Chapter 146: Chapter 144

As soon as the bystanders saw it, they immediately felt they had missed out on something good and began to inquire.

"Madam, do you still have stock? Surely it’s not all gone?!"

Ruan Mian smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes, in a couple of days, you’ll find them for sale at Manager Lin’s place!"

"Are you the supplier for Manager Lin?" Upon hearing the woman’s question, Ruan Mian quickly replied, "I have signed a contract with Manager Lin, and all the beauty products I develop will be sold at his shop."

"How about this, from now on, whenever you develop new items, deliver some to my mansion."

After saying that, she handed a token to Ruan Mian.

Ruan Mian smiled slightly and agreed gladly.

After packing up, she met with her eldest aunt on the street.

As soon as she appeared, her eldest aunt excitedly took her arm, "Had we known you met the Princess Consort earlier, we wouldn’t have had to go through the trouble of putting on such a show!"

"Aunt, the drama wasn’t without effect; people love excitement, and now everyone knows how great my Ginseng Facial Mask is."

"You make a good point; going against the norm might actually make people remember this product!"

"By the way, now that the Man Tu Princess is one of your steady customers, you just need to focus on developing quality new products. The Princess Consort has a wide social circle, and if she uses a good product, it won’t take long for it to spread throughout the garrison!"

After saying this, the eldest aunt took her to another place.

As soon as they arrived, they were greeted by a foul smell. Ruan Mian realized it was a latrine.

"Aunt, are you here to freshen up?"

"No, no, no, I bought these two latrines."

Ruan Mian paused and quickly looked around, seeing her aunt’s meaningful gaze, she vaguely guessed something.

"Are you planning to invest, Aunt?"

"Mianmian, you’re so smart! No wonder you’re destined for business!"

"You see, although these are just two latrines, the location is excellent. Moreover, I’ve already bought them, so all we need is to level it, spend a bit to build two shops, and then rent them out to foreigners at a slightly cheaper rate. We’ll earn the margin,"

"In less than two months, we can recover our costs! Over time, the profit will be even greater!"

The regular shop prices in this area are steep, but the latrines she bought were quite cheap; she just didn’t have the capital to build the shops.

"Mianmian, if you think it’s feasible, you can partner with me. Do you have any money? How about splitting the profits fifty-fifty if we build a shop? Or I could give you one shop, and all future rent will be yours!"

The last thing Ruan Mian lacked was money.

She immediately handed all the silver from her purse to her aunt.

"No worries, Aunt has a plan, consider this as me lending it to you."

"That won’t do! We’ll make money together; that’s the way to have hope. I couldn’t possibly leave you out! Mianmian, as agreed, together, we’ll turn gold into silver and be unstoppable!"

"I think it’s not impossible to become the richest person! What do you think?!"

Her eldest aunt was already rolling up her sleeves, full of ambition!

She’s had enough of bending over for money, and since she has the capital now, why fear the business won’t thrive?

Anyway in the garrison, with the Emperor far away, and those scoundrels from the Jiang Family unable to do anything to her.

But Ruan Mian thought of a problem: "Aunt, I am a Wu Heng criminal, without a household registration, and you are also a refugee, so you probably can’t register either. If we built these shops how would you..."

"My son, Ruan Jinxiu! Ruan Jinxiu is a legitimate citizen, a native of the garrison. I could settle here thanks to my son’s status."

It turns out she had already figured it out.

Since that’s the case, Ruan Mian suddenly came up with another idea: "With this connection, wouldn’t it be fine for me to open other shops as well?"

"Of course! If you want, Aunt can help you find someone to manage the shop, but the product supply has to be handled by us. I think you make these beauty and wellness products nicely, how about opening a cosmetics shop?"

Ruan Mian shook her head: "Cosmetic shops require many products, and I don’t have the energy to develop them. Our manpower is limited. Occasionally making something to sell at Manager Lin’s shop can still make money."

"What about a food shop? Tavern?"

She already had an idea: "Medicine shop."

This was once the old business of the Ruan Family. The medicinal herbs collected from the Ruan Mansion at that time were abundant, and even more new herbs have been planted through the space!

In recent days, she discovered that the garrison only had two medical clinics and only one medicine shop, due to its remote location and poor landscape. Many medicinal herbs needed to be transported from Da Jing and Lanqiang.

But now with Da Jing and Lanqiang going to war and tensions running high, the medicinal herbs available for transport have been reduced, and the only businesses have taken the opportunity to raise herb prices.

In such circumstances, she has so many herbs in the space that she need not worry about transport and goods; she would be just making money effortlessly!

She discussed her ideas in detail with her eldest aunt, and the two hit it off. The eldest aunt immediately suggested using both shops built on the latrine to make a medicine shop instead of renting them to others.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Mian shook her head: "Wouldn’t we be missing out on some silver coin earnings? Renting those two built shops will bring quite a bit."

"The medicine shop doesn’t require a high location; we just need to find a reasonably priced large shop and buy it."

"A reasonably priced large shop?"

Her eldest aunt crossed her arms and thought carefully.

She has the talent of photographic memory and, after a mental sweep, immediately remembered a place: "I know someone selling a shop, I’ll take you to see it!"

The shop had been vacant for a long time, deep inside the East Street market.

Some people avoided it for being too remote, right by the outer wall of the city, next to a former burial site, which although it isn’t used for burials anymore, many are still wary.

That’s why no one was interested, no matter how much the price dropped.

After contacting the shop owner, he was surprised they wanted to buy the shop.

After composing himself, he pretended and said in a pompous manner: "You can see my shop, it’s spacious and bright, and compared to surrounding shops, the price is much lower, you’re definitely getting a bargain."

"A flat price, 300 taels and you take it."

Her eldest aunt’s eyes immediately brightened, instinctively glancing at Ruan Mian.

Just as she was about to agree, Ruan Mian feigned depth and stopped the aunt with a look, placing her hands behind her back and examining closely.

"I heard, boss, there’s something unclean outside the next-door city wall."

The owner, hearing this, turned pale instantly and raised his voice: "What do you mean by unclean things! Those are spirits! They can ensure your business thrives!"

"I worship them daily, never slacking, so you can rest easy about that."

Seeing Ruan Mian remain silent, the shop owner felt a cold chill in his heart, speaking again: "250 taels! You take it directly; I’m not wasting time here, I still need to go home to supervise my son’s homework!"

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