Chapter 321: Old Friends

Xia Chunyu went out on this trip and came back soon. He didn’t say anything, just as usual. When he was on duty in the palace in the afternoon, the bodyguard commander said he had worked hard these days and asked him to go home and rest for two days. Then he went to Jiangxi to do a job. Xia Chunyu knew that it must have been the emperor’s behest and wouldn’t let him step in and deliberately arranged him out, so he gladly accepted it.

Two days later, Xia Zhuofeng and You went to Hangzhou with great fanfare, while Xia Chunyu left for Jiangxi.

Xia Chunyu wanted to keep Song Qi, but Ye Jiayao refused. Who knew if this job was dangerous or not? What if someone wanted to take advantage of it to murder Chunyu? She insisted that he should take Song Qi with him.

Song Qi’s martial arts was not that good, but he was clever. Once upon a time, there were so many court spies found out in Black Wind Ridge, but Song Qi was safe. This guy was more good at hiding than lucky.

Anyway, with one more loyal and effective person following, Ye Jiayao could be at ease.

Now, the burden of mansion really fell on Ye Jiayao’s shoulder.

When the October account came out, Zhou Xing’s wife not only did not converge, but instead intensified. According to Ye Jiayao’s original plan, Zhou Xing’s wife would be disposed of. But now the situation was different, she still had to calm them down and let Ziming go to Hangzhou with the duke, nominally letting Ziming meet his father and get acquainted with the business in Hangzhou. By the way, this disturbing factor would be eliminated first andmake Zhou Xing’s wife happy. On the other hand, she sent people to keep an eye on Zhou Xing’s wife and watched the movement of Liuli.

The strongest fortresses began to disintegrate from the inside. She couldn’t do anything outside, but she was absolutely not allowed to have problems inside.

The long-awaited Food Festival was finally kicked off. The weather was good, though it rained continuously before, it cleared up on this day. People who were oppressed at home for many days came out to join the crowd.

By the Qinhuai River, there was a neat row of simple booths with red lanterns hanging in a row, and 39 restaurants set their booths according to the lottery, and it did not mean that which restaurant was famous for its big booths, but all by its own luck, and no one had anything to complain.

On the river opposite the booth, a big water table was set up. This was a place for the nine beauties to show their talents. Every three beauties took turns to perform art and set up three lottery links. People could get a bill after spending at the food festival. Half of the bill would be kept by themselves and the other half would be put into the lottery box. There were five prizes. The first prize was a golden pig which weighed 250 gram The second to fifth prizes were free coupons of different value for each restaurant. People were enthusiastic about the golden pig and consumed a lot, even if they couldn’t get the pig, they could get a free ticket.

Ye Jiayao and members of the Chamber of Commerce were in the elegant room in the sky near the river. It was only a few steps away from the place where the Food Festival was held and naturally became a place for everyone to rest and talk.

While drinking tea, everyone listened to the sweet singing from the waterside pavilion and looked at the crowded in exhibition booth, all laughing and squinting.

” How good Shopkeeper Ye’s ideas they are! The advertising is good, and the methods are creative, which is much better than I thought.” Lu Xiaotian looked at Ye Jiayao with a slight smile, though he was already restrained, the appreciation in his clean eyes was still obvious.

” Isn’t it? Yesterday, I was still worried that no one would come today or people came and left disappointed.” Lin Changchun laughed.

Ye Jiayao wouldn’t claim all the credit for herself. It was good for others to recognize her but it’s not interesting to boast about it. She said politely: ” How can it be? Everyone is very attentive and the guests are very satisfied.”

” The key is that Shopkeeper Ye’s idea has attracted people, and that lottery has promoted consumption. I think the food festival alone will have a considerable income in this way. ” Duan Qilin said pertinently.

Everyone nodded and agreed.

” Maybe both Fu Ji and Xiang Yi Building will be repentant for what they have done …” Changchun laughed and made no shade of schadenfreude.

” It’s their own lack of foresight, no one else to blame.” someone sniffed.

Lu Xiaotian lamented: ” At last, a good start has been made. The reputation of the Food Festival has been established, and it can be held once a year in the future. By next year, advertising will be done early to attract people around.”

Ye Jiayao said, ” It’s better to advance the time, and it’s best in August and September. It’s a bit too cold now, and it’s rainy this season. In case of a rainy day, the effect will be greatly reduced.”

Lu xiaotian nodded to show hisapproval. If he hadn’t been injured by Xia chunyu and had been lying in bed for two months, the issues would have been held up.

Suddenly, Ye Jiayao seemed to see two familiar faces in the crowd and she stood up excitedly.

She went to the window and looked carefully. She couldn’t bear the joy in her heart and said goodbye to all the members of the chamber of commerce.” I saw several old friends just now. I didn’t expect them to come. I went to meet them.”

Lu Xiaotian smiled: ” Please feel free.”

Ye Jiayao sped down the stairs and called Little Lu.

” Little Lu, do you know Yongning marquis’s Heir-son? ”

Xiaolu nodded: ” Yes … but he hasn’t been here for a long time.”

Ye Jiayao said, ” You go to the booth of the dessert house to call Yongning marquis’s Heir-son, and say I’m looking for him.”

Little Lu said yes and trotted out.

Ye Jiayao told Little Yang to prepare cakes, tea and fruit.

She didn’t expect Zhao Qixuan and Susu to come back. The two guys didn’t squeak when they came back.

Soon, Little Lu came back with Zhao Qixuan and Susu.

Susu still wore a facial paralysis look, cold and cool, but the white brocade robe, straight and straight figure, graceful gait, were eye-catching everywhere. Zhao Qixuan still looked like a dude, cynical, and shook a fan in winter, and was not afraid to catch a cold.

Ye Jiayao deliberately seemed cold with a face, but excited in the mind. It had been so long without them! What a surprise!

Su Yi came near, then she smiled and said hello.

Zhao Qixuan began to shout: ” I wanted to surprise you later, but you found out us first.”

Ye Jiayao glared at him: ” Be honest first. When did you come back? ”

” We came back last night, and we heard about this Food Festival as soon as we came back. When we asked about the location, which near Tianshang Ju Restaurant and we came to see it,” Zhao Qixuan said with a smile.

Susu nodded his head, proving it was true.

Well, Zhao Qixuan was glib. His words were doubtful to Ye Jiayao, but Susu was a serious person. Since Susu nodded, Zhao Qixuan didn’t lie.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, ” You two guys have left for so long, have you forgotten all your friends in Jinling? ”

Zhao Qixuan exaggerated: ” How could I? We miss you all the time! ”

” Bah, don’t exaggerate so much. You didn’t even send a letter.” Ye Jiayao sniffed and led them inside.

Zhao Qixuan followed behind and explained, ” It’s true. You don’t know that the hinterland is not easily accessible. Even writing a letter requires sending someone to the town to find a post station for three days. Alas, it’s a place where birds don’t lay eggs.”

Three people sat down.

Ye Jiayao said, ” How can the border trade meeting be held in such a remote place? ”

Zhao Qixuan shook his fan and said, “Though it’s a remote zone, now the border trade has been opened, the roads have been repaired and the houses have been built. Within one year, it has changed greatly.”

This was also true, before grandpa Deng drew a circle in the south China sea, it was deserted. As a result, it quickly developed into a prosperous city in a few years, with the strong support of the state, businessmen came in and capital poured in. Even the place where birds did not lay eggs could become a cornucopia.

” So … how’s the business over there? ” Ye Jiayao asked with interest.

Asked about this, Zhao Qixuan was very happy and could not hide his pride: ” We are the first group of gold diggers to seize the opportunity. Today, Su Su and I occupy most of a commercial street and are local leaders.”

Su Yi drank tea calmly, with a easy look, as if Zhao Qixuan’s remarks had nothing to do with him.

” Oh? Is it still possible for me to inject capital now? ” Ye Jiayao did not invest because of the shortage of funds.

Zhao Qixuan laughed, ” I came back this time to take you to make a fortune. I have got many shops and land for Little Jing and Chunfeng, and by next year, the profits will show up. South Vietnam’s medicinal materials, ivory jade, passionflower fur ore, and silk, tea and porcelain, all of which can be traded there, which is very prosperous. ”

Ye Jiayao was moved, ” That’s good. I’m ready for all the money I owe you. I’ll wait for you to come back. I still have a spare sum of money on hand as an investment.”

The instability in Jinling caused such a thought. If she couldn’t make business here, at least she still had some industry there.

Zhao Qixuan was startled: ” How can it be so profitable of your shop? ”

800,000 debts had be paid off so soon, and there was spare money? It was a real slap in the face.

Ye Jiayao chuckled: ” Tianshang Ju Restaurant is not the only industry of mine.”

Zhao Qixuan slumbered and shook his head: ” I really respect you. Your ability to make money is almost catching up with me.”

Ye Jiayao lost her smile and said, ” Have you come back to see Little Jing? ”

After the prince was placed under house arrest, Little Jing was changed to a casual position, and Helian Mansion was a cold and quite place.

Zhao Qixuan and Susu took one look at each other and Su Yi said, ” It is better for us not to get too close to Helian Mansion now.”

Ye Jiayao dazed for a moment, in other word, they already knew, but what did this mean? Getting rid of the relationship? Or was it another calculation?

Su Yi saw Ye Jiayao’s confusion and got up and looked at the door.

Ye Jiayao said: ” This is the place where I work. It’s safe.”

Su Yi nodded, closed the door and sat back and said slightly: ” It is better to be cautious.”

Zhao Qixuan also put away his previous smirked look and seriously said, ” We all know the matter. We didn’t expect to see such changes in royal court in about half a year.”

Zhao Qixuan also put away his previous smirked look and seriously said, ” We all know the matter. We didn’t expect to see such changes in royal court in about half a year.”