Chapter 76

After eating a meal that was either breakfast or Chinese food, Xia Jing originally wanted to take a walk in the yard to eat, but Li Chengmu walked in from the outside as soon as her feet stepped over the threshold.

"Mother, you are up."

"Well, you are sweating profusely, did you come back from outside?"

Seeing Li Chengmu coming in, Hongmei poured him a cup of herbal tea without asking.

"Fifth Master, it's hot outside, drink some tea to quench your thirst."

Li Chengmu drank it all in one gulp, handed the teacup to Hongmei, and then explained, "I just came back from outside, Jiangxia deserves to be the most prosperous county in Jingzhou, there are too many goods coming from south to north, I took Ding Dazhuang and others to choose for a whole morning, and I finally picked out a few. In fact, other supplies are also good, but our carriage is limited, and we can't hold too many goods, which is a pity."

As he said that, he handed her a piece of paper, "Here are a few materials I selected, do you think they are suitable?"

Hongmei filled the teacup with herbal tea and placed it in front of Li Chengmu. She sighed in her heart that the former fifth master who kept his ears shut and only read sage books was gone forever.Now, every day, he spends his time thinking about how to earn money to support those thousand strong men.

Xia Jing took the paper and read it carefully, "Grain, cloth, all kinds of dry goods, and all kinds of leather goods, the price is also reasonable, but I don't know the quality?"

Li Chengmu picked up the teacup and took another big gulp, his action was heroic, not as elegant as a scholar back then.

He put down the teacup and continued: "Ding Dazhuang and the others are still waiting in the warehouse. Concubine, you have an idea, and there are leather goods. My son thinks that we are about to cross the river. There should be no cold in the north on the other side. Can leather goods be sold at a higher price? "

Xia Jing chuckled, "Do you think that the other side of the river belongs to the south side of the river and it won't be cold in winter? The geographical location on the other side is not much different from this side, so the cold weather is just as cold, making you doubt your life."

"It's really so cold?" Li Chengmu couldn't understand the coldness and wondered how cold life is. Since she said that fur goods can be imported, let's buy according to the list.

Xia Jing flicked the paper, "Well, fur goods in the north should sell well on the other side of the river, but it's the beginning of summer now, and it will take a few months until the weather cools down. I wonder if the price will be lowered by then?"

Li Chengmu was reminded, and said with a smile, "Whether the price will be lowered or not, we can buy the goods at the same price as the shopkeeper!"

"Since it's been decided, I'll go to the warehouse with you to check the quality of the goods while I'm free." Xia Jing stood up as she spoke.

Hongmei handed over the other courtyard to Baimei's care, and she quickly followed.

As Xia Jing walked out, she asked her son beside her, "Xiao Wu, we spent a lot of money on the trip, do you have enough cash?"

"If we buy and ship goods along the way to make a difference, the money in our hands can temporarily cover the expenses of the entire team."

The entire team Li Chengmu refers to Xia Jing's thousand strong men.

Now that the world is in chaos, many small-scale caravans dare not go out to do business, fearing that they will lose all their money and risk their lives.

Therefore, as long as the goods can be safely transported to other towns, the shipping price will remain high.

In fact, in troubled times, as long as you have the ability to face it, it is easy to say and easy to succeed.

"That's good, it's not in vain to raise them, at least they are useful!" Xia Jing tried her best to walk in the shade of the trees, and her speed was much slower.

Li Chengmu walked slowly with her helplessly, taking advantage of no one asking around, he revealed the doubts that had been in his heart for a long time, "Concubine Mu, are you recruiting these 1000 people to form a caravan?"

Xia Jing walked quickly to the shade of another tree, and said with a smile, "I don't have such an idea for now. I plan to train these 1000 people for a period of time. After they pass the physical fitness, they will all be incorporated into my guard battalion."

"Guard camp?!" Li Chengmu stopped and stared at her in astonishment, "Do you want to have the same guard camp as your father? But you are always stationed in the inner courtyard of the deep house. It would be too wasteful and costly for these 1000 people to leave alone. Big, really tasteless!"

"If it was in the capital, I might often nest in the inner courtyard of the palace, but who can tell what the situation is like when I arrive in Lingnan?" Xia Jing looked at him sideways, "Xiao Wu, why don't you give this thousand dollars to my mother?" Divide the guards into two, and give you five hundred?"

"Me?" Li Chengmu came back to his senses when he heard the words, he shook his head with a grin, and hurried to catch up with Xia Jing, "I have the guards given by my father, so it is enough for my safety."

Knowing that this son didn't think too much, Xia Jing reminded: "This time is different from the past, all safety is the top priority, besides, what your father gave you is your father's, and the guards can only be used easily if they are trained by themselves. Wubai can become your confidant, and will accompany you through the wind and rain in the future, and will only be loyal to you!"

"Mother Concubine, I." Li Chengmu didn't expect Mu Concubine to think so much about him, and he didn't know whether to refuse or accept it.

"Okay, that's the decision!" Xia Jing didn't give him a chance to say more, she patted his shoulder, feeling that a child with a mother is a treasure.

The other brothers in the palace must be envious of him, because they don't have a mother to plan for them, and they have to rely on themselves for everything.

Xia Jing also thinks that she is always a treasure in the hands of her parents, and having her parents' care is the happiest thing in the world.

At the gate of the other courtyard, Xia Jing looked around, "Where's Changlu?"

"He must be driving a carriage."

Li Chengmu came back on horseback, since Xia Jing was going to follow, Changlu should be driving a carriage.

Sure enough, after a while, Chang Lu drove the carriage out of the alley by the side door.

The carriage stopped at the door, Chang Lu jumped out of the carriage and set up a stool for stepping on, "Princess, Fifth Master, Miss Hongmei, it's sunny outside, hurry up and get in the carriage."

Both Li Chengmu and Hongmei consciously reached out to support Xia Jing first, wanting her to get in the car first.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes and wheels rolling on the road came from the corner of the street.

Xia Jing stood on the shaft of the carriage and looked back, the carriage stopped in front of them after a while.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Wu Yuli walked out with a smile on her face.

"Princess, are you ready to go out?"

Xia Jing twitched the corner of her mouth, "I didn't expect you guys to come here at this time. We are going to the warehouse to do something."

To be honest, she is not familiar with Wu Yuli, and she doesn't want to change her itinerary for someone she doesn't know well.

"We just came to the street for a casual stroll. We stopped here to see you. There is nothing important. How about we go to the warehouse with you?"

Wu Yuli made a suggestion.

Xia Jing shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "If you have nothing to do, follow along."

Wu Yuli responded happily, and waited for Xia Jing and the others to get into the carriage first before she returned to her carriage with her skirt in hand.

The carriage swayed forward, and Mou Guangzhen glanced at the carriage in front of her which was countless times more luxurious than hers through the window, and felt extremely sour, "Mother, it's hard for you."

For the sake of the whole family, she had to bow down in front of a woman who was once inferior to her, trying her best to please and flatter her.

Sure enough, getting married is a woman's second reincarnation, the old man is right!
"For the sake of your brothers and sisters, for the sake of your mother!"

 Dear friends, please collect, recommend, and five-star praise~
  


(End of this chapter)

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like