Chapter 156: Trying Every Means to Make Money (1 update)

Liuli Pavilion is open for business!

The shop is not big, but it is packed with people. The small mirrors are very popular. A

palm-sized mirror costs 1,000 taels of silver, and a slightly larger one costs 1,500 taels, or even 2,000 taels!

The most expensive one is a one-square-meter dressing mirror. Lu Zexu directly raised the price to 50,000 taels each!

But even so, it couldn't stop the strong desire of the nobles, princes and marquises to buy it.

This is an item used by the nobles in the palace!

It represents identity! It is status! It is infinite glory!

In less than three days, Liuli Pavilion became the shop most mentioned by the wives of princes and noble ladies in Beijing.

The mirrors in the Liuli Pavilion quickly spread among the Tu ethnic group.

Whenever attending any banquet, women would have a small mirror in their hands. Those who could not use the small mirror dared not go out to attend the banquets in various mansions.

It was because it was too embarrassing!

It can be said that the small mirror has become a symbol of status in the capital.

Other ladies have used it, but you don’t, which means that your family is not qualified to enter our circle.

In this way, no one wants to show weakness in front of others, especially in the mansions of officials of similar ranks. Their families are particularly concerned about this, and no one wants to be shorter than others for no reason.

With the trend of comparison, some families who care about their reputation will buy the small mirror no matter what.

But the cheapest one costs 1,000 taels of silver each. The money in the house flowed into the Glass Pavilion. The shopkeeper looked at the boxes of silver with his eyes wide open.

The shopkeeper of the Glass Pavilion was a secret guard who was blind in one eye. Secret guards did not retire, but died in battle. This was the rule.

However, Lu Zexu did not want to ascend the throne, so there was no need to be so harsh on the secret guards. Therefore, he directly transferred the blind secret guard who was injured and could no longer perform tasks to the front to be the shopkeeper.

The one-eyed secret guard refused at first. Although he was blind in one eye and old, he could train new secret guards if he did not go on missions.

Aristocratic families adopt orphans and beggars, and train them to be secret guards to protect the safety of their masters.

All the people in Lu Zexu's hands were left to him by his mother before she died. Originally, their mission was to protect the empress. After the empress entered the palace, they hid in the dark. When the prince was born, he was their little master.

Lu Zexu was a very responsible person. He didn't want to be an emperor, and he would arrange the people around him.

Letting the one-eyed secret guard be the shopkeeper and let him live in the sun was his first step.

But how could the one-eyed secret guard be a shopkeeper? He was good at killing people.

Lu Zexu said that the job of a shopkeeper in Liuli Pavilion was very simple. As long as you can collect money, keep accounts, and fight, that's enough.

At first, the one-eyed guard didn't believe it. How could being a shopkeeper be so easy?

Later, he saw that bookkeeping was really simple. After selling an item, he just wrote the corresponding price in the form. It was too simple.

But even so, the one-eyed guard was still very nervous. This was his master's shop. What if he accidentally ruined the shop?

The one-eyed guard had been very cautious and nervous. Now seeing the boxes of silver, he suddenly understood why his master said that being a shopkeeper was simple. It

was indeed simple. There was a constant stream of customers. He only had to ensure that there were no conflicts with the customers in the store and that the silver he earned was not stolen. That was all he had to do.

Carriages carrying silver came one after another. It was all modesty to say that the glass shop was making a lot of money every day.

Lu Zexu looked at the boxes of gold ingots in the warehouse, and his anger after being beaten with a stick finally subsided a little.

As expected, there are still many wealthy princes and ministers in the capital.

I just wonder how much of this silver belongs to the ladies in the palace?

Lu Zexu felt a little schadenfreude, looking at so much silver, he asked, "Fulu, how are the embroidery products in the Shangyi Bureau being prepared? And keep a close eye on the show work of the little palace maids to make sure there are no defective products."

This was all for his sister. He could earn so much silver thanks to chemistry!

Fulu's face was already smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, "Your Highness, don't worry, there are already ten boxes in the warehouse."

"Princess An also sent five boxes, and some high-quality silks, all from Jiangnan, saying that she was thanking you for helping Prince An."

Lu Zexu understood as soon as he heard it, and guessed that his elder brother told his elder sister-in-law about the blackboard chalk workshop.

"Sister-in-law, you are so polite, I have to go and thank my elder brother tomorrow."

"And Fangfeixuan and the Suanzhuang in the capital have accumulated a lot of show work, I have seen them all, they are all in the warehouse."

Fulu said.

Lu Zexu was very satisfied. He prepared a lot of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Although there were not many tributes, the other things were all top-quality.

He had not figured out the other secrets of papermaking, but he made ten sets of tools used in making water-patterned paper, hoping to help his sister. He

hadn't seen his sister for so many days, so he had to prepare more.

Then, he strolled to the Imperial Hospital. He remembered that there were many medical books in the Imperial Hospital. He wondered if his sister would like them.

The palace.

Lu Chengtian was reviewing memorials when he saw a beautiful concubine coming over with a bowl of soup.

"Your Majesty, I know that you are worried about state affairs and diligent in government affairs, but you must also take care of your body!"

Lu Chengtian had a blank expression on his face. He put down the brush and looked at the concubine.

Seeing that the emperor did not respond, the concubine was not discouraged. She thought about the secrets that her sister had taught her.

She walked forward and continued, "This is the best bird's nest that I personally cooked for you. I used the top-grade blood bird's nest and stewed it for three hours."

"I have consulted the imperial physician, and bird's nest soup is the most suitable for your majesty. It is nourishing and does not cause internal heat. This top-grade blood bird's nest was brought to me by my family when I entered the palace. It is very valuable, and I have never been willing to eat it."

The concubine felt that her hint was very obvious.

The emperor can't eat such expensive blood bird's nest for free, right?

Moreover, these were prepared by the family when she entered the palace, that is, the dowry.

You are the emperor, you ate the dowry of the concubine, is it appropriate not to reward her with some silver?

It doesn’t have to be much, 5,000 taels will be enough, she is only 5,000 taels away from 50,000 taels, she likes that one square meter dressing mirror so much!

Thinking that she will soon have a dressing mirror, the little concubine was so excited and happy in her heart, and she looked at the emperor with more and more desire.

5,000 taels is enough!

I don’t ask for much!

Lu Chengtian looked at the concubine beside him who was just short of writing the five big words "Reward me with silver quickly", and he felt a headache.

He sighed, "Since this is a gift from my beloved concubine's parents, I will not take it away from others. My beloved concubine should use this bird's nest herself, so as not to let down your father and mother's sincere love!" Concubine

: "????"

No, why is this different from what I thought?

Shouldn't I be rewarded with silver for sending soup?

"I am tired, I will go out for a walk. My beloved concubine has used the bird's nest, so you should go back and rest. After all, it has been stewed for three hours." After

Lu Chengtian finished speaking, he immediately stood up and walked away quickly, as if there was a dog chasing him.