The Marquis' Wife
Plan for a new store

The corvee workers began to do their job, hauling stones, digging large holes that would be made into embankments or making adhesives from brick powder. The embankment will be made from a large trench to the sea that has been made before, the trench will be the connecting point of the embankment with the dam which will then be made to reach Shu village not far from the dam area.

Embankments have opening gates in each area not far from each other to open and close water when needed. From the new embankment then made irrigation in the form of a small trench along the rice fields, then made a levee of water that will go towards the sea, it all takes a short time.

Lu Xiang watched the people who worked hard and made sure the food served was worth eating like warm steamed bread and thick porridge that had a lot of rice.

Because of the donations he and Adelia made, the prefect hired aunts in the area to cook twice a day so that the food would stay warm while eating. The very tired corvee workers were very happy and excited to see the warm food that made them tired disappeared instantly.

The night Lu Xiang slept in the tent provided, he would spend time in Shu village for a few days before returning home after making sure the project went smoothly.

"Newly this time the atmosphere in the corvee was so excited. I did not expect that the food given was so much".

"Yes, that's even more than I can eat at home".

"It feels good too. I heard Prefect Zhong hired women to cook for all of us".

"Prefect Zhong was indeed a reliable Prefect. He has always been compassionate to us farmers".

"Yes. May the gods bless him".

"I heard that there are families who donate their money to this project?".

"Yes. And I heard he's a student who's passed Fu's exam and even earned Xie's".

"really? He'll definitely be a great minister coming".

Various responses and comments were heard from the corvee workers, they chatted to enjoy the time before going to bed happily, there was not the slightest feeling of fatigue from heavy workers all day.

Lu Xiang heard that the announcement about the donation monument had been spread to various communities and received a positive response thanks to him and Adelia who as an example. He hopes that many business people will donate their money and make the dike project a success perfectly.

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Adelia went to a new store she had not visited at all after a few days in Fucheng. He saw interior design for the restaurant and decided to decorate the first floor into a regular area to enjoy the cake, for the second floor itself is already in the design of the rooms so there is no need to be redecorated.

Because Adelia will accept customers to sit and enjoy the beautiful side garden scenery, Adelia can not just sell tarts or pudding. He has to make a drink. He had to look for coffee from the caravans who went around because coffee was not a local product. The people of Murong kingdom prefer tea than coffee that has a strong aroma and taste.

"I can make milk tea and cappucino with various variants.

"The garden is so pretty".

"Yes mistress" Lu Mei who was accompanying Adelia also stared in amazement after seeing the flower-filled garden with an elegant and charming design.

There are flowers beside the path and also neatly cut leaves as a separator from one table and another table that has 10 seats. Not far from the place there is a comfortable gazebo in front of which there is a large fish pond with a lotus flower in the middle, looks so amazing as if the view from the land of heaven.

Adelia can also rent out this park to scholars, as well, although they do not like the garden that can be rented to women, but if the husband holds a tea party or association to discuss poem then the scholars certainly do not mind about it.

Adelia told Lu Kai and Lu Niang to buy seaweed to make it as a gelatin powder and tea, milk and coffee and cincau leaves to dry in order to make black chirp.

"Haa~ still has a lot to prepare before the opening of the store in Fucheng" Adelia complained resignedly but it made her excited because it has a lot of things to do.

"Madam, this store will definitely be a must-visit store in Fucheng when it opens later".

"Yes. It will be the debut of the store and I in Fucheng!".

Adelia was thrilled to imagine the reputation she had built would get results when she opened the store later.

She remembered Lu Xiang who was in Shu village and missed her that two days had her husband gone to supervise the dike and irrigation project.

Adelia picked some flowers to keep in the living room and room and went home. He had to look at the report on the children's student academy that Lu Cheng was going to enter.

There are several academies for children in Fucheng city including Zhu academy, Xiao academy and Ming academy. These three were the famous academies in Fucheng, he had to make sure that there was no major discrimination between the status of the students before enrolling Lu Cheng into it as he did not want to make his sister's views into discrimination as well.

Zhu Academy was led by Fu Zhu Zhai, a scholar who was still in the study stage to pass the sheng examination which he had not been able to achieve.

The Ming Academy and Xiao academy were led by scholars Juren Xiao Shaosheng and Ming Furen. Both academies produce many students who pass basic or child examinations and will continue to further academies.

"The Xiao Shaosheng Academy is more suitable for Lu Cheng" muttered Adelia. He had to discuss it with Lu Xiang first and then register Lu Cheng.

Adelia kept the report paper she collected from the yamen attendant she hired and heaved a sigh of relief. Now just wait for the ingredients from Lu Kai and Lu Niang before processing all the ingredients and hiring workers to decorate the first-floor store to become a high-quality cake shop.

"Do I need to build a glass wall like a modern bakery shop?. It will definitely cost a lot but what workers can install it?". Adelia chatted to herself thinking about what kind of interior she should make for her new cake shop.

In the afternoon Lu Kai and Lu Niang returned home with the ingredients that Adelia ordered. The horse carriage was full of such materials that made Lu Niang have to sit beside the cashier.

"Madamum, there are some people from Feng village who will be shoving seaweed for De Xiang's shop in the future. They have signed the contract as you have ordered them not to defect to any other merchant".

"good job. You must be tired, take a shower and rest. Let Lu Fang, Lu Yan and Lu Tao enter these items".

"I will also help my lady. I'm not so tired after all I'm also going to return this train to the Nui bureaucracy".

Adelia nodded after making sure that Lu Kai was not exhausted. Since Lu Xiang went to Shu village, Adelia had to hire another horse carriage to travel.

"Do I have to buy another horse carriage?" It seemed like he had to think about it because in the future Lu Xiang would travel a lot due to the embankment project.