I'll get rid of her soon." He hadn't paid attention to the Wu family's news for a long time, and he almost forgot about this group of people. He didn't expect that someone would dare to come to the door.

After Wu Ying left, Cheng Fu asked Luo Xing, "What's going on?"

"I ran into people sent by Qian Shan downstairs. Ma Xiaodong was blocked by Yao Liyu's people on his way to work, and now he can't afford to be injured."

"Have you invited the doctor yet?"

"The person who came said that he has been invited, but Ma Xiaodong may not be able to go to work tonight." The person who reported the letter said that Ma Xiaodong was covered in blood from the beating and lost two teeth. It is not yet known whether it will affect his speech.

(End of this chapter)