Gu Jian returns to Beijing

After leaving the palace, she was not in a hurry to return to Xiangjun's Mansion. Instead, she went to a few shops selling perfume in the city.

As soon as the perfume went on sale, it was sold out immediately, and her two uncles recruited many workers.

The supply of goods was guaranteed, and the business of the original shop was so good that her two uncles simply rented two more shops.

The three shops can be said to be making a lot of money every day, and there are no less than twenty merchants who come to buy goods from them.

The merchants didn't say anything about the price she set. Anyway, they took the goods and didn't sell them around the capital.

She visited three shops one after another, and there was an endless stream of customers.

"It seems that the production of this soap needs to be tightened up."

It was near noon that Lu Yaoyao returned to Xiangjun Mansion.

"Qiu Yu, go get someone to prepare some hot water. The weather has been too hot recently."

I go out once and come back covered in sweat.

"It hasn't rained for almost a month, so it must be hot."

Qiu Yu said as she walked out.

"Um?"

Lu Yaoyao was startled, then turned around. Just as he was about to ask, Qiu Yu had already exited the room, and her eyes turned to Qiu Shuang again.

"I haven't noticed. Are you sure it hasn't rained in more than a month?"

Qiu Shuang nodded.

"Yes, the weather has been getting hotter and hotter lately, and it has never rained."

At the same time, Lu Yaoyao was also thinking about the weather during the recent period. It was indeed as Qiu Shuang said, it was getting hotter day by day, and there was no rain.

"Go and find Shopkeeper Zhou."

Qiu Shuang stepped back, and soon shopkeeper Zhou came.

"Master, are you looking for me?"

"Well, how much money is there in the account now that can be used?"

Previously, Baizhenlou's income over the past few years had given her hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but recently, she had also spent a lot.

First, he gave his second uncle one hundred thousand taels, and then gave Lao Kang two to three hundred thousand taels to purchase land and build a farm.

"Miss, since you moved to Xiangjun's mansion, shopkeeper Zhou has sent all the idle money to your mansion."

Qiu Shuang said from the side.

In the past, Lu Yaoyao was on the farm, so the money earned by Baizhenlou was all controlled by shopkeeper Zhou, but he would sort out the account books and send them to the farm every month.

But now that Lu Yaoyao lives in the capital and has his own mansion, it is naturally impossible for shopkeeper Zhou to control the money.

Therefore, only some money was left for turnover, and the rest was sent to the treasury of the Xiangjun Mansion.

"Well"

Lu Yaoyao was startled, she didn't know about this.

"My servant told the young lady earlier that you were too busy at that time, so maybe you didn't take it to heart."

This is a bit embarrassing.

She was indeed a little busy some time ago, and all she could think about was how to transform her farm.

"Oh, how much money do we have left in our house now?"

"Now there are a little more than 210,000 taels of silver in the house."

"Twenty-one thousand?"

Lu Yaoyao nodded, and then said: "Then leave fifty thousand taels, and send the rest to Lao Kang, and ask him to arrange some people to secretly go to the towns around the capital to purchase grain."

The two people on the side were startled. What was this good person doing to buy grain?

And it cost more than 100,000 taels to purchase?

How much are you prepared to charge?

Seeing the expressions on the two people's faces, Lu Yaoyao didn't give any explanation.

"Just do as I say. It won't take long before you know why I do this."

Qiu Shuang responded and immediately walked out.

"Then if nothing happens here, I will retreat first."

"Well, go ahead."

Lu Yaoyao nodded, and just when Shopkeeper Zhou was about to go out, her voice sounded again.

"Shop Manager Zhou, please don't talk to anyone about this matter today."

"Yes, I understand."

Shopkeeper Zhou quickly agreed.

"Also, if you have spare money, you can also buy grain. Remember to buy it secretly and not in a big way."

After leaving Fulinyuan, shopkeeper Zhou's mind was filled with what Lu Yaoyao said just now. He really couldn't understand why this good guy wanted to buy grain?

Is there going to be chaos?

That's not right. Now there is peace in all parts of Dongzhou, and there has been no war for several years.

Although he couldn't figure it out, he still had great trust in his boss, just like Lu Yaoyao trusted him before.

Thinking about all the money earned by Baizhenlou back then, he had all of it in his hands, which amounted to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

After much thought, he decided to buy a batch of grain first according to what Lu Yaoyao said.

At the same time, at the farm outside the city, Lao Kang was confused when he looked at the more than 100,000 taels of silver that Qiu Shuang had brought over.

"Miss, why do you suddenly need to purchase so much grain?"

"I don't know about this either. The lady just asked me to bring the money and let Manager Kang do the work."

Lao Kang nodded and collected the banknotes. Although he didn't understand Lu Yaoyao's order, he would still carry it out.

"Okay, please report back to Miss, and I will definitely take care of this matter."

"One more thing, I received a message from Gu Jian this morning. Their names will bring them to the capital."

Qiu Shuang returned to the capital and immediately reported the news to Lu Yaoyao.

"Has the construction on the village started?"

"Yes, I saw a lot of people busy today."

"Then when Gu Jian and others arrive tomorrow, let them live in Zhuangzi as workers."

Gu Jian has about 500 people under his command. It is definitely not possible for so many people to suddenly appear in the capital.

But there is no big problem in arranging work on the farm.

Qiu Shuang asked someone to go outside the city to talk to Lao Kang.

The next day, shortly after Lu Yaoyao had breakfast, Qiu Yu received a report from the concierge outside that Gu Jian was here.

"Let him in."

Not long after, Gu Jian arrived at Fulinyuan.

Gu Jian, 21 years old, is 1.8 meters tall with a burly build. He is wearing a black outfit and exudes an explosive sense of power when he walks.

"My subordinates pay their respects to the young lady."

"No need to be polite, just sit down."

"Tea in the autumn rain."

"Thank you, Miss."

Gu Jian walked to the edge and sat down.

"I haven't seen you for many years. I'm sorry to see you in Jiangdong."

Hearing this, Gu Jian quickly stood up, bowed his hands respectfully and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously. These are what subordinates should do."

"Sit down, sit down, we haven't seen each other for so many years, why are we still separated?"

Lu Yaoyao pressed his hands.

Hearing this, Gu Jian's rough face showed a smile.

The master and servant have not seen each other for some years. When Gu Jian left the capital, Lu Yaoyao was still a little girl over ten years old.

Now five years have passed, and the little girl back then has grown into a beautiful girl. I haven’t seen her for several years, and I don’t know how much she has changed.

But now seeing that she was still so casual, some of the uneasiness in Gu Jian's heart instantly dissipated.

"Miss, you are in a hurry to recall your subordinates this time. You don't know why?"
Chapter completed!