Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

All the guys had dusty and gloomy faces.

"Boss, there is no saltpeter in East City."

"Dongjia, there is no saltpeter in West City."

"Boss, there is no saltpeter in South City."

"Boss, there is no saltpeter in the nearby city."

“There is no saltpeter in the nearby county.”

……

There was no saltpeter even within 300 miles of the capital.

Someone knocked on the door outside the shop, shouting, "I want to buy ice. Why don't you open the door yet?"

Guan Yingying took a deep breath and asked Wei Bufan: "How much saltpeter does Curry have stored?"

"Where can we find stockpiles? We received a large order these past two days, and people are unable to buy. According to the boss' instructions, the retail price has been raised by 30%, but the demand still cannot meet the supply."

Large order, delivery due tomorrow!

She still can't buy a pound of saltpeter.

Without saltpeter, making ice was just a dream in ancient times.

Guan Yingying was extremely confused. She squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, her mind going blank.

Wei Bufan and his staff also looked as pale as death.

The clerk couldn't help but complain: "We are not short of buyers. You are too greedy and reckless. Why did you sign such a large order?"

Guan Yingying angrily scolded, "Didn't you say I was unrivaled the day after we signed the contract? Is it interesting to say that now? Who wouldn't be a wise man after the event?"

The guy was so embarrassed by the scolding that he walked away angrily: "Okay, I'm an idiot, get out of here."

Wei Bufan was only twenty years old and was a failed scholar. Originally, he disdained to do business, but that day he and his mother were robbed by street bullies in South City, and Guan Yingying helped him.

He was promoted to be the shopkeeper and was promised ten taels of silver every month.

Not only that, he also told him many principles of self-reliance and self-improvement that he had never heard before.

In his entire life, he had never seen a woman so generous and knowledgeable.

If she needed him to be the shopkeeper, he would do it and help her to keep the shop going. Then he could concentrate on preparing for the next imperial examination and gain fame so that he could help her in the future.

Wei Bufan was already confused when he saw Yingying, and said, "Miss Tu, I have a question in mind. You signed the contract that day, but from the next day on, saltpeter was not available in the whole city, and there was no saltpeter even within a few hundred miles. Isn't that too strange? Are the two related?"

Guan Yingying was so anxious to find saltpeter these two days that she really didn't think about this.

It's not her fault. She has never done business in the 21st century and has never experienced any major ups and downs. The intrigues and deceptions in the business world have always been a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder but extremely cruel.

The ancients had backward economy and backward systems, but not backward IQ.

This Ni Keng must be related to the disappearance of saltpeter. Maybe he bought all of it and hid it, which caused her to breach the contract.

In other words, Ni Keng came for the penalty from the beginning.

At this time, Gu Chengyan also came into her shop from the back door, his face pale.

There is no saltpeter in the entire city, and there is no saltpeter within 300 miles. This is definitely a trap.

He was not present when Guan Yingying signed the contract. It was only on the third day after signing the contract that he found out that he could no longer buy saltpeter.

The order was too big and the compensation was too high. He never thought that someone would give up the huge profits and cut off the source of the trouble to eat the compensation.

These two days, he went to the mansion's housekeeper Zhang Qing and asked him to help ask in the surrounding cities where he could find saltpeter.

Zhang Qing didn't know about his relationship with Guan Yingying, nor did he know why the prince wanted to buy saltpeter. Seeing that the prince was extremely anxious, he found a few people in his house and rode to various cities to inquire without saying a word.

No saltpeter!

There is no saltpeter anywhere!

Guan Yingying was so anxious that her whole body was shaking. She said to Gu Chengyan, "We must report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He can cancel the contract with just one word."

Gu Chengyan firmly objected: "If he knew that we signed such a stupid order and owed such a huge debt, he would never trust me again."

"But if we don't tell him, we can only pay 300,000 taels of silver!" Guan Yingying said desperately, "Chengyan, 300,000 taels of silver, our lives are not worth that much money."

"I'll think of a solution. Don't go looking for him."

"What can you do?"

Gu Chengyan stood in front of the window, looking at the dark street outside, as if he couldn't see the road ahead. After a long while, he said slowly: "Yingying, don't worry about it."

Guan Yingying was frightened by the murderous aura that suddenly came from him.

"Chengyan, don't do anything stupid." She put her arms around his waist from behind. "At worst, we can just pay compensation. I don't believe they bought the saltpeter and kept it secret. They will definitely spit it out. By then, we will catch them red-handed. I will continue to make ice and sell it at a high price. I will make back the money very quickly."

Gu Chengyan is going to arrange the assassination for tomorrow. He wants to stop Ni Keng and the person picking up the goods halfway. As long as they are blocked for one day, the contract will be invalidated as they failed to pick up the goods on time.

If it doesn't work, kill the person.

Guan Yingying cried and grabbed him: "Chengyan, if he deliberately took the penalty, you won't be able to find him. If you kill him, your life will be over."

That Ni Keng spent 30,000 taels of silver at once. He was definitely not an ordinary person. Unfortunately, he was from one of the four major families or some other big family.

Money can be earned slowly, but if he kills someone, even Lord Gu can't save him.

"I miss you..."

Her hand had already reached into his clothes.

Gu Chengyan is in a bad mood right now, so how can he have the mind to do this!

But Guan Yingying said with tears in her eyes: "I want it."

Gu Chengyan was very panicked. Why was she still crying?

"Yingying, don't cry, don't let your mind wander, I'll take care of it..."

Perhaps they were worried about each other, trying to find a sense of security in each other, and trying to eliminate their fears through entanglement, so they were entangled with each other very tightly.

Everything on the table was swept to the floor, and not all the clothes were removed.

Entangled again and again, the sweat mixed together and could not be distinguished from each other.

until--

"Hmm~"

A strange sound came from outside the window. The two of them froze in their tracks, and Gu Chengyan blew out the candle with a "puff".

A dark shadow fell down in front of the window, and then the sound of light footsteps running away was heard.

It’s Wei Bufan!

He ran in a weird duck-like gait, feeling so ashamed that he ran back to his room.

Guan Yingying thought of Wei Bufan's handsome face and suddenly found it very interesting.

Peeping into their little show, that person might be even more shy and ugly than her.

What a simple ancient man!

She was not ashamed, but that energy was gone. The sense of superiority in front of the ancients made the fear in her heart inexplicably lighter.

After putting on his clothes, he helped Gu Chengyan put on his clothes.

"Cheng Yan, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Once you do it, there will be traces. You can't kill people. Let's go and ask the prince for help, shall we?"

Gu Chengyan shook his head: "Yingying, you don't understand. The prince will take advantage of others, and he will get rid of this kind of thing completely. You must stay away from the royal family, otherwise, I can't protect you, nor can I protect the Marquis' Mansion."

Speaking of the Marquis' Mansion, he suddenly thought of his third uncle. Yes, how could he forget his third uncle!

"Yingying, I'm going to ask my third uncle for help."

When Guan Yingying heard this, she thought, yes, there is a Lord Gu in the Marquis' Mansion, such a high-ranking official, who can kill Ni Keng with just one word.