After finding out the enemy's military situation and knowing the battle situation in Bazhou, Lin Chong had basically stabilized his situation.
If the person Zhu Changcheng and the others were waiting for were the people who colluded with Dorgon to let people into Shanhaiguan, then Dorgon was about to fail and he had to think of new countermeasures.
The three major battalions have begun to withdraw part of them in an orderly manner. The remaining ones are enough to consume Dorgon's army, but I heard that they themselves are already in chaos.
Nothing makes people happier than hearing that the enemy is miserable. Lin Chong was extremely happy when he heard that the enemy was in disarray. Once he was happy, he tried to sneak out of the palace regardless of the occasion.
Now this goal has been relatively easy to achieve. With two capable subordinates, Mu Mu and Mu Xi, Wang Chengen's effective monitoring of Lin Chong was much weaker. He was often fooled by his good apprentice and the emperor without paying attention.
No, Lin Chong casually took a trembling little eunuch to sit in the imperial study room and pretended to be cool. He sent Mu Xi to follow him to prevent any trouble, and then he swaggered out with the wood.
No matter how the royal family changes and how they fight openly and secretly, the common people still have to go out early and come back late to live their lives.
Lin Chong, who had not been out for a long time, walked around with nostalgia. The layout of the capital was still the same. The most prosperous street was always the one from Yongding Gate to the Bell and Drum Tower.
He and Yuan Qingfang settled down in the Bell Tower, so he had very deep feelings for the Bell and Drum Towers, and even for this street, and was extremely cordial.
He saw with his own eyes the most prosperous lantern festival hundreds of years ago on this street. The night was as bright as day for more than ten days in a row. It was the most glorious and grand lantern festival in Chinese history. What a blessing.
As I walked, I looked around, and I saw someone I knew.
The busy figure in a less conspicuous rouge shop is particularly flexible. The voice can be heard clearly from a distance. Who is it if it's not Liu'er?
Lin Chong and Mu Mu walked to Rouge Shop and looked around. Before Lin Chong could say anything, Liu'er had already seen him and immediately shouted: "Ah, isn't this the emperor, no, Mr. Lin? Miss, miss, come here quickly."
Wen Shaoxue, who was being pestered fiercely by a tricky young lady and her maid, didn't hear anything clearly.
"The color of your rouge is obviously wrong. Look, I bought it from someone else. It's the same color as yours. Look at the color. I don't care. You must compensate me for the loss."
Wen Shaoxue explained in a low voice: "Maybe the materials used in my home are different from theirs. Besides, everyone has their own standards for defining colors. If you are really dissatisfied with this, I will change it for you.
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The master and servant were still noisy, causing many guests to turn around and look over.
The lady wanted to ask for more benefits, and a gentle voice sounded from the side: "I think the color of this box of rouge is unique, gorgeous and not vulgar. I guess the lady who chose this box of rouge must also be a gentle and charming woman."
The young lady blushed and hesitated for a long time without saying a word. The maid carefully looked up and saw a handsome young man in luxurious clothes pointing at the box of rouge with his finger with a smile on his face.
"Why don't you ask the landlady to give me the next opportunity to buy this girl this box of rouge that suits her?"
Wen Shaoxue looked up and was so shocked that she was speechless: "You...you...Lin, Mr. Lin."
Lin Chong nodded, Mu Mu took out the money and paid the bill with a wink. Lin Chong was secretly glad that it was not Mu Xi who brought him. Even if that kid saw it, he would pretend not to see it and refuse to pay him.
The young lady took the little maid away with a blushing face. Before leaving, she gave Lin Chong a coquettish and coy look.
Lin Chong raised his eyebrows and said, "It turns out that there was such a superb product in ancient times."
Wen Shaoxue didn't hear what he was saying to himself clearly and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Lin, what did you just say?"
Lin Chong raised his head and quickly regained his composure: "Nothing, nothing, I just said business is not easy, right?"
Wen Shaoxue called Liu'er to look at the other guests, and invited Lin Chong to talk in the inner room.
"Did I delay your business?" Someone realized later.
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way. Mr. Lin is very happy to come to my house. You just asked me if business is not easy to do, and it is true. In the past, when my family was doing business, I learned a lot from my parents, and I thought I understood it.
Quite often, it is only when I actually do it that I realize that what I knew before is just superficial, and it is really difficult to deal with people."
Lin Chong was also deeply aware of this. He patted Wen Shaoxue on the shoulder sympathetically: "It's okay. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Now that you have made a start, things will gradually become smoother and smoother for you."
Wen Shaoxue lowered his head: "I hope so, I will try my best. Mr. Lin, are you in a bad situation now? I heard that many people came to the city to come to you because of the incident involving Prince Xiang.
I'm asking for an explanation. Is there anything I can do to help?"
Lin Chong ruffled her hair: "You, a little girl, have a lot of things to worry about at your young age. As for you, just take a good look at your store. I have my own opinion on the rest, so you don't have to worry about it."
Wen Shaoxue's voice was muffled: "I know that I have nothing but a generation of women, and I have never been able to help you."
Lin Chong sighed: "Why do little children have so much inferiority complex? Who says you can't help me? As long as you run the rouge shop well, you can help me. If one day you become as rich as the rest of the world, I won't be able to do it by then."
Can you still lend me money after we go down, right?"
Wen Shaoxue's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Lin Chong nodded solemnly: "Really, I promise."
Wen Shaoxue instantly gained fighting spirit and determination to make money.
Lin Chong himself did not expect that his casual words to fool the little girl would create a business legend and a heroine in the shopping mall! Of course, this is a story for another day.
Wen Shaoxue racked her brains to think of how she could give her benefactor some necessary help now. After all, she was not yet extremely wealthy.
Then she thought of something that a guest who came here recently mentioned inadvertently: "By the way, Mr. Lin, have you heard something? It is said that some kind of monster has appeared on the river bank recently, and it has injured many people."
, now everyone doesn’t dare to go to the river bank casually.”
Lin Chong didn't know if there were monsters on the river bank, but when he mentioned the river bank, he thought of one thing, a very important thing that he had ignored for a long time.
Lin Chong almost jumped up: "I'm going to go, I'm going to commit a crime. I completely forgot about it. It's been so long!"