In the distance, a magnificent and imposing carriage sped towards them.

Although there was no honor guard, everyone knew whose carriage it was!

The carriage had royal markings, and those four carriages were definitely not for ordinary people.

"Avoid, avoid"

The guards cleared the way, and the common people quickly moved to the side of the road, kneeling down involuntarily as they saw the carriage.

However, Guan Yingying, who was standing at the door shouting, didn't care about the old ways.

She opened her business and made money without breaking the law. Others can kneel if they want, but she would rather die than kneel to anyone.

"Gifts for relatives and elders show that kinship knows no bounds; gifts for friends and superiors show that friendship lasts forever."

"Zhang San buys ice for Zhang San to use, but Li Si doesn't buy any and gets sick from the heat. You feel ashamed to lend someone ice, so you might as well buy your own."

"Walk forward, stand forward, you can't see if you're too far away. Pick whatever you like, it's a bargain if you don't take it."

"Strike while the iron is hot; opportunities don't come every day. Zhang San brings it, Li Si brings it; no one else sells it except my family."

"Walk east street, walk west street, think about whether you have any at home? Look with your eyes, calculate in your mind, one tael of silver is really a bargain!"

...

She not only shouted out the sales pitch herself, but also called on the shop's employees to shout it out together.

That guy, with his elaborate routine, amused and delighted the common people, who were eagerly awaiting His Highness the Crown Prince's arrival so they could buy some ice cream to cool off.

The carriage, which had been moving steadily forward, suddenly seemed unusually lively and full of life when it heard the magical shouts.

"Stop!" someone in the car shouted.

The carriage stopped, and the person inside said, "Go, buy me an ice bowl."

Tu Qianyue, who was greeting people at the door, immediately came forward with a smile on her face: "Honorable guest, what would you like?"

The person inside peered at her through the curtain, remaining silent for a while.

She smiled again and said, "My lord, our shop not only has ice to cool you down, but also edible ice products. How about I make you a shaved ice to try?"

"good."

The person inside condescended to say something.

Guan Yingying ran into the shop and busied herself for a while before bringing out a bowl of beautiful and refreshingly cool shaved ice.

The shaved ice was topped with colorful fruit juice and milk, piled with a few fresh fruits, and had a small flag stuck in it. On the flag was a little person with one eye open and one eye closed, mischievously giving a thumbs up.

The cool air immediately dispelled some of the summer heat, and a milky aroma filled the nostrils.

She handed the bowl to the carriage curtain, and a guard took it from her, pushing her away with the scabbard in his hand: "Stay away. If you offend His Highness, how many heads do you have to chop off?"

Guan Yingying then realized that the carriage in front of her was the Crown Prince's.

She didn't kneel, but respectfully said from outside, "Your esteemed presence is an honor to our humble shop. Today you are our 1,000th customer, and we have decided to provide you with ice free of charge for the entire summer."

The crown prince remained silent.

This woman is very good at talking. The number one thousandth, doesn't that mean he is a thousand years old?

Even after recognizing him as the crown prince, he was not afraid.

That's interesting!

He took a bite of the shaved ice and found it to be acceptable.

The juice, mixed with milk, was fragrant and sweet, and the fishy smell of milk was gone.

He handed the bowl of ice to the guard and said, "Let's go."

Although he didn't say anything to the shopkeeper, the fact that the prince stopped to taste their iced bowl was a huge signal.

Judingxin suddenly became incredibly popular!

Yuanyuan observed Judingxin for seven or eight days, but did not get close.

She had met Guan Yingying at the palace gate before and was afraid that Guan Yingying would recognize her.

Back at the Xie residence, she told Xie Zhaozhao, "Miss, those three shops are really making a lot of money. I saw that there were always people working in those shops."

Xie Zhaozhao was embroidering a purse with Manman when she heard this. She hummed in response without looking up and said, "Dongqin is probably about to make his move."

"The Crown Prince also went today."

Xie Zhaozhao was not surprised; the Crown Prince and Guan Yingying would get together sooner or later.

“Go and tell Dong Qin to buy up all the saltpeter in the capital.”

Dongqin sent people to follow Gu Chengyan, and at the right moment, offered low-interest loans to lure Gu Chengyan into signing the loans.

With the loan secured, Gu Chengyan and Guan Yingying will definitely be eager to take on large orders and repay the loan as soon as possible.

Dagan has no saltpeter mines and relies on extracting small amounts of medicinal saltpeter from the soil. Tibet has saltpeter mines, and Dagan purchases a batch of saltpeter from Tibet every year to purify the saltpeter.

If Dong Qin collects all the saltpeter in the city, it will be a pipe dream for Guan Yingying to get her own saltpeter anytime soon.

...

Guan Yingying was resting in the backyard of the shop when Gu Chengyan secretly came in through the back door.

"Yingying, how's your income these past few days?"

Gu Chengyan hugged her as soon as he entered the room; he had no inhibitions around her.

Guan Yingying is now focused on making money, and she's not responding as enthusiastically as usual to his release of testosterone.

He handed him the ledger: "Look, it's only been ten days since we opened, and we're already making several hundred taels of silver in net profit every day."

Gu Chengyan was very shocked.

Guan Yingying's ledger was different from others; her tadpole-like counting method was both simple and quick.

After reviewing his earnings over the past few days, he found that he was making over two hundred taels of silver per day after deducting his initial investment.

At this rate, if sales continue from May to the end of September, or even to the end of October, based on 150 days, the net income would be at least 30,000 taels.

Moreover, during the three months of June, July, and August, the daily income during the hottest days of summer is more than two hundred taels.

Uncle San only earns 31 strings of cash a month, which is 31 taels of silver. They can earn Uncle San's salary for half a year in a single day.

"Yingying, you truly are the most talented woman in Dagan." Gu Chengyan sincerely complimented her.

Guan Yingying was still a little worried: "Earning money this way is still a bit slow. I need to pay back the money I owe the bank as soon as possible, otherwise I'll be working for them for nothing."

The usurious loan from the bank had a daily interest rate of 2% for the first ten days, and 3% for the rest of the ten days.

As the saying goes: "Original interest, one loan will be repaid three times; interest compoundes year after year; one year's loan, ten years' repayment; several lifetimes' worth of debt!"

If Gu Boyu hadn't pressed me so hard, this thing would have been absolutely untouchable.

Gu Chengyan said, "Wait another month, and Xie will be married into the family. Use her dowry to pay off the loan sharks first."

"That won't work. By then, the compound interest will be too huge."

Guan Yingying didn't want to rely on Xie Xiangxiang, but even a hero can be brought down by a lack of money.

Seeing her worried, Gu Chengyan stroked her brow and said, "If all else fails, I'll ask the Crown Prince to invest."

"Will it work?"

“It’s feasible. We deliver ice to the Crown Prince’s residence every day, and he has already asked about the ice sales revenue several times.”

"That's great! With the Crown Prince joining us, we can take off immediately."

Guan Yingying was overjoyed. If the Crown Prince joined the company, the usurious loans would be eliminated.

The two were delighted and engaged in a passionate battle. After Gu Chengyan washed himself, Guan Yingying sniffed him and said, "What a strong S smell."

"Hahaha," Gu Chengyan pinched her waist, "Drink the strongest liquor and tease the wildest dogs!"

Go to the Crown Prince's residence and ask the Crown Prince to join your cause.