112: Chapter 0112 What a lucky life!

Su Wansha was in no hurry, leisurely eating the dishes in the shop.

After Xiao Qingxuan's pointers, the food had indeed become increasingly refined and delicious, and business was even more booming than before.

She was already planning a branch in Wu Mountain City, intending to open it after the New Year.

After a long time, Xie Juner put down the terms, took a deep breath, her expression complex.

"Sister Su, were all these requirements mentioned here proposed by the General?"

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Su Wansha was not surprised at all to see the other's astonished expression.

When she first saw Lin Xiao's business ideas, she had also been stunned for a long while, feeling a sense of admiration as if looking up at a high mountain.

"Correct."

Su Wansha said with considerable pride, "I saw him write them with my own eyes in his study."

Seeing her blissful expression, Xie Juner felt somewhat flustered.

Lin Xiao and Su Wansha were so deeply in love, yet the fatuous Emperor Hong still wanted to bestow a marriage; it truly was a sin.

Forget it, don't worry about that for now; making money was more important.

"This talent training, supply chain, and warehouse management... I can basically understand them."

"But what are 'brand building', 'performance appraisal', and 'job rotation'? I don't fully understand them."

Xie Juner asked with a face full of curiosity.

Su Wansha smiled and said, "Our General's meaning is that the goods produced by the Zhenbei Army Workshop will include many more in the future besides honeycomb coal and soap."

"If we sell things to commoners, no matter how good the quality is, we can't get a high price, and the profit won't be high."

"Therefore, we must divide them into different grades. For the same piece of soap, when sold to nobles, wealthy merchants, or commoners, the prices must differ."

"Only in this way will the noble lords feel a sense of superiority and be willing to purchase our products."

Xie Juner nodded, "Just like the Imperial Merchants—once labeled 'Imperial Use', the nobles will flock to it!"

"Exactly. As for 'performance appraisal', it's actually to urge the workers to work hard."

Su Wansha said, "The General's meaning is that for workers in different roles, there must be a set of appraisal standards."

"Even the manager of a shop must be responsible for the workers under him. Once a problem arises in the shop, the manager must bear responsibility."

"If they do well, they can receive dividend rewards, and after a certain period, they can be promoted or given more dividends."

Xie Juner's eyes grew brighter as she listened, "I understand. This way, all employees are earning money for themselves and will put in more heart and effort."

"However... in the long run, will it cause some people to form cliques or even cheat on the accounts for the sake of dividends?"

Su Wansha gave a beautiful smile, "Miss Ning indeed has a head for business, seeing the key point at once. That's why there's a 'job rotation system'."

"Every year, or every half-year, all employees must rotate to different shops."

"If someone dares to fish in troubled waters, embezzle shop property, or falsify accounts, problems will inevitably be exposed."

Xie Juner realized, "So that's what it means. Truly well-thought-out!"

Su Wansha smiled, "Then it seems Miss Ning has agreed to these requirements?"

"Naturally. Although there are still some points that aren't very clear, General Lin's business mind is something I can't even hope to reach."

Xie Juner felt a bit inferior; the business talent she took pride in seemed to be several levels below Lin Xiao's!

From her initial disdain, in just a few days, she already felt she wasn't worthy of Lin Xiao...

This Su Wansha really has a lucky life, being able to marry such an ideal husband.

"By the way, Sister Su, who composed this poem 'Drunken on the battlefield, do not laugh'? It's full of lofty sentiments yet doesn't lack romance; it's a divine work! How have I never heard of it?"

Although she liked business, Xie Juner's skills in the four arts—zither, Go, calligraphy, and painting—as well as poetry, were first-class, so her appreciation ability was naturally extremely strong.

Su Wansha smiled playfully, "Guess..."

Xie Juner was stunned for a moment, then finally didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's your General Lin again?"

Su Wansha's charming face reddened slightly. How did he become "her" General? But... it sounded quite nice.

"General Lin... is truly a hero of this age. Sister Su is very fortunate."

Xie Juner didn't even notice that her tone carried a hint of bitterness.

Her bestowed marriage came too late.

Perhaps this was a case of having the fate to meet but not the destiny to be together.

Su Wansha's eyes rippled with light as she said smilingly, "If Miss Ning wants to meet the General, I can introduce you."

"Of course, the prerequisite is that Miss Ning's family shows enough sincerity to ensure the cooperation can happen."

Hearing this, Xie Juner's face turned red instantly.

Meet him?

If her true identity was exposed, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Would Su Wansha still agree to let her be a partner?

"I... I'll wait until I go back and discuss it with my family elders before making a decision!"

After Xie Juner finished speaking, she felt a burst of frustration in her heart.

He was clearly her own betrothed by imperial decree, yet she didn't dare to meet him. What kind of situation was this?

If she had known earlier, it would have been better to come and meet him openly.

But she hadn't known before that this Lin Xiao was so outstanding...

Su Wansha didn't say much more. In fact, she was also quite conflicted about whether to let Lin Xiao meet "Ning Junzhu".

There were enough beauties around this guy; it was better to avoid it if possible.

Recently, Leng Yan had taken the lead, which had made her quite depressed.

Before Xie Juner left, they agreed to meet in a few days with her family elders to finalize the cooperation, bringing along the shop titles and land deeds to prove the family's strength.

That night.

After Lin Xiao finished bathing, he was drawing diagrams in his study.

Leng Bingyan drifted into the courtyard, returning from outside, dressed in black night-traveler clothes, her long hair fluttering, heroic and glamorous.

"Husband, I'm back."

Leng Bingyan walked into the study, and being thirsty, she directly picked up Lin Xiao's teacup and drank it down in one go.

Although she had changed from a heroine to a wife, her nature was hard to change; in private, Leng Bingyan still had the free and easy manner of a person of the martial world.

Lin Xiao didn't mind; instead, he supported Leng Bingyan in being herself. Conquering a heroine was far more interesting than conquering a submissive wife.

"Did you find out that woman's identity?"

The task Lin Xiao had given Leng Bingyan was to investigate "Ning Junzhu's" background.

Although he didn't go to meet her, finding an agent for the Zhenbei Army was still a major matter, so he definitely had to investigate secretly.

At the mention of this, Leng Bingyan's beautiful eyes held a hint of excitement. She leaned her hands on the desk, bringing her glamorous face close to the man.

"Guess who that Ning Junzhu actually is?"

Seeing her gossipy expression, Lin Xiao basically knew what was going on.

"Princess Ningxiang?"

Leng Bingyan looked disappointed, "How did you guess?"

"Heh... if it were a woman who had nothing to do with me, why would you have such an expression?"

Lin Xiao said with a smile, "Connecting it to what Xie Yu said earlier about Xie Juner coming to find him, it wasn't hard to guess."

"Besides, she thought she was clever by naming herself 'Junzhu'; isn't that just 'Princess'?"

Leng Bingyan realized, secretly thinking the man's brain was truly sharp. Her bright eyes flashed with curiosity as she asked, "Then what does Husband plan to do?"