Chapter 58: Beauty's New Way Out
As they opened the pink, red and green porcelain boxes one by one, their eyes lit up by the faint fragrance and the particularly bright pink colors.

"I'll do it, I'll do it..." Ruyi sat in front of the bronze mirror first.

Fu Chenan didn't leave either. Jixiang handed him a stool and he just sat there watching Ruyi put on makeup.

"Oh my, it's like a monkey's butt. Apply less..."

"These eyebrows make you look like a bug!"

"This is my first time using it, so I have no experience... I'll just try it again!"

"Oh, you know what, this is very delicate, easy to color, and very moisturizing..."

"I want it too, I want it too..."

When the women entered the cosmetics trial area, they couldn't help chattering.

When one carefully drawn face after another appeared in front of Fu Chenan, Fu Chenan stopped talking, and the women beside him also stopped talking.

Everyone has the same emotion in their hearts, which is shock!
A girl named Qiuyue has many freckles on her face. She usually looks cute and lovely, but after she applied foundation cream evenly, the freckles became completely invisible!

She couldn't believe what she saw in the bronze mirror, so she turned to ask the little sister next to her: "Chunhua, can you help me check, are my spots invisible?"

When she said this, everyone looked at her and nodded.

“It’s not true!”

"Not at all!"

"This face looks particularly smooth..."

After looking at each other, everyone looked at Fu Chenan with excitement and expectation.

"General, this stuff is great! When we open a cosmetics shop, will we sell this stuff?"

Fu Chenan felt complicated: women’s ability to use these things is really innate.

Although it was their first time using these things, they quickly mastered the techniques and dressed themselves up like a group of fairies.

"Well, we will open a cosmetics shop and sell these things."

"Is this thing expensive?" Dongxue looked at the light pink box cautiously: It is contained in such an exquisite box and is so useful, it must be very expensive, right?

Fu Chenan nodded: "Yeah, it's very expensive."

"At least one tael of silver per box."

"So cheap?!" the beauties exclaimed, all thinking that the general was being sarcastic when he said "very expensive".

Xia He immediately reminded: "General, if the price is this high, I'm afraid the women in the capital will go crazy for it!"

"That's right, a small box like this can be used for a long time! Anyone with a little extra money will be tempted to buy it..."

"And this eyebrow pencil is much better than the various black and green snails sold outside! It doesn't dirty your hands and it's smooth to draw..."

Fu Chenan nodded. He heard from Xiao Yingchun that the price of this thing was not expensive. If the money was calculated in gold ingots, ten taels of gold ingots could buy one thousand boxes.

In other words, one tael of silver can buy ten boxes, a huge profit!
"These were purchased from a Western merchant. I once rescued that Western merchant from bandits. He said he had a way to get these goods from outside..."

Fu Chenan talks nonsense without thinking, and with his upright and handsome face, it is easy for people to believe him.

The beauties were even more excited: This is really possible!
"General, if this deal is done, can you give us some of this stuff later?"

Fu Chenan looked at the group of girls and said, "You have been here for a few days. I have something to say to you."

"You have seen the situation in my house. Although my father is a marshal, my family was born a butcher. We are very poor. It is difficult for me to support such a large group of people like you."

"Besides, I may have to go to war again at any time, and my future is uncertain. If you follow me, I am afraid you will end up in a miserable situation." "However, you are given by His Majesty, and I cannot return you to His Majesty, so I have thought of a way out for you..."

"If my rouge shop is open, would you be willing to be the shopkeeper in the future?"

"If you are willing, I can give you wages to start working, and return your indentures after three years. If you meet a good person in the future, you will have a good place to go."

"If you don't want to, just stay in the mansion and become a nanny when you are older. Or if you meet a man you like, you can get married."

"Do you think it's feasible?"

After Fu Chenan finished speaking, the beauties looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and no one dared to respond.

The general's promise was well made and everyone was tempted, but when it came to the man of his dreams...how could they have the final say?
However, it would be a good thing if I could get my indenture back, become a free man, and earn some money.

Fu Chenan did not urge him: "You guys discuss it first. If you are willing, go back and find the housekeeper to register your name. I will go find a shop first."

It was already dark at this time. After Fu Chenan returned to his yard, he first called the captain of his personal guard over.

"You go find someone who is good at imitating. I need a 'Western merchant' to provide the supply."

"General, Qian Laoguai is the owner of the troupe and is best at imitating and acting."

"That's fine. Go look for it yourself. Once you find it, you don't have to bring it into the city. I have something to tell him."

"Mr. Qian lives in the deep mountains now. I'm afraid it will take some effort. I'll go right away."

"Go ahead..."

Fu Chenan tapped the elm table in front of him with his index finger, thinking about the loopholes in the whole thing.

Since we are going to do business with Miss Xiao, all possible situations that may expose us must be arranged in advance...

Now Fu Chenan has also understood: Miss Xiao is the key figure in protecting the Fu family army, and he is also an important helper for Miss Xiao to make money.

Accomplishing each other and helping each other is the best.

In Miss Xiao's words, this is called a "win-win" situation.

The butler knocked on the door and said, "General, dinner is ready."

Fu Chenan went to have dinner first, and then went to the Space-Time Supermarket after dinner: Miss Xiao is knowledgeable and may be able to consider things that he could not think of.

Xiao Yingchun had just ordered takeout and felt surprised and unexpected after hearing Fu Chenan's arrangements.

"Those beauties can use it smoothly, and when I become the shopkeeper in the future, I can also teach the ladies how to use it..."

Xiao Yingchun then talked about some business details, and Fu Chenan nodded repeatedly.

"I'm not worried about this thing not selling well now. I'm only worried about one thing."

Fu Chenan said in a deep voice: "How can we make these things appear in the capital for a long time, and even in the major states, without being suspected."

"I'm not worried about Qian Laoguai's acting skills. What I'm worried about is his eyes. They're not the blue color of Western merchants, and his hair is red."

Fu Chenan had read about Western merchants in miscellaneous books. Most of them had blue, gray, or green eyes, and their hair was red, gold, chestnut, etc.

Western businessmen with black eyes and black hair are very rare.

Xiao Yingchun smiled and said, "That's easy. I can just buy him a pair of contact lenses in any color he wants. His hair can also be dyed."

Fu Chenan was shocked: "What are contact lenses?"

(End of this chapter)