Chapter 18 Madam Diplomacy Prolonging life is everyone's lifelong pursuit...
The gift that Wu Fujin gave to Yuyan attracted the attention of all the women present.
Including all the maids and servants who were serving here.
Everyone looked at Yuyan with extremely envious eyes.
Angel's Wings. Who in the Qing Dynasty doesn't know about it? Even ordinary girls from ordinary families, as long as they have menstruation, know that there is such a considerate brand.
This stuff is great. It is much better than the wood ash, cotton, and cloth strips that have been passed down by word of mouth by women since ancient times.
Even ordinary people who don't have much money can buy it as long as they can take out a penny.
This is not exclusively for women from official families.
But ordinary people don't have much money, so they can only buy them one by one, and they can't care about beautiful packaging.
Just take the gold collection edition that Wu Fujin took out. A pack of twelve tablets for daily use is enough for ordinary people to use for ten years. Ordinary people don't need this, but the women of officials and royal families are accustomed to competing with each other.
Yuyan knew that there was still a long way to go if she wanted to change the hygiene and health awareness of women and girls in ordinary families and make everyone able to afford and be willing to use this product.
But for wealthy families who have plenty of money, Yuyan doesn't mind buying these things as luxury items to compete with others.
Scarcity makes things valuable. If you don't make this thing more expensive than gold, they won't buy it. If they are willing to buy it, they must be willing to use it.
Yuyan has good intentions.
This is the fastest way to spread the trend of using sanitary napkins throughout the Qing Dynasty.
"Does Fifth Brother's wife like to use this?"
Yuyan smiled and said, "This is indeed the latest limited edition. If you like it, I can get you another 30 pieces. You can't use up more than that. There will be a supreme limited edition later, and there will be many activities. I suggest you wait for it."
"Squat?" Wu Fujin was stunned.
Yu Yan exclaimed, and quickly explained with a smile: "Just wait a while. Don't rush this event. There will be more events in the future, with greater benefits. The packaging will also be more exquisite and beautiful."
The Fu Jins all gathered around, and everyone was staring at Yu Yan. Seeing that Wu Fu Jin was just in a daze and didn't say anything, some people thought, is this the main point?
The Fourteenth Concubine Jin and the Fourteenth Prince have similar temperaments, both are impetuous.
At this moment, he asked first: "Is Fourth Sister-in-law a lifetime member of Angel Wings?"
Otherwise, how would you know so many inside stories?
I heard that Angel Wings has lifelong membership. That costs a lot of money. Fourteenth Fu Jin is well-informed. Who in the capital has not become a lifelong member?
Could it be that the fourth sister-in-law is hiding her true abilities?
Yuyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I didn't. I'm not."
I don't have that much money to waste. Yu Yan thought, I am the boss behind Angel Wings, how could I not know.
At that time, she anonymously wrote a proposal for the company's system and marketing plan for two or three years and gave it to Yinzhen, who passed it on to her.
She wrote it, and Yinzhen copied it himself. Of course, he wrote it with his left hand, so it would be difficult to recognize.
When the money was given to Yinzhen, he didn't ask anything. People who know how to do business are very smart. After a few days, Yinzhen brought back 50,000 taels of silver, which was another gift from Yinzhen.
Yu Yan thought at that time that it was worth it to get the 50,000 taels and sacrifice all the brain cells for this plan.
San Fujin said quietly, "You know this even though you're not a top-level member. That means you have connections. Fourth brother's wife, there must be someone behind you."
Yuyan smiled slightly, neither saying yes nor no.
This smile was seen by others, and those who were concerned were all wondering in their hearts, could it be that Si Fujin's family and Ulanara's family were also involved in this business?
Otherwise, why are you so sure?
Some people do feel regretful. It's so damn bad. Why didn't they think of doing such a good business opportunity?
The young Fu Jins didn't care about all this, they believed that Yu Yan could help them.
The Fourteenth Prince Fu Jin was the quickest to respond: "Fourth Sister-in-law, can I order a limited edition from you? I'll order the latest one for the next event. I want to order 100 pieces."
Before he finished speaking, Bafu Jin followed up with, "I'll order one thousand pieces," as if he was short of money. Bafu Jin was not willing to lose face again.
Everyone was stunned. Seeing that Yuyan didn't say anything, Bafu Jin glared and asked, "What? Fourth sister-in-law can't take it?"
It can be seen that he doesn't have much ability.
Yuyan said, "That's not what I meant. I think you ordered too much. It's true that these are consumables. But they are not for eating, and they are not for daily use. If you stockpile so much, others will not be able to buy them. These things have a shelf life, and they cannot be used if they are left for too long."
Bafu Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "If you can't use it, just throw it away. I bought the things, you can do whatever you want with them."
Yu Yan smiled faintly: "Yes, you bought it with your own money. Of course you can do whatever you want with it. But if Ba Fu Jin's words get out, what will people outside think?"
"The resources are not sufficient to begin with, and Bafu Jin wants to monopolize them. He monopolizes them but doesn't want them anymore. This will incur public anger. Babeile is a man of integrity and clear-headedness. Bafu Jin's reputation will probably damage Babeile's reputation, right?"
Ba Fujin's face froze. She was only concerned with comparisons and had forgotten about the reputation of their Ba Ye.
Dafu Jin glanced at Bafu Jin about this, and Bafu Jin simply stepped out and sat aside, sulking.
Yuyan felt refreshed after getting rid of the person, but facing the needs of Zhong Fujin, Yuyan knew in her heart that she could not make an exception, and she could not reveal her identity, so she did not accept the reservation, and she could not make a reservation here.
If you want to customize it, it may be faster to ask the brand to customize it.
Yuyan left with the excuse that she was busy, but she kept Xiaohong and asked her to listen carefully to the users' feedback. This was what Fu Jin and the others talked about, and a lot of useful details could be heard.
Based on the feedback, Yuyan can also ask Yinzhen to make some adjustments and improve the existing machine level, which will be mutually beneficial and mutually reinforcing.
Yu Yan looked at the Fu Jin ladies who were sitting together and discussing enthusiastically how to get customization next and how to outdo those merchants' wives in Jiangnan, and thought, here comes the fight.
That's fine.
They don't need to work, and they don't have any important careers, so they just spend money as they can.
In their eyes, Si Fujin was just Si Fujin. But now it is different. Yuyan is very satisfied with her current image.
In their eyes, he has already surpassed the others and is an extraordinary person. Si Fujin has connections and abilities, which is the character Yuyan has given herself.
The Angel Wings incident was just a starting point, but it was by no means the end.
Such a personality and impression is obviously very beneficial to Yuyan's diplomacy. Building good relations with Fujin and others will be beneficial to future careers and even to the development of Yinzhen's career.
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Kangxi said he came to Jingcheng Garden to have a family dinner with his son, and the crown prince and other princes came together. In fact, it was no different from an inspection.
Kangxi had no use for these three gardens, as each was too small. His Changchun Garden was the best, and he had no intention of merging the three small gardens not far from Changchun Garden.
The gardens of the ministers of the previous dynasty were originally reserved for rewards. Seeing that Yinzhen did a good job, it would be too shabby to reward only one person, so he simply rewarded three at once, leaving the fourth one free to use them as he pleased.
But I didn't expect that the fourth brother did a good job of it. They integrated it into a big garden, which looks worth visiting.
Since they were inspecting Yinzhen's garden, Yinzhen and Yuyan had to stay beside Kangxi, not far away. Next to them were the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng, and behind them were the princes and concubines.
It was a huge group of people, and the team line was very long.
Kangxi praised Yinzhen: "This garden is well renovated and well laid out. It has a great structure and is very grand. I can see that you put a lot of effort into it."
A few years ago, I went to visit the third brother’s garden. The garden was also big, but not as good as this one.
When visiting Jingcheng Garden, I feel like I have returned to the gardens of Jiangnan, just like the gardens in Suzhou and Hangzhou that I visited during my southern tour.
Of course it is not as exquisite as Changchun Garden, but it is already very good.
Yinzhen was not greedy for credit. He smiled and said, "I dare not take credit for it. I was busy doing errands when the garden was being renovated. I entrusted this to Fu Jin to renovate. Khan Ama likes it. I and Fu Jin both look forward to Khan Ama coming often."
Kangxi was a little surprised. He glanced at the fourth Fujin and thought, the fourth wife is indeed much better now. She is no longer as sickly as before.
It's a good thing to be healthy like this.
Kangxi smiled and said, "Fourth Prince Fu Jin is not bad. He has a good eye. Next time you go on a southern tour, you can follow Fourth Prince and go see what the southern gardens are like. You have never been there before, but you have done such a good job. You will definitely have a lot of insights after you go there."
Kangxi was in a good mood and was willing to tell some jokes to tease his son and daughter-in-law. "Speaking of this garden, it was the fourth son who asked me for it. He said he wanted Fu Jin to have a happy stroll. The fourth son Fu Jin is a blessed person. This heart is much greater than the fourth son's to me."
Kangxi was joking, but Yinzhen did not dare to take it as a joke.
But Kangxi was laughing, and the people around him were also laughing, whether they were laughing sincerely or not, so it was difficult for Yinzhen to clarify it seriously.
[Our Lord Beile is very caring.]
Yinzhen heard Yuyan's thoughts and chuckled in his heart.
His Fu Jin looked at his father with a smile and said, "My son's blessings are all given by Khan Ama. If Khan Ama had not arranged the marriage, I would not have been able to become Fu Jin, the fourth prince. Khan Ama is the most blessed person in the world. I wish Khan Ama a long and happy life."
Yuyan has done a lot of work on her appearance.
She knelt down and prayed loudly, and others were not allowed to lag behind, let alone just stand there and watch, so they all knelt down in a large group, and everyone shouted, "Long live the emperor!", which made Kangxi laugh so hard that he couldn't stop.
[Comrade Lao Kang lived to be 69 years old, which is not bad. He worked hard all his life, and he got sick several times in his later years because of the prince's affairs. This also affected his physical condition in his later years. Otherwise, with his physical condition, he should still be able to live.]
Yinzhen's heart was moved. His father -
Only ten years left to live?
Yinzhen went to see the prince again. The prince was laughing and talking funny with Kangxi.
However, Yinzhen thought that Khan Ama had high hopes for the prince and had invested a lot of effort in him. If the prince hurt his father's feelings and failed to meet his father's expectations, his father would definitely be heartbroken.
The only thing he could do was to try his best to comfort his father as a son.
Everyone could see how much affection and regard Kangxi showed for Si Fujin.
During several southern tours, Si Fujin was unable to accompany the emperor due to illness. But now that she has recovered, she pleased the emperor with a few words and a garden, and the emperor decided to allow her to accompany the emperor.
Not to mention Fu Jin and others, even those princes who couldn't go every time were jealous.
Especially the prince.
The Crown Prince was unable to accompany Kangxi on these southern tours and was left in the capital to look after the household.
The prince thought, it was not enough for the fourth prince to invite favors himself, but he also brought Fu Jin along to invite favors. What were the couple trying to do?
They have all been in the spotlight, so where does this place him as the crown prince fit in?
The prince couldn't stand seeing the fourth brother being proud.
It would be very easy to prevent a woman, especially a sick one, from driving if something happens to her.
Kangxi saw Yinxiang in the crowd.
When others laughed, this son also laughed foolishly along with them, not even thinking of moving forward.
It must be that his father hasn't seen Old Thirteen for many days. It seems that Old Thirteen is on sick leave?
Kangxi still liked Yinxiang very much, and was somewhat fond of this son who had lost his mother. He called the Thirteenth Prince to come over.
"You said you were sick. What was it?"
Kangxi said, "Don't act rashly just because you are young. Look at me. When I was young, I was very good at taking care of myself. You are the same."
Kangxi originally thought that Yinxiang was just suffering from a cold, but when he heard that Yinxiang had rheumatoid arthritis, he was shocked: "This is an old man's disease, how come you have this disease?"
It turns out that this child is just taking advantage of his youth to do things recklessly, otherwise how could he have such a disease?
Yinxiang said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Khan Ama, because it was discovered early, it is almost fully recovered now. In another month or two, the root of the disease will be eliminated. In the future, I will pay close attention and will not let Khan Ama worry again."
Because it was still in the early stages, Yinxiang had not suffered any harm. After taking some medicine and doing some maintenance, he was almost recovered and did not suffer any serious consequences.
But from that moment on, Yinxiang made up his mind that his fourth brother and his wife were right, health preservation should start from childhood!
If I hadn't been forced to get a physical examination by my fourth brother this time, it would have been too late to discover the disease when I was in my thirties or forties!
Kangxi asked, "I heard that it was the fourth brother who discovered it first?"
Yinzhen kept it a secret that he asked a doctor to treat Yinxiang, but later he could no longer hide the fact that he took sick leave to see a doctor, so it must have been reported.
Yinxiang said, "Yes. It was discovered by my fourth brother and his wife. When I went back to my fourth brother's house, he told me that I should practice health preservation with his wife and eat health preservation meals to prolong my life. I ate them a few times and felt that it was not bad."
But you can't eat it often. Yinxiang was only 20 years old and still liked to eat meat. But eating it occasionally can cleanse your mouth and stomach, so it's still very good.
Any health care plan and topic is a great temptation for middle-aged and elderly people.
As long as it is said to prolong life, people would drink mercury as if it were water.
Kangxi did not have the habit of taking elixirs, but he was still very interested in health-preserving meals.
Food supplements, the risk is still relatively low.
Kangxi looked at Yuyan with a smile: "What kind of health-preserving meal is this? Tell me about it."
Yuyan's business radar was vibrating wildly again.
She saw business opportunities in Kangxi's interested eyes.
Besides women, it is also easy to make money from the elderly. She is not engaged in health care products to harm or deceive people. If she wants to open a chain of health care centers, she can find someone to teach and use Huangdi Neijing to teach people about medical care and health care every day. I wonder if it is feasible?
Yinzhen: ... Is Fujin trying to force all the doctors in the world to death?
But he couldn't help but start thinking, is it feasible?
Yinzhen thought further.
People in the royal family did not live very long, and ordinary people did not live that long for a variety of reasons. Many of them died before the age of fifty.
If people can live longer, their health will be better. In a society with an increasing number of long-lived people, the level of productivity will surely gradually improve.
This contributes to the healthy progress and development of the Qing Dynasty.
After all, longevity is the common pursuit of all people throughout their lives. Everyone wants to live a long and healthy life, not only to live longer, but also to live better.