After returning from the Liu Mansion, Wen Qiuyun never went out except to visit Princess Jinle.

Liu Yanruo was right. Empress Lu did hear about Wen Qiuyun's big tail-burning banquet and praised her greatly.

Empress Lu herself has a very tough character. She never rejects the use of force to solve problems. She will never use words if she can solve problems with her hands.

Princess Jinle was also very happy for Wen Qiuyun and said excitedly, "Xiaoyun, you should be like this, why should you accept it? Last time I saw your concubine dressed in fancy clothes, I knew she was indiscreet. You have to take care of it in the future.

I will support you for this couple of bitches."

After hearing this, Wen Qiuyun was very moved and touched that so many people understood her willfulness.

At the same time, she also lamented how stupid she was in her previous life, with such a strong backing from the Liu family and Princess Jin Le, and she was fooled around.

At this stage, Wen Qiuyun's route for socializing outside the Wen family is very clear. She only needs to maintain the relationship between the Liu family and Princess Jinle.

The way to maintain a relationship is to spend time.

Wen Qiuyun regularly visits Liu's mansion and Princess Jinle's mansion.

Combining the memories of his previous life, Wen Qiuyun grasped their inner needs very accurately, and the gifts he gave each time were in line with the wishes of the parties involved.

Regarding the handling of relationships within the Wen family, Wen Qiuyun's method was to go to greet Wen Tingjie and Fang every day.

Wen Tingjie saw that Wen Qiuyun was so well-behaved and sensible, and saw Wen Qiuyun's talent and knowledge in every conversation, so his impression of his daughter became better and better.

But Fang's greetings to Wen Qiuyun were not so useful.

Every time Fang saw Wen Qiuyun walking in front of her with a good look, she would wonder why the poison she sent to administer had no effect.

However, she had not thought that Wen Qiuyun had such great abilities and had such in-depth insights into medicine and poisoning.

She only thought that Mrs. Qing or the Liu family were helping Wen Qiuyun behind the scenes.

Over time, Fang decided not to use poison to murder Wen Qiuyun, but to stay put and wait and see what happens.

In fact, Fang guessed the opposite. It was not Mrs. Qing who protected Wen Qiuyun, but Wen Qiuyun protecting Mrs. Qing.

Wen Qiuyun not only had to beware of Mrs. Fang hurting herself, but also had to take care of the safety of those around her. She was very worried that Mr. Fang would do anything to Mrs. Qing.

Every time when Wen Qiuyun paid his respects, he would take the account books and ask Fang for advice and learn about housekeeping.

Some things are harder to tell lies than the truth.

For example, in teaching, if you want to falsify a subject, you need to develop an independent system, which is not something ordinary people can do.

Although Fang didn't want to teach, Wen Qiuyun couldn't help but kept asking.

When she got tired of asking, Ms. Fang was too lazy to make it up, so she just taught her directly, wanting to send her away quickly.

Wen Qiuyun didn't look down on these things taught by Fang at all, but he finally achieved his goal by driving Fang into irritation.

Finally, Fang couldn't bear it anymore and said she was ill, so she stayed behind closed doors and asked Wen Qiuyun to wait until she recovered.

So Wen Qiuyun stopped going to say hello, but mentioned that he wanted to make an on-site inspection of the Wen family's shop.

Fang didn't want to tangle with Wen Qiuyun anymore, so she sent a housekeeper to take her to see him.

The butler's name is Shi Feng, a servant brought by Fang from the Fang family. He has a sharp mouth and a shrewd face.

Wen Qiuyun did not go to the shop that Liu brought with her as a dowry as soon as she arrived. Instead, she first chose a few of the Wen family's own shops to look at.

At that time, the shops assigned to Wen Tingjie by the Wen family were relatively remote, and business was relatively lukewarm.

Moreover, although Fang was shrewd, he lived in the Buddhist temple all day long and his management was very loose.

After entering the shop, the shop assistants had no reaction when they saw Wen Qiuyun, but when they saw Shi Feng, they all saluted respectfully.

Shi Feng was also very impressed by the respect the waiters showed him, and simply introduced to them that this was the eldest lady of the Wen family.

Obviously, Shi Feng didn't take Wen Tingyun seriously.

Shi Feng has won the trust of the Fang family. At present, it can be said that the entire Wen family's industry is basically managed by Shi Feng.

What Wen Qiuyun could see more clearly was that not only did Shi Feng not take Wen Qiuyun seriously, he must also be secretly dismissing Fang.

Mrs. Fang must have known what he was like, but she probably didn't take it seriously and allowed this poisonous snake to grow up for so many years.

Wen Qiuyun had a routine chat with his clerk about the business situation, and then looked at the account book. He didn't even turn two pages and realized that this was another false account.

When they met for the first time, Wen Qiuyun did not intend to make things difficult for Shi Feng, so as not to offend him.

So he didn't ask any questions and went to the next shop with Shi Feng.

Wen Qiuyun went to several shops and found that they were all in the same situation.

The route that Wen Qiuyun and the others took was from a remote place to the center of the city, and the shops Liu brought as dowry were all located in prosperous areas of the city, with very good footing.

After walking to the grain store that he wanted to inspect, Wen Qiuyun saw that the clerk was also blindly flattering Shi Feng.

She probably also guessed that the clerks in the shop either took refuge with Shi Feng or were kicked out by him.

The Wen family's grain store is located in the city, serving high-ranking officials and wealthy families in the city.

The manager in the store is younger and has obviously been replaced.

Wen Qiuyun took the account book, doubled it, and carefully looked at the loopholes in it.

The account books only recorded the accounting status of the past three years, and not only did the revenue in these three years differ from the actual income of the store, but the recorded downstream customers were also lost at an outrageous rate.

The street where Wen's grain store is located is home to many princes and nobles.

The grain shop has been operating here for so many years based on its size, and there are definitely more big customers who need grain supplies.

There are only three merchants on the books now, and they are still merchants with no reputation.

After reading the account books, Wen Qiuyun asked the clerk, "Are there any old account books from previous years? This account book only covers the business performance of the past three years."

The guy hesitated and started to dodge.

At this time, Shi Feng took the initiative to take over the words, "Miss, the account books from the early years have been received in the warehouse. The key is now with Madam. If you want to achieve your purpose, I am afraid you will have to ask Madam for permission."

When Wen Qiuyun saw Shi Feng using Fang to suppress her, she sneered inwardly, but she couldn't fall out with him yet, so she stopped pursuing it.

Wen Qiuyun wrote lightly, "Well, if you put it away, forget it. Then take me to see the granary in the backyard."

The waiter then took Wen Qiuyun and his party to the backyard granary.

As the boy walked, he explained that there was not much grain stored in the shop, and most of the grain collected was stored in warehouses on the outskirts of the city.

The Wen family's grain store now only has this one.

With the business operating like this, Wen Qiuyun estimated that it would go bankrupt soon.

Ding'an is located in Guanzhong, and the people's food is mainly millet, followed by wheat and sorghum.

Since the founding of the Kang Dynasty by Emperor Gaozu, the officials have been in charge of the Qingming Dynasty, good at political affairs, and light on corvee and low taxes.

Agricultural production levels have increased, coupled with good weather and no major natural disasters in recent years.

Nowadays, the Kang Dynasty has abundant grain, and each bushel of rice only costs five cents.

However, the low price of grain hurt farmers, and the peaceful days had passed for a long time, and the people around Ding'an were not very motivated to grow food.

In addition, the Kang Dynasty implemented the military system, and many people and their entire families chose to form military groups to make a living by fighting wars and earning military merit.

As a result, Ding'an City's annual grain production basically only supplies the needs of that year, and the village cannot store surplus grain for three to five years.

Once the food supply is insufficient, it needs to be transferred from surrounding cities, which is extremely easy to cause famine.

Wen Qiujun knew that next year, in the thirty-third year of Honglong, there would be a severe drought in Guanzhong and a famine in Ding'an.

The country's granaries were unable to provide disaster relief at all, and the emergency food dispatched from Luozhou could only supply a small number of people. Therefore, the imperial court had to issue an edict to allow the people to flee to various states for food.

In the following years, many droughts and floods occurred in Ding'an, large and small, and the price of grain reached a premium of one hundred cents per dou.

Therefore, Empress Lu moved eastward to Luozhou in order to alleviate the food supply problem in Ding'an.

After arriving at the warehouse in the backyard, Wen Qiuyun inspected each warehouse one by one, and even picked up the grain to check its freshness.

The warehouses built by Wen Jialiang are very expensive, can store grain well, and have moderate humidity.

However, Wen Qiuyun has discovered that some grains are slightly moldy, indicating that the current backlog is serious and sales are not good.

When he reached the largest warehouse in the backyard, the man stopped again and secretly winked at Shi Feng.

Shi Feng walked to the direction of the gate and said to Wen Qiuyun, "Miss, we have visited several shops today. Don't work too hard and tire your body. Why don't we come back another day."

Wen Qiuyun saw through Shi Feng's little trick and did not expose it, "What Butler Shi said is that I feel a little tired after walking for a long time. I will come here today and talk about it another day."

After returning to Wen Mansion, Wen Qiuyun first went to say hello to Mr. Fang.

Fang disappeared behind closed doors, which Wen Qiuyun expected.
Chapter completed!