Chapter 40 Three Carriages of Ice
After Luo Li and the others left, the onlookers hurried forward to untie Gao Yingxiong and Cao Wei and let them down.
Gao Yingxiong took out the embroidered shoes from his mouth and started to curse, "You three brainless people, just wait! See what I will do..."
Cao Wei, who was full of shame and anger, stepped forward and pulled up his arm, lowered his head and angrily shouted, "Don't embarrass yourself again! Go!..."
The two hurriedly ran into the alley and fled with their heads down in a wolfish manner.
Luo Li and the others found another restaurant, asked for a private room, and continued to discuss the charter of the Big Foot Women's Corps.
Gao Ruoying's pretty face was still flushed with excitement. "Luo Li, Yan Qi, today is such a great day!
Just thinking about the majesty of our three idiots and the ferocity of those two idiots, I want to laugh out loud, hahahaha..."
Yang Yan Qi also raised her eyebrows!
"It's so great! It's so great! Let's see if Gao Gou Xiong has the nerve to insult my big feet again in the future!"
Luo Li looked at the two sturdy and truly idiots in front of her, and laughed so hard that tears came out of her eyes.
These two weird and lively people! They are really to my taste.
Ruhua and Yang Yan Qi's maids each walked in holding a pair of newly bought large embroidered shoes.
Hearing this, he was overjoyed and said, "Ladies, put on your shoes and socks first! Don't lose the majestic image of the brainless trio."
After Gao Ruoying and Yan Qi put on their shoes and socks and washed their hands, the three of them sat together and started to discuss.
Luo Li took a sip of tea, thinking and saying, "You two's main task now is to recruit soldiers and horses. Pick and carry unmarried women with big feet and strong bodies and younger age to recruit.
As long as she is qualified, you promise her a monthly salary of 12 taels of silver, 6 shi of grain, and food, drink and accommodation!"
Gao Ruoying asked in surprise, "Luo Li, isn't this condition too high? The upper-class soldiers in the imperial army only get 3,000 coins per month, 3 shi of grain, and food and drink are included. You are more than the imperial guards. The monthly salary of the best privates in the army has increased by more than double!"
Yang Yanqi also advised, "That's right! The women in our Big Foot Women's Corps earn more than twice as much as the privates in the Imperial Guards, and they also provide food, drink and accommodation. If we recruit too many of them, will we be able to afford it in the long run?"
Gao Ruoying also echoed the advice, "Luo Li, don't be impulsive and willful for a moment, we have to make long-term plans for our Big Foot Women's Corps."
Luo Li raised her eyebrows proudly!
: "I am stupid and rich, I am happy!"
He patted his chest and said, "I am rich so I can be so willful and arrogant! Ten taels of silver and six stones of grain per month. If there are outstanding performances, they will be promoted to the next level, twenty taels of silver and ten stones of grain per month!"
Gao Ruoying smiled and said, "Luo Li, if this is the treatment, everyone will fight for it, and those women with small feet will be jealous to death!"
Yang Yanqi muttered, " You better not bankrupt the Qin Palace."
Luo Li hastily stated, "My money has nothing to do with the Qin Palace! It was all earned by me when I was at my parents' home. If
the money given is too little, will the parents of those big-footed girls let their daughters come forward to join the army?
That's right! When recruiting people, you can't say you are recruiting soldiers. Don't let the court and the government regard us as rebels and send troops to eliminate us."
The Qin King next door raised his eyebrows! [Among these three idiots, my own princess is a little more understanding! She finally thought of this problem.]
Yang Yanqi also suddenly thought of this problem and was shocked!
She praised him, "Luo Li is smart. The charge of recruiting soldiers and buying horses is something we must not touch. Then... under what pretext should we recruit people?"
Luo Li smiled cunningly, "We will recruit people in the name of guards for the merchant corps. The head of the merchant corps is a woman, so of course we have to recruit some female guards."
Gao Ruoying blinked, "Where can we find a merchant corps? It should be even harder to find a female head of the corps, right?"
Luo Li proudly threw away her folding fan in a chic move.
"I am the head of this business group!"
Gao Ruoying nodded, "Sure! Let's pool our money. I have more than 6,000 taels, and if I sell some jewelry, I can get 10,000 taels."
Yang Yanqi was not willing to fall behind, "I will go home and show off to my mother, and try to get 10,000 taels. Luo Li, how much can you take out?"
Luo Li's mind was turning quickly, thinking about what to do next.
With a "snap!", she closed the folding fan in her hand.
"Ruoying, Yanqi, I'm thinking of starting two businesses. A wine house and a perfume shop. You two can invest your 10,000 taels of silver into shares!"
After a pause, she said, "Each of you will get 10% of the shares, and the remaining 80% will be mine. What do you think?"
Gao Ruoying and Yang Yanqi nodded without hesitation, "Yes! We don't know how to do business, Luo Li, you can do it."
The corners of the Qin King's lips next door curled up, "My silly princess is so cunning! Other people's 20,000 taels of silver are only divided into 20% of the shares. Gao Ruoying and Yang Yanqi, these two idiots, still believe in her.
This matter was settled, and Luo Li continued, "After recruiting people, we need to find a secluded place to train. The place must be far away from the city, and we also need to be convenient to come and go.
The Luo family's manor in the west of the city is not small, but it is occupied!
So, I will ask the housekeeper of the Luo Mansion to ask if there is any land around the manor for sale. If there is, we can buy a hundred acres and use it as the camp and training ground for our Big Foot Women's Army."
Yang Yanqi said readily, "My manor outside the city is next to yours, so there is no need to buy land. I will beg my mother when I get home, Just borrow the manor for use."
Luo Li smiled at this straightforward and generous silly girl, "That won't do! What we did is too outrageous, the elders in the family should keep it secret.
Otherwise, this big-footed women's army might be established today, but it will be broken up by a family punishment tomorrow!"
Yang Yanqi laughed, "Really! Whichever of the two names, our brain-dead trio or the big-footed women's army, will be punished by the family by the parents at home."
Luo Li was proud and boastful again!
"That's you. My parents won't punish me by the family rules. At most, my parents will coax me to stop doing it."
Gao Ruoying, however, said with a wink, "Your parents spoiled you into a fool who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. Everyone in the capital knows it.
But you are now the Princess of Qin. Luo Li, if His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin knew about this, would he push you down on the bed, take off your clothes, and give you a good beating?"
Everyone in the room was amused and laughed, and their faces blushed.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin next door suddenly felt a surge of heat in his body, and his handsome face flushed.
"Tsk!" Luo Li glanced at Gao Ruoying with disdain, "If the dog Prince of Qin dares to touch me, I will let him go to the palace to be a eunuch!"
Everyone in the room was amused and laughed.
The King of Qin next door felt a chill in his body! The heat disappeared instantly.
He glared at his three subordinates who covered their ears with their hands but raised the corners of their lips. He said in a low voice, "Get out! Stay away from these two rooms!"
Luo Li looked at Yang Yanqi and said, "Yanqi, why don't you go home and ask your mother if you want to sell your manor? It's okay to have a higher price, anyway, we have enough money."
Yang Yanqi nodded in agreement.
The business was almost discussed, and it was time for dinner. Luo Li told Ruhua to go downstairs and ask the waiter to come over to order the dishes.
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Butler Zhao of the King of Qin's Mansion looked at the ice cubes brought by the three carriages, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry!
The princess really kept her word. She bought the ice from her dowry.
The steward of the Luo Mansion is called Luo Ning. He is young but smart and sensible!
Luo Ning bowed to the housekeeper Zhao and said, "Housekeeper Zhao, my second son has ordered that the ice cellar of the palace may not be able to hold the ice, so we will send these three carts here for the time being. From now on, we will send three carts of ice to the palace every ten days."
Housekeeper Zhao hurriedly bowed and refused, "Thank you, second son Luo! But please don't send any more ice. The Qin Palace doesn't need so much ice."
He was embarrassed to say that the Qin Palace could afford as much ice as needed. It would be embarrassing to tell others that the princess's family bought ice for the Qin Palace!
Luo Ning just smiled slightly, thinking, you said you don't want to send it, so what?
If my young lady and the second young master want to do something, they will not give up until they fail!
Besides, there is free ice, and my young lady, as the Princess of Qin, will not let your palace spend a lot of money to buy ice!
Luo Ning looked at the large blocks of crystal clear, cool ice that were unloaded from the car and moved to the ice cellar.
She was extremely proud in her heart: [These ices were made overnight by me and a few servants using the method taught by the young lady after receiving the order from Miss Ruhua last night.] ... ...
Qin Wang Zhao Defang also had lunch in the restaurant.
He picked up a green leaf with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, chewing while listening to the sound next door.
When he heard the princess talking about buying some weapons and horses for training, he gave an order!
"Yun Yi, prepare thirty sets of armor, thirty two-stone strong bows, ten Zhuge crossbows, and thirty Hetao war horses, and think of a way to send them to the three brainless people." Yun Yi's
eyelids jumped in surprise!
[The prince has always known that it was the princess who saved him. Isn't this too doting on the princess?]
He muttered in his heart and bowed to receive the order: "Yes, sir!"