If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Qin Shu got up and washed before dawn, placed offerings for her parents in front of the altar, burned paper money, and lit incense.

After dinner, he sat on the short couch in the compartment and began to write and draw.

There were two charcoal braziers in the room, warm with a hint of fruity wood fragrance.

When Li Youlin arrived, there was already a thick stack of drawn patterns placed beside Qin Shu.

He looked at it for a long time and asked, "What is this?"

Qin Shu then noticed him and quickly said with a smile, "Brother is here? Where are Nanny and Xiao Xing?"

Li Youlin said, "In Tongguan Hutong. Mother asked me to ask you if there is anything you need to do here. If so, please ask Xiaoxing to come over."

Qin Shu shook her head, handed the drawing to Li Youlin, and said, "I plan to make a batch of rouge boxes like this. Here are the pattern and shape samples. Does brother have a suitable craftsman?"

Li Youlin looked at them one by one and asked, "Only boxes?"

Qin Shu drew a square card according to the appearance of the "Only Love Skin" card that Miss Julie gave her in the space, and designed some lace according to her own ideas.

According to her guess, the three words "Wei Ai Pi" should be a foreign name, meaning that the cardholder is a distinguished guest specially entertained by the store.

The uses of jade pendants of different colors and materials are similar to those in pawn shops.

Used to distinguish the identities and spending levels of guests.

If you draw those three words as they are, people may not recognize them, so it’s better to just call it “VIP Card”.

She handed the card drawing to Li Youlin and said, "There are also cards like this. There are three materials in total. Ordinary copper cards, silver cards, and gold cards. They are marked with numbers to distinguish them in a coherent manner."

"Make 500 bronze cards first, 100 silver cards, and 10 gold cards."

Qin Shu took out her mother's private seal and stamped half of it on the paper with the card pattern. Then she pointed at the stamp and said to Li Youlin, "This seal is engraved on the upper left corner of the card."

These "anti-counterfeiting" marks have a similar function to the seals that money houses stamp on silver bills.

After finishing all this, Qin Shu gathered the manuscript and placed it in the winnowing basket beside her. She looked at Li Youlin and thought for a moment before asking, "Brother, what are your plans after the New Year?"

Intend?

Li Youlin thought about it: He has been traveling around the country for many years, and his livelihood is based on risking his life for money.

Now that he has reached adulthood, his mother has talked to him about getting married many times.

He thought it was time to stop, start a family and live a stable life.

Thinking of this, Li Youlin smiled and said, "I heard that the court is planning to reopen the military examination. I want to give it a try."

If you pass the exam, you can enter the officialdom as a military official.

If you don't win...

As long as one could go to the capital to take part in the military examination, regardless of whether he passed or not, one would be hired by an official family in the court to serve as an instructor or a guard.

Qin Shu's eyes lit up, and she smiled and said, "Then I wish you a successful start and immediate success!"

Li Youlin couldn't help laughing and replied, "Thank you, Miss."

Qin Shu continued, "But before that, could you please do me a favor?"

Li Youlin signaled with his eyes.

Qin Shu gave a general account of the twenty children she brought back from Jishan Hall, and said, "The courtyard on the west side is now under my name, and the garden on the east side is also empty. Brother, before you take part in the martial arts exam, can you train those children for me?"

She thought for a moment and then said, "There is also the matter of recruiting guards."

Li Youlin put his fist to his mouth and coughed softly, saying, "Rong Feng may be better at protecting the courtyard than I am. He has a relationship with the King of Jin and knows some generals in the army. He can find soldiers who have retired from the army."

"Although most of these soldiers are injured, they have fought in the battlefield and are more courageous than ordinary rangers."

"Moreover, most of these people are old, weak, sick and disabled. When they return to their hometowns, they often receive less than 10% of the subsidies from the court. Since they left home when they were young and fought for many years, they are no longer used to farming. The hardship of their lives is unimaginable."

"If we could take them into our palace, who wouldn't be grateful and loyal?"

More importantly: Now that the emperor is old and seriously ill, the princes from all over the country are ready to make a move.

If any vassal king were to rebel, the old soldiers' experience in avoiding war would be far beyond the reach of the knights-errant.

Qin Shu nodded slightly while listening, and finally said: "Then please trouble my brother to tell Mr. Xiao?"

Li Youlin was just about to let Qin Shu talk to him herself, but then he thought of the situation at the Xiao family and nodded in agreement.

Qin Shu was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Brother, have you heard of Cheng He?"

Li Youlin's surprised eyes fell on Qin Shu's face and he immediately withdrew, and he whispered, "Miss, since Qin Jingchang has committed suicide and the government office has closed the case, it's better to leave it at that. The case of the master and the mistress is too complicated, and you can't fight it alone."

Qin Shu twitched her lips slightly and whispered, "You should know who the enemy is."

Li Youlin frowned slightly and replied, "I have never heard of him before. Perhaps his identity was originally secret; or perhaps, when he contacted Qin Jingchang, he did not use his real name."

Qin Shu said softly, "That's true."

From Qin Jingchang, we learned that this matter seemed to involve the second prince, Prince Ning.

Prince Ning is a powerful figure who is high above everyone else in this world and can stir up trouble with just one hand.

It is an existence that Qin Shu and other lower-class people cannot even reach by looking up.

In front of these people, she was like a mayfly that was born in a day and died in a night, so weak and insignificant that she was not worth mentioning.

Seeking revenge on him is nothing but a foolish dream!

But people need to be supported by a belief when they are alive, don’t they?

The two discussed again what needed to be prepared for the opening of the rouge shop after the New Year.

Qin Shu listed the details carefully.

As they were talking, a maid came in and said, "Miss, a master from the clan is here."

Clan?

Maybe it’s the things we talked about a few days ago.

It turned out to be true upon asking.

The person who came was Qin Jinghong, the eldest cousin from the third great-uncle's family, who went to Zengjia Kiln to buy funerary objects during the funeral of Qin Shu's parents.

Qin Jinghong received a lot of benefits from that mission, so his attitude was very friendly.

It was said that the clan had already planned to open the ancestral hall at 7:00 am on the seventh day of the first lunar month, and asked Qin Shu not to miss the time.

After seeing Qin Jinghong off, Li Youlin also went to the Xiao Mansion.

When Qin Shu turned around, she inadvertently glanced in the direction of the garden, and her heart suddenly moved: I wonder what happened to the injured man.

There has been no movement for three days. He must have passed away, right?

When she thought about the two talismans she used that day, she wondered if they would cause harm to that person again?

She felt uncomfortable watching those two times.

The other party was still seriously injured.

What if that person doesn't wake up...

When she thought of this, Qin Shu suddenly lost her composure.

After returning to the room, Qin Shu immediately went to the big kitchen to prepare some food, brought some hot water, and hid in the space when no one was paying attention.

After walking around the kitchen, she quietly slipped out of the main courtyard and went to the garden.

There is a shortage of staff in the mansion at this time, and she has not returned to live in the garden, so no one comes to clean here for the time being.

After the snow that fell years ago, there is still snow under the corridor today.

She quietly approached the door, turned around and looked around, then slowly and gently pushed the door open a little bit...