The favorite of the royal group: the money-loving little ancestor soared to the top by selling talis

Chapter 58 Chapter 058: God helps me
Aunt Zhou and Bai Zhi, the maids, all saw Cheng Yurong's changes, but they were cautious about their words and actions and did not dare to ask a question.

Shen Zhiqing went to the cake shop to guard the shop every day, but he kept a low profile and never told outsiders that he was the son of the General's Mansion.

On this day, he found someone following him.

He and his follower Wangyou looked at each other, and the two quickly walked into the busy market, got into the crowd, and disappeared in an instant.

The two young men following him immediately rushed into the crowd, but Shen Zhiqing was nowhere to be found.

……

Return to the General's Mansion

Shen Zhiqing did not tell his mother that he was being followed, but went to Songyuan to find his elder brother.

Shen Zhiyuan thought for a while and expressed his thoughts: "I'm probably here for the business of the cake shop."

"It's very possible that it's been a month since it opened. The jealous people must have investigated the sales and profits of the cake shop. But they couldn't develop it, so they turned to me."

Shen Zhiqing was angry, as long as those people could develop the cake and save money on the formula, they would not follow him.

Just because the cake process is complicated, the people behind it lost a lot of money and ingredients in a month of research.

"This group of people probably don't have much malicious intent at the moment. They may want to find out your background and see if they can cooperate with you to open a branch or sell the secret recipe to them."

Shen Zhiyuan knew that the daily profit of the cake shop could be as high as three thousand taels, and others could also calculate the profit.

In this month, it has seriously affected the business of more than a dozen pastry shops in the capital.

"Then what should I do? Report my identity? Although it can stop some people for a short time, the cake business is so profitable, they will definitely bite this piece of meat."

Shen Zhiqing knows businessmen too well, especially those in the capital.

Every inch of capital is rich, and an egg costs ten cents.

And if a brick is thrown down, it can hit three high-ranking officials.

In a place like this, it’s all about competing with someone who has money, who has a bigger official position, and who has a stronger background.

"Don't worry, we'll discuss it together when father comes back,"

"All right!"

"However, you have to arrange five cake chefs and several shop assistants now to prevent them from getting into trouble, and send a few more people to protect their safety."

"Well, I'll send someone right away."

……

After dark, Shen Hong's face was solemn and he hurried back home.

He put on a smile as soon as he entered the house. He did not reveal what was on his mind. After dinner, he knew that the second child was in trouble, so he called the second child and the eldest son to his study.

“The profits from the cake shop are indeed too great for our family to sustain, so why don’t I find some partners for you.

Rather than being targeted by outsiders and taking away this piece of cake, it is better to give it to our own people. "

Shen Hong expressed his thoughts. In fact, he had already had this idea.

Shen Zhiyuan and Shen Zhiqing were silent for a few seconds before nodding.

"Dad, which one is your favorite?" Shen Zhiqing had to agree. He does not own the cake shop, but he only accounts for 30% of it.

After hiding for three years, he still doesn't know much about his father's interpersonal relationships.

The same is true for Shen Zhiyuan. In the past five years, he has only focused on learning.

"In addition to your third uncle, the Xie family, among the partners, there is also..."

The Xie family is a celebrity family in the capital, one of the eight aristocratic families.

In order to avoid the limelight, the three Xie brothers married wives from ordinary families, which led to the current trend of the family being a bit low.

But he didn't dare to marry the prime minister's daughter like the son of the former emperor, otherwise the emperor would find a reason to ransack the homes of both families and behead them.

Twenty or thirty years ago, there were many families that married high, and more than a dozen families were raided by the Supreme Emperor.

Only then has the capital been peaceful in the past ten years.

It just so happens that in the past two years, the trend of marrying high and marrying high has begun again.

"The situation in the court is complicated now, and officials form cliques. If our family can keep a low profile, we should try to keep it as low as possible. You all, please bear with me. Only when you are strong enough will you have the right to speak."

"Yes."

……

On the second day, Shen Zhiqing selected five servants whom he trusted and had pastry skills and arranged for them to learn how to make cakes.

Five days later, he sent them to the homes of Xie's family and several partners to teach them the cake making skills.

Now in early August, Ruan Ruan is five months old.

Lying on the small bed in her nursery, she recalled the plot of "Phoenix" in the past few days. The floods in the south coincided with the outbreak of the plague.

The people died tragically, and nine out of ten houses were empty.

The third brother and the fourth brother have been providing disaster relief for half a month, and she is very worried.

She opened the system panel and looked for the medicinal materials needed to treat the plague among the third-level products.

She remembered that the author wrote a prescription for treating the plague in the book, which required several heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs such as honeysuckle, Shuanghuanglian, and forsythia.

Each herb requires five thousand kilograms, a total of ten kinds of herbs.

A total of fifty thousand kilograms.

She spent three million merit gold, which makes her feel sick just thinking about it.

Ruan Ruan called a few times, just as Cheng Yurong came in.

"Liangqi~Aba Aba...Yayaya..." She reached out to her mother for a hug, and chirped at her mother.

[Mom, a very serious plague will break out in the south soon. Please ask dad to deliver medicinal materials to the third and fourth brothers. 】

[I have prepared 50,000 kilograms of medicinal materials in Zhuangzi, as well as prescriptions for treating the plague. Mother, you must send someone to Zhuangzi to take a look. 】

Hearing the word "plague", Cheng Yurong almost couldn't stand still.

Although the two sons sent back several letters home, they said between the lines that they were doing well and there was no need to worry.

……

Before noon, Shen Hong hurried back to the mansion and asked his entourage to pack some clothes.

"What's wrong? Honglang, where are you going?" Cheng Yurong noticed something, even though he didn't say anything.

Shen Hong found Shen Zhiyuan, explained a few words, and then prepared to leave with his entourage.

When he came out of the study, his wife held him back.

"I go out to do errands, and it may take half a month to get home."

"Why is it taking so long to do something? Are you going to the disaster area?" Cheng Yurong exposed it directly.

Seeing that he could no longer hide the matter, Shen Hong nodded.

"Then are you going to the disaster area to bring the two children back? Is there a plague breaking out there?" Cheng Yurong was trembling with anxiety.

Shen Hong hugged her hard and said with certainty: "I will send them back, I promise."

"What about you? Won't you come back together?" Cheng Yurong suddenly thought of something.

"I have important things to do. I have to go to the disaster area to investigate the truth about the plague.

For the past half month, the third and fourth sons wrote to me every day to update me on the situation in the disaster area. In order to prevent the plague from happening, they burned corpses on the spot and made the victims drink boiling hot water, wash their hands frequently, and eat hot food. "

"However, the plague still occurred and has infected several counties. A few days ago, the third and fourth brothers discovered that corpses appeared inexplicably in several water sources, and they suspected that someone was taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble."

"Don't go, okay? I'm afraid..." Cheng Yurong didn't care about the court or the people, she only wanted her husband to live well.

"Yu Niang, believe me, I will come back safely." Shen Hong kissed her forehead.

"Honglang, go to Zhuangzi. There are 50,000 kilograms of medicinal materials prepared by my daughter, as well as prescriptions for treating the plague."

"God helps me! Thank you, madam, thank you to my precious daughter, please wait for me to come back."

(End of this chapter)