First Concubine

Chapter 211 Fierce business war (5)

“Happy New Year, Miss.” Zhi Fan also smiled and saluted, and then, Mother Zhong and Ye Maogang came in with hot water. Shui Linglong hugged her brother and scanned every corner of the room with a smiling gaze. Nothing had really changed, but something really seemed to be missing. After breakfast, Shui Linglong called Xiao Qiuyan to play with her sister and brother, while she went to Qingyouyuan with the drawings.

In Qingyou Courtyard, Leng Youru and Brother Hao ate around a small round table. Brother Hao was five years old, so Leng Youru adjusted his diet a little, adding more grains and meat. Today's breakfast is mushroom and chicken porridge, corn egg pancakes, shrimp tofu, stir-fried vegetable greens, steamed sweet potatoes, marinated donkey meat, butter buns, green onion rolls, and a small cup of goat milk recommended by Shui Linglong. Brother Hao carefully ate the breakfast that Leng Youru gave him. Finally, he dried the goat's milk, and there was a circle of white foam around his lips.

Leng Youru chuckled, took out a handkerchief and wiped his lips: "We don't have to go to school today. Cen'er will take you to my great-grandmother's yard to play for a while."

 Brother Hao's eyes dimmed, and he was obviously unhappy. Leng Youru tightened the button on his chest, and Yun Danfeng said softly: "It's not like I won't come back if I don't pick you up. Your great-grandmother is old and needs someone to accompany you. Don't you like to eat sweets? I'm not here, so no one cares about you. ”

Brother Hao frowned and became more and more unhappy! Leng Youru took the small cloak and put it on for him, and called Cen'er: "Send Mr. Biao to Tian'anju."

Brother Hao looked at Leng Youru blankly, but Leng Youru picked up the account book and started to settle the accounts. Cen'er led Brother Hao out, and not long after, Shui Linglong and Mu Hua came one after another.

 “Happy New Year, concubine!” The two of them saluted Leng Youru. Leng Youru raised a faint smile and pointed to the chair opposite: “Happy New Year, everyone, please sit down.”

“Thank you, concubine.” The two of them sat down on carved sandalwood chairs. In the middle was a small square table that was flush with the armrests. The maid served hot tea.

Leng Youru got straight to the point and said, "In two days, all the shops in the capital will open for business. Do you have any good suggestions?" She cast her eyes on the scrolls in their hands.

Shui Linglong and Mu Hua also noticed each other's things, but Mu Hua spoke first: "I want to hear my sister-in-law's opinion."

Shui Linglong smiled and nodded, and said, “My idea is to build a pedestrian street.”

Mu Hua raised his eyebrows, and Shui Linglong added: "Li Jing's management model and industry categories are very novel and unique. We won't be able to train so many professional talents for a while. Since we can't match him in terms of service and novelty, we will create it." Convenience' advantage."

"Pedestrian street? I've never heard of this. Is it only possible to walk, no cars allowed?" Leng Youru asked Shui Linglong with doubts.

Shui Linglong nodded. She learned this trick from Xun Feng: "I have already thought about which street to buy a shop on. It's South 2nd Road. There are 58 shops on South 2nd Road, and our Zhuge family takes up 30 of them." If we only need to buy the remaining twenty-four, then this street will be ours.”

Mu Hua’s thick eyebrows are twitching again! Leng Youru didn't notice anything strange about Mu Hua, and only asked Shui Linglong: "Then, will Li Jing also buy a shop on the street to fight against us?"

Shui Linglong said confidently: "In terms of location, there is no place in the capital better than South Second Road." She spread the drawings on the table next to Leng Youru, "Look, concubine, from the east end of South Second Road To the west end, there are snack bars, restaurants, silk and satin shops, and embroidery buildings..."

Looking at the intricate architectural drawings and listening to Shui Linglong's methodical explanation, Leng Youru's eyes lit up. After thinking about it for a while, she asked Xiang Mu Hua: "What about you? What do you think?"

 Mu Hua also spread out the drawings. The plans inside were similar to Shui Linglong's, and he couldn't tell who's was better. Leng Youru smiled: "What a coincidence, you guys actually thought of going together."

Mu Hua looked at Shui Linglong approvingly. He hadn't looked closely at her before, so Mu Hua didn't think Shui Linglong's appearance was very attractive. Now that he looked at her again, he realized that she seemed... really beautiful. Mu Hua's heartbeat suddenly accelerated: "Well, um...how...how do I put it? It's not very similar. I don't agree with buying a shop."

Shui Linglong raised her eyebrows: "If you don't want to buy a shop, then why are you drawing these architectural plans?"

Mu Hua said: "Buy a street! We buy the street, decorate the appearance of the shops in the street according to a unified style, and then rent it out. What we earn is rent. The profit or loss of the shop is the business of the merchant, and we are not responsible for any Risk. Of course, in order to ensure the adequacy of customer sources, we must adopt a series of publicity methods..."

 Three days later, the Beijing First Street plan was officially launched. Six construction teams worked overnight and completed all decoration construction at the end of January. Shui Linglong invited the third princess to personally write the plaque of "The First Street in the Capital" and hung it high on the grand door. The management of First Street was given full responsibility to Mu Hua. Mu Hua was so busy that he started the business of First Street bit by bit. In order to facilitate Mu Hua's work, Leng Youru specially built a separate outer study for him near the flower hall. The accounts and planning plans of First Street were all reviewed and kept by him personally.

Zhi Fan curled his lips when he heard this: "Miss, you are not just thinking nonsense. The princess thinks so highly of my uncle, what if my uncle absconds with the money? Then the Zhuge family will be completely paralyzed!"

Shui Linglong slowly drank the tea in her hand: "Didn't you see that the princess followed a little tail wherever she went? The princess had pinpointed Mu Hua's lifeline, so she could rest assured to leave everything to Mu Hua. Mu Hua really wanted to donate money and abscond. Unless he doesn’t want his son anymore.”

March 30th, the quarterly settlement, one after another account books were continuously delivered to the outer study. Mu Hua counted from early morning to dusk without even taking a bite of food. Just when he was about to fill his stomach first, something went wrong in the pharmacy. He didn't care about eating and hurriedly got into the carriage at the mansion.

After learning the news, Leng Youru and Shui Linglong went to the outer study room to help. When they arrived at the outer study room, they found that Qiao Hui was also here.

Qiao Hui smiled gently: "I think the second brother-in-law seems to be very busy these days, so I came over to see if I can contribute a little bit."

 Leng Youru nodded: "Come in!"

Qiao Hui took Shui Linglong's hand and walked into the study with her. Also coming was Brother Hao. He sat obediently next to Leng Youru and played with the Rubik's Cube. Although he had changed a lot in the past six months, he still refused to speak. His initial fear of Shui Linglong also faded over time. As time went by, his treatment of Shui Linglong was no different from his treatment of Qiao Hui.

Shui Linglong saw that he seemed to be in a good mood today, so she asked him in a low voice while no one was paying attention: "Brother Hao, let me ask you, have you seen me before you entered the house? Well, or my portrait?"

 Brother Hao thought about it carefully and then shook his head.

Have you never seen this before or do you not remember it? Shui Linglong sighed secretly, opened an account book, and made a calculation. Leng Youru and Qiao Hui also joined her, and soon the sound of abacus beads clinking could be heard in the room.

 Time passes little by little, and in a blink of an eye, the moon is on the branches. Brother Hao yawned and felt a little tired. He glanced at Leng Youru who was attentive and said nothing. He walked to the yard to play on the swing. Leng Youru said hurriedly: "Follow me and keep an eye on Mr. Cen." Er agreed and ran out after Brother Hao.

Shui Linglong was so busy doing her work that she didn't notice this episode, but Qiao Hui stopped what she was doing and looked at Leng Youru, and then at the swaying curtain at the door. She felt that... the princess was a little different from what she had in mind.

 After calculating all the accounts, the three women looked at each other and smiled, feeling as if they had won the battle together.

Qiao Hui couldn't help but praise: "The second brother-in-law is so awesome. The business in the shop has declined like that, but he still has a way to turn things around. My mother and the eldest princess have also been to the No. 1 Street in the World. They are full of praise!"

There is no water in these words. Who in the capital today doesn’t know the No. 1 Street in the World, and who doesn’t know Mu Hua? There is little left of the limelight that Li Jing earned a year ago, and now everyone on the streets is talking about this new generation of business genius.

Shui Linglong also showed admiration in her eyes: "Yes, you don't have to choose what to do. If you are willing to work hard and rush forward, Li Jing doesn't want his life, and he doesn't want it." This was the first time in her previous life that she could see Xun Feng in the economic field. and capable people who compete with each other in fighting spirit.

Leng Youru's eyes also overflowed with a smile. She laid out the account books meticulously, even the rolled corners, page by page: "How is Xiao Yu doing?"

Shui Linglong said warmly: "We have forced the enemy out of the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Whether we want to take advantage of the victory and pursue it depends on the emperor's will."

Leng Youru smiled with satisfaction: "They are all good."

At this moment, Brother Hao rushed in, sweating profusely from playing, just in time to hear Leng Youru’s last words. He stood beside Leng Youru and stared at her blankly. Leng Youru touched his head: "You are good too." Brother Hao blushed and ran out of the house! The three women looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

 (End of this chapter)