But precisely because of this, through continuous stinging and training, these Murder Bees were raised to be even more human-like and obedient than the venomous snakes in the cellar.
Of course, this doesn’t exclude her using dicine on them, bewildering their minds so they only listen to her commands.
Jiang Xue controls these venomous bees with a bamboo flute. Generally, as long as no one provokes them, she won’t strike ruthlessly. Raising Emperor Bees is also a ans of self-preservation, considering the many dangers she will face in the future.
Due to the need to accumulate wealth, Jiang Xue had to send Wang Yongqiang, Zhang Yonggang, and Dong Yao down the mountain.
"We need to make money. You take these three thousand taels of silver to Beijing and open a small restaurant. Work step by step, using the cuisines you’ve learned from over the years. Each person open a shop, don’t go too broad and don’t expose your relationship. Rely on your skills. Dong Yao, you’re younger, open a dessert shop. Take it slow, no need to rush. I need stability. Each person gets one thousand taels to start. Just write a letter once every six months."
Dong Yao had never left Jiang Xue before, and for a mont, found it hard to accept: "What about you? Are you staying here alone?"
Jiang Xue nodded, "I have business here, too. So many forr custors, I have to sustain this business as well. We each look after our own, you all have the ability to protect yourselves now and have the basic knowledge of those poisoning recipes. Regular folks won’t be able to harm you – just pay attention usual tis."
"In the future, our business should be spread across everywhere. You three are just the start. If you et suitable people to train, keep them by your side. I never hide my ambitions and hope you won’t disappoint , because in the future, I aim to undertake a big enterprise."
After sending away the three trained apprentices, Jiang Xue’s life beca devoid of worries, and her days returned to a routine: hunting, herb gathering, and poison making. Over the years, running up and down the mountain honed their skills. What used to exhaust them climbing mountains and tremble their legs descending them, now takes only two hours to cover the entire journey – just a third of the ti it used to take, proving that nobody had been lazy in these years, and endurance is shaped in this way.
Five years passed in an instant. Dong Yao and the other two gradually made a na for themselves in Beijing. The three restaurants eventually rged into one and bought a large restaurant, managed by Wang Yongqiang. Zhang Yonggang went off to open a pharmacy, primarily using Jiang Xue’s recipes to create various dicine Pills. Though the shop is small, it excels in quality, with a high Healing rate, so despite high prices, returning custors are especially plentiful.
Eighteen-year-old Dong Yao took over a jewelry shop. Using Jiang Xue’s floral designs, he had an experienced craftsman create them, setting off a fashion trend in Beijing. Within a month, won flocked so much that they broke down the doors, forcing the shop to implent an appointnt service to manage their anxious waiting.
Among these three shops, the restaurant’s space is the largest, but the pharmacy and jewelry shop have rchandise priced dearly, not inferior to the restaurant by much.
Jiang Xue nad the three shops straightforwardly [Yiyuan Restaurant] [Mumu Pavilion] [Changchun Hall]. Besides these signs, a unique moon emblem designed by Jiang Xue was engraved in the bottom right corner, symbolizing they originated from the sa mother.
The surna Jiang was given by Yuan Tian, neither her mother’s surna nor a compound surna, so she didn’t need to engrave it.
Five years ago, the three of them took all her assets, three thousand taels, yet five years later, they returned thirty thousand taels. Adding on her own earnings over these years, she had accumulated nearly thirty-five thousand taels of silver. Especially, the three, relying on the skills she imparted, had bought many people and selected suitable ones to train as legitimate protégés, genuinely working hard toward the direction she set. It was clear they were loyal, which was comforting for her.
However, she overlooked a crucial matter. When she was collecting herbs on a scorching sumr day, an unexpected accident occurred—
Her whole body felt like thousands of ants were gnawing at her, the severe pain unbearable, causing her to tremble intensely. Luckily, she was tied by a rope, preventing her from falling straight down. But as she endured the pain and made her way ho, dark clouds suddenly covered the Sky, and a fierce wind began to blow, a torrential rain poured down. She lost her footing, her body uncontrollably rolled back onto a rock, her vision went black, and she fainted.
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