Chapter 135: She Can Make Trouble Again

Yan Ning also inquired her way to find the location.

But where were all the people selling various types of rough paper as promised? Why did she only see two or three shops, and it was clear there wasn't much rough paper or paper for writing left in front of them?

At this moment, a person stood out and asked with a smile, "Are you looking to buy paper?"

Yan Ning nodded.

This person continued, "You'll have to come earlier to buy paper in the future; usually, they sell out by the morning."

He had various vegetables displayed in front of him, and he even said to Yan Ning, "My family also makes paper to sell, and business is great. If I can make and sell paper every day, I might even be able to send my son and daughter to the School together later. I hear that women can become officials too."

Yan Ning said with a smile, "That's right."

The man continued to ramble, "Nowadays, not only can we study, but if we can test into the County School or Prefecture School, our children study diligently, and they might not be inferior to those children of noble families."

"All this is thanks to the Crown Princess. If it weren't for her, how could we possibly live such good lives?"

Yan Ning: ovo

Hearing this person's praise, she felt a bit embarrassed.

Yan Ning walked around for a while, then went to Liuli Fang.

As soon as she reached the entrance, she could see that the inside was crowded with many people dressed in luxurious clothing.

This time, she didn't hear anyone saying "Do you know who my father is?", but she did hear many people complaining that there were simply too few pens of each style.

Yan Ning had no way to improve this.

The production process for Glazed Glass was inherently complex, and there were only one or two people who could make them exquisitely. These Glazed Glass items were basically all handmade, with only a portion using molds.

Handmade items naturally could not be exactly identical, and there would be some defective products sold at a lower price.

Only the items that sold well could be made into molds, such as the recently popular green Bamboo Joint Pen; these children of noble families and wealthy merchants basically each had one.

It was just too cute.

However, this time Yan Ning saw that on one Bamboo Pen, there was a giant panda lying on it.

It was currently being held in the hand of a man wearing brocade robes.

"Jiang Lan, give me the pen in your hand, and I'll give you my treasured Frosted Inkstone."

"Don't give it to him. I'll tutor you privately, guaranteed to teach and guarantee you'll learn, just let me have this one..."

"..."

However, the student named Jiang Lan took the panda Bamboo Pen to pay.

The several men in brocade robes beside him had looks of annoyance on their faces.

After the crowd dispersed, the Manager was finally able to speak with Yan Ning, "His Highness, I feel this shop seems a bit small. The day before yesterday, someone even dropped and broke a piece of Glass Jewelry."

Yan Ning pondered for a moment and then said, "I will buy the shop next door as well."

The Manager's face showed worry, "I'm afraid that won't be easy to find."

Yan Ning went directly and knocked on the door next door.

The Manager followed behind and went in together.

The shop next door sold pastries, but business was not very good, and they often couldn't sell them.

Yan Ning smiled and said to him, "Manager, how about I discuss a deal with you?"

Seeing Yan Ning dressed in luxurious robes, Manager Song next door did not dare to be negligent.

Yan Ning went in, went up to the second floor, and asked straight to the point, "Can you make the decision for this shop?"

The Manager frowned and asked with some hesitation, "What is it you want to do?"

Yan Ning said with a smile, "You've seen it yourself; our shop's area is not enough, and we need to open the store larger. I want to buy your shop. Of course, rest assured, I will not treat you unfairly."

The Manager was somewhat hesitant.

He said to her, "Selling is possible, but my price here is not cheap."

"I don't intend to be greedy, it's just that I've guarded this shop for several years..."

Yan Ning asked, "Has business been this poor for these past few years?"

Manager Song was silent.

Her words were so hurtful.

Yan Ning thought for a moment and said, "Eight hundred taels. Besides these eight hundred taels, I will give you the recipes for two types of pastries. The taste is absolutely excellent. How about it?"

Manager Song's eyes lit up instantly.

Yan Ning took out two pastry recipes, Ruyi Cake and Sticky Taro Crisp.

The Manager immediately followed what was written on the recipe to make them, and before long, a sweet fragrance could be smelled.

Manager Song took a bite, and his eyes lit up immediately.

This must be a unique secret recipe. If they had the recipes for these two pastries, would they still have to worry about poor business?

Manager Song agreed immediately, "Today and tomorrow, I will pack my things and leave."

Saying this, they signed the contract on the spot and even went to the County Government Office.

Liuli Fang began to expand.

Quite a few people were looking forward to it, coming over every day to take a look, wanting to see what exactly they were going to turn it into.

The first day everyone waited patiently, but by the second and third day, they couldn't sit still.

By the fourth day, they really couldn't help it and started banging on the door, "Open up quickly! Why is it so troublesome for you to expand the shop?"

As it happened, Yan Ning came over to check on the situation.

At this time, someone recognized Yan Ning and immediately said, "The Crown Princess is here, you should open the door; don't keep the Crown Princess waiting too long."

The person beside him hurriedly pulled him, "This shop is opened by the Crown Princess herself."

After a good while, the Manager finally opened the door.

Both doors were opened, and everyone swarmed in, fearing they might miss something.

This expansion was not merely an expansion.

Several areas were partitioned off: a stationery area, a jewelry area, a dishware area, and also a perfume area.

Although the shop was much more spacious, there were still many people.

Over in the stationery area, someone was shouting "this is an insult to refinement" while pushing hard to get to the front.

One of them snatched up the pink Bamboo Joint Glass Pen.

It was the only pink pen, priced at three hundred taels.

Quite a few people surrounded him: "Can you even afford the pen? You're definitely just going to take it and sell it!"

"That's right, since you're just going to sell it anyway, I'll give you one hundred taels, let me have the pen."

The youth hesitated for a moment, "This, I was planning to use it."

The others didn't believe him: "With your family's situation, you still want to use a three-hundred-tael Bamboo Joint Pen?"

The youth finally went firmly to buy the pen, then exited the door of Liuli Fang.

Everyone felt a bit regretful, not knowing when they would be able to camp out for such a pen again.

Yan Ning followed the youth, and even from a distance, she could hear their voices.

The youth who snatched the pink pen sold this pink Bamboo Joint Glass Pen to a wealthy merchant for four hundred taels; the two did not look like they were collaborating for the first time.

As for reselling the pens, Yan Ning did not forbid it; after all, one is willing to sell and the other is willing to buy.

She just needed to earn her own money.

Inside Liuli Pu it was still rowdy; having been closed for a few days, these people could hardly contain themselves.

Yan Ning felt a bit dazed looking at the monthly profits; these people were truly wealthy, with some even buying a dozen at a time, taking home entire sets of pens for their collections.

The next day, the accounts for the other three Liuli Fang branches were delivered, a thick stack of account books along with three wooden boxes.

Yan Ning roughly scanned the accounts, and the earnings were still very substantial.

She then looked at the three wooden boxes, opened them, and saw a thick stack of Silver Notes.

Yan Ning continued to look at the accounts; good heavens, the profit from just one branch over these three months was over one million.

The three shops combined actually totaled five million!

She could stir up trouble again.