Qian Ruoyu then took Yan'er and Jinlianhua directly to Mouse Street, and asked Jinlianhua to stand beside him, while he took Yan'er into the shop of the fat proprietress.
As soon as Fat Boss saw Qian Ruoyu arriving, he immediately smiled brightly. He felt even more joyful towards the rich man in front of him and said to Qian Ruoyu warmly.
"Oh, why are you here? I have received the money you just paid. By the way, do you still need goods?"
But Qian Ruoyu did not smile playfully with the fat proprietress, but said coldly.
"Fat boss lady, I have something to investigate with you this time. I hope you can cooperate with me. I am very satisfied with your batch of goods. This is what I will be the first to prove to you."
"But there have been some strange things happening in the capital recently, so I have to investigate you. If your investigation passes, we can naturally continue to talk about cooperation. If not, we will meet at the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen!"
Suddenly seeing Qian Ruoyu's serious look, it seemed like this matter was serious. The fat boss lady became nervous immediately, but she did not run away.
Seeing the fat proprietress like this, Qian Ruoyu felt that she had suspected the wrong person, but it was still necessary to interrogate the fat proprietress.
The reason why Golden Lotus was not allowed in was to prevent the fat boss lady from escaping, so that Golden Lotus could catch her.
Qian Ruoyu then brought the fat proprietress with him to the backyard of the store and asked the fat proprietress to close the shop.
After arriving in the backyard, the fat landlady immediately poured tea and water for Qian Ruoyu, feeling extremely panicked.
Qian Ruoyu asked calmly.
"Fat boss lady, this is our second transaction. I always trust your things, but I want to know how you got this batch of goods and how you made contact with them?"
The fat proprietress thought for a while and thought that Qian Ruoyu wanted to monopolize this business. Moreover, Qian Ruoyu was still the princess, so there was no way she could defeat her.
After thinking for a moment, the fat landlady said immediately.
"Empress, I can understand what you mean. Do you think the cost of giving me these hundreds of taels of silver is too high, so you want to do this business yourself?"
"If this is the case, Princess Wangfei, you don't have to worry so much. I am willing to hand over my channels and contact information. I only hope that Princess Wangfei can spare me..."
"I was just doing a little business. I didn't expect that the princess would see me and find out...Princess, I will go and get you the carrier pigeons to contact all the carrier pigeons."
The fat boss lady's behavior made Qian Ruoyu even more weird.
I was guessing in my mind, was it really that I was wrong?
Just as Qian Ruoyu was thinking about this matter, the fat landlady was already preparing to leave her seat, but Qian Ruoyu said to Yan'er.
"Stop the boss lady!"
Yan'er immediately stood behind the fat proprietress. The fat proprietress could only turn around again and look at Qian Ruoyu helplessly.
However, Qian Ruoyu knew that she must continue to ask questions and investigate everything clearly before she could get rid of the suspicion of the fat boss lady.
Although she really wants to continue to make this money, Qian Ruoyu is very clear about the origin of this money. If she doesn't understand it, she will be a collaborator by then!
Qian Ruoyu didn't want to die, so he felt that he had to investigate clearly at this time.
"Let's not be busy with that matter for now. I am interested in your business, but I will not do anything like this. You just need to answer my questions honestly!"
"How did you contact those people in the Western Region to purchase goods? To attract those people, what method did you use to deliver the goods? Was it a caravan or a merchant gang?"
After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, the landlady thought for a moment.
"This... Princess, didn't I tell you before? I have cousins in the Western Regions. After all, they are my relatives, so we often exchange letters. I didn't know until I got to know each other a little bit.
This type of rouge and gouache is abundant over there, and the quality is very good, so I brought it here... If you don't believe it, let me show you the correspondence between us."
Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly.
The fat landlady immediately turned around and went back to look for things in the room.
Not long after, she returned to Qian Ruoyu, and there were dozens of small notes in the hands of the fat landlady. These small notes looked a bit shabby.
After the fat landlady placed the note in front of Qian Ruoyu, Qian Ruoyu picked it up and looked at it one by one.
Sure enough, although these notes looked shabby and old, they were filled with densely written words, and they were obviously rolled up and placed on the paws of homing pigeons.
As for the above content, Qian Ruoyu took a few glances and realized that it was a very ordinary daily communication and the letter did not seem to have any problems at all.
The most important thing is that these letters can prove that the fat landlady is indeed in contact with her relatives in the Western Regions.
Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly and then continued to let the fat boss lady answer the next question.
The fat landlady said.
"The methods of contact are to use carrier pigeons to communicate, or to use post stations along the way to deliver letters. Post stations are too slow to deliver letters. Generally, post stations are only used to deliver letters when there are many important events. Otherwise, homing pigeons are used to transport letters back and forth on weekdays.
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"As for the rouge gouache, naturally we have to contact our own caravan in the capital. This caravan is in the alley next to the backyard of the Dahonglou. It is also an old acquaintance of mine. Moreover, this caravan often travels between the Western Regions and the capital.
We have contacts with many businesses in the area.”
After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu immediately began to think, could it be related to this caravan?
But at this moment, the fat landlady reminded me.
"By the way, the princess... this caravan seems to have contact with the palace, and it usually goes through official channels. It's just because my relatives recently found them on their own, so I asked them to expedite delivery."
After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu fully understood and got rid of the suspicion of the fat boss lady.
Qian Ruoyu smiled slightly, then reached out and grabbed the fat proprietress's hands. This caught the fat proprietress off guard for a moment, thinking that Qian Ruoyu was going to do something to her.
Qian Ruoyu said with a smile.
"Fat boss lady, congratulations on clearing the suspicion."
The fat boss lady was stunned for a moment and finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Qian Ruoyu was no longer wary of herself.
Qian Ruoyu said with a smile.
"Haha, some strange things have happened in the capital recently, so I need to inquire carefully. Now that you are sure that you are not suspicious, I am very happy for you to join this business!"
After listening to Qian Ruoyu's words, the fat boss lady breathed a sigh of relief!