Concubine De gave Xie Ping a cold look.
She didn't let anyone drive Xie Ping out. It was her generosity as a palace concubine, but it didn't mean that she accepted Xie Ping as her daughter-in-law.
Just because she pulled Concubine Shi and talked affectionately, it didn't mean that she liked Concubine Shi.
Of these two people, one got the position of princess through calculation, and the other made a choice out of desperation. It's strange that she likes them.
The Xie family claimed to be from a humble family and had no dowry, so that was all.
The Shi family was even more ridiculous. Mrs. Shi said she was afraid that the limelight would overwhelm the principal concubine, so she prepared a little bit like the Xie family.
She gave Concubine Shi some face, just to force the Shi family to take out the dowry that originally belonged to Concubine Shi.
"A hot spring village has opened in the suburbs of Beijing. In a few days, you will accompany me to the village to take a dip in the hot springs." Concubine De smiled and said, "I heard that the hot spring is very good for women's health. Please take a dip in it a few more times." , it is the right thing to conceive a child for the fourth child as early as possible."
It's not the case that Shi Fangfei agrees, it's not the case that she doesn't agree.
Xie Ping's silver teeth were almost broken.
She, the main concubine, is not even pregnant with a child. How dare Concubine De get pregnant by a mere concubine!
But she didn't dare to express her inner dissatisfaction, so she could only laugh along with it.
When Concubine De took Concubine Shi to the hot spring village, the hot spring village was already well known to most people in the capital.
"I heard that there is a hot spring village in the suburbs of Beijing. It's called Chuyun Shang. It's much bigger than the Royal Hot Spring Pool."
"It's bigger than the royal soup pool, so why wasn't it presented to the emperor as a tribute?"
"That hot spring is a little far away from the capital. I paid tribute to the emperor. I'm afraid it's rare for the emperor to go there. And I heard that the person behind this hot spring villa is King Pingxi. It's impossible for the emperor to compete with his son for the property as a father." .”
"The hot spring resort opened by the royal family is also for people from aristocratic families to have fun. It's not for us ordinary people. Just watch the excitement."
"You're wrong. A cousin of mine works as a handyman in Zhuangzi. He told me a long time ago that the hot springs in Zhuangzi above Chuyun are very big, so they are divided into two manors. One is dedicated to those who have noble families. Expensive, another Zhuangzi has built a large open-air hot spring pool, and ordinary people like us can go in and enjoy it for a few dollars."
"Really or not, ordinary people can still bathe in hot springs?"
"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, let's go and have a look."
"..."
The idea of dividing Zhuangzi into two was proposed by Yun Chu.
Wealthy people can bathe in hot springs, and ordinary people with some spare money will naturally want to enjoy it.
Special pools and courtyards are built for wealthy people, which offer greater privacy and are more expensive.
For ordinary people, it is just a large open-air hot spring pool, only for men and women. Although the price is cheap, it cannot support the large number of ordinary people. At the end of the day, it is still a huge amount of income.
After the ice shop closed, Chu Yunshang Hot Spring Resort opened.
With the cooperation of Master Cheng and Chen Defu, the hot spring village became famous in the capital on the first day it opened.
That separate courtyard needs to be reserved in advance. It has been booked until the end of the year, and the deposit exceeds ten thousand taels of silver.
Ordinary hot springs are cheap. Even in the middle of winter, they only cost 200 copper coins per person. Autumn has just entered, so the price is naturally cheaper. You can enter and experience what it's like to soak in a hot spring for 80 coins. Therefore, after a whole day, There was an endless stream of people coming and going at the entrance of the Hot Spring Villa.
Although the two Zhuangzi are only separated by a wall, large areas of peach blossoms are planted on both sides of the wall, and the doors open to both sides without affecting each other.
Tingshuang came to Xie's Mansion with the account book that had been open for half a month, and carefully talked about the situation in Zhuangzi during this period.
Yun Chu nodded while listening. With Master Cheng acting vigorously and Uncle Chen taking care of every detail, everything was going well in the Hot Spring Village. Of course, the main reason was because the man behind the village was King Pingxi, who made countless gangsters frightened by the news. King Pingxi, no one dares to cause trouble.
"Madam, something happened before." Tingshuang said, "Concubine Yuan in the palace got the grace of the empress to leave the palace, and specially took people to the hot spring village. Passing by the madam's small courtyard, she wanted to go in and have a look. She was Master Cheng stopped him, and Concubine Yuan raised her hand and slapped Master Cheng on the face, then went into the hot spring in the madam's courtyard to soak in the hot spring..."
Yun Chu didn't find it strange at all that this happened.
The small yard that belongs to her is different from other yards. The entrance is full of exotic flowers and plants, and the pool is inlaid with various stones.
Originally, the yard was full of begonias. Because she didn't like begonias, King Pingxi had orchids and jasmine planted there.
Such a unique courtyard would naturally attract Concubine Yuan's attention.
Tingfeng was shocked and said: "Concubine Yuan, doesn't she know that the person behind Zhuangzi is King Pingxi? How dare you trespass into a courtyard that obviously does not accept guests?"
"Concubine Yuan thought that this courtyard was prepared by the prince for Concubine Yin. Concubine Yuan thought she was nobler than Concubine Yin and was the biological mother of the Sixth Prince. How could she care about Prince Pingxi?" Tingshuang said, "Concubine Yuan was taking a bath in the hot spring. , Master Cheng invited King Pingxi to Zhuangzi, and King Pingxi brought two nuns with him. The two nuns completely ignored Concubine Yuan's face and fished Concubine Yuan out of the pool..."
Tingxue covered her mouth: "King Pingxi is too courageous..."
Even Yunchu was shocked.
Although Concubine Yuan is no longer the favored concubine of the harem, she is still one of the four concubines, the emperor's woman, and has given birth to the princess Longzi. This move by King Pingxi not only denies Concubine Yuan's face, but also tramples on the emperor's face. On the sole of the foot.
However, so many days have passed, and she has not heard about what happened in the harem. Come to think of it, Concubine Yuan did not make the matter a big deal. Perhaps, it should be said that the emperor chose Ping Xi between Concubine Yuan and Prince Xi. King, this matter was naturally suppressed.
Yunchu changed the subject: "Tingshuang, give these fifty thousand taels of silver to Uncle Chen and ask him to build a large ship that can sail."
Tingshuang said in surprise: "Ma'am, is this what you want?"
"When the ship is finished, I plan to do some overseas business."
You can't put all your hopes of making money on the hot spring village. If something unexpected happens, everything will be lost.
She remembered that in her previous life, some businessmen went overseas and brought many rare seafood back to the capital to sell, and everyone made a lot of money.
New gadgets from overseas are always the most in-demand goods in the capital. Merchants without ships can only buy goods from merchants, and their profits will be cut in half. It is better to build their own ships, purchase goods by themselves, and then ship them to all parts of the country.
Tingshuang nodded and took the order to do it.
Yun Chu counted her money and found that she earned 230,000 taels of silver from selling ice cream. She spent nearly 20,000 taels on building the hot spring village. She gave 50,000 taels to her father, took 50,000 to build a ship, and still had 100,000 taels left on hand. Ten thousand taels is a large amount of money no matter where you put it.
She dialed the abacus and said, "Tingshuang, look at whether there are any clean and elegant Ersanjin small courtyards in the capital. Buy them before winter and find a skilled craftsman to repair them neatly."
It's over with Xie's family, she needs a place to live.
Although it's okay to go back to Yun's house, and my brother and sister-in-law won't have any objections, but as time goes by, some unnecessary troubles may arise.
Tingshuang wrote them down one by one.
Just as he was talking, a servant came to report that the eldest lady was back.
