Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 102 Big fat is unlucky

This time the second uncle is not used to them, first he reprimanded them for not helping them when the shopkeepers came to make trouble, then he lied about spending 4000 taels of silver on the second floor, and if he wanted more money, he would pay the investment first.When the lawsuit came to Jin Yan, Jin Yan told them: "Grandma, the pier is for my brother. Since he rented it out again, and he still has paperwork, you have no reason to argue with the county magistrate. It’s the rules, whoever breaks it will be responsible for it.”

"Is this how our family treats him?"

"I think it's enough. Even if the bureaucrats sue, we have no chance of winning. Maybe we have to pay for it?"

Seeing them leaving with their heads downcast, Liu Tao whispered angrily, "Everyone is so thick-skinned, how dare they ask for more money?"

"Yes, although the second uncle is playing tricks, as a businessman, there is nothing wrong with chasing profits. I think he is doing the right thing?"

"That's an old man, a sharp horse, and a slippery man. The most outstanding thing he did was to sign a contract. If there is no contract, look at it. Why don't you let your grandma toss to death?"

At night Liu Xi came to look for Liu Tao, Liu Tao looked at her preoccupied look and asked: "What's the matter Liu Xi, why are you a little unhappy?"

"Sister, I want to discuss it with you. Since my sister got married, my father doesn't have much money. He said that the house and the last small shop will have to be left to my younger brother. Although I can't give the dowry like my sister when I get married, But it can't be too shabby. In order to save my dowry, I have to work hard at such an advanced age. I saw him on the pier a few days ago, because a few guys couldn't do so much work, so he just followed Tired, so tired, I just wanted to help him..."

"Liu Xi, it's good that you have filial piety. If you want to help my second uncle, you can go. But don't throw away your bark painting in your spare time. If you have time, continue to make it and bring it to our city. You can exchange it for silver at the shop, and if you save a lot in the future, it will be quite a dowry.”

Since I bought the land for the wharf, built the wharf and the goods yard, and built the supporting houses, there is still a lot of land behind the house that I bought together, and it happened to build several large workshops with the wharf. The goods are very convenient, and processing with supplied materials is the most appropriate, and they can be sold or rented out at that time, but they have not yet made a detailed plan.

The big wharf of the Jin family is fully operational. The itinerant hawkers have selected a variety of goods from each house, and set up small stalls to split up and sell them on the spot. People originally wanted to go to several stores to buy goods, so they just wanted to choose here for convenience. It's a deal.Such small stalls are increasing day by day, and goods can be purchased nearby if there is a shortage of goods.

There are more and more small stalls like this. The stalls on both sides of the main road at the pier are like a market. It is as noisy as a big open-air market during the day, and it can only be quiet in the evening when it gets dark.

On this day, the two came out of the mansion holding hands after dinner, and walked on the main road at the pier.Lanterns representing various businesses have been lit on various piers, and the sound of drinking and punching can be faintly heard from some rooms, and a bright moon in the sky reflects the peaceful scenery of the piers.At this time, there are still boats docking or leaving at the pier, which disturbs the shadow of the moon in the middle of the river.

Jin Yan said: "Tao'er, why do I feel that there is a bit of smoke in the cage, cold water in the night and sand in the night, and that the Qinhuai River is near the restaurant at night?"

"Well, I think there is also the meaning of a night tour of the West Lake. In the future, a restaurant should be built here. It is best to be at the bridgehead of our house. It is surrounded by water and geomantic treasures on both sides!"

"Yes, in the future we will have to build a few painted boats to attract some high-style literati and scholars. On the painted boats, drinking and reciting poems, embracing the red and leaning on the green, singing and dancing, ah... What a blessing in life!" Jin Yan said yearningly. .

"Yes, develop tourism, set up picking festivals in our vineyards, plant lotus roots and water chestnuts by the river, and hold poetry competitions and fishing competitions!"

"Yeah, it's all very good, and the money must be earned, but do we have time to take care of these?"

One sentence completely extinguished Liu Tao's fantasies. In one summer, the two of them were busy with their feet.Liutao is just a few workshops in the yard. The most worrying thing is the summer sandals and the current leather clothes. This year, I added three styles. When the sandals change seasons, they will be new boots. Later, when the weather is cold, I have designed four or five varieties. leather clothes, and the vineyards outside the courtyard... I really don't have time to do anything else.

When the two came back from strolling for half an hour and were walking on the pier road, they suddenly saw a man and a woman coming out of the alley embracing each other. They just met each other dozens of steps away, and the woman suddenly turned around and pulled the man. ran back.

Liu Tao asked Jin Yan suspiciously: "Brother Jin Yang, do you see who it is?"

"I didn't see it too closely, but that woman is too much like my sister-in-law Xiu'e, and that man is much taller than my brother..."

"Well, I think it's probably Xiu'e, but these things are not our business."

By the end of November, the food had already been shipped to Yajing Port for the second time. Lu Run wrote to say that the variety of goods in the port warehouse is gradually decreasing, especially women's cosmetics urgently need to be replenished. It’s cheap, and I’ll pay 120 catties for one tael of silver. I’d like to ask if I can send two ships directly overseas. Captain Venus’ ship will come over tomorrow. If you go, try to hurry up and go with them. This is also a good opportunity to train the fleet. up.

Brother Su also wrote to say that the gold and silver prepared by Qinglang Kingdom is enough to pay for the next four shipments of food. If the food in the future cannot be repaid with minerals, charcoal, and skins, the food payment will have to be owed on credit.

Su Huan also sent Su Qing to contact. Xiaoyan Country and Qinglang Country have similar national conditions this year. People inside and outside Xing'an City have already starved to death. As the weather gets colder and the cold season comes, civilians will starve to death even more.Those who lost their loved ones due to the war are even more pitiful. There is not much money left in the national treasury to make the national teacher toss. If possible, Wanwang Jinyi will help, even if they owe it on credit, they have to give some food as much as possible...

The two of them considered that if they transported four more shipments of grain to Qinglang Country, they would be able to eat nothing until the end of January. February and March were the most difficult months, and only wild vegetables could be dug in March and April. At least fifteen shipments of grain have to be transported through Qinglang Country to arrive.Now half of the people have been saved, and the second half has to be saved. If the success falls short, there is no need to do such useless efforts in the first place.

Now it will be winter soon, since the Qinglang State owns coal, charcoal and hides, the coal and charcoal can be resold to residents for heating, the hides can be transported to Raksha Country for processing and dyeing, and leather clothing can also be processed after the Games.

They don't have cash, so they pay the bill with the goods, and if they can't pay the bill, they should pay on credit first!What's more, Brother Su also promised to give [-]% interest when repaying the loan in the future. Who makes us love so much that we can't see people suffer?
As for Xiaoyan Country, because the country is smaller than Qinglang Country, the population is relatively small, so emergency rescue is also possible.Under the coordination of Lu Run, Fan Tong loaded the four ships of grain captured by the pirates on Shark Island, unloaded them at Yajing Port, and asked Su Qing to contact Xiaoyan's army to pick up the ships and transport them away.Fan Tong saw that if all the food in Shark Island was emptied, the people left here would still have to eat, so there would be less than a boat left.

After Jin Yan asked Fan Tong to unload the grain, he loaded two ships of goods to the Raksha Country to exchange for red beans, and on the return journey, he went directly to Yajing Port and unloaded them for Xiaoyan Country.Take care of this Chinese New Year gap, and then let the crew take vacation and wait for the Chinese New Year.Luo Luo looked at the map brought by Captain Venus and said, I only grew up in the Raksha Country, and I don’t know much about the Raksha Country, and I have never been to other countries. The countries in the country all use the same language as the Raksha country.Those countries are not too big, probably not half the size of the Great Kingdom... Seeing that Luo Luo's knowledge is limited, he can only wait for Jin Xing or other captains to answer his questions.

Captain Venus took away a dozen quicksand paintings last time, and exchanged them for more than 3000 taels of silver. Such a small batch supply has many benefits, and it can make people feel the value of this thing.Captain Jin Xing said: "Jin, this quicksand painting is extremely popular overseas. Before I came back, there were more than ten people who ordered it. Can you bring more next time?"

Of course, Jin Li prevaricated by using the excuse that the raw materials were hard to come by, and he turned around and told Liu Tao the good news.

Liu Tao: "No, not only can't bring more, but have to bring less, let him bring eight this time!"

Uncle San and Liu Gang came early this year and brought over two carts of high-quality furs. They said they still had more than one cart at home, and they would be able to fetch two carts at a time after the new year.

What is in short supply now is snow rabbit fur. Snow rabbit fur is white and soft, and winter rabbit fur is thick and thick. The leather clothes made of snow rabbit fur are very popular in overseas countries. The price is comparable to the expensive fox fur and mink fur.But there is no such rabbit breed in overseas countries. Although there are in Daqian and Beidi, the number is still not much.What Uncle San brought today was only a hundred, which was far from Liu Tao's needs.

The grandma asked about the family situation, and the third uncle said: "There is nothing at home. The weather is a bit dry this year, and there is not much food. In summer, Big Fatty and the son of the village head, Huang Shansong, bet on riding a donkey naked. Run three laps around the threshing ground. If Big Fatty wins, Huang Shansong will lose half a vegetable bun to him;

In order to get half of the vegetable buns, Big Fatty took off his clothes and rode a donkey around the threshing ground. On the third round, Huangshan Song was afraid of losing, so he secretly hit the donkey on the ass with a stone, and the donkey kicked. He knocked Fatty off, and the back of his head hit the stone, and he woke up after two or three days of coma and fever, but his mind was still not clear... "

As soon as grandma heard this, she became worried. His grandson was so unlucky that he couldn't eat or sleep well.Big Fatty made a bet for half a steamed bun, so the whole family couldn't get enough to eat?Thinking of his grandson suffering, he cried bitterly.

It's mid-December now, and a few days ago, Jin Li sent Yue Fei's mother-in-law to Liangshan Port in a foreign carriage, intending to replace Lu Run and come back to pick Ma Ji back to his hometown to get married.Grandma missed Da Pang, so she encouraged Jin Yan to go to his hometown to pick up Da Pang. Jin Yan said that the carriage was driven to Liangshan Port by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and she hoped that her son would come back soon.During the period of anticipation, Uncle San and Liu Gang returned to their hometown.

　Congratulations to my friends on Happy Eleventh, and have fun traveling and playing all the way.Two chapters today.

　　
　
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