After the milk ball arrived, the father who had no heirs had a string of good luck.

"I really want to see them. I wonder what good things they have."

Consort Li's buying instincts kicked in again.

Tang Rui, however, overheard another business opportunity and had a sudden inspiration: "Shopkeeper, do you know anyone who travels by sea?"

Manager Deng thought for a moment before saying, "I do know her, but Princess, this is..."

"Bring me paper and pen!" Tang Rui suddenly perked up.

After the waiter brought over the paper and pen, Tang Rui immediately drew the fruits of plants such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, as well as the roots and stems of these plants. She then handed the drawing to Manager Deng and said, "Manager Deng, could you ask that person to check if he has any of these foods when he goes out to sea?"

Shopkeeper Deng took the plants and looked at them...hmm...they looked familiar, like he'd seen them before: "Princess, what do you need these plants for?"

Tang Rui said, "This princess wants to buy all these plant seeds, as many as you can get. If you don't have seeds, the fruit will do too!"

"Princess, rest assured, I will write a letter to my old friend and ask him to keep an eye out for you!" Regardless of whether there is any, we must do our best to find it if the princess needs it.

Besides, this young princess doesn't seem like an unreasonable person. If we really can't find it, I don't think she'll blame us for it!

"Good!" Tang Rui was satisfied. "If we find it, you will manage all the shops under my name from now on!"

"Unified? Management?" What does this mean?

Manager Deng was stunned, somewhat confused.

Tang Rui explained, "It means you'll be in charge of every shop manager. You can call this position 'General Manager'! Of course, the more shops you manage, the higher your monthly salary will be... maybe one tael! If it's a large shop, it'll be another tael. Once I have more shops, we can sit down and discuss it further!"

One or two?

Should we continue to talk?

Manager Deng's face lit up with joy, and he knelt before Tang Rui again, this time with gratitude: "Thank you, Princess! Thank you so much, Princess! I swear, I will work hard from now on and never betray you, for all eternity!"

Those farmers only had four or five taels of silver a year, and that was considered a good year.

He can earn an extra tael of silver for managing just one more shop; this general manager position is just too tempting.

At this moment, Manager Deng was completely devoted to Tang Rui.

So that's it!

Money makes the world go round!

You can deduct from a boss's pay, but never deduct from a worker's wages!

Pay them more money so that they'll treat the company like their own home and be devoted to you, working themselves to the bone!

From then on, Tang Rui gained another confidant!

Before leaving, she specifically asked Manager Deng for his name and learned that his full name was Deng Zhongxiao!

On the way back, Tang Rui was thinking about making some cosmetics to put in the shop when she got back!

Li Ji then asked Tang Rui curiously, "Rui Rui, do you want a lot of shops?"

"..." Is Li Caishen going to send me money again?

Tang Rui coughed lightly, affectionately took her arm, and resumed her sweet, childlike voice: "Mother Li, I actually have a lot of ideas for making money."

Consort Li covered her mouth and smiled, tapping her little head: "Tell me your ideas for making money. If you can, your stepmother will give you silver and a shop."

"Oh dear, we can't just give it away for free. Consider it an investment! If the shop makes money, my stepmother and I will split it 30/70, you get 70% and I get 30%."

"That's too little, fifty-fifty!"

Consort Li originally didn't want a single penny, but when she thought of the letter her father had written a few days ago, in which he called her a spendthrift woman, she felt a little unconvinced.

The Li family has so much money, so what if she squanders a little?

Since there are no boys in the family, none of her half-sisters will ever marry into a higher social class than her. So who else should she give the money to if not her?

Tang Rui felt that Wu Wu was going too far and wanted to argue further.

Consort Li waved her hand dismissively, exuding an air of domineering authority: "Stop talking. Are you looking down on me?"

"No..." Tang Rui could only shut up: "Then it's fifty-fifty, anyway, you won't lose out, Madam Li. There are so many shops we can open, like food, hot pot, milk tea, desserts... clothing too... and cosmetics..."

She could combine Chinese and Western elements to make some clothes, which would definitely be popular.

The same goes for makeup. The clothes of this era were similar to those of the Tang Dynasty, but the makeup was not as complicated, varied, and gorgeous as that of the Tang Dynasty.

There are also restaurants. Most of the food in this era is stew, but my China has eight major cuisines!

Shouldn't we broaden the horizons of these ancient people?

The two conspired together, whispering among themselves all the way back to the Prince's mansion, and tentatively decided on a few shops.

The hot pot restaurant is about to open for business in the winter, just as autumn is approaching.

Tang Rui's pastry shop doesn't sell anything else but simple pastries like egg tarts and double-skin milk pudding.

The theater teahouse sells other teas as well, but its main offering is milk tea, along with various delicious fruit juices. Tang Rui also occasionally arranges plays that don't exist in this era, hiring professional actors to perform for the guests. If she doesn't have time to arrange plays, she'll just find a storyteller to perform for her.

At the beauty store, Consort Li was in charge of finding a manager, while Tang Rui provided the technical skills and taught her various makeup looks.

Li Ji was full of energy, and she waved her fan even more enthusiastically.

Upon arriving at the Prince's Mansion, he couldn't wait to go back and look through the deeds to his shops, to see which shops were suitable for doing this kind of business.

This time, she's going to make her father look at her in a new light!

Her personal maid, Fu Bao, was not so optimistic. She looked helplessly at Consort Li, who was rummaging through drawers and cabinets to find several shop deeds to choose from, her eyelids twitching wildly: "Consort Li, the little princess is still young. Are you really going to listen to her?"

Isn't this ridiculous?!

These shops are all in great locations, and their business is doing well!

Are we just going to let the little princess do whatever she wants?

Consort Li glanced at her: "If you're stupid, shut up. Don't stop me from making money!"

Fu Bao choked for a moment, but still forced herself to continue trying to salvage the situation: "But Concubine, these shops were all given to you by the Old Madam!"

"If it wasn't given to me by my grandmother, it's not worthy of Rui Rui!" Consort Li waved her hand dismissively, "This concubine is hungry. Go to the kitchen and get some food. Don't bother me here!"

"..." Have you gone mad with demonic possession?

Fu Bao rolled away, looking like she was about to cry.

It was lunchtime, and on her way to the kitchen, Fu Bao happened to run into Xu Mama, who was by Qin Zhiyan's side; Shuangrong, who was by Liu Ruoxue's side; Yuntun, who was by Consort Zhu's side; and Hongxia, who was by Consort Zhang's side.

Because the ladies had a good relationship, the nannies and personal maids followed suit and also got along well.

Wonton was about to leave with a food box when she saw Fu Bao come in looking depressed, so she curiously came over and asked, "What's wrong? You don't look well?"

"I'm not a little princess yet..." Fu Bao said with a wronged expression, telling her about Consort Li and Tang Rui's plan to open a shop together.

Unbeknownst to her, while she was complaining to Yuntun, Xu Mama and several other personal maids were also quietly listening, their expressions varying.