At the end of the year, when shops change owners in various places, Jiang Yanyi inquired and finally chose a teahouse that originally belonged to the Hu family's property.

As a former local snake, the Hu family was confiscated after colluding with the Turks. The money they copied was very considerable. The best location in Xizhou was almost all their shops and houses.

Some of the land deeds have been resold by the government, and some large land deeds are still piled up.

After becoming the top leader of the Chamber of Commerce, Manager Xu has been working hard to devour the Hu family's property. Speaking of which, Chu Changping bought the Hu family's house and also made a bond with Manager Xu. The main house of the Hu family came with a Huazhuang. Manager Xu wanted to take over the Huazhuang business, but Chu Changping bought the house. The merchant did not fight with the officials, so he could only bear this tone.

What makes the enemy narrow is that the teahouse that Jiang Yanyi likes is now the shopkeeper Xu also takes a fancy to it.

Jiang Yanyi had been sending people to follow her before, but Manager Xu was not careful about her. He knew that she was a lady of the Chu family and was afraid that Chu Changping was an official, and he was afraid that the power of the Liaonan Prince's Mansion behind her would be the one who wanted to give her a gift and then a soldier. He took the lead in handing over Jiang Yanyi and invited her to join the chamber of commerce.

Many trade news will only be communicated within the Chamber of Commerce, which is to avoid being divided. Whenever there is a natural disaster, merchants will donate money, and then collect the money and then negotiate with the government after the Chamber of Commerce.

If there are any newly issued government decrees in the government, they will also vent to the chamber of commerce in advance. The more people in the chamber of commerce have the right to speak, the more dividends they will get from it, because they have to take all the work of the oil and water, and the rest of the chamber of commerce can make a fortune by taking advantage of this trend.

The merchants who were not in the association had no way to learn about this news, so they could only think about it in a daze.

"As long as Manager Chu is different from Xu's robbing the teahouse, Xu promises that Manager Chu will also get 10% of the dividends from the Chamber of Commerce after joining the meeting." Manager Xu is a businessman, and he is smart and calculating from head to toe.

Jiang Yanyi now claims to be the store with the surname Chu and "Jiang Ji". She did not change her name at the beginning. One is that she finally gained fame, and suddenly changing her name may cause customers to lose. The other is that "Jiang" is her surname in her previous life. She wants to use this surname to promote the old hotpot here, which is also the only bond with her previous life.

But when Chu Shubao asked her why the plaque in the antique soup store was called "Jiang Ji", Jiang Yanyi could only use the previous reason to make excuses. Her name of the store was not changed, and the Chu family would always be too concerned. Jiang Yan thought about it all night and finally decided to re-imagine the name of the store when she changed the restaurant.

Hearing Manager Xu's words at this moment, she smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint Manager Xu."

Manager Xu closed his smile on his elegant face, leaving only the merchants indifferent to profit: "Why should Manager Chu hit the stone with his eggs? Can you still beat the entire Xizhou City Chamber of Commerce in a small antique soup store?"

Jiang Yanyi said: "It's impossible to fight."

Manager Xu's expression was a little slow, but he heard her say, "But since Manager Xu learned to open an antique soup shop from the beginning, and now he learned the noodle shop I run, it proves that my method is still profitable, right?"

After being exposed by her mercilessly, Manager Xu was not good-looking, so he said "goodbye" and got up and left.

After the person left, Aunt Guo said, "Boss, do you think he is so embarrassed, aren't you afraid that he will take revenge on his heart?"

Jiang Yanyi sipped a tea ceremony: "As long as I don't let go out of the teahouse, it is inevitable that he will hold a grudge. But if you bow your head, there will be a second time when you have the first time. The shopping mall is like a battlefield. It is too easy to talk to at the beginning, and then you will only be pinched as a soft persimmon."

Manager Xu was willing to go this trip himself because he knew that he might not be able to take the teahouse, so he wanted to let go.

Aunt Guo has followed Jiang Yanyi for so long. Before, she only felt that Jiang Yanyi had many ideas in business. This was the first time she saw her showing her strength and said, "It's better for the boss to see the long-term."

Jiang Yanyi said: "It's just that you don't want to make a decision. How is the noodle shop there?"

"Previously, Bing Shao had to take care of flour purchases and bread trading alone, so he didn't have time to go to the kitchen to stare at the guys. Occasionally, one or two foolish false reports on the amount of bread, and it was difficult to find out. Now Blacksmith Luo went over to stare at the kitchen, and the guys under him were much more honest." Aunt Guo said.

Jiang Yanyi rubbed her eyebrows and said, "The accounts on the noodle shop are too complicated, so I still have to hire another accountant."

Moreover, the dough cakes made in the noodle shop are limited by technical conditions, and each piece is not uniform in size, and a lot of waste will be wasted when cutting the guillotine.

Later instant noodle factories had special mechanical noodle presses, which could squeeze the kneaded dough into thin slices and then cut into thin strips with a drum cutter. This could not only solve the problem of uniform size of the dough, but also achieve a curvature that injects into the soul.

Jiang Yanyi actually drew a sketch, hoping that the blacksmith would make a noodle press and drum cutter that could be man-managed, but the sketch was different from the actual objects. In addition, the blacksmith had never seen the instant noodle factory in later generations, so she didn't understand what she was drawing.

After Jiang Yanyi explained, the blacksmith probably understood what she wanted. She said bluntly that it was too difficult to create. She could only try it when she was free to see if she could do it.

If this thing can be made, it will save the effort of wrapping the surface and make instant noodles greatly improved.

When the bidding for the teahouse began, not only Jiang Yanyi and Shopkeeper Xu took a fancy to this prime location, but also the merchants next to him were eager to try it out, and there were many people who were looking for relationships to give generous gifts.

Jiang Yanyi took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and asked Chu Shubao to be the intermediary to sell two pots of peppers and fruits he had planted at a sky-high price of 800 taels per pot, which made her very happy.

Chili peppers come from outside the pass and are regarded as rare flowers and plants. It is even rarer to bear fruit in the middle of winter. Many wealthy families like to collect them.

What surprised her was that the two pots of peppers went out for a walk and were finally given to Feng Shuo as a gift, and Feng Shuo fell back into the field.

Jiang Yanyi made a fortune by making money from nothing, and finally gave her the teahouse to the factory.

She felt a little guilty and cooked a dish of pepper and sesame chicken to find Feng Shuo. After talking for a long time, she finally talked about the teahouse: "That... someone else gave you a heavy gift, wouldn't it be bad if you gave me the teahouse project?"

Feng Shuo did not raise his head while handling the official document and said, "I don't have time to take care of these trivial matters, and the two pots of peppers were also presented by the people below. You don't have to worry about these merchants. Most of their money is collected from the lower-level people. There are not many opportunities for them to voluntarily pay, and the money will be spent on the people at that time."

He said this, Jiang Yanyi understood. The gift was delivered layer by layer, and two pots of pepper were placed on Feng Shuo's hands. The officials on each floor in the middle must have been stuffed with a lot of benefits.

After Feng Shuo took over Xizhou, he did not suppress this bad habit in time, but wanted to make the merchants pay for it out of their own pockets.

However, the money taken out did not go to the hands of various officials, but was managed by the government.

This is a warning from the government to the merchants.

After saying that, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Why, I am afraid that I will give you personal gains for your sake?"

Before he said these words, Jiang Yanyi had the illusion.

She nodded.

Unexpectedly, Feng Shuo's next sentence was: "That's what I think was my king's favoritism for you."

He leaned against the back of the chair and raised his narrow phoenix eyes halfway: "What are your benefits to me?"

Jiang Yanyi: "..."

Can this still be done?

She thought for a while, took out the pepper and chicken from the food box and put it in front of him: "Hey, the benefit."

Feng Shuo: "..."

The chicken on the plate was shining with dogwood and pickle oil, and the color was bright orange. The chicken was decorated with green chopped green onions.

The sauce is full of numbness and can greatly increase people's appetite.

Let's...it's also a benefit.

After reading the official document for a long time, he was a little hungry in his stomach. He took a golden ebony chopstick and picked up a chicken and tasted it into his mouth. The scent of sensual scent was the first to bloom on the taste buds. The chicken was very tender and tasted without bones or residue. The fragrance of the meat itself was more obvious under the sesame oil.

Jiang Yanyi smiled and said, "Is it delicious? The chicken is cooked in big bone soup and then mixed in cold sauce, and the original umami taste has not been lost at all."

It's delicious, but not what he wants to eat the most.

Feng Shuo put down his chopsticks, poured a cup of tea and said, "Your uncle is coming back soon."

Jiang Yanyi was stunned for a moment before reacting. What he was talking about the proposal of marriage that he had discussed before.

Feng Shuo raised his hand and pinched her earlobe, rubbed it with a little force, and his voice was hoarse: "It'll be better until next year."

Jiang Yanyi's earlobe was pinched a little itchy. She hid for a while, but Feng Shuo held her hands and pressed them in front of Shu's desk.

Jiang Yanyi was a little panicked and lowered her voice and scolded: "Don't make trouble."

"I said it before, I owe it first. Jiang Yanyi, I have to pay it back now."

He seemed to be joking with her, but the breath he exhaled was not as stable as his tone.

The thick fingertips slid down from her earlobes and crossed her snow-white and slender neck, causing her to tremble.

His eyes fell on the white porcelain-like skin on the side of her neck, and his eyes completely darkened. He pushed away her thick black hair that was scattered on the back of her neck and kissed her hard.

That night, Jiang Yanyi lit three candles before going to bed, and opened her long hair in front of the bronze mirror and found that the piece close to the back of her neck was full of red dots and a shallow tooth mark.

It didn't hurt, but she thought of Feng Shuo's wild and restrained eyes at that time, and her heart almost jumped for no reason.

This guy... I don't know how to deal with it in the future.

When Jiang Yanyi began to renovate the teahouse, Chu Changping also brought Chu Chengmao and Chu Chengbai back to Xizhou. The Xing'an Hou who had just formed an alliance with Fengshuo was also here in Xizhou.

After the servant from the Chu family came to report the letter, Jiang Yanyi took Chu Yan back.

The Chu family hid the old lady Chu very well. Chu Chengmao and Chu Chengbai were also told after returning home, and they never mentioned the capture in front of the old lady.

When Jiang Yanyi and Chu Yangui entered the house, the old lady Chu saw Changsun and her new great-grandson Zheng crying happily. When she saw them, she said to her grandson and daughter-in-law: "Your aunt is gone. Now your cousin and your cousin are adopted by Changping. You are all brothers and sisters."

The young man with a tall figure and a sensation in the army was Chu Chengmao, the thin and haggard young man was Chu Chengbai, the son of Mr. Chu, and the young woman standing next to him was her first wife Xue.

Jiang Yanyi greeted each other. This time, the old lady Chu mentioned it, and she changed her words, "Brother, sister-in-law."

Chu Yangui also asked someone to ask for help. His legs were not well yet. Jiang Yanyi asked a carpenter to customize a wheelchair for him. Now he doesn't have to go anywhere and he has to carry Chu Zhong.

Chu Chengmao glanced at the brother and sister, nodded, his eyes faintly.

In the original body's memory, this cousin did not like them very much because the original body siblings did a lot of stupid things. Now that Chu Chengmao has this reaction, Jiang Yanyi is not surprised.

Chu Chengbai's face was haggard and he didn't even look here. Instead, her first wife, Xue, returned the gift to Jiang Yanyi.

Chu Yangui looked at this scene and pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, lowering his slender eyelashes to cover all the emotions in his eyes.

The old lady Chu held her great-grandson and asked Chu Chengbai: "Brother Bai, can you name the child?"

"The daimyo has not been chosen yet, and I'm waiting for my father and grandfather to decide. The nickname... Calling Ping'an..." Chu Chengbai said, with a hint of sob in his voice.

His biological mother, Liu, saw it aside and scolded, "Brother Bai, why are you crying in front of your grandmother!"

Mrs. Chu asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu rushed to say, "The Yue Niang in his room gave birth on the road and didn't survive."

Chu Chengbai's concubine was later arrested by the court because she was dying on the road. She failed to get pregnant and died on the road.

The old lady Chu sighed and said, "It's also a child with a miserable life."

He asked again: "Did you find a wet nurse for your child?"

Chu Chengbai's first wife, Xue, replied: "I found one on the way."

Mrs. Chu nodded: "This child will lose his mother when he is born. You can raise him as your biological child in the future."
To be continued...