Concubine Li asked: "Tell me, what are these two options?"
Sheng Guoer said: There is only one of these two ways. You cooperate with me and we will make money together. The second way is that I will make money alone and give you a commission, okay? "
"No!" Concubine Li said without hesitation.
Sheng Guoer thought to herself: "I've never seen anyone smarter than you." She continued to persuade: "Look, if we make money together, we can bring you at least more than 3,000 yuan a year." Two pieces of silver, if others find out..." Before she could finish her words, Concubine Li interrupted her and said, "I know that if others find out, you will be killed, but I tell you, I The palace is not short of money! And I don’t need anyone to share the risks, and you can’t even think of taking half of the benefits from me!”
Hearing what Concubine Li said, Sheng Guoer thought to herself: "You are not greedy for money, who will believe it?" She continued: "Then I have to do it myself. To tell you the truth, I already have 40,000 to 50,000 yuan on hand. Two silver notes, although it’s not a lot compared to you, but it’s enough!”
"Hmph!" Concubine Li sneered, "You are quite good at bragging."
Sheng Guoer quickly shook her hands and explained, "I'm not bragging! The banknotes in my hand are real, and I earned them bit by bit."
Concubine Li said again: "Since you have 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver, how can you ask me to cooperate? If you have the ability, do it yourself! I want to see how capable you are!"
What she said was actually the highest level of praise for Sheng Guoer. After all, in ancient times, it was considered good for a girl from an ordinary family to earn dozens or hundreds of taels of silver in her lifetime. A girl with her status was even more... She can only rely on men for her whole life, and even His Majesty the Emperor's favor cannot help her.
And the reason why Sheng Guoer can make money is not only because of her intelligence, but also because she has a peerless appearance! Her body is indeed beautiful, and anyone who has seen her face will never forget that face.
"Empress, I don't dare to cooperate with you now." Sheng Guoer said with a grimace.
"Oh? Why is this?" Concubine Li asked curiously.
Sheng Guoer sighed and said, "My dear, think about it, if I hand over the money I have to you for safekeeping, wouldn't it be like selling me in disguise? Besides, I'm not worried either. What if you lied to me? What if you turned your back on me after getting the money and refused to admit it? "
"Hahaha... You girl, you are so courageous to suspect me!" Concubine Li said with a sweet smile.
Sheng Guoer waved her hands quickly and said, "Mother, that's not what I meant."
"Okay, I will forgive you for now." Concubine Li said calmly.
"Thank you, empress." Sheng Guoer breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, Concubine Li said: "You girl, please sit down first. Stop standing."
"Okay, empress." Sheng Guoer responded obediently.
"I think the first option you just mentioned is very tempting. If you can satisfy me, I can consider cooperating with you."
Concubine Li said.
Sheng Guoer felt happy and said, "Empress, what do you think I should do?"
"First of all, you have to prove that you have the ability and let me see your sincerity."
"How can I show you my sincerity?" Sheng Guoer asked humbly.
"It's very simple, as long as you can prove that you can defeat the Chen family and be better than the Chen family in construction!" Li Guifei said.
"This is easy to handle!" Sheng Guoer said confidently.
"Well. Next, you have to prove your worth." Concubine Li continued: "You must show that you are strong enough, as well as your resourcefulness. If you can achieve these two points at the same time, I will follow You cooperate.”
Sheng Guoer stood up to say goodbye and said, "Mother, please wait and see."
After finishing speaking, Sheng Guoer stood up and left.
After she left, Concubine Li smiled and said, "Interesting, really interesting!"
"Master, I always feel that today's incident is strange." The maid on the side whispered to Concubine Li.
"Haha, of course it's strange. Didn't you realize that this Sheng Guo'er is too smart? This is simply not in line with common sense."
"Yes! It's incredible that such a weak woman like her can earn so much money in just a few months by relying on her status as a commoner!"
"Humph! I am becoming more and more curious. How many secrets does this little girl hide? There must be an unknown story behind her!"
"Master, do you mean that there is someone behind this achievement?" the palace maid asked in surprise.
"Well, it's almost the same." Concubine Li nodded firmly.
…
After returning to the room, Sheng Guoer fell into deep thought. She suddenly realized that she seemed to have overlooked an important issue!
"Alas, I was busy thinking about how to use the chess piece of Concubine Li, but I ignored the power behind Concubine Li!" Sheng Guoer sighed softly and said regretfully: "If Concubine Li's father was not the chief minister of the dynasty, she would How can it be possible to have so much power!"
Sheng Guoer suddenly thought of a question - if Concubine Li's father was not the chief minister, how could she control so much power?
"It seems that I am still too young." Sheng Guoer murmured to herself.
"Looks like I need to change my strategy!"
Sheng Guoer thought to herself: "Concubine Li is wary of me now. If I make a wrong step rashly, something may go wrong."
The next day, Sheng Guoer summoned all the workers and said, "Today I am going to talk about our plan. I hope everyone will listen carefully." "
"Yes." All the workers said in unison.
Sheng Guoer pointed to the drawings on the table and said to everyone: "If we want to build the workshop within a week and make it successful, we must have sufficient labor force."
But the workers said: "But how can we build this palace and garden complex in such a short time?"
Sheng Guoer said: "You don't have to worry about this, I have already thought of a way."
"What can we do?" everyone asked.
Sheng Guoer smiled mysteriously and said, "You just need to follow my instructions. I guarantee that you will build the palace garden within a month."
"That's great!" Everyone cheered excitedly.
"Okay, let's start now. Everyone, hurry up and prepare tools and materials, and try to start work as soon as possible!" Sheng Guoer ordered.
"Yes, ma'am!"
Everyone immediately took the order and left.
Sheng Guoer came to the open space in the yard.
This open space is not small, about half an acre.
At this time, all the surrounding trees had been cut down, and all that was left were rocks.
"My plan is this. We dig a three-meter-deep trench in this open space, lay it with cement, and then plant plants on both sides of the trench, so that the entire trench is filled with rich, vibrant green. .
On the slopes on both sides, we planted various plants, such as shrubs, thorn bushes, weeds, etc. Anyway, I planted everything I could think of.
Then we will plant lotus flowers on both sides of the trench, and a big tree in the center. "
Sheng Guoer pointed to the open space in front of her and said, "You see, the soil in this open space is very suitable for growing lotus. When the lotus blooms, it will be very beautiful!"
"Wow, it's so beautiful!" everyone said excitedly.
"Madam, let's dig a hole now."
"Okay, I'll go with you."
So, Sheng Guoer led everyone to a small forest five hundred meters away from the palace.
"Dig a hole, dig it!" Sheng Guoer ordered.
Everyone started wielding shovels, digging holes, and planting.
Soon, a three-meter-long pit was dug, and many shrubs, thorns and weeds were planted around it, and finally cement was poured.
As a result, the originally flat open space suddenly seemed extremely complicated, like a maze.
When Sheng Guoer saw this, she was secretly happy. It seemed that her plan was implemented smoothly.
Immediately afterwards, Sheng Guoer asked everyone to fill in the excavated soil and bury it on the road outside the palace.
In this way, the infrastructure of the entire palace garden was completed.
"Young madam, all this soil has been buried underground. When the time comes, the soil will be washed away by the rain." Everyone said.
"Well, that's good." Sheng Guoer said.
"Okay, today's task is completed. You should rest quickly and start working again tomorrow." Sheng Guoer ordered.
"Yes, young lady!" everyone said in unison.
Sheng Guoer returned to the room and lay on the bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep.
Although her plans for the day were going well, she was still worried.
After all, the number of craftsmen she recruited this time was not large, only sixty or seventy craftsmen, and most of them were just ordinary people without any technical content and could only rely on manual labor to make a living.
Therefore, the work efficiency of these sixty or seventy craftsmen was not high. It only took five days to dig a two-meter-wide pit and fill it with soil.
In this way, even if more craftsmen join in the future, the speed of the project cannot be improved and the work can only be done slowly.
Sheng Guoer decided to recruit more craftsmen from now on.
As for who to recruit?
Sheng Guoer planned to ask shopkeeper Liu in Majiagangzi first to see if there was anyone in Majiagangzi who was willing to come and help.
After all, Majiagangzi has relied on its own vegetable wholesale market for so many years, and its manpower has not decreased. And as time goes by, more and more other villagers are willing to come and work, so there should be no shortage of manpower.
So Sheng Guoer came to Majia Gangzi.
"Oh, Boss Sheng, why are you free to come to my house today?" Shopkeeper Liu greeted him enthusiastically.
"Haha, I came here today to ask you for a favor. I wonder if it's inconvenient for you?" Sheng Guoer asked.
"You're welcome, young lady!" Shopkeeper Liu waved his hand quickly.
"Shopkeeper Liu, I would like to ask you to help recruit a group of craftsmen. I wonder if you can agree?" Sheng Guoer asked.
Shopkeeper Liu was stunned and asked in confusion: "Recruiting craftsmen?"
"Yes!" Sheng Guoer nodded solemnly.
"Young Madam, the number of craftsmen we have in Majiagangzi is enough to maintain the vegetable wholesale market. There is no need to recruit other craftsmen." Shopkeeper Liu said with a bitter smile.
Sheng Guoer shook his head slightly: "Shopkeeper Liu, you have misunderstood me. I am not recruiting craftsmen to maintain the vegetable wholesale market. I have other purposes."
"Oh? I wonder what the young lady plans to do?"
"It's like this. I plan to build a palace garden on our vacant land and build a circular trench." Sheng Guoer said.
Shopkeeper Liu suddenly realized that it turned out to be a training palace for the emperor.
Thinking of this, shopkeeper Liu couldn't help but envy Sheng Guoer's good luck.
This is a big deal! Once you do it well, you will definitely have a lot of money.
Not only myself, but also several nearby villages will benefit a lot, especially those like myself who are close to the vegetable wholesale market. Making money is definitely not a problem.
No matter whether this thing can be done or not, it is always okay to flatter yourself first, right?
