Still holding the tea cup in his hand, he looked out the window with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Xinghua Tower..."
This is the most famous restaurant in Kyoto in the Yuan Dynasty. It does not even accept ordinary guests. Only children from truly wealthy families and even dignitaries can enter.
In the memory of the original person, he had been to Xinghua House once and was invited to a banquet, so Chen Mu had some knowledge of the consumption in Xinghua House.
The best wine in Xinghualou costs at least twenty gold!
The ratio of gold and silver in Dayuan is one to ten, which means that a pot of Xinghualou's best wine will cost at least two hundred taels of silver. This is based on the minimum amount.
As a concubine of the Xuanguo Mansion, Chen Mu's monthly allowance is three taels of silver, and there are many expenses on weekdays. Moreover, this monthly allowance was secretly deducted. The previous twenty taels were all given to Liu Lian's family.
, now it can be said that the money is tight.
Ren Yan must have deducted a lot of money.
But even if you get that part back, it's basically impossible to collect the full two hundred taels of silver.
Use the wine from an ordinary restaurant, or the lower quality wine from Xinghua Restaurant... Well, there is a high probability that nothing will happen, and even if something does happen, it's probably not a good thing.
After all, you can fool people, but you can't fool ghosts.
Ning's figure flashed in Chen Mu's mind.
Go and borrow some from your sister-in-law?
But Chen Mu quickly shook his head.
I'm already taken care of everywhere, how can I always have something to do with my sister-in-law?
According to the promise he had made, he would try his best to meet Ning's needs, but he was never one to make verbal promises.
"That's all, let's do it ourselves. It's a trivial matter anyway."
Chen Mu exhaled.
After searching through his past memories, he walked to the desk and picked up a pen and paper, thinking and writing. After a while, he picked up a piece of paper with many items written on it.
After a brief inspection, Chen Mu stood up and pushed open the courtyard door.
"Here comes someone."
He called out to the outside of the hospital.
Not long after.
The door of a small room in the outer courtyard was pushed open, and Ren Yan hurried over and saluted politely.
"Second Master!"
Chen Mu glanced at him and said calmly: "My monthly routine for this month has been sent out, right? It should be all with you?"
Ren Yan was stunned for a moment. He was about to say something, but his body stiffened inexplicably. He quickly said, "Yes, it's freezing cold. I was afraid that the second master would catch a cold, so I helped him get it."
Chen Mu didn't say anything, just stared at him for a while.
Seeing this made Ren Yan feel hairy in his heart. He had never felt such pressure on Chen Mu before. This kind of pressure was even close to catching up with the masters of Xuan Guo Mansion!
When Ren Yan's forehead was almost covered with cold sweat.
Chen Mu withdrew his gaze, raised his hand, and held the page with his fingertips.
"You can buy the things above according to the quantities I wrote, and you won't miss any of them."
"……Yes Yes!"
Ren Yan was almost unable to bear it, so he hurriedly responded and took the page handed over by Chen Mu with both hands.
It wasn't until Chen Mu returned to the bedroom and closed the door that he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Then he looked down at the white paper in his hand.
After all, this is the Xuanguo Mansion, and even servants like Ren Yan are literate. Although they are not literate, they can barely discern part of the content on the page.
"Sand...soda ash...quartz..."
Ren Yan frowned and looked over it, confused for a moment.
Although the details were not clear, he knew the prices of some of them. Anyway, if you add them all together, you would definitely not be able to buy them for three taels of silver.
He wanted to go to Chen Mu and tell him that he didn't have enough money, but when he thought of Chen Mu's look just now and the silent pressure, Ren Yan couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Forget it.
The second master has been acting a bit abnormal since he met the ghost, so he should just stick to it.
Ren Yan turned around and went out in the snow.
After all, he was a servant of Duke Xuan, and he was quite capable of doing things. In just two hours, he purchased all the materials written by Chen Mu and delivered them to the courtyard.
Chen Mu asked Ren Yan to take all the things to the hut in the outer courtyard, and then walked into the house.
Ren Yan didn't know what Chen Mu was doing, and didn't dare to peep. He only felt sorry for the money he had spent during the day, and prayed in his heart that Chen Mu would stop spending money randomly.
…
The next day.
In the bedroom.
The door was suddenly pushed open.
"Second Master, it's time for breakfast."
Xiaomei appeared at the door unimpeded by the snow and walked in carrying a wooden tray.
When she entered the room, she saw Chen Mu sitting at the table, writing something with a pen and paper. She only glanced at it from a distance, and then looked away without interest.
And just then.
Chen Mu made the last stroke, picked up the paper, read it carefully again, and said:
"Ren Yan."
"Hey, Second Master, what are your orders?"
Ren Yan was sweeping snow in the courtyard outside the house. When he heard Chen Mu's summons, he immediately put down the broom in his hand and walked over. He stamped the snow on his feet at the door and responded outside the door without stepping into the threshold.
Chen Mu stood up and did not look at Xiaomei next to him. He handed the paper in his hand to Ren Yan and said calmly: "Send this paper to Wanzhen Tower. When the shopkeeper of Wanzhen Tower comes out, tell him
This is, I want half of the profit from this thing, and let him take another two hundred gold, which will be useful to me."
Ren Yan first reached out and took the page, and then finished listening to Chen Mu's words.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Wanzhen Building?
That is one of the largest merchant houses in Kyoto!
He didn't understand what the follow-up profit was, he only understood the manager of Wanzhenlou, and the last word "take two hundred gold", and for a moment he looked at the blank paper in his hand in astonishment.
With just this piece of paper, he was asked to go see the shopkeeper of Wanzhenlou and get two hundred gold in exchange for it?!
It’s over!
Not only is Erye acting a little strange these days, but his mind seems to be a little out of whack!
Ren Yan felt bitter in his heart and wanted to say something, but after seeing Chen Mu's dull eyes, he did not dare to speak. He responded honestly, then turned around and went out.
beside.
Xiaomei also gave Chen Mu a strange look.
Although in her opinion, only force is the most important, she also knows how much money two hundred gold is. If she had it, she could even hire assassins from Fengbo Tower to take revenge!
But with such a large amount of money, Chen Mu mentioned it in such an understatement, without even seeming to care. Could it be that he was really possessed by a ghost and had a mental problem?
When I think of this.
Xiaomei's heart suddenly beat several times and she quickly left the bedroom.
It's not that he's afraid of Chen Mu, but he plans to go back to his room to practice martial arts as soon as possible. As long as he has strong blood energy to protect him, no ghosts or ghosts can get close to him.
Chen Mu didn't pay attention to the reactions of Xiaomei and Ren Yan. After seeing Ren Yan leave, he turned around and walked to the table to eat his breakfast.
If he was an ordinary servant, he would also remind him not to show off.
But Ren Yan doesn't have to.
This servant is very smart and does not need to give many instructions.
As for whether he could get two hundred gold on that page, there was no need to think about it, because what was written on the paper was what he sorted out after trying it all night.
Glass making method!
Although this is a world where demons and monsters are rampant, glazed jade is still a precious thing. The value of glass-making methods is much more than a mere two hundred gold!
Chen Mu was not worried that Wan Zhenlou would dare to take the law and swallow it privately.
Because his identity is the son of Xuan Guofu!
If he went there in person, he could negotiate a higher profit, but he didn't care about it, and even the so-called half was just a casual remark.