Shen Qianzhong thought about it for two days before he understood Huo Xi's intention.
"The Ren family is a long-established business in the capital. I heard that my in-laws have a lot of old friends, and their family has been running a silk and satin shop for several generations. It has a deep foundation, and it is only a matter of time before it turns around."
Huo Xi nodded: "As the saying goes, if a ship is broken, there is still a bottom, and there are still three thousand nails before the bottom is broken. A big business like the Ren family that has been in business for several generations will not be knocked down so easily."
"No. When the head of the Ren family heard that his boss didn't want his family's property and was willing to lend him money to tide him over, he was stunned for a long time without saying anything."
Huo Xi sighed: "I guess I have seen too much about the ways of the world during this period. I didn't expect that someone would suddenly be willing to lend them so much money."
The head of the family is not the only one who has seen enough of the treacherous world during this time.
It is estimated that thousands of grass and mud horses are rushing past in the hearts of thousands of people.
The head of the Wan family originally planned to support his clan members in order to use the family's strength to protect his own business, and he usually supported his clan members. This time he went to sea to help the clan members carry goods. Those who had no money to buy goods, the fortress people also packed them on the ship. .
This is good. As soon as I heard that the boat capsized and people were indiscriminate, they came to the door to make trouble and demand compensation.
Ren Wanjia had just paid for the goods and lost a large sum of money. Well, I heard that someone else's boat had capsized, so I came here to regret it.
Huo Xi didn't know what to say. I won't take him to play with such a sloppy partner next time.
Then he thought about the land deed documents and other items mortgaged by the Ren family in his hands. If the Ren family still didn't pay the money after a year, he would not suffer a loss. These real estate shops are serious and can be exchanged for money.
Huo Xi is not that noble, mainly because she is timid and afraid of retaliation. She just wants to make money in a low-key way. One more friend is better than one more enemy.
The Ren family started in the silk business. Several generations have been in the silk business. They have many mulberry fields, shops and properties in Jiahu, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and weaving and dyeing workshops in Beijing. If my family still wants to do maritime trade in the future, , silk is the first cargo to bring.
It is also good for your own family to make good friends with such people.
Besides, he also has money.
This year I prepared 150,000 taels of silver to go to sea, and paid 50,000 taels to the public. It is not like the other four companies that have to spend so much money to prepare goods.
Of his share of one thousand shi, 600 shi were made of rock sugar and white sugar, and the official porcelain and Yun brocade were all exchanged for sugar from Wu Youcai. They were not bought with money.
Half of the remaining goods were products from my own workshop. I just used my money to buy some tea and other goods.
I don't have much money to buy goods. So I still have 80,000 taels in hand.
In addition to what I earned in the fields last year and what I earned by going to Songjiang twice to exchange for sugar, I still have hundreds of thousands of taels in hand. I don't need to use Guangfengshui's money to make such a big favor.
Yes, you still need to have money in your hands. Only when you have money can you work hard to make things according to your own wishes.
Otherwise, once Guangfengshui's money is used and the normal operation of the shop is delayed, he may suffer. Huo Xi clearly distinguishes between public money and private money.
This means that eggs are not put in one basket.
Therefore, you must be absolutely clear-headed. Don’t put the money in your life into your business. When the business is gone, your life will no longer be able to survive, which will seriously affect your quality of life.
Otherwise, why do women have to have dowry money?
Aren't the parents of the mother's family afraid that their daughter will be bullied by the husband's family, so they have nothing to worry about? There are many people who give all the dowry money to the husband's family, and are eventually abandoned by the husband's family.
Uh, I'm thinking too much.
Huo Xi shook his head and felt his head was filled with water.
Anyway, if you want to have a smooth road, you need to have money and connections. When you are proud, no one will secretly cause trouble, and when you are frustrated, no one will secretly add insult to injury. Only by being low-key and doing things can the flow of water flow smoothly. Huo Xi and Guangfeng Shui do not intend to stand out.
Outcropping.
She lent money to the Ren family without telling anyone about it. This made the Ren family take a high look.
So it was time for all the schools to go on winter vacation, and all government offices were about to be sealed. News finally came back from Ningbo that their ship had docked at the port.
Yang Fu came back safely.
When the news came back to Zhuangzi, Yang and Huo Erhuai ran into the city holding An An in their arms.
At this time last year, both husband and wife were in Zhuangzi preparing for the New Year. Now they ran into the city eager to wait for Yang Fu.
"Mom, you see you are carrying An An here in the cold weather. Uncle still has a few days to go to the capital. Why bother to come here and leave An An in the cold?"
"When your mother heard that your uncle was coming back, she couldn't sit still. She wanted me to row her into the city last night."
Yang glared at Huo Erhuai and saw that Huo Xi was about to hug An An, so she hurriedly handed An An into her hand.
Huo Xi took An An and held her in her arms. The little one was already more than seven months old. It was the time when he was lively and active. He wanted to be hugged by anyone and refused to give up. When he saw his sister reaching out, she had already stretched out her hand with a grin on her face.
coming.
Huo Xi touched his little face and then his little hands. She felt relieved when she saw that they were warm.
"Mom, you only wear a scarf for An'an, and you don't make hand coverings for him to wear." This child can't help but feel cold. It would be bad if his hands and feet get frostbite.
"Yes, but he refuses to wear it. Once he puts it on, he takes it off."
"Well, An An is so naughty. If he gets cold, he will cry." After scratching his little nose, little An An smiled, twisted his body, and lay on Huo Xi's shoulder.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Yang Fu hurried back to the capital.
"Sister, brother-in-law, Xi'er, Nian'er! I'm back!" He waved desperately to the family on the dock from the bow.
Seeing him standing peacefully on the bow of the boat, Yang's tears immediately rolled down her face.
In the past few months, I have been so worried that I can't sleep at night. Whenever I hear bad news, I go to the temple to burn incense. I don't know how much incense I burned for various gods and how much sesame oil I added to pray for him.
Come back safely.
"I miss you so much." Looking at Yang's belly again, she asked cautiously: "Are you a nephew or a niece?" for fear of hearing bad news.
"Nephew, you're fine. It was too cold, so I didn't bring him out." Yang wiped away her tears and held his hand.
Yang Fu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. His sister finally had a son.
The family returned to the house, and Ma Xiang and a group of sailors also settled their money and took the goods they bought back to their homes. Huo Xi and Shen Qianzhong stayed behind with their men to unload the goods.
"Master." Zhufeng Tayue listened to Lei Muyu and the four of them had met Huo Xi.
Huo Xi encouraged them: "You have worked hard. The Yamen has been sealed now. I will register you when the Yamen opens next year."
"Thank you, Master." Zhufeng and others immediately felt at ease.
Ningbo Shop dispatched three large sailing ships to bring back its own goods. Looking at Langguang Pavilion, Pei Family, Wan Family and Xinjiutong, it was the same. Everyone bought more goods.
Huo Xi and Shen Qianzhong first transported the silver brought back by Yang Fu to the bank for deposit, and the other goods were sorted into the warehouses and cellars of the two shops.
After two days of such busy work, it was already the afternoon of New Year's Eve when I returned to Zhuangzi.