Chapter 46 The Chamber of Commerce will collect management fees

This is asking Jiang Jiu to act in a personal way.

"Mingyue, this is not right. If Master Chang has talent, he will naturally be admitted. If he has no talent, even if he becomes an official in the future, he will not be like your uncle..."

Jiang Jiu refused without even thinking about it. She didn't want Lu Yunyang to waste his favor over some trivial matter.

But to Jiang Mingyue, this matter seemed very easy.

"It's just that Master Lu mentioned it to the prince. The exam must be taken. Besides, if he really passes, we can go to the capital together in the future and support each other."

It's easy to say.

Jiang Jiu still looked very embarrassed: "But the prince has been in poor health recently and has not seen anyone. Even if I am willing, my husband is powerless."

The Ninth Prince encountered an assassin at the Dragon Boat Festival and was frightened. He was dying and refused to see anyone. News just came out that the gates of the palace were closed and the big drums in front of the gate were moved back into the palace...

Jiang Mingyue's face darkened when she saw Jiang Jiu making excuses.

"Jiang Jiu, don't forget that you have this day. I gave you the marriage. Otherwise, it would be me and Master Lu who are close to the prince today..."

Jiang Jiu didn't even pay attention to her. He just drank his tea, took a sip and put it down.

"It's summer solstice, the tea is cold, go get a hot cup."

The person left, Cha Liang, she is no longer a member of the Jiang family, is it useful to say so much?

Jiang Mingyue was so angry that she suddenly stood up, raised one corner of her lips, glanced at Jiang Jiu, and exhaled slowly: "My mother is holding a banquet the day after tomorrow, remember to go back, and don't forget to bring a gift..."

Jiang Mingyue left angrily, and only Nanny Qian went to see her off; Jiang Jiu didn't even get up.

Xia Zhi brought in some hot tea and said, "Miss, the master and his wife are now living in Master Chang's house.

I heard that the yard is rented and not very big. Do we really want to go there?"

Jiang Jiu was also helpless. When it came to the word "filial piety", she couldn't go against morality.

"Of course we have to go. Prepare a box of tea, a piece of silk, and, oh, yes, the old lady of the Chang family. We are representing your uncle, so we must be polite."

Jiang Jiu opened the hundred-year-old ginseng that Jiang Mingyue had brought over.

The ginseng is good ginseng, not a hundred years old. It was really a trick to fool a woman who had no knowledge. It was a pity that she didn't want it, and neither did Lu Yunyang.

"Xiazhi, Madam Qian has been feeling a bit tired lately, give this to her to help her recover."

Nanny Qian sent Jiang Mingyue away, then turned around and brought Chu Yu and Nishang over.

As soon as Chu Yu entered the room, she snatched the fan from Xia Zhi's hand, sat on the chair, and fanned herself wildly.

"It's getting hotter and hotter. I'm wearing three layers of clothes. I miss the clothes I wore when I danced."

Nichang didn't dare to sit down. She came to Jiang Jiu politely, bowed, and stood still.

"Girls, the business will open the day after tomorrow. I heard that the young master is doing much better now. Do you want to go and see him..."

After half a month of fermentation, the business promotion of Hua Man Lou has become known to everyone. Many people will stop to take a look when passing by that place, trying to peek at the charming faces of the two courtesans.

But those who have never succeeded make the beauty more mysterious.

When this was mentioned, Jiang Jiu instantly became energetic.

"Of course. Have you practiced all the songs? The process is similar to what we did in Xiang County. The two of you, one quiet and one active, complement each other. Okay, let's go tomorrow..."

But then, Nichang took out an ancient notice from her arms. Jiang Jiu looked closely and found that it was from the Sucheng Chamber of Commerce.

Chu Yu rolled her eyes sarcastically and waved her hands: "What a bullshit Chamber of Commerce, they really take themselves seriously, I don't believe that if we don't pay attention to them, our Hua Man Lou won't be able to open."

Nichang acted prudently and carefully, and told Jiang Jiu the information she had found out.

"Miss, the two main groups of people in the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce are the shopkeepers of Yiye Guzhou and the Jiang family."

Jiang Jiu had heard that the owner of Yiyeguzhou was a woman. She had built a big business, but there was a very strange rule that the business was passed down to daughters and not sons.

Jiang Jiu's mother is also a daughter of the Jiang family. She has been doing business with her boss since she was a child. She is very smart and has a talent for business. Her only shortcoming is that she is obsessed with love.

The Jiang family still has men, so they certainly can't let all the business be done by women.

However, Yiyeguzhou's business is not something that the Jiang family can snatch away, as many of its businesses are monopolized.

For example, soap, white sugar, glass cups, and even the official salt eaten by everyone in Suzhou were also owned by a small boat.

As for the traditional businesses, porcelain, textiles, and embroidery, the Jiang family is the best at them, so the Chamber of Commerce in Suzhou is actually a three-legged tripod.

A small boat, the Jiang family, and other merchants.

"Hua Man Lou is opening. Ni Chang, go prepare two invitations. I want to invite the head shopkeeper of Yi Ye Pian Zhou and the head of the Jiang family to attend the banquet."

The weather will be cooler in the evening, but if the window is open, mosquitoes will fly into the room.

Most families smoke their houses with tobacco in the evening.

Rich people would put screens on their windows.

After taking a bath and smelling some incense, Jiang Jiu felt much more refreshed. He rummaged through the drawers and found a miscellaneous book on her bookshelf.

Lu Yunyang had just woken up after sleeping for the whole afternoon. He stretched comfortably and saw Jiang Jiu writing something seriously at his desk, so he walked over.

"What are you doing?"

Jiang Jiu took out a bar of soap from the drawer: "Check out how this thing is made."

Lu Yunyang took a look and found it was soap, so he picked it up and smelled it.

"Don't worry. If there was a formula, the Jiang family would have found it long ago. Why would you need to look for it? This is exclusive to Yiye Pianzhou."

Jiang Jiu was a little surprised: "Why?"

Although making glass is a bit difficult, ancient people should have been able to make something as simple as soap, especially soapberries and quicklime, which were all available in ancient times.

Lu Yunyang looked at Jiang Jiu as if he was a fool.

"Why why? There is no reason. How could the Jiang family know the secret recipe of Yiye Pianzhou? Although they have the same surname, the Jiang family is divided into men and women."

Then, Jiang Jiu took out a bar of soap from another drawer.

"What do you think this is?"

Lu Yunyang picked it up and took a look: "This is not made by Yiye Pianzhou, who made it? If you know such a capable person, you can grab the business."

Everything made by a small boat has the mark of a sailing ship on it.

But what Jiang Jiu just took out was empty.

Jiang Jiu has traveled through time for so many years and has long known that this era is fictitious.

In her history books, there was information about how to make soap, but here, there was nothing.

Since there is none, how did the owner of Yiyepizhou make it?

There are so many modern things, which makes Jiang Jiu suspect that the founder of Yiyepianzhou is a time traveler like her.

"Soap, sugar, salt, and glass..."

I am really curious about whether there is a toilet in the home of the founder of Yiyepianzhou, whether there are glass windows in her room, and whether her home is decorated in a modern or ancient style.

However, all of this is just Jiang Jiu's guess.

Lu Yunyang stared at Jiang Jiu carefully and asked hesitantly: "These are their businesses. Although they are very expensive, they sell very well, especially the soaps. The nobles in the palace and the capital also use them."

"If you really find someone with the same skills as you, you can compete with them."

If Jiang Jiu took the ring and contacted the owner of Yiye Pianzhou, he could get the business back directly.

Lu Yunyang's eyes sparkled as he looked at Jiang Jiu expectantly...