early morning
Mo Lan stared at the bed curtain in a daze, and after a long time, stood up.
He came back at noon.
It wasn't until I reached the second door that I found someone behind me.
Turning around, she found that it was Youwen who was looking at her with a smile.
"How come Sir You is here free? Why don't you go to the main hall now that you are here?"
Juventus folded his hands and bowed.
"The emperor asked his subordinates to come and see if General Mo has paid back all the debts."
Mo Lan withdrew her hand to invite him in. Youwen had no intention of entering, and there was no need for her to be polite anymore.
"Please, Master You, please go and pay me back in full."
Youwen smiled and took out a vermilion imperial edict from his sleeve, walked up to the second door and slowly unfolded it.
Mo Lan immediately knelt down when he saw this.
"Hereby, the mighty general Mo Lan, who is like a towering tree in the vast expanse of green, has a force like the sea, is not restricted to any shape, and is a grand sight. He is the bravest of the three armies. He is specially appointed as the commander of the Beijing Guards. Half a month later, he will lead the troops southward for hundreds of miles to suppress the bandits in Cangshan. Guard one side and protect my people."
"General Mo, take the order."
Mo Lan stretched out his hands, raised them above his head, and took the imperial edict.
"Your Majesty Mo Lan accepts the order."
After sending You Wen away, Mo Lan took the imperial edict and sat in the main hall with a frown on his face.
The words in this edict sounded like they were praising her, but actually if you think about it carefully, you would know that they meant to say that she was bold.
It's strange to say that the person who announces the decree is always an internal official in the palace, but You Wenting is also the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, a fourth-rank official.
The maids beside the emperor are only at the fifth rank, which is two ranks and one rank short. They are just here to announce the decree. Are they overqualified?
But she doesn’t have time to think about it so much now. She will lead the troops to Cangshan to suppress the bandits in half a month. What will she do to suppress the bandits?
What's more, after two months, she had to return the money to the treasury with interest. Without a salary, she had no time to take care of business.
By then, she will still be a penniless pauper!
The emperor seemed to have given her a lot of rights and unlimited glory, but in fact, without strength, the emptied rights would only make her a target of public criticism.
It seems that the Qingyun court is not stable!
In that case, don't blame her for taking shortcuts!
Tianxiang Court
Mo Lan was currently standing in the middle of the stage in Haojing's largest restaurant, holding the stolen gong in his hand.
"When——"
"Su Momo, I'm here to find you!"
Su Momo, who was drinking tea on the second floor, spat out a mouthful of tea and her veins popped out.
She walked to the railing and took her sights on the target, "Mo, come up here, don't disturb my business!"
Mo Lan immediately returned the gong to Le Ren, touched his hand, and then lifted a big box and went upstairs.
The second floor of Tianxiang Garden was still a little deserted at this time under the scorching sun.
The breeze blew by, blowing the broken hair on the girl's forehead, and the two looked at each other for a long time.
Finally, Mo Lan spoke: "You..."
"It's quite cool upstairs!"
Su Momo almost fell off her stool when she stopped talking. She took back her feet on the stool, stepped back, and poured Mo Lan a cup of tea.
"You were awake for a long time this time."
Mo Lan pushed all the teacups on the table aside, picked up the box and put it on the table.
Su Momo held her hands and watched her busy, "Why, are you giving me a gift to apologize? I haven't forgotten how cold the cold wind was when you locked me outside your house last night."
Mo Lan opened the box without saying a word.
"Where did you get all these bottles and cans from?"
Su Momo looked at the pile of bottles in the box with disgust, but she also took out one, put it to the tip of her nose and smelled it.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, then picked up several bottles and smelled them one after another.
"Where did you get so much good rouge and gouache? Didn't you sell all your belongings when you ran out of money?"
Mo Lan took a deep breath.
"Let me tell you, I really can't stand the smell of your yard. Where did you buy all the fake rouge in your yard?"
"Also, just the ones at the door. Oh my god, with the weather today, when you look at it under the sun, it's pink! The wings of your nose, the corners of your eyes, and the corners of your mouth, tsk tsk tsk!"
"It's the one downstairs, the one in white clothes. Did you see it? Look at the rouge he put on. The color is just one word, village!"
"You're just a vulgar person in this courtyard, lwo!"
The corners of Su Momo's eyes were twitching, and she suppressed her anger with all her strength.
He picked up the teacup on the side, put it down after thinking about it, picked up the teapot and poured it into his mouth.
After a while, he gasped and said: "You are here to cause trouble today, are you deliberately quarreling?"
Mo Lan immediately put on a smile.
"Look, you've seen everything about me, good and bad, and you know it. Naturally, I'm here to discuss business with you."
This box is the result of her hard work all afternoon. When the things in the villa are taken out and used, new ones will be automatically replenished.
She spent five coins to buy more than a hundred porcelain bottles and put cosmetics in them.
The things she used on Earth were not cheap, so they were naturally better than the ones here.
Su Momo fanned herself and sat down again, "I'll think about it."
Mo Lan stood up with a smile, packed the bottle and closed the box.
"You think about it slowly, I'll go to the Second Princess to talk!"
Pick up the box and get ready to go.
"etc!"
Su Momo urgently called her to stop, joking, the second princess's Qu Shui Pavilion was all made by the palace, and it was always on her head.
The goods in Mo Lan's hands were obviously better than the ones she had.
If Qu Shui Pavilion uses this batch of goods, she can directly close Xiangyuan today.
"I'm afraid of you, so I'll give you a price."
"Five yuan, one bottle, no counter-offer!"
Su Momo clenched her fists. The price was twice the price on the market.
"I have one hundred and twenty bottles in hand. If you want all of them, I won't count your money for taking twenty bottles. The total is fifty taels of silver."
Mo Lan added a little more fire, and Su Momo immediately agreed and asked her to deliver all the goods tomorrow.
She was asked not to supply goods to other companies, but to deliver goods on the first day of every month. She was asked to receive whatever amount she received.
Mo Lan touched the fifty taels of silver in his arms and agreed with a smile.
On the second day, I sent several boxes to Tianxiang Garden, then went to the slave market to buy some servants.
Mo Lan was shopping happily, and people on the street stayed away from her when they saw her.
Some of them stretched out their hands behind her and pointed.
However, she doesn't care, by then, these people will be her loyal customers!
"Hey, isn't this my cousin? Which store are you planning to go to today to fight and smash things?"
Mo Lan looked at the person who spoke. He was dressed in silver armor, his eyebrows were full of heroism, and his long hair was tied high on his head.
At first glance, he looks somewhat dashing, but he just doesn't like him when he talks.
"Mo Chaomu, are you dressed like this today to go to the theater to sing?"
Before Mo Chaomu spoke, the female envoy beside her spoke.
"What do you idiot know? My young lady is now a member of the Guards. She will become a general in just a few days!"
Mo Lan smiled, folded his arms, and tilted his head, "Really? Congratulations!"
He walked forward without looking back, while Mo Chaomu was jumping in anger behind him!
Mo Lan has been mysterious these days, no one knows what she does when she goes out.
I also lock myself in my room when I'm at home.
I came to inquire several times, but I only saw her sleeping soundly on the bed.
The next day, she went out again carrying a bunch of things.
Later, she packed it directly in big boxes and shipped it out car by car.
Ganyi followed her and saw that after she entered her shop, there was a sound of knocking inside.
"Did you see clearly?"
"Yes, my subordinates can clearly see the decoration of the shop and the placement of goods. The rest is nothing."
The fan in Jun Wuye's hand shook slightly, and things developed as predicted.
Mo Lan, if you are really the daughter of Yushan as predicted, this prince's marriage to you will be a long-lasting one.
As for Mo Lan, he cleared out all the workers and hired some more knowledgeable ones.
He closed his biggest shop on the busy street and renovated it.
Three days later, "Yan Ruyu" opened.
Mo Lan grinned widely on the top floor of the shop, looking at the endless stream of customers below, holding a gold leaf in his hand and rubbing it repeatedly.
We welcomed a big customer when we opened this morning.
"Miss Su! Miss Su, you can't force your way in!"
There was a noise outside the door, and Mo Lan stood up with a smile and opened the door.
"Momo, come in, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
When Su Momo saw Mo Lan open the door, she immediately shook off the people who were blocking her and strode to the door.
He stretched out his finger to point at Mo Lan, but couldn't hold back a word for a long time.
Mo Lan still smiled, pressed the hand on the tip of her nose, and pulled Su Momo into the room.
"We agreed that we would only supply goods to one of my stores. In the blink of an eye, within three days, you opened a cosmetics and powder store. How can you do business like this?"
Su Momo was so angry that the emperor ordered that no one be allowed to help her.
She made a private deal with her because of their past friendship, but this guy took advantage of her Tianxiangyuan to build momentum for his own thing!
Mo Lan took out a piece of paper from his arms and stood it in front of her face. It was an agreement.
Su Momo's eyes widened, she grabbed the paper and looked at the terms carefully.
"I said I would only supply it to your family, so I will supply it to your family only. The rouge sold in my shop costs one tael of silver a bottle. Others can only come and buy it. I will supply it to you at half price. It does not violate our agreement."
Mo Lan looked at her with her chin propped up. There were a total of thirty waiters in Tianxiang Garden, and they had exactly one set of gouache, rouge, lipstick, and eyebrow powder. She had already figured it out.
Su Momo wanted all the goods in her hand, so she was naturally planning to open a store, but dozens of taels of silver couldn't satisfy her Mo Lan.
In the past three days, in addition to decorating, she also inspected Tianxiangyuan every day. By the way, she sent a few people to Qushui Pavilion to stir up some trouble. It was only because of the opening today that there was such good business.
There is no need to hide her store opening from anyone. Being in Haojing, naturally everyone is the emperor's spy.
In the past few days, she had encountered obstacles here and there, but later she figured out that the only one in the capital who deliberately made things difficult for her and prevented her from earning money was the emperor.
As for why, the emperor would not let her know before the time came.
Even if she takes one step at a time, no one can stop her, Mo Lan, from making money!
He walked to the desk, dipped his pen in ink, and handed the pen to Su Momo.
"If you like it, just sign it. This is a private agreement between the two of us and will not be known to the emperor."
Su Momo took the pen, paused for a moment, and then signed her name.
"You know everything!"
Mo Lan put away his agreement, "If possible, no one wants to stay stupid."
After seeing off Su Momo, a young general came to Yan Ruyu's door. He said that the recruitment of new recruits this year had been completed and asked her to go to the eastern suburbs camp to recruit troops.
Mo Lan rubbed his swollen forehead. He was so busy making money these days that he forgot that he was already a general.
He hurriedly ordered people to take care of the store, and hurriedly followed the visitor to the camp.
Fortunately, she started practicing a few days ago, so even if she goes today, she doesn't have to have stage fright.
As I approached the military camp, I heard the sound of training. I thought I would hear a scream, but I didn't expect that there were both men and women in the camp.
For more than three hundred years since Qingyun was established, women have always been respected. Today, the current queen even advocates equality between men and women.
However, for many years, the concept that women are superior to men is difficult to change in an instant.
There was only one male official in the court, the Censor.
At the gate of the military camp, General Wen seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
"The last general has met General Mo!"
As General Wen knelt down on one knee, several lieutenants behind him also knelt down.
Mo Lan walked over quickly and helped General Wen up.
After hearing the news, Mo Man promoted a confidant who had been with her since she was thirteen years old. To Mo Lan, she was like an aunt.
"Generals, please rise."
There are seven generals in total, commanding Qiliyu.
Mo Lan followed Wen Feng into the big tent, feeling scrutinized overtly and covertly along the way.
"I didn't expect that the emperor would order you to be the commander of the guard army. It's good to practice and practice. You will have experience in taking over Qi Zuoyu in the future."
Mo Lan took the sword handed over by Wen Feng. The golden scabbard was engraved with lilac ink.
To be honest, this sword does not fit the status of General Kamui.
"This is your mother's sword. The lilac on it is your father's favorite. I promised her that when you... inherit the position of general, I will give the sword to you."
Mo Lan pulled out his sword, the blade of the sword was quenched with cold light. There were countless dead souls under this sword.
"Gong Qize?"
This was her father's name, engraved on the hilt of the sword. Everyone in their memory said that he and his mother were deeply in love, but almost no one had seen him, not even her soul.
"I heard that General has worked hard for many days to recruit troops. Chao Yan will rely on your guidance in the future."
"General, you're welcome. Don't forget it tomorrow night at Xu time."
Following Wenfeng, he gave a simple military salute, and Mo Lan saw Mo Chaomu's livid face as he wished.
As the only two women in the Mo family, Mo Chaomu is actually more suitable for the head of the Mo family.
When she was six years old, she was in the top grade in the talent test, and her academic performance in private school was always higher than that of her sisters.
After the Mo family established itself, they pinned their hopes on her, hoping that another general would emerge and restore their former glory.
The news of her inheriting the position of general has not spread yet, and it is expected that the house will be lively after today.
Originally, Mo Lan planned to start a business. After two months, he returned the money to the treasury, resigned from his position and became a businessman, and then hid in the mountains and forests.
Now it seems that the emperor is preparing to make a big move, and she is the first pawn.
Youdao was the first to shoot, and it should be said that the emperor pushed her to this position, which should be said to be unexpected by everyone.
If you mess up your position, your tail will easily show up!
"Mo Lan! I don't accept it, you useless piece of shit, why should you be the commander of the guard army!"
When Mo Lan was about to leave, Mo Chaomu cursed from behind.
