Huang Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a shy smile: "I came here today. In addition to discussing the idea just now, I just want to ask the young master, Miss Xu... I wonder if the young master is still willing to cooperate with her?

"

Fu Yunlang frowned: "Cooperation? How to cooperate?"

Thinking of this person named Xu Xi or Zhao Ruxi, he felt very uncomfortable.

In the past, Ru Yu was happy every time she met him and had no worries. But after Zhao Ruxi returned to the Hou Mansion, she became depressed.

Although it was Zhao Ruxi who was wrongly picked up and her life experience was exposed, and Ruyu never said anything bad about her in front of him, Fu Yunlang had a very bad impression of Zhao Ruxi, and he felt tired even mentioning the name.

Isn't it because of Zhao Ruxi that the business of my bank is not doing well now? If she hadn't run away without saying a word and cooperated with Jiebaozhai across the street, how could their business be so bad?

Huang Xing didn't know Fu Yunlang's inner thoughts. He said: "The villain is thinking that since the business of Jie Baozhai across the street is good, it all depends on the jewelry pictures drawn by this Miss Xu. Then let's bribe Miss Xu over and do the work for her.

Let’s draw a picture, and if one goes down and the other goes up, won’t the situation be reversed? So it’s better to poach Miss Xu over with heavy profits.”

Because of the issue of increased costs, he explained: "Because we have to use heavy profits, we have to pay a price in a short period of time. But when Jiebaozhai closes down, we can just change the terms of cooperation with Miss Xu. No more

Jie Baozhai, even if the conditions we offer drop, Miss Xu has nothing to do. After all, the silver houses in the capital have their own experienced painters, and they may not cooperate with her. It doesn't matter even if she runs away. If Jie Baozhai is crushed,

We no longer have competitors, and business will resume as before."

He also didn't like Zhao Ruxi, so he came up with a bad idea.

When Fu Yunlang heard that Huang Xing said that he would use Zhao Ruxi first and then abandon him, he felt inexplicably happy.

His expression turned from gloomy to clear, and he nodded: "Okay, this is a good idea."

After receiving his master's approval, Huang Xing felt relieved and became happy.

"The villain thinks that if Jiebaozhai is willing to give her one hundred taels of silver for a picture, we can also give it and add an additional share. That is to say, for every piece of jewelry made from her drawings sold, we will give her another

She will share half of the profit. With such a huge profit, I am not afraid that she will not be tempted."

"Half percent?" Fu Yunlang frowned, "If the profit of a certain piece of jewelry is two hundred taels, for every piece sold, we have to give her a share of ten taels. If she sells ten pieces, it will be one hundred taels? Front

To buy her picture, we have given you one hundred taels in advance?"

"Yes."

Seeing Fu Yunlang's unhappy expression, Huang Xing couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Silver shops of their caliber are all doing small businesses. Jewelry with a profit of 200 taels should be sold for at least 500 taels. If such jewelry can be sold twenty or thirty pieces a year, it is already very good. Second Young Master

Just seeing the share given to Miss Xu, why didn’t I think about the profit the store could make if these jewelry were sold?

"Okay, let's do it like this." Fu Yunlang said.

It's not that he cares about the profits shared with Zhao Ruxi as Huang Xing thought. He just doesn't like Zhao Ruxi and simply doesn't want her to make so much money from his bank. They can still make money by selling a piece of jewelry.

Not much.

However, this silver building is too important to him. The fifth prince is paying attention to it, and he also needs to use its success to prove his ability.

"Okay, you go talk to her." He waved his hand.

After Huang Xing got the approval, he took his leave. He couldn't go back to Beining tonight and had to rest in the servants' room of Pingnanhou Mansion.

After Huang Xing left, Fu Yunlang sat there. Remembering his brother's words, he called the housekeeper over: "Go and inquire about the farm, shop, and house under Wei Qiu's name. If the price is right, we will buy it."

Come down."

The housekeeper smiled bitterly: "As soon as something happened to his family, I went to inquire about it. His family's shop and house in the capital are all in excellent locations, and the two large farms are also in Beining County. I don't know how many wealthy families are keeping an eye on these properties.

We really may not be able to grab it.”

Fu Yunlang was stunned and frowned: "Then if you want to buy it, where should you go to smoothen the relationship?"

"Originally, the property of the offender after the house was confiscated should be recovered by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but after Mr. Zhang of Dali Temple became the minister of Dali Temple, he went to the emperor several times to complain about his poverty. He said that the officials of Dali Temple handled the case, which was hard and dangerous, but all they got was the imperial court.

It was really unfair that other yamen had money but they did not. The prince was so nagging him that he had no choice but to agree that the property of the criminals handled by Dali Temple should be distributed and sold by them, and the money obtained would be collected by Dali Temple for a certain amount.

The handling fee will then be transferred to the Accounts Department.”

"So, we have to find Dali Temple officials to clear things up?" Fu Yunlang asked.

"Yes, sir."

After sending away the housekeeper, Fu Yunlang returned to the inner courtyard full of thoughts. While changing his clothes, he asked his eldest maid Yue'er: "What's going on at home these days?"

He came back from Jiangnan, took a hurried bath and went to see Zhao Ruyu. Later he went to the banquet without having time to ask about the situation at home.

Yue'er glanced at the other maid who was also waiting in the room, but said nothing.

Fu Yunlang understood and found an excuse to send the maid away.

Yue'er then whispered: "Back to the young master, my aunt came yesterday and said that the Mu family wanted to propose marriage to the eighth girl. My wife was very moved and sent someone to inquire."

Fu Yunlang's hand shook, and the jade pendant he had just taken off almost fell to the ground.

"I know this." He said solemnly.

…

Since Beining Girls' College still accepted her as a student, Zhao Ruxi got up early the next morning, had breakfast, and happily prepared to go to school.

"Sister Xi, Gao Weiqiang and the others will send you there, and they will still pick you up in the evening."

Zhao Yuanxun pointed at three tall and strong young and middle-aged men and said: "This is Gao Weiqiang. Not only is he the leader of the nursing home of our uncle, he will also teach your brother martial arts. This is Wu Dong and this is Ma Sheng."

"Uncle Gao, Uncle Wu, Uncle Ma." Zhao Ruxi greeted them.

She turned to Zhao Yuanxun and said, "Thank you, dad. But I will go to Xu's house at noon and paint with my master and the others in the afternoon, so I plan to let Lu Bo and Qing Feng stay in the county and not come back. Otherwise, I will let Lu Bo and Qing Feng stay in the county."

It's inconvenient for me to go out at noon. Uncle Gao and the others can just send me there and come back, and just pick me up in the evening. There's no need to stay there all day like Lu Bo and Qing Feng did."

After hearing this, Zhao Yuanxun deeply felt that they should have a house in Beining County. Since Zhao Ruxi still wanted to study there, it would be much more convenient to have a house to stay.

He secretly wrote this down in his mind and said to Zhao Ruxi: "Let Ma Sheng stay there with Lu Bo and the others. The other two will come back and pick you up in the evening."
Chapter completed!