Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

After getting the news, everyone reacted differently, which can be described as wonderful.

Among them, the ones who reacted the most were naturally the lineage of the noble concubine and the eldest prince.

The emperor's words with Qin Lu in the imperial study room were short of directly saying that he wanted to make Qin Lu the crown prince.

In the eyes of the imperial concubine, the eldest prince and others, their winning percentage against Qin Lu has always been [-]-[-].

Although in the past six months, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the eldest prince is getting weaker and weaker.

After Hubu Shangshu was dismissed, the emperor's various actions also showed that the candidate he most preferred was not the eldest prince.

But how could the eldest prince and noble concubine be willing to admit this kind of thing?

Even after being grounded, the eldest prince and the imperial concubine felt that although the current situation was not optimistic, they could still make a comeback by relying on the background accumulated in the past.

Unexpectedly, the emperor doesn't seem to intend to give them a chance at all.

King Li had just returned to the capital, and he hadn't even returned to Prince Li's mansion, when the emperor summoned him into the palace and made such a call.

Even the imperial concubine still couldn't believe it when she heard the news from her subordinates:

"Obsessed in the love of children, how can you entrust important matters to him? The emperor really said so?"

"Yes."

The person who sent the message back hurriedly buried his head down and answered in a low voice.

This word came from the imperial study room, where did you know it?

"Bangdang-"

Even after the imperial concubine had been in the harem for more than [-] years, her energy-raising skills had reached the point of perfection, but now she couldn't hold back, and directly picked up the teapot beside her hand and threw it out.

And the palace people at the side obviously knew the reason why the imperial concubine was so furious:

The emperor said that he would entrust the important matter to King Li. Now that King Li is in control of the army, and he is the only His Royal Highness in Tianqi, what else can be called a big event for him?

I am afraid that there is only the position of the crown prince, the lord of the country...

Thinking of this, Linglong, who was standing behind the imperial concubine, could not help but feel a jump in her heart. She raised her eyes and saw her master's dark complexion.

After all, it was an old man who had been serving the concubine for many years. Seeing that the concubine's face was getting uglier, Linglong couldn't hold back in the end, and stepped forward to persuade her:

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be so worried. His Royal Highness... Didn't you refuse? You even annoyed the Holy Majesty because of it. It seems that the matter has not reached an irreparable point."

If this was done in the past, the imperial concubine might be directly persuaded by Linglong's words.

However, this matter is related to the establishment of a reserve, and it is the goal that the imperial concubine and Ningguo government have worked hard for for more than [-] years.

Immediately, the imperial concubine scolded without thinking:

"What do you know?"

"The slaves are talking nonsense, and the empress calms down."

Linglong was taken aback by the concubine's gaze, and immediately sued the concubine without thinking about it.

It has to be said that although Linglong has been with the imperial concubine for many years, she still does not know the emperor as well as the imperial concubine.

If the emperor really annoyed Qin Lu because of Qin Lu's refusal, and even gave up the idea of ​​making Qin Lu the crown prince because of this, the concubine would not be so angry.

Why did the emperor, who had always guarded against the news from the imperial study room, relax his mouth uncharacteristically this time?

Not only was it allowed to be investigated by outsiders, but even the details were known to others, and it was almost impossible to tell others vividly what happened in the imperial study room yesterday.

Although it is said that the king's heart is unpredictable, the noble concubine can clearly guess the meaning of the emperor's move at this moment:

He is putting pressure on Qin Lu.

To be precise, this is putting pressure on Gu Yanshu.

I want Gu Yanshu to persuade Qin Lu, so he complied with his wish, accepted the side concubine, gave birth to an heir, accepted the position of crown prince, and inherited the throne.

The imperial concubine has never resented her understanding of the emperor like she does today.

If she had guessed the deep meaning of this action, it would be better if she hadn't guessed it, and it wouldn't have increased the despair in her heart.

Since the noble concubine could guess the emperor's plan, others would naturally be able to guess it too.

It also included several fathers and sons of the Wen family who had just expressed their position to Prince Li's residence.

Not to mention the imperial concubine, even Wen Xuefei and his sons still don't understand which song Li Wang and the emperor are singing.

To say that King Li is not interested in the throne, when Qin Lu went to Yizhou, Princess Li's way of wooing the Wen family, I can't see this trend.

But if it is said that he has a heart for the throne, what Qin Lu is doing now is completely contrary to this goal.

In the end, Wen Xuefei could only focus on Wen Qingxiao, the sixth son who got along with Gu Yanshu the most and knew Li Wangfu the most:

"Qing Xiao, do you think the prince will compromise in the end?"

"Hard to say."

As confident as Wen Qingxiao, after thinking for a while this time, he could only give an ambiguous answer.

Facing the curious gazes of her father and elder brother, Wen Qingxiao thought for a moment before giving the answer:

"It's about the princess, I'm afraid the prince won't compromise easily."

Wen Qingxiao is the one who has the closest relationship with Prince Li's residence among the father and son of the Wen family. He is also the person who sees Gu Yanshu most often, so no one knows the relationship between Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu better than him.

More than once, Wen Qingxiao saw His Royal Highness Li Wang, who stood tall in front of outsiders, bowing his head and stooping to arrange the hem of his princess's clothes.

It was also more than once that His Highness Li Wang, who never pretended to speak in front of outsiders, was full of tenderness and smiles when facing his concubine.

It was also more than one time to see Her Royal Highness Princess Li, who is known for her calm and self-restraint, looking defenseless in front of the prince, like a child.

……

These two people, when they face each other, seem to become less like themselves, or maybe only when they face each other, these two people will reveal their truest state.

Wen Qingxiao had no way of knowing the truth.

But he knew that when King Li and Concubine Li got along, it was as if there was a natural barrier beside them, separating them from the world.

There is indeed no room for the existence of a third person between these two.

"What about Princess Li?"

Wen Xuefei never thought that he would hear such an answer from his six sons.

After a little surprise, Gu Yanshu was mentioned:

"All the efforts made by Princess Li before were to pave the way for the prince to seize the throne. Now that the emperor has made the choice clearly, will Princess Li persuade King Li to accept it?"

"Other people might." This time, Wen Qingxiao gave the answer without any hesitation, "But Young Master Gu, it will never be like this."

"Oh? Why is Qingxiao so sure?" It has to be said that Wen Qingxiao's attitude immediately aroused Wen Xuefei's curiosity and asked directly.

However, this time, Wen Qingxiao did not answer directly, but raised his eyes to his fourth brother, Wen Qingyan.

Not to mention, Wen Qingyan really knows how to do this question, so he directly took over the topic and said:

"Because he is Young Master Gu."

Afterwards, Wen Qingyan didn't wait for Wen Xuefei to ask, and directly explained the reason.

The reason Wen Qingyan gave was naturally the last time Gu Yanshu said in front of Wen Si and Wen Liu that "being an official is useless and thankless".

Although the matter of seizing the heirloom is slightly different from that at this time, from Gu Yanshu's tone that day, Wen Qingyan can also hear that in Gu Yanshu's mind, this emperor is also not a good job.

According to this logic, it is impossible for Princess Li to persuade His Highness Prince Li to compromise because of this matter.

This is the first time for Wen Qingyan to speak in front of his brothers and father, as well as Gu Yanshu's statement that "being an official is useless and thankless".

Now that he finished speaking, he found that whether it was his brothers or his father, their expressions were in a trance for a moment.

Almost at a glance, Wen Qingyan knew what these people were thinking:

It should be doubting life!

Not to mention his father and brothers, even he, after listening to Princess Li's remarks, was quite skeptical about life.

There is no other reason, what Princess Li said, although there is a hint of nonsense in it, but it is also very reasonable.

Every word and every sentence almost hit the common point in the hearts of contemporary courtiers.

Even if Gu Yanshu hadn't added "I am Princess Li" at the end, Wen Qingyan would have stood up immediately, immediately written a memorial and resigned to the emperor.

And attach the previous sentence:

It's not right to be a broken official!

Fortunately, Wen Qingyan didn't get lost in Gu Yanshu's impassioned speech at the beginning, and the rationality in his heart quickly suppressed the impulse in his heart.

Now, the other members of the Wen family who are officials in the court are obviously also experiencing the struggle that Wen Qingyan experienced back then.

Wen Xuefei is the father of several people, both in character and experience, far surpassing his own sons.

"Princess Li's idea is indeed unique."

The trance in my heart was fleeting, but in an instant, I found my own thoughts:

"If this is the case, it is indeed impossible for Princess Li to persuade the prince to compromise for the sake of being the crown prince."

"If that's the case, then what shall we... do?"

At this time, Wen Qingshu, the eldest brother of the Wen family who had never had a chance to speak, finally couldn't help but speak.

As soon as these words came out, the study fell into silence.

That's right.

If King Li really has no intention of seizing the heir, what should they do with the Wen family?

These days, almost all civil and military officials in the court knew that their Wen family was from the lineage of King Li. During this time, the Wen family also directly offended the eldest prince's lineage to the point of completeness.

If the eldest prince succeeds to the throne in the future, how can the Wen family get it right?

Thinking of this, the faces of the brothers of the Wen family had a more or less sympathetic look on their faces.

However, Wen Xuefei glanced at his sons at this moment:

"What else can I do? At worst, I will figure it out slowly, and I will always be able to retreat completely."

Since ancient times, seizing the throne has always been accompanied by huge risks.

Although Wen Xuefei guessed the emperor's intentions seven to eight points, it did not mean that such a risk did not exist.

Since Wen Xuefei had chosen this path at the beginning, he had naturally chosen the path of retreat, and now, the expression on his face can be regarded as natural.

After finishing speaking, Wen Xuefei did not forget to add another sentence:

"Besides, the current situation is not clear, and it is still too early to think about these issues."

Wen Xuefei was able to guess the emperor's intentions eighty-nine times when the eldest prince and Qin Lu were fighting equally. In this respect, he naturally knew the emperor better than the imperial concubine.

From the news that the emperor allowed outsiders to investigate the imperial study room, and even fueled the flames, what Wen Xuefei saw was not only the emperor's desire to force Qin Lu to bow his head, but also the emperor's attitude towards the eldest prince.

Even after Qin Lu had uttered such offensive words, the No. 1 choice for the crown prince in the emperor's mind was still King Li. In other words, the emperor probably never considered the possibility of appointing the eldest prince as the crown prince.

Even if in the end Li Wang really bears the pressure and never compromises, the position of the crown prince will never fall to the eldest prince.

If so, what does it matter whether the Wen family offends the First Prince or not?

With such an obvious intention of the emperor, others can naturally guess it.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Prince Li's mansion again, wanting to see what choice Qin Lu would make now.

But the two masters of Prince Li's Mansion, who are widely concerned by everyone, are having a heart-to-heart talk at this moment.

No, to be precise, it is His Royal Highness Li Wang who is unilaterally admitting her mistake to Concubine Li.

As soon as the news from the palace came out, Gu Yanshu knew that Qin Lu hadn't told him the truth yesterday.

He said how could his little deer's temperament provoke the emperor to be so angry for no reason, but he never thought that the root cause was still on him.

Gu Yanshu also knew that Qin Lu's ambiguity yesterday was because he didn't want him to feel guilty after he found out.

Although the starting point is good, this kind of deception cannot be encouraged.

Therefore, as soon as he got the news, Gu Yanshu found his Xiaolu family and had a serious discussion on this issue.

At first, Qin Lu didn't realize the seriousness of the problem.

After all, his deception yesterday was really because he didn't want his own Ruan Ruan to think too much, and he did it subconsciously.

Until later when Gu Yanshu saw that Qin Lu was still laughing and joking with him, he became very angry and said:

"If it is according to what the prince said, I also agreed to the arrangement of the emperor without telling the prince, for the sake of the prince, what does the prince think?"

"you dare?"

I have to say that this example is very vivid and appropriate.

Almost at the moment when Qin Lu subconsciously returned to his own Ruanruan, when he looked up and saw his Ruanruan expression, he understood everything.

Gu Yanshu was so angry that it wasn't because of his confrontation in the imperial study yesterday, or even because of his ambiguity yesterday.

Instead, he concealed key information without authorization under the banner of "being soft and good for himself".

Dang even put away the trace of indifference and indifference in his heart, and quickly and sincerely admitted his mistake to himself.

It's also because Qin Lu didn't know about those couples who admit mistakes that people in later generations often used, otherwise, he might have moved out a washboard and knelt down skillfully by now.

It is also the interaction between Qin Lu and his own princess that happened in Prince Li's mansion, outsiders have no way of knowing.

Otherwise, those who are waiting for Qin Lu's choice may see Qin Lu's skilled sliding rail movements at this moment, and maybe they will go directly to wash and sleep quickly:

With His Royal Highness Li Wang's love-minded appearance, you still expect him to give up the princess for the throne?

Perhaps such a wish is easier to realize in a dream.

How outsiders will react when they see Qin Lu's actions is not within the scope of Gu Yanshu's thinking.

Gu Yanshu is not an unreasonable person. Seeing that his little deer did realize his mistake, he didn't make use of it.

After simply exchanging a few words with Qin Lu, he revealed the matter to the past.

On the other hand, Qin Lu, after Gu Yanshu turned the matter over, still looked at his own Ruanruan with a tangled expression for a while.

It wasn't until Gu Yanshu cast a questioning look at him that Qin Lu asked quite uncertainly:

"Ruan Ruan's words just now should be just to scare me, right?"

Hearing such a sentence suddenly, Gu Yanshu couldn't even react for a while.

It took a while before he realized that what Qin Lu said was what he said in anger just now, without telling him what he promised the emperor to arrange.

Immediately, he was almost laughed at by his own deer.

However, when he saw the rare cautious expression of his own deer, he felt a little angry.

In the end, he could only look at his own deer in a bad mood:

"Otherwise? I'm not as generous as the prince."

The "magnanimity" that Gu Yanshu mentioned naturally refers to Qin Lu's remark that when Qin Lu was seriously ill in Yizhou, he asked Gu Yanshu to take the property of the palace to marry a wife and have children.

Although this matter has already been turned over in the eyes of the two of them, Gu Yanshu is not a person who likes to turn over old scores.

At this moment, faced with this situation, when he heard that his little deer was so mentally handicapped, even Gu Yanshu couldn't help but stab Qin Lu with this matter.

Seeing that his own Ruanruan has started to turn over old accounts, what else does Qin Lu not understand?

Immediately, he put his heart back into his stomach, and began to apologize and act like a baby around his princess.

Gu Yanshu couldn't stand Qin Lu's tricks at all. Seeing Qin Lu's current appearance, even if there was a lot of anger in his heart, it almost disappeared at this moment.

Qin Lu, who was supposed to be slow in emotional perception, discovered the change in his own soft mood at the first time, and made more efforts to make amends.

In the end, Gu Yanshu was almost dispelled by Qin Lu's behavior like brown sugar.

Immediately without thinking, he pushed the person away:

"Walk, walk, it will only delay my work!"

With that said, Gu Yanshu was already sitting at the desk.

Yesterday's rare laziness brought endless troubles today.

Until now, Gu Yanshu hasn't read the work accumulated during his departure from Beijing.

Not to mention that now, for the sake of the future, he has to express all those thoughts in his heart and turn them into reality.

For a moment, Gu Yanshu seemed to have returned to the busy state when he and Qin Lu just got married.

To be precise, Gu Yanshu is under more pressure now than before.

Back then, Gu Yanshu was able to regard shopping malls as his hobby, and only do what he liked.

But now it doesn't work.

Gu Yanshu must accumulate a capital that can make others daunting in the shortest time and at the fastest speed.

Qin Lu also knew that the burden on his soft shoulders was not light at the moment. Seeing Gu Yanshu sitting in front of the desk, he immediately put away his playful thoughts, sat back in his seat, and dealt with the desk like Gu Yanshu work.

Qin Lu has no less affairs in his hands than Gu Yanshu, and now he has been away from Beijing longer than Gu Yanshu.

Therefore, the documents and memorials piled up on Qin Lu's desk at this moment are even more than the ledgers piled up on Gu Yan's desk.

Although Qin Lu annoyed the emperor yesterday, the emperor didn't give him any punishment except to let Qin Lu go away and not enter the palace without summons.

For example, dismissing him from his post.

In other words.

His Royal Highness Li Wang, who had eaten a meal yesterday, still had to do what he had to do.

Although Qin Lu took advantage of Gu Yanshu's rest yesterday, he had already disposed of a small part of the memorials, but the amount left at this moment is also not small.

Not to mention that because of Li Mingpeng's testimony, Qin Lu had to reintegrate the three armies, which increased the difficulty and quantity of his work.

Not long after, Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu were immersed in desk work.

For a while, apart from the sound of breathing, the sound of brushing when the paper was turned, and the brief collision of porcelain when the two occasionally picked up the teacups, there was no other sound in the study.

Except for the newly opened rickshaws, the shops under Gu Yanshu's hands are already on the right track, so there is no need for Gu Yanshu to worry about them.

Therefore, at this moment, Gu Yanshu is not slow in handling affairs.

The ledger on Gu Yanshu's desk is also decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, within two or three hours, Gu Yanshu had already dealt with all the accumulated work.

He looked out the window and realized that it was still early.

Turning his head to look at his little deer again, he found that there were still a lot of memorials left in front of his little deer. Gu Yanshu simply took out a blank piece of paper from the side and began to write his next plan to make money.

Today's level of technology is not as developed as in later generations, and the means of making money are naturally not as flourishing as in later generations, both online and offline.

The most profitable business in Tianqi is industry.

Of course, this must also be considered in conjunction with Tianqi's actual level.

For example, it used to make Chinese merchants earn a lot of money in real estate, but it is not applicable to Tianqi.

The population of Tianqi is not large, at least compared to the territory owned by Tianqi, the population is not large.

Except for street beggars, almost everyone has a roof tile to cover themselves.

As for the homeless beggars, obviously they cannot bring wealth to Gu Yanshu.

Therefore, real estate was the first industry to be crossed out by Gu Yanshu.

Other than that, who has the best money to say.

This question, in later generations, the Chinese people who are accustomed to listening to jokes on the Internet, almost everyone knows the answer.

woman and child.

If the target is above these two groups, combined with industry profits, the best money to make is probably more than food and clothing.

As far as clothing is concerned, Gu Yanshu already has a very complete industrial chain under his hands.

That was when he took over from the Zhou family.

After taking over, Gu Yanshu also made a lot of changes to it.

For example, the sales method, and another example is the design of the fabric.

Even along the silk and satin village, several new clothing stores have been opened.

The clothing stores under Gu Yanshu's hands are also very interesting.

For example, the fashion design is novel, and until now, it is also leading the direction and trend of Kyoto.

But I can afford new clothes from time to time, and they are not just ordinary coarse linen clothes, but almost all of them have some wealth at home.

Almost all of these people have embroiderers in their homes.

Compared with buying ready-made clothes in clothing stores outside the government, they are still more inclined to let the embroiderers in the house make them.

In this way, at least in the style of embroidery, it can be distinguished from others, so that it will not bump into other people's shirts when traveling.

Therefore, after the first burst of novelty, the clothing stores under Gu Yanshu's hands can only be said to be neither good nor bad.

Even compared with Gu Yanshu's other industries, it can be said to be inferior.

Flipping through the account book of the clothing store, Gu Yanshu felt that he couldn't let it go on fooling around like this, and an idea popped up in his mind:

Perhaps... advanced customization and private customization should be put on the agenda?

It is not difficult to see from the feedback from the shopkeeper and the account book that the noble girls and ladies in Beijing are unwilling to choose finished clothing stores, not because the clothes in the clothing stores are not good-looking, but because they are not unique enough.

Now that Gu Yanshu has his own silk and satin shop under his hands, if private customization is put on the agenda, it has a natural advantage.

Because Gu Yanshu can give noble ladies the most unique experience from the fabric to the style of the clothes.

Gu Yanshu can even link this private order with Yaoyue Pavilion, raising the threshold for private customization.

For example, ordinary members in Yaoyue Pavilion can purchase its high-end clothing, gold card members have customization rights, diamond members can enjoy advanced customization services, and private customization is exclusive to black card members.

In the previous life, the Gu family was considered a long-running family, and no one knew better than Gu Yanshu what these so-called nobles wanted in their hearts.

Raising the threshold will not only dissuade the noble girls, but even stimulate their consumption.

The higher the threshold, the harder it is to get, for them, it is what they want most.

Not only because you can enjoy the special service, but also because you can use it to show your lofty status.

Once linked, it can even stimulate the consumption enthusiasm of the original customers of Yaoyue Pavilion.

The more he thought about it, the more Gu Yanshu felt that this idea was feasible.

After finishing the draft in his heart, Gu Yanshu immediately began to write vigorously.

Not long after, a brand new proposal was released.

After reading it through and confirming that there is no revision, Gu Yanshu put the manuscript aside.

Looking up, he found that it was still not too late, and his own deer was also working hard, so he took out another blank paper and began to think about the second plan.

The advanced customization plan just now is specially set for Xungui.

Although Tianqi also abides by the 80.00th law, that is to say, 20.00% of the wealth is in the hands of [-]% of the people.

Even the degree of class differentiation is more obvious than later generations, but this does not mean that Gu Yanshu will ignore the sinking 80.00% of potential customers.

On the contrary, no one understands the terrifying consumption level of the people at the bottom of the pyramid better than Gu Yanshu, who has experienced the end times.

Therefore, this second plan, Gu Yanshu decided to target ordinary people.

Since it is aimed at ordinary people, the price must be low enough to adopt a plan of small profits but quick turnover.

What can sell more with less profit...

Daily necessities and necessities, just like porcelain for Chinese New Year!

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu had a plan in his mind almost instantly:

Department store supermarket!

That's right, Gu Yanshu decided to move the department store and supermarket of later generations to Tianqi.

Nowadays, it is relatively troublesome for the common people in today's Qi to buy daily necessities.

Spices and other items need to go to special dry goods stores and sauce stores, paper and other things, you also need to go to bookstores, and other daily necessities, the same is true, you need to go to the corresponding place to buy.

In addition, there are soaps, soaps, shampoos and soft straw paper similar to toilet paper that Gu Yanshu asked the artisans in the mansion to make, but they have not been widely popularized so far.

It's because Gu Yanshu asked craftsmen to make these objects, more for his own service and to improve his quality of life, so he didn't pay attention to these petty profits.

And because these items were all developed by Princess Li's suggestions, the people below did not dare to make decisions without authorization. So far, there are only a few sporadic people who occasionally take out these items for sale.

However, now, facing the crisis, Gu Yanshu suddenly turned into an iron rooster that plucks its feathers. Based on the principle that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, Gu Yanshu decided to arrange all these things.

Not long after, a plan for a department store appeared directly in Gu Yanshu's pen.

It was still early, and in the following time, Gu Yanshu wrote several proposals one after another.

For example, now that the concrete road has been paved, businesses such as express delivery and takeaway can be carried out.

There are also messy things such as purchasing agents from other places, which can also bring in a lot of revenue.

In addition, there are all kinds of rouge and gouache that girls like, jewelry and head coverings, etc.

Although Gu Yanshu didn't study these things himself, he still said that there is a specialization in the art industry, so it would be good to ask professional people to do professional things?

As a natural guy, although Gu Yanshu can't be called a girl, he still has some superficial understanding of the cosmetics that girls in later generations like.

For example, a joke that once became popular all over the Internet.

for example:

"The dead Barbie powder my straight boyfriend gave me, and he kept saying that I look good in paint, I am so grateful to him!"

Another example:

"If you don't know what gift to give a girl, then give lipstick. A big brand is only in the early [-]s. Even if you are in short supply, buy a [-]-word-of-mouth drama that is better, and it will please girls. It is not expensive and not expensive. It's going to go wrong."

"There is nothing that one lipstick can't solve, if there is, then two!"

"The color allin! What? Expired? As long as I don't die, my lipstick will never expire!"

……

Tianqi doesn't have this kind of lipstick that girls like.

Tianqi has lipstick paper and single-color lip balm that only appear in ancient TV dramas in later generations.

Now Gu Yanshu can hire a professional team to develop this lipstick.

There are also a series of items such as eye shadow, blush and eyebrow pencil, which can also be put on the agenda.

By the way, I can also promote the concept of facial cleanser...

Making money is Gu Yanshu's old profession.

In terms of making money alone, I am afraid that all the businessmen in Tianqi cannot catch up with Gu Yanshu, who has the experience of later generations and understands the 5000-year history of China.

Nowadays, when Gu Yan writes these proposals, it can be said that he writes them with spirit, but within an hour, Gu Yanshu wrote seven or eight proposals in a hurry.

In the end, Gu Yanshu did not forget to write down a proposal for a grain and oil shop.

As the saying goes, life is alive, eating and drinking are two words. It is self-evident how important this food is to people.

Not to mention that Gu Yanshu's family also raised a big family that ate food and grass, and resources in this area were even more scarce.

Therefore, the grain and grass shop must also arrange its schedule.

Whether this shop makes money or not is secondary, the most important thing is that the goods must be sufficient...

I don't know if it's the long-term mental work, or some other reason, as I write, a drop of sweat flows along Gu Yanshu's hairline, across his face, across his perfect mandible, and onto his delicate body. jaw.

Then, it dripped onto the paper on the table.

From the snowy days in Kyoto, it can be seen that the temperature change in Tianqi is a little later than that in Huaxia in later generations.

Although autumn is about to enter, the sun in Tianqi Kyoto is still scorching, and the weather is still very hot.

Seeing the sweat that dripped on the paper and instantly wiped away the words he had just written, Gu Yanshu looked up as if he had regained his senses.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, after reading it, you find that the ice mirrors placed around the study room have completely melted at some point.

And it happened that at this time, Xingren walked in from the door with a few servants.

After those servants entered the room, Gu Yanshu immediately felt that the temperature in the room dropped a lot.

When I looked closely, I realized that the servants were holding basins of ice cubes in their hands.

After the greeting, Xingren took advantage of the time when his subordinates were changing the ice mirror, and confessed to Gu Yanshu in a low voice:

"My subordinate neglected to forget the time for a moment, and let His Highness suffer from heat. I hope His Highness will forgive me."

"No problem."

Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu had a lot of affairs piled up in their hands, and it would not be easy for Zhige and Xingren to come.

With just one glance, Gu Yanshu saw that Xingren must have been busy so he forgot the time, he waved his hand, indicating that it was not a big deal, and told Xingren not to take it to heart.

According to Gu Yanshu's understanding of Xingren, usually at this time, Xingren would voluntarily resign.

However, at this moment, Xingren didn't have any intention of leaving, but looked at him embarrassedly.

Without even thinking about it, Gu Yanshu gave him a look:

"Just say it directly."

"Reporting to Your Highness, this is the case. Due to my lack of experience, my subordinates have made some omissions. This year, there is not much ice left in the mansion..."

When Xingren said this, his face was full of guilt and embarrassment.

In this regard, the people in Prince Li's residence were indeed inexperienced.

In Tianqi, there is no ice-making technology. If you want to use ice in summer, you have to make an ice cellar in advance. In winter, you will collect frozen ice, store it in the ice cellar, and store it in summer before taking it out for use.

However, before Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu got married, Prince Li's mansion was full of men practicing martial arts.

Martial arts practitioners practice three-nine-nine days in winter and three days in summer, when did they use things like floor heating and ice mirrors to balance the temperature?

Therefore, in previous years, there was no concept of harvesting ice in winter in Prince Li's residence.

This winter coincided with the snowstorm in Shaocheng, Qin Lu had no time to be idle, Gu Yanshu came from later generations, he was used to the life of turning on the floor heating in winter, turning on the air conditioner in summer, and eating ice and turning on the refrigerator, so naturally he couldn't think of this one.

So this creates a particularly embarrassing situation today:

In such a huge palace of Prince Li, there is no ice available now.

What Xingren and Gu Yanshu said about the lack of ice left in the mansion was not just a polite way of saying, it was even the result of beautification.

Where are they running out of ice in the mansion?

They literally ran out of stock!

Now these ice cubes brought in by Xingren's servants are almost the last in stock in the mansion.

As for the ice mirrors in the mansion in the past two days, Qin Lu found that Gu Yanshu was not very heat-resistant in Yizhou, and asked Xingren to prepare them after returning to the mansion.

After Xingren obeyed Qin Lu's order, he went to the ice cellar in the palace.

As soon as he opened the door, Xingren just wanted to say, good guy, not only is there no ice in the ice cellar in their palace, but even a lot of dust has accumulated.

In the end, Zhi Ge hurriedly went to the fifth prince's residence to borrow some to avoid embarrassment.

However, it has been hot in Kyoto for nearly two months, and the nobles in Beijing can't stand the heat either.

Even though the fifth prince collected ice in winter, after two months of consumption, there is still very little left.

Looking at the few solitary seedlings left in the ice cellar of the fifth prince's mansion, Zhi Ge and Xing Ren couldn't open their mouths to ask for more, even if their prince and the fifth prince were brothers.

If this is the case in the fifth prince's mansion, it should be similar in other honorable mansions.

Helpless, Xingren could only inform Gu Yanshu of this situation.

Gu Yanshu hadn't spoken yet, but Qin Lu, who was busy with his business, was startled. Looking at Xingren, he couldn't help but frowned:

"Is there no ice in the mansion this year?"

"Go back to the prince, no."

Xingren buried his head down, and replied in a low voice, not even daring to guess his prince's next reaction.

The prince of his family has always been rough and never cared whether there is ice in summer, but now, the ice is not for the prince himself, but for the princess.

Just now he just forgot that the time was late for a while, and the princess was sweating from the heat.

Now he still says that there is no ice in the mansion, it is like stepping on the prince's reverse scales and jumping wildly.

However, what Xingren didn't expect was that he didn't hear the prince's reprimand.

Instead, it just didn't