Chapter 919 Even the Emperor Can’t Save You
The next day, Emperor Mingpei sent another eunuch, Gao Kang, with Cen Zhusheng, to ask for a calligraphy from house to house late at night.
Cen Zhusheng didn’t know anyone, but he had Shen Shouyan’s invitation card, and most importantly, everyone knew Gao Kang... No one else could be so good as to try to cover up one’s own mistakes while making a fool of oneself.
Qinglanfang was written by Li Tingfang, Jintang Herbal Tea was written by Sun Changming, Badou Health Tea was written by Yuanxiang, Kangding Oolong Tea was written by Li Zhizhi, and Sijue Flower and Fruit Tea was written by Li Songqing.
And they all told me not to spread it...
The ministers were all used to it and understood that "don't spread it" meant that they should never let the secret slip in front of the little princess, otherwise even the emperor wouldn't be able to save you...
Even Li Songqing, who was the most ignorant of the world, tolerated such little hobbies of his beloved little princess, and solemnly stated that it would be a life-threatening mistake, and it was impossible for me to let the secret slip.
Although these tea shops are different, they are actually very easy to run.
The shop was decorated by the people below, and the tea cans and peripherals were made. With a wave of Xinbao's hand, the goods were available. The hardworking social animal Yan Ji did a clear job...
However, Qinglanfang is not easy to run.
The emperor's people found a few masters to help Cen Zhusheng's people build a workshop. Xinbao was responsible for providing medicinal powders, flower juices and the like, and they were responsible for producing the finished products.
The bottle design went through several rounds of trials and tribulations, and finally, a bottle with a bit of European court style won out.
Although the craftsman had never seen the European palace style, the unintentional design took into account both luxury and romance. It was simply a perfect combination of European style and Chinese porcelain. Xinbao liked it at first sight and told Cen Zhusheng, "When it's made, Xinbao wants a set too."
Cen Zhusheng quickly responded with a smile.
Several tea shops were extremely popular as soon as they opened.
After all, people like Li Tingfang and Yuan Xiang, although they don’t know why these stores were opened, they know that the things in these stores were made by the little princess.
The little princess's tea appreciation was only available occasionally, it all depended on fate, relationships, and often, face... So if they could buy it with money, how could they not buy it? ?
Not only do I buy it for myself, I also ask my friends to buy it for me!
The ladies had it easy. Flower and fruit tea and herbal tea were made from refined tea blocks, especially flower and fruit tea. Once added with water, the sweet fragrance was simply amazing! ! Especially when brewed in a glass bowl, the girls could not resist the temptation to buy! Buy! Buy! People love to follow the trend. When they saw that this new store was so popular, they naturally followed the trend and bought as if they didn’t need any money. Fortunately, Xinbao’s “supply source” was inexhaustible, otherwise they would not be able to keep up.
Cen Zhusheng, or to put it bluntly, the people the emperor hired are all very rigorous, and each store has a separate account.
It was a 2:8 split, with Xinbao and his friends taking 80 and just dividing the money, while Cen Zhusheng and his friends were in charge of management and paying people.
In fact, this job was also done by the emperor's people. Cen Zhusheng just took a share of the shopkeeper's money and stood up to take the blame when something happened, pretending to be a big shot. In fact, he didn't have to worry about anything.
But there are also many benefits. At least everyone knows him now.
As for Qinglanfang, after the bottle was designed, it was almost ready, and it finally opened more than half a month later.
Qinglanfang was not very popular when it opened. After all, it was very expensive, and the ladies who were used to using "big brands" were reluctant to try new things easily.
But after half a month, sales began to pick up gradually, and then rose steadily and steadily... It quickly occupied half of the market share of luxury skin care products in Beijing, and is still rising slowly.
All the accounts are settled once a month. Xinbao was so happy when he got the real money.
There were really many rich people in Beijing. Xinbao's flower and fruit tea shop alone had a net profit of tens of thousands of yuan a month! Even the second brother was a little surprised! While singing, Xinbao ran to write a letter to his parents and eldest brother.
When Yan Shirong came over, he heard her small voice singing over and over again, "Money, money, money, you can never make enough of it." She was singing and dancing while writing a letter.
Yan Shirong couldn't help but laugh a few times before whispering to Ye Ye: "Has the war started?"
Emperor Mingpei nodded.
Yan Qingshan and his group arrived at the border at the end of the month.
The Jurchens originally consisted of three major tribes: the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Haixi Jurchens, and the Donghai Jurchens. But now they have gradually merged into one, and are becoming increasingly powerful.
In winter, they frequently harassed the border, but now they have entered a period of dormancy.
At this time, with sufficient food and powerful weapons, the Dayan army began to slowly march northward.
Because they have telescopes and countless Hao Huashi-like people with super hearing, the enemy spies have no way to get close to them.
They marched secretly all the way and eliminated all the spies, so that no one could tell the Jurchens that the army was about to arrive.
Madam Lin was dressed in men's clothes and had her face painted yellow with the paint she had asked Hao Huashi for. If she was not close to them, no one would know that she was the Crown Princess. They just thought she was an attendant of the Crown Prince.
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She came here mainly to control Haidongqing. Haidongqing listened to her and would attack wherever she directed.
You know, every spring is the breeding season for Saker Falcons, so in February, the Jurchens would release the Saker Falcons they raised one after another to let them have children.
So when the Dayan army was secretly advancing, countless released Saker Falcons were dazed and lured over by the Dayan Saker Falcons.
Then, after a few days of brainwashing and eating the special delicacies prepared by the Crown Princess, he successfully fell at the feet of the Crown Princess and began to learn from his predecessors, clumsily begging for food.
More and more Saker Falcons gathered...in the end there were probably about fifty or sixty of them.
There were no new members joining for three consecutive days. I guess all of them had been brought here, and the last new employee had surrendered.
The Crown Princess sent the most clever Saker Falcon as the Little Phoenix's mount to quietly investigate the enemy situation.
The little phoenix is very smart, it's just lazy and a little naive, so there's no point in asking it to listen to any tactical arrangements. Even if it listened, no one would understand, not even Xinbao.
But it would be easy for it to find the Jurchen king or something like that.
Soon, they felt the time was right.
So, on a warm and beautiful morning, someone suddenly shouted and pointed to the sky.
The Jurchens looked up together and saw a sight that they would never forget.
Several Saker Falcons... their gods, were flying in the air in an orderly manner, really orderly, with the largest one at the head, and the remaining lines were straight, not a single one was out of order.
Countless people cried out in surprise, and countless people rushed out of the room, knelt on the ground, and prayed devoutly.
The next moment, gold powder visible to the naked eye fell from the sky.
(End of this chapter)