Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Li Junhao nodded. Well, since she had already brought it up, it would be unreasonable for him not to stand up for Wang Yulou.

"Do you have any other requests?" He also came here for the reward this time, but he didn't have the idea of ​​forcing a huge amount of gold on her like he did last time. Instead, he wanted her to ask for it.

"Last year, my father told me that the envoys from Southeast Asia once presented us with a magical spice with a strange taste, which was said to be called "borneol". I wonder if I could take a look at it."

Gu Xunwei asked carefully. As long as she had smelled the scent of borneol, she could determine whether that scent was suitable for the development of incense products.

If it is suitable, even if it is expensive, I will find a way to get some from Nanyang, and then use it reasonably in the development of new incense products. In this way, the variety of incense in Wangyu Tower can be increased by a few more types.

Camphor, also known as borneol, is a precious spice from Southeast Asia. It is said to be produced from the resin of the borneol tree and is regarded as a special spice.

Gu Ziyu once told her daughter that borneol has a light and refreshing fragrance, and has the effects of calming, soothing the nerves, and relieving annoyance. It is believed to help regulate emotions, soothe the mind, and increase morale. It also has a certain effect in cleaning the air and repelling mosquitoes and insects.

If this is true, then it is truly a rare and precious raw material.

Li Junhao naturally knew about this matter. At that time, the emperor also rewarded some to the Eastern Palace, but he had thrown them into the small warehouse long ago and had never thought of them again.

Gu Xunwei suddenly mentioned this at this time, which made him remember, "My father once gave me some as a reward. I will ask Chief Sang to send it to you later."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Gu Xunwei bowed deeply again, sincerely thanking His Highness for giving her such face.

"How do you plan to end the matter of Xie Zhuangyuan?" Li Junhao saw that Gu Xunwei was talking about Wangyu Tower and spices all the time, so he finally changed the subject.

What he was talking about was naturally Xie Cheng'an and others who were still in prison. If she needed to do it herself, he would definitely help her do it beautifully.

"Tomorrow, I will go to the Dali Temple to sign a letter of understanding, and they should be released soon." Gu Xunwei answered in a flat tone, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

"I guess they have suffered enough by now and will not trouble Your Highness any more."

Li Junhao was helpless. Every time he wanted to reward her, he didn't know what to give her. This time was the same. It was really depressing.

She knew what Li Junhao meant. He hoped that she would speak up and let him teach them a lesson, which would be considered as repaying some favor to her. However, after thinking about it, she decided that His Highness didn't need to do it.

"If Your Highness wants to reward me, how about," Gu Xunwei said, and Li Junhao raised his head and looked at her with some surprise, waiting for her next words.

"It's still the same as last time, a million taels of gold." Gu Xunwei said with a smile.

Li Junhao stood up from his chair and said, "Okay, in that case, I won't bother you any more. Goodbye."

"Farewell, Your Highness." Gu Xunwei sent Li Junhao out the door and then breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that the gold was a reward from the emperor, she asked for it without hesitation.

Wangyu Building is now in a period of crazy expansion, especially those customers who stayed behind by the Lian family, they must be won over quickly to avoid other accidents.

That night, Sang Mo received an order from His Highness and delivered the borneol that he had found in the small warehouse to Gu Xunwei early in the morning.

Gu Xunwei was extremely excited. She took the camphor and went into the incense-making room, not coming out all night.

Unlike her excitement, Xie Chengan's family and Gu Qiongsi's family were both having a very torturous time.

Xie Cheng'an's family was struggling because it was difficult to make a choice, while Gu Qiongsi was thinking about how to reverse the current situation and do a good job after he got out. As long as he had the Gu family's incense recipe, he would have no worries about getting money.

She felt very unwilling in her heart. Why were other people who traveled through time either the legitimate daughters of a general or a marquis? Even if they were concubines, they were all from high-ranking officials or nobles? But when it came to her, she was just the daughter of a common family.

That would have been fine, but the key point was that she was an unlearned person in her previous life, and she only had a superficial understanding of many things. Take the making of gunpowder for example, for example. She naturally had never studied it in detail. She only knew about quicklime, charcoal and so on, but what was the proportion? Moreover, knowing only these two was definitely not enough.

She also thought about making soap, so that she could have a means of making a living, but by guessing and relying on hearsay from her previous life, she managed to make the soap, but she didn't know what went wrong. The smell was bad and the cleaning effect was not good.

Even those poems, apart from a few familiar ones, are the ones required to be memorized in the textbooks. As for the others, I only remember the ones that are most fluent.

So, she couldn't say that she was the most miserable person since she traveled through time, she could only say that she was the most miserable person after she traveled through time. So when she looked at the luxurious items and clothes in Gu Xunwei's house, she wanted to glue her eyes to them.

If she had the ability to be self-reliant, why would she covet Gu's perfume recipe and why would she make so many plans.

After being released from prison this time, she must work hard to make money and quickly turn her situation around.

Mrs. Du looked at Gu Qiongsi lying alone in the corner, silent for a long time, and was very worried. She struggled to crawl over to her and asked her softly, regardless of the fact that her buttocks were already torn, "Si'er, are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Gu Qiongsi didn't even raise her head, nor did she have the strength to do so. She endured the pain in her back and still spoke to comfort her, "Mother, I'm fine. Si'er just happened to have something to discuss with you. Please come closer."

Because Gu Qiongsi was the main culprit this time, he received the most beatings and almost lost half his life. Now he couldn't move at all.

After hearing this, Mrs. Du felt so distressed that she endured the pain and moved closer to Gu Qiongsi.

"Mother, I have obtained the Gu family's incense recipe. This time, we will sell the ancestral home and use the money to buy spices. We will surely be able to turn things around soon."

Gu Qiongsi's words were so low that Mrs. Du had to concentrate to hear them clearly. She opened her eyes wide, grabbed her daughter's arm, and asked in surprise, "Si'er, is this true? Did you really get the Gu family's incense recipe?"

Gu Qiongsi's arm was grabbed, which affected the wound on his back. He frowned in pain, but gritted his teeth and didn't cry out in pain. "Yes, when Gu Xunwei was dying, I asked someone to steal it from her storeroom. She hid it in a secret compartment of a rosewood box. After I copied a copy, I put it back intact. She definitely doesn't know about it now."