After eating a meal that was either breakfast or lunch, Xia Jing wanted to take a walk in the yard to eat, but as soon as she stepped out of the threshold, Li Chengmu walked in from the outside.
"Concubine, you're up."
"Well, are you coming back from outside with your sweaty face?"
When Hongmei saw Li Chengmu come in, she poured him a cup of herbal tea without giving any orders.
"Fifth Master, it's hot outside. Please drink some tea to quench your thirst."
Li Chengmu drank it all in one breath, handed the teacup to Hongmei, and then explained, "I just came back from outside. Jiangxia is indeed the most prosperous county in Jingzhou. There are too many goods going north and south.
I took Ding Dazhuang and others to choose for a whole morning, and then I reluctantly picked out a few items. In fact, the other supplies are also good, but our carriage is limited and cannot carry too many goods, which is a pity."
With that said, he handed her a piece of paper and said, "These are some supplies I have selected. Do you think they are suitable?"
Hongmei filled the tea cup with herbal tea and placed it in front of Li Chengmu. She sighed in her heart that the fifth master who used to be ignorant of what was going on outside the window and only read the books of sages is gone forever. Now he spends his time thinking hard every day.
Thinking about how to make money to support those thousand young men.
Xia Jing took the paper and read it carefully, "Grain, cloth, all kinds of dry goods, and all kinds of leather goods, the price is also right, but I don't know the quality?"
Li Chengmu picked up the tea cup and took another big sip. His movements were bold and heroic, but he still had the elegance of the scholar back then.
He put down the tea cup and continued: "Ding Dazhuang and the others are still waiting in the warehouse. Mother and concubine, please come up with an idea. There are also leather goods. My son thinks that we are about to cross the river. The other side should not be as cold as the north. Can the leather goods be sold at a high price?"
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Xia Jing chuckled, "Do you think the winter on the other side of the river is not cold because it belongs to the south of the Yangtze River? The geographical location on the other side is not much different from here, so the cold weather makes you doubt your life."
"Is it really that cold?" Li Chengmu couldn't understand how cold it was that he doubted how cold life was. Since she said leather goods could be brought in, he should just follow the order.
Xia Jing flicked the paper and said, "Well, the leather goods from the north should be selling well across the river, but it's just the beginning of summer and it will take a few months until the weather gets colder. I don't know if the prices will be reduced by then?"
Li Chengmu got the hint and said with a smile, "Regardless of whether the price will be lowered or not, when we purchase goods, we can compete with the shopkeeper on the price!"
"Now that we've decided, while we have nothing to do now, I'll go to the warehouse with you to check the quality of the goods." After saying that, Xia Jing stood up.
Hongmei left the other courtyard under Baimei's care, and she quickly followed.
As Xia Jing walked out, she asked her son beside her, "Xiao Wu, we spent a lot of money along the way. Do you have enough cash on hand?"
"If we can make a profit by purchasing and shipping all the way, the money we have on hand will be enough to cover the expenses of the entire team for the time being."
The entire team Li Chengmu refers to is Xia Jing's thousand men.
Nowadays, chaos has emerged in the world, and many smaller caravans are afraid to go out to do business for fear of losing their money and risking their lives.
Therefore, as long as the goods can be safely transported to other towns, the shipping price will remain high.
In fact, in troubled times, as long as you have the ability and are willing to take risks, it is easier said than done to succeed.
"That's good. It's not like we raised them in vain. At least they are of some use!" Xia Jing tried her best to walk where there were shades of trees, and her speed was much slower.
Li Chengmu walked slowly with her helplessly, and when no one was around, he asked the doubts that had been in his heart for a long time, "Mother, concubine, are you recruiting these thousand people to form a caravan?"
Xia Jing quickly walked to the shade of another tree and said with a smile: "I have no such idea for the time being. I plan to train these thousand people for a period of time. After they are physically fit, they will all be incorporated into my guard camp."
"Guard camp?!" Li Chengmu stopped and stared at her in astonishment, "You want to have a guard camp like my father? But you are stationed in the inner courtyard of the deep house. It would be too wasteful to keep these thousand people.
It’s expensive and really useless!”
"If it were the capital, I might often stay in the inner courtyard of the palace, but who can tell what the situation will be like when I get to Lingnan?"
The bodyguards will be divided into two and you will be equipped with five hundred?"
"Me?" Li Chengmu came back to his senses after hearing this. He shook his head with a smile and quickly caught up with Xia Jing, "I have guards given by my father, which is enough for security."
Xia Jing knew that her son didn't think much about it, so she reminded: "Today is different from the past, and everything is safe. Besides, what your father gave you belongs to his father. Only the guards you have trained yourself can be used smoothly. I hope this
Five hundred can become your confidant, and I will accompany you through thick and thin from now on, and I will only be loyal to you!"
"Concubine, I." Li Chengmu didn't expect that his concubine would think so much about him, and he didn't know whether to refuse or accept.
"Okay, this matter has been decided!" Xia Jing didn't give him a chance to say more. She patted his shoulder and said that a mother's child is a treasure.
The other brothers in the palace must be jealous of him, because they don't have a mother to plan for them, so they have to rely on themselves for everything.
Xia Jing also thinks that she is always a treasure in the hands of her parents, and having her parents' care is the happiest thing in the world.
When she arrived at the gate of the other courtyard, Xia Jing looked around, "Where's the long road?"
"He should be driving the carriage."
Li Chengmu came back on horseback. Since Xia Jing was going to follow him, Chang Lu should have gone to catch the carriage.
Sure enough, after a while, Changlu drove his carriage out of the alley at the side entrance.
The carriage stopped at the door. Zhang Lu jumped out of the carriage and set up a stool for stepping on, "Princess, Fifth Master, Miss Hongmei, the sun is shining outside, hurry up and get in the carriage."
Li Chengmu and Hongmei both consciously stretched out their hands to support Xia Jing first, wanting her to get in the car first.
At this time, the sound of horse hooves and wheels rolling over the road came from the corner of the street.
Xia Jing stood on the carriage shaft and looked back, and soon the carriage stopped in front of them.
The curtain of the carriage opened, and Wu Yuli walked out with a smile on her face.
"Princess, are you ready to go out?"
Xia Jing twitched her lips and said, "I didn't expect you to come over at this time. We were about to go to the warehouse to have something to do."
To be honest, she was not familiar with Wu Yuli, and she didn't want to change her schedule for an unfamiliar person.
"We just came to the street for a casual stroll. We stopped by to see you when we got here. There is nothing important. How about we accompany you to the warehouse?"
Wu Yuli made suggestions.
Xia Jing shrugged indifferently, "If you have nothing to do, just follow."
Wu Yuli responded happily, and after Xia Jing and the others got on the carriage first, she returned to her carriage with her skirt in hand.
The carriage swayed forward. Mou Guangzhen looked out of the window at the carriage in front of her that was many times more luxurious than her home. She felt extremely sour and said, "Mom, I'm sorry for you."
For the sake of her whole family, she had to grovel in front of a woman who was once inferior to her and try her best to please and flatter her.
Sure enough, getting married is a woman’s second reincarnation. What the old man said is absolutely right!
"For you brothers and sisters, I will do it for my mother!"
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