Just after Shenshi, Ling Baozhu appeared at the door of the tavern, holding a few packages of braised vegetables in his hand, with a smile on his face, and stepped into the tavern with windy steps.
As soon as she walked into the tavern, she couldn't help shouting proudly: "Feng Xiaozi, Er Yatou, put down what you are doing." She raised the braised vegetables in her hands: "You haven't always eaten Rongji braised vegetables, so today Eat as much as you can.”
"Huzi, go ask your Uncle Chang Yun and bring you a jug of wine. I want good wine. Mr. Su brought several jars of good wine that day. We have been reluctant to drink it. Let's take a jar and taste it today."
Jiang Feng, Erya and others put down what they were doing, but no one moved, they just looked at her with strange eyes.
Ling Baozhu laughed and scolded: "Could it be that when you heard that there was something delicious, you couldn't even walk, why didn't you move?"
While he was talking, he suddenly noticed that there was an extra person in the store. He let out a sigh, and when he saw Su Shi's face clearly, he hurriedly threw a few bags of braised vegetables on the table, and then walked up to Su Shi with a look of surprise on his face.
"Master Su, why are you here?"
Seeing Su Shi dressed as a servant, he couldn't help but giggle and said, "Why are you dressed like this, Mr. Su? Is he an official who is studying drama and is paying a private visit in disguise?"
Su Shi sighed and said in a low voice: "I am still under house arrest by the emperor. After staying in the mansion for a few days, I was really bored, so I dressed up as a servant and went out of the mansion to get some fresh air."
Ling Baozhu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "The young master must be bored. Now that he is out, ask Mr. Jiang to take you around."
Su Shi smiled and said, "It's not urgent. Sister Bao, you are looking very happy today. Is there any happy event?"
Although Ling Baozhu tried hard to restrain himself, he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.
"There's no sense of joy. I just followed Mrs. Liu to Hetaifang Chenxiang Hall to invest some money and do some small business."
"Agarwood Hall? What kind of business are you doing?" Su Shi pretended to blame her: "Sister Bao has a good connection, but why didn't she tell me anything?"
Ling Baozhu said hurriedly: "People who have invested money in Chenxiang Hall can't squeeze in. It's also Mrs. Liu who found a lot of connections to get a place." At this point, her face showed deep regret: "Mrs. Liu After investing in Chenxiangtang for two years, my capital has doubled."
Su Shi's smile gradually disappeared from his face, and his eyes became extremely solemn. He asked slowly: "Many people join Chenxiang Hall? What kind of business are you doing?"
"It's the agarwood business. The price of agarwood has increased tenfold in the past two years, and everyone who invested in it has made a lot of money."
"Agarwood business? How to invest?"
Ling Baozhu hurriedly explained: "We give the money to Chenxiangtang, they help us buy agarwood, and they sell it. They give us profits every quarter, and return the principal to us in one lump sum after two years."
"The profit must be very high,"
Ling Baozhu seemed to have found a treasure on the ground, and his face turned into a flower with a smile: "The profit for those who invested two years ago was only 7% per quarter, but the profit this time was 1.2%. Unexpectedly I just happened to catch up."
Then she said with joy: "Young master, you don't know, when Chenxiang Hall announced that their quarterly profit was one cent or two cents, everyone in Chenxiang Hall went crazy. Those who had just received their principal Without saying a word on the spot, I invested again with the capital and interest.”
"If Mrs. Liu hadn't found Manager Chen, Manager Chen would have reluctantly agreed to leave a place for her after seeing that Mrs. Liu was his regular customer, but the minimum investment would have been one thousand taels of silver."
"In business, there are bound to be losses and gains. Isn't Sister Bao worried about losing her principal?"
Ling Baozhu said proudly: "The people from Chenxiang Hall said that if the business suffers a loss, they will be responsible for all the losses, and we will not lose a penny of the copper we deserve. And Manager Chen secretly told me that the reason why they The reason they offer such a high interest rate is because they estimate that the price of agarwood will rise tenfold in the next two years.”
"After all, they made the biggest profit, we just followed them and drank some soup."
Su Shi smiled, but the smile became extremely stiff: "So Sister Bao mortgaged her house to Qianqiu Zhiku, and collected 5,000 taels and invested it in Chenxiang Hall. This is equivalent to using Qianqiu Zhiku's money to help Sister Bao make money. .”
Ling Baozhu hurriedly accompanied him with a smile: "We will never lose a penny or cent of Qianqiu Zhiku's profit."
Su Shi was silent for a long time, then looked at Ling Baozhu and sighed: "Who are these people who are investing in Chenxiang Hall?"
Ling Baozhu thought for a while and replied: "Some of them are people like me who do small businesses, and most of them are people in the capital. Because the minimum investment in Chenxiang Hall is one thousand taels, many people took their own The house was mortgaged to Qianqiu Zhiku and invested in Chenxiangtang. Others borrowed it from relatives and friends, and finally collected more than a thousand taels, and invested them all."
"Why do they believe in Chenxiang Hall so much?"
Ling Baozhu smiled and said: "In the past two years, Chenxiang Hall has always paid full interest on time, and in the past few days, the money in Chenxiang Hall has piled up, and the due principal has been paid on the spot."
Su Shi smiled bitterly and said, "Did these people invest on the spot after receiving the principal?"
Ling Baozhu smiled and said: "These people are not fools. How can they be willing to give up such a profitable business? Except for a few people who were eager to withdraw their money, the vast majority of them invested their money back."
Then her face showed envy again: "Mrs. Liu not only invested all the due principal, but also took out another ten thousand taels of silver. After two years, she is afraid that she will sleep on the silver."
At this time, Sun Changyun brought out a jar of wine, and Ling Baozhu immediately said enthusiastically: "Master Su, let's eat here. I haven't thanked you enough for your great kindness to us."
Su Shi smiled, but his smile was full of countless shadows. Then he stood up and said to Ling Baozhu: "I have something urgent to go to the Qianqiu Warehouse now, but I don't have a single copper on me right now. I want to go to Ling Baozhu." Sister, please borrow some money to hire a car."
Ling Baozhu said hurriedly: "Young Master's words are serious. It's rare for Young Master to come here once. Let's leave after dinner."
Su Shi shook his head gently: "It's not that I don't want to, I really have important things to do. After the things are done, I will definitely disturb Sister Bao."
Seeing that Su Shi had decided to leave, Ling Baozhu had no choice but to say to Jiang Feng: "Go and hire a good car for the young master."
After Su Shi got on the carriage and left, Ling Baozhu looked at the carriage in confusion and murmured, "Mr. Su seems to have some objections to this business? His face was always dark just now."
Jiang Feng scratched his head on the side: "Brother Su once told me on the way here that what falls from the sky is not necessarily a pie, but more of a trap."
"Trap? Where is the trap?"
