The emperor's grandson was found in the cellar of a merchant's home.
When I smelled it on the first day of the new year, it was the time when the cellar was opened and servants were delivering water and food to the cellar.
The Wala people captured the emperor's eldest grandson to use him as a hostage to coerce Emperor Yongkang to retreat. They did not intend to let him die. However, Mu Yan and others searched intensively, so they kept him hidden and did not dare to show his face.
"I'm fine. I've just been hungry for several days."
Huo Xi breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay.
If something went wrong, wouldn't the emperor want to massacre all the grassland tribes? If there is a war, Beiping City is on the northern border, can it be spared? Then I am afraid that the property she bought will be wasted.
Seeing her like that, Kan Er couldn't help but said: "Ms. Huo, please don't take it lightly. This battle must be fought. Originally it wasn't that fast, but they captured the emperor's eldest grandson, and the emperor is very angry. Maybe the time will be advanced."
"Ah, do we really want to fight?"
"Yes. The young master said that if Madam Huo is done with her affairs, she should return to the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible. Once this war breaks out, Beiping City will probably be in chaos. Every autumn and winter, various grassland ministries will enter the border to rob, seize food, clothing, and even
Women are often attacked. If they are hit by wind and snow, more people will attack. Jiangnan is still safe."
Huo Xi shivered cleverly, thinking it was a peaceful and prosperous time, but he didn't expect that the world was still not very stable as small battles continued.
Nodding: "Okay, I understand. After I finish what I'm doing, I'll go back to Jiangnan."
Kan Er said a few words and left.
As soon as they left, Xianghua and Xia He ran back holding the clothes: "Girl, look, it was given to us on the first day of junior high school!"
Each of them had a piece of material in their hands, which was excellent silk. "This is a good thing from the palace. It is very generous in the first year of junior high school. You have benefited from him. Use it to make clothes."
Unexpectedly, the two girls shook their heads at the same time.
"Girl, can we get it to sell in our shop? We will definitely get a lot of money."
"What? You two are after money? I don't need your monthly money, right? It's rare to have a good piece of material, why don't you use it to make clothes?"
"It's such a waste to give us such good materials to wear. Besides, the girl gave us a lot of cloth. We all have the cloth of the people, and we don't even have time to make clothes to wear."
"Then you keep it for your dowry."
The two girls were a little shy: "That's all for the future. Besides, what if it breaks? It's better to replace it with a silver box."
Uh, that's true.
But, "Isn't he sad if you sell it to you on the first day of the new year?"
"On the first day of the junior high school, I gave it to his father, and his father asked him to sell it for money. He said that we servants couldn't afford such good materials. He also said that if he gave it to us, he would let us do whatever we wanted. Youqing and Shuangxi also said
They took it and sold it, and his master also said that he would let them keep the money they got from the sale."
Huo Xi was happy to see that these children were getting along well.
"Okay, you can handle it yourself. But don't sell it in the shop in Beiping. Take it back to Jiangnan and sell it. There are many rich people there."
"Well, we think so too."
On the first day of the junior high school, he received such a big reward from the nobleman and even planned to train his nose. If Huo Xi didn't go out, he saw him playing a game of hide and seek with Youqing Shuangxi, Vanilla Xiahe and others.
Vanilla was also stimulated by the first day of junior high school. She also worked hard to read and learn the art of reading the sky, and chanted to the sky every day.
Xia He felt that they all had abilities, but she didn't have any. She was afraid that her master would dislike her, so she learned to read the ledger and keep accounts while following her reading skills.
It inspired Youqing and Shuangxi to learn how to read and write.
Huo Xile saw the success.
The servants are capable, but she, as the master, is not the only one who benefits? She looks on happily and supports them with everything they need. She buys them books and pens and ink so that they can practice calligraphy.
The emperor's eldest grandson was found and the street was no longer under guard. Huo Xi took Tayue to go shopping and check out the shops.
The homespun cloth she brought was almost sold. All kinds of grains were also sold at a good price. The glutinous rice was shipped for one, two, two, and three yuan per stone, and was sold for one, two, seventy-eight yuan per stone when it was shipped to Peking. A net profit of three or four yuan per stone.
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In other words, you can earn three or four cents per catty. It is more cost-effective than selling grain and only earning one or two cents per catty.
I heard that glutinous rice can also grow in the north. Why don't you go to Zhuangzi and see if you can grow glutinous rice?
It's just that the yield of glutinous rice is low, so I don't know if it's cost-effective.
I also need to go to Zhuangzi to take a look.
Looking at the other items sold in the shop, I didn't expect that the wine collected from Cangzhou, Huai'an was very easy to sell. I heard that it was all sold out.
Huo Xi was a little surprised.
She had no intention of doing this business, but she just went all the way north and stopped at every dock to get used to buying some local products.
Huai'an and Cangzhou were famous for their wines. She bought some, but she didn't expect that when they were shipped to Peiping, they were sold out early.
"There are many civilian craftsmen coming to Peiping. They have no other entertainment after work. After getting paid, they just want to drink some wine and talk about the mountains together. The wine sells easily." Zhu Ji said with a smile.
Huo Xi checked the account book again and found that the wine sales were not much, but the profit was huge.
Selling 10,000 shi of grain would result in a net profit of just over 1,000 taels. Selling a jar of wine would earn dozens, hundreds, or even more.
Combined, one kilogram can earn several pennies.
Huge profits.
"Then next time you can ask our boat to bring some wine along the way."
The food production in the south of the Yangtze River was abundant, which led to the number of breweries. However, transporting wine from the south of the Yangtze River to the north was quite laborious, mainly because the journey was too long.
Zhu Ji nodded in agreement, "We can go to Hebei, Shandong and other places to find some good wine, and the roads are shorter and more convenient..."
Seeing that the three shops were well taken care of by Zhu Ji, the one on the waste street was still waiting for people and construction had not started yet. Huo Xi planned to go to Zhuangzi to take a look.
I came out of the shop and was walking around on the street, looking at other people's businesses. I didn't take a few steps when my arm was grabbed by someone.
She frowned and turned her head to look, and saw that Tayue had slapped the other person's hand down and was about to twist his arm.
"It hurts, it hurts, dear brother, let your people let go!"
I took a closer look and realized, uh, you are blind. You rolled your eyes at him.
Seeing that they knew each other, Tayue let him go.
Gong Ziyi rubbed his arms, looked at Tu Yue, and moved towards her: "We haven't seen each other for two years, but brother Xian has such a powerful person next to him. Where did he find it? Brother wants one too.
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"No, I bought them all."
"What do you mean, you bought them all? You are not the only one? Good brother, good brother, you are not being kind, you have to give it to me."
As he spoke, he looked at Ta Yue with his eyes.
He is obviously a master. Look at his skills and his stern expression. He really likes it. He likes it.
All the guards of his palace family combined were not as popular with him as the one in front of him.
"Good brother, good brother..." As soon as he put his hand on Huo Xi's shoulder, Ta Yue patted him down.
Grab it again, shoot it again, grab it again, shoot it again.
Gong Ziyi's eyes gleamed, he liked it, he liked this kind of guard, he liked it so much.
