After the matter of setting up a school was settled, Zhao Yanhuan focused on recruiting refugees and making glass products.
Then he went to the capital every three months to conduct glass auctions. Each auction brought Dong Guan a large amount of income.
Dong Guan was also greedy for the huge profits from glass, and once urged Zhao Yanhuan to make more glass products.
But every time Zhao Yanhuan used the excuse that it was difficult to make glass products, and was only willing to add one or two more glass products at most, but not any more.
Because Zhao Yanhuan also got a share of the business, Dong Guan did not suspect that Zhao Yanhuan deliberately underproduced.
He just laments that there are not enough glass products. If he can have hundreds of pieces every day, he will be the richest man in the world.
Well, it can be seen that he has no financial sense.
The glass business is going smoothly, and Zhao Yanhuan's process of recruiting refugees is also very smooth.
Yi'an Prefecture is a state after all, no smaller than Qipai Village, and it gathers refugees very quickly.
And as Zhao Yanhuan's reputation spreads, more and more refugees join her.
Zhao Yanhuan's behavior was definitely over the line, but everyone in Yi'an Prefecture was fed by Zhao Yanhuan and didn't care what she did.
On an ordinary night, Zhao Yanhuan entered the "Book of Destiny" space again.
What Zhao Yanhuan got this time was the secret recipe for sugar production and a complete collection of cosmetics formulas.
The formulas given in "The Book of Destiny" are top-notch formulas unmatched by any formula on the market.
It's just like a sugar recipe, it's a recipe comparable to the world's top candies, and a cosmetics recipe compared to this world's skin care products is the difference between a three-bottle skin care cream costing ten yuan and Lancôme.
Ordinary recipes are not competitive at all. Every family has these basic recipes for enjoyment.
Only the top-notch ones, which allow people to discover different top-notch items just by looking at them without getting started, can make families spend money to pursue them and spend huge sums of money on them.
However, sugar production and cosmetics production are both huge profits. Like glass, they are not businesses that can be done by people without a backer.
But if the sugar and cosmetics production still relies on Dong Guan, there is no guarantee that Dong Guan will not be tempted and want to take the prescription by force. After all, no matter how small the share is given to her, it is not as profitable as not giving any share to others.
Therefore, Zhao Yanhuan could not cooperate with Dong Guan in the sugar and cosmetics business without Dong Guan's wholehearted trust.
It seems it's time to brush up Dong Guan's favorability and become his absolute confidant.
Zhao Yanhuan wrote a letter and handed it to his attendant Chunxi who had just been selected from Qipai Village.
"Send this letter to July."
Chunxi has a silent temperament and always carries out Zhao Yanhuan's orders directly without asking questions. He is a qualified waiter.
What Zhao Yanhuan ordered Qiu to do was very simple. She had previously asked Qiu to collect the account book evidence that Dong Guan had embezzled the emperor's palace, and taught it to Dong Guan's archenemy, Grand Master Lu Fan.
Lu Fan and Dong Guan were the emperor's two favorite ministers, but they were at odds with each other. They even wanted to kill each other so they could dominate the court.
Of course, although Lu Fan and Dong Guan were at odds, they were not good friends. The emperor was mediocre and good officials could not become the emperor's confidants.
The emperor attaches great importance to his own enjoyment. Dong Guan sells his official position and kills Zhongliang, but these emperors don't care.
But Dong Guan dared to embezzle the money given to him to build the palace, which definitely offended the emperor. As long as Lu Fan had this account book, it would be appropriate to move Dong Guan down.
Of course, what Zhao Yanhuan did was not really to bring down Dong Guan, because in the plot, Dong Guan had already surrendered to the emperor's younger brother, King An, and King An held the imperial army and was about to rebel.
King An was able to live a better life in front of the emperor than all the other brothers, and he was able to control the imperial army and secretly accumulate strength to rebel, all without Dong Guan's help.
Therefore, after King An rebelled and ascended the throne, Dong Guan became the new emperor's confidant, and his power reached its peak. Until the court was overthrown by the rebels, Dong Guan was the most powerful official.
Zhao Yanhuan just wanted to use this time difference to gain favor with Dong Guan. Dong Guan had a high position and was usually unable to gain too much favor. Only when he was in trouble would he have a chance.
In order to get the account book, Qi Qi hired several outstanding spies to get the account book.
Now it’s time to put this ledger to real use.
After asking Qiyue to give the account book to Lu Fan, Zhao Yanhuan sat comfortably in Yi'an Prefecture and gave Wei Yizhe a wave of benefits to prevent her back house from catching fire when she went to the capital.
She had to make Wei Yizhe understand that even if Dong Guan fell, he would gain more benefits by letting himself dominate Yi'an Prefecture than by supporting others, so she should not have bad intentions.
When the news of Dong Guan's death reached Yi'an Prefecture, Dong Guan had been imprisoned by the emperor for half a month and was about to be executed.
Zhao Yanhuan collected the money as quickly as possible and led the people to rush to the capital.
On the first day after entering the capital, Zhao Yanhuan first went to find Dong Guan's family.
After Dong Guan was imprisoned by the emperor, his home was ransacked. Except for his parents who were far away in his hometown, his wife, concubines, and several children were all kicked out of the house.
This was the result of the emperor seeing that Dong Guan was his confidant, so he was merciful and only punished Dong Guan without implicating his family.
After Dong Guan was in trouble, officials who had been friends with him in the past did not dare to approach him, and no one came to help his family.
Zhao Yanhuan was a member of Dong Guan's family who was found in a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of the capital. When Zhao Yanhuan found her, Dong Guan's wife was too sick to get up.
Several children were also sick and groggy, several good-looking concubines had already found their own way to leave, and the remaining two-year-old concubine had nowhere to go, struggling to take care of the sick family.
They were all pampered people, but suddenly they had to sleep in the open without enough food and clothing. With such a huge gap, it was no wonder that the whole family fell ill.
Zhao Yanhuan picked up everyone without saying a word, rented a large courtyard, bought servants, and settled everyone down.
With Zhao Yanhuan's help, the two concubines who had been holding on to each other relaxed and fell ill. Zhao Yanhuan could only ask the doctor to see the doctor one by one.
Originally, Zhao Yanhuan wanted to put on a show in front of Dong Guan's family, but now she didn't have to think about it. They were all sick and confused, and no one was watching her show.
After making arrangements for Dong Guan's family, Zhao Yanhuan took the money and went around to help Dong Guan. He also prepared a big gift for Dong Guan's nemesis Lu Fan.
To save Dong Guan's life, only Lu Fan, who became the most proud man in the capital after Dong Guan fell, could do it.
The gift from Zhao Yanhuan was so expensive that Lu Fan actually met Zhao Yanhuan.
When Lu Fan saw Zhao Yanhuan, he was in the pavilion in the garden of Taishi Mansion. It was obvious that Lu Fan didn't take Zhao Yanhuan seriously, so he was so dismissive.
When Zhao Yanhuan saw Lu Fan, Lu Fan was playing with the birds.
"The daughter of the people, Zhao Yanhuan, pays homage to Grand Master Lu. Grand Master is safe."
