Huo Xi stood beside Shen Qianzhong and Yang Fu, and bid farewell to the shopkeepers of each shop together with them.
Li Yu bowed his hands to the two of them, nodded to Huo Xi, and boarded the ship to return home with the New Year's gift prepared by Huo Xi for the family.
At the end of the year, people are taking to the streets to buy new year's goods.
The fanbu purchased by Guangfengshui is very popular. The shop is crowded with people every day. There are also various novel handicrafts of Fan people, and many people buy them. In addition, the better-selling ones are Various toys.
At the end of the year, people are willing to spend money to buy some fun things for their children to make them happy.
The toys include those from the Wei Dynasty, those from the Fan people, and some high imitations of the Fan people. The sales are very good. Shen Qianzhong has not thought about setting up another carpentry workshop. Anyway, they also make matching fans and box fans when they make fans. box.
But Huo Xi didn't agree. Although the volume of toys sold was large, the profit was too thin, so he had no intention of spending energy on setting up another carpentry workshop.
Instead, when receiving the goods, we inquired about the best carpenters in each county, town, village, and township, signed a contract with them, provided them with drawings, and asked them to make them. Guangfeng Shui was then responsible for recycling and underwriting.
If shopkeeper Shen were a fellow Huo Xi, he would know that this behavior is called contract processing.
That is, I use your production capacity to achieve my goals. I place an order for you to produce, then put my brand on it, and make the things you produce mine.
However, Huo Xi does not have OEM services. Huo Xi underwrites the products made by others, allowing the craftsmen to put their own imprint on the products, such as the cooperation with Wenji Porcelain Kiln.
Huo Xi felt that it would be better for Guangfeng Shui to keep a low profile. She has always advocated keeping a low profile and making money quietly. After all, big trees attract wind. This is an era when imperial power is supreme.
The whole world is a royal land, and all the guests who lead the land are royal ministers. Just keep a low profile.
In doing so, Huo Xi also won a lot of hearts and gained a lot of resources and connections. Guangfengshui's guys went to various places to collect goods, and there were local people who helped talk to them, so the goods were received much more smoothly than others.
At the same receiving price, I would rather leave it to Guangfeng Water.
Shen Qianzhong was busy with the shop, Yang Fu was busy giving gifts to the golden thighs, and Huo Xi was busy buying various new year goods for the family and giving gifts to the families of some good friends.
The wet nurse and Aunt Ma sent a portion to the Qin family, and also prepared New Year's food and silver rewards for Grandpa Zou, Grandma Lou, mother and daughter Lou Qingyao, and the servants in the family.
After settling everything in the city, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, all government offices were sealed. Huo Xi, Huo Nian and Bao Kang were taken back to Zhuangzi in Jiangjun Mountain by Huo Erhuai.
Yang hadn't seen Huo Xi for a while, so she came to Zhuangzi Pier to pick him up.
"Mom, what are you doing out on this cold day? Don't you mind the cold?"
Yang smiled and said nothing, but looked at her carefully. Zuo said from the side: "Your mother talks about you all day long. How can you rest assured if you don't take a look at her earlier?"
Yang took her hand and said, "Next time, if you go out for so long, ask your father or uncle to follow you. If you go out alone, mother is really worried."
Huo Xi nodded in agreement.
Huo Nian touched Yang's belly and said, "My brother has grown up a little bit more." He happily touched his mother's belly again and again with his hand.
Suddenly, as if he was frightened by something, he suddenly retracted his hand and his eyes widened.
The little finger pointed: "Sister, my mother's belly can move!"
Huo Xi pressed his little hand down, "My brother lives in it, of course he can move."
"Is it my brother who is moving?" Huo Nian opened his mouth slightly, looking in disbelief.
"yes."
After receiving affirmative answers from Yang, Zuo and others, Huo Nian was surprised: "Mom, have I moved like this before, and will I kick you too?"
Yang was stunned, and Huo Erhuai, who was directing the servants to move things, was also stunned.
Huo Xi didn't know how to answer the call for a moment.
Zuo stroked his little head and said with a smile: "Nian'er is of course the same as your brother. Everyone moves like this when they are in their mother's belly. If they don't move, they will suffer. Nian'er's brother feels that his brother is touching him.
, greeting my brother."
When Huo Nian heard this, he grinned and pressed against his mother's belly, stroking it slowly and gently with his little hands: "Brother, I am the elder brother. You have to be good. When you come out, my brother will take you to play."
Huo Erhuai and Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Yang looked at Huo Nian lovingly. When he had touched enough, he took his little hand and walked into the village.
Huo Xi also breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at his father, and raised his legs to follow.
As soon as Huo Nian arrived at Zhuangzi, he took Bao Kang and disappeared.
Zuo and Bao Xia saw that their son was happier than before. He was becoming more and more proficient in his hands, feet, swords and arrows, and he was even more attentive to the Huo family. One of the couple accompanied the pregnant Yang, and the other followed Huo Erhuai.
Huo Xi felt relieved after seeing him.
The next day, I went to the sugar factory next door to see the sugar stored in the warehouse, and I learned about all the things about sugar production during this period with Ji Laozhuang. I saw a lot of prepared white sugar and rock sugar stored in the warehouse, and I thought
According to this progress, she will have enough to go to sea.
After reading it, I checked the winter wheat on the two Zhuangzi with Ji Laozhuang and Qi Da, then looked at the account books of the two Zhuangzi, and distributed new year's goods and rewards to the servants.
Huo Erhuai also went to the hot spring village.
After finishing the affairs of the three Zhuangzi, I settled down at Zhuangzi and prepared all the New Year matters with my parents.
On the other side, Mu Yan was driving towards the capital with Li Yikaner.
"Young Master, this case has been inconclusive for so long. Will the superiors punish me?" As soon as Kan Er finished speaking, he poured a mouthful of cool air into his mouth and hurriedly pulled up his cloak to block it.
They accompanied the young master on overt and covert inspections throughout Lanxi County, but could not find even a shred of evidence that Zun Dao and others were secretly conspiring against each other.
As for Mu Taigong's family, which goes back dozens of generations, they are all farmers who cannot read Chinese characters. There are only a few people in the family who can write the three characters "Qi Yan Tang".
Mu Yan didn't say anything, and kept running wildly.
When this matter will be concluded and what the outcome will be, it's just a word from above. And he can't express any opinions and just follow orders.
In the past two years, His Majesty has been dredging canals, sending people overseas, building Beiping City, etc. The money in the treasury has flowed out like water. And if he guessed correctly, Your Majesty will definitely send troops to attack the foreign tribes in the north next year.
I also need to get a lot of money out of the country.
Didn’t you see those old men in the household department were so worried that they could kill mosquitoes?
When His Majesty makes big moves, the courtiers will always criticize him. Your Majesty is also suspicious and worries that the courtiers and the world's students will be dissatisfied with him and worry about what they will do secretly. In order to implement his plan smoothly, he will always kill the chicken and respect the monkey.
"drive!"
Mu Yan did not explain to Li Yikaner, but just waved his whip and hurried on.
Back in the capital, all the government offices have been sealed, but the government offices that maintain law and order, such as the Wucheng Military and Horse Division and the Jinyi Guards, will not be sealed for the New Year.
Mu Yan went to the Jinyiwei Yamen to report on his work, then went into the palace to report in detail to Emperor Yongkang, and took the reward back to the Mu Mansion.
In Mu's Mansion, lights and decorations were hung everywhere in preparation for the old age to welcome the new, and the servants were busy and walking briskly.
Mu Yan first went to his courtyard to freshen up before going to pay his respects to Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng.
At Mrs. Tai's place, Mu Wang knew that he was back. Monkey was in Mrs. Tai's room. When he saw Mu Yan come in, he raised his head and looked at him proudly.
A few days ago, he had received a New Year's gift from his father and mother. His mother did not forget him and sent him many things. She also told him in the letter that his father had submitted a letter to His Majesty to make his brother the crown prince.