Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 224 What a peaceful life
"My Lord, there is one thing I don't understand."

Little girl Tingyun stood by and acted as a test subject. This process was long and boring, so she would chat with Xia Lin, and they would talk about everything under the sun.

"explain."

Xia Lin was waiting for the contents of the reactor to dry up. It happened to be a boring period of time, so he could chat with Tingyun for a while.

"I see there are many workshops and shops owned by aristocratic families in the county. Why can't you drive them out? If you run this place yourself, won't you make a fortune?"

After listening to this, Xia Lin suddenly laughed and looked back at Tingyun: "You should study how to seduce men. This kind of thinking is not suitable for you."

"That's why I asked you. You always look down on others."

"It's not that I look down on you, it's just that even if I explain it, you just don't understand." Xia Lin turned around and leaned against it and said, "Let me briefly explain, if a place wants to be urbanized and industrialized, what do you think is the most important thing?"

"It's human!"

"It's useless to have people alone. This is a production capacity-intensive, capital-intensive, and technology-intensive place. Some of these people invest here, some succeed, some fail, some make money, some lose money. What they spend and what they earn back ultimately solve employment, infrastructure, industrial construction, trade route construction, logistics construction, and information construction. The more people come here, the stronger this place will be. The more intense their competition, the larger the market size will be. As the market size grows, more people will come in to participate. Of course, it's good to win, but even if you lose, you will leave a very rich legacy here. The world is so big, and you still want to win alone? Does your majesty dare to say that he can win alone?"

Xia Lin patted Tingyun on the shoulder and said, "So I really don't mean to look down on you. Every profession has its own expertise, and you don't understand."

Hmm... I don't understand, but it seems very powerful.

"Dantu County seized a lot of business properties before, and then let Gao's business enter to win. You see, Dantu's development is getting worse every year. Guess what my son Chen is doing now."

"What?"

"Expand the scale and introduce other large clan industries. Hey, this kid is worthy of being the top scholar. After suffering a loss, he knew to change his route and learn from me to raise Gu."

Speaking of this, we have to mention Xiao Chenzi. These days, Xia Lin asked the merchants about Dantu County. He heard that things there have not been going well since last year because the industries in the city have almost been monopolized by the Gao family. Not only are the prices high, but the quality is also uneven. For similar products, even if they go a thousand miles to Fuliang, it is more cost-effective than Dantu. The price cost is similar, but the quality of the products is worlds apart.

In Fuliang, inferior products are sold at inferior prices. If you sell inferior products as high-quality products, the buyers won’t bother you, and your peers will eat you alive without soy sauce. But in Dantu, each county has its own industry, and each one operates independently. Without competition, who cares about quality control?

Today's Fuliang has developed from the original Tang family business to 170 businesses of all sizes from all over the country. Gao Shilian has businesses here, Guo Da has businesses here, and even the business of the Zongzheng Temple is located here. No matter if you are a royal relative or a clan gentry or a wealthy person, you all have to follow the rules.

In addition, Xia Lin's law enforcement is also strong. It's not because the people of Fuliang are not afraid of the big families, but precisely because no one wants to offend the big families. On the contrary, the law enforcement has to be stronger, because if you don't offend one family, you have to offend that family. When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one. Of course, it is more advantageous to control from the moral and legal high ground.

Xu Jingzong really knows how to play this game well. He is a master of Tai Chi who can get along with everyone. Some of his methods are despicable and covert. Therefore, up to now, everyone in Fuliang, where many businesses are gathered, has been living in peace. As a result, when there are business wars outside, their homes will be confiscated and families will be wiped out, but when there are business wars in Fuliang, they can just pour boiling water on people's money trees and that's it.

The work in the crucible was almost finished at this moment. Xia Lin took the things out and put them outside to cool. The black stuff that smelled like snot and had a hint of traditional Chinese medicine made Miss Tingyun's scalp tingle.

"You're not going to give it to me to eat, are you..." Her voice was obviously trembling: "Don't scare me..."

Xia Lin turned around and looked at her: "This thing is not edible."

Miss Tingyun just breathed a sigh of relief, but then she heard Xia Lin say, "It's on the face."

After he finished speaking, Yun was shocked and tried to leave, but failed. He was caught and brought back, crying...

"It's going to ruin your face... It's going to ruin your face..."

"Stop talking nonsense." Xia Lin touched the snot-like paste with his hand and said, "Try it when it cools down."

Women are the easiest to harvest in any era. Cosmetics, clothes, health products, daily cleaning products, etc. are all big businesses. If it were men, haha... rubbing their teeth with salt and washing their faces with clean water would be considered the best. Taking a bath is like asking for their life, not to mention soap.

In the end, for the sake of money, Miss Tingyun accepted this unbearable test, but it was not as disgusting and uncomfortable as she had expected. No one knew what was in that thing, but after applying it on her face, it felt cool, moist, and even a little refreshing.

"The main ingredient is porcelain clay, which is kaolin. Beeswax, mint, borneol, musk, and saffron are added to it." Xia Lin looked around and said, "Don't you feel anything special? Like itching or pain or something."

"No, it's quite comfortable." Miss Tingyun lay there with her face up: "How long do I need to apply it?"

"Wait until you feel it's dry, then take it off and wash your face and tell me how it feels. Stand up."

Tingyun stood up and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Undress."

"what?"

"Shirt." Xia Lin brought a ruler over: "Take it off, what are you still standing there for?" "No need... to be so anxious."

"Oh." Xia Lin took a deep breath and said, "I just measured the size. When developing women's products, people have to try them on."

"Or we can go to the tailor..."

"What are you talking about? I'm not doing anything to you."

Miss Tingyun bit her lip and began to slowly unbutton her shirt. Her face was already flushed, but it couldn't be seen because of the mask on her face.

"Can you... stop looking?"

"You're sick, right? I have to not only look at it, but I have to touch it." Xia Lin freed one hand to pull off her coat. "Okay, oh, just do it for the money. One hundred thousand taels of silver."

"That's not what I meant... If it were someone else, I wouldn't be happy with one million taels either." Tingyun finally took off his upper body, but still covered his chest almost instinctively.

"Arms flat."

Xia Lin shouted, and Ting Yun could only bite his lips, close his eyes, and open his hands. Then came the exciting process of measuring and tailoring. In this process, it was hard to avoid physical contact. Xia Lin even used his hands to fiddle with it, to make it gather or adjust the up and down position.

Tingyun was almost embarrassed to death at this moment, but it was obvious that Xia Lin really had no bad intentions. After recording the data, he went to the side to write and draw.

"Put on your clothes and go wash your face."

At this moment, Tingyun felt relieved. She took a deep breath, quickly put on her clothes, and went to wash her face.

While washing her face, she found that her face was much cleaner. Before, there was always a layer of greasy stuff on her face no matter how she washed it, and there were some small particles on the tip of her nose. Now they were all gone, and her face looked more like peeled tender eggs and freshly braised tofu.

This discovery made her scream, and she even forgot the shyness she felt when Xia Lin rubbed and kneaded her just now.

"What the hell are you yelling about?" Xia Lin muttered beside him, "It's the middle of the night, you scared me."

"This stuff is amazing! And it smells really good."

Tingyun looked at herself in the mirror for a long time and studied her face carefully: "It's really beautiful..."

"Don't be so conceited. You're just a teenage girl, so of course the effect is good." Xia Lin glanced at her and continued, "This is mainly a facial cleansing effect. The other effects are just gimmicks."

"That's already amazing! My face is so moist."

Xia Lin shook her head. She was only a teenager, and there was no such thing as oily, salty or spicy food in this era. Her face would be moist even if she washed it with water. The reason why she felt this way was purely psychological.

After admiring himself for a long time, Tingyun came to Xia Lin and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I will design a set of clothes for you, from inside to outside, and I will go to the tailor to make a set according to your measurements tomorrow."

After hearing this, Tingyun asked curiously, "Is it silk?"

"Ah."

"Then get a skirt too." She said and started to take off her skirt: "Do you want to take it all off?"

"The skirt only needs to be around the waist." Xia Lin glanced back and said, "If you want to be naked, that's fine too. I don't mind."

Tingyun blushed, and silently put on her skirt again, then approached her with a mean look: "Were you moved when you touched me just now?"

"No." Xia Lin's pen was still rustling. "When I'm working, I'm just working. Nothing can interfere with my work. I've practiced it, professional training."

"Liar, you must be attracted, but you're just too embarrassed to say it." Tingyun said in a delicate tone, "If you're attracted, just say it. Anyway, you've seen it, touched it, and there's no one here, so I won't tell anyone."

Xia Lin pulled out a ruler and hit her on the butt with a sound of breaking through the air. At that time, Tingyun was beaten so hard that she cried like a monkey. The top courtesan goddess instantly turned into a atavistic gorilla, squatting and jumping behind him, holding her butt.

"Go away and don't interfere with my work. This is a big deal."

(End of this chapter)