Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

The matter of Chi Zhuang came to an end for the time being.

Xia Bai'an took Tang Song back to the capital. On the way, Tang Song was called to Tongji Hall to help count the medicinal herbs. By the way, he recruited a few drug boys and newcomers who knew medicine. Cultivate well.

Xia Bai'an came to Chenxiang Pavilion as planned.

Liu Pipa told her: "Recently, there are quite a few people who are making trouble. Most of them are those who don't buy anything and talk about it. Although it doesn't affect our usual business with rich and powerful families, it discourages many businessmen who have just entered Beijing."

Li Xiuhong nodded: "Those foreign businessmen traveled all over the world. We originally discussed that if we could match up with them, it would be convenient to do business in the future."

After listening to the two of them, Mo Xue also appeared from behind the counter, and obediently put away the books that had been sorted out.

Three pairs of big eyes stared straight at Xia Bai'an.

Xia Bai'an couldn't help laughing.

"You are all doing the right thing. Those people who come to cause trouble will probably not be bribed by Yunxue herself. They may be through the contacts of Huang Min's family. It just so happens that I heard that Mr. Huang has always wanted to have a son. You can come to the door and talk about it."

Li Xiuhong was surprised: "You really let him have a son?"

"Of course not." Xia Bai'an shook his head, "However, it's okay to cheat a few times, and...that Mrs. Huang is not a good person, she gave birth to two prostitute daughters in succession, but instead, Huang Min, a concubine daughter, became the prime minister. Now that she is about to be divorced, she is afraid that she will have other thoughts, such as..."

Xia Bai'an stopped abruptly at this point, but swapped the empty ledger on the table with the ledger full of things.

Li Xiuhong was shocked.

Even Liu Pipa showed a look of astonishment: "Isn't that blood..."

"Mrs. Huang came from a business background. She can marry Mr. Huang as his wife, and kill all the concubines in the yard. She can't be a naive little white rabbit. She accepted a gift from my family years ago, and the servants pointed out As for her going back to her hometown to visit her relatives, I'm afraid she has already prepared to do something like a civet cat in exchange for the prince."

When Xia Bai'an said this, he suddenly saw Liu Pipa and Li Xiuhong showing embarrassment, and tapped on the table again, "Next time, I won't go to give gifts myself, you can help me. If you hear any news, you can use it yourself. "

Liu Pipa and Li Xiuhong's eyes lit up.

Xia Bai'an smiled, and carried Mo Xue to the backyard to check the inventory.

Mo Xue was put on the ground, she tidied up her clothes on her own, and asked her, "Mother, although the aunts and aunts do want to help you, you don't have to entrust all the cards of your network. "

While counting the inventory, Xia Bai'an said, "If you're in business, you really don't need to lose your hole cards. But to be friends, you should hand over your hole cards once you've handed them over."

"Can they go out and work alone in the future?"

"That's a good thing for them." Xia Bai'an smiled softly, "Xue'er, don't always be afraid that others will use you as a stepping stone. What you should be afraid of is that you will stop here in your life... In the future, even if Xiuhong and Pipa is independent, and I also believe that I will not lose to them, this is the confidence."

Mo Xue nodded obediently, and was about to speak.

There was a light knock on the door behind him.

Xia Bai'an turned his head, but saw the man in a black robe, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"My lord." Xia Bai'an put away the account book in his hand, gently pushed Mo Xue, and motioned her to find Li Xiuhong and Liu Pipa.

Mo Xue walked out, looking up at Li Chen.

The adults and children met each other's eyes, Mo Xue quietly lowered her head, and left without saying a word, while Li Chen's eyes were glued to Mo Xue's body until the child had gone to the front hall.

Xia Bai'an stepped forward and stopped Li Chen's gaze.

"The minister's daughter is indeed very cute, but the prince will make her shy if he looks at her like this."

Li Chen's eyes were dim, and he recovered his senses and looked at Xia Bai'an: "I just think the child is cute. However, I didn't expect that Imperial Physician Xia is also good at doing business in the capital, so I found out without much effort."

"If the lord wants to find me, he can send someone to go directly to the Xia Mansion."

"Some things, I'm afraid we can only say them when we meet."

As Li Chen said, he looked down at his black robe, which was regarded as casual clothes.

Came to see me deliberately to hide my eyes and ears.

No wonder Liu Pipa and Li Xiuhong let him into the backyard.

Xia Bai'an frowned, and took him to the resting room behind the warehouse to sit down. The staff specially brought some tea and pastries, and whispered into Xia Bai'an's ear, "Boss Li specifically said that His Highness Wang An said that he came to buy frostbite for the old mother." Ointment, right now, there is no stock in the warehouse."

Seeing that winter is coming to an end, there are fewer people buying chilblain cream, and the stock in the warehouse is also sold out, which is normal.

But... the one who wants chilblain ointment is the prince.

Xia Bai'an nodded slightly, turned away everyone, and directly took a box of chilblain ointment from the space and put it on the table.

"What the prince wants."

"It seems that there is no stock from the outside, but you have hidden some inside." Li Chen took the chilblain ointment and said again, "But the king came here not just for the chilblain ointment."

Xia Bai'an had a smile on his face, but there was a chill in his eyes.

"If your lord wants to talk about what happened in the palace, you don't have to tell me."

"Business matters." Li Chen smiled slightly, "Recently, the current situation outside is turbulent, and you must have heard of it. The fiefdom where the king is located is not rich, but the advantage is that the waterways extend in all directions, and you do business in the capital. I have helped this king for the first time, and it is considered mutual trust. This king thought, how about we make some deals between you and me?"

waterway?

Xia Bai'an's eyes darkened slightly.

She hadn't actually thought about it this way.

Not to mention that the waterways in the capital extend in all directions and can go everywhere, so the inspection on the wharf is also extremely strict. Even the merchant ships and even the painting boats that come and go are mostly belongings of officials and eunuchs, and it is basically difficult to fall into the hands of merchants.

In addition, the waterway is wet, and the things that can be transported are really limited.

For Xia Bai'an's business, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, so basically he didn't consider it.

But now the land road is chaotic, bandits and rebellious parties are everywhere, and the merchants near the capital have their own business. She can only seek help from merchants far away. The safety of goods and people on the road is indeed a problem.

Seeing that she had already started to think about this matter, Li Chen offered another olive branch.

"Physician Xia doesn't need to think too much about it. In fact, I have some selfish intentions in doing business."

"My lord, please explain in detail." Xia Bai'an came back to his senses and added a cup of tea for him.

Li Chen took a sip of green tea: "This king heard that you bought a pond and farmland in the outskirts of Beijing, and it seems that you brought people to cultivate it on purpose. But when farming the land, you mentioned digging the soil, decontamination, maintaining the land, and using tulle The wooden frame is used as a shed to control the temperature, and even the fertilizer used is deliberately improved, which cost a lot of money.”

After Xia Bai'an heard it, the corner of his mouth twitched: "My lord must have inquired too much."