Chapter 159 New Candle
Li Heng didn't understand what Ye Qing said was much better than he thought. Ye Qing looked at Bai Chun and Jinse, ignored them and walked over, and then sighed and said, "Cannles themselves are consumables. How much candles should be used in the palace overnight? Not to mention how much candles should be consumed in a month just for the palace! Who has ever thought about this question? Yan Qingcheng's idiot never thought about it. I asked her to increase her efforts because she was afraid that such a situation would happen. But the prodigal girl would not listen to me. What can I do?"
"Stop talking about the past. What's the use of complaining now? You should first talk about your original worries and what should Miss Yan do next." Li Heng interrupted Ye Qing, and at this moment he felt as if he was treating himself as the head of the Yan Mansion and asked Ye Qing.
Ye Qing raised his middle finger at him dissatisfiedly, but he understood why Bai Chun ignored him and Li Heng and walked straight over!
This is... this is a manifestation of jealousy! This is a manifestation of jealousy in Yan Qingcheng!
Bai Chun must know that Li Heng came to find her at this time, because there was something wrong with Yan Qingcheng, so she... that... naturally, she knew that Li Heng was sent by Yan Qingcheng, so she looked at her coldly again?
Someone felt a little too good about himself, but it was indeed as Ye Qing guessed. Bai Chun knew in his heart that Li Heng's arrival was because of Yan Qingcheng, but she and Jinse ignored Ye Qing and Li Heng because they were unwilling to disturb their conversation, which had nothing to do with eating Yan Qingcheng's jealousy.
Ye Qing, who came back to his senses, thought for a while and said, "As the current scale of the Yan family, the output is naturally in short supply for the palace. The palace just asked them to increase their efforts, and did not ask her to take out the prescription for new candles and distribute it to other imperial merchants to alleviate the demand for new candles in the palace. This is the ultimate and righteousness of the palace. If the palace asks the Yan family to come up with the prescription to share with other imperial merchants, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
"This... this must be the Yan family's belonging to the Yan family will be hit hard, right?" Li Heng was shocked and almost stood up and ran to Yan's mansion, intending to tell Yan Qingcheng the news.
Ye Qing grabbed him and sat down and said, "The most urgent task is to let Yan Qingcheng come forward, or a person with a strong position, to scare and stop people who have thought of this method and block their mouths. Then the Yan family immediately stepped up efforts to build new candles, striving to meet the temporary needs of the palace in a short period of time. Perhaps in this way, they can protect the profits they deserve from being stolen by others."
"The person who can think of this method must be the people in the palace. Who can I find to block the mouths of those who think of this method? I can't let the current emperor..." Li Heng was stunned, feeling that Ye Qing was right.
"Are you stupid? You have something to do with the palace? This is an industry competition. Peers naturally do everything for profit. How can the palace think of these villains' plans?" Ye Qing glanced at Li Heng in dissatisfaction. If the palace wanted to do this, he would have started doing it long ago, and it would have left so long for the Yan family to deal with it.
"Who could that be?" Li Heng asked.
Liu Yungu never expected that Fan Niande would take the initiative to find him. As soon as he returned from Lingyin Temple to his door, he saw Fan Niande and two servants standing under the steps of his home, next to the two small stone lions, looking back and forth there.
"Oh... A rare guest, what kind of wind blows Mr. Fan over? Why don't you enter the mansion? Why are you waiting here? It's really a rude servant. A small family member really neglects Mr. Fan." Liu Yungu's face suddenly saw Fan Niande's expression, and instantly changed to a passionate expression, and walked towards Fan Niande quickly and said.
"Mr. Liu, Mr. Fan is here today and I have something to ask for. This matter has a lot to do with Fan and even Mr. Liu. I hope Mr. Liu will not refuse." Fan Niande looked a little anxious and said in a serious tone.
"Then... why not enter the mansion and talk?" Liu Yungu was unwilling to let others enter his mansion from the bottom of his heart, but he had no choice but to stand at the door. It seemed a bit unusual and strange to talk about going elsewhere to discuss.
But what Liu Yungu didn't expect was that Fan Niande was obviously very anxious and did not think about entering Liu Yungu's house. Instead, he pointed to the secluded place not far from the alley and said, "I would like to ask Lord Liu to speak. As for visiting the mansion, I am in a hurry to come down today and have not prepared. Wouldn't it be too rude to enter the mansion like this? Next time Fan prepares a little gift and comes to visit again?" Fan Niande thought to himself, you must have a lot of money to go out in your mansion. It's better to just talk at the entrance of the alley. After the matter is done, it's easy to say anything. If the matter is not done, wouldn't he give me a sum of money for nothing?
What's more, in the past two years, he often contributes money and efforts to deal with Liu Yungu, and also gives a lot of things, just to establish a little friendship with Liu Yungu, hoping that one day he can bring some benefits to himself.
But until now, Liu Yungu has not done anything big for himself, and small things are just occasionally able to stand up and cheer for himself, so that his vanity that is lofty in front of others can be satisfied.
But in Fan Niande's view, the tangible benefits and other aspects are not worth the value brought by the precious antiques he spent so much.
When Liu Yungu saw Fan Niande frowning, he was obviously not in his mansion, so he immediately pretended to be embarrassed and rude. He also wondered in his heart why Fan Niande wanted to help him with such a serious matter?
So he pretended to behave: "How can Duke Fan go to the front of the mansion and not enter? Isn't this what makes people say that I, Liu, don't understand the way of treating guests, and neglect you, Mr. Fan? Since this is the case, I will be in a hurry to follow the power, and Mr. Liu will be rude, Mr. Fan, please."
Liu Yungu saw Fan Niande moving when he was halfway through his speech, so he immediately hurriedly said, then reached out and asked Fan Niande to go forward, and signaled his servants to go back home first.
Fan Niande sneered a few times, and a hint of disdain and anger flashed through his expression. How could he not see that? When Liu Yungu heard that he had not brought any gifts, he was about to visit him. He suddenly felt a lot of thoughts.
However, it is not easy to argue with Liu Yungu at the moment. After all, he has something to ask for, so after the two of them walked side by side, Fan Niande said straight to the point: "Mr. Liu, don't you know if you have someone familiar with the purchasing agent in the palace?"
"Taifu Temple?" Liu Yungu's eyelids couldn't help but jumped a few times. Taifu Temple has always held various supplies and utensils in the palace, and the imperial merchants are the closest relationship with Taifu Temple. Liu Yun is not an imperial merchant. He asked what happened to Taifu Temple?
"I don't know what important thing is about Mr. Fan? Can you tell me first, and then reply to Mr. Fan?" Liu Yungu bowed and apologized: "It's not that Mr. Fan refused to agree immediately, but Taifu Temple has always been the Imperial Palace. In the lower city, the Imperial City Chief General is involved in the matter of the Imperial Palace. Because of his duties, he dare not speak carelessly."
Fan Niande didn't expect that Liu Yungu was so ruthless. He had been with him for several years. At this time, he was still so cautious about him. So he immediately suppressed his unhappiness and slowly breathed out and said, "This matter is related to whether I can obtain the Imperial Merchant this year. If I can obtain the Imperial Merchant this year, Lord Liu must also know that this will be much more convenient when I help Lord Liu."
Fan Niande said quietly, then looked at Liu Yungu calmly, so he had to continue: "That day, I went to Yan Mansion and saw a new candle in Yan Hongyuan's study. Even if this candle comes in front of you, you will not smell a strange smell. What's even more valuable is that this candle does not need to be cut repeatedly, and the candle wick can burn out as the candle burns!"
"What's next?" Liu Yungu's expression moved obviously and he asked involuntarily.
But I was thinking in my mind that since Fan Niande saw this candle last time, he did not mention it to himself. What do you want to do when you mention it now? Why is it related to his acquisition of the Royal Merchants?
"As the saying goes, there is a business path. There is no airtight wall in the world. Today I have heard that the palace has ordered the Yan family to increase their efforts to make this new candle to meet the demand for new candles in the palace. But Lord Liu must also know that the palace consumes tens of thousands of candles a day, and Yan Mansion has just begun to make new candles. How can this family be used to meet the cost of the palace?" Fan Niande and Liu Yungu stated the interests and channels and conditions for obtaining the imperial merchants.
So Liu Yungu continued: "So as long as Mr. Fan contacts the people who went to Taifu Temple, the Taifu Temple will put pressure on Yan Mansion and ask him to take out a prescription for the new candle and give it to Mr. Fan. In this way, Mr. Fan can be considered as a task force for the palace..."
"I helped the palace to make new candles. In this way, as long as the relationship between the new candles is related, Fan of the imperial merchant should be able to find a share this year, right? In this way, when Fan helped Lord Liu again, wouldn't he be twice the result with half the effort?" Fan Niande interrupted Liu Yungu's words and corrected and explained.
To him, it was like a humiliation, which insulted him as a Fengshan Academy and a lecturer with Jiankang Academy. So even though he was actually doing the job for Liu Yungu, he would rather deceive himself and understand that he was just helping Liu Yungu. The contradictions and entanglements of wanting to be a bitch and wanting to set up a archway are vividly reflected in Fan Niande at this moment.
While Liu Yungu and Fan Niande were plotting against each other, Yan Honghu was also sitting in Yan Hongsheng's mansion, and their two sons Yan Qingfu, Yan Qingyun, and Yan Qingyu were also present at the same time.
Yan Hongsheng habitually tapped the table, then looked at Yan Honghu, and then focused on him, and said in contemplation: "Now it seems that the boss has already had a countermeasure before we split up, but he just refused to tell us brothers. It's no wonder why he hid in the mansion and didn't come out, but let the girl Qingcheng come over to talk about splitting up."
"Second brother, what do you mean is that the eldest brother has already thought about what to do after the separation? He refused to take out the secret recipe for this new candle. Even when the three of us separated, he made concessions to prevent us from making the new candle?" Yan Honghu looked at the frowning second son Yan Hongsheng and said.
"It seems that's the case now. We thought the boss was considering brotherly feelings, so we made generous concessions when we split the family. Now it seems, hum... the boss is the mantis stalking the cicada oriole behind, and he has already prepared a backhand! No wonder he doesn't care about the profits when splitting the family." Yan Hongsheng shook his head and sighed.
Chapter completed!