On this day, Lanqiao was busy until noon, when I had time to sit down and take a sip of cold water.

He set off at dawn and went into the city with Uncle Suo, the director of the tea estate appointed by Princess Lin'an. He first went to their Jiangpu tea distribution point in the east of the city, and then rushed to the west of the city non-stop to select a location for the upcoming west branch.

Top-grade Jiangpu tea is extremely precious, and is given priority to the royal family and dignitaries every year. After excluding these, less than 30% of the remaining tea is transferred to distribution points in the east of the city, and is sold to the capital along with other second-grade Jiangpu tea.

Various teahouses, wealthy households, or tea merchants from other places transfer them.

In fact, Princess Lin'an had already planned to build another tea house, and asked Uncle Suo to do a lot of preliminary research and inquired about several shops in the west of the city that were ready to be transferred. This time she was determined to open a branch in the west of the city. In addition to looking for Li Jingshu for Lanqiao

As a cover for his actions, he also wanted to take this opportunity to actually open a self-operated tea house.

After all, the distribution point in the east of the city is very small, with only one warehouse and two board rooms. It is suitable for use as a distribution office, but it is not suitable to be expanded into a teahouse for entertaining guests. Rather than letting other teahouses and tea merchants share the profits, we should

It’s not as cost-effective as running it yourself.

Throughout the morning, Lan Qiao and Uncle Suo inspected four alternative venues, all of which were teahouses of a certain size but poorly run in the west of the city. Since Princess Lin'an had conducted an investigation beforehand, this move did not seem abrupt.

In the end, Lan Qiao chose the Song Yuan Building, which is two blocks away from the Duke of Wei's mansion. Climbing to the top platform of this three-story teahouse, he had an unobstructed view of the large open space in front of the Duke of Wei's mansion.

Uncle Suo immediately signed a contract with the other party and bought Song Yuan Building for 8,700 guan. He immediately changed its name to Tiancha Villa, ordered someone to redo the plaque, and prepared to decorate it at a later date.

Lanqiao selected a few capable waiters from Song Yuanlou to stay, and paid the others a small amount of travel expenses and sent them away.

After everything has been settled, it's time to apply.

"It is said that a hero comes from a young age. The young master is resolute and resolute. He has accomplished so many things in half a day. I really don't want to accept my old age." Uncle Suo is Princess Lin'an's most trusted teahouse director. He is around fifty years old and has a withered face.

, has a goatee, short hair like a steel needle, half gray and half black, looks very special.

"Thanks to Uncle Suo for doing enough homework in advance, this junior has avoided many detours." Lan Qiao played with an empty teacup on the table and said with a sigh: "Mr. Hongyi and I have agreed that the eldest lady will be taken away within ten days."

When I brought it back to Hongyi House, I saw that the first day was over and I really didn’t dare to slack off.”

Uncle Suo nodded and said: "The eldest lady's matter is very important. I will go back to the east of the city later, so I won't disturb the young master's rest. I have already told the few remaining guys that you

He's the new shopkeeper of Tiancha Villa. If you don't like someone, just quit and look for him."

After saying that, he said goodbye and left. Lan Qiao went upstairs alone, sat on a wicker chair on the third floor platform, and stared blankly at the door of Wei Guogong's mansion.

Today is February 18th. According to his ten-day agreement with Li Qi, he needs to bring the missing Li Jingshu back to Jiangpu Hongyi House before dawn on the 28th.

He arrived in Jiangpu on the 13th, and it seemed that he had not stopped for a day. First, he discussed countermeasures with Feng Yueming and others at Guandi Temple, and rescued Feng Yeling on the morning of the 14th. Then he ran all the way, and returned to Zhuangjia Village that night.

A tough battle was fought. On the 15th, he arrived at the mouth of Heishi Gorge with the army, and arranged a marriage with Fengye Lingcang. On the 16th, he broke out from the Huaihe Wharf and arrived at the Shanshen Temple on the north bank of the Huaihe River in the evening. Then he rushed back to Jiangpu without stopping, and in

I met Princess Lin'an late at night on the 17th and entered the capital early on the 18th.

At this time, things at Tiancha Villa came to an end, and he finally got a little leisure time. Bathed in the golden setting sun, he took a long stretch and recalled what he and Bai Xueyin had done in the Xixia Treasure.

It feels like yesterday.

Where are you? If only you were still with me.

At least, I won't fight alone.

Blue Bridge is waiting for the sun to go down.

When it got dark, he planned to visit the Duke of Wei's mansion at night. He had a third-hand plan for this - if he could directly find the place where Li Jingshu was detained by the Erqi Society, it would be best to find an opportunity to directly rescue people; if he couldn't find anyone, he could make some inquiries

Useful news is also good. After all, no matter where Li Jingshu is imprisoned, she will always have food and clothing. As long as she is patient, she will definitely find clues; if not good, he also heard that Xu Huizu loves his third sister Miaojin very much. If

If you can kidnap Miao Jin, you might be able to trade with Xu Huizu for Li Jingshu.

He was refining the details of tonight's action over and over in his mind. Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps and a waiter ran up and said: "New owner, a guest is coming."

Lan Qiao said impatiently: "Go down and tell him that we haven't opened yet. If you want to have tea, come back in ten days."

The waiter was about to go downstairs when he saw a thin man who looked like a scholar slowly walking up the stairs. He gently shook the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "Young man came uninvited. I hope the new shopkeeper will forgive me."

." After saying that, he closed the folding fan and bowed deeply to Lan Qiao.

However, I saw that this person was not tall and had a slim build. He was wearing a green shirt that almost reached to his feet, with a spotless moon-white middle coat exposed from the lapel. Before he got closer, he smelled a strong scent of incense.

.

His voice was a bit high-pitched, which made Lan Qiao feel awkward. He frowned and said, "The shop has just been closed today, and the signboard and decoration have not been replaced yet. Please come back another day, sir."

The man smiled and shook his head and said, "I'm not here to drink tea, but to discuss business."

Lan Qiao thought he was the tea merchant who purchased Jiangpu Tea, and waved his hand and said: "We bought this tea house just to change the distribution to self-operated. In the future, all guests who want to drink high-quality Jiangpu tea can only come to our Tiancha Villa to taste this tea house."

A choice. So if you come to buy tea, I'm afraid I will disappoint you."

The man still shook his head, but suddenly lowered his voice and said, "What I want to talk about is not the tea business."

Lan Qiao said with laughter and laughter: "This is a tea house. Apart from the tea business, what else can we talk about?"

The man showed a mysterious look, waved to Lan Qiao and said: "Please also ask the shopkeeper to come over."

Seeing this man's strange behavior, Lan Qiao became suspicious and said to the waiter: "You go down and do your work first. I will personally escort this guest out later."

The waiter agreed and went downstairs.

Lan Qiao slowly approached the scholar and walked around him again. He saw that although this man was wearing men's clothing, he had a slender waist and an exquisite figure. Not only was his chest bulging, but his neck was as smooth as jade: "

The girl pretending to be a man is not very clever."

The man coughed lightly and replied with a sweet female voice like an oriole coming out of the valley: "Brother Lanqiao thinks that hiding in the teahouse can hide his eyes from others. He is also very naive. Let's be together."

Lan Qiao didn't expect to be discovered on the first day he entered the city. He was shocked and suppressed the horror in his heart and said: "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am." Seeing that Won won the initiative, the man said with a half-smile, "What matters is whether my brother is interested in this business."

"I'm not someone who can be coerced." Lan Qiao snorted coldly, "What kind of business do you want to do?"
Chapter completed!