So far, she has amassed between 400,000-500,000 taels of silver, most of which were swindled from Beiming Yi. Although starting everything from ten thousand taels might seem exaggerated, this was about detoxification. If others could manage, would it be her turn? She earned it by skill, and didn’t feel embarrassed.

The money for opening a shop in Liuyang was all previously saved by Wang Yongqiang and the others. She didn’t take it back, and using it as capital this time was just right.

Speaking of which, these three people are not young. She once told them to get married when the time was right, but all three decided to wait until they settled down.

It seems that by next year when she gets married, if they find partners, it would be quite good.

In the business world, the Shui Clan is undoubtedly the most successful example. Not only because they are involved in various industries, but they have also expanded greatly, even spanning the Four Countries. That is remarkable. It not only demonstrates the skills of the Holy Water Manor’s wife, Wen Xiaomeng, but also Shui Yixuan’s extraordinary talent. While it’s undeniable that Wen Xiaomeng laid a solid foundation, to develop it further was the mark of a competent entrepreneur.

Currently, she might still be at the stage of being an individual business owner, whereas Shui Yixuan has become the strongest on the continent. In this lifetime, it’s hard for her to catch up with others’ wealth accumulated over three generations. Being able to marry into the Shui Clan as the Young Master’s Wife, Jiang Xue actually feels quite fortunate.

But she’s ambitious and doesn’t plan to live a life of idleness and complacency. She also wants her own career.

Earning money has always been her joy. Although she initiated these three shops, they are no longer under her management, so if she were to take over, it would be detrimental to future development.

She wants to get into the freight industry. The Shui Clan has already fully penetrated it. Whether by sea or land, they have established dedicated transportation channels. Goods are shuffled from south to north, from north to south, and they have even started an escort agency business formed by the Holy Water Manor’s escort masters. Given Shui Yuntian and Shui Wuhen’s strong influence in Jianghu, with Jianghu people they trained entering the escort master trade, why worry about the escort agency business not thriving?

Now, whether in terms of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, or cultural export leaning toward internationalization, whatever Jiang Xue can think of, the Shui Clan is already involved. They either don’t do it, or they do it best. She simply has no room to step in.

Realizing this, Jiang Xue didn’t rush to think about what she should do. Instead, whenever she had time, she strolled around, especially in industries under the Shui Clan’s banner. Whether it was gold and silver jewelry, makeup and clothing, or restaurants, wine cellars, dyeing and weaving, there was nothing they couldn’t touch.

But after all, ancients are ancients; she, someone from the modern age, how could she be stumped by these issues?

There’s indeed rouge and powder here, but no facial masks, facial cleansers, or skincare products. There’s not even toys for children. Since ancient times, businesses targeting women and children have always been the easiest to conduct. Why not develop in this untapped niche?

In cosmetic products used by women, without adding chemical components, one could use medicinal bases, such as aloe, cinnabar, red and blue flowers, purple gromwell, sufang wood, Malabar spinach, pomegranate flower, night-blooming jasmine, etc. These are all extracted from plant-based medicine. As the saying goes, "all medicine is three parts poison," but even so, even knowing that using cosmetics for a long time isn’t good, the desire for beauty can overcome all obstacles.

In ancient cosmetics, the most common were Luozi Dai, eyebrow pencil, lipstick, makeup powder, and rouge.

Luozi Dai is a material for drawing eyebrows, finely crafted and originating from Persia. It needs to be dipped in water before use. She didn’t expect to find such Luozi Dai blocks here, with craftsmanship so excellent it has formed an industrial chain.

Ancient times naturally had brands. Products from Holy Water Manor were the best advertisement. No store that opened under its name ever had slow business. Particularly, the production of these Dai blocks was limited. Most of them were tributes to the palace, and even the few leftovers were given by the Shui Clan to certain connections.

Most of what’s popular on the market is eyebrow pencil, which is a type of ink. Generally, it’s derived from burning ink without smoke and is used for painting the eyebrows.

This is the most widely used eyebrow material, although its quality can’t match Luozi Dai. Yet ordinary people couldn’t afford it either. After all, most women who could afford makeup came from wealthy families. Which ordinary farming household could afford to use makeup?