Oh my god, can you play like this?

Chapter 165: Anchor, You Must Know How to Share

The eldest lady had no idea about Li Beichen's strength, but she still persuaded Gu Lanzhi.

"The imperial city is so big, with so many servants and guards. No matter how strict your majesty is in guarding it, it can't be completely solid. There will always be loopholes.

Lanzhi, I know that your relationship with His Majesty is the strongest right now, but you can't really not care about what others say.

People's words are scary, so we should be more careful."

After saying this, he looked at Gu Shurui and Gu Jingcheng meaningfully.

Gu Lanzhi knew what the eldest lady meant. He was also concerned about his younger brothers and sisters, fearing that there would be some bad rumors that would delay their future marriage.

Not to mention his younger brothers and sisters, let’s just talk about Gu Nanwan who is already married.

If Gu Lanzhi's reputation was really ruined, Gu Nanwan wouldn't be able to hold her head up in her husband's family.

But if you say that Gu Lanzhi would be restrained by his so-called reputation, that is absolutely impossible. He is not the kind of person who is willing to be bound.

But he would still be careful not to let others notice the clues.

"Don't worry, Auntie. I will be more careful next time."

The eldest lady was still worried, but she couldn't say anything more, so she could only nod.

Gu Lanzhi still lied that his injury had not healed, so he did not go to court. For the next week or so, he was busy with the shop's affairs.

No matter whether it was the shop in his previous home, the shop in his mother's dowry, or the shop bestowed when he was later conferred the title, Gu Lanzhi had already planned for these shops a long time ago, and they were almost all renovated.

Ancient times did not have the advanced tools that we have today, so it is impossible to compare with the progress of modern decoration.

But in ancient times, there were many people looking for work. If they didn’t have the skills, they could make up for it in terms of numbers.

Anyway, Gu Lanzhi just wanted to simply renovate the store, and he didn't want to make it too luxurious, so something like this would be fine.

Li Beichen had just ascended the throne and had a lot of things to deal with, so he was very busy. The two hadn't seen each other for several days.

But even if they didn't meet, Li Beichen would have someone send some small gifts to Gu Lanzhi every day, sometimes some cakes, sometimes some small accessories and ornaments.

The most important thing is that every time Li Beichen asked someone to deliver something to Gu Lanzhi, he would also bring a letter to Gu Lanzhi.

The content of the letter is very short, basically just a few sentences.

But just because of these few words, Gu Lanzhi could smile unusually sweetly every time.

The audience in the live broadcast room were all protesting to Gu Lanzhi, because Gu Lanzhi was avoiding the live broadcast room when reading the letter, so as not to let the camera capture the contents of the letter.

This is very uncomfortable. Seeing Gu Lanzhi smiling so sweetly but not knowing what is written in the letter, it really makes people feel anxious.

[Anchor, you are not kind. How can you avoid us when reading the letter? ]

[That’s right! Anchor, you have to know how to share. ]

[That’s right, the host has to let us be sweet for a while. ]

[Host, I am different from them. I just want to see how beautiful the handwriting of our emperor is. So, Host, can you show us the letter? ]

Gu Lanzhi looked at the comments in the live broadcast room speechlessly, and said unhappily: "That's enough, you guys want to read other people's letters too, can't you have a little morals?"

【Morality? What is morality?】

[Can morality be eaten as food? If so, give me two bowls first. ]

[Comparing morality to the content of the letter, I decisively choose to read the letter. ]

[Anchor, even if you don't show us the letter, can you at least reveal a little bit of its contents to us? ]

[Yes, yes, yes, it doesn’t matter if you don’t show it to me. Just tell me what the emperor said to you.]

[You guys are such a fool. It's just a love letter, and that's basically all it contains.]

[The above person, you mean you don't want to watch it. ]

[I didn’t say I didn’t want to watch it, I just comforted myself because the anchor didn’t let me watch the letter.]

Gu Lanzhi ignored them. He carefully put the letter back into the envelope, put it into a box specially for Li Beichen's letters, and then put the box into the space.

"Master?" Mo Yi called Gu Lanzhi outside the door.

"Come in."

Mo Yi came to Gu Lanzhi and saluted, "Master, all the shops have been renovated. Clean the shops tomorrow and put the goods in place. We can officially open the shops the day after tomorrow."

Gu Lanzhi knew what Mo Yi said. He nodded and said, "Okay."

"Master, so many shops are opening at the same time, do you want to go and see them one by one?"

Gu Lanzhi shook his head. "I won't go. Just ask everyone in the shop to pay more attention."

There are more than a dozen shops, how could he possibly run across them?

Compared with opening a business, Gu Lanzhi cares more about the turnover. Getting the money into his hands is the most important thing.

"Master, don't worry. The people in the shop are all retired soldiers from the battlefield. They will definitely take it seriously."

Gu Lanzhi nodded again, "From now on, 30% of the net profit of all shops will be used as resettlement fees for the families of the sacrificed soldiers."

Mo Yi was not surprised at all when Gu Lanzhi said this, because this was what the Gu family had always been doing.

In the past few days, Gu Lanzhi put the goods from various shops into various warehouses. Mo Yi and the others went to see them. Even though the shops haven't opened yet, just by looking at the goods, Mo Yi and the others can tell that they will definitely be popular all over Kyoto.

Even though they only take 30% of the net profit of each shop, this 30% alone is definitely higher than the shop’s annual turnover before.

"Is there anything else?" Gu Lanzhi looked at Mo Yi and asked.

"Yes, Madam Mei and the others will be able to enter the city before curfew tomorrow night."

"Hey? They're here!"

"Yes." Mo Yi answered with a smile.

"The villa will be built soon. Let them stay in the inn when they arrive. Send someone to take them around the city so that they can get to know Kyoto and its people first."

Gu Lanzhi glanced at Mo Yi, who understood what he meant in a second and nodded.

"When they arrive, they will definitely want to come and pay their respects to the master. Does the master want to see them?"

Gu Lanzhi lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, "Let's meet at the villa when it's completely built."

"Yes."

Those who came with Madam Mei were all prostitutes. Even if they tried their best to conceal it, it was impossible to completely get rid of the prostitute air in them.

Gu Lanzhi is the Marquis now, and this is the Marquis's Mansion. It is not appropriate to let these people come to the mansion to pay a visit, as the First Madam and the others are still in the mansion.

The eldest lady cares so much about her reputation. If some bad words are spread because of Madam Mei and the others coming to the mansion, Gu Lanzhi will have a hard time explaining to her.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Gu Lanzhi doesn't care about these things, but since he has come to this world, he must abide by the rules of this world. This is the only thing he can do.