"Can we exchange money tomorrow morning?" Huo Xi looked at Huo Erhuai with wide eyes.
"That's what the escort said."
Great. This is really good news. They arrived at the dock yesterday at the time of application, but did not unload the grain. Today, they were delayed for another day, but still did not unload the grain.
It's been five days since they left. They originally thought they could go back and forth in four days.
This should not only be caused by the slow delivery of grain by the laborers, but also the slow delivery and deposit speed at the dock.
It took more than a day to exchange more than a hundred boats. Behind them, there was a steady stream of water boats coming to Huai'an, stopping for dozens of miles along both sides of the river.
Connected end to end, you can't even see the end.
It is said that the number of canal ships in the previous dynasty was over 10,000, and the delivery of canal grains lasted for several months.
It’s no wonder that the cities along the canal were born and prospered because of the canal, and it’s not unreasonable to be rich and prosperous. Just look at the Huai’an Wharf. Along the dozens of kilometers, Huai people, vendors, and merchants on both sides of the river are trading, and it is bustling every day.
If you cook diligently and sell meals, you can supplement your living expenses.
"Dad, I heard that Huai'an's wine is very famous. After we unload the food, I will accompany Dad to buy a few jars and leave them for Dad to drink slowly."
"Okay, let me take advantage of our Xi'er and buy a few jars and keep them and drink them slowly to see if there is any difference between this Huai'an wine and our Jiangnan wine."
Huo Erhuai now has confidence. He has saved money at home, and now he can buy some wine that he thought was expensive. He feels happy in his heart.
The father and daughter talked happily, and Yang Fu and Yu Jiang returned to the Huo family's boat.
"Little Huo Xi, I borrowed ten taels of silver from your family, so I need ten taels of linen."
"Uncle Yu, don't you want to buy anything else?"
Yujiang shook his head, "No, other things cost a lot and you can't buy much. They're not as good as linen."
Huo Xi nodded and helped him calculate how many horses he could get for ten taels, "Then I'll give you one hundred and twenty-five."
"Okay. Uncle, thank you."
One hundred and twenty-five horses, and I have to share 20% of the profit, so I'm afraid I won't make much money.
Yu Jiang also wanted to change to a larger boat to bring his wife and daughter. Huo Xi thought about it and said to him: "Uncle Yu, do you want more?"
Yu Jiang understood what she meant and smiled at her, "No, just these. I'm worried that I won't be able to sell the ten liang, and it will be uncomfortable to bear the debt."
Huo Erhuai said: "It's okay. I won't rush you. I'll pay you back slowly when you have the money."
It would be difficult for him to say this to others, but Huo Erhuai knew what Yu Jiang was like. He was a very responsible person. He usually saved money and spent money, but he used it to support his family. A person with a bottom line in doing things would never fail to pay back the debt.
money.
Yu Jiang smiled at Huo Erhuai: "No, no matter how much it is, I can't put it on the boat. If I go back and sell well, I will get the goods from you again."
Huo Xi nodded, "Okay, then my family will leave you ten taels of goods. If you sell them quickly when you get back, you can get the goods from me."
Yu Jiang nodded, and after agreeing, he returned to his boat. He wanted to rest first, and would have to replace Huo Erhuai in the middle of the night to keep watch.
"Brother Xiaoyu also wants ten taels of linen cloth," Yang Fu said.
"Didn't he borrow twenty taels from us?" Huo Erhuai asked, "Does he want to buy other things?"
Yang Fu shook his head: "He didn't say it. It should be so."
Huo Xi smiled and said, "Those two brothers can't make the decision. His mother has an idea."
"Xi'er, aren't you angry?"
"Why should I be angry? It doesn't bother us. Besides, the two thousand pieces of linen are all left to our family, so I'm not worried. If we can't sell them in a month, we will sell them for half a year. If we keep them, they won't spoil.
Keep it and sell it slowly."
Huo Erhuai nodded: "Yes. It's normal for other people to have their own ideas. It's not easy for us to come here. Everyone wants to follow their own ideas. It's normal. Let's not block other people's way of making money."
Yang Fu nodded in understanding.
Then he said: "Brother Ma Xiang and Ma Ji said they want twenty taels of cloth, but they don't bring anything else. Uncle Zou wants fifteen taels of cloth."
"Your grandma Zou wants fifteen taels of cloth? Didn't he only borrow ten taels from our family?" Huo Erhuai was afraid that Yang Fu had remembered it wrong.
"I remember correctly. Uncle Zou said that he would use the money he borrowed from us to buy linen and nothing else. He would just listen to our family. In addition, he would also take out the five taels of silver he had saved and share another five taels with us.
Goods of silver."
"Uncle Zou is very courageous. He has taken out all the coffins he saved."
Huo Xi was a little surprised. The old couple, Mr. Zou and his wife, were usually cautious people. Unexpectedly, this time they used the borrowed money to buy all the linen, and even added a lot to it.
Huo Erhuai was a little worried and frowned: "Xi'er, you won't lose money by selling cloth, right? It's not easy for you, Grandpa Zou, to save those few taels of silver. There are only three grandsons left in the Zou family. If there is one
What if it happens, how can two old people bear it?"
An honest person all his life, he has never been in the business of buying low and selling high. He would like to break a coin in half and spend it.
If you lose money...
Huo Erhuai didn't dare to think. Others might not do anything, but he would be burdened with a lot of psychological burden.
"Dad, don't worry. When we return to Kongtang this time, we will be exempted from tax. I won't know about it in the future. So no matter how we sell the linen we bring back, it will be cheaper than the local linen, and it will definitely be sold. It's just a profit.
It’s a question of making more but less.”
"Even if we can't sell it, we just need to recycle the Zou family's cloth to prevent him from losing money."
Huo Erhuai let out a breath and said, "That's okay. We can't let him and his wife lose money. Dad will not be able to live with this."
Huo Erhuai would rather his family lose money than the two young and old lose money. He is afraid that it will be difficult to explain, and he feels burdened in his heart.
Huo Xi looked at him and smiled.
An honest person would rather suffer a loss for himself than for others to suffer a loss. A person who lives his life will never be that cunning businessman.
In the future, when you have money, you can buy fields and villages, and let your parents become landlords and collect rent. Don't let them worry about these things.
Speaking of brothers Ma Ji and Ma Xiang, they borrowed the same amount of money as the Qian family, twenty taels each. They all listened to the Huo family and used it all to buy cloth.
"Your Ma family brother is also a worry-free person. If anything happens in the future, you must remember them." Huo Erhuai said again.
Huo Xi nodded: "Well, if something good happens in the future, we will take them with us."
The four families requested a total of 688 pieces of cloth. The family had 1,312 pieces left over, enough to sell for a while.
The next day, when Huo Xi woke up, Huo Erhuai had already prepared breakfast.
"Dad, are you sleepy? Go to sleep. I'll do it." Huo Erhuai and Yu Jiang took turns guarding the food. Yu Jiang guarded the food for half of the night, and he guarded the rest of the night.
"Okay, daddy, go get some sleep."
After Yang Fu woke up, he rolled over from Qian Xiaoxia's boat to his own boat. He took a look into the cabin and saw Huo Erhuai sleeping soundly and snoring. He whispered to Huo Xi, "Xi'er, you really don't want to be with us."
Going ashore?"
Huo Xi shook her head: "Dad said that it will be our turn to pay food in the morning. I want to stay and see."
"Then I'll stay too."
"Uncle, please go ashore, take the silk swatches with you, and look for cloth merchants along the way. I will go with you in the afternoon."
Today is the sixth day since they came out. They still haven't found anyone to buy their silk fabrics. Yang Fu is worried.
Yang Fu nodded: "That's okay. I'll go ashore to look for it first. There may be a surprise."
But this time, there was no surprise, but a real shock to Huo Xi.
Let me tell you a funny story. A few days ago, I heard that Dongdong Express was working. My family sent me a big box of fruit. However, Shanghai was silent again. This box of fruit has been in Hangzhou for several days.
Move. I'll go and wait until I receive it. It won't be a box of wet garbage~