atypical prostitute

Chapter 147 Wind Bell

So everyone sat down in the Tianxiang Building, while Mr. Dong led a group of relatives and walked through Santiao Street to Sister Fengling's shop to find them.

At the waiting stall, I have my own anecdote to come forward and explain the background of Miss Fengling.

Feng Ling'er is a prominent figure in Chongrenfang, she has done a great deal in business, there is a whole area of ​​shops, even though she is a woman, no one dares to come to make trouble, which shows her ability and strength.What's more, her husband is the head of the Dao League, named Dao Fengli, and people in the rivers and lakes call him Brother Dao.

Here we need to mention the Jianghu forces in Chang'an City.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, not to mention that there are a million people in Chang'an City, there are more than 100 rivers and lakes organizations worthy of official registration, and the Sword League is the top three rivers and lakes organizations in the entire Daxie Dynasty.Fortunately, they emphasize the principle that the people do not fight with the officials, and they have never interfered with the officialdom, and they have never violated the majesty of the court. Therefore, the Ministry of Punishment has always turned a blind eye to the knife alliance.

And the Daomeng is under the command of Daofengli at the entrance of Chang'an Hall.Chang'an City is the most affluent and at the same time the most mixed with fish and dragons. There are countless crouching tigers and hidden dragons, but the sharpness of the knife can sit here for nearly ten years. The business and yamen relations are well organized, and the means can be seen.

Naturally, to be the wife of such a powerful person, Feng Ling'er is also a woman that cannot be underestimated.

Li Ci immediately developed a friendship with her.

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After about half a stick of incense, the wind bell came.

As soon as Pu entered the door, Li Ci felt his eyes light up, but it didn't mean that she was born much better--Li Ci had seen too many women who were more beautiful than her--because she was married, all her thick black hair was combed up, and she only used Wrapped in a red scarf, without hairpins and hairpins, with profound facial features, thinly applied powder and daisy, without any covering such as veils, hats, and scarves, her face is exposed in a big way, and her clothes are also the popular Hufu with narrow sleeves, but she looks like a middle-aged man. There is a sense of heroism in his body.

As soon as the woman entered the door, she pointed at Li Ci in the center and said, "Mr. Dong, is this the noble lady you mentioned?"

There was a bit of rudeness in her words, but Li Ci was delighted to see her speaking and acting straightforwardly, suppressing the commotion behind her, stood up, turned slightly sideways, and said, "It's my concubine."

Feng Ling'er raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and said: "I don't understand you ladies, you are concubines all day long, it seems like you are wronged by being a woman."

As he said that, Da Lala came over, sat down cross-legged, grabbed the tea in front of him and drank it in one gulp, and said with emotion: "The tea from this rich and noble family is really good, but the cup is too small to be enjoyable to drink."

Seeing Fengling'er intentionally ruining the top-grade tea cow drink that he carefully prepared, Mr. Dong was so angry that his body was shaking, but the honored guests were present, so he could only endure it, snorted, and said: "Sister Fengling likes it, why don't you drink more."

Feng Ling'er knew that he was unhappy, so she took it as soon as she saw it was good, put down the teacup, and pointed out: "such a good tea, I, a vulgar person, can't taste it, and it's a waste if I drink it. Don't drink it, don't drink it, If you drink any more, someone will turn upside down."

He glanced at Li Ci again, and said, "Elder Dong told me that the noble lady wants to buy my land adjacent to Tianxiang Tower, but she doesn't know what kind of business she wants to do?"

It went straight to the point.

Li Ci raised her head and was about to answer, Feng Ling'er said again: "I know you nobles often talk about doing business, but in fact it's for factions. Secretly, the money is given to others at a rolling interest. If Madam wants to go this way, tell me directly, and I will go back and ask my family to make a deed for Madam."

Indeed, the women of the Xie Dynasty regarded it as a virtue not to step out of the second door. Even if they were doing business, they were looking for a shopkeeper in the back house to act as an agent. Like Li Ci, who looked at the real estate with the company of her husband, most people It seems that it is just going through the motions.

Even if Feng Ling'er is so powerful, being able to open up a piece of heaven in Chongrenfang is also inseparable from her husband being the master of the Sword League.It's not surprising that she questioned Li Ci's impure purpose in doing business.

——Too many officials continue to do business in the name of turning bribes into clearly marked prices and enjoying the huge benefits of collusion between officials and businessmen.

Li Ci smiled calmly, and said: "Sister Fengling is serious. Li Ci really wants to do business in a proper manner this time, and has no intention of paying interest. The cause of the incident was that she saw Songhe in Yinzhou a few days ago The environment of the building is quite elegant, and the dishes are also to my liking. On a whim, I came up with the idea of ​​moving Songhe Tower to the capital. However, after careful consideration these days, I decided that this time not only to be a restaurant, but also to Build inns to entertain scholars from all over the world."

"Madam's heart is very good, but—"

There was a lot of suspicion in Feng Ling'er's eyes.

Li Ci said: "I went to Emperor Xuan to promote culture and education, held imperial examinations, recruited talents from all over the world, and vowed that no one in the world will ever go hungry or suffer from cold. It is a pity that Chang'an is not easy to live in. How many literati from poor families have finally come here after ten years of hard study. I went to the capital, but because the prices in Chang’an were too high, I was starving and couldn’t show my talent in the examination room.”

"Madam, the prices in the capital are indeed expensive, but the land prices in the capital are already more expensive than other places. Madam, you can't let us businessmen lose money, can you?"

While speaking, Feng Ling'er glanced at the nobles from the Hou family present.

Li Ci smiled and said: "Of course not. Your Majesty has already asked His Majesty to build a public house for the renting of scientific research scholars and officials who have just entered the capital. The rent is lower than the market price. I hope this will relieve some difficulties."

Having said that, she glanced at Ye Chuan.

Ye Chuan nodded approvingly.

Regarding the construction of public housing for the renting of scientific research scholars and officials, they have discussed it countless times on the way back to Beijing, and the memorial has also been sent to the forbidden palace. I think His Majesty has seen it by now.It's just that although this idea is good, it is quite difficult to implement in practice. For example, a special organization must be set up for the follow-up management and maintenance of the house.

But Li Ci believes that Ye Chuan's memorial will be approved today, because this step will allow Emperor Xuan's imperial examination to go further.

Although Feng Ling'er was quite knowledgeable, she couldn't help being stunned when she first heard about low-rent housing. She looked at Li Ci with a little more admiration, and praised: "Madam is really not an ordinary woman. It's just that... We're talking a little too far."

Li Ci smiled and said: "Not far. Even if this public house has to be approved by His Majesty, it will be a long time before it is truly built to benefit the people. So I bought the idle land of Sister Fengling, and built an inn as soon as possible, for scholars to study, and to share the worries of Your Majesty .”

At this time, Bai Yinmei also brought the picture scroll and spread it on the table.

"This is the layout of the inn I drew, what do you think, Sister Fengling?"

Feng Ling'er lowered her head and looked at it seriously.

The painting is very good, it can be seen that the painter has profound attainments, but this guest room has a structure that Feng Ling'er has never seen before, even the central courtyard and surrounding guest rooms.

"...the garden has flowers, water and mountains, which is not inferior to the backyard of a big family... The guest rooms are distributed around, with a wide view, and there will be no dirty... It's just such a structure, I am afraid that the number of tenants is limited. "

She spoke earnestly, and at the end, said: "Vulgar people see it, madam, don't take offense."

Li Ci valued her husband's status as the head of the Sword League, otherwise he wouldn't have talked so much with her.Hearing her doubts at this time, she was ambiguous, and said: "I don't know if it will be successful when I start a business for the first time. If it can be successful, I will expand it in the future. But women should not be greedy when doing business. If it is too big, I am afraid." . . . powerless to control."

"Unable to control? Could it be—"

Li Ci said, "Exactly."

But did not explain in detail.

Some things, if you talk too much, go wrong.

But because of this ambiguity, Feng Ling'er looked at Li Ci with more respect, and said: "I thought you were a gorse bird, but I didn't expect you to be a nine-day phoenix. Madam has great ambitions, and it's me who underestimated you." .”

Li Ci knew that she had misunderstood her, and said, "Miss Fengling is ridiculous. I'm not a man, so I can't be an official. I can only do my part for the world in the backyard."

"Ma'am really has great benevolence and righteousness."

Feng Linger said insincerely, the Songhe Tower in the painting, each guest room is elegant and exquisite, and the price is so cheap, it is probably——

The purpose of doing business is to make money, Mrs. Hou Men lost money to do business, but she just changed her name to win over talents.

It's like officials in central Beijing invite potential high school scholars to their homes to prepare for the exam in the name of fellow villagers and clansmen.

As long as one of the tenants in these ten or so guest rooms is promising, and willing to be a student at Houmen, not to mention the loss of small house money, it will be more than enough to build another Songhe Tower.

It's a pity that people in the world look down on merchants. No matter how much her husband invests, it is impossible for her husband to become a prime minister from a wealthy country like Lu Buwei.

However, this lady is a scheming person, and building a good relationship is good for herself and Brother Dao.

After thinking about this, Feng Ling'er made a decision immediately, and said with a smile: "It's my honor that Madam is interested in it. I will give this land to Madam."

Suddenly being so straightforward, Li Ci knew that Feng Ling'er must have her share of calculations, but no matter what she wanted, she would not exceed her bottom line.

Because Feng Linger is a smart person.

So he talked to Feng Ling'er about taking care of each other in the future, Feng Ling'er also said to go back and inform the head, and then negotiated with the steward of the Hou Mansion about the transfer of the contract.

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Fang sent Feng Ling'er away, Yixing Hou Shizi couldn't wait to speak, said: "It turns out that the young lady opened the building to do business for the sake of Your Majesty, but we underestimated it."

Li Ci had already seen his hypocrisy, but he didn't expose it. He smiled and said, "I don't think so much. It's just that Lao Jiuzhai is serving pen and ink, and I have been influenced a lot by my ears and eyes."

When she mentioned Fu Zhu, those who wanted to say something glib all looked serious, bowed and said: "Mr. Zhongsu is dedicated to serving the country, he is really a role model for us."

Bai Fu also echoed at the side: "Young Madam, as a woman, doesn't care about gains and losses, how can we men be greedy for small profits. Why don't I help Madam to open an inn, and it will only be for local scholars to stay, and the loss will be lost. It will be supplemented by the Marquis of Wude."

Since ancient times, no one has been able to hold the hat of righteousness, but Bai Fu's yelling in public like this made the spectators a little embarrassed.Fortunately, they all have family backgrounds, those who pay immediately, and those who go out of the land, all of them are as proud as Mr. Mengchang.

Of course Li Ci knew that these people spent a lot of money in order to make a good impression in front of the monarch, so that they would not cause trouble when they accepted the title in the future.But her restaurant also needs everyone's support to gradually support it. The most important thing is that Ye Chuan believes in her, which does not mean that the one in the palace believes that it is naturally the best to involve more people.

So I said a few words of thanks, but I had the audacity to accept them.

While talking and laughing at Yan Yan, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, the most well-informed place in the world is the Qinlou Chuguan, but unfortunately, in her capacity, it is absolutely impossible to set foot in such a place.Even the small business in front of me was managed in the cracks.I really don't know how those YYs in the time-traveling novels who managed to dominate the business and the country within a year came to fruition.

Doing business is not as simple as buying low and selling high.What's more, the ancients were ignorant and stubborn. Even if a woman of science and technology travels through the laboratory and produces glass, wine, perfume... relying on her own strength, if she doesn't flatter or follow the royal way, she will never get ahead!
　Hey, Sister Fengling's husband is called Daofengli (⊙o⊙)

　　
　
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