Bianjing Palace.
Wang Xuanzhi hurriedly walked towards the small pavilion by the pool, saw Wang Huilan leaning on the soft couch on the small pavilion, paused for a moment, then waved a group of maids around to retreat.
"Sister." Wang Xuanzhi called out.
"What are you doing in such a hurry?" Wang Huilan tilted her head and frowned slightly as she looked at her messy younger brother.
"Sister, father said, you asked to marry the second prince?" Wang Xuanzhi sat down in front of her and asked.
"I just agreed to my cousin." Wang Huilan said with a slight blush on her face.
"Sister, what about Third Brother Zhao? Third Brother Zhao has been waiting for you for so many years, what will he do?" Wang Xuanzhi asked with a very bad expression.
"How could Zhao Yinfeng marry me? Even if it was a marriage with the Zhao family, my father would only agree to marry me to Brother Zhao, but you also know that Brother Zhao doesn't care about me at all, and it doesn't matter who is his wife "Wang Huilan didn't realize that her voice was a little louder.
"Sister, since you have never meant anything to third brother, why didn't you tell him directly?" Sighing, Wang Xuanzhi said.
Wang Huilan didn't make a sound, she turned her head to look at the pond full of lotus flowers, Zhao Yinfeng was good-looking, and was responsive to her wholeheartedly, which fully satisfied her vanity, but it didn't mean she was going to marry him, married As a border guard, it is dangerous to gather less and leave more. She is not willing to let her age grow old while waiting. She prefers to let herself bloom in the inner courtyard of the palace, which is the most prosperous and rich place.
Looking at Wang Huilan, Wang Xuanzhi sighed heavily in his heart. His father took a fancy to Zhao Mingliang, thinking that he was the representative of the Zhao family. Even if the military power was temporarily in the hands of Zhao Yinfeng, he would temporarily replace his elder brother. Wang Huilan liked him. For the future of the second prince, they all bet their wealth on the second prince, so they don't know that they are dancing on the edge of a knife.
"Brother Xuan, don't talk about that. I heard that the Xie family wanted to send their daughter to you as a concubine. Why did you refuse?" Wang Huilan picked up the fan and gently shook it. Wang Xuanzhi drove all her maids away. Now I can only do it myself.
"The Xie family can't protect themselves now, let's talk about the marriage after he reopens the sea route." With a light voice, a young man walked into the Xiaoxie.
Wang Xuanzhi stood up, saluted politely, "Brother."
Wang Fuzhi waved his hand, sat down on the chair, and said, "Xuanzhi, it's time for you to come back and help your father, what's the use of traveling all the time, now that Huilan has been betrothed to the second prince as his concubine, our Wang family will There is no way out."
"Brother just said that the Xie family could not protect themselves?" Wang Xuanzhi also sat down and asked.
"Their fleet has been unfavorable for the past few years. Then Xie Tingxuan was killed because he owed too much money. Although Xie Tingxuan has always been at odds with the Xie family, this can be regarded as a slap in the face of the Xie family. If they want to save face, they have to find someone to settle accounts, but now they don’t even know who is doing it.” Wang Fuzhi smiled contemptuously, and continued: “This time I came here to tell my father whether this year’s filial piety can be done. Less."
"Then father must be unhappy." Wang Huilan interjected, and she would also be unhappy. Without the Xie family's money, this year's new jewelry will definitely be affected to a certain extent.
"Father said that if there is less filial piety, then I'm afraid it will be difficult to help them take care of the Xie family's private soldiers. Then Xie Tingyi immediately changed his words, saying that they have found the person who caused Xie Tingxuan this time, and they are about to send someone Go and solve the Ling family." Wang Fuzhi said, with obvious sneer in his tone.
The Ling family... The woman reading a book suddenly appeared in Wang Xuanzhi's mind.
Ling Qingyu rushed back to Hangzhou overnight, and wrote to Ding Budong to transfer all Quanzhou sea ships to Hangzhou, two thousand people! There must be a suitable reason for bringing them on board.
Zheng Xi rushed to Hangzhou on the second day, and once again checked Han Bian's demand list with Ling Qingyu and Cai Jingfang.
"You have doubled this demand. All the cotton cloth and cotton produced by us are used to supply the north, and we will not accept any other orders." Ling Qingyu knocked on the table and said.
"Then what about the orders I received before?" Zheng Xi asked, because cotton and cotton cloth are fresh here, and there are many customers asking for goods.
"Losing money, saying that this year's production will be reduced and the goods will not be enough. Don't accept future orders. Our production will not be able to supply others." Ling Qingyu said.
"Okay." Zheng Xi replied, although it was not a small amount, it was really nothing to the Ling Family Firm, and I am afraid that its reputation might be affected.
"How much food can our fields get in a year?" Ling Qingyu asked.
Cai Jingfang and Zheng Xi made calculations for a while, and then agreed, saying: "Now that the output has increased, and with Mr. Han's Wuhu and Huai'an polders, we can receive a total of more than 250,000 shi for rent. .”
"Choose a few more who can trust Miao Zi, come on board with me, and learn to be a boat master." Ling Qingyu said after making up his mind. The 200,000 shi of grain is only a month's ration for Heishuiguan. There is a surplus of grain in Lingjia Village. If you want to speed up the distribution, you must strengthen the means of transportation, so that the logistics can flow.
I can only do this, do my best, and only ask you to be safe.
"Understood." Both Zheng Xi and Cai Jingfang nodded. The biggest profit income of the Ling Family Commercial Bank now comes from spices and silver houses, and then restaurants, silk and satin shops. Although there are many fields, they are the least profitable. Even if all these outputs are free It doesn't hurt to give Yang Zhao's support. What's more, Yang Zhao just sent two thousand elite soldiers to the head of the family, why is that? This is to support the head of the family to go out and become a robber! Then those spices, gold and gemstones are probably cheaper. After all, they have made a lot of money. What is food? What is cotton? What is cotton cloth? !
It's impossible to follow such a boss without feeling.
It was already night when Fang Nianyuan brought the first group of people to Hangzhou. They came by Longmen tank boat. After Cai Jingfang received them, he took them to the wharf warehouse. The preparations were already made there, waiting for the boat. After arriving, board the ship in the name of sailor coolie.
Fang Nianyuan brought a few men to Wan Yu Garden, Ling Qingyu had already asked the chef to cook a table full of food and wine, and was waiting for them.
These subordinates of Fang Nianyuan met Ling Qingyu once when they were in the camp, and they knew that the waist saber they were wearing was given by this female leader. Moreover, seeing how familiar Fang Xiaowei, his immediate boss, was with her, think about it again. Thinking, that night, this man was resting in General Yang's camp, so he was a little cautious.
Ling Qingyu was a little surprised, and asked, "The food doesn't suit your taste?"
"No, it's delicious?" the subordinate hurriedly said.
"I can't drink, so I can only offer you a glass of tea instead of wine. Thank you for your hard work in coming to help." Ling Qingyu stood up and respected with a cup of tea.
"I don't dare to take it seriously." The subordinates panicked. When they got up, some knocked over the bowl, some dropped their chopsticks, and some kicked over the chair.
"Look at your ideas!" Fang Nianyuan laughed and cursed unconsciously, then got up and said to Ling Qingyu: "You don't have to be so polite, we also have to get paid."
Several subordinates looked at Fang Nianyuan, Captain Fang, how dare you want it? What did General Yang say when we came out? You forgot all about it
"That's natural! There's no one who doesn't get paid for work!" Ling Qingyu smiled happily, take the money, take the money!
"Then we can agree, a salary of sixty taels of silver a year." Fang Nianyuan continued.
Several subordinates stared at him with wide eyes, Fang Xiaowei, you are harming us, right? The military salary we get is only thirty taels of silver a year. Are you afraid that General Yang will destroy you if you speak so loudly
"How can it be done! It's too little, at least it must be equal to our sailors, at least eighty-two years, not counting dividends." Ling Qingyu said.
Several subordinates were completely petrified.
Fang Nianyuan smiled and patted his subordinates on the shoulders, and said, "I told you earlier that there is a future with the head of the family."
Sending a few subordinates who had already drunk enough to pat Ling Qingyu on the shoulders to call them brothers and sisters, they were sent to the carriage outside for Cai Jingfang's men to take them to the pier. Fang Nianyuan turned around and saw Ling Qingyu quietly watching him under the dim light of the lantern at the door.
"The head of the house will give you a bed." Fang Nianyuan walked up the steps, facing her, and said with a smile.
A sixth-rank captain, for a soldier who started as a low-level soldier, that is already a great official, so if you say give up, do you just give up
As if hearing her silent question, Fang Nianyuan rubbed his head and said: "I don't want to work hard for those people anymore. No matter how high the official position is, in the eyes of those people, they are nothing more than a speck of dust. I will work hard for the head of the family. Give me back the money to start a family!"
Ling Qingyu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said: "Okay! I will make everyone a lot of money, and I will marry you a good wife!"
Fang Nianyuan showed a bright smile, and walked back while singing a little song.
After the 20,000 people were determined, one of the four was going to Lingjia Village. The four of them broke their heads for this position, and finally decided by lottery. Sure enough, doing more good deeds usually pays off.
Two days later, the Fengshen arrived at Hangzhou Port, accompanied by two other ships.
The three ships were filled with all kinds of spices and condiments, as well as various treasures, and there were more than a dozen boxes of rough jadeite.
"This time, the new director of the shipbuilding department, Shi, has a black heart," Ding Dong said after drinking 10% of the spices, "after we smoked 10% of the spices, he insisted on buying 40%. He doesn't have enough money, and he doesn't want to be like Fan The adults exchanged goods and fields like that, and only said that they would give us IOUs. Fortunately, I heard from the head of the house, and the more expensive ones were put in the dark cabin, and the outside were all low-priced goods, so this time only in the Quanzhou unloaded some seasonings, and brought over the rest, this is the list and IOU issued by that black-hearted guy."
Ling Qingyu unfolded the list and couldn't help laughing. This person seemed unfamiliar with the situation, and the officials below had all been bribed. This list was opened very artistically. The goods they privately collected could be sold as genuine products. , In this way, the tax stolen can be much more than the money in the IOU.
"These little officials, if you want Uncle Ding to win them over, the long history will confess him, and if you want Uncle Ding to meet you, you will cry poorly." Ling Qingyu laughed.
"That's right, Master Fan stayed with these few, and they have always gotten along well with us. Next time I go back, I will thank them." Ding Dong laughed. The anger was aimed at the unscrupulous official. Fortunately, the head of the family is not here this time, otherwise I am afraid that I will be pissed off, but in all fairness, the order made by this small official can make a lot of money for this business.
"Has Ram's ship not come back yet?" Ling Qingyu looked at the list and asked, there were no goods from the Red Sea and Chu Luo, but most of them were produced by Sanfoqi Zhancheng, Cochin and Zhenla, and I'm afraid most of them were Ling In exchange for copper coins from the village.
"No, Su Hexiang's boat didn't come back either, but Cang Zhu made a trip to Daguang, and he brought back those rough emeralds." Ding Dong said.
"En. Leave those to them." Ling Qingyu said, pointing to Zheng Xi and Cai Jingfang whose eyes were shining.
Pearls, gems, emeralds, and gold were all reserved for his own silver building, and the remaining spices and condiments were worth several million taels of silver. After a moment of contemplation, Ling Qingyu called out to the door: "Fang Nianyuan!"
"Yes." Fang Nianyuan, who was squatting in the yard chatting with Yan Qi, responded, jumped up, stepped into the house with a few steps, and asked, "Is there something wrong with the head of the house?"
"This time the imperial court opened several discussions on the border between Dazhou and Liao. This time, half of the spices will be sent directly to Han Bian, and you will send someone to escort them there." Ling Qingyu pointed to Shanzi and said.
"Okay, I'll arrange someone now, who will I hand it over to?" Fang Nianyuan asked.
"Boss, let me make a trip. It just so happens that I'm going to send some cotton clothes this time." Zheng Xi laughed.
"That's fine. Send the rest of the goods to our own shop first, and then sell the surplus to others." Ling Qingyu said to Cai Jingfang.
Cai Jingfang nodded, his abacus has not stopped, the horses exchanged for the goods sent to the market must have been sent directly to the north, and if they can’t get back the money, then they can only be counted as the sales of their own shop and the sales of the silver building, papa After finishing the calculations, Cai Jingfang said: "Master, if the bank's business is good, this year's profit may only be over 3.5 million taels."
Ling Qingyu smiled. In the past several times, she sold them directly, and then collected the bank notes into her pocket, but this time they all support her own shop. It is normal to have so much profit.