Second Sister Nongmen has space

Since the spring caravans have come over one after another, Zhao Tingduo has been patrolling outside every five days.

Although he can arrange other people around him to do these things, he only needs to stay comfortably in the city.

But the future of Mida City is important. Now it is the beginning of construction. The greater the reputation, the greater the risk. He has to lead the team himself to be at ease.

Only this time, after only three days of going out, I encountered a caravan from thousands of families, so I escorted the caravan back.

In the tea room in the front yard of the City Lord's Mansion, Song Liyun saw an acquaintance whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Uncle Wan!"

Song Liyun smiled happily.

The person who came was actually Wan Liangjin who had been to the capital for more than a year.

In the past, Guanshi Wan and Song Liyun had formed a friendship since smuggling leather goods, and cooperated with a luxury leather luggage shop. They have long been grasshoppers on the same rope.

Later, Wan Guanshi introduced Wan Yanming, who was in charge of his business on Dongnan Road, to open up the sales of horn products and wool for Song Liyun, which made Wan's family eligible to enter Mida City.

But after the deal was settled, Wan Guanshi went to the capital to discuss with his family in the capital about the expansion of luggage.

Unexpectedly, Song Liyun just arrived at Mida City, and Wan Guanshi followed him.

I haven't seen him for a year, and after traveling long distances, Wan Guanshi has lost a lot of weight, but he is full of energy and high spirits.

As soon as he saw Song Liyun, he cupped his hands and saluted: "Wan has met the Young Madam. Before Wan was away, he was too busy to attend the wedding of the Young Madam and the Young Master in person. I will forgive you, the Young Madam!"

Before Song Liyun's wedding, the Wan family had given gifts in advance, what Guanshi Wan said at this time was nothing more than not going to the Wuda Tribe to watch the ceremony.

Song Liyun didn't care about these things, and said with a smile: "Why should Uncle Wan be out of touch, the set of clothes you gave is already a lot of money!"

Zhao Tingduo also said: "Wan Guanshi is welcome, the horns sold by Wanjia Trading Company have already solved the plight of the tribe, I am very grateful."

There are as many horns as there are cow hides in the tribe.

Although there are also cowhide products, skilled craftsmen are needed, and ordinary people have little use for cow horns.

But Wanjia and Lin Qingyuan ground piles of ox horns into horn combs and hanging ornaments, which were exported to the Wu Dynasty, and the supply exceeded demand.

The Wuda tribe collected horns from other tribes, turned waste into treasure, and sold them for thousands of taels of silver.

Being so thanked by City Lord Mida, no matter how calm Guanshi Wan was, he couldn't hide the pride on his face.

The Wuda tribe earns a thousand taels of silver, and the Wan family will only earn more.

When the account book was closed at the end of the year, the numbers on his book were very envious and envied by the other wards.

The three of them said a few polite words, and finally got down to business.

Wan Guanshi said: "Young Madam, you once said before that let us buy some available servants for you. After a year has passed, I finally found it and brought it to you this time!"

Song Liyun was pleasantly surprised: "Bring it? How many are there, and what skills do they have?"

Before she got married, she said in a chat with Wan Guanshi that she would help buy a few servants who were skilled and able to farm.

This kind of person is hard to come by, she forgot after she said it, never thought that Wan Guanshi really came all the way to Mida City.

Hearing Song Liyun ask how many of them were there and what kind of craft they knew, Guanshi Wan felt a little uncomfortable, cleared his throat and said, "They are all children, they don't know any craft!"

"Ah?" Song Liyun was puzzled, what he wanted was a craftsman, why would he send a child?

When she saw being led into a bunch of radish heads, she was dumbfounded.

In the front yard, there were twenty children, large and small.

The eldest is eight or nine years old, and the youngest is only five years old. Although he is not unkempt after a long journey, his hair is disheveled and thin.

Song Liyun looked at these children who were staring at her timidly, and asked, "What are your names, and who else is in your family?"

No one speaks.

Song Liyun pointed to the oldest boy and said, "What's your name and how old are you? Come out and talk!"

The boy bit his lip and walked out of the crowd, knelt on the ground and replied: "Mrs. Hui, the youngest is Xiaoba. He is eight years old this year. Because of a disaster at home, what he didn't eat was sold..."

His voice was choked up, tears welled up in his eyes, and his grandparents were sick from the cold, so he and his sister were exchanged for charcoal.

When Song Liyun heard about the disaster, she nodded and didn't ask any more questions. She only asked Di Nushayi to take the children to the dining hall to have some food first, and then go to the big bath to wash off.

If there is any problem, Guanshi Wan will explain it, and Song Liyun has to listen to why he sent these burdensome children.

After the children left, Wan Guanshi came to talk about it in detail.

It turned out that these children were sent by Wan Yanming from Southeast Road.

The winter on Dongnan Road is not too cold, the coldest is only one month, with less snow and more rain, and it will be over soon, so each family prepares a small amount of firewood to survive the winter.

But last year, it was raining in winter, and tens of 10 people were covered by the rain for several months. Not only was the firewood drenched, but there was not even a dry branch in the forest to start a fire.

If the family is a little better, they spend money to buy charcoal, and if they have no money, the whole family hides under the covers.

You can't warm yourself by the fire, and you don't have a mouthful of hot soup to drink.

Cold pots and cold stoves, water leaks in the hut, and even the bedding on the bed was wet. In the cold rain and cold wind, the elderly and children kept getting sick.

The roads are muddy, the transportation process is difficult, and the price of charcoal has soared, far exceeding that of food. Life in the city and the countryside is very difficult.

Food is no longer the most important thing, heating is the key.

The use of people to exchange charcoal came into being. A boy can exchange three hundred catties of charcoal, and a girl can only exchange two hundred catties.

With the charcoal exchanged by these children, the family can drink hot water and cook some rice porridge until spring.

The Wan family chose these children for Song Liyun because of another reason.

Wan Guanshi said: "Young Madam, real big families don't buy people very often, they use their children the most. The master and servant have been together since they were young, and they have a deep relationship and will not betray the master.

Although these children are young, as long as the young lady cultivates feelings from an early age, they will be the most reliable assistants of the lady. "

The Wan family is a big family with businesses spread all over the north and south. To manage such a large situation, there is nothing but the side branches of each house.

Most of the guys are home-born, and loyalty is far superior to those hired from outside.

Song Liyun's foundation is shallow, and the only ones he can use now are the elders of the old family, and they are people from the Wuda tribe.

It seems to be peaceful now, if there is any change, it is hard to say how much selfishness there is.

Although these children can't help much for the time being, it only takes two years for them to fully adapt to life on the grassland, no longer love their family, and will firmly cling to Song Liyun, the only master of the Wu Dynasty.

This is really for his own sake, Song Liyun said to Wan Guanshi: "Uncle Wan has planned far-reaching plans for Li Yun, Li Yun is very grateful!"

Guanshi Wan laughed: "If you want to thank the old man, you might as well give me all the rights to manage the wool!"

Song Liyun smiled, he was indeed a businessman, and he always asked for some interest back if he made a contribution.

But isn't the wool already there?Why do you want more.

She wondered: "Young Master Wan has already taken the wool, how can Uncle Wan still have the right to manage it?"

The only wool she can handle now is the Uda tribe weaving wool thread to weave carpets. Wan Yanming took more than 1000 catties to Dongnan Road.

Why does Wan Guanshi need more management rights now, which is basically a monopoly, which is not what Song Liyun wants to see.

Guanshi Wan opened a wooden box and took out two pieces of fabric that were one foot square.

"Young lady, what do you think of this?"

Song Liyun took it, and a piece of it was like coarse cloth, thick and a little hard.

And the other piece is light, soft and skin-friendly.

"Is this woolen cloth?"