Chapter 16: I don’t feel sorry for the cattle and horses, my hands hurt!
"Fourth brother, stop pretending. I know everything."
Yinzhen's men took away three machines from Yinzhen's place. Yinzhen was really curious about the use of these machines, but Yinzhen refused to tell him, so he quietly ordered people to follow and secretly check them out.
It just so happened that he knew the craftsman that Yinzhen had hired to modify the machines, so he also knew the uses of these three machines.
At first, Yinzhen didn't take it seriously.
He thought his fourth brother was of some use, but it turned out that he was only used as a woman's thing. He didn't like such things at all, thinking they were unlucky.
After knowing this, Yinzhen told Mu Jingyuan about it as a joke not long ago. Unexpectedly, Mu Jingyuan was shocked and insisted that he bring the thing over to have a look.
Yinzhen took great pains to find a finished product to show Mu Jingyuan.
Mu Jingyuan was extremely excited at the time, and Yinzhen was extremely confused. What genius was there in making such a thing?
There are so many inventions in this world, which one is not more useful than this?
After listening to Mu Jingyuan's words, he realized that some foreign women didn't even have to use tampons. In order to avoid using those messy things, they even wore red dresses during those few days to cover up the bloodstains so that people could not tell what was visible and what was not.
In comparison, the women of the Qing Dynasty were much cleaner.
Mu Jingyuan said that this business would definitely make a lot of money. Yinzhen was a businessman and he knew that although it was a big smuggling business, it was a business that colluded with the government.
But if this woman's business succeeds, it will be a big business and she can indeed make a lot of money.
Just like the Dongzhu ginseng produced in the birthplace of their ancestors, this is a business that only the Imperial Household Department can do, but most of the consumers of these things are women from powerful and wealthy families.
The concubines in the palace were not allowed to use oriental pearls, but they could earn a lot of precious things like ginseng and bird's nests.
Yinzhen didn't dare to touch the business of the Imperial Household Department, which was directly under the Emperor's control. Yinzhen was not tired of living, did not want to rebel, and even less did he want to die.
But what the fourth brother made was a necessity for women, and no one was doing this business. It had always been made by women themselves. If this was sold——
Yinzhen did some calculations and found that he had made a lot of money.
Moreover, Mu Jingyuan said that this thing was not available overseas, and Yinzhen thought that he could be more ambitious and sell this thing abroad.
Make a lot of money from foreigners!
Yinzhen inquired and found out that this was something his fourth brother made for Fujin and was not for sale.
Yinzhen would not miss out on anything. If there is money, brothers can make money together.
Yinzhen came to discuss the business details.
Yinzhen wanted to tease him: "It's just a little thing made for Fujin. It's urgent, and I must solve it if I can."
"Women's needs cannot be ignored. For products like this, the user is the one who knows best how to make them most comfortable."
Yinzhen pondered over his fourth brother's words. There was something else behind his words.
Yinzhen was also confident: "Fourth brother, I am a straightforward person in business. Fourth brother is also a straightforward person, let's be frank. This business is best started in Jiangnan, where it will be very useful."
"The ladies in the capital love to pursue the fashion of Jiangnan. When Jiangnan becomes popular, they can sell the things back to the capital and make a fortune. We won't show up, and we will hire an unfamiliar manager. Fourth brother and his wife are the bosses, and I am just a follower. For the annual dividends and profits, fourth brother and his wife will get 90%, and I will get 100."
"Fourth brother, what do you think?"
Yinzhen is also a sensible person. His mind is as clear as a mirror.
Fourth brother and his wife have been married for many years, how come they didn’t have this thing before but have it now?
Yinzhen didn't care how the fourth sister-in-law got it. But it was clear that the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law had a good relationship, and the fourth brother had also changed his personality. Who knows what new things he might come up with in the future.
He is drinking the soup now, and he will definitely sit at the table and eat the meat in the future.
Yinzhen has a keen sense of smell. There is a lot of money to be made here.
No one is better than him in business matters.
As for other things, having money is the most important thing. Business is business, and as for the messy things between the fourth brother and the prince, Yinzhen is too lazy to care about it, so he will take it one step at a time.
Yinzhen, attracted by the huge profits, had long forgotten Yinsi's private warning to keep a distance from the fourth brother.
Yinzhen smiled slightly: "Do you have a plan?"
Yinzhen slapped his thigh and said, it’s done.
"Yes, yes, yes! Fourth brother, listen to me."
The pampered Ninth Prince had no idea that when Yinzhen asked this question, he automatically became the Fourth Prince's hardworking follower and slave.
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It was past eight o'clock in the evening and Yinzhen had not returned yet.
The weather was still good when Yinzhen came back today. Unexpectedly, it started raining not long after Yinzhen left, and it didn't stop until after seven o'clock.
It was still wet outside, so Yuyan didn't want to go out for a walk. After washing and packing, she leaned on the couch. There was a small table on the couch with a few medical books on it that she had been reading recently.
After so many years of research by our ancestors, there are already a lot of theories, practices, prescriptions, and reagents related to traditional Chinese medicine.
Until now, colleagues and leaders in the medical field are still making continuous contributions and working tirelessly for the cause of human health.
However, the research on the theoretical and practical application of traditional Chinese medicine for pets does not have a very long history.
Moreover, because it is relatively new, there are no systematic and comprehensive works and teaching materials, there are not many systems, and there are relatively few places to rely on.
Yuyan has been working in this industry for ten years, from when she just graduated at the age of twenty to when she was thirty. She has been in the industry for ten years and has accumulated a lot of experience and cases.
Her pet clinic also opened a certain level.
Before her sudden death, a local big shot in the pet medicine field had made an appointment with her, saying that a publishing house wanted to edit a book specifically for pets, talking about the knowledge of Chinese medicine theory for pets.
Yuyan agreed. But before she even started writing, she exhausted herself to death.
In fact, there was a reason why she stayed up late to work overtime. She wanted to finish the medical records on hand, and then write them as cases in the book to provide some reference for the pet owners who read the book.
If the medical record is completed earlier, it will be easier to follow up and investigate later to see if her treatment methods can interfere with the development of the lesions. But in the end there was no follow-up.
Now it's like living again.
Yuyan is open-minded and has let go of everything there long ago.
But the idea of writing a book came to my mind.
The publishing house had a page limit in the contract, and they didn't plan to publish a long novel for Yu Yan, so the final length was decided to be 200,000 words.
This number of words is convenient for readers to read, any more would be too much.
Due to the length limit, Yuyan couldn't write too much, so she deleted and reduced a lot of things herself, and felt that many things that should have been written could not be included.
Now, Yuyan wants to compile a complete theory of Chinese medicine for pets.
The book catalog is divided into theory, practice, and case analysis summary.
This is probably a big book, and there are some parts that Yuyan has not sorted out yet, so I'll look for inspiration in some Chinese medicine books about people compiled by others.
Slowly list the outline before you start writing.
She actually wanted to take advantage of the fact that her memory was still fresh, so she wanted to write as much as possible.
I’m afraid that my hands and brains will become unfamiliar and I’ll forget a lot of things after living here for a long time.
Moreover, she cannot work here as before. Without continuous cases, her experience in this area will gradually disappear. Although it is a bit regrettable, she can concentrate on writing books. There are pros and cons.
When I pick up these medical books and read them again, I always feel like I am sitting in the university library looking at materials and then writing a thesis.
"Xiao Hong, go ask Master Beile if he will be back today?"
If Yinzhen was unable to come back due to some reason, she planned to heat the milk and send it to him.
One cup a day, never fail to do so, milk at night, oat milk in the morning.
If Yinzhen came back for lunch at noon, he would have a small bowl of chopped nuts and peanuts.
If it doesn't come back, eat it in the evening or morning.
She saw that Yinzhen was still quite energetic and not too weak, but she did not relax his diet.
Since he had been talking to the Ninth Prince for such a long time, it must be a serious matter, so she certainly wouldn't rush him.
Moreover, she was somewhat worried that Yinzhen seemed unhappy when he left, and might be very angry. She didn't know why Yin'er came to her house, and if she made Yinzhen angry again, that would be bad.
Once you get angry, your liver and kidneys will be affected.
"Fujin, Lord Beile is back."
Following a report from outside.
Yinzhen walked in with a beaming face.
Yu Yan was stunned. Is he happy again?
She didn't ask anything, but she felt relieved in her heart, as long as he wasn't angry.
Just after sitting down, Yinzhen took out another box. This time, the box was something he brought with him.
Before Yuyan had time to guess what was in the box, Yinzhen opened the box himself and handed the whole box to Yuyan.
Yuyan saw a thick box of silver bills.
The denominations are quite high, all in five thousand taels and one thousand taels. They are so thick that they look like a huge book piled there. It's really a lot.
Yinzhen smiled and said, "Fujin, here are 130,000 taels of silver."
"The cost of integrating the three gardens into one is 100,000 taels, so it won't be taken from the public account. It can be taken directly from here. Fu Jin doesn't have to be frugal, just renovate it as he wants."
"If there is any left, it will be placed with Fu Jin and will be his private property. I will not ask about it. The same goes for the remaining thirty thousand taels."
Yinzhen himself calculated that the renovation of these three gardens would cost more than 100,000 taels, which was already a large sum of money.
Fu Jin had at least 40,000 taels of private money left, which made Yinzhen very satisfied.
Yuyan was shocked when she heard this. Wouldn't it be too much of a fuss to spend 100,000 taels to renovate the garden?
Perhaps her expression was not calm, Yinzhen saw what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "Everyone knows about the emperor's gift. The noise has been made public long ago. It's not a problem. The emperor also said that the garden has been renovated, and asked me to hold a family banquet and invite everyone."
"I think the Emperor is coming. If you want to please the Emperor, you can't be too desolate."
Years ago, Kangxi also gave a garden to Prince Cheng. That garden was not as big as the one given to Yinzhen. After Prince Cheng took the trouble to renovate the garden, Kangxi also went there. It was Yinzhen who went to the family dinner by himself.
Fu Jin was still ill at that time.
Yuyan agreed and took the task.
She was just a little curious about where Yinzhen got the money.
She is in charge of all the public accounts in the mansion.
Yuyan knew all the income and expenditure of the government, and she checked the account book every month.
Yinzhen never kept the expenses of the front courtyard secret from his legitimate wife, Fujin. The financial power of the family was in Fujin's hands.
However, the masters of each courtyard would also have their own private expenses, which would not be under the jurisdiction of the legitimate wife.
Yuyan also runs a clinic. Her clinic has become a chain and she manages several pet hospitals herself. It is not difficult for her to get started with the affairs in this mansion.
At first, she treated the people living in the mansion as employees. They received a monthly salary and made some extra money. How they spent the money was their business. As long as they did not make any mistakes, Yuyan would not interfere.
This money of Yinzhen should have come from his own private property. It is normal for Yinzhen to have his own private property.
But since the Ninth Prince brought back so much money shortly after he came, Yuyan couldn't help but think more.
After all, Yinzhen has a reputation for focusing on making money all his life.
Yuyan was thinking a lot in her mind, not knowing that Yinzhen had heard all her thoughts.
Yinzhen smiled and said, "These 130,000 taels were all given by Old Nine."
"One hundred thousand taels is the share of money given by Lao Jiu. Thirty thousand taels is Lao Jiu's gift to you."
He had said long ago that his 70,000 taels were not easy to take. Lao Jiu had to return the principal and interest.
Isn't this a voluntary return? He didn't force it, it was Lao Jiu's own will.
"What membership fee?" Yu Yan simply didn't understand. What kind of filial piety was this? It made her seem like a gangster boss.
Yinzhen smiled and said, "I bought three machines from him earlier. He saw them and said that the things he made for you would be very profitable, so he wanted to do business. I thought that it would really benefit the people's livelihood, so I agreed. This is your thought, so of course I have to give it to you first as a filial piety."
"But don't worry, it won't be leaked to the outside world. He will naturally ask the storekeeper to handle it. From now on, you and your father just need to take the money, and let Lao Jiu handle the business matters."
Yinzhen smiled slightly, "Old Nine said that he will give us all the Nine. The share of Grandpa will also be given to you."
One nine points...
[Even capitalists are not so evil... Ninth Prince has really become our prince's slave. However, I feel really good about it. This business is very profitable. It is easy to make money from girls. Ninth Prince, please don't be so evil.]
[However, with our Lord Beile watching over him, the Ninth Prince can't cause any trouble.]
[It feels so good to make money while lying down.]
Her happy voice was cheerful and joyful. Yinzhen listened with a smile on his face. It was so easy to please her.
Just throw the banknotes at it. Yinzhen took note.
The two of them slept together at night.
After failing to fall asleep for the thirteenth time, Yuyan sighed softly, and couldn't help turning over, hugging the blanket and looking at Yinzhen dimly.
"Master Belle, are you asleep?"
Yinzhen leaned forward to look at her: "No."
"What's wrong? Fu Jin can't sleep?"
Yuyan looked down with resentment.
[How can I sleep with such a big reaction?!]
In the summer, clothes are thinner. Yinzhen's body was so hot, and he was holding her, so both of them were covered with a thin layer of sweat. She couldn't ignore it at all.
In the past, because of weak Qi and blood, she would feel sleepy and want to sleep after a certain period of time and didn’t care about so many things.
Now that she has been recuperating for a while, and the weather is getting warmer, summer is approaching, and the blood circulation is faster than before. Yuyan feels that she is in much better shape.
Yinzhen had never done this before, but as time went on, if the two of them continued to sleep in each other's arms, even the slightest contact or friction would be a stimulation to him and he would definitely not be able to bear it.
Yuyan brought up the old question again: "Master Beile, how about we sleep in separate rooms?"
Yinzhen's eyes were even more resentful than hers.
Yuyan also felt that she was being unreasonable and that she was being ungrateful.
Today someone gave her 130,000 taels of silver, and she was extremely happy. In the future, she will have a regular flow of business income and dividends. But now she has driven her legal husband away and let him sleep alone.
That's not very kind.
"I don't want to."
Yinzhen glanced at Yuyan and refused directly, "Just sleep like this."
But she couldn't sleep like this at all, unless Yinzhen didn't hold her.
But Yinzhen refused. Yinzhen insisted on holding her.
Yuyan has been taking care of herself for such a long time, paying attention to her diet and daily routine, and taking blood-replenishing foods every day according to her own requirements, making her complexion rosy and her appearance radiant.
Her radiant face looked like a large field of pure jasmine flowers, completely attracting all of Yinzhen's attention.
Her skin was white, tender and smooth, and she felt sweet and soft every day when he held her in his arms. Yinzhen secretly felt his blood boiling, and several times he felt like he was going to have a nosebleed, but fortunately it didn't happen.
I don't want to be separated from her, but I can't touch her.
This kind of torture is really not something that an ordinary man can endure.
But he would never agree to separate the rooms. Ignoring the shouting from below, Yinzhen thought grimly that he could overcome his instinct.
Yuyan sighed slowly.
Seeing her groping under his pillow, Yinzhen asked, "What are you doing?"
"It's definitely not okay for Lord Baylor to always be like this."
Yuyan found the small porcelain bottle that Xiaohong had brought in the day before. She stroked the bottle twice and said, "I am your father's daughter, and I still have the responsibility to fulfill my husband's duties."
"If you don't mind, I will help you with my hands."
Yinzhen was stunned. What a great thing!
Yuyan thought she was too relaxed, and after a moment's thought, she handed the bottle over and said, "If Prince Beile is not used to it, you can do it yourself. This is just to liven things up."
Yinzhen will not let go of Fujin who is so frank now.
No matter why Fu Jin became like this, Yinzhen hoped that they and their husband could continue like this.
Now is obviously not the time to think about these things. The thoughts that had been suppressed by Yinzhen lost the shackles of reason and began to surge up and down with his blood.
Yinzhen stared at Yuyan deeply, and held both the bottle and the person in his arms.
His big hand wrapped around Yuyan's small hand, and the combined warmth from the two people almost burned the icy bottle.
Yinzhen whispered in Yuyan's ear: "Once is not enough."
Yuyan: “Ah?”
Yinzhen said, "Once a day. Otherwise, you and I won't be able to sleep well at night."
Yu Yan thought to herself, you treat me as a little toy, right?
Yu Yan ignored the strangeness beneath her body and bargained in a low voice: "Once every three days."
Yinzhen was intimate with her.
It seemed that after breaking through this layer of restriction, he was like a wild beast about to be released.
"Grandpa is in good health."
Yinzhen grabbed Yuyan's hand and opened the bottle cap. "You let me hold it in. If I get sick later, do you feel bad?"
Yuyan's palm felt hot.
Yuyan couldn't help but scream.
He is like a beast out of the cage, and he becomes stronger right away.
Yuyan gritted her teeth and said, I don’t feel sad, my hands hurt!