He didn't expect that this young lady was quite ambitious and wanted to go to sea.
Who doesn’t know that you can earn several times or ten times more by going to sea. But the cycle is long and you will have a narrow escape. If you don’t have a little bit of wealth, you don’t dare to think about it. Doing business is not gambling.
Of course Huo Xi knows that doing business is not gambling, but he has no ambition and saves little by little. When will he save enough capital to compete with the Zhang family and the Wu family?
Ma Wuyecao is not fat yet.
Naturally, you cannot follow the rules when doing business. You need to see business opportunities before others and take action early.
"I can't make the decision yet on this matter, I have to listen to my young master." Duiba thought for a while and replied.
Kan Er admired Huo Xi very much. He had watched the little lady in front of him grow up. He knew that her journey had not been easy, so he said: "Don't worry, Madam Huo. I will report it to my young master when I get back. Once I get the young master's message, I will come to find you again."
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Huo Xi smiled and nodded at him, sat there for a while, and then the three of them separated.
In the Jinyiwei Yamen, the commanding officer was watching two of his subordinates questioning a scholar with his arms folded.
Mu Yan stood behind him with a stern look on his face. His eyes were fixed on the young scholar brought from Jinhua Mansion. The man in front of him was the son of the lecturer who inscribed the inscription on the public toilet in the Mu Taigong case.
Two years ago, the lecturer passed away due to old age. As for why he inscribed "Qiyan Hall", his only son did not know. It was not until the incident that he learned that his father had inscribed the public toilet.
Mu Yan looked on with a calm expression. Now it was not his turn to be tortured or arrested, but there were many people picking up on this case. I don't know whether it was because of treason or something else, so the commander brought him from the inner court to work.
This case is actually very clear. Everyone knows what happened. It was just a few gangsters trying to extort people's money.
When Xu Yi's accomplices heard that he was making such a big deal, they were already afraid.
However, this matter was reported to the capital, and was brought before Long's case, and was guided by thoughtful people, to the point where scholars privately questioned the legitimacy of His Majesty's acquisition of the throne.
It suddenly touched His Majesty's sensitive nerve.
Small things become big things.
I have asked this son of instruction several times so far, and he has been threatened, threatened, and tortured. The man just gritted his teeth and refused to plead guilty to the crime of treason.
Mu Yan raised his eyes and glanced at him. It was best to be smart to the end and hold on with gritted teeth, before finally giving in. The crime of treason would bring disaster to the whole clan.
After an interrogation, they couldn't find anything out, so they still locked him up and everyone left the torture room.
The commander pressed the vein on his forehead with a headache. He glanced at the subordinates in front of him and gave a few instructions one by one.
Finally, he looked at Mu Yan and said, "Let's leave for Lanxi County tomorrow and make a private investigation. Don't miss anyone who is related to the training."
Mu Yan's eyes flashed and he raised his hands.
After leaving the yamen, I saw Li Yikaner holding a horse waiting at the door. He let out a breath, walked over and took the horse's rope, kicked his feet, turned his long legs, and sat upright on the horse with a graceful posture.
Kan Er was stunned when he saw it, and He Li got on his horse and followed closely.
"Master, are things not going well?" Li Yi asked with concern when he saw his frown.
Mu Yan did not answer.
Kan Er curled his lips: "How can something go smoothly if it just comes out of nothing?"
"Silence!" Mu Yan looked at him coldly, and Kan Er pursed his lips in dissatisfaction.
After only half a moment, he couldn't hold it any longer and came up with his horse: "Master, Duiba and I gave the silver to Madam Huo."
Seeing Mu Yan nodding, he breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "Mrs. Huo also asked Dui Ba if we wanted to go overseas together next year. Dui Ba said that we would wait for the young master to make the decision."
Mu Yan's men paused.
Da Ma took two steps and said: "Send a message to Dui Ba at night and ask him to respond."
Kan Er was very happy: "There is no need to send a message to Dui Ba. I will tell Mrs. Huo the news in person tomorrow morning. Instead of letting her find someone else, she might as well team up with us. We won't bully her yet."
"You're not free." Mu Yan said calmly.
Kan Er was stunned: "Why am I no longer free?"
"You will follow me to Lanxi County tomorrow morning."
Huh? Li Yi and Kan Er looked at each other and were stunned.
Huo Xi took the banknote and went home. She made several plans for going overseas next year, including whom to look for to consolidate the goods, how many companies to look for to consolidate the goods, what goods to bring, how to arrange the manpower, and which route to take.
We also need to look for some sailors and merchants in Beijing who have successfully gone to sea and listen to their experiences.
I don’t know if people are willing to share it.
Huo Xi felt that even if he spent a lot of money, he still had to get some information out. It was better than being blind. It would always be smoother if he followed the road to success that his predecessors had walked.
For example, what is the route like, where are the reefs in the sea, etc.
She also calculated the money in her hands. She currently has hundreds of thousands of taels in hand, and each shop should still be able to settle a lot of money by the end of the year. In addition to preparing to go to sea next year, she will also go north to make plans, and she will also have to leave some money.
I thought a lot and made several plans before falling asleep.
The next day, when I arrived at the shop, I heard a message from Duiba's messenger, saying that his young master had agreed to go to sea together next year. The specific details would wait for some time, and when his young master came back, the two families would discuss it in detail.
Fan.
When Huo Xi asked, he found out that his young master was out of Beijing on business.
Hey, as a working man, he has no control over where his boss directs him to go.
After two days of such busy work, Huo Xi visited the two shops every day to check the sales of the goods. As soon as the goods were put on the shelves, the shop gained a lot of popularity.
Even the small traders who came to pick up the goods were very interested in those goods and bought a lot, preparing to take them to cities, counties and towns near the capital to sell them.
There are many wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the wealthy farmers in the countryside are willing to buy some of the rare things brought by people from across the ocean.
Seeing the business of the shop booming, Huo Xi felt very good.
Thinking that I had never visited the fan shop since I came back, I left the shop and went to the fan shop.
The fan workshop and the velvet flower workshop were originally in the same place, with one in the front courtyard and the other in the back courtyard. Later, Qin Daru's family moved in, and they were moved to Shen Qianzhong's house.
Huo Xi thought all the way that it was not a problem that Shen Qianzhong's house was occupied, and he had to buy another house.
He quickly led Vanilla and Xia He to the entrance of the workshop.
The gatekeeper was sitting at the door with a stool, wearing a fan in his hand and looking attentive.
He was bought by Huo Xi after he went to Ningbo. He didn't know Huo Xi, but after hearing the description from shopkeeper Shen and others, he heard that he was the owner and stood up to say hello to Huo Xi.
Huo Xi smiled and nodded at him, took the work in his hand and looked at it.
The old gatekeeper's surname was Guan. When he saw his employer going over and over to see what he was doing, Guan Tou felt uneasy: "Master, I didn't miss my job as a gatekeeper. This, this is what I do in my free time."
He was afraid that his employer would say he was multitasking and fire him. Then he would have to go back to his son-in-law's house to see his face.
Huo Xi comforted him with a smile: "Uncle, your work is meticulous and very good. Our fans will not only be sold to people in the imperial court, but also to outsiders. If the work is not done well, we don't have to let those people look down upon us.
Got us."
The old man breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, boss, I will do a good job. I will also keep an eye on the door."
Huo Xi nodded in encouragement and entered the workshop.