Chapter 877: Chapter 877 - 877 An opinion

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“Ah, so troublesome.” Mingyu immediately wilted when she heard that.

“There’s no other way. It’s not easy to make. If it isn’t braised long enough, there won’t be any flavor. Oh, right, I’ll make baby vegetable soup later.” Zhou Ying said.

“As for the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup, you can eat it tomorrow.”

“Baby vegetable?”

“Yes, to put it bluntly, it’s a soup made with cabbage as its core.”

“I’ll learn from you.”

“Let’s go.” After Zhou Ying finished speaking, she took her to the kitchen and started to get busy.

After Gu Chengrui and the others finished the formalities, they went to the study.

“Brother Gu, how do you think we can quickly gain a foothold on the Northern Continent?” Zhou Huaiming asked after sitting down.

“That’s right. If things go wrong and I screw things up, my old bones will die there.”

“I can’t say for sure, but you can start with two aspects.

“The first will be merchants. Merchants valued profits. As long as their interests were involved, they would not ruin your business, even if they didn’t side with you.

“Secondly, the poor. No matter where they are, as long as you unite the people at the bottom, you can restrain those nobles very well.”

“But dignitaries have money and power. They also hold the lives and deaths of people in their hands.” Manager Liu commented.

He had experienced this. If it weren’t for the money in his hands, he wouldn’t have been able to live so peacefully in Dongyang.

“What do you think of the beggars on the street?”

“Useful tools.”

“Then what if all the beggars in Great Ming united?”

Zhou Huaiming and Manager Liu’s expressions finally changed after hearing this. Beggars were inconspicuous, but they walked the streets daily and sometimes knew more than specialized informants.

If they were to join forces, it would be terrifying.

“So, don’t underestimate anyone. Often, some small characters can achieve great things.

“However, you have to take things slowly on the Northern Continent. You can’t let them see your intentions the moment you reach there.

“After the last battle, the Northern Continent might not recover for three to five years.

“Therefore, we can use these three to five years to infiltrate them slowly.”

“Infiltrate?” After Manager Liu heard this, he more or less understood his intention.

During lunch, Zhou Ying and Mingyu didn’t join them. Instead, they ate with Gu Chenglin and the two children.

The dishes were simple. There were six dishes and one soup for each table. They were roast duck, roast chicken, steamed yellow croaker, steamed vermicelli, cabbage with mustard seeds, jellyfish salad, and finally, baby cabbage soup.

After the meal, they chatted briefly before Zhou Huaiming and Manager Liu left.

Sun Hongliang took the account book and went to find Niu Fugui.

Meanwhile, Zhou Ying and Mingyu brought Guoguo and Zhuangzhuang along and arrived a little late.

After they left, Qiuxiang came over with a box. “Mistress, this is the New Year gift left behind by Manager Liu.”

“Oh, do you have a list?” Zhou Ying looked at the heavy box and asked.

“Yes.” After Qiuxiang finished speaking, she handed her a gift list.

Zhou Ying glanced at them. They were leather, fox skin, mink skin, deer skin, and wolf skin.

It seemed that Manager Liu had already made a trip to the Northern Continent.

“Put the things away,” she said. “Use the deerskin to make cotton boots for Guoguo quickly.”

“Yes, this servant will do it now.” Qiuxiang nodded and went away with Kuihua.

She asked Niu Fugui to go to the restaurant personally and order two servings of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup, giving one to Mingyu and the other to Manager Liu.

In the blink of an eye, it was the afternoon of the 30th. The accounts for her many restaurants, manors, and workshops were here..