Don’t Show the Son

Lin Xiu paced down the street, thinking about how to realize her ability as quickly as possible.

This hot weather will last for another month at most, and then it will gradually cool down. At that time, people's demand for cooling off will not be so strong.

If you want to make money, you have to do it early.

However, no matter how anxious Lin Xiu was, things had to be resolved one by one.

The first thing is to choose a location. The place to sell ice must be near the mansions of those high-ranking officials.

And those people who live on the line of food and clothing, no matter how hot it is, they will not spend money on it.

Secondly, he can't make ice out of thin air like Lingyin, so he needs to choose a place where water is convenient, preferably a mansion with a well...

This idea just flashed in Lin Xiu's mind, and he completely denied it.

The mansions there are all owned by the owner, and the owner's status is noble and respected, so it is impossible to rent it to himself. Even if there is an empty mansion without an owner, the rent cannot be paid by himself.

Lin Xiu found sadly that even though he already had a way to make money, he couldn't implement it temporarily due to lack of start-up funds.

There is no time to miss this opportunity. At present, it can be said that he has monopolized the ice-making industry by himself. Every day this plan is delayed, his losses will be huge. To the rows of shops on both sides of the street.

This is the living area of ​​the nobles and dignitaries of the royal capital. There are row upon row of shops along the street, brothels, music halls, restaurants and tea shops, and the decoration is extremely gorgeous, and the consumption inside is even more expensive. It is a famous gold-selling cave in the capital.

No matter how much money you have in your pocket, you can spend it all if you walk around this street.

Lin Xiu swept her eyes and walked towards a restaurant.

...

Picking the moon building.

As one of the most famous restaurants in the capital, the Yueyue Tower's business has always been very good, even the dignitaries in the court often patronize here, or in other words, the customers that the Yueyue Tower faces are the dignitaries of the capital.

Ordinary people don't even know where the gate of the Yueyue Tower opens, and even some small dignitaries can't afford to spend here.

But today, it was lunch time, and there was not a single guest in the Yueyue Tower, which was usually full of guests.

Heat was pouring in from all directions, and the waiters in the restaurant lay weakly on the table, their clothes were already wet with sweat, and their voices seemed very weak.

Hey, when is the weather going to end?

It's been half an hour, and there's not a single guest.

The ice mirror is empty, the building is like a steamer, which guest is willing to sit here and suffer?

...

While several servants were discussing in low voices, two figures came in from outside.

The person walking in front was a handsome young man, and a strong man followed behind him, who should be his guard.

One of the attendants forced himself to stand up, with a smile on his face, and asked, What would you like to eat?

Lin Xiu said straight to the point: I'm not here to eat, I'm looking for your shopkeeper.

If someone else came to the restaurant and didn't eat, the already upset attendant might have sent him away, but the young man in front of him had an extraordinary demeanor and was dressed in expensive clothes, he was not an ordinary civilian at first glance.

The waiter patiently walked to the back and invited the shopkeeper out.

The shopkeeper of Zhaiyuelou is a middle-aged man, not tall, with a slightly fat body. He came in from behind with some reluctance, cupped his hands at Lin Xiu, and asked, I don't know your surname, come to Zhaiyuelou What's the matter?

Lin Xiu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and slowly stretched out her palm, and a layer of ice spread from his palm.

As the ice layer appeared, the surrounding temperature dropped a little bit.

The sudden coolness made the shopkeeper of Zayuelou tremble, and then his mung bean-like eyes lit up, as if he was afraid that Lin Xiu would run away, he grabbed his hand suddenly, and said excitedly: Young Master, Lou Let's talk!

On the second floor of the Yueyue Tower, in an accordion.

After ordering the waiter to serve tea, the shopkeeper of Zhaiyuelou looked at Lin Xiu with burning eyes and asked, Your master's strange art, is it ice...

Lin Xiu didn't speak, but just picked up the teacup. The hot steam in the cup quickly turned into a cold air. He took a sip of the iced tea, looked at the shopkeeper of Zhaiyuelou, and said, I won't talk nonsense. , I would like to borrow a well in your place for use, as for the cost, it is ten taels of silver a day.

The shopkeeper of Jieyue Building narrowed his eyes, and immediately understood what he meant. His eyes flashed, he leaned back, and said with a smile: It seems that the young master also knows that the weather is hot these days, and the ice source in the capital is in short supply. There is a price but no market, with the young master's ability, it is not difficult to make a lot of money every day, and the price of twelve taels a day may be a bit low.

Lin Xiu raised her eyebrows and asked, Then how appropriate do you think it is?

Ten taels of silver is enough for a family of five to live comfortably for a year, and they can still eat meat every few days. His salary for a month in the Qing Dynasty is only eight taels. Is this Caiyue Tower so rich and powerful?

The shopkeeper of Zhaiyuelou smiled slightly and said, At least fifty taels.

make a deal!

Lin Xiu patted the table and said: As expected of the Moon Tower, you are generous in your actions. Since the shopkeeper is so sincere, I don't need to go to other places.

The shopkeeper of Zhaiyuelou froze for a moment, then frowned, and said, Young master, what you mean is that these fifty taels were given to you by Zhaiyuelou?

Lin Xiu asked back: Otherwise?

The shopkeeper of Zhaiyuelou's eyes flashed indistinctly, and then he said with a smile: My lord, are you joking? If you want to borrow the well from my Zhaiyuelou, do you want us to give you money?

Lin Xiu didn't even look at him, she just stood up, and said lightly: Since the shopkeeper is not sincere, let's forget it. I think the Piaoxiang Building opposite may be more sincere than you.

Seeing that Lin Xiu was really about to leave, the shopkeeper of Zayuelou hurriedly got up to persuade him to stay: My lord, stay here, stay here!

According to a normal person's thinking, if this person borrowed the water well of the Yueyue Building, he should pay the money to the Yueyue Building. The moon-chasing building provided ice, and the profit the moon-chasing building got from it was five thousand taels, fifty thousand taels of silver.

The ice storage in the major ice storages in the capital is running out. I am afraid that only the palace has any ice left. If this person is left behind, the Yueyue Tower is the only restaurant in the capital that can supply ice. At that time, will there be no business?

The shopkeeper just wanted to play dumb, thinking that this young man didn't understand the pros and cons, but he didn't expect that he was the one who was naive. At this special time, if he pushed this person to his opponent, he would die.

The shopkeeper grabbed Lin Xiu's arm and said, Ten taels of silver, ten taels of silver, as long as you can supply ice for the Moon-chasing Tower, the Moon-chasing Tower will give you ten taels of silver every day!

Lin Xiu looked at him with a smile, and said: The weather is hot these days, and ice sources in the royal capital are in short supply, and there is no market for the price. With my ability, it is not difficult to make money every day. The price of twelve taels a day may be a bit low.

He just returned the shopkeeper's words to him intact.

The shopkeeper of Jieyuelou stared blankly at Lin Xiu, wishing he could slap himself twice. Why did he say those two extra words just now?

With a mournful face, he asked, How much does the Young Master think is appropriate?

Lin Xiudao: Fifty taels.

The shopkeeper looked at him and said sadly, Master, you are stealing money!

Lin Xiu was not moved at all, and said, If the shopkeeper thinks it's too expensive, I'll ask elsewhere.

Need not!

The shopkeeper of Zhaiyuelou gritted his teeth and said, Fifty taels is fifty taels, but you have to promise me one condition, except that I can't supply ice for other places!

Although he was very distressed at fifty taels, the value that this young man could create for Zayuelou was ten times, a hundred times or even a thousand times that of fifty taels, and he could still settle the account.

Lin Xiu looked at him and said, In this case, the price may be higher...

The shopkeeper of Jieyuelou said: I am willing to pay five times the market price!

Lin Xiu smiled slightly, nodded and said, Happy cooperation...

Hair together, look coherent.