Hearing this familiar voice, Zhu Junfan raised his eyebrows at Su Ran, and said with a smile, "This guy belongs to a dog, right? With such a good nose, he smelled us so quickly."
With a faint smile, Su Ran stood up and said, "It's not the little girl who is well-informed, it's her maid. When we came up, the steward of the freezing shop stared at you and the servant suspiciously for a long time, don't say you I did not notice."
He got up and opened the door of the elegant room, and rushed to the little girl holding the tray outside the door, smiling brightly like a summer flower. Yu Xiaocao showed her starry eyes towards this beautiful face: Wow, Mr. Su is even more fairy-like than the hero in "Flower Bone" she chased after in her previous life, so seductive. The emperor kept such a handsome man by his side, could it be that he is sexually...
"Stinky girl, show a wicked smile, why are you thinking about such a nasty thing?" Zhu Junfan looked at the sundaes of different colors in the uniquely shaped transparent glass in her hand, raised his eyebrows, showing a satisfied look.
Facing the emperor who was dressed in ordinary clothes, Yu Xiaocao seemed to feel less awe, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the Yin family is only a child, how can they have dirty thoughts? There is a Buddha in my heart, and everything I see is a Buddha. There's shit in my heart, everything I see turns to shit..."
Su Ran took the tray from the little girl's hand, made an expression of "you have kindness" at her, reminded her of the identity of the person she was talking about, laughed dryly, and thought about how to get over it.
Zhu Junfan took a cup of strawberry jam-flavored sundae, scooped a piece into his mouth with a small spoon, and asked with a half-smile, "Yu Aiqing, what do you think is in my heart right now?"
Yu Xiaocao smiled, rolled her eyeballs, and suddenly showed a sly look, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, your eyes should be full of ice at this time. How does this sundae taste? It was handmade by you." For you, no one else has such an honor!"
"You little girl is clever!! I have a lot of adults, and I don't have the same knowledge as you little girl. However, your freezing point shop opened in good time. When I came up, there were almost no empty seats downstairs, and there were only private rooms upstairs. Not much anymore. How is it? Have you made a lot of money?" Zhu Junfan ate the strawberry sundae, and felt a chill directly to the bottom of his heart, but people couldn't feel the chill.
Yu Xiaocao laughed along with her, and said, "Thanks to your old man, the business is still going well, and I can earn some small money!"
"Cut! Is this called odds and ends? A bowl of ice porridge, a small piece of crushed ice and a little honey beans, costs five hundred cash! A small ball of ice cream, no bigger than a ping-pong ball, costs one tael of silver. Does anyone come in and spend it?" A few taels of silver can’t be taken out, is this still called small money?” Zhu Junfan paused suddenly, then nodded and continued, “Yes, compared to your ‘Hua Xiangrong’ who can easily cost tens of thousands of taels, it is indeed small money!”
Yu Xiaocao chuckled, added some strawberry jam to the emperor's cup, and joked, "Isn't it because there is a big Buddha behind our 'Hua Xiangrong'? People trust my shop so much, just look at it." In the face of your empress and your old man?"
Thinking about my own queen, after "Hua Xiangrong" opened for three or four months, the dividends of the members in his hands almost exceeded the internal treasury of the emperor. Not to mention the little girl's income, he dug a spoonful of sweet and sour strawberry jam, put it in his mouth, and said slightly sadly: "You girl, you come up with ways to make money one after another, and the assets in your hands , almost surpassing me, a poor man."
"Your majesty, please don't say that, the little one is infinitely terrified! The little one is not that Shen Wansan, who is as rich as an enemy. Don't be like Zhu Chongba, who cut off the little one's head and confiscated the little one's property. !” The story of Zhu Yuanzhang and Shen Wansan did not exist in this Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this allusion can only be understood by her and the fellow traveler in front of her.
"Legend... Shen Wansan died because he was pregnant with a cornucopia, and he was guilty of committing crimes. Moreover, he boasted that his financial resources were comparable to the national treasury of a country, and he was afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang because he could buy half of the country. You... as long as you are honest, don't Swell, no matter how much money you make, I won't be jealous!" When talking about the cornucopia, Yu Xiaocao noticed that his eyes glanced at the colorful stones on his wrist. There is also a meaningful smile on his face.
Su Ran, who was enjoying the sundae at the side, listened to the two of them playing games in a fog. Although he had never heard of the story of Shen Wansan and Zhu Chongba, he still found a trace of strangeness in the conversation between the two. It's as if there is some secret in common between the emperor and the little girl of the Yu family. However, he is a competent and good manager, and he spares no effort to take care of what he should, and pretends to be deaf and dumb when he doesn't know it. This is also what he was strictly taught as soon as he entered the palace.
"What a cornucopia, it's just rumors! The reason why Shen Wansan became the richest man is inseparable from his being a business genius. As for me, I don't have any ambitions. I just want to live a life of food and clothing. It’s enough to live like a worm.” Yu Xiaocao was vigilant in her heart, as for the money, it’s fine to spend enough, and she must not be like Shen Wansan, who worked hard all his life for others.
"How can it be done!" Zhu Junfan was not happy, "You are now my good minister and strong general, the revitalization of agriculture, the prosperity of the nation, the heavy burdens are all on your shoulders, Aiqing!"
Yu Xiaocao waved her hands with a look of panic, and said, "Your Majesty, if you entrust me with the job, I will definitely do my best. However, you must not give it to the so-called prosperity of the nation. Shanggang is online. The little one's shoulders are too weak to bear it."
Zhu Junfan finished eating a cup of strawberry sundae, picked up another cup of blueberry flavor, and suddenly changed the subject: "This blueberry is a variety from the West, right? Junyang has a lot of good things in his possession!"
"I only planted a few blueberries on Zhuangzi, and the output is not much. I kept some for my own consumption, and the rest were made into blueberry jam, which is just a few jars. So in the ice products, the blueberry flavor is very strong. The price is several times higher than normal! You can try it, and if you like it, I will bring you a jar back?" Although Yu Xiaocao said it generously, her heart was bleeding.
In her previous life, she liked blueberries the most, but the price was too high and she was reluctant to eat them. Once by chance, she mentioned this to Zhu Junyang. Unexpectedly, this guy let the fleet out to sea to help collect blueberry seeds, and quietly tried to plant them. I gave her a big surprise when the blueberries were fruiting.
Because it was the first year's fruit and the yield was not very high, Zhu Junyang himself was not willing to eat one, and kept all of them for her to eat as fruit or make jam. Originally, the quantity was small, and she cherished it very much.
It's just a gimmick to put it in a freezing point shop and mark a high price. I didn't expect to make money from it. Unexpectedly, when the emperor came, she would lose a jar of jam... Although she proposed it on her own initiative, but if you listen to the meaning of the emperor's words, it seems that she is complaining about Zhu Junyang's use of power for personal gain. If she didn't know what to say, she didn't know what explosive words this person would say.
Zhu Junfan was very satisfied with her debut, tasted the blueberry-flavored sundae carefully, and said slowly: "To be honest, the taste of blueberry jam is just average to me. But it's sour and sweet, my love Concubines and princes and princesses should like it. I will thank you for them! By the way, since the blueberry flavor is out, what about the chocolate flavor? I haven’t eaten chocolate in almost thirty years, and I really miss it!"
Hearing this, Su Ran coughed a few times because of the ice cream in her mouth, and waved her hands at the emperor and Miss Yu who were looking over, signaling: Please ignore the existence of the servants, you continue.
Yu Xiaocao gave Zhu Junfan a look: Mr. Su listened to our topic, is it okay
Zhu Junfan nodded slightly: "No problem, Su Ran is commendable for his loyalty, and he has a tight mouth, knowing what to say and what not to say."
Yu Xiaocao took another look at Su Ran who was holding a sundae cup and pretending to look out the window to see the scenery, and thought: Pretend, pretend! It is the hottest time outside the window, and no one can be seen on the street. What are you looking at there
"This small freezing point shop opened in a hurry and was not planned in advance. At this time, I don't know if chocolate was born, but it is certain that it has not been introduced to our Ming Dynasty. If people look for it now, it may at least have to It will take a year and a half. So... at this time next year, if the emperor comes again, he may be able to eat chocolate flavor, not necessarily!" Yu Xiaocao vaguely remembered that cocoa trees had already been planted in North America at this time, and she didn't know that she would sail this year Can the fleet bring her a surprise
well! The ancient times are really backward, if in the previous life, you can just go to any supermarket and buy chocolates, why would she put so much effort into it? Xiaocao and the emperor looked at each other, saw the same thoughts in each other's eyes, and sighed at the same time.
The more Su Ran listened, the more frightened she became. This Yu Xiaocao, sometimes looks like the emperor when he was young! At that time, the emperor seemed to have the whole world under his control. He knew exactly where there were countries, and what special products were available in any country. Originally, Su Ran thought that these were just the master's conjectures. Unexpectedly, after the master's ocean-going fleet was built, he accompanied the master on his first voyage to the West, and all the master's predictions came true. Moreover, the master, who has never been in contact with foreigners, can actually speak of Westernization, and has no trouble communicating with those foreigners with yellow hair, green eyes and high noses.
He originally thought that his master was unique in this world, he was the favored son of heaven, and God bestowed on him a unique talent, he could teach himself without a teacher, and know the world without leaving home. Unexpectedly, the little girl of the Yu family, like the master, can know everything about overseas. What chocolate, what North America... He seemed to be listening to a bible, but the two communicated and communicated without barriers.
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