On the third day of the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce, businessmen from wealthy families from all over the world stopped talking in the garden and returned to their rooms to concentrate on writing business plans. At this time, Shu'er wrote a eloquent and meticulous 10,000-character business plan

The plan has been completed. Lin Ying's drawing of Ninghe Palace has been properly completed according to the two people's three-day discussion.

Shu'er and Lin Ying looked at their joint masterpiece and smiled at each other as usual.

As evening approached, Lin Ying said to Shu'er: "The garden should be clean at this time. Let's go sit there and I will draw you a picture of a woman disguised as a man who is more beautiful than flowers."

Shu'er shook his head and said, "You have been busy working on paintings for the past three days and your eyes are red. You should go back to the house and take a nap. I will call you at dinner time."

Lin Ying pulled up Shu'er's sleeve and said: "Sister Shu'er, King Zhao knew that I wanted to draw the Ninghe Palace, so the drawing paper and pen and ink he gave me were very rare. If I don't draw today, I'm afraid he will paint it tomorrow.

These things have been taken back.”

Shu'er still shook his head: "I haven't been wearing men's clothes for a year or two. You don't draw in the morning and don't draw in the evening. Why do you insist on drawing today? Besides, it's not like we can't afford these pens, inks, paper and inkstones now. If you like it, you can get it from Zhao

Wang bought it, and after a few days of rest, it won't be too late to paint it for me."

Lin Ying pursed her lips and said, "But in a few days, we won't be in the Zhao Palace anymore, and we won't be able to find a place as beautiful as the Zhao Palace Garden to take your portrait for a while. And..." Lin Ying sighed.

Tone, lowered his head and said: "I used to feel that I could see you every day, as if I could see you for years, so it didn't matter whether I painted you or not. But recently, I always feel that maybe one day, you will stay in the Song Dynasty, and I will come back

Chu State. So, I would like to draw a few more pictures of you in my spare time. Besides, I have already drawn a fan for Princess Zhao, so there is no reason why I should not draw something for you."

Shu'er had no choice but to follow Lin Ying to the garden. Except for a few palace guests and the round tables where dinner had not yet been set, the garden was unusually empty.

Shu'er played with a bright red peony in full bloom and said with a smile: "Those old stubborns actually waited until the last day to start writing, and they were not afraid that King Zhao would think they were perfunctory."

Lin Ying looked at Shu'er with a smile and had already started painting. It was approaching evening, which was the best time of the day to draw figures. The sun was not strong, and it slanted on the people among the flowers, making it appear that Shu'er's skin was as warm as jade, and her eyebrows were lively.

, the dimples become deeper when smiling.

Shu'er had never been drawn by Lin Ying. When she saw that he had started to draw, she stood there stiffly and motionless.

Lin Ying said: "Don't stand still and don't look at me."

Shu'er asked in confusion: "If you can't see clearly when I walk around, how do you know what I look like? If I'm painted as an ugly monster, don't let me walk around."

Lin Ying said confidently: "With me being such a good painter, you can look at the flowers as you like, and I can look at you as I like." But she thought in her heart: "You and I grew up together, and I've seen you thousands of times.

, not only remember what each of your eyes and expressions look like, but also know what those eyes and expressions mean. If I were to draw you, I wouldn’t even have to look at you. It’s just that the spring breeze is warm today and the flowers are blooming, so I will

I just want to see you enjoy the flowers."

After listening to Lin Ying's words, Shu'er concentrated on admiring the flowers. She had not seen so many flowers in many years. There were many people in the garden a few days ago, so it was inconvenient to enjoy them alone. Today, she admired them quietly. She is such a flower lover.

, it was inevitable that she felt relaxed and happy. She remembered that there were two best places to enjoy flowers in the Song Palace. One was looking down from the star-picking platform and seeing the lotus pond with leaves stretching to the sky, and the other was repaired by King Xiao of Qi.

In the Pleasant Garden, flowers bloomed all year round. She often picked flowers from the Pleasant Garden and brought them back to her mother who was confined in the Jinxiu Garden. But in fact, there was another place, the Suhua Palace that she did not want to recall.

, the palace where she was born was also the palace where her biological mother died. The sunset there was as white and gentle as white jade. She had traveled to so many places in Kyushu, but she had never seen that kind of flower again.

Shu'er was immersed in her own thoughts for a long time, while Lin Ying had finished the painting quietly, rolled the painting into her sleeves, and said: "Submit your business plan tomorrow morning. I think our business plan with beautiful pictures and text, and a new approach will definitely be selected by King Zhao.

.You go back and prepare to discuss it in class. When you finish your discussion, I will show you this painting."

Shu'er asked: "Why did you wait until then to show it to me?"

Lin Ying smiled and replied: "Because, if you win, I will give this painting to you as a gift. If you lose, I will also give you this painting as a token of comfort. If so, I will give it to you now."

See, then what gift can I give you to comfort you when the time comes?"

Shu'er said: "You really can't make any sense with your crooked little brain! In fact, I don't care about the chance to discuss in class or the outcome of the discussion. The reason why I am serious is just because King Zhao invited us,

We presented him with a plan, and the important thing is to reciprocate our feelings. If he doesn't like our new idea, he will at least like the Ninghe Palace plan that you worked hard for three days. In business, it is most taboo to offend the royal family.

Although King Zhao has nothing to do with the world, we must not lose our respect."

In the early morning of the fourth day, King Zhao sent his palace servants to various courtyards to collect suggestions. On that day, King Zhao, the princess of Zhao, the prime minister of Zhao, and officials from various ministries read the suggestions together in the Chengyu Palace and gave them rankings.

The businessmen were eating, drinking, chatting in the garden, waiting for news.

Lin Ying slept all day, while Shu'er went to the garden to discuss business. Many merchants from aristocratic families initially looked down on the Chen Guoyan family who had become rich in a few years, but Shu'er was modest and funny in speech, neither humble nor overbearing in behavior, and had rich experience in traveling around the world.

She also has a sharp business perspective, which gradually makes many die-hards in the business world look at her with new eyes.

The two brothers of the Qiao family in the Song Dynasty also took good care of Shu'er. The other businessmen in the Song Dynasty did not want to associate with the Chen people, but looking at the face of the two brothers Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling, they also started talking to Shu'er. They found out

, Although Shu'er is from the Chen State, he is different from the other Chen State merchants present. He is ignorant of the Song State and still clings to the killing and arbitrary actions of King Wu of the Song Dynasty. This boss Yan of the Chen State has a good understanding of the Song State and is quite knowledgeable about it.

They were curious. They asked and answered each other's questions, and gradually became friendly. They agreed that although all contacts between Chen and Song Dynasty were now cut off and the situation was tense, trade should be opened sooner or later.

At dinner time, King Zhao sent Prime Minister Lu Xin to the garden to announce the ranking of business strategies.

Lu Xin opened the handwritten letter of King Zhao and read out: "I invited businessmen from all over the world to Pingliang, and fortunately I got fifty articles on business strategies. They are all excellent works on governing the world and good advice for the country. I feel deeply about it and have learned a lot. Among them

Among the outstanding ones, one is the strategy of "a big country governs a small one, and a small country governs a big one" proposed by Duke Jing of Qiao family in the Song Dynasty, and the other is the strategy of "rebuilding the Zhao palace" proposed by Duke Yan of the Chen family, Shu.
Chapter completed!