After Princess Fengrong and Prince Rui and his wife left, Li Zian approached Shopkeeper Huang to discuss decorating flowers and trees in the palace.
There are many rules and taboos in the palace, and Prince Rui’s preferences must also be considered.
We also need to know the identities of the people on Shopkeeper Huang’s side who decorate the yard.
Unexpectedly, I found out after asking this question that shopkeeper Huang's original business was not actually a restaurant.
If we trace the origins back to the previous dynasty, the Huang family was actually born as a Hua slave.
According to the laws of the previous dynasty, once a slave was a slave, he would be a slave for generations to come, and the descendants would never be able to escape their citizenship.
With the fall of the previous dynasty, the Huang family's ancestors were forced to leave the capital and were sent to Shanglinyuan Prison in Yingtian Mansion.
Shanglinyuanjian has four genera: Liangmu, Fanyu, Linheng, and Jiashu. Among them, Linheng is in charge of fruit trees and flowers.
At that time, the imperial court issued a pacification order, which stated that as long as one stayed in peace and did not cause trouble, one could leave the country after three generations.
In order to make future generations good citizens and able to live a normal life, three generations of the Huang family worked diligently in Lin Heng, and even improved many flowers and trees, and deserved many awards.
Shopkeeper Huang’s grandfather was the last generation of slaves.
Because of the contribution of the Huang family, when shopkeeper Huang's grandfather grew old, the supervisor of the Shanglinyuan Prison at that time gave him a gift and allowed the Huang family to take him home for his retirement.
The old man worked diligently as a slave all his life, and before his death, he finally enjoyed a few years of happy life with his children and grandchildren around his knees.
After the old man passed away, shopkeeper Huang's father followed the old man's will and left Yingtian Mansion with his family, finally choosing to settle in Wuchang Mansion.
Although Wuchang Mansion was far less prosperous than it is now, there were not many competitors. In addition, shopkeeper Huang's father was serious and responsible, so he quickly established a foothold in the local area and earned a lot of wealth.
When the family business was passed to Shopkeeper Huang, it was just as Prince Rui left Beijing to join the feudal clan.
The following years brought about earth-shaking changes to Wuchang Prefecture and even to the whole of Huguang.
People's lives are getting better, there are more and more wealthy people, and the Huang family's business is getting bigger and bigger.
In the early days, shopkeeper Huang made a lot of money and was very busy.
Some business was delivered to the door, but because I was too busy, I had to reluctantly refuse.
But such good days did not last long.
As the market becomes larger, competitors will naturally increase.
Although the Huang family is still the leader in the industry, the good days of being the only one family are gone forever.
Perhaps because he saw that his family's flower and tree business no longer had much room for development, Shopkeeper Huang's son suggested that he dabble in other industries, such as opening a restaurant or something.
Shopkeeper Huang disagreed at first. After all, his ancestors were in the flower and tree business.
Every other line is like a mountain. Isn't this obviously using money to waste money?
But firstly he couldn't stand his son's constant teasing, and secondly he thought that the family property would definitely be handed over to his son in the future, so there was no harm in giving it a try.
So after many discussions, the father and son came up with a business that combines gardens and food.
Because he was not an expert, even the chef he hired at the beginning was just a showman.
After Shuqinyuan opened, except for the initial feeling of novelty when there were still a few customers, it could be said that the place was deserted later on.
The reason why Li Zian brought Shen Tianshu here for dinner was because he was in an independent courtyard and would not be disturbed by others.
Shopkeeper Huang now feels more and more that the prince is simply the noble person in his destiny.
Not only did he enthusiastically advise his family on changing chefs, but he also brought so much customer traffic, and finally brought business to the palace.
Shopkeeper Huang was excited from the bottom of his heart when he thought that he would be the one to decorate the back garden for Prince Rui's Mansion.
I think that my ancestors were slaves and maids in the royal family, but now I have brought my business to Prince Rui's palace. I really feel proud and proud.
Shopkeeper Huang has made up his mind to take his son with him throughout the whole process this time.
It was just right for him to follow him to the palace for a long experience and learn how to do things.
After getting the favor of Prince Rui's Mansion, Shopkeeper Huang became more and more convinced that his own flower and tree business had a better future than opening a restaurant.
Shopkeeper Huang kept Li Zian's requests in mind, and then asked: "Master Shizi, when do you need us to come and arrange the arrangements?"
"Of course, the sooner the better. It must be arranged before the Xiayuan Festival."
Shopkeeper Huang couldn't help complaining when he heard that it would be before the Xiayuan Festival.
There are only three days left for this full calculation!
"Well, I wonder if the prince can show me the drawings of the back garden?" Shopkeeper Huang asked cautiously, for fear of violating some taboo.
Unexpectedly, Li Zian said very cheerfully: "If you look at the drawings, I will leave someone to take you to the palace to take a look at it in the afternoon, so that you can go back and prepare the flowers and trees.
"After you have prepared the flowers and trees, send someone to the palace to tell them, and I will ask someone to arrange for you to come and decorate them."
"Yes, thank you very much, Your Majesty. I will try my best to satisfy Prince Rui."
After Li Zian left, shopkeeper Huang hurriedly handed over the entire affairs of Shu Qinyuan to the second shopkeeper.
Before going to Prince Rui's Mansion, after discussing with the royal guards who were left behind, he went back home and explained the matter to his family.
He also ordered his son to quickly count the number of flowers and trees in his suburban nursery.
"Jianyu, you go over first and bring everyone who should be brought over. I will meet you directly after I come out of the palace.
"I'm afraid there won't be much time to rest in the past two days. Tell everyone, as long as you finish this job beautifully, I will give you a big red envelope."
Huang Jianyu listened to his father explaining things quickly, and then looked at the royal guards standing behind him, feeling as if he was in a dream.
Shu Qinyuan's business has been booming recently. Even the Crown Prince has become a regular customer of the store. Even Princess Fengrong, Prince Rui, and Princess Rui have become guests of the store. These achievements are enough to make him feel proud. .
Compared with the hard and troublesome flower and tree business, he felt that opening Shuqinyuan was profitable and easy.
He even vaguely felt that Shopkeeper Huang was old and his ideas were too old-fashioned, and he no longer knew the preferences of today's rich people.
Huang Jianyu had already made plans in his mind. After he took over the family business, he would gradually shift his focus to restaurants.
Unexpectedly, Prince Rui's Mansion actually took a fancy to his family's flowers, trees and landscaping skills, and asked them to go to the Prince's Mansion to decorate the back garden. .br>
"I'm talking to you, do you hear me?" Shopkeeper Huang was already anxious. Seeing his son's distracted look, he was so angry that he raised his hand and knocked him on the forehead. "Now is not the time for you to be in a daze. It’s limited, why don’t you cheer me up quickly!”
