Update time 2014-12-14 18:42:22 Word count: 2713
Pulling the noodles in the bowl, Ling Qingyu filtered it again in his mind. Along the way, he had gained so much windfall, and he was easily helped by Fan Ye in Quanzhou. Sure enough, the inflation was too much. In this era, women who are independent households are classified as one of the next five fates. Although the status of merchants in Dazhou is not bad, scholars, farmers, businessmen are still at the bottom, and it is very difficult to be looked down upon as a female householder to operate merchants. It's normal. If she wants to stand up, she can only have the financial power and power in her hands to the point where no one can underestimate her.
financial resources.. It can be accumulated, run to the sea a few times, and it will come, but power.
"Yan San," Ling Qingyu looked up, and Yan San, who was taking the noodles out of her bowl, was taken aback for a moment, then continued to take the noodles out of her bowl, and then asked, "What's the matter?"
Ling Qingyu simply pushed the whole bowl of noodles in front of him. She likes spicy food, so she really doesn't like this kind of sweet noodles.
"I'd like to ask you something." Ling Qingyu moved the chairs closer, leaned towards him and said, "Do you know where you can recruit someone who is good at martial arts, loyal and powerful?"
Yan San pointed at himself with his chopsticks, and Ding Dong, who came over to eavesdrop, also pointed at himself.
Ling Qingyu turned his head sadly, okay, I asked Yu Blind.
"The yamen posted another notice."
"It's not a matter of the emperor's palace. It's the fourth time that the governor has issued this notice."
"Where is there so much good wood? I heard that not only Hangzhou City, but all the good wood in Suzhou City have been searched."
"According to the Xiao family's wealth, it's not like they can't find all these logs, right?"
"You don't know, this palace needs to be completed in four months, no matter how powerful the Xiao family is, it is impossible to mobilize so many materials at once. This is because someone is punishing the Xiao family!"
Ling Qingyu's ears pricked up, and he took a few words from a passerby into his ears. Throw some copper coins on the table, then pull up the two people who were still eating, and while walking towards the Yamen, he said to Ding Dong: "Ding Dong, you go back to the ship immediately, and prepare to unload the goods with Shen Zhan."
Xiao Cang stood at the gate of the yamen, watching the little official write notices one by one on the notice board. Feeling a little dark in my heart.
Although he is married to a princess, he has no actual official position. He originally enjoyed a leisurely and rich life, but suddenly came an imperial decree and asked him to supervise the construction of the Hangzhou Palace. The construction period was four months, and the materials were prepared by himself. The Xiao family is rich, and although the cost of building a palace is a bit painful, it didn't hurt the bones. I thought the emperor just wanted to draw some blood from the Xiao family. Who knew that when he arrived in Hangzhou, he discovered the wood used in the design of the palace. Here Not at all, even if all the strength in the south of the Xiao family was mobilized, only half of the amount was collected. It has been two months now, and if the materials were not collected, Xiao Cang suddenly had a cold war. Could it be that Xiao Cang did not want what the emperor wanted? The family's money, but his life? If he died, Xiao Se would have a son behind him. The son was only six years old, so how could he support the huge Xiao family property? As a result, the family property would still be swallowed up.
Xiao Cang felt chills down his spine. Emperor Xiwen was fatuous and extravagant. He almost used up the full treasury left by the previous emperor. Now that there is a severe drought in the north, the treasury can't even allocate disaster relief funds. Withering, so he was the first to use it for surgery
"This officer."
Xiao Cang looked at the notice post, and saw a woman in men's clothing making a bow to the little official, and said: "The villain just came back from Fanwai and brought a lot of wood. I wonder how much the housekeeper wants?"
Like the sounds of the sky, Xiao Cang rushed forward. Before the little official could speak in a hurry, he had already grabbed the man and said, "How much?! What kind of wood?" Seeing the woman surprised, he let go of her hand , took two steps back, and said: "Xiao is reckless."
"No problem!" Seeing the handsome young man in front of him as if walking out of an ink painting, Ling Qingyu said softly, "There are many kinds, such as sandalwood, iron wood, and huanghuali. Adults can take a look on the boat. There are five in total. Thousands of materials."
"Five thousand materials? I want it all, I want it all." Xiao Cang was excited, and let Ling Qingyu go inside and said: "Please come inside, please, let's sign the contract."
Ling Qingyu looked at Xiao Cang speechlessly, what an old fox's master his shopkeeper Xiao Rong is, why is this master like this? Then he said: "My lord, should I send someone to check with the villain first?"
"Yes, yes, you need to count first." Xiao Cang turned his head and said to the followers behind him: "Xiao Ke, take someone there to count."
Xiao Ke said yes, and immediately brought a few people behind to stand beside Ling Qingyu, and made a gesture, please.
Ling Qingyu saw that these uniformed Tsing Yi attendants were all strong and capable, and they looked very capable, and felt a little envious, thinking that it would be nice to have servants from aristocratic families.
"Master, the shopkeeper is back." The voice of the attendant outside the door made Xiao Cang stop wandering around the desk, and said joyfully, "Call in quickly."
The door opened, but a young man in brocade clothes jumped in first, and shouted: "Daddy, Daddy!"
Xiao Cang hugged him helplessly and dotingly, and said: "Se'er, you ran out with Uncle Rong again, aren't you afraid that grandma will be sad?"
"Grandmother followed the Queen Mother to worship Buddha." Xiao Se rubbed back and forth in his father's arms and said.
"It was agreed by the old lady," Xiao Rong then walked in, bowing and saying, "I have seen the master."
"It's good that you come, it's good that you come." Xiao Cang said happily.
"The old slave is responsible for the entrustment of the master. This time in Fujian, he only received less than a thousand pieces of wood." Xiao Rong lowered his head and said.
"It doesn't matter, there is a sea merchant who brought 5,000 pieces of wood to Hangzhou in the afternoon, and he has already agreed to sell them all to us." Xiao Cang sat on a chair with Xiao Se in his arms, and said, "When Xiao Ke comes back, he will know what can be used. gone."
Xiao Rong's heart moved, the sea vessel currently docked outside the city of Hangzhou was the Fengshen.
"master!"
"Xiao Ke, come quickly."
Xiao Ke walked in with a happy smile, and said: "Master Qi, I have made it clear, enough is enough, not only is there enough material for our practice palace, but also a lot. There are more than a hundred roots in it that are more than sixty long. A large column of rice."
"Ancestor bless you!" Xiao Cang clapped his hands together unconsciously.
"Daddy!"
"Well, Se'er is tired. You go to rest first, and come over when Dad finishes his business." Coaxing Xiao Se, Xiao Cang handed him over to the maid.
"Uncle Rong, I need to trouble you to make a trip and sign the contract immediately, Xiao Ke, arrange for someone to unload the cargo." Xiao Cang said with a slight flush on his face.
"Master, don't worry." Xiao Rong helped Xiao Cang to sit down, and asked Xiao Ke: "Can we discuss the price?"
"The head of the family said that he had done business with you, the shopkeeper, and asked us to pay the price, saying that he believed in the Xiao family." Xiao Ke replied.
"Well," Xiao Rong nodded, and said to Xiao Cang: "That matter should not be delayed, the old servant will go and finalize the matter with Master Ling."
"Uncle Rong, he has helped us a lot, don't wait too long." Xiao Cang chased after him.
"Yes!" Xiao Rong made a bow, and left with Xiao Ke.
"Huaying, wait a little longer. I'll go look for you when Ser'er grows up." Xiao Cang said lightly to the void, and the tiny shadow in the void seemed to smile back, and pressed him gently. shoulder.
"Master Ling, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you." Xiao Rong's smile was flawless, as if what happened in the afternoon never happened.
"It's my honor to cooperate with shopkeeper Xiao." Ling Qingyu also smiled and sent Xiao Rong and the others off the boat.
When Xiao Rong and the others got off the boat, Ling Qingyu turned around and said to Zheng Xi: "Let's go back to Wu County tomorrow."
"Shall we go together too?" Ding Dong asked next to him.
"No, you and Xiaocai are going to buy some goods, such as silk and porcelain books. When I come back, we will go to Quanzhou and then go to sea." Ling Qingyu said. She sold all the timber to Xiao's family, but she always thought about what the passer-by said, if someone really wanted to attack Xiao's family, would she suffer from catastrophe? Let's run first.