After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 117 The best businessman in the world

The head of the Cheng family sat on the fire bed and drank a glass of freshly boiled plum wine leisurely.

"Hmph, cats and dogs are worthy enough to compete with our Cheng family. This Qingyuan County's surname is Cheng."

Cheng Haoran, who was sitting opposite him, helped him fill it up again, "They are just a bunch of untouchables who don't know their own abilities. How can they be worthy of my father's anger?"

After a few glasses of wine, the father and son became very excited and talked big.

"Hao'er, just watch. Under the leadership of my father, our Cheng family will be promoted to an eighth-grade family in the near future. At that time, you will be the legitimate son of an eighth-grade family."

"Father, let alone the eighth rank, I think the seventh rank is no problem. With my appearance and character, it will not be difficult to marry the legitimate daughter of a first or second rank family."

"Haha, that's right. When you were born, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky. Colorful clouds filled the sky. Taoist Master Fufeng said that you will become a great person in the future. Our Cheng family will produce a first-class minister!"

The father and son were dreaming, and the housekeeper hurriedly came to report: "Master, it's bad, something big has happened!"

The head of the Cheng family smashed the wine glass on the Kang table, "What's wrong? Your master, I'm fine."

Butler: "Master, the second master in Beijing just sent news that the emperor praised Song Qu (the governor of Peizhou) in public yesterday, saying that he had made great contributions to the country and had outstanding achievements. He also said that he would erect a monument for him. Let his name go down in history."

Cheng Haoran asked loudly: "What does this have to do with our family?"

The butler was stunned: "The recipe that Song Qu presented is the fire kang. The emperor has given it to the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works is asking the Ministry of Works to build fire kangs for the poor people in Beijing as soon as possible so that they can spend this winter safely."

The head of the Cheng family suddenly woke up from his wine and grabbed the butler in disbelief, "What did you say? Song Qu presented the recipe for the fire bed to the emperor? Was he kicked in the head by a donkey?"

Fire kang!That is a golden money tree!
As long as the Cheng family holds this money tree, they can make a lot of money, improve their reputation, and improve their family status!
But now, all these were shattered by Song Qu's sudden move.

If the emperor praised Song Qu for presenting the recipe, then the recipe would be branded as the Song family's, not their Cheng's!

How can the Cheng family monopolize the hot kang business?Money, fame, fortune, all disappeared overnight.

The head of the Cheng family sat slumped on the fire bed, hating and angry, "Song Qu, that bastard! Our Cheng family is incompatible with you!"

A few days later, a gold-lacquered plaque with a black background written by the emperor himself was delivered to the door of Xiling Architectural Office in Qingyuan County.

The plaque reads "The No. [-] Businessman in the World" in five golden characters.

The content is very vulgar, but it is undeniable and very loud. People can tell that this store is special at a glance.

With this plaque, the firm is equivalent to having a protective plaque. How can the Cheng family dare to engage in malicious competition?
This shop was opened by the son of the governor of Song Dynasty, Qu Song, who had made great contributions to Xianfang. If the Cheng family dared to cause trouble, wouldn't it be a slap in the emperor's face?

Although the overall power of the aristocratic family is superior to the imperial power, on the surface, the surname of the world is still the king.

How could the Cheng family, a ninth-grade family, dare to go against the emperor?
Since then, the office's business has picked up again, with an endless stream of orders.

The shop also took the opportunity to hold a lottery. There was a closed wooden box on the table at the door. There was a pile of notes in the box, and one of the notes said "Congratulations, free of charge."

The notes are updated every day, but only one note says free of charge, which means there will be one lucky person every day.

There is no charge for the lottery. Once the interview was held, passers-by gathered around me and wanted to try their luck.

There are two clerks outside to maintain order and keep everyone in line so as not to jump in line and crowd the crowd.

There was a little beggar who happened to be begging nearby. Seeing how busy it was, he came over.

She originally wanted to take advantage of the crowd to get some food, but when she heard everyone talking about lottery draws and free meals, she also went up to queue up.

"Go, go, go, you beggar, stay away from me, don't let the lice on you come on me."

"A beggar who doesn't even have a home wants to draw a lottery. Even if you win, do you have room to put the fire bed?"

Everyone disliked the little beggar and waved their hands to drive him away.

The little beggar is not someone who can be bullied. If she had been bullied, how could she still be alive today?
"The shopkeeper didn't kick me out, why did you kick me out?" "What's wrong with the beggar? Aren't beggars human? This shop didn't say that beggars can't come to the lottery."

Although she shouted this, she was not very confident in her heart.

"Guys, why are you still standing there? Get this beggar away quickly." Someone shouted to the two guys who were maintaining order.

When one of the waiters walked towards the little beggar to drive her away, Gongsun Hui heard the noise outside and came out.

"what happened?"

The guy who was trying to drive him away said quickly: "Shopkeeper, this beggar also wants to come to draw the lottery. I'll drive him away right now."

Gongsun Hui stopped him, looked around, and said in a firm voice, neither too loud nor too soft: "Our store's lottery is open to everyone, even beggars can participate."

As soon as these words came out, the little beggar looked at Gongsun Hui with burning eyes. She did not expect that this sister would defend her.

At this moment, she felt that she was suddenly not so cold anymore, as if a warm current was surrounding her.

However, there was a burst of dissatisfaction among those waiting in line.

"Can a beggar come to draw a lottery? Oh, then it's okay if we don't draw this prize."

"If you let a woman be the shopkeeper, this shop will collapse sooner or later."

"Let's go, let's go. It's really unlucky to be here so early in the morning."

Many people left, some for real, and some just for show. They thought that their leaving would threaten Gongsun Hui, the shopkeeper, and they were waiting for her to stop him and beg them to stay.

Unfortunately, these people think too much.

Gongsun Hui didn't care at all whether these people stayed or left, and only told the two guys: "Keep the order of the team, don't let anyone jump in the queue, and don't let anyone take advantage of the loophole and repeat the lottery."

He smiled at the little beggar again, went into the house and got two hot buns, and handed them to the little beggar, "Eat."

The little beggar swallowed, quickly took the bun, and bowed to her, "Thank you, shopkeeper, thank you."

This sister is really a good person, good-looking, kind-hearted, and good people will be rewarded in the future.

As a beggar, Ah Li understands the truth that the food he gets is only his own when he eats it.

So she couldn't wait to put the bun into her mouth and wolfed it down.

As a result, she choked herself, and she beat her chest, as if doing so would help the food she choked on go down.

Gongsun Hui went into the room again, poured a cup of hot tea and gave it to her, "Drink some water quickly."

Ah Li drank the water, wiped her mouth, looked up at her with a big smile, "Thank you, sister, what's your name?"

She wants to remember her sister's name, and when she becomes prosperous in the future, she must repay her sister's favor.

Gongsun Hui took the cup from her hand, "My name is Gongsun Hui, Hui from Cymbidium. What about you?"

"My name is Ah Li, the pear of Li Zi." This is the name given to her by her grandfather.

According to grandpa, he found her under a pear tree.

"Good luck to you, Ari."

Ah Li nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)