The Concubine of the Red Chamber

Huier's answer should be that Shen Dacheng looked up at her seriously. He had heard from his mother that there was a very trustworthy girl beside the Eighth Prince's Concubine. The current situation of their family was not unrelated to this girl. He worked hard these days The workmanship is not without grievances, but after all, his mother made a mistake in doing things, and his whole family is still together, so he will let go of the grievances in his heart, want to perform well, and reuse him.But today Hui'er took out these fragrant soaps, which surprised him very much. It's not wrong for his mother to lose to such a clever girl.

The cost of fragrant soap is not high, if you can make these tricks, the profit will be very high. The deed of selling the body of Shen Dacheng's family is all in Jia Lan's hands, and Mother Shen has taught her son to be loyal since childhood, so Shen Dacheng dare not Acting rashly, Jia Lan knew that she and Hui'er only had four hands, and they couldn't do much, and the soap still needed to be perfected, so she only proposed a rough plan and handed it over to Shen Dacheng.

Shen Dacheng went back and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't believe that the master who even left his mother would be as simple as he thought before, but he let go of the last thoughts in his heart, and honestly acted according to what Jia Lan said.

Xiangpanzi are made into various designs and colors, and are customized at different prices according to different incense dews. The ancients had a lot of creativity. After the Xiangpanzi was more perfected, Shen Dacheng also let people research the fruity sandalwood. Waiting for the fragrance, but according to what Jia Lan said, it only sold flower fragrance at the beginning.After the fragrant pancreas was made, it was packaged, placed in shops, or sent to various prefectures. The Eighth Prince's Mansion, Rongguo Mansion, and Fifth Prince's Mansion all purchased them. Purchased.

Jun Zexuan wasn't there, and she didn't want to go out. Faced with those people's probing eyes, she simply talked to Mrs. Zhang, and took Jia Hu to her side for a few days from time to time.

"Father said that Hu'er is the older brother, and the younger brother will do wrong in the future, even if he beats him up...to teach him, but he won't get any points, but Lian'er is so small and soft, how can Huer do it?" Jia Hu Bairi in The Zhang family was studying, and the old lady Zhang valued this great-grandson very much. Perhaps it was a pity that her daughter was at a loss for marrying Jia She, and she was even more concerned about the education of her grandson. Jia Hu was not stupid, although he was only eight years old, but Jia Daishan and Jia She are also very proud of reading.Because of the good relationship with Jia Lan since childhood, Jia Hu is very close to this aunt.

Jia Lan looked at him sitting there and disliked Jia Lian, but there was no rejection in his eyes. He obviously liked this younger brother very much. Thinking of Jia Lian's ending, Jia Lan smiled and said: "Your father is right, teaching younger brothers to be elder brothers Responsibility."

"But the second uncle didn't listen to my father. My mother said it was wrong. Before that, my wife wanted to take Lian'er to raise Lian'er with Zhu'er. After my father refused, my wife said that my father was not filial, so my second uncle came to our house to teach my father a lesson. , I don’t listen to my brother at all.” Jia Hu frowned and complained to Jia Lan.He doesn't like Second Uncle at all, last time he said that his great-grandfather didn't teach well!I don't even look at it, which of the several uncles in Grandpa Zeng's family has no fame?Only my second uncle and second aunt are sick like that, and they hang out with girls all day long.

Jia Lan smiled when she heard the words, knowing that Jia Daishan and Jia Amnesty did not put Wang's actions on Jia Zheng's head. She still doesn't know what kind of mentality her second brother is. It is the way of Confucius and Mencius, but the behavior of partial students is different from that of ordinary nerds.This second elder brother looked down on these concubines since he was a child, and felt superior to others, and he was even more cold-hearted than Jia She, Jia Lan didn't think of currying favor with her from the beginning.Jia Lan seldom dangles in front of him, saying that they are brother and sister, but they are not much better than strangers.Seeing his current behavior, I can understand the reason why he failed the exam. Compared with Jia Jing next door, who studies hard all day long, and Jia Zheng, who is obsessed with literature and sex all day long, it is really strange that he can pass the exam, but it is strange. His serious attitude confused Jia Daishan and Jia Shishi, both thought this son was a great talent.

After Jia Lian's hundred-day banquet, Xiangbaozhai's business improved a lot, and it gradually prospered among the houses in various mansions.Jia Lan also took the opportunity to find someone to learn about the various mansions, and asked them to record the hobbies of the female relatives of each family, but found out the situation in many mansions.Jia Lan did not go past the fifth prince in finding someone. The fifth prince has now married his wife and left the house. His grandparents raised him personally, and his grandfather, Wang Yan, had extraordinary literary talents and once taught the former emperor and prince.The fifth prince and concubine got along well with Jun Zezhen as soon as she entered the door, so she was very close to her young sister-in-law. Jia Lan just deliberately mentioned that she didn't have any wit in her hands. Giving things often makes it difficult to figure out how to offend people, and she has already figured it out.

Xiangbaozhai's business is good, Jia Lan has made a profit, and the fifth prince's concubine also found out the situation in Beijing through Shen Nanny, which inspired the fifth prince a lot.However, as a child of the Shang Dynasty, when he wandered around the inner house, he could get many unexpected things. Looking at the pamphlets written by Jia Lan according to the preferences of the women's families in various prefectures, the fifth prince also had some calculations in his mind.

"This soap is really easy to use. It's also clean for washing your hands and face. It's moisturizing and has a fragrance. Do you want to expand your business?" The fifth prince and concubine looked at Jia Lan's obedient expression, and stretched out her hand on her tender face. Patted, smiled lightly: "I said that I can't blame my brother and sister for being so beautiful. I didn't want to have such a dexterous girl by my side."

Jia Lan glanced at Hui'er, and then said: "It's not difficult to make this soap, my shop was just opened on a whim for fun, and I don't have any way to expand the business, I'm satisfied if I can establish a firm foothold in Beijing. "Jia Lan will personally make a few pieces with plum fragrance every month and send them to Huguo Temple for Jun Zexuan to use. Now that he is in Huguo Temple, it is not appropriate to send sachets by himself, and use the unfinished ones. The soap with plum blossom 'floral dew' is very easy to use. Jia Lan also reduced the amount of floral dew and made some other fragrances as gifts. The fifth prince and concubine Zhang and others like it very much.

The fifth prince and concubine also found that the ones she used were better than the ones bought outside, but now the girls in this kind of mansion like it very much. Although the price is expensive, they buy a lot every month.

Although the soap is easy to make, most of the people in the house that Jia Lan sells, there is no shortage of dignitaries in Beijing, so Jia Lan asked Shen Dacheng to divide them into several grades, and the top twelve flower fragrances are the top ones. The water used in the piece of soap is the morning dew of twelve kinds of flowers. The flower branches dyed with the soap are also made from the freshest petals, and they are smoked with the finest dew. Keep your body... Each piece of fragrant soap is made into a variety of colors, but it is the size of a woman's palm. A lady of the big family costs two or three yuan a month to wash her whole body, but it is really not cheap to sell. At the beginning, the business was mediocre. I hired a storyteller, and it was rumored in the market that Xiangbaozhai's pancreas could not help but cure a certain young lady's body odor disease, and even made her body smeared with the fragrance of flowers, but now it attracted many people Attention, after using it curiously, the wives of various families found that their bodies were indeed stained with a faint fragrance, and they all fell in love with it.There are often shortages in the store, causing the ladies and wives to place orders early every month.

Even a few princesses in the palace were interested. Jia Lan had someone make it up at the beginning, and then gave a set to the queen and several princesses, letting them choose what they liked, and then provoked a lot of concubines. The concubine was dissatisfied, complained in front of the queen, and blew pillow wind in front of Emperor Longchang.Jia Lan was also called into the palace for questioning.

"The queen mother also knows that her daughter-in-law loves these flowers and dews on weekdays, and the disturbance makes the girls and women restless all day long. It was originally a joke in the mansion by herself. Who would have thought that it would be done. The daughter-in-law is alone. It can't be used up, so I thought about sending it to the shop, so as to subsidize the family. It was a loss at the beginning, but thanks to the help of Wuhuang's wife, it was able to keep the capital. It is really rare, or the daughter-in-law would give it Every lady in the palace will offer it." The eighth prince is now a bald prince, and although Emperor Longchang said he wanted to mention the county king, he was still a bald prince before the imperial decree was issued, and the sale of a fragrant pancake was not to be taken away from the people. Li, but just doing it for fun, Jia Lan explained a lot of required materials in detail, which made the Queen frowned.

The queen wanted to ask Fangzi to do it herself, but now that Jia Lan has made a name for herself, she is also a serious daughter-in-law of the emperor and a private property, and the eighth prince even prayed for his son as a substitute in the temple. As the mother of a country, she is not easy to force.After mentioning it to Emperor Longchang, let the oral administration go to buy it.

After the Twelve Flower Fragrances were brought into the palace, the supply of the first-class top-grade products in the shop was even more in short supply. The Queen also knew that the girls and guards of the Eighth Prince's Mansion went to collect dew every day, and seeing that Jia Lan did not increase the price, she couldn't help but feel that She is a fool.

The Twelve Flower Fragrance Special Products were made as a tribute, and Jia Lan’s Xiangbaozhai became popular all of a sudden. Now there is no need for door-to-door recommendations, and the supply of servants’ goods is in short supply. Many people want to be infected. Lan simply wrote a letter asking Jun Zexuan to tell Jun Zexuan the truth, and asked the fifth concubine to run the business with the eldest princess.

The fifth concubine is capable, so if she doesn't intervene, she will be fine. As soon as she intervenes, Xiangbaozhai immediately expands its business, and Jiangnan also opened a branch.Jia Lan also begged the queen to buy two mountains dedicated to planting flowers and fruit trees.The eldest princess read the accounts carefully, and heard Jia Lan say that in the future, when the mountains are full of flowers, a farm will be built in the mountains, and when the flowers are in full bloom, there will be some literary meetings and so on. She is very interested in it.Someone investigated and found that the cost was really high, not to mention the fragrant dew spring water, but the dew was collected by the nearby peasant women who got up early and paid a lot of wages. Jia Lan didn't interfere at all, and handed it over to Madam Shen Mama will handle it.Then he told the queen that Jia Lan was kind and generous, that he would not compete with the people for profit, not waste the people and waste money, but it was elegant.

The Eldest Princess has already reached the age of Ji, she has already been engaged, and she will stay for at most two years before getting married. Although the Crown Prince has lost most of the Queen's love, he also likes this daughter, and seeing her self-disciplined face is a little more joyful , then let her go, left and right is not a big deal, and there is not much profit.

"So much?" Jun Zezhen was very surprised when he saw the ledger sent by Mrs. Wang. He originally wanted the women to make a small fuss, but the income was really astonishing.

Wang laughed lightly. If it wasn't for the huge profits, she wouldn't have let Jia Lan call the eldest princess to join the joint venture again. The accounts in the eldest princess's hands were naturally different from those in front of her.Although she was pleasantly surprised by such a profit, she knew that her husband's intention was not just for profit, he didn't look at the public profit, but also because he didn't want to make the higher-ups too taboo, how could he use so many dewdrops, and now she uses Baihua dewdrops to wash her face up.So he said with a smile: "It was the younger siblings playing around, but the stall got too big to hold. The eighth brother loves the younger siblings and put all his brains in. I don't want to hide it, and I don't want to hide it. After all, gold and silk touch people's hearts."

Jun Zezhen received a letter asking for help from his younger brother that day, and he also felt that his younger brother and sister were messing around, and now he couldn't stop the trouble because of his petty love of flowers and dew, but after all, he had made a lot of money, so he could only help them out. I feel a little helpless in my heart.He could only smile wryly, and let Mrs. Wang help to deal with it. After all, Mrs. Wang was his own chosen wife. Jun Zezhen was very satisfied with her ability and manners, and seeing that she took good care of her younger siblings, he was even more at ease. Now that the two of them looked at the accounts, they never imagined that a small rouge shop would have so much income, and the palace alone would send tens of thousands of taels of silver every year.

"In the past, the cosmetics and powders purchased in the palace cost a lot. A bottle of rose dew cost tens of taels of silver, and if it was made into water to drink, it was consumed in a few days, and a lot of silver was earned every year. Nowadays, the purchase in the palace is watched by the eldest princess, and the best and tenderest petals are indeed used, as well as the best fragrance dew. The people who invite the dew to pick flowers every day are also nearby peasant girls and girls in the Zhuangzi. , I chose those who are clean and diligent, they have to bathe and change clothes before collecting every day, and they are watched by others, and the wages are sufficient, and there are scented tea and snacks every day, and the ten thousand taels of silver is really profitable." Mrs. Wang. Since I can use morning dew with or without flowers, I am also very surprised.Even after trying it, I don't know how to judge my little sister-in-law.