After Chen Zhilan left, Chen Fan asked his master's wife about it and found out that her husband came from a scholarly family and was a high-ranking official. He was an official at the level of the government. His master's wife didn't know much about the specific official position.

At the level of the mansion, the official position is no longer young. With Chen Zhilan's age, her husband is likely to be no more than forty, which is quite promising.

After Chen Fan learned about her general situation, he felt relieved.

Judging from the atmosphere of this era, he probably won't have a chance to meet this little girl again in the future. It would be enough to know that she was married well.

In the following days, Chen Fan practiced martial arts hard every day. In his spare time, he read books or went out to stroll and look for business opportunities.

Before I knew it, it was more than a month later.

On this day, Zhao Gang called him over and said that he would go out, which would take three to five days at a fast time, and that would take half a month later.

Chen Fan was a little strange. From Chen Zhou's memory, he knew that Zhao Gang would go out every year until this time of May. Even when he was in the south before, it was the same. Moreover, he never told him what to do.

He asked, "What is the master going out to do? Do you need my company?"

"No, I'll go to worship a benefactor. If you stay at home, you must practice martial arts diligently, and don't slack off."

Sacrifice, that's it.

Chen Fan suddenly understood that the last time he left the dungeon was in April. Zhao Gang was going to pay homage to Mr. Chen.

"I know, the master is careful all the way."

Chen Fan sent Zhao Gang out, but no longer asked for going with him. He always felt strange when he worshiped himself. Let's forget it.

Moreover, after Zhao Gang left, he could finally implement the preliminary plan.

After spending a month inspecting the market, he already had a project that required a little manpower.

When Zhao Gang was here, he was very strict in his control. He had to keep an eye on his practice every day. He had to eat the meal on time and the medicinal materials himself. He had to cook it in person, and brought it to him and watched him drink it.

Even the medicine bath will help him massage in person to speed up the absorption of medicine.

Chen Fan has never had a chance to go out and start his money-making plan. Now that Zhao Gang left, he can take this opportunity to get it done.

Making money requires doing what you can, especially in ancient times. Last time, he had a family behind his back, including high wine, flower dew, and rock sugar.

Now, behind him is a small county magistrate, so he must not make too big moves.

Chen Fan just wants to do some small business and make some money to improve his life.

The first step is to find some people.

Tongzhou is a place with a relatively developed business and travel, with many vendors coming and going every day, and the commercial atmosphere is relatively strong. Such places will naturally breed some gangs, and there are also some rascals on the street who do nothing and love to fight and show off.

He had already found out clearly. On the second day after Zhao Gang left, he found two rogues with a good reputation and no big bad record. He took some means to subdue them.

It’s nothing more than giving a date with one stick. With his strength, he can naturally be able to deal with two thugs.

Then, through these two people, I found a lot of half-boys from poor local families. After a few days of preparation, people started to sell popsicles in various prosperous places in Tongzhou.

Chen Fan’s business is to make ice in saltpeter, make popsicles, and let those sell them.

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the weather is getting hotter day by day. If you can eat cool popsicles, there will definitely be sales.

Fortunately, Chen Zhou saved up a lot of money over the years, not much, only a dozen taels. This wife's money he saved little by little over the years. With this startup capital, he saved a lot of time.

Chen Fan spent some time on publicity, and soon, popsicles began to sell hot.

In order to ensure profits, his price is not low. However, in this era, popsicles are a luxury in summer. Only rich families can afford it. Chen Fan set the price roughly the same as those pastries. It is a level that poor families cannot afford it and have a wealthy family. They can even grit their teeth and can afford it.

There are many people doing business in Tongzhou, and there are many rich people, and popsicles have a market.

Then, Chen Fan upgraded his products and launched shaved ice, followed by a higher-end product, ice cream.

When Zhao Gang came back, he had already recovered his capital, and the two gangsters, as well as the young men who helped make popsicles and sales, all made some money through their own work and were very motivated to do things.

After that, it expanded a little and occupied the entire Tongzhou city, it stopped expanding.

After the business was on track, he didn't need to keep an eye on it himself and let the two gangsters go to business.

These two guys have a pretty good family background. They are both second sons in the family. They cannot inherit their family business and cannot study. Once they split up in the future, they can only live a small family business. They are not bad by nature, but they are unwilling to accept such a future and are unable to change, so they will hang around.

Chen Fan gave them a chance. At present, they all know how to cherish it, and they have a bit of a refreshing meaning. They work very hard.

With the continuous income from trading, he began to improve himself and the life of the Zhao family.

Zhao Gang and his wife quickly noticed this. Chen Fan bought a lot of things, including clothes, and bought them.

"Where did you get this money?" Zhao Gang was a little angry at first. After listening to Chen Fan's explanation, he looked at him with a strange look for a while, and his anger disappeared. He didn't say anything more. In the end, he just told him not to delay practicing.

Just let it go easily.

Chen Fan knew that he must have thought of Chen Fan in the past, and thought it would be better if he didn't want to talk too much.

Next, he continued to stay at home to practice martial arts. Zhao Gang taught him step by step. He made rapid progress and gradually found some feelings. Next, he was the time to grind his water.

Before we knew it, a few more months passed. After the hot summer passed, the weather became colder day by day, so naturally the popsicle business could not be done.

Chen Fan was prepared for it and used the money he earned in the past few months to buy a store and sell hot pot. Although there were no chili peppers, there were some substitutes, and various promotional methods were launched together, and the business became increasingly popular.

Of course, competitors emerged soon, and it was inevitable.

Chen Fan is not worried about competition. Although his business acumen is not very good, his advanced business awareness is not comparable to people of this era. Other imitators did not pose too much threat to his hot pot restaurant.

He did not put too much effort into it, and his focus was on practicing.

Time flies again, and it is another March.
Chapter completed!