Chapter 643: Nuobao is being followed
However, this matter has to be kept secret for now. After all, the contract with the Nanyang merchants has not been finalized. If others find out, this big business will be stolen.
So when Xiao Nuobao went to supervise, she was also very careful.
When walking on the road, she looked around from time to time, with a nervous face. If you didn't know, you would think she was a thief, which was funny.
Madam Zheng escorted the young master and couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't worry, dear. There is no word engraved on your forehead, so others can't know. On the contrary, you are always so sneaky, which will attract people's attention."
When Xiao Nuobao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked forward with his back
straight. But he was worried, and he turned around after walking a few steps, looking funny.
When they arrived at the farm, Dawen and Xiaowu understood what the young master meant, and quickly called all the villagers to give them a shot of prevention.
"This workshop is of great importance. Everyone must not spread the word and cause trouble for the boss. Do you know?" Dawen said seriously.
Xiaowu clapped his hands and threatened, "My brother is right! Once the boss takes over the business, we will not have to worry about food and clothing just relying on the workshop. So if anyone talks nonsense, it will cut off our own financial resources. This is called digging your own grave! If our ancestors buried in Beihe County know about it, they will blame you for extinguishing the green smoke on their ancestral tombs!"
This was exaggerated, and Fenghu and the village chief couldn't help but cover their faces.
"Although I'm not an educated person, is this how you dig your own grave, you silly boy?" Feng Hu smiled and patted Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu patted his head and hurriedly pulled over an old man who was good at building houses.
Soon, the blueprints of the workshop were drawn by the old man.
Then, the construction started vigorously.
Old Mrs. Xiao came to take a look and finally decided to build the workshop in the corner of the village, separated by a row of crops outside. It was the farthest from the village entrance and the safest. Feng Miao
was diligent and went to order long tables, boxes and cabinets, and other items needed for the workshop.
Tables made of old elm wood are the best choice for workbenches.
As for boxes of different sizes, waterproof and moisture-proof, they must be made.
For example, the placement of raw materials and storage of goods are all inseparable from these.
As for the structure of the workshop, Feng Hu and everyone discussed it again and again, and decided to make it into an ordinary house.
There are three main rooms, three east and west side rooms, and three rooms each, which are used for daily work.
There are also three back rooms, which do not need windows, but only make the doors sturdy, and are used specifically for storing goods.
Looking at it this way, it looks quite formal. Xiao Nuobao put his hands on his hips and supervised the work, with a smile on his little face.
It will take some time to build the workshop. The most important thing now is to make some samples according to the list given by the Nanyang merchants, so that they can be taken to Bohai City to discuss business.
Da Wen and Xiao Wu worked day and night, and the Jiang family hired two good jewelry craftsmen and a master who is good at watercolor. It took four days to complete a long list of samples.
Feng Miao ran to the manor to inspect the items, taking them in his hands and examining them one by one.
He saw that the gemstone jewelry, rouge and powder were all very good.
The ornaments carved by Da Wen and Xiao Wu were even more lifelike.
Feng Miao was very happy, and quickly asked someone to load them onto the carriage. When he returned to the Jiang Mansion, he rushed into the house and shouted,
"Master, everything is done."
"Let's set off for Bohai City!"
This is a big deal, and he can't bear to wait any longer.
Old Mrs. Xiao has been staying at the Jiang family these days, sleeping on the same couch with Xiao Nuobao.
After hearing that, she also stood up quickly, "Okay, okay, Master will be right here. The carriage to Bocheng has been prepared and we can set off at any time."
However, just as Mrs. Xiao went out, she saw a chubby little girl, also pulling a bulging bag, chasing after her like a follower.
Mrs. Feng was seeing them off when a black shadow suddenly flashed before her eyes.
"Huh? It seems like a fat ball flew over?" Madam Zheng saw the young master, rubbed her eyes, and deliberately said "ouch" twice.
Little Nuobao stuffed the bag into the driver's arms, grabbed the wheel, turned his head and pouted at Madam Zheng, and was about to climb onto the carriage.
"Grandma Xiao, I'm here, bring Nuobao with me~"
"I also want to go to Bohai City with you to discuss business, eat seafood and feed the cute sika deer!" The little fat girl licked her lips, her eyes were filled with excitement.
Feng was helpless, and she lifted her short legs up, "What do you mean by helping with business? I think eating seafood is your purpose."
"You little greedy cat, you only want to go out and play, what about your homework? Master Li will come to the mansion tomorrow, and Chun Ge'er will be taught alone?"
Little Nuobao hurriedly begged with a smile, "Mom, please help me ask Master Li for a few days off~"
"If I don't go with you this time, I don't know when I will have the opportunity to visit Bohai City." As she said that, she started to act coquettishly again, with her chubby index fingers pointing together, and said eagerly.
Before Feng said anything, Mrs. Xiao's heart softened.
She quickly stretched out her big hand and carried the little girl into the carriage, "Well, let her go with us. Anyway, we will be back after the business is done, and it doesn't matter if she has to study for a few days."
Feng Miao also hid her sister behind her, and said, "Yes, mother, and what if something goes wrong on the way when we are negotiating such a big business? Only with your sister as the pillar of stability, we can rest assured!"
With the support of the two of them, the little fat girl stuck out her tongue, made a face at her mother, and hid behind her fifth brother with a smile.
"You little girl, just wait, after you come back from Bocheng, the papers that Lord Li gave you will definitely pile up like a mountain!" Feng deliberately threatened.
Feng Hu and Li Qiqiao were all amused.
"Look at mother, why is she acting like a child? Actually, she saw her sister secretly packing her luggage and even put a few more packs of cherry cakes in it." Li Qiqiao said with narrowed eyes.
Soon, amid laughter, the driver raised his long whip and took the three of them out.
The carriage creaked out of the alley, but no one noticed that there was a pair of eyes not far away, staring at the carriage going away...
...
Han Mansion.
A piece of plain mourning was hung in front of the house.
The old lady of the Han family just died last night.
Xiao Yi was wearing a dark purple robe with a red wristband on his cuffs. He was listening to the sobbing of several old ladies and sipping the freshly brewed Longjing tea.
"Why should they be sad?" Xiao Yi sniffed the tea with a playful look on his face. "Grandmother has been eating pig food for so many days. Now she has passed away. Shouldn't we be happy for her?"
Xiao Yi finished speaking, leaning back comfortably, with amusement and pleasure in his eyes.
Yes, the old lady of the Han family was already skinny when she died.
The excrement under her body had been piled up for many days, and it was so smelly that the corpse vomited twice. Xiao Yi made her look like a nobody. The earlier she died, the earlier she was relieved.
But old lady Han was already lucky.
There was also Han Yu, still paralyzed in the stinking house, watching the maggots on his body grow more and more.
The man at the door did not respond, but just kept waiting with his head down.
Finally, Xiao Yi finished a pot of tea before he spoke, "Tell me, I asked you to keep an eye on the Jiang family, but have you found anything?"
Ah Quan nodded and then spoke, "There have been some movements at the Jiang family's manor in the past few days. Jiang Fengmiao and the old lady of the Xiao family have been going there frequently. They don't look like they are just strolling around, but rather planning something."
"And in the morning, they took Princess Fuxing out of the city gate and headed north."
"They carried not only clothes with them, but also seemed to have a lot of boxes of different sizes, which should contain important items."
Xiao Yi raised his eyelids and became interested, "You said Short Dundun followed those two people?"
"If it's just for fun, the Feng family will definitely not leave Xiaodundun. Jiang Fengmiao and Old Lady Xiao have always done business together. It is estimated that the three of them are not just for fun!" Xiao Yi said.
Since the opium cream in Yuncheng was banned, Xiao Yi withdrew in time, but his financial resources were cut off.
At present, he is still accumulating strength.
A way to make money properly is indispensable.
So, Xiao Yi asked Aquan to keep an eye on the Jiang family, to see if there are any ways to make money there, so that he can learn a few tricks in time.
But Xiao Yi is not as easy to fool as Gu Changying.
In order to avoid mistakes, he thought for a moment and said, "Go, send a few people to follow Jiang Nuobao's carriage and see why they are here!"
Ah Quan nodded in agreement.
Then he went out and climbed over the high wall and left the Han Mansion.
After he left, the maids who had been crying for the old lady Han suddenly stopped crying.
Instead, there was a heart-wrenching plea for mercy...
After five or six days, Xiao Nuobao and the others were finally going to Bohai City.
Bohai City is not very big, but the climate here is very comfortable, much cooler than the capital, and there are seafood snacks everywhere on the streets.
"This is Bohai City. Let's go and discuss business first. After the business is done, I'll take you to take a bath in the sea and feed the sika deer." Mrs. Xiao said with a smile.
Xiao Nuobao stuck out her little head and put her chin on the edge of the car window.
The warm wind with the smell of sea salt swept across the little fat girl's forehead and fell on her cherry-like mouth.
The little guy couldn't help squinting his eyes and sniffing the smell outside, "Wow, it smells so salty, Grandma Xiao, is this the smell of the sea?"
Grandma Xiao explained, "Yes, Bohai City is surrounded by the sea on three sides. The official road we are taking is not far from the sea, so the sea breeze here is also strong."
After rushing for so long, Xiao Nuobao also wanted to take a good bath.
When she thought about taking a bath in the sea soon, which was fun and cool, she was so excited that half of her body almost fell out of the car window.
And at this moment, suddenly, Xiao Nuobao glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw a faint black air behind the carriage.
This black air must be the evil spirit.
It was following the carriage at a moderate speed and could not be shaken off.
Xiao Nuobao squinted her eyes, and before she could take a closer look, her chubby waist was hugged back by Grandma Xiao.
"Oh my little ancestor, don't fall down, sit down quickly and obediently." Grandma Xiao hugged her nervously.
Xiao Nuobao didn't say anything, but after rolling her eyes, she felt that this trip might not go smoothly.
So she turned her head and said, "Grandma Xiao, let's not go to the inn of the Nanyang merchants first, let the driver take us around Bohai City first."
She wanted to spend some time to see what the evil spirit was!
Although Grandma Xiao was surprised, she knew that Xiao Nuobao was very capable, so she told the driver to drive around the city without saying anything.
There were many people in the city and the roads were complicated. After they had been walking around for half an hour, the men who had been following them could not stand it any longer.
"Boss, the city is different from the outside. If we are so far away, it will be easy to lose them if there are too many people to distract us."
"Yes, we have been chasing them for five or six days. We are just one step away from it. Brother Quan will settle the account for us. We can't let them down now!"
The men were sweating all over and following the carriage all the way. They were very tired in the past few days.
After they discussed it, they were afraid of losing the people, so they risked being discovered and chased them closer, always behind the carriage.
They were assigned by A Quan. They
were here to follow Nuobao and his group to see where they were going, who they were looking for, and what they were doing.
Soon, the driver found that no matter which direction he went, he could always see a few burly men not far behind.
He thought they were robbers, and quickly opened the carriage curtain, "Oh no, old lady, we are being targeted! When we get to the corner, you go first, I will drive the carriage and lead them away!"
The driver said, showing a look of fearlessness.
He had been with the Xiao family for decades, and it was not the first time that he was targeted by robbers.
However, Mrs. Xiao held his shoulders and calmed him down, saying, "Don't panic, if they were really robbers, they would have done it when no one was around outside the city. Why would they chase them into the city when there are so many people around?"
Feng Miao nodded in agreement, "Master is right, it seems these people must have other purposes."
Xiao Nuobao was really not afraid of robbery.
But if they had other purposes, they had to be on guard and must not be allowed to succeed.
So she didn't waste any time, and after thinking for a while, she came up with a clever plan.
"Grandma Xiao." Xiao Nuobao narrowed his eyes and suddenly hummed, "You have been in Bohai for a while. Do you know where there are hard laborers here, such as coal kilns, mining teams, etc.?"
Old Mrs. Xiao lowered her head and thought for a while, then slapped her thigh and said, "Bohai is close to the sea, and there are several fleets specializing in fishing. The foremen there often recruit hard laborers from other places."
When Xiao Nuobao heard this, he smiled wickedly and showed his little white teeth.
Dare to follow them?
Wuhu~ It seems that someone is going to be in trouble.
"Okay, Grandma Xiao, you show the way, we will go now." Xiao Pangya clenched her fists.
Soon, under the driver's superb driving skills, the carriage turned left and right and rushed all the way to the seaside.
The men behind them could only grit their teeth and ride their horses as fast as they could, until their horses' hooves were almost smoking and their backs were soaked with sweat.
Finally, the carriage stopped.
It stopped next to a dock.
Standing around were all shirtless fishermen, and in a small wooden house next to it were two fierce stewards.
The men got off their horses in a hurry and squatted not far away to watch.
At this time, they saw Xiao Nuobao and Old Lady Xiao also got off the carriage and walked towards the dock.
Old Lady Xiao found the steward of the dock and seemed to be discussing something.
Xiao Nuobao was jumping around and deliberately weighed his money bag and took out a large silver ingot from it.
Seeing the white silver, the eyes of the men behind lit up.
"Boss, look, they are paying! They must be discussing some business!"
"Sure enough, Brother Quan guessed it right."
"Let's pretend to buy seafood and go closer to listen to what they are talking about. This way we will have made a contribution when we return to Beijing!"
Several men were so excited that they let down their guard and approached the dock.
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