"Let me tell you a story: There is a big businessman named Lenovo, and he owns a medicinal shop. This medicinal shop is quite famous for its work."

"Lianjia? Which one is this? I've never heard of it, Lao Zhao, have you heard of it?" Lao Yu asked.

"No, I don't know anyone who makes medicinal materials." Old Zhao shook his head.

"Ahem, that's not important. Listen to me first. This Lianjia medicine shop..." This is so awkward! Chu Qing almost bit her tongue again.

"This herbal medicine shop has been working in a big country overseas, but it didn't work out and came back. Now that they are back, they have to find a way to make money, so they focused on the only workshop in the country that produces 'life-saving pills'."

"I've heard of the Life-saving Pill. It's a good medicine. I heard it's a recipe passed down from ancestors. There are several herbs in it that seem to be found only on Yushan Mountain in Voss Country. And I heard that the method of making the medicine is also very particular."

Zhao interjected.

"Listen to the boss!" Lao Yu stopped Lao Zhao.

"Well, I was just making an analogy, not really talking about 'life-saving pills'." Chu Qing was a little helpless, "Let's continue, let's just say, who doesn't need this kind of life-saving medicine?

The richer you are, or the more you practice martial arts, the more you need to prepare it, right? This medicine is not expensive, but many people need it!

Therefore, this Lenovo medicinal material shop focused on the 'Bao Ming Wan' and negotiated with other workshops to acquire it.

However, the owner of 'Bao Ming Wan' is a conscientious businessman and does not want such a good medicine to be taken away by others. He sells the medicine at a low price and aims to save lives. But if it is acquired, he is just thinking about making money.

?How can ordinary people still use this medicine?

So he didn't agree. When Lenovo saw that the acquisition was not negotiated, he made a damaging move. He personally found the owner of those unique herbal medicines and monopolized the medicinal materials at several times the price.

As a result, the key medicinal materials for ‘Bao Ming Wan’ could not be purchased, so the medicine could not be made, and in the end the workshop went bankrupt.”

"This joint family is going too far!"

"It's really nothing!"

"Mother, is this what the Meng family does to unite the family?"

"Yes, that's how I see it." Chu Qing said, "I almost became that workshop."

"What about the second thing?" Xiaobao asked.

"The second thing is more troublesome!" Chu Qing looked at Lao Yu and Lao Zhao: "You know that we only need to pay 25% tax on the money our family earns, right?"

"I know, I handed it over to the Secret Investigation Department. You are great, boss. You are now taking care of the Secret Investigation Department." Lao Yu said.

"How can you say that! National taxes support the whole country. Our little money is just divided." Chu Qing said, "Do you think that all our current profitable businesses are actually under the control of the emperor?

,Are we like fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered now?"

"We're not fat either! You have to pick the fattest sheep when slaughtering them, right? We're not even considered lambs!" Lao Zhao said.

"But our stall is too big... If you think about the salt farm, the cotton, and our ironware, I wouldn't worry if we just made a brick." Chu Qing said.

"Boss, you are overthinking! Who doesn't do business like this? Look at the Meng family, silk, porcelain, jade, I heard that they can also get a lot of salt, there are three tea gardens alone." Lao Yu said.

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Lao Zhao also echoed: "Boss, be braver. You still have an official status. Who dares to say anything?"

It is troublesome to have an official status! When it comes to official status, Chu Qing is already "competing with the people for profit". She does her business personally, unlike others who leave their business in the name of a housekeeper or a relative.

Moreover, if a woman who wants to die has an official status, isn't this inviting someone to scheme against her?

Since ancient times, which fat sheep has not been slaughtered in the end? Hu Xueyan? Shen Wansan?

Going forward, there are aristocratic families, and going back, there is imperial power.

The Meng family in Jiangnan is just a business family. It can almost kill Chu Qing's business with just a hand, but what about the political family, the military family, and the cultural family?

What would happen if one of them made a mistake?

After the room was silent for a long time, Lao Yu said: "Backer, the boss is unsure because he has no backer."

"Yes," Lao Zhao said, "Boss, you actually have a backer, or in other words, you can find someone to be your backer."

"Secret Investigation Department? Are you talking about Mr. Hu?" Chu Qing asked.

"He can't do it, he's not strong enough." Old Yu said: "You have to let the emperor be your backer. Look at Hong Guogong, in our eyes, General Hong is already a figure that no one dares to underestimate, then He should be able to walk sideways wherever he goes, but he handed over the military talisman as soon as he returned to Beijing, what does this mean?"

Lao Zhao said: "It shows that the emperor is the greatest. As long as the emperor agrees, there is no need for anyone to be taboo."

Xiaobao also interjected: "Under the sky, it's the king's land; on the shore of the land, it's the king's ministers. No matter what we do, can't we just let the emperor know that we are working for him?"

Chu Qing thought: How to let the emperor know? She had already reminded Hu Hengqiu in her letter: Cotton belongs to the emperor, and the money I can give you will be more and more in the future;

You have to weigh it carefully whether the emperor can allow you to do it. If not, let the emperor take the lead. Don't tie me to the Secret Intelligence Department's ship invisibly. The entire Secret Intelligence Department must be tied to the emperor's waist.

The problem is that Hu Hengqiu didn’t even reply to the letter!

You can't just rely on Hu Hengqiu's IQ, you still have to make more preparations yourself.

After ending the discussion with everyone, Chu Qing began to pack up the hand drills, animal-drawn plows, nail clippers and other items and drawings that he had been cooperating with Master Lu, including the method of making thin iron sheets. These can represent our Is this a job that I learned from the Fifth Grade Engineering Department?

In addition to cotton and linen textiles, we also bring peanuts and chili peppers. Can this also represent our job as a cotton clerk from the Fifth Product Division?

I checked again the "three-dimensional map of Voss Country" I made by myself. Can this represent the work of our Secret Investigation Department from the fifth rank to deputy thousand households?

This map was originally meant to be a comprehensive reflection of my three responsibilities, so this is a cross-stitch work.

A mesh cloth woven from coarse cotton yarn would be a large canvas if it weren't for the mesh effect. It's quite heavy.

It uses a grid canvas as the base, on which the cross-stitch method is used to present the entire landscape of Voss. In order to achieve a three-dimensional effect, all the mountain parts are shaped with wool stamping methods.

Because cotton yarn and wool are dyed, the map picture is bright, the colors are bright when viewed from a distance, and the colors are undulating when viewed up close.

Such a map is suitable for inserting nails into it to mark it.

So along with the map, there was also a box of tacks, specially made by Master Lu.

The most important function is to facilitate transportation. It is not afraid of water. It can be dried when it gets wet. It is not afraid of rubbing, and it will not break no matter how hard it is. It can be packed away in a big box.

Give all these to the emperor and see if you can rely on this mountain!
Chapter completed!