Xiao Yuanshi thought deeply for a moment.

He told his cronies, “Continue to send people to keep an eye on Zheng’er. It’s best to create some opportunities to ruin his reputation.”

Then acted like he was thinking about his son: “The capital city is too complicated, with swords and bloodshed, and it is not suitable for a peasant like him. He should just stay in Nanxi County and be a rich man.”

Since he has opened a few workshops, runs them well, and doesn’t take the imperial examination.

If he can’t be used to his advantage and may bite him back, then he could only be cruel and cut off his son’s path to success.

The confidant nodded, “I understand, the master also thinks about the eldest young master.”

Xiao Yuanshi thought for a while and emphasized: “Don’t leave any clues yourself, do things cleanly, and don’t let Zheng’er know about it.”

What he meant to say was not to take action themselves. The only way to do this kind of thing was to borrow someone else’s knife.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Hanzheng has grown up. With so many foundations, he does not dare to move at will.

Thinking about it, there was only one way to ruin Xiao Hanzheng’s reputation.

If he enters the official position through the imperial examination and has a bad reputation, he will not be recognized and reused by the old civil servants in the court.

Those people in the main house were instigated by that girl to come to the capital and deliberately disgusted and ruined their reputation. He didn’t believe that his son didn’t know.

In this case, he doesn’t have to worry about keeping his hands clean. If his reputation and future are gone, he can stay in Nanxi County honestly.

The confidant knows his master’s thoughts, “Yes, I will not do it myself.”

Hearing what the two of them said, Ge Chunru slowly loosened her clenched hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

She said meaningfully: “It would be better to help Hanzheng find a docile wife, so as not to be led astray again.”

If it hadn’t been for Shi Qinglou’s good luck at that time, Xiao Hanzheng would have died of illness.

Furthermore, that little bitch was responsible for offering methods and other things.

She didn’t want Xiao Hanzheng to have such a helping hand. She has to solve the hidden dangers in advance.

She doesn’t want Xiao Hanzheng to find a helpful wife in the future.

So she reminded Xiao Yuanshi again.

Xiao Yuanshi thought for a while and said, “You can handle this. I’m a man, and it’s not easy for me to interfere.”

He has already ordered someone to kill that bad daughter-in-law with a borrowed knife.

But he doesn’t want to worry about what kind of wife he wants his son to choose. It’s more suitable to leave it to his beloved wife.

She can ask someone to inquire in Nanxi County to help find a gentle, virtuous, and independent person, and then ask someone to be a matchmaker for her son.

After all, Kong Yuelan was very unreliable, which only added to the chaos.

Ge Chunru had a gentle face and said considerately: “Okay, I will help Hanzheng find a virtuous and considerate new wife.”

Xiao Yuanshi felt a little itchy when he saw her like this. After letting his cronies and others go down, he carried her to the bedroom.

*

At Xiaxi Village.

Liang Youxiao has been wandering around the village these days, often following Shi Qinglou to visit the Xiao family’s workshop.

That day he took his servant to the sugar workshop.

Shi Qingluo had just brought out a batch of nougat and toffee.

The cows on the mountain had begun to produce milk, so she had them milked, and all the milk she drank was made into sugar.

Xiao Hanzheng just took a rest today and was here making toffee with his little wife.

Liang Youxiao was a very curious person. He walked over and picked up a nougat and threw it in his mouth.

His eyes lit up: “This candy tastes good.”

Shi Qingluo has already discovered that this guy was a foodie: “Of course it’s good.”

Liang Youxiao discovered that although this tigress was not very good at cooking, she could make dishes in many ways.

He asked: “How are you going to sell this candy?”

“Put it in the shop at the entrance of the village and sell it.”

Now that the courtyard and shops at the entrance of the village have been repaired, merchants from other places do wholesale business, or people from the county come to buy and sell goods for retail, they all do it there.

Liang Youxiao frowned slightly, “It’s troublesome for you to do this, why don’t you let me take care of it?”

Shi Qinglou rolled her eyes at him and said, “No.”

After being controlled by this guy, nougat and toffee will become exclusive to the nobles.

She still hoped that the people of Daliang would be able to taste the toffee produced by her family in the future.

“If you are interested, you can sign a contract and buy some and have them shipped to the capital to sell.”

It was okay to transport it to the capital and sell it to gain some popularity.

But these guys around her always wanted to take over her stuff all day long.

Before Bai Xu also pestered her and said he wanted to sell this and that, and also wanted to set up a furniture workshop, but she refused.

She was too lazy to make furniture.

At least for now, she wanted to maintain the unique style of her home and figure out things later.

When she wanted to tinker with things, she always wanted to focus on the wholesale route.

Liang Youxiao: “……”

Sometimes I really can’t understand this woman’s thoughts.

Even though he had volunteered to sell it, so that she doesn’t have to go to the trouble of selling it in pieces, and the price would be even higher, she refused.

He said speechlessly: “Okay, get me a batch first, and I’ll have someone transport them to the capital.”

He was not very interested in entering the court, he only liked money.

So before, when he was in the capital, he told his family that he wanted to go into business, start his own business, and also want to go out to sea.

Then he was not only rejected but he was almost beaten.

He didn’t give up, so he secretly got a business and prepared to start a big business.

Who knew he was discovered, his grandfather told him he would break his legs, so he ran away and hid for a while.

Although the status of scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants in Daliang merchants was not bad, it cannot change the fact that their status was at the end of the list.

His family naturally has a shop, but it was just a vassal and was left to the stewards and shopkeepers. No one from aristocratic families can do this by themselves.

So his family felt that it was embarrassing for him to go into business.

He originally wanted to have fun, but since his family strongly opposed it and wanted to stop it, he developed a rebellious mentality.

The more they don’t let him do it, the more he will do it and do it well.

What’s the point of opening a few shops alone? If he does it, he will make it big and strong and surprise those at home.

Besides, if his business becomes big, it will provide great convenience for the development of their family.

Of course, his family background can also give him the greatest protection.

Because of this, he has been eyeing the good stuff from Shi Qinglou since he discovered it.

He had never seen the nougat and toffee that the tigress made before.

Naturally, those people in the capital also haven’t seen it.

Not only does it taste good, Shi Qingluo said it can also nourish the body.

It would be better to get a batch and go to the capital to test the water first.

Also, look at the reaction at home.

He couldn’t help but sigh to himself: “Why is it so difficult to do something you like?”

When Shi Qinglou heard him sighing like this, she felt somewhat the same way.

After all, she wanted to study agriculture in modern times but was blocked in the early stage. If it weren’t for her struggle and hard work, she would have been forced to major in economics.

“As long as you can make a name for yourself, you will naturally be recognized as you gain strength and popularity.”

Daliang was just a few years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and the previous wars affected the entire country’s economy.

Hence, after the new emperor came to power, he greatly improved the status of merchants and promulgated many policies that were conducive to commercial development.

For example, there were no restrictions on businessmen in terms of dress, and the children of businessmen could participate in the imperial examination and become officials.

Although scholars were all said to have higher status than peasants, industry, and merchants, do they have higher status than merchants?

It was just a sounding word. After all, whoever has money is the boss.

Many of the servants of merchant families were born in peasant families.

Bai Xu’s identity and family background were still a bit low. If he wanted to do great things, it would be easy for others to target him and overturn his business.

Because of Liang Youxiao’s identity, this concern would not have happened, so Shi Qingluo supported him in doing big business. She will take him under her wings to make things happen.

When Liang Youxiao heard this, he felt that he found a close friend!

But the next moment, Shi Laosan sneaked in sneakily: “Girl, something’s up.”