Chapter 69 Who can refuse to get a discount when placing an order? Although most of my step-father's concubines were wealthy, few of them were as wealthy as Concubine to mention spending 100,000 taels of silver to lay the ground dragons. I guess only Concubine Liu can afford this price. If Yun Shu wants to expand his business, he naturally cannot set the price like this. As for taking 100,000 taels from Concubine Liu, and less from the others... This is not the way to offend people! Yun Shu suppressed his crazy excitement about the offer of 100,000 taels and shook his head: "You don't need that much. Just count how many rooms in Yaohua Palace need to be laid with floor heating. Five thousand taels of silver per room will be enough." "so cheap?!" Yun Chuhuan was stunned for a moment, then he started to count on his fingers: "Of course we need the main hall, the side hall, and my mother's bedroom, my bedroom, study, and dining hall... plus the classroom and dining hall in the upper study, that's only 40,000 taels." He took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, scratched the back of his head, and said tentatively: "Can the left prime minister's house be paved?"
"can!" Wow, it was really worth it that she had taken this kid to eat and drink delicious food these days! She had originally planned to take it step by step, first completing the business in the harem, and then finding ways to expand the market to the mansions of ministers in the court. Unexpectedly, Yun Chuhuan was the first to arrive and he opened all the holes in the harem and the court. Not only that, he even took the study room along as well! Yun Shu patted Yun Chuhuan's shoulder with relief: "Just tell me how many rooms you have at the Xiangfu Mansion. If you have ten rooms, I'll give you a discount!" "What do you mean by giving me a discount?" Yun Chuhuan's expression was stunned, and he looked a little terrified—— Could it be that his legs are broken?! Could it be that the fifth sister was actually not happy to take this job because she thought he had too many rooms to decorate? "Don't get me wrong, it means a price reduction!" Seeing Yun Chuhuan's frightened look, I realized that there seemed to be no such thing as a discount in ancient times. Yun Shu quickly changed his words and explained: "If you can get ten rooms, I will only charge you for nine rooms. If you get ten, I will deduct one. If you get twenty, I will deduct two. And so on." "That's it..." Yun Chuhuan breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time as he suddenly realized something, he seemed to have discovered a new world: "I think I've already reported eight rooms, right? So if I just pay for one more room, can I get two more rooms?" "That's right!" Yun Shu coaxed him with a smile: "So you wanna make it up?" "Minato!" Yun Chuhuan slapped his thigh fiercely: "We must make it together!" Who can resist getting discounts when placing an order? This kind of happiness, where one pays for something but feels like one is getting the better of someone else, is undoubtedly extremely attractive to Yun Chuhuan, who is experiencing it for the first time. He immediately gathered two more rooms that he and his mother rarely went to, and then happily counted out 45,000 taels of silver notes and handed them to Yun Shu: "Is the money correct? Can we start laying the foundation today?"
"Tomorrow." Yun Shu nodded calmly. The engineering of laying the ground beams was actually not particularly complicated. When she was laying the ground beams for Fengyang Palace before, she had considered that she wanted to make money from it later, so a construction team was indispensable. Therefore, except for the palace maids like Tingxue who were responsible for taking care of her personally, all the trustworthy people in Fengyang Palace were gathered together and taught seriously. Now we can split them into several groups and then lead each team to carry out the construction. Judging from the current situation, she can at least ensure that seven construction teams start work at the same time! Of course, this is just inside the palace. Outside the palace, the laying of the floor heating at the restaurant should have been completed. It is also a good opportunity to arrange for work in Zuo Xiangfu and other places. Yun Shu was thinking about the construction team. Yun Chuhuan was shouting that he would go to Fengyang Palace to experience the earth dragon himself after school. She agreed absentmindedly. When school was over, things changed a bit. "Your Highness the Fifth Princess, the Queen invites you." "Now?" Yun Shu paused. During the autumn hunt before, she had met the stern-looking queen from a distance, but they had never been alone together in private. After she found the earth dragon, she also thought that the queen would definitely summon her. But even though he thought about it, when the moment really came, Yun Shu was still a little nervous—— You know, this person who is in power in the harem and whom she nominally has to call mother but actually has no blood relationship with her is also a ruthless character in the original book! Emperor Xuanwu had many concubines in his harem, more than 30 of whom could be named, and he was very particular about treating them equally. Even if I favor one or two of them, I will never forget the others completely. However, more than 20 years later, Emperor Xuanwu only had five princes and one princess. Is it really that the concubines’ bellies were “not doing well”? Just think about it and you will know that it is impossible! In addition to the intrigues among the concubines, in the original plot, the prince was deposed due to his lameness. The ambitious queen had lost all hope and became even crazier than the prince. At least the prince only bit the eldest prince who harmed him. The queen wants to create everyone equally. If she is not good, others can't expect to be good either. As a result, the eldest prince's biological mother, Concubine Shu, was the first to suffer misfortune. She was disfigured and died. At that time, the fourth prince's biological mother, Liangpin, probably felt that the crown prince and the eldest prince were both useless, and the third prince was a playboy who was not capable of taking on important responsibilities. She had great hopes for her own son, so she became a little arrogant. As a result, he offended the queen, who managed to make him fall into an icy lake in the middle of winter and freeze to death. The third prince's biological mother, Huipin, was smarter. She knew she couldn't afford to offend the queen, let alone a mad queen. She was very careful in the harem every day. But just because the Third Prince was still fine, the Queen still disliked her very much. After some operations, Huibin was sent to live with the ancient Buddha forever. Even Concubine Liu and Queen Yun Chuhuan were not spared. It’s just because Yun Chuhuan was the male protagonist of the original book, so he just suffered a little and... became more brutal. Oh, by the way, there is also the original owner. The original fifth princess was also sent to Beixiang to marry at the age of fifteen at the suggestion of the Queen, and then she disappeared halfway.
Yun Shu: “…” She is about to meet such a ruthless person, and it is really hard for her not to be scared! Fortunately, the prince is now fine, not lame nor deposed, and the queen should not turn into a crazy person like in the book. Otherwise, she might not dare to go to Fengyi Palace alone today! (End of this chapter)