Huo Xi took stock of the layout of Guangfeng Water.
Nowadays, all the cities going north from Huai'an, except Beiping, have no shops.
Several larger cities in the North Canal section, such as Xuzhou, Jining, Linqing, Cangzhou, and Tianjin, need to be carefully arranged.
Huo Xi thinks she can think about this next year.
To transport supplies to the north, it would be most convenient if you have your own shop along the way. It also saves you from having to go all the way from Huai'an to Peiping. In the future, the goods transported from the south can be transported to the shops in these cities for storage, and then proceed according to the situation.
transport.
You can use your own boat or rent a short barge. In this way, the use of the boat will not delay too long. Each shop can be recycled.
I quietly wrote it down in my notebook as a to-do list for next year. If I opened a shop in the north, I would have to buy some more boats, so I wrote this down in my notebook.
Let’s look at this year’s profits.
Now she owns fourteen shops, with a profit of 350,000 taels this year. The average annual revenue of a shop is 25,000 taels, which is less than 2,000 taels in one month.
Huo Xilue was a little dissatisfied.
The revenue of each shop, plus what she earned from secretly selling smuggled goods this year, can only be considered a small businessman. If she works hard next year, she should be able to reach the level of a middle-level businessman. But she is still far from a big businessman.
Huo Xi listened attentively to the reports made by each shopkeeper, and made notes in her notebook from time to time. She wanted to see what areas each shop could improve and work on next year.
Huo Xi feels that the goals for these shops for next year need to be mentioned again.
It took a day to do the accounting and a full day to report.
Finally, bonus money was distributed to each shop, and big red envelopes were sealed to each shopkeeper, and the meeting ended.
The group returned to the inner city and settled in Huo Xi's newly bought house.
Yes, Huo Xi now spent 5,000 taels on a five-seater house in the west of the inner city.
It was slightly renovated, and the courtyard upon entering was used as a guest room and arranged for a group of shopkeepers to live there.
In the past, only the small courtyard of the inn was reserved for them to stay. Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong were busy working at the shops in the inner city. Sometimes they could not leave the city, so they had to stay in the inn.
Huo Xi has always wanted to buy a house in the inner city, but she didn't like it. This is the imperial city, and it is not easy to buy a suitable house.
I continued to offer benefits to many people, and they continued to help me and pay attention to it, so I purchased this fairly satisfactory house.
Li Yu freshened up and went to talk to Huo Xi.
"I plan to hand over the shop in Ningbo to Zhu Zhongquan. Although his leg is lame, it is not obvious. Moreover, he is capable and very familiar with the personnel at Ningbo Pier. What is important is that his wife is loyal to you. You two
I was raised by the Li family, thank you."
Huo Xi nodded: "Have they guessed my identity?"
"Yes. But I warned them, and I didn't admit it. Xi'er, don't worry, they won't do anything to betray you. Besides, Xia He is still with you."
Huo Xi sighed: "Now Nian'er and I are still too young and have no ability to compete with the Zhang family. In a few years, I will complete the layout and send Nian'er and my adoptive parents to the north. Then I will
I am not afraid that my identity will be discovered. I just want to break up with them and avenge my mother."
Li Yu was a little worried: "Xi'er, don't be impulsive. We can't fight with the Marquis Mansion now, so we still have to wait until Nian'er is older. But, I'm just worried, and it took a long time. Which one is for Wu?
My son, please make him the crown prince, I am afraid it will be more difficult to deal with."
Huo Xi sarcastically said: "Even if Zhang Jie becomes a marquis, I will still drag him down! He is just a commoner's son. When he was born, the Wu family had not yet been rehabilitated, and his biological mother poisoned his aunt, so he can
I can’t sit on the throne!”
"So the safety of you and Nian'er is the most important thing now. You must not reveal what you are hiding."
Huo Xi nodded: "Don't worry. I will never forget to avenge my mother, and I will be careful."
"Well, discuss things with your grandfather more often and listen to his opinions more often."
"good."
As the new year is approaching, the Li family is also preparing for the New Year.
Nowadays, the Li family relies on their children and relatives to make velvet flowers, and the family is much better off. It is snowing heavily outside and the cold wind is howling, but the house can already burn charcoal to keep warm every day.
Unlike before, the whole family did not dare to go out in winter. They did not even have thick clothes and no money to buy charcoal. The whole family could only stay in the same room and huddle together to keep warm.
Mrs. Ma directed her two daughters-in-law to arrange the New Year's gifts sent by Huo Xi one by one. While mumbling about why so many food items were sent, she also lamented the filial piety of her children.
"Zhenniang, Jinniang, tomorrow you take a few children to the city to see what else is missing at home and buy it all. Don't buy any cloth. This time Xi'er sent a lot of cloth. It looks better than us.
The kudzu here is beautiful and durable. I just need more for food, and then go to the butcher shop and bring back the meat I ordered."
The two daughters-in-law nodded in agreement and gesticulated the cloth sent by Huo Xi on several children. The children raised their mouths and pulled the cloth to look at it.
Li Shimian said at the side: "Bring out a few things to make New Year's gifts for the county magistrate and shopkeeper Bai. Although their sons have to be taught by me, no one in our family dares to bully them now, but we are in trouble now.
When it’s time to bow down and be small, you should bow down and be small.”
"Yes." Li Dian, Li Dianzang and others responded.
Li Shimian read the letters from Huo Xi and Huo Nian again and sighed deeply.
Ma glanced at him, "Are you worried because Sister Ning said her adoptive mother is pregnant?"
As soon as Ma said this, everyone stopped holding their hands.
Li Shimian didn't say anything, and Miao said: "I heard from a woman who came to receive a job that there was a family in her village who had too many children and couldn't feed them, so they gave them to relatives to raise. Unexpectedly, the relatives raised them.
A few years ago, I got pregnant and sent the child back. The child was raised by someone else and was kissed by others, but not close to my own family. The person who raised him didn't want him, so he committed a sin."
Li Dianshou glared at his wife. Does saying such words make his parents more worried?
Ma didn't care much: "Our sister Ning is a child with ideas, and Nian'er has also been raised to be lively and sensible. Their adoptive parents have raised them for so many years. It is impossible for them to be emotionless. People's hearts are made of flesh."
Mrs. Cui nodded: "Yes, I think the same thing as my mother. I think Sister Ning's adoptive parents are not that kind of people. They will never neglect their adopted children after they have their own children. Before, Sister Ning's adoptive mother even made clothes for her father and mother.
It's here. Besides, now that Sister Ning has grown her business, she's not afraid that she won't be able to support Nian'er."
"This is not a question of whether they can afford to raise her. Nian'er thinks they are her biological parents. If they have a biological child and become indifferent to Nian'er, Nian'er's child will be very sad."
As soon as Miao finished speaking, Li Dianshou glared at her: "You still said that!"
Li Shimian sighed and entered his house with his hands behind his back. Ma also got up and followed him in.
He comforted him: "Don't worry. Didn't Sister Ning say that her adoptive parents were very good to her siblings? When they found out they were pregnant, they were worried that Nian'er would be uncomfortable and would abort the child. Besides, if she
If you give birth to a daughter, won’t you have to rely on caring for your son to support you in old age in the future?”
"What if I give birth to a son?"
Ma choked up: "If you have a son, just have a son. Sister Ning and Nian'er are not children that no one loves."
"Who cares for them? We are so far apart."
This old man! He thinks a lot about things that haven't happened yet.
Just "You are too busy, so you are thinking wildly. Why don't you replace your two sons and go to work on the dam? Otherwise, you can help us."
Li Shimian glared at his old wife, feeling tired and ignoring her. He walked to the desk, spread out his paper and pen, and began to sharpen ink.
"Write a letter to your two children? Let me know when you've finished writing, and I'll write a few sentences too."
"You can't write it yourself!"
This old man just kept writing! Ma was not convinced, moved a stool and placed it opposite him, and sat down to write the letter as well.
