After several days of stop and go, the Mu family's motorcade finally arrived in the capital.
At the gate of the city, there are people waiting to line up to enter the city. There are people with children and their families, some carrying burdens, some pushing carts, some driving ox carts and horse carts, and some riding horses and donkeys.
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There are quite a few people like the Mu family who use carriages, horses, and carts to pull luggage.
Those leaving the city and those entering the city crowded into a crowd at the city gate and entered and exited slowly.
Mu Yan rode his horse at the front of the team, moving slowly forward with the flow of people.
"Master Hou, you are finally back! My wife, madam, young ladies and gentlemen at home have been waiting for me for the past few days. Those who look forward to the stars and the moon can be considered as hoping that Mr Hou is back!"
"How are you at home?" Zhang Fu raised the car curtain and asked the steward who came to pick him up.
"Okay, everything is fine. Madam Tai ordered people to clean the whole house a few days ago, and she is waiting for the Marquis to return to Beijing."
There were many servants from the Zhang family who came to pick them up, and there were also many servants who drove the cars that Zhang Fu brought back from Peiping. At the gate of the city, in addition to the Mu family's motorcade, it was the Zhang family's motorcade that attracted attention.
Mu Yan glanced at the Zhang family, then looked at the clothes on the servants and the emblems of the carriages and horses, and twitched the corners of his mouth.
The Marquis of Xincheng, who has been guarding the northern gate for His Majesty, has returned to Beijing.
Summoned Kan Er: "Send a thank-you gift to the Huo family tomorrow, and then tell her about the excitement in the city."
"The excitement in the city?" Kan Er was confused.
Mu Yan cooed at the city gate.
Kan Er looked over and saw that the city gate was bustling with people. What was the excitement that the young master was talking about?
Sometimes Li Yi was worried about Kan Er's IQ, and motioned him to look towards the Zhang family: "Look at what the servants of that family are wearing, and then look at the emblem on the carriage."
The emblem? Kaner took a closer look, and this time he understood it.
"Don't worry, young master, I will tell Mrs. Huo about this excitement. Do you want her to stop coming to the inner city?"
"Just tell her it's fun."
"Okay. Miss Huo is smart."
Mu Xin was riding beside Mu Yan and couldn't say anything. Who is this Madam Huo? Could it be?
"My second sister-in-law told you to kiss me?"
"Eh? It's okay." Mu Yan reacted and his face felt warm.
"What about this Miss Huo?"
"Oh, Fourth Master, how old is my young master? Are you planning to marry me now?" Kan Er stepped forward to interrupt.
"Your young master will be 15 on August 15th. It's time to get married. It will take two or three years to accept the invitation. Ask for the name, Naji. It will take two or three years to accept the invitation. Then ask for the date and welcome him personally. He is eighteen or nineteen years old. It is just right.
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As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Mu Yan had already mounted his horse and headed towards the city gate.
"Fourth Master, the city gate is open."
Huo Xi returned two days earlier than the Mu family and was very busy. She discussed the sales situation of this batch of goods with Yang Fu, shopkeeper Shen and others.
"As soon as the spices were transported back to the capital, I asked Zou Sheng to take his men to Huai'an. I was going to wait for my boss to come back. After discussing with my boss, I also went to Huai'an. Other goods from overseas were placed in two shops.
The sales are very good, and the vendors are vying to get their goods."
Huo Xi nodded and asked him about the foreign cloth.
"The sales are all very good. When I heard that it was cloth from overseas, they all rushed to buy it. That batch of green cloth was sold to traders, one piece and two pieces, and sold in bulk in the city for two pieces of money. It's easy to sell, boss.
Don’t worry.”
I usually charge three or four cents, and I can sell it for two cents, so the profit margin is not small. I nodded: "That's good. I'm worried that the price is very different from the local green cloth price, and no one will care about it."
"Have you never heard of foreign monks who can chant sutras? When I heard that the cloth was from overseas, everyone rushed to buy it so that they could sell it."
Huo Xi and Yang Fu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"In the past two days, I have to trouble Shopkeeper Shen and my uncle to send some foreign cloth to He Baihu and Yan Qianhu. Let's take a look and pick some foreign goods to send to wherever else we have relations. We still have to safeguard with them. Good relationship."
"Okay, boss, don't worry."
"Don't worry, Xi'er, I'll choose the gift myself later."
Huo Xi nodded and asked how those Sahara were dealt with.
"I transported some back to Qionghua Lane and asked the women there to process it into thick felts of different sizes. I also hung a notice at the door of the shop asking for work. There were many female workers coming to get work. After they were finished, I Just arrange to transport them to the north."
"Those kingfisher feathers are only given to the ladies in Qionghua Lane to be made into velvet flowers and round fans. After a few days, I will collect them for my employer to see."
"That's a good arrangement. Where are those oil-red cloths, shipped to the north?"
"It was shipped along with the spices. I put boxes of ornaments, hand towels and other items in a shop in the inner city. They were all sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves."
"Sold out?"
"Yes. The owner sells so little, there is not enough to sell."
Huo Xi didn't expect these things to be quite popular, and regretted not buying enough.
"At first, I thought that our shop was engaged in business for the middle and lower classes. I was afraid that it would not be able to compete with those big shops. We didn't buy many of these expensive items. Besides, the money I brought with me was limited, so I didn't dare to spend money on it. It costs too much money.”
"My boss is very concerned. There is no shortage of rich people in the capital who are looking for novelties, and the sales are very good. However, I did not keep some of the spices for sale in the capital as the boss said. I visited the inner city and the outer city. This time The major merchants shipped back a lot of spices, and I was afraid of overstocking, so I just asked them to ship them north by speedboat."
Huo Xi nodded: "That's fine. We should keep a low profile in the capital and earn our money without attracting attention. Shops in other places should also keep a low profile and don't rush to be the first. We have no money and power now, so we can't compete. Those big businesses just pick up the slack and run our small business safely to make money from us."
"Yes. What the boss considers is that we should take it one step at a time, don't stand out, don't show our face, and just do a stable business."
After talking about business, Huo Xi asked about Shen Qianzhong's private school.
Shen Qianzhong said that he had found two schools, both of which were very good. He was not a pedantic person who wanted to study hard. For the convenience of Huo Nian's schooling, he chose the book school in Qionghua Lane.
After hearing this, Huo Xi told Yang Fu: "Both of them sound good. Tomorrow and tomorrow, my uncle will take time to take Nian'er to have a look. He can decide on whichever one he likes."
"Okay. I'll take Nian'er there tomorrow."
Xincheng Hou Mansion in the inner city.
As soon as Zhang entered the house, his wife, Mrs. Wu and their children, brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces surrounded him.
The young nephews and nieces had no impression of this uncle and just stared at him.
Zhang Jie had no impression of this father, but it did not affect his admiration.
He glanced at his grandmother and father after reminiscing about old times, and immediately turned away: "Father, I miss you so much. If father comes back later, my classmates will all laugh at me for being a wild child without a father."
Zhang Fu laughed loudly and hugged him in front of him: "Who dares to say that to my son? As a father, I will go to him with you to argue with him."
Zhang Jie was held in his arms by his father and looked at the brothers and sisters below with a proud look on his face.
Mrs. Wu gritted her silver teeth as she looked at the delicate and frail concubine Ms. Liu, who was returning to Beijing with Zhang Fu, and her three-year-old daughter in front of her.
Wang, the concubine next to Wu, also stared at Liu as she entered the house.
During these years when the Marquis was in Shuntian Mansion, the Dowager sent four fat and thin beauties to serve him. The Marquis wanted no one, so why did he fall in love with such a talented girl who was not very outstanding?
He glanced at her feet again. Fortunately, she was a concubine. Otherwise, if she had a son, she would be doted on by herself in Peiping. What would happen to her mother and daughter?
Seeing Zhang Jiehou on top of the Marquis, he hurriedly pushed the two daughters beside him and motioned for them to come forward and kiss their father.
Thank you all for your support. There will be more updates. I will add more as I save some manuscripts in the past two days.