Chapter 124 Dye Fang
As soon as Li Lijun returned to her yard, Erhong quickly closed the yard gate behind her, and then took Shi Qing to guard outside the main house to prevent anyone from approaching.
Madam Shao welcomed Li Lijun into the room. The two nannies Cui and Lu had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw her coming back, they stood up nervously.
Li Lijun sat down in the main seat and nodded to them: "The princess agreed. She will block the affairs of the prince's mansion for me. The contract from the forest farm will be delivered later. She will also ask the Zou's mansion to borrow a different courtyard for me."
Madam Cui breathed a sigh of relief. Madam Lu fell to the table and chanted Buddha's name. Madam Shao's eyes turned red and she choked and said, "It's not easy... But as long as the princess is willing to come forward and the prince is willing to protect the little lady, we don't have to be afraid of the successor king and others!"
Madam Cui felt a little distressed about the money she took out: "Zhao Chenji's 80% of the money... How could Princess Dou not be moved? Even for money, she would not give up the benefits she got! Her parents' family has been declining over the years. In fact, it is because her brother has been sick for a long time and has no money to manage the officialdom! Otherwise, it would not be difficult to find a leisurely and noble official shortage for Uncle Dou. Others would not underestimate their family, and he could still recover."
Madam Lu slowly sat upright: "The money I have already given up is not to feel sorry for. When my wife was there in the past, the money was still spent on other people in the royal palace and could not fall into her pocket. Now that Princess Dou is holding the money, the King of Hei will definitely not be able to spend as much as she used to do. It is also time for him to know the benefits of our wife! He still feels sorry for the little bitch who is trying to make money and kill him!"
Mrs. Shao sighed: "If the young lady had spoken to the princess earlier, maybe Zhao Chenji's shopkeepers would have been able to leave a few less. Now only half of the eight shopkeepers are left... The guys are also panic, and I don't know what Zhao Chenji will become in the future."
Li Lijun said lightly: "The people who left have had a strange intention long ago, and it is useless to force them to stay. Besides, they did not go to the Yang family, but instead joined the royal relatives of other families. We don't have to shout and kill, just treat it as giving their new masters face. The remaining shopkeepers and friends are our own people. I have a new secret recipe, so I naturally give it to my own people, so that I can truly feel at ease."
Madam Cui said: "The material of pomegranate red has been sold for more than ten years, and it is no longer as popular as before. The little lady has a new secret recipe in her hand, which can make good materials of other colors, which can just replace pomegranate red. Before taking out the new secret recipe, we will drive out those who have strange intentions first, so as to avoid the risk of leaking the secret recipe. As for the original secret recipe, even if it is leaked, it will not hinder the overall situation."
Madam Cui followed Li Lijun to Chang'an and knew that she had become her brainless fan by following the gods. Li Lijun said that she had a new dye formula. She believed it completely without seeing the real thing and let Li Lijun use it. Madam Lu thought it was a bit inappropriate, but when she saw Madam Cui and Madam Shao supported Li Lijun without hesitation, she thought that they had seen the materials dyed from the new secret recipe, so she stopped talking. If she knew the truth, she would probably not be as calm as she was now.
However, although she didn't know the truth, she still actively asked Madam Cui: "What color is the new secret recipe that the little lady took out? Let me open my eyes?"
Madam Cui said angrily, "What's the hurry?! Where are we now? You are not afraid to ask the people in the mansion to know and leak the news? Since Princess Dou has promised us to move to Saga Mountain, then wait until then, when only our own people are left around us, try the new dyeing recipe. This thing is only a little dyeing, which is completely different from dyeing dozens of pieces with a large tank. When we want to do business, of course it is impossible to use it directly. We have to try it slowly and try the most suitable ratio, and also try the color that is most popular, and also consider the cost of the raw materials."
Madam Lu agreed: "Acui, you are right. You are so anxious. Zhao Chenji has left so many people, and the store business will definitely be greatly affected. We will first sort out the original staff of the workshop to stabilize the situation, and then consider the new materials."
Li Lijun said: "Since the people who want to leave have left, the nannies will quickly appease the remaining people and tell them that Ah Weng will support us. Zhao Chenji can't fall back and tell them not to panic. Those shop owners and friends who have left, the shops that should be closed will be closed, and those who don't close can be handed over to the princess's men and ask them to run them, just think that I respect Ah Weng. In this way, even if the people who have left want to offer the shops they have run in the past to the new owner, they will be helpless due to the title of the Sui Palace."
Mrs. Shao was a little worried: "But what if these shops fall into the hands of the prince and the princess... they won't pay them back?" That was a good shop in the east and west markets, and it would be a pity to lose them.
Li Lijun didn't feel that it was a pity: "This is the protection fee we paid. Only after we hand it over can we have a few years of quiet life. Besides, this is only until I and the hairpin. Six years later, everything will return to my hands."
Others refuse to repay it? Six years later, the Anshi Rebellion will be in the Anshi Rebellion. If she cannot stop this war, Chang'an City will fall into war. God knows how many shops in the east and west cities can survive? The royal family members can escape, but they cannot come back for a few years, and those who cannot escape will die. What's the difference between not returning the shops?
If she could stop this war... could she still ask someone to take advantage of it at that time?!
In order to soothe his own heart, Li Lijun took out a box from the bedroom and opened it to show her to her confidants.
These are several recipes she recalled today. She has traveled through so many worlds and remembered that the dye shop where her mother was dowed mainly focuses on self-dyeing clothes, so how could she not pay attention to various dye formulas that she had never seen before? She can't find many raw materials in these recipes in Xuantang Small World, but some are not difficult to collect, but people don't know its effect. She also knows several color fixatives made of Chinese herbal medicines, and even collected seeds of plants that can be used to make dyes in other worlds. As long as she is given time, she can come up with more dye formulas.
However, these recipes are currently enough for her to use: "There are two recipes for dyes here, one is green and the other is peach pink. According to the ratio of raw materials, the color can be changed. We need to find someone to try this slowly. Among them, the green dye recipe is easy to find, but peach pink dye recipes are a bit troublesome. The main raw materials cannot be found in the Central Plains. However, I have seeds here, so I can find a variety of hillsides and try to be self-sufficient. This plant can not only be used as dyes, but also as spices and medicinal materials, which are of many uses. We will never suffer any loss if we plant them."
There are two other prescriptions, one is to add a luminous effect to the white fabric, and the other is to fix the color agent. The former is the inspiration provided by Lin Jiulang after seeing her practicing under the moon that day.
Madam Lu carefully opened the four prescriptions and put them back in the box carefully: "Miss, please pack these prescriptions quickly. Don't let outsiders see them!" She was no longer confused by Li Lijun's words, and felt that the other party was far-sighted. "No wonder the little lady insisted on buying the Dou family's forest farm. It turned out that she was attracted by the hillside of the forest farm! That's right, even if it was a forest farm and it fell into our hands, it would have to spend decades to wait for the trees to become rich!"
Li Lijun smiled and said, "I have a ransom, but I still need to test it. These will be left to the nannies to arrange."
Chapter completed!