Even if her mother doesn't order, she will get along well with Princess An'an, because she not only wants to be her best friend, but also wants to be her sister in the future!
Neither her parents nor her parents knew about this concern, and she never told anyone about it. It was only after half a year that she accidentally met that person that she came up with this idea.
Think about that man who is as handsome as a god, cold and arrogant, with such a dignified and dignified status, and who controls the 300,000 troops of the Chu State. Woolen cloth
Seeing a man like him, how could she be willing to marry those mediocre men
Ever since she saw him for the first time, she has made up her mind that she must marry him. Even though she is not worthy to be his main concubine, she is willing to be a side concubine or concubine. His fief is in Jizhou, and she My father is also the prefect of Jizhou, so if I come here, she will not be sad when she gets married. It is better than marrying a mediocre man who is neither tall, nor low, nor ugly, nor handsome, in a place hundreds of miles away. Good wife!
It was because of such an idea that when she heard that he had arranged An Anjun to live with them, she was secretly delighted, and felt that it was a predestined fate that brought the three of them together. She also secretly made up her mind that she must treat An An well, and become best friends and confidantes with her during her short stay, so that she can accept her in the future and become a sister who serves her husband...
"Unexpectedly, King Zhan would have a day when he would fall in love with a woman!" Mrs. Du suddenly said.
Zhao Yuanyuan, who was immersed in a sweet dream, suddenly woke up: "Mother, what did you say?"
Mrs. Du smiled gossipingly: "I mean, King Zhan came in person today, not because Mrs. Xue committed suicide to bully good people, but because the woman bullied by Mrs. Xue is his favorite. That's why it happened."
Everyone has a heart for gossip, especially for women, even a calm and cautious woman like Mrs. Du is no exception. After hearing that King Zhan came to Fu Yin's mansion in person to punish Xue, she thought carefully. After thinking about it, I finally came to this conclusion—King Zhan is not willing to meddle in his own business, and it is worth his time to take care of it himself. It is either a major issue related to the country or the country, or it is directly related to himself. Today's matter Obviously it's not a major event about Jiangshan Sheji, so it can only be related to his own personal interests. Didn't the woman who came to report just now said that the woman bullied by the Xue family is an unmarried girl of Yunying, presumably That girl is the prince's favorite woman!
Mrs. Du dismissed the servants and told her own reasoning to her children. After Zhao Yuanyuan heard this, she paused and said hesitantly, "Mother, since that's the case, does my daughter need to make friends with that woman?"
As long as she can get close to him and let him notice her, she is willing to make friends with no matter whether it is a noble princess or a lowly commoner girl, and she will spare no effort.
Mrs. Du said: "No need, she hasn't been recognized by King Zhan after all, if King Zhan just throws it away after a moment of interest, you will be laughed at if you take the initiative to befriend a lowly commoner woman in your capacity, and An'an County mainly knows about it, and it will definitely not be happy. It's better to observe and observe before making a conclusion."
After Zhao Yuanyuan heard her mother's analysis, she gave up the idea of making friends with Shen Ruolan, but she secretly sent someone to investigate Shen Ruolan. Let a man like Zhan Wang be moved!
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When Shen Ruolan returned home with the piece of satin in her arms, she locked herself in the house and didn't have the heart to make clothes. For several days, she only called Liu Hanxiang and other six talented women to the house every day, and gave them a few Tell stories, and let them write them into scripts.
During this period, she didn't go out even once, and there was no movement from Master Qi, as if he had left this matter behind.
Shen Ruolan also heaved a sigh of relief when she saw this, she was afraid that he would become angry after being rejected and find her own bad luck, but looking at the current situation, he would probably not do such a thing, it was because of her villainous heart.
Shen Ruolan didn't go out until the day of the auction.
She went out early in the morning, and went to a tailor shop to buy a new silk dress. It was made of high-quality material and fit very well, but it was far less beautiful than the dress made by Fuguangjin, but she has no mind to worry about it now. That's all, as long as you can get by and not be looked down upon by those wealthy businessmen.
The auction was held at the Jizhou Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce is a three-entry mansion located in the center of Jizhou. It was built with funds raised by wealthy businessmen in Jizhou. The house is spacious and grand with blue bricks and green tiles, and can accommodate hundreds of people inside.
In the courtyard of the second entrance, hundreds of seats were specially placed, and there were low tables in front of the chairs, with refreshments and fruits on them, all of which were prepared for the guests who came to the auction.
The wealthy people from Jizhou City who came here, some potbellied and well-dressed merchants arrived one after another, and greeted each other, some talked about business, some talked about romance, and the venue was full of laughter.
Only Shen Ruolan didn't know anyone. After entering, she found a corner and sat down silently, waiting for the auction to start.
While waiting, a man wearing a sky-blue fretwork gown spotted her, walked over and said, "What a coincidence, the girl is also here to participate in the auction?"
Shen Ruolan looked at the man who was talking, and saw that he was in his thirties, with an ordinary appearance and a gentle temperament, and he didn't look like a bad person, so she said, "Master, do you know me?"
The man said: "Jingzhi in Xiatian is the owner of Baiwei family. When the girl was making that pair at my house that day, Tian happened to be there, so I wrote it down!"
Shen Ruolan smiled and said, "So it's my colleague. I'm the daughter of the owner of Shen's Hot Pot Restaurant, and I came to the auction specially for my father."
Tian Jingzhi was surprised, "It turns out that the girl's family is actually a businessman, and Tian always thought that the girl's family is a scholarly family!"
According to normal thinking, a woman who can make such a pair must be a talented woman who has read poetry and books since she was a child, but he never expected that she would be a small business girl. It surprised him very much.
"However, the girl is really good at it. She is so knowledgeable and the hot pot restaurant is so prosperous. Tian even heard that even the most popular snacks such as egg tarts and sandwiches are made by the girl's family!" Tian Jingzhi Praise.
Shen Ruolan said modestly: "Mr. Tian is wrong, Ruolan is ashamed!"
Tian Jingzhi said: "Miss is too modest, she doesn't know. Ever since your hot pot restaurant opened, Tian's Baiwei family has really suffered a lot. Many old customers have changed their tastes and come to your house exclusively. I went to eat hot pot, even the dim sum made by our chef is often disgusted by customers, and now the comprador of our restaurant has to go to your dim sum workshop to get your dim sum every day!"
Shen Ruolan chuckled, and said: "You really know how to joke, Baiwei is one of the best restaurants in our Jizhou, how could it be attacked by a small hot pot restaurant in my family?"
Although Shen Ruolan Xinmingjing is indeed the case, she doesn't want to admit it, the reason is very simple: one must be humble!
Tian Jingzhi said: "Girl, you don't have to be modest, I just met her today, otherwise I was planning to visit my house in a few days."
Shen Ruolan raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't know what advice Mr. Tian has?"
"I don't dare to take it, but I just want to ask your father if you can sell some of your family's secret recipes for dim sum. If you sell them, I would like to buy them with money. I also want to buy your family's secret recipe for hot pot bottom ingredients!"
Tian Jingzhi spoke very sincerely. The business of Baiwei family has been greatly impacted by Shen's hot pot restaurant recently. As the big boss, he would of course be very anxious. In a hurry, he came up with a way to buy the opponent's secret recipe.
Baiwei has no shortage of money, as long as the other party's price is similar, he will definitely buy it.
When Shen Ruolan heard the words, her heart moved: "I don't know how much Mr. Tian plans to pay for my family's secret recipes?"
Tian Jingzhi thought for a while, then stretched out a hand: "Five thousand taels!"
Shen Ruolan smiled and said: "The daily net profit of my family's hot pot restaurant is about forty or fifty taels, and the profit of the dim sum workshop is also thirty taels. The two add up to eighty taels, eighty taels a day, and two thousand taels a month. Four hundred taels, the price you gave is only our two-month income, do you think my family will sell the guy who eats for himself for five thousand taels?"
Tian Jingzhi smiled and said: "Since the girl thinks that the price given by Tian is unreasonable, how much does the girl plan to sell? You might as well tell us and we can discuss it."
Shen Ruolan stretched out a finger: "Not much, ten thousand!"
Tian Jingzhi was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "I can't tell, the girl is not big, but she has a big appetite!"
Shen Ruolan also smiled: "With these few prescriptions in hand, you can earn back 10,000 taels of silver in less than half a year. I think it's a bargain!"
"Ten thousand is too much, how about six thousand taels?" Tian Jingzhi asked.
Shen Ruolan said: "Nine thousand taels!"
Tian Jingzhi said: "It's too expensive, seven thousand."
Shen Ruolan said: "The final price is eight thousand taels!"
Tian Jingzhi refused: "No, seven thousand five!"
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In the end, the hot pot base recipe, sesame sauce seasoning recipe, plus the secret recipe for making egg tarts, colorful sandwiches, hamburgers, bread stuffed with tomato sauce and other food recipes were all packaged by Shen Ruolan and sold at a price of 7,500 taels Gave it to Baiwei family!
Although selling these prescriptions will divert many customers, Shen Ruolan is not afraid, she has many ways to make money, even if this is not the case, there are other ways, anyway, with her around, the family will never run out of money.
Immediately, Shen Ruolan asked the boy for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write those prescriptions at the desk, and promised to come to teach them in person tomorrow, and let them learn all these prescriptions within three days.
Shen Ruolan was so forthright, Tian Jingzhi was unambiguous, immediately sent the servant back, took 7,500 taels of silver note, and paid it to Shen Ruolan face to face.
Earning 7,500 taels of silver all at once, Shen Ruolan was immediately in a good mood, and the haze that had weighed on her heart for several days dissipated in an instant.
Now that she has money, she is very confident sitting here!
Soon, the auction started, all the rich merchants took their seats, and the venue became quiet.
Li Xianqing, the president of the Jizhou Chamber of Commerce, stepped onto the high platform, clasped his hands together and said, "My fellow members of the Chamber of Commerce, thank you for taking the time to participate in this auction organized by our Jizhou Chamber of Commerce. I am very polite!"
In the applause of everyone, President Li said again, "The rules of this year's auction are the same as in previous years. You can put up one to three treasures for auction, and the price of the items must be more than 1,500 taels. According to the rules, No matter who sells the auction, both the buyer and the seller have to give 1% of the commission to the chamber of commerce for the activities of the chamber of commerce. I also hope that you can abide by the rules and regulations of the chamber of commerce, and hope that your treasures can be sold for a good price! "
After finishing speaking, he looked around at everyone in the audience, cleared his throat, and said, "If you have no objections, our auction is about to begin!"
He clapped his hands, and soon, a beautiful girl with white teeth and bright eyes brought up the first treasure with a tray in her hands. Everyone stretched their necks. The president lifted the red cloth covering it, and it turned out to be a colorful brocade box. When it was opened, there was a glass box inside, with a gold holder inside and a red crepe base, and a longan-sized bead on it, which was shining brightly.
The president said: "This is called 'mother bead'. You all have heard that dragons have nine sons, one of which is the dragon. According to the twenty-four qi in the sky, there is a big bead in the middle section of each rib, and the bead has luminous light, which is a priceless treasure! The first treasure we open the door today is the mother-in-law left by the dragon when it ascended to heaven. beads.
After speaking, he took out a smaller black lacquered tea tray from the girl's tray, and took out a slightly smaller box from the tray, poured all the beads in the box into the black lacquered tray and scattered them, Put the mother-of-pearl in the middle, and place the plate on the table in the middle of the table.
Soon, those small beads rolled to the side of the big bead and stuck to the bottom of the big bead, as if they had grown legs, lifting the big bead up, and there were not a single small bead left. All glued to the big bead.
Everyone was amazed, and the president said, this bead is called 'mother bead' because it is the mother of bead. "
Shen Ruolan was also dumbfounded in shock, she never imagined that such a miraculous thing existed in the world, and she didn't know how much it would sell for. If she had enough money, she would definitely buy it and keep it for collection!
In the end, the chairman's asking price reached 10,000 taels, and Shen Ruolan stuck out her tongue. For such a good thing, she might end up getting tens of thousands of silver. She stopped to watch the excitement!
In the end, the mother-of-pearl was sold for 28,000 taels of silver. The new owner was an old man with white beard and hair. Others called him Master Cui. It was said that he was a salt merchant who specialized in supplying salt to the barracks of the army stationed in the North.
The second treasure was brought up quickly. It was a soft hedgehog armor, made of special rattan and gold thread. It was invulnerable to weapons and fire, and Shen Ruolan remembered that Huang Rong wore such a piece in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". I still remember that when King Zhan was attacked by Wusun people with poisonous arrows, he was saved by wearing soft armor.
She will go into the mountains after a while, and there will definitely be fierce beasts and poisonous snakes in the mountains. If there is a piece of soft armor for self-defense, it will be an extra layer of protection.
Thinking of this, she paid special attention to the fact that the price of the soft hedgehog armor is cheaper than that of mother pearls. The starting price is 4,000 taels. won.
Ever since, the thousands of taels of silver from the secret recipe just now were taken out before they were warmed up on her body. However, Shen Ruolan didn't feel it was a pity. What is it
The moment she photographed the soft hedgehog, not only did she buy her favorite thing, but also gave the rich businessmen present a new understanding of their hot pot restaurant. Although their shop has just opened, they have strength, seven or eight Thousands of taels of stuff, buy it as soon as you say it, this is not something that ordinary shops can do!
The third treasure was packed in a small box the size of a palm. When I opened it, it turned out to be a bunch of blue yarn. The president of the chamber of commerce explained, "This is called the 'Shark tent'."
When they were taken out of the box, they were less than five inches long and less than half an inch thick. Open floor by floor, and hit ten or so floors, the table on the stage can no longer be spread. Open the two pleats again, but it is ice gauze two or three meters long and one or two meters wide. This is what shark silk weaves. The chairman said that this thing is placed in the main room in hot weather, and no flies and mosquitoes can get in. It is light and bright.
The things are good, and Shen Ruolan also likes them, but she has no money to buy them. There are still more than two thousand taels of silver in the space, which was earned by the hot pot restaurant and printing factory in the past few months. This money is a lot of money to take outside , but in this auction venue, it's nothing, not even a medium baby.
The asking price for 'Shark Silk Tent' was not high, only one thousand taels, but at the end of the auction, it had already been raised to three thousand taels.
The person who got the photo was a middle-aged obese man. He said that he was physically weak and shy from heat. Every summer, he couldn’t stand the heat. If he hung a mosquito net, he would feel short of breath and sweat all over his body. If he didn’t hang it, he would be bitten by mosquitoes. , It's miserable, so I reluctantly paid a high price to buy this 'Shark tent'.
The following auctions included antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, silk and satin, as well as houses and fields, etc. Shen Ruolan was not very interested. During the period, there was a small sword shaped like a bracelet that she fell in love with.
The appearance of the little sword is a gold-plated copper bracelet, which is in the shape of a snake. The head of the snake is biting the tail, but there is a hidden secret inside. Just twist the head of the snake and separate it from the tail, and you can pull out a handful of leek leaves from the bracelet. A small sword that is wide, narrow, and thick. Although the small sword is small, it can cut hair and hair, and cut iron like mud. It is a miniature sword.
Shen Ruolan fell in love at first glance, and she was eager to participate in the auction. She still had more than two thousand taels of silver, and the starting price of the sword was not high, only one thousand five hundred taels.
Unfortunately, after several auctions, the bidding price for the bracelet sword was beyond her ability, and she had to watch helplessly as the bracelet sword was auctioned off by a young man at a price of 3,200 taels...
Shen Ruolan regretted for a while, and decided to go to the president later to ask who the man who took the bracelet and sword away was. When she has money, she will try to buy it from him.
When the end was coming to an end, another lot came out, which immediately attracted Shen Ruolan's attention.
The photo is of a bloody BMW. It is said that the horse owner brought back from Dawan Kingdom after untold hardships. This horse has a light golden body, a thin head and a high neck, slender limbs, thin skin and fine hair, and a light and elegant pace. , with a slim and graceful body, it is said that running three hundred miles a day is no problem.
When Shen Ruolan saw this horse, she immediately fell in love with it. If there was such a horse, it would only take one day for her to return to Kaoshantun from Jizhou. Moreover, she also planned to wait until the medicine for her mother was collected to cure her illness. After I was done, I went to the south to take a walk and have a look. It would be much more convenient if I had this horse.
The idea was quite good, but in the end, the starting price of this hard-earned BMW was 25,000 taels, and the little money in Shen Ruolan's pocket was not enough for others, so Ade had to quietly sit aside and watch.
The auction of the bloody BMW was very fierce. Everyone was scrambling to bid, and the price continued to increase. Finally, it was bought by a fat, beardless man at a price of 53,000 taels.
Shen Ruolan sighed for a while!
More than 50,000 taels, equivalent to 50 million RMB, this hard-earned BMW is almost as expensive as a limited edition luxury car, too extravagant!
Shen Ruolan felt that she could still see it, and don't even think about buying it. Don't say she can't afford such an expensive thing. It is sick, and tomorrow I am afraid that it will be lost, so I dare not sleep well even if I go to sleep, and I have to put it in my heart dripping with it all the time. In the end, I lived for it, which is not worth it!
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The "mother bead" in the article has been described in "Surprise at the First Engraving", which is the chapter of Volume 1 "The Lucky Man Meets the Dongting Red Persian Hu Finger Breaking the Dragon's Shell". If you are interested, you can read it Look, when Yao’er finished reading this chapter when he was a child, he always dreamed of going out to sea and finding an uninhabited island to try his luck. Now that I think about it, it’s really stupid, hahaha...