Ling Qingyu stood on the boat, looking at the boats passing by, feeling a little uneasy. Half of the cargo has already been unloaded in Quanzhou. Although Ding Budong is in charge there, the Xie family seems to have a business in Quanzhou. They only hope to see Fan Ye's face and dare not make any big moves. But here in Hangzhou, the remaining spices, seasonings and medicinal materials can be sold in their own shop, but those precious goods, I am afraid that their own gold shop may not be able to eat them. Unfortunately, this time the Xiao family wants less goods. For the other four, Ling Qingyu didn't dare to say that there are so many valuable gemstones, emeralds, and emeralds. Ling Qingyu kept a large box of the best part in Lingjia Village, and asked Zhou Tan and Huang Jing to make finished products when they were free. Although they brought back Not the best, but there are several boxes. If you can find a good craftsman, then the value is inestimable. Where can you find a craftsman? How to sell it? Cai Jingfang sent his stepmother to Anji, and it took at least half a month to go back and forth, hey!
"The head of the house." Zisu called out from behind.
"What is it?"
"General Yang sent a letter. He is waiting for you outside the city on the way to Wu County."
"understood."
Pressing the bank note in his bosom, Ling Qingyu turned to Yan San and said, "Bring two hundred thousand taels of gold."
"It's too eye-catching." Yan Sanchao gestured to the coolies who were transporting goods back and forth on the deck, leaving Song Yu and the others in Lingjia Village. The number of people on the Fengshen would not be enough. Now there are twenty new sailors on board. Well, 200,000 taels of gold is not small, and it would be bad if someone visits the dark cabin.
Ling Qingyu frowned, and then said: "Okay, I still have one hundred thousand taels in my room, so take those."
On the outskirts of Hangzhou, a group of Hangzhou officials saw Yang Zhao and his party off outside the long pavilion. After drinking three bowls of wine, Yang Zhao cupped his hands and said, "My lords, please go back. Emperor Zhao is alive, and we are about to leave."
"I wish you success!" Zhao Pu took the lead, and everyone said in unison.
Seeing the ten people and thirty riding away in dust and smoke, Zhao Pu took the lead, and everyone got into the sedan chair, and those who rode horses rode back to the city.
"Did you find out? Where did they go to rest last night?" Zhao Pu asked with his eyes closed.
"I've found out, it's the house of the Fengshen's owner, the Ling family." The servant replied softly outside the sedan chair.
"The Ling family," Zhao Pu sneered, "That female householder? His hobbies are really strange."
"It is said that the leader of Ling's family saved their lives by buying them on board." The servant whispered.
"That's it." Zhao Pu tapped his thigh with his hand, it was a life-saving kindness! The Zhao family's defeat this time has already made the emperor dissatisfied. Yang Zhao is a person supported by the Dong family. If he can repel the Liao people this time, he will definitely be reused. It is not impossible to marry a merchant as a concubine in the future. In this case, Just like what Fan Ye said, just give her some convenience.
"My lord." Zheng Jin called out after chasing up to Xu Chang.
"Master Zheng, what's the matter?" Xu Chang let the horse slow down and waited for Zheng Jin to come up.
"Where did General Yang live yesterday, Master Xu?" Zheng Jin asked with a smile. Not long after the Fengshen docked yesterday, he received a gift from Ling Qingyu, one hundred taels of gold bars, and ten gems. Some spices, these days he had been happy to cooperate with Cai Jingfang, seeing Ling Qingyu give face like this, he felt very useful.
"Huh?" Xu Chang glared at him, where does General Yang live, what does it matter to you? Smile so lewdly? Could it be Lichun Courtyard
"It's the courtyard of Master Ling's family." Seeing Xu Chang's expression was wrong, Zheng Jin immediately answered, "I heard that General Yang and the others were exiled to Quanzhou and were almost tortured to death. One life."
Xu Chang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Master Ling saves people in danger, it's rare, rare."
"Master Xu, I heard that there is a Guanzhuang in Lin'an Mansion for sale?" Zheng Jin said with a smile, "Why don't you invite the head of Xialing to bid?"
"It's okay, the official village is dominated by mountains and forests, and there are not many fertile fields, but it is a place with beautiful scenery." Xu Chang nodded. He had already received the news that the Fengshen was returning from a special episode. This year, Because there are no other ships coming to shore, the prices of many items are soaring, because these luxuries will not affect the lives of ordinary people. He usually doesn't care much, but he knows more or less that the ships coming back at this time will What a lot of wealth, it's a pity that the head of Ling's family is a female household, so she is really rich, which is not a good thing. Last year, she was generous in transporting food, and she also had a feeling of helping General Yang. She is indeed a loving and righteous woman, and it would be nice if she could buy some property.
"General, I can't see you anymore." Li Yan looked back again, and saw that the people in front of the city gate had disappeared, and said to Yang Zhao.
"Well, let's wait in the woods ahead." Yang Zhao lifted the rein and turned into a woods beside the road.
After waiting for a long time, I saw a carriage walking slowly on the road humming.
The carriage stopped by the side of the road, Yan San in the carriage looked at the few people lying in the woods who had already changed into normal clothes, and the people in the woods looked at the horse pulling the cart that was foaming.
"How much?" Yang Zhao walked to the carriage and asked with a serious face.
"One hundred thousand taels." Yan San jumped out of the carriage, and went to pick out two horses for the carriage on his own.
"Come, come!" Ling Qingyu opened the curtain and jumped out of the car, holding a stack of bank notes in his hand, and distributed them to everyone.
Looking at the fifty thousand taels of silver in his hand, ten pairs of eyes stared at her.
Touching his nose, Ling Qingyu said with a smile: "Bonus and dividends, hehe, save it for marrying a wife."
Pulling Yang Zhao aside again, and handing him a thick stack, Ling Qingyu said, "Don't refuse me, raising soldiers is very expensive. I only hope that if you raise enough soldiers, you will all come back alive."
Yang Zhao was taken aback for a moment, feeling a slight soreness in the corners of his eyes. He stuffed the estimated one and a half million taels of silver notes into his bosom, nodded and said, "Okay."
"Let me ride the horse with you, the horse pulling the cart is dead." Ling Qingyu laughed.
Seeing that she was wearing neat men's clothes, Yang Zhao didn't refuse, got on the horse first, then handed her his hand to pull her on the horse, and sat in front of him.
With the horse sent by Zhao Pu, the journey along the way was very fast, and in the evening we arrived at the small courtyard in Wu County.
Ling Qingyu supported Yang Zhao's hand and jumped down, ignoring his painful buttocks, and ran towards the door. There are lanterns hanging at the entrance of the small courtyard, and warm light shines through the half-closed door.
Ling Qingyu pushed open the door and ran in, walked through the flower wall, there were many paper dolls piled up in the front yard, Zheng's mother and his wife were counting their belongings, when they heard footsteps, they looked up, before they could see who it was, they were caught by Ling Qingyu Hug full.
"Oh, my girl." Zheng's mother was stunned for a moment, then she cried out, and unconsciously put her arms around Ling Qingyu, saying: "The girl is back, come, show the old slave, ah , thinner, darker, must have suffered a lot outside." Another voice shouted to the room: "Lvxiu, Lvxiu, the girl is back, go shopping, no, no, let's make tea first .”
"Mom, slow down." Ling Qingyu held back Zheng's mother who was anxiously about to go inside, and said with a smile, "I'm not coming back now, don't worry, don't worry."
"Hey, look at me, what is this?" Wiping away her tears, Madam Zheng saw Yang Zhao who came in behind.
"My servant is Yang Zhao." Yang Zhao saluted.
"Mr. Yang is too polite." Zheng's mother stepped aside, not daring to accept his courtesy, and looked at Ling Qingyu suspiciously.
"It's my good friend. There are still a few outside. Uncle Zheng, can you find a place to help them get off their horses?" Ling Qingyu smiled at Uncle Zheng, and then smiled at Lu Xiu who had already walked out the door: "Lv Xiu, Let's drink tea first, I want to eat."
Zheng Bo responded, and hurried out, and Lu Xiu also responded, and went back to get money to buy vegetables.
Madam Zheng brought everyone into the inner hall, and was in a hurry to serve tea and water, when someone outside said: "Mother, why is it so chaotic outside?"
Zheng Xi and Zheng Dong walked into the inner hall, raised their eyes to see Ling Qingyu's smiling face, and said happily, "Young lady is back!"
So there was another flurry of greetings and greetings, and then they sat down to talk about their experiences during this time, and Mama Zheng didn't mention it while cooking.
Hearing that the Fengshen sailed all the way to Africa, Zheng Xi was elated and sighed endlessly, wishing he could be in it, and when he talked about Lingjia Village, Zheng Xi's eyes widened even more. Then, when it comes to the situation in Wu County, Suzhou, although there are no weaving workshops here like those in Haizhou, the Suzhou area is already a big silk weaving household. Almost every household knows how to weave, and there are even more women who are idle at home. It costs almost nothing. In time, Zheng Xi hired more than 200 people, and now the weaving workshop has been expanded to 500 looms, and new recruits will soon arrive. As Zheng Dong went from one village to another in the countryside, dozens of mulberry households have been used as a stable source of silk. Now the weaving workshop has been fully started, and some of the sales in his own shops have been removed, and 8,000 bolts of silk have been accumulated. At the same time as the silk is collected in the countryside, some loose silk is also collected, and now there are tens of thousands of pieces piled up in the warehouse. Zheng Xi found another shop in Suzhou and opened a gold shop, specializing in the sale of gold and treasures that Cai Jingfang sent over according to Ling Qingyu's orders. He also recruited a few skilled craftsmen, and now the gold shop is very profitable.
While talking, Zheng Xi kept looking at Yang Zhao, seeing him sitting on a chair with his head down drinking tea, he looked very refined, he gritted his teeth, and said to Ling Qingyu, "Excuse me?"
Ling Qingyu was very happy to hear that, when he heard his words suddenly, he asked in a daze, "What?"
Seeing that she didn't answer, Zheng Xi thought she was pretending to be stupid, gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice: "They went to their north, what are they doing here?"
"Isn't that tomorrow, July 15th? Come with me to lay a grave for your parents." Ling Qingyu said with a smile, entered the yard, saw so many funeral supplies, and only after asking, did she know that it was for her mother Zheng. Parents prepared it. Isn't it Ghost Festival tomorrow? Zheng Xi and Zheng Dong also came home for this.