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Chapter 71

The Queen Mother's birthday ended, and all kinds of news came out of the palace "inadvertently":

Concubine Wan presented treasures to a fake at the birthday party.

Cao Taisui refers to a deer and a horse and points to the wrong person.

Two ridiculous things have become the topic of conversation in the tea stalls in Bianjing City. Some idle men also described Cao Taisui's expression at that time, with red face and shamelessness, etc., and what they said was the same as sitting in Fuyan Palace and seeing it with their own eyes.

Many talented and beautiful women who have "harmed Cao thieves for a long time" naturally feel that they are very pleased. The literati gatherings all talk about this, and there are also "Princess Yong'an humiliated Cao thief in the street and asked him to be a sedan chairman, and Cao thief could not help but bow down" and so on, which was as lively as the New Year.

After the news of the emperor's marriage was reported, the talented literati couldn't help but feel heartbroken and deeply felt sorry for Princess Yong'an. Some of them were even cursing. Of course, they definitely dare not scold me. They all said that it was Xue Laogou who was obstructing the saint's hearing, which made Princess Yong'an be forced to marry a dog thief.

There is another reason for the heartache. Su Shi and Su from Wanbaolou were originally speaking for the righteousness of Wanbaolou. It is rumored that the princess and Prince Su had some "relationship" between the princess and Prince Su. If it is true, it is a story about a talented man and a beautiful woman. Now, Cao Taisui is chewing a ox with a chewing peony, and many literati are naturally heartache.

For this reason, there were indeed a few brainless court officials who wrote a letter asking the emperor to withdraw the edict of marriage, which was naturally impossible.

The wedding ceremony was held on the Mid-Autumn Festival at the instructions of the empress dowager, and it was almost two months away. The next day, someone was sent to renovate the Marquis' Mansion. Except for the plaque "Wu'an Marquis', the others were basically unrecognizable inside and outside. The emperor knew that there was no one in Cao Hua's mansion, and even sent an old eunuch to manage everything. Even the money was paid by the official family. The deep grace was shocking.

Cao Hua had no choice but to spread his hands. He could not retire the marriage given by the emperor. It is one thing whether Zhao Tianluo wants to marry, and it is another thing whether he wants to marry. There is no reason for "a wife who is not in charge of the family". If he goes to break the engagement, he will not fall in love with the princess. I guess the emperor will not need to do anything. King Kang will have to come here to shave him.

The two maids in the mansion were very excited. There was no one in the mansion before, and Yutang and Luzhu were the maids at the bottom. After the princess got married, they had to serve at least a hundred people. As young men's personal maids, their status naturally increased, and no matter how bad they were, they could become managers.

Han'er's opinion is quite plain. The prince-consort has a respectable position in the eyes of the people. He can be compared with the "Kyoto Tai Sui"? With the ability of a young master, what kind of woman can't have? A mere princess is still quite high when she gets married. She just thinks that she has added two dollars to her family and doesn't care at all.

The decoration of the Marquis' Mansion was very noisy. Cao Hua was still on vacation before he recovered. He didn't want to stay in the Marquis' Mansion to pretend to be unfathomable, so he went out early and came back late to concentrate on the shop.

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On the eighth day of the June 1st, two days after the birthday party, the curfew in the city has been lifted, and the streets and alleys have slowly returned to normal.

When he came to Yanglou Street with a big beard, the Douhua Shop had already closed the stall. He wanted to go to Su Xiangning's courtyard to see how Pipa Qu learns, but this was in ancient times. After all, he ran to the girl's house with suspicion of being plotted against, so he had to give up.

Wanbao Building has now reopened its doors and has also traveled around the streets with gongs and drums. Song Changqiu took a few chewers to walk around the building in Qinghefang for several times, saying "celebrating the three weeks and months of Wanbao Building's opening". It is naturally known to everyone.

The shopkeeper of Qinghefang was so angry that he almost cursed "Shameless". Song Changqiu looked fearless and said, "You come and beat me." Anyway, with Cao Gong's support, who is he afraid of?

This kind of thing can only be said that the mute eats coptis chinensis. No matter how shameless Qinghefang is, it is impossible for him to admit that he bribed Manager Song and stole a piece of junk from Wanbaolou and gave it to the empress dowager. If this matter is spread, it will not be laughed at to death.

Li Ya, who was also impolite by the Wang family, hid in the house and couldn't stand up straight. If it weren't for the forces behind the Wang family, he would have to go to the bottom of Qinghefang Building in a good manner.

However, the counterattack came very quickly. The Wang family made a big move the day after the birthday party.

Because Feng Guan was jointly displayed by Baibaozhai and Wanbaolou, this already represents cooperation. If the Wang family wants to counterattack, they will naturally fight together.

The 52 large and small jewelry shops of the Shen family in Bianjing City are covered with bustling areas in the inner and outer city. The shops of the Wang family are basically nearby. As long as there is a Baibaozhai place, the jewelry shops of the Wang family are 20% off. Although the Li family is gloating, they have to agree to the matter of killing the family together. The Baibaozhai is also 20% off.

The net profit of low-end hairpins is only 30% or 40%, but it is closely related to daily life. It is the big part of the business of the three families. It is already taking the route of small profits but high sales. A 20% discount is basically equivalent to ensuring capital and earning publicity. The purpose is to make the Shen family no money. If you have the ability, you will not make money. If you drag it down, you will drag the Shen family to death.

Since Cao Hua dared to borrow the Shen family's channels, he had already thought of the other party's response methods. He came here today to solve this problem.

After saying hello to Manager Song, he made an appointment to go out to build a team in the evening, and then he came to Wanbao Building next door.

The door is deserted and the business is bleak.

The Baibaozhai's servant and manager stood at the door and looked at it. When they met a familiar lady, they hurriedly greeted him. Unfortunately, the other party smiled apologetically and ran to the Wang and Li family who were on sale.

A customer finally came and saw that he was the owner of the shop next door. The guys didn't even have the interest to say hello.

Cao Hua didn't mind either, so he went upstairs with a familiarity.

In the second floor wing room.

Shen Yu's hair was messy, and the account book was thrown all over the floor, and she was walking around the house with her waist on her back. There was a sign of "30% off for the whole venue" in the house, but she dared to hang it out there.

This time, she targeted the entire Shen family. If she had a 30% discount on the entire venue, the other Baibaozhai semicolons could only be listed, and the business could be brought up, but the Shen family's family's family's assets would probably be bankrupt if they lasted for half a month.

"This guy named Su is very harmful to others, so he shouldn't believe his nonsense. Now, his shop is fine, my shop is going to be yellow..."

Although it is a complaint, it is the case.

The cheapest hairpins in Wanbaolou are worth 100 taels. When it comes to this level, customers not only look at the price. It is difficult for Li and Wang families to attack. Coupled with the promotion of the Queen Mother's birthday party and the revenge of Cao Zhe, the business is very prosperous now. The Shen family is not as good as the high and low, but they are caught off guard at this time. How can Miss Shen not be angry?

Dong-dong-dong-

The folding fan knocked on the door, and Cao Hua smiled: "Ms. Shen, it's wrong to scold his partner behind his back."

Shen Yu suddenly turned around and ran to the door angrily: "You dare to come over, find a way for me. Now the Wang and Li family are going to kill me. You have to be responsible for the goods you broke into."

She was aggressive, but she couldn't hide her fear in her words. She heard that Cao Hua had his skills and believed that Cao Hua had cooperated with Wanbaolou, but she did not expect that the Wang family would have such a great momentum to counterattack. Even if she was not favored by the Queen Mother in the past, she would just wait for the next time. This time, the Wang family was desperately trying to kill the Shen family. Her father Chen Lingshan was ready to apologize. How could she not be afraid?

Cao Hua walked into the room with a folding fan in his hand, looked at the messy embroidered bed and the books all over the floor, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Miss Shen's boudoir is unconventional."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Chen Yu is not the shy nature of his little daughter, so he walked around the house in a hurry: "Tell me what to do, or you can apologize to Wang Rui, you are just a small shop, and the entire property I have with my Shen family."

Cao Huaman didn't care, sat down next to the desk, combed his beard in front of the bronze mirror: "When dealing with me, you must get used to emptying your brain and listening to the arrangements."

"Pooh!"

Chen Yu was puzzled and kicked the stool: "If you are the one named Su, you will complain or not, I will throw you out from the second floor?"

Cao Hua was quite bored. He looked at the little guy beside him and got up and took paper and pen from the desk, and slowly wrote down:

"The ancients learned without any effort, and they were able to achieve their skills in their youth. They were always shallow when they got it on paper."

Chen Yu knew his talent, and his eyes lit up and ran to him: "Yes, yes, if you write hundreds of poems and carve them on a hairpin, you will definitely be able to pull up your business."

Cao Hua did not reply, but just threw the pen and smiled without saying a word.

Although Chen Yu had no profound attainments in poetry, he had read books at least. Looking at the three lines of poetry on paper, he frowned and said, "Is the last sentence?"

"Hahaha..."

Boss Cao spread out the folding fan, revealing the four big words "do whatever you want": "Want to know?"

"nature..."

Chen Yu was about to get angry, but the merchant's keenness made her react again, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you want to take a poem apart and sell it?"

"clever."

Cao Hua nodded with satisfaction. What is the most important thing for a businessman?

resource!

His greatest resource is the poems left by his ancestors. It is useless to use them to become famous. The right way is to maximize resources and convert them into silver.

"Brave businessman!"

Chen Yu suddenly realized and looked at the bearded scholar in front of him, and walked around the house with a smile a few times, then frowned and said, "But those poor scholars are the most stingy. As long as they know the whole poem, except for those who are not short of money, they will definitely not buy four hairpins. They will also say, "How can scholars be called copying?", so shameless."

Obviously, Miss Shen also forgot to carve the poems of Yuchi Daguanren into hairpins, and asked Yuchi Daguanren about money.

Cao Hua gently shook the folding fan and said casually: "Just let them not see it."

"How is it possible? Even if you don't let it be opened in a box, you will know everything as long as you sell it."

"Then they can't make up their own."

"This...ah?!"

Miss Shen’s eyes were full of incredible ideas: “You mean to only engrave three sentences? Those literati are not fools, so they will definitely not buy this news.”

Seeing that she was so unconscious, Cao Hua was too lazy to beat around the bush and said directly: "Of the first sentence, fifty were engraved in the first sentence, forty in the second sentence, nine in the third sentence, and one in the fourth sentence, so that there will be ninety-nine people who will definitely not be able to get together."

"What?!"

Chen Yu blinked and said incredibly: "This...is also a bad heart. And even if there is only one, as long as the whole poem is spread, no one will buy it."

Cao Hua showed a bright smile: "Someone must be worried about not being able to get it together. At this time, just secretly send someone to buy the hairpin in the fourth sentence in the name of getting it together. The hairpin originally priced at 10 taels of silver is now priced at 400 or 500 taels. What effect do you think is it?"

Chen Yu was stunned for a moment and suddenly shocked: "You are not selling poems at all. If this news spreads, those illiterate people will spend money to try their luck. You... do you... do you have a conscience?"

Cao Hua curled his lips and revealed the four big words "I am a good person."

Chen Yu gritted his teeth: "A chance for Baiyi. If some people are obsessed with making money and spend money, they may lose everything. We will do this...it's not good..."

Regarding this accusation, Cao Hua could only shake his head: "Hands are on himself. I don't steal or rob them to sell things seriously. The things are real, and the acquisition is real. Can the customer insist on buying them and stop him?"

In fact, he was already very ruthless and set the starting price to 10 taels in order to make 90% of the ordinary people unable to afford it and only earn money from a wealthy family. If this still can't stop those speculators, he can only say that he deserves to give him the money.

Chen Yu crossed the house with his waist and walked back and forth, thinking for a long time before saying, "Did you have played too much? If the Wang and Li families learn well, something big will happen."

He is quite a bit business-minded, Cao Hua a little appreciates: "It takes time to warm up in the early stage, and they don't have the 'Su Da Caizi'. When I get back on the taste, I have my own way to deal with it."

Chen half-believing and half-doubted, nodded slightly, looked at the scholar with a calm expression, and then said in a deep voice: "You...fortunately you haven't become an official, otherwise you must be a corrupt official."
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