Duke Cao's Mansion.
Li Hongbi was checking the property of the Duke of Guo.
The old butler Li Quan stood silently aside.
Since the death of Li Yuan, the mistress of the Duke's Mansion, most of the properties of the Duke's Mansion have been managed by the old housekeeper Li Quan.
In the past, Li Quan was a personal guard who followed the founding general Li Wenzhong on the battlefield. Later, during the battle on the battlefield, a Mongolian barbarian chopped off one of his arms. His life was saved with great difficulty, but he was unable to go into battle to kill the enemy.
So Li Wenzhong asked Li Quan to discharge his troops and return to his fields, and stay in the Duke's Mansion as a housekeeper.
There are many retired soldiers like Li Quan, who are now the bodyguards of the old Li family.
Servants and subordinates are tied to their masters, but their status is still that of servants. However, the Duke's family still treats Li Quan and the others with respect. Even Li Jinglong, an old dandy, does not dare to scold them.
After all, he is the former subordinate of King Qiyang and deserves their courtesy and preferential treatment.
"Uncle Quan, are all the Duke's properties here?"
Li Quan nodded, a smile written all over his old face.
He had watched Hongbi grow up, and he was much better than the playboy and loser Li Jinglong.
So Li Quan was very relieved about Li Hongbi. The old Duke had someone to succeed him!
Li Hongbi raised his eyebrows. It was not that there was anything wrong with these properties, but that there were too many properties under the name of Duke Cao Guo. The number was frightening!
For example, the luxurious and majestic mansion of Cao Guogong in front of you is located in the core area of Qinhuai Confucius Temple where every inch of land is precious.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang divided among the ministers who had meritorious service. Li Wenzhong was awarded the title of Cao Guogong due to his outstanding military exploits.
Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered that the Cao Guogong Palace be built for Li Wenzhong in accordance with the specifications of the vassal prince's palace as a show of favor.
Cao Guogong's mansion is very large, covering an area of hundreds of acres, with an elegant and exquisite layout, including buildings, pavilions, peaks, rockeries and lakes.
Just by looking at this mansion, you can tell how favored Li Wenzhong was back then.
Moreover, Li Wenzhong made too many achievements for the Ming Dynasty. Not only the house, but also a large number of manors and fertile land outside Jinling City were the property of Duke Cao.
Furthermore, the shops on several streets in Jinling City are also the property of the old Li family.
I have to admit, this is a huge asset.
No wonder Li Jinglong dared to brag about Haikou. The wealth of Cao Guogong's mansion was enough for both father and son to spend a lifetime.
Li Hongbi re-delivered these house deeds to Li Quan.
He has no intention of taking over the financial power of the Duke's government, but he just wants to know about his own industry and have a good idea.
Anyway, Li Quan was in charge of these industries in the past, and nothing went wrong.
"Uncle Quan, I have a small matter."
"I have developed a beauty cream, which may be sold in shops under the name of the Duke's Mansion."
When Li Quan heard what he said, he nodded without hesitation.
"Don't worry, young master, I will definitely handle this matter well."
"Well, I'm sorry to trouble Uncle Quan."
Li Hongbi smiled and said: "But after all, it is rouge and gouache for women, so I think this business will be left to Sixiang and the others for now. When the market opens later and the business expands, Uncle Quan will send someone there." Take over and just keep an eye on it during this period."
Li Quan nodded with a smile.
Even if the young master didn't mention it, he would send someone to keep an eye on Sixiang.
The property of Guo Gong's Mansion belongs to Guo Gong's Mansion, and even Sixiang and the others belong to Guo Gong's Mansion.
If there is any cheating, Li Quan will eliminate these hidden dangers without hesitation.
After the explanation, Li Jinglong happened to come over, and Li Quan left wisely.
Until now, Li Quan was very dissatisfied with Li Jinglong, so he had been avoiding him, out of sight and out of mind.
Li Jinglong greeted Li Quan with a smile, but the latter acted as if he hadn't heard and left.
Li Jinglong touched his nose awkwardly, then sat down next to Li Hongbi.
"Son, Li Quan is getting more and more presumptuous. Does he still see me as the Duke of the country in his eyes?"
"Oh." Li Hongbi responded lightly, "I am old and it is normal for me to have deafness."
Li Jinglong looked aggrieved and simply stopped mentioning this trivial matter.
"My son, when are you going to put your facial cream on the market?"
"This is such a good baby, it will definitely become popular in Jinling!"
Of course Li Hongbi understood this truth, but now he had a troublesome problem.
No matter how effective the facial cream is, someone must know about it!
After all, the sales of this thing are really not good. It may not be an easy thing to win the approval of those ladies.
It would be great if Li Yuan was still alive. As Mrs. Cao Guogong, she could casually promote it among the ladies of Jinling, and this problem would be solved.
However, there is currently no mistress with sufficient social status in Cao Guogong's mansion.
Li Hongbi informed Li Jinglong of the problem, but the latter burst out laughing.
"My son, this is so simple. How could you think being a father is such a difficult thing!"
Hearing his words, Li Hongbi was not only not happy, but also felt uneasy.
With this old dandy’s urinary temperament, it’s truly amazing what good ideas he can come up with.
"What father means is..."
"There are no women in the Duke's Mansion, but there are in Qinhuai, ten miles away!"
Li Jinglong slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "As long as you give this beauty cream to those famous Qinhuai prostitutes for promotion, won't your reputation be spread out?"
"Qinhuai is a place where scholars, scholars, and dignitaries gather in these ten miles. In order to win the beauty's smile, they are not allowed to buy beauty cream from us. Then a lot of money will roll in..."
The more Li Jinglong thought about it, the more he felt that this matter had great potential, and he couldn't help but praise his wit.
And once those famous prostitutes in Qinhuai know about the magical effect of Zhuyan Cream, why don't they take the initiative to stick with him and spend the night with Cao Jiujiang?
You know, the people who care most about appearance are precisely these prostitutes.
They originally ate the food of youth and wanted to earn more money while they were looking good. When they get older in the future, even if no one wants them, they can be self-reliant and not starve to death on the streets.
One can imagine how attractive skin care products such as facial cream will be to brothel women!
When Li Jinglong was lost in thought, he saw Li Hongbi pick up the stool without saying anything.
"Hey... Son, what are you going to do?"
"Is there anything wrong with this plan to be a father? Let's talk it over, talk it over!"
Li Hongbi looked at him with gritted teeth, really wanting to end this evil with a stool.
"I specially developed this beauty cream for the noble lady of Jinling, and I had the idea of sending it to the palace as a tribute."
"You let a group of prostitutes use it first, and you used the prostitutes' hands to promote it. After those ladies and concubines heard about it, who would buy it?"
Women do love beauty, but they also want to be shameless!
Prostitutes in brothels are a group of people at the bottom of this era. Let alone looking down upon them, even mentioning them would feel humiliating.
Only a self-destructive old dude like Li Jinglong could come up with such a bad idea!
After Li Jinglong was scolded, he realized what the problem was.
If you really let prostitutes promote it, then the beauty cream will be labeled as a prostitute.
Then he, Li Jinglong, sent him to the palace again...
There is only one final result...
How dare you sell to me something used by a bunch of lowly prostitutes?
Take off this layer of skin on your body!
Li Jinglong trembled and did not dare to think about it further.
"Then things will be a little difficult to handle!"
"Son, if you don't marry the girl from the Mei family quickly, the Duke's mansion will have a mistress, and the problem will be solved!"
"Huh?" Li Hongbi's eyes lit up, "You mean Miss Mei? This is a good idea!"
Li Jinglong was also very happy to be recognized by his own son.
"How about it? As a father, let me tell you about Miss Mei..."
"No!" Li Hongbi smiled, "I like her mother better."
Li Jinglong: "???"
ah?
Princess Ningguo?
Isn't this... inappropriate?
That's your boy's mother-in-law!
How can you covet others?
