sbdcsierra Chapter 293 How do you plan to help?
Chapter 293 How do you plan to help?
When the top three candidates in the palace examination came out to meet the emperor, who wouldn’t be smiling, happy and proud?
Even if one is not the top three in the imperial examination, one is still a Jinshi in the second or third class, which is the supreme honor for a scholar.
But among the top three students who walked out of the Golden Throne Hall, there was one with a sullen face and an angry step.
No need to ask, this person is the outlier Yu Jiuer.
Outside the palace, palace maids, eunuchs, princesses and concubines hid in the dark to spy on the new class of victorious students.
Everyone was watching from behind the stone pillars and whispering:
"Look, our Great Dong Dynasty's female champion has come out!"
"She brought honor to us women. She's amazing!"
"But look at her expression. Why does it look like someone owes her money?"
"If it were me, I would be so happy that I would be beside myself. Why is Tanhua so angry?"
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The eighth princess was also in the crowd, looking confused.
When she saw the top three students and court officials walking down the steps, she immediately ran up, took Yu Jiuer's hand and pulled her aside.
"What's going on? We were outside and heard the eunuch announce that you were the third place winner of this year's imperial examination. We were all happy for you! Why are you looking so sullen?"
Yu Jiuer leaned close to her ear and complained quietly: "Isn't it your sweetheart, the Prime Minister, who caused the trouble?"
The Eighth Princess's face flushed red, and she looked around. Fortunately, no one heard her, so she whispered, "Don't talk nonsense! If someone with ulterior motives hears us, the Prime Minister and I will be in trouble! What did he do?"
"I don't know what's wrong with him. He actually suggested that the emperor increase the tax revenue of Yinshan County? Wait until I understand his intentions and find a chance to explain it to you in detail."
As Yu Jiuer spoke, she searched around for Shang Buqun.
Seeing that he was surrounded by new students, it was difficult to approach him and he could only bow to the Eighth Princess and say, "Eighth Princess, I'll take my leave first! To celebrate my success, the Jing Palace will hold a banquet tomorrow. I'll ask your Fourth Brother to pick you up and come to the Palace to have some fun!"
The Qionglin Banquet was a money-making banquet for her and Jun Mo. They collected a lot of money from the emperor last time he passed the imperial examination, and this time, as he won the third place in the imperial examination, they would definitely collect more.
One must strike while the iron is hot. She and Jun Mo are in sync with each other and decided unanimously with just one glance that the Qionglin Banquet will be held tomorrow.
There aren't many opportunities. She and Jun Mo shouldn't try their best to get more, right?
"Great! See you tomorrow!" When the Eighth Princess heard that she could leave the palace, her face instantly lit up, "Fourth Brother is waiting for you over there, go quickly!"
Yu Jiuer and Jun Mo walked out of the palace amid everyone's congratulations.
"Tomorrow Prince Jing's Mansion will hold a Qionglin Banquet. You are all sincerely invited. Remember to come and have a drink!" Yu Jiuer waved to the last official before getting into the carriage.
However, before getting on the carriage, she had already quietly instructed Anying while Jun Mo was entertaining other officials: "Tell the Prime Minister that we will meet in the backyard of the Merchant Winery at 5 pm!"
After Jun Mo got on the carriage, just as Yu Jiuer had expected, he said to her with an apologetic look on his face: "Jiuer, you go back home first. I still have official business. I will celebrate for you properly when I return home in the evening!"
Yu Jiuer waved her hand very "considerately": "Official business is more important, Your Majesty, please go and do your work! I'll go to Lishan Academy to talk to the sisters!"
These words made Jun Mo pause for a moment, then he jumped off the carriage as usual, rode away on the horse brought by the Jinyiwei.
Yu Jiuer first went to Lishan Academy to accept compliments and congratulations from her sisters.
I took advantage of the free time to give them a motivational lesson to encourage them to study hard and take part in Enke next year.
Song Wanqing and Xiao Qingqing were the most excited, and they swore on the spot that they would pass the examination to become scholars next year and bring honor to the college!
As it approached the afternoon, Yu Jiuer said goodbye to her sisters and went directly to the Shangjia Winery.
After she entered the backyard of the winery with familiarity, she found Shang Buqun already sitting at a stone table under a big tree in the yard, drinking and waiting.
As she stepped into the courtyard, the shopkeeper tactfully asked the waiter to serve the dishes immediately.
Before Yu Jiuer even sat down, she teased Shang Buqun: "Master Prime Minister, have you finally gotten rid of the entanglement of the top three students? You are their role model, didn't they drag you out for drinks?"
Shang Buqun said with a double meaning: "How can their wine be as good as the wine you offered?"
"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your kindness!" Yu Jiuer bowed to him in a fake manner.
Shang Buqun lowered his head to pour the wine and squinted at her: "What? Aren't you afraid that your jealous guy will sneak out to meet me in private?"
As he said this he pushed a glass of wine in front of her.
Yu Jiuer sat down, shrugged and said, "Do you think that with his intelligence, he wouldn't think of me coming to you?"
He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then put it down with a "bang" and asked fiercely: "Tell me! Why do you want to frame my Yinshan County?"
She has to show her strength so as to wait for an opportunity to reap the benefits!
"It's unfair!" Shang Buqun raised his hand and protested, "After the list of candidates for the palace examination was finalized, the emperor immediately summoned all the cabinet and regent ministers to inquire about the matter of women being sent abroad as officials.
As we all know, the emperor had promised you that if you passed the palace examination, he would let you take over as the magistrate of Yinshan County. However, the emperor was sure that you would not pass the examination, so he just casually said so. Who would have thought that you would really pass the examination? He hurriedly summoned us to discuss countermeasures.
Also, your husband is so annoying that most people are against you taking over as the magistrate of Yinshan County. I have racked my brains to help you.
Finally, I proposed to increase taxes to silence the public and make them unable to find a reason to object for the time being.
If Yinshan County hadn't been able to squeeze out a little bit of moisture, the emperor would have really found an excuse to joke with you! I offended a lot of people to help you, and you still blame me?"
"So I have to thank you?"
In fact, she also expected that Shang Buqun must have a reason for making such a suggestion. She just wanted to find an excuse to gain some benefits from Shang Buqun's business empire!
"Isn't it? I work so hard, and yet you complain about me in the palace. My heart is broken!" Shang Buqun said as he covered his chest, his expression completely different from the serious look he had in the Golden Palace.
This made Yu Jiuer burst out laughing: "If your suitors saw you looking like a gangster, they would probably be shocked."
"I don't bother with those irrelevant people!"
Yu Jiuer finished laughing and got down to business: "Since the Prime Minister has promised to help me develop Yinshan, how do you plan to help?"
Shang Buqun raised his eyebrows and asked her, "How do you plan to get my help?"
He just wanted to hear her ideas.
Yu Jiuer smiled brightly, cleared her throat, and suggested: "Yinshan County's industrial development has almost matured. Our county's mirror and soap industries are unmatched in the entire Great East Dynasty. Now they are only supplied to a few places near the northwest, which is really a pity.
Due to the inconvenience of transportation, only a small amount of soap was shipped to Linglong Pavilion in Beijing every month for sale, and the supply was in short supply! Large mirrors could not even leave the northwest, what a pity!
If the transportation can keep up, then the money will come in like a ton, right?"
"You want to transport it to every corner of Dadong Dynasty for sale?" Shang Buqun's mouth twitched. Would she set her sights on the merchant transportation line that he had worked so hard to build?
That was a transportation line that took several generations of merchants to build. It was only used internally and never opened to the outside world.
If he uses it for external use without permission, he would be violating the ancestral teachings and would be letting down his ancestors!
Yu Jiuer smiled sweetly and winked at him: "That's right! I heard that your business's transportation lines have penetrated all over the country, and even all over the world. I wonder if you can cooperate and help our Yinshan Industry?"
Shang Buqun gulped down a glass of wine and muttered, "I knew you wouldn't show mercy! You want me to go against my ancestors' teachings and sell out their legacy! How dare you talk about such a big thing so casually?"
Yu Jiuer sat upright and analyzed the benefits for him: "If I just use your business, you are betraying your ancestors; but if it is beneficial to the development of your business, wouldn't you be promoting the prosperity of the family business? Your parents will definitely not refuse the development of the family business, right?"
"Oh?" Shang Buqun became interested and asked with raised eyebrows, "If I help you, can I also develop the family business?"
"That's right!" Yu Jiuer continued to brainwash him, "I want merchants to become distributors of our Yinshan County products and achieve a win-win situation through the distribution model."
"What is a distributor? I've never heard of it!"
She really has some skills.
Yu Jiuer explained: "The distribution model is a good channel to expand product sales! Simply put, I will give the goods produced in Yinshan County to you merchants to sell. We are responsible for production, you are responsible for sales, and we all make profits together!"
"You have such confidence in your own products?" Shang Buqun's merchant nature was revealed, and he said slowly, "We merchants have always only sold our own products. We take it as our responsibility to maintain our reputation and only seek steady growth. No matter what the quality of the goods outside is... we never take risks!"
Yu Jiuer stood up excitedly and slapped the table with one hand: "How can you question the quality of our Yinshan County products? Haven't you used our Linglong Pavilion soap?"
Dare to question her goods from Yinshan County? She couldn't control the blood rushing up her spine.