The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 294
"What kind of goods does Lord Hou plan to buy for the people in Zhuangzi this year? It's easy to arrange people to go out and buy for the small ones." Qian Dui asked.

"Except for rice and meat, there is nothing else. I have neglected the farmers on the Zhuangzi these years. Fortunately, the Feng Hao you recommended has some knowledge, otherwise the Zhuangzi must be deserted." Xuan Shijing smiled. road.

"Brother Feng is also a person with his own ups and downs in his chest. If he has no talent, he would not dare to recommend it to Lord Hou rashly." Qian Dui said: "In recent years, under the management of Brother Feng, the Zhuangzi in your fief has been prosperous. Well, our Zhuangzi is located in a plain, and there is only the river we built that winds and flows through the Zhuangzi nearby, so the scenery on the Zhuangzi has become more beautiful because of this, and it is refreshing to watch."

"I actually think that if the households in Zhuangzi only rely on farming, they can only struggle with food and clothing. I wonder if they can develop some side jobs?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Of course there are. When the farming is busy, the farmer's door is naturally only concerned with the field, and there is nothing to do when it is free. Brother Feng asked the farmer's door in the village to raise some chickens and ducks. The newly built There are also a lot of seedlings in the reservoir, and there are people who go boating in the reservoir to fish in autumn." Qiandui replied.

"This Feng Hao really has two talents. If he doesn't want to work in Zhuangzi anymore, he can recommend it to His Majesty and find him a county magistrate. His future will be limitless."

"My little one thinks that Brother Feng definitely intends to stay in the Hou Mansion." Qian Dui said with a smile.

Xuan Shijing smiled: "Forget it, if you have a chance in the future, you can mention it to Feng Hao to see what he wants. I really hope that all the talents in the Hou Mansion will be able to stand out. By the way, probably this afternoon Feng Hao will bring the population information on Zhuangzi to the Hou's mansion. At noon today, you can stay in the mansion for dinner. In the afternoon, the three of us will discuss the matter of buying new year's goods for the farmers on Zhuangzi. After the finalization, tomorrow In the morning, you send people to start shopping, and in the afternoon, I will take people to Zhuangzi together with the new year's goods."

"Very good, now many honorable mansions in Chang'an City are also starting to buy things for the farmers in their own fiefdoms. If we buy things one day earlier, the price will be a little cheaper. When Gao Jun returns to Chang'an around the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, what he said Maybe you can get a good price for the batch of New Year’s goods you’re carrying.” Qiandui had a message on his face, and he felt very satisfied with this way of making money.

"You are a true businessman." Xuan Shijing joked: "The things that Gao Jun brought back are probably quite a lot, and we will use them for our own use first. If there are any leftovers, don't sell them, and distribute them directly to Yuhou. The mansion that the mansion has made a good relationship with, along with the servants of the mansion, will also benefit from it."

"Success, listen to Lord Hou." Qian Dui said with a smile.

Because Qiandui was going to eat in the Hou Mansion, Xuan Shijing specially ordered the kitchen to cook some sumptuous meals at noon. Hou Mansion, in terms of authenticity, Hou Mansion is better than Xuanwulou.

"It's been a long time since I've eaten the food of the Hou's Mansion. Although Xuanwulou's food is similar to the food of the Hou's Mansion, it lacks the taste of home after all." Qian Dui said with emotion.

"Eat more if it tastes good. Even though we are in Chang'an all year round, you, Qian Dui, have been working outside and rarely go back to the Hou's Mansion. If you like it, you can just come back every day. The Hou's Mansion is not bad for you." Room." Wang said with a smile, "You are now the big shopkeeper of our prosperous Tang Chamber of Commerce, and you can't always do everything by yourself. You just need to assign it to the people below to help bear some of it. Seeing that you have lost weight these days. Quite a few."

Qiandui's father, Qian Duo, was acquainted with Xuan Shijing's parents. Qiandui was also raised by Wang as a child, so he couldn't help but treat Qiandui as his own child. Wang especially remembered that when Xuan Mingde rescued Qianduo, Qiandui Still in her infancy, Qiandui's mother starved to death in the troubled times. At that time, Qiandui was already starving and skinny. It was Wang who found a nanny in the village, whose milk was made of rice cereal, and only then did she feed Qiandui. , I also love Qiandui very much in my heart.

"Thank you Madam for your concern. It's just Qiandui's burden. Qiandui can still bear it. The Hou's family has a big business, so we can't be negligent. Now our Chamber of Commerce and Jinyang Fund are very bright on the surface, but we don't know it behind the scenes. How many people with ulterior motives are staring at us." Qian Dui laughed and said, "We can't let them take advantage of it."

"That's right. In the past, when the Hou Mansion was short on food and clothing, they always wanted to make more money to subsidize the expenses. Now that the family has a big business, they still have to worry about being calculated by others." It’s the first day, is Qiandui going to live in Chang’an, or go back to Erxian Village to accompany your father? During the Laba Festival, you didn’t go back to accompany your father to have some sacrifices, alas.”

"Ma'am, there is no need to sigh. I am ashamed to say it. My father said that the ancestor of my Qian family was destroyed in the flames of war. This matter is also a big worry between me and my father. I plan to wait until Yuanri to leave In a few days, I will go back to Erxian Village and complete the matter of the Qian family's ancestral sacrifice again." Qian Dui said.

"That is to say, you won't go back to Erxian Village with Qiandui this year during the Chinese New Year?" Wang said, "It's been several years since you didn't have old money to spend the New Year together, why don't you send someone to bring the old money to Chang'an this year? It just so happened to have a gathering and have fun, and as for the Erxian Village, I will let you arrange it properly."

"Mother is talking about Ji, Qiandui, you can write to Uncle Qian when you get back tonight, let him come to Chang'an City together, it will be lively during Chinese New Year," Xuan Shijing echoed.

Qiandui nodded: "That's it, I'll write a letter to ask my father."

During the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the land of the Central Plains was empty. I don’t know how many big families were like Qian Duo’s family. Their ancestors collapsed. There are only three or four generations. If there is a family tree, then it is another matter.

"Speaking of which, I haven't heard about Xuan Mingdao and his wife for a while." Xuan Shijing looked at Wang and asked.

"They have already moved out of the Hou's Mansion and bought a house in Chang'an City. The day after Sun Yaoting was assigned, they hurriedly moved out of the Hou's Mansion. Hmph, if it is said that the two of them have nothing to do with Sun Yaoting, they are mothers anyway. I don't believe it." Wang said angrily.

"Well, it's fine to move out. I think the servants in our mansion don't like them very much. They also have a heart problem. The couple are at odds with our Hou's mansion. If something happens in the future, don't back it up." Stabbing a knife is the fruit of our daily good deeds." Xuan Shijing laughed.

"But the younger one is Mr. Guan Xuanqing, he is upright and kind, unlike his parents." Qian Dui said.

"It's rare for that child Qing'er to maintain such a pure heart under the guidance of the couple. Jing'er, after all, your father was favored by the Xuan family back then, and the reason why he should spring up to repay the kindness he received, as a mother, I still understand. ’” Wang said.

"What does mother mean?" Xuan Shijing looked at Wang Shi puzzled.

(End of this chapter)