The happy life of a prodigal

After a long time, I heard a sigh coming from the front.

In fact, Emperor Chu had already expected this result.

If the two ministers, the third-rank officials of the imperial court, were able to protect him like this, even if they entered the prison, they would not reveal it at all. In the whole world, there were only their two unworthy princes.

If his prince is still there, why is this...

Thinking of this, Emperor Chu couldn't help but sighed, looked at Fang Xiu, waved his hands, and said in a slightly tired tone: "I see, you can go down..."

When Fang Xiu heard this, he felt a little depressed, but he still didn't say much, and he folded his hands and prepared to leave.

Just when he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly remembered something, saluted Emperor Chu, and said, "Your Majesty, your gold medal..."

As he spoke, he took out a golden plaque from his pocket, which was the gold plaque that the Emperor Chu had given him to investigate the case of the Armed Forces Depot.

In fact, in Fang Xiu's view, there was really nothing to investigate about this case.

It was nothing more than two people, one King Ning and the other King Kang.

It's not good to find anyone.

The Emperor of Chu must have understood this truth, but still sent Fang Xiu to investigate. There must be a deeper reason, and Fang Xiu did not know what it was.

Hearing this, Emperor Chu glanced at the gold medal in Fang Xiu's hand, thought for a while, and said slowly: "I will keep this gold medal with you, and when the weapon you mentioned is developed, I will return it to you. "

"I understand."

Fang Xiu nodded, bowed his hands and bowed to leave, saying: "Resignation, my lord."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out of the Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

For a moment, only Emperor Chu was left in the Nuan Pavilion, standing by the window, looking out of the window, not knowing what he was thinking, leaving only a slightly lonely back.

............

Fang Xiu came out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, instead of going back to Fang Mansion, he asked the coachman to drive the carriage to Gujing Street in the south of the city.

Today's Gujing Street has been linked with Fangfu.

After all, the several well-known shops on Gujing Street were all opened by the stewards of the Fang Mansion. Anyone with a discerning eye could easily see who was behind Gujing Street.

At the beginning, it was only in the famous Gujing Street in the south of the city that after passing by the female ghost in white, it became extremely lonely, and all the shops became extremely depressed.

That is to say, after Fangfu bought these shops, it gradually became prosperous, and it has been so prosperous until today.

The residents of Gujing Street are also grateful to Fangfu, or to say, the young master Fang of Fangfu.

If there is no Mr. Fang, their house will probably become an abandoned house that no one wants.

Therefore, every time Fangfu opened a new store in Gujing Street, these residents of Gujing Street were always the first to enter the store to cheer.

This time, the kite workshop and the fireworks workshop are of course no exception.

It's just that these two shops haven't opened yet, and before they had time to patronize, they were sealed off by Qiu Ba of the pro-military mansion.

I don't know what the reason is.

Some people said that because Mr. Fang acted too arrogantly and offended some dignitaries, the two newly opened shops were closed by Qiu Ba of the pro-military mansion.

Some people also said that it was because the kites and fireworks in the two shops hadn't been finished yet, so they deliberately extended the time and found an excuse to be pro-military, just to deceive them, the common people.

In short, there are various arguments.

For these people, there is nothing to do after work on weekdays. Gathering together and gossip is the main form of entertainment.

As usual, on this day, when it was almost evening, several people moved the benches and got together again, ready to chat about something, but saw a carriage galloping over from a distance.

Chapter 288 Kite Rental

The carriage stopped steadily at the intersection of Gujing Street, and a Mr. Pianpian stepped down from it.

After everyone saw it, their faces showed surprise.

The one who came was the young master Fang they often mentioned.

I still remember Mr. Fang who could always be seen on Gujing Street when the business in Gujing Street was not so prosperous.

But after that, I almost never saw him again, but occasionally heard some stories about Mr. Fang from other urban areas.

Some of them are positive, but more of them are negative.

No matter the news, positive or negative, could not shake Mr. Fang's position in their hearts.

What kind of person is this Mr. Fang? These people who have seen him and received favors have more right to speak than those who only hear about him.

Fang Xiu got off the carriage, saw the sealed kite workshop and fireworks workshop at a glance, and walked over.

With a wink behind him, Bai Xiaochun immediately understood, and stepped forward to tear off the seals of the kite workshop and the fireworks workshop.

Seeing this scene, the guards of the pro-military mansion next to him opened their eyes wide and stepped forward immediately.

Those who are close to the military mansion can understand what kind of character this Mr. Fang is. They didn't intend to provoke him at first, but after seeing this scene, they couldn't bear it after all.

After all, this store is an order from His Majesty, if such a small matter is messed up, the few of them must have nothing to eat...

"Master Fang, this..."

The two guards of the military residence knew that it was useless to tell Bai Xiaochun about this matter, the key lies in this Young Master Fang, so they hurried up to greet him.

But before he could say anything, he interrupted: "There is nothing to do with the two of you here, you can go."

Fang Xiu said something casually.

He himself didn't realize that at this moment, his tone was like the villain's second generation ancestor in various costume TV dramas in his previous life.

When the two guards of the pro-military mansion heard this, they immediately showed embarrassment. Just when they didn't know how to deal with the matter, they saw the young master Fang in front of him taking out a gold medal from his arms.

"This is a gold medal bestowed by His Majesty. Let me tell you, there is no need to close these two shops."

Fang Xiu said lightly.

When the two guards heard this, they were slightly taken aback.

The gold medal bestowed by His Majesty?

The eyes of the two looked at the golden sign. Although they had never seen this thing before, they knew it was not a simple thing just by looking at the material.

Moreover, no matter how daring this young master Fang is, he won't go to the point of fabricating the holy will.

So, Qiqi saluted and left Gujing Street.

After sending away the two pro-military guards, Fang Xiu walked to Bai Xiaochun's side and asked, "Where did Guanshi Liu and Guanshi Chen go?"

Bai Xiaochun thought for a while, and replied: "The two of them may be in the Chunfeng Building, so I'll let them come here."

After finishing speaking, seeing his young master nodding, he hurriedly ran towards Chunfeng Building.

After a while, two middle-aged stewards were brought back.

The two stewards walked up to Fang Xiu, subconsciously glanced at the shop, and they all showed surprise.

It must not be a trivial matter for people from the pro-military mansion to close the store. I didn't expect that it would be solved by the young master in just one day?

The two stewards looked at each other, and they could see the admiration in each other's eyes.

It has to be said that the attitude of the stewards of Fangfu today towards Fang Xiu is quite different from before.

In the past, when the steward of Fang's mansion mentioned his young master, his face was full of hatred, but now...

The two stewards bowed deeply to Fangxiu, and said in a respectful and sincere tone from the bottom of their hearts: "I have seen the young master."

Fang Xiu looked into the kite shop, and said casually: "The shop has been unsealed, and it can open today. From now on, the kite workshop and the fireworks workshop will be officially established. I hope you two will not let me down."

When the two stewards heard this, they hurriedly bent down and said in unison: "Your Majesty will not be disappointed."

Fang Xiu turned around, glanced at them, nodded, and said, "If you don't have anything to do, go get busy."

"Yes, sir."

The two responded in unison again.

Manager Liu of the fireworks shop saluted him, then turned and left the kite shop.

Chen Guanshi of the Kite Workshop stood there, looking a little cautious.

Fang Xiu didn't have the heart to take care of his feelings, and continued to walk around the kite workshop.

In the kite shop, apart from accepting customized kites, it also sells ordinary small kites. Before opening the shop, quite a few were produced and placed in front.

You know, before Fangfu, there was not a single shop in the entire capital that sold kites.

In spring and summer, most of the kites played by the children were made by their own fathers, or they bought one from a carpenter. Generally speaking, it didn’t cost much copper.

But correspondingly speaking, the quality is also very low, and there is a risk of falling apart if it is placed two or three times at most.

In comparison, the quality of kites from Kite Workshop is more than one level better.

Even so, Fang Xiu is still not optimistic about the business of the kite workshop.

After all... just a child's toy.

Even so, Fang Xiu is still full of confidence in the future of Kite Workshop.

As long as the sweet potatoes cultivated in Fangfu can be successful, Chu's food production will definitely increase significantly.

The sharp increase in food production will naturally produce a series of chain reactions.

One of the most notable items is undoubtedly that the people, especially those in rich places like Gyeonggi and Jiangnan Province, will definitely spend the money they originally bought on food on other places, such as various entertainments. industry.

Even if the final result is not what Fang Xiu expected.

The kite workshop can also rely on the business of giant kites to gain a foothold.

Even if you are not willing to pay a high price to buy a giant kite, the kite shop can also rent kites for commercial advertisements, birthday parties, etc...

The market in this area is definitely not smaller than the kite itself. This point has been well confirmed by the previous two times.

Let me ask, in an era when news spreads very slowly and means are extremely poor, what else is more effective than giant kites to spread news?

Fang Xiu thought of this, with a smile on his face, looked at Chen Guanshi standing behind him, not knowing what to do, and ordered: "Go, take care of the pen and ink, this young master has thought of a brilliant idea."

When Chen Guanshi heard this, he immediately respectfully said yes, and hurriedly found the Four Treasures of the Study and put them on the table.

Fang Xiu spread out the rice paper on the table, picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write quickly on the rice paper.

Kites for rent.

Ten taels of silver an hour, 50 taels of silver a day, can be engraved and painted.

Advertising, birthday banquets, etc., can be used to advertise the world, with a wide range of uses and reasonable prices...

Chapter 289 First Day of Opening

Chen Guanshi stood behind Fang Xiu, looking at the content on the rice paper, with a puzzled look on his face.

Kite rental?

After living for so many years, this is the first time he has heard of the idea of ​​renting out.

Master, will this method work?

Would anyone really be willing to spend ten taels of silver just to rent this kite for an hour?

It sounds a bit far-fetched.

Fang Xiu finished writing the last word, put down the brush, took a look, nodded, and told Guanshi Chen: "Go and stick this notice outside the door."

Although Chen Guanshi was puzzled and didn't particularly agree with the method of renting the kite, he still listened to Fang Xiu's words and respectfully posted the notice outside the door.

After Fang Xiu finished all this, he went to the fireworks shop and confirmed that everything was as he imagined, and then returned to Fang Mansion.

The next day, Gujing Street.

As soon as the day dawned, many residents gathered in front of the open space of the kite workshop and the fireworks workshop, looking at the notice above with great interest.

Some illiterate mud legs couldn't understand, so they shouted loudly: "Who can read, read it, what is written on it!"

A moment later, a poor scholar in a long gown stood in front of the notice and read it word by word: "Kite rental.

Ten taels of silver for an hour, 50 taels of silver for a day..."

As soon as I read this, there was a burst of heated discussions below.

"A small kite, and what kind of lease is it going to cost ten taels of silver an hour, why doesn't this kite shop go snatch it!"