Qi State, Fengzhou, Lin Family.
In a certain small courtyard, Li Yi squatted on the ground, gently fanning the fire with a fan.
The medicine boiled on the fire was Miss Liu Er's medicine. The old man surnamed Lin who was traveling with him was the doctor of the Lin family. After returning to Lin's mansion, he sent several medicines over.
"Brother Li, where are you from Jingguo?" The big man squatted aside and watched, chatted with Li Yi, and suddenly asked.
"From Qing'an Prefecture."
Li Yi replied casually.
"Qing'an Mansion, that's so far away!" The big man showed a look of surprise on his face, and said, "You guys have almost passed through the entire Jing Kingdom this time!"
"It's quite far away." Li Yi added more firewood and asked, "Brother Lin has been to Qing'an Mansion?"
The big man nodded, and said: "More than half a year ago, I went there once with the lady. There is a Ruyifang in Qing'an Prefecture. The wine in it is very strong, and there is a Goulan... I have to say, you Jingguo The drama is better than our country of Qi."
"Brother Lin often goes to Jingguo?" Li Yi asked casually.
The big man counted on his fingers and said, "I don't go often, I go with Miss twice a year, counting this time, it should be four times."
Li Yi counted the time, turned the fire down a little, thought of the weak-looking woman, and said, "Your lady... is quite capable."
"Miss is amazing." The big man nodded and said, "The Lin family's business depends on her, otherwise those trash must have ruined the family's fortune long ago."
Miss Liu Er's medicine will be ready after a while on a low fire, so Li Yi simply sat there and chatted with this man.
The content is of course about the Lin family and the situation and situation in Toyosu where they are located.
The situation of the Lin family is also strange. The second generation of the family members are all there, but the business related to the entire family is handed over to such a weak woman.
Of course, there is certainly the reason that Miss Lin's father died early, and she is the only weak woman and a minor brother left in the long family line. More importantly, she does have some kind of extraordinary talent in business. talent.
One can tell just from the respect and admiration in this man's words.
As for Fengzhou, in terms of its position in the Qi State, it is far away from the capital, which can be regarded as remote, but its economic strength is not behind at all.
It's a bit similar to the feeling of Qing'an Mansion to Jingguo.
When he entered the city just now, Li Yi also took a little observation. In terms of prosperity, this place is at least eighteen streets away from Shuzhou.
Of course, for him, the most important thing is another point.
The more prosperous and prosperous the place, the less influence the Taoist nun has, especially in such an important city, their so-called holy religion can't act unscrupulously.
Otherwise, if they are not bragging about having 100,000 believers in Qi State, there might be thousands of believers in Fengzhou City, which would really be a headache.
"The medicine is ready."
Guessing that the time was up, Li Yi turned off the fire and filtered out the medicinal juice inside.
He took a sip and frowned involuntarily.
He knew Miss Liu Er was afraid of suffering. Ruyi said that she had never touched bitter things since she was a child, so how to get her to drink this bowl of medicine was not a small problem.
"You go in." The big man stood up, waved his hands, and said, "I'll go and see Miss."
After a while, Li Yi walked in with the medicine. Seeing Miss Liu Er sitting cross-legged on the bed, he walked to the bed and said, "Drink the medicine first."
Miss Liu Er opened her eyes, glanced at the dark concoction, shook her head, and said, "I'll take care of myself slowly, I don't need to drink medicine."
Li Yi looked at her and said, "Drink, it's not bitter."
Miss Liu Er gave him a skeptical look, and Li Yi said with a straight face: "I tasted it just now, and it's not bitter at all."
"Look, if you don't believe me." He picked up the bowl and took a big sip without changing his expression.
Miss Liu Er took the bowl from his hand in doubt, took a sip, and immediately wrinkled her pretty face together, glaring at him, and said, "You lied to me!"
Li Yi looked at her and said, "Good medicine tastes bitter, drink it quickly, and you'll get better soon after drinking it, and we can go back soon."
"Don't drink!"
Second Miss Liu put the bowl aside, glared at him because she was deceived, and continued to close her eyes to recuperate.
"Drink, take a sip, and I'll give you a piece of candy." Li Yi persuaded.
Miss Liu Er cast a glance at him, "Childish!"
"Two dollars."
"You bring it first..."
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Lin family, meeting hall.
There were more than ten people sitting in the hall, and a woman named Lin Wanru sat at the bottom. She put a thick booklet on the table and said, "This is the account for this time. Please have a few uncles look at it."
As soon as she finished speaking, a thin man stood up and said, "Xiao Ru, Lin Fang said that you encountered bandits on the way back, is there such a thing?"
Lin Wanru nodded and said, "I encountered a little trouble, but it was resolved smoothly in the end."
"What little trouble!"
A middle-aged man with a short beard on his chin frowned and said: "Didn't I tell you to follow the caravan of the Bai family this time? Why didn't you come back with them? This time you are considered lucky. If you meet a bigger What about the danger?"
"Second uncle, the Bai family is the Bai family, and the Lin family is the Lin family." Lin Wanru looked at him and said, "Why do we follow the Bai family in everything?"
The short-bearded man said: "The Bai family and the Lin family are family friends. Why are you so clearly divided? Besides, when you marry in the future..."
"If the second uncle has nothing to do, Wan Ruo will go back first."
Before the short-bearded man could finish speaking, Lin Wanru stood up and said.
"You said you..." The short-bearded man pointed at him and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this matter, I heard that you bought a glazed vessel with 8,000 taels of silver this time. Without discussing with us in advance, if something goes wrong, who should bear the responsibility?"
"I'll take care of it." Lin Wanru looked at him and said, "Glass is extremely rare, and I plan to make this glazed vessel the treasure of the shop. Putting such a glazed vessel in the store will surely attract more customers... "
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"This method is very good."
"You can give it a try..."
"If it doesn't work, you can resell it. The glazed bracelet sold by Wanbao Pavilion a few days ago is quite expensive..."
After she finished speaking and everyone thought about it carefully, there were many voices of approval in the hall.
The man with the short beard opened his mouth. He didn't know how to refute for a moment. After thinking for a while, he asked, "I heard that when you came back this time, you brought two people with you. What are their identities?"
Lin Wanru thought for a while and said, "I saved it from those bandits."
The short-bearded man frowned, and said: "Our Lin family is not a charity hall. We have to bring people back after we save them. Let them go quickly these days. Our Lin family doesn't support idlers."
"They are not idlers." Lin Wanru looked at the short-bearded man and said, "That scholar is the accountant I just hired. Uncle Xu said a few days ago that he is old and dim-sighted and can't read the account books clearly. He told me to find a new accountant as soon as possible." , He’s getting old, that scholar is the new accountant.”
"The cashier is such an important position, how can an outsider who doesn't know the details do it?" The short-bearded man shook his head and said, "No, I don't agree."
"Father handed over the family business to me before he died, and it doesn't matter if the second uncle disagrees." Lin Wanru looked at the crowd and said, "I will let him take over the accounts from Uncle Xu in two days. Uncles have any opinions?"
The short-bearded man looked back and winked at them.
"I think what the second child said makes sense. The accountant is so important, how can an outsider who doesn't know the details do it?"
"No, I don't agree with this either."
"Xiao Ru, you should find another one."
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Suddenly, many people stood up and spoke out.
The woman named Lin Wanru looked at them, nodded, and said, "Since everyone disagrees—then this matter is settled."