In the early morning of the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yinhe Qingyan spent breakfast, changed into winter clothes when he went out, put on a marten cloak, and left the Old Summer Palace in a carriage.

Early this morning, Yin went to pay tribute to Kangxi and Concubine Tong, informing them that they were going to Linglong Pavilion to check. The royal order was a bit too large, so the owner had to go over and take charge.

After hearing this, Kangxi let the two of them go without saying a word.

After several years of observation, Kangxi found that Qingyan had good business skills and Linglong Pavilion could indeed take on the task of imperial merchants.

Although the upper class in the capital palace knew that behind Linglong Pavilion was the Fourth Master and the Fourth Concubine, the shopkeepers on the surface were those slaves.

"Xiao Guai, Emperor Ama said that if the New Year's goods can be handled this time, he will give Linglong Pavilion the qualification of the Royal Merchants to enter the palace and import goods." Yin said to Qingyan.

Tribute? Imperial merchant?

Qingyan refused and said, "I don't want to. If I come this time every year, I guess my life will be in the near future!"

One-third of the servants in Linglong Pavilion have put down their work and have begun to concentrate on preparing royal things.

Every time I went there, the shopkeepers could mention the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Whenever they came out, they were all arrogant and looked at them. The part-time job was to pick on the chicken bones.

"Si4, I am really worried about whether Linglong Pavilion can be competent!" Qingyan rubbed his eyebrows. When will such a day be the end?

"Don't have confidence in your store?" Yin became curious.

Qingyan has always been very confident. As long as it is her own store, she will do everything best and seize every opportunity, but this year it is different.

"Of course not. I came here several times, and the shopkeeper said that if the supervisors in charge had a grudge against us this time, they would actually make a request to change it three times. They had already done it according to the requirements of the Ministry of Internal Affairs before, but later they were overthrown and started again. This not only wastes a lot of time, but also wastes a lot of raw materials, and the cost is even higher." Qingyan was in a difficult situation again, "These things prepared for the palace cannot be spread to the people. Therefore, tribute to the palace has no profit at all, but will lose money!"

Qingyan doesn’t want Linglongge to use imperial merchants as a shield. As long as you can do a good job in business, be content with yourself, and make money.

"Loss? Is there no profit at all?" Yin of course knew that if it was a business without any profit, who would be willing to do it?

"Yes, I have already suffered losses last year, and this year it has tripled. I got the list from the second day of the twelfth lunar month. So far, the store has exceeded the budget given by the royal family!" Qing Yan began to complain to Yin in various ways.

The name of the Imperial Merchants is good, but she cannot make money to do business. Even a businessman will not be happy.

"Xiao Guai, is this the case for other stores?" Yin's heart was shocked and decided to learn more first.

"We'll arrive at Linglong Pavilion soon. You can go and ask the shopkeeper in person." Qing Yan said to Yin.

The carriage stopped at the door of Linglong Pavilion and found that there was a handle of the little Sula in the palace at the door. Yin and Qingyan were about to enter, but Xiao Sula directly stopped him.

"Today, Linglong Pavilion is not doing business." Xiao Sula's tone was very arrogant. Although Yin had a good temperament, he never cared about it.

Whether it is a prince or a royal family, the masters rarely come out to buy things. No one was sent to a housekeeper to customize the head.

"Don't do business? Linglong Pavilion is still open now!" Qingyan retorted as she looked at Xiao Sula.

Little Sula heard Qingyan's soft voice, her eyes changed slightly, and Yin's air conditioning kept coming out.

"I think the wife should be for the officials. Now, the purchasing manager of the Office of the Internal Affairs is discussing things with the shopkeeper, so I will not receive the business for the time being!" Xiao Sula lowered her voice and said, "Don't think that there is something wrong with what I did. This is the rule!"

Qingyan's face turned gloomy. No wonder the merchants around were afraid of being favored by the royal family.

"Let's go, let's go for a meal first!" Yin said nothing, looked at Elu and asked him to send a slave to wait for the purchasing manager to go out. He wanted to see who dared to have such a big idea.

After sitting in the private room, Qing Yan looked at Yin's direction. He drank warm tea without taking the matter of Linglong Pavilion at all.

"Why didn't you go in at that time?" Qingyan became confused.

Yin put the teacup on the Eight Immortals table, looked at the delicate lines on the table, and opened his thin lips: "This matter is definitely not done by the general managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it should be the ones below."

The heads of the Office of the Internal Affairs knew that during the Chinese New Year, Kangxi was the most concerned about purchasing, and no one would go against the will of the saint to make money.

"The person below, however, the shopkeeper said that the person who negotiated business with him must be the general manager!" Qing Yan shook his head and did not believe it.

"I sent someone to stay. After a while, we will know who was making trouble, and you also know the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Yin calmed down the Qing Banquet's little emotion.

Linglong Pavilion has been delaying business all day, and people always want to go in and buy things, but they are driven away by the little Sulas. Moreover, the little Sulas' faces are very bad-looking.

"This is not OK. It is completely delaying the business of Linglong Pavilion. If this is the case, who would dare to come to Linglong Pavilion to buy things?" Qing Yan slapped the table with anger on his face.

"The facts are not clear yet. You have to sit down with peace of mind. Can I still make you suffer?" Yin wanted to protect Qingyan, so of course he would stop Qingyan from acting rashly.

He finally found a breakthrough and would definitely not give up.

"Four, you have to know that the daily loss is definitely no less than hundreds of thousands of taels of silver." Qingyan was furious.

During festivals, Linglong Pavilion’s business is the best thing to do. Now, she must hand over all the profits to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she really can’t swallow this.

The benefits given by the royal family are too low, and these people who collect things have very high requirements, which is definitely thankless.

"Don't act rashly for the time being. After this incident, I will beg Emperor Ama to compensate!" Yin comforted Qing Yan.

Kangxi specifically instructed Yin to take this opportunity to investigate the movements of the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If a suspicious person is found, he will be cleaned up directly. Of course, these people have been in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for many years. If there is no real evidence, they will definitely not be able to control people.

"Hmph, I always say this. The speed of subsidizing money from the Ministry of Revenue is very slow, and I urge you many times every time!" Qing Yan said dissatisfied.
Chapter completed!