She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Wan Yan returned this time, to be precise, with three missions.

One was to deliver the courtyard drawing of Prince Yu’s other mansion to His Majesty, explaining why he couldn’t return to the capital and incidentally reflecting his free-spirited lifestyle through the layout of the courtyard. This mission was considered to be successfully completed.

Another task was to transport back a fermented cheese, marketed as Flavored Cheese, to be sold as a top-tier ingredient. Thanks to some marketing strategies that had been rolled out beforehand, the fermented cheese, priced at two hundred taels of silver per jin, had not been recommended to any wealthy family for sampling. Instead, it was placed in Prince Yu’s South and North Goods Store, with a reserved attitude, to be sold to the highest bidder.

This approach didn’t result in the fermented cheese being neglected; on the contrary, it piqued the curiosity of wealthy households. Even if the taste of the cheese wasn’t to the liking of nobles and the wealthy on first try, it didn’t stop them from continuing to buy and taste this expensive upper-class ingredient. Fortunately, it didn’t take many such ’misguided purchases’ for the Flavored Cheese to make its way onto the dining tables of nobility in the capital.

What Wan Yan needed to do was to find a cellar with appropriate temperature and humidity, good ventilation, and place the fermented cheeses appropriately, then entrust them to a reliable steward.

The third important matter was railroad transportation.

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Strictly speaking, this matter was not very related to Wan Yan. The railroad transportation proposal had been sent to the capital a month ago. Wan Yan’s role was, if anyone should ask if he was aware of the use of railroads, he was to naturally tell the inquirer that the Construction Industry tasked with building the dairy product workshop for his lord had made use of such equipment. It was quite ordinary.

Indeed, someone had asked Wan Yan about the railroad handcar, but the question was asked casually and not in earnest. Those who were genuinely interested in the matter had already inquired about the details from minor officials under Prince Yu’s command after the rumors were leaked.

By the end of the year, court officials had many formalities to observe with each other, and even the government-registered craftsmen would gather with colleagues they were familiar with for a drink and casual conversation.

The news of railroads being used in the civilian construction industry began to spread among those who were interested. Although they had not witnessed the use of pushcarts and railroads like Jiang Yifan and Hu Jing, the officials and craftsmen involved in related affairs were soon moved by this labor-saving device, aided by enthusiastic endorsements.

Consequently, people started to come up with various ideas on where and how railroads could be applied and what they could achieve. Some even saw it as an opportunity for promotion and began to draft memorials to the Emperor.