Chapter 292: Divide the Money
Tang Yu shook his head and smiled, "One tael of silver may be a lot in a county like Lizhou, but it is not enough in the imperial capital. Here, a pound of grain costs sixty coins, and in bad years, a pound of grain can be sold for hundreds of coins.
Fortunately, there is one advantage to working in the government office. If the price of food outside rises too much, the county government will distribute a certain amount of food to ensure that we will not starve to death.
I have calculated carefully. Living here, it costs dozens of coins every day just to buy vegetables and food. One or two taels of silver is not enough for our family to survive for a month. But the advantage is that it is stable and can quickly develop personal connections.
In my spare time, I would go to bookstores to take on jobs, write books for people and earn some money, or find a job as an enlightenment teacher, which was enough to support them."
Tang Yu explained his plan in detail.
Su Chuan, who was standing by, patted his shoulder with relief and said, "Brother-in-law is devoted to the family, which is great. If he is willing to do business, he can actually do some small business, at least it will make money faster."
Tang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Now that I'm at the government office, it's not appropriate for me to get involved in business matters."
Su Chuan could also understand.
When Xiaoxi heard this, she quickly said, "My brother-in-law can't do business, but I can! I also helped my sister-in-law do business when I was in Shenjia Village. I can do it!"
Su Chuan was very happy, "Our little Xi is still ambitious. Okay! I'll ask your sister later to see if there is any good business she can give you."
"Thank you, Brother Suchuan!" Xiaoxi happily picked up Tang Cheng and spun around.
She had made up her mind not to marry in this life. She would stay with Ke Yunyun and rely on Tang Cheng to take care of her in her old age. Naturally, she also wanted to earn more money to provide for herself and Tang Cheng.
Tang Yu knew Xiaoxi's abilities to some extent, and surrendered immediately upon hearing this. "With Xiaoxi around, I seem useless!"
Xiaoxi grinned, "Brother-in-law is useful! With brother-in-law around, no one dares to bully us."
Su Chuan was completely relieved to see that they got along well.
The next day, the person who was scheduled to come and check out the goods arrived early in the morning.
Seeing that Su Chuan lived in a nice place, he guessed that they also had some wealth, so he put away his contempt, looked at the goods carefully, and negotiated the price well.
In the end, everything that Su Chuan and Su Zhan brought was taken away by the other party for a price of thirty thousand taels.
Adding the money they earned from selling brown sugar and cloth, they can be said to have returned home with a full load this time.
On the day of departure, Ke Yunyun was very reluctant to let them go, and the whole family sent them out of the imperial capital.
Tang Yu put his arm around Ke Yunyun's shoulders and walked back, saying, "We will support our family in the future, and you can write letters to your relatives and friends in Lizhou from time to time. Ah Cheng and I can write for you. If you feel bored, you can ask Ah Cheng to teach you and Xiaoxi to read and write. This way you can write letters by yourself and say whatever you want."
Ke Yunyun was in a much better mood.
It is the least that Su Chuan and Su Zhan have to do. Although they have made money this time, they are not at ease. They plan to travel day and night and only rest in big towns. They do not plan to stay at other times.
Su Zhan was forced to learn how to ride a horse, and by the time he returned to Lizhou, his horsemanship had become very sophisticated.
The two brothers redeemed their own ox cart and hurried home. When they passed Zhaohua County, Su Chuan stayed for a day and inquired about the latest news.
The restaurant owner saw that they were generous and told them everything he knew.
"There's not much new happening here recently, but the Zhu family is a little strange. I heard that Master Zhu bought the houses of several families next to the Zhu Mansion, saying that he wants to expand it. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Master Zhu hasn't come back yet, and I don't know what the Zhu family wants to do with such a large-scale construction."
What else can he do? He is just busy preparing for the wedding.
Su Chuan sneered, thanked the shopkeeper, and immediately left with Su Zhan.
The two first went to Shenjiazhuang to meet Su Tai.
Su Tai was scolding her children in the yard. When she saw them come back, she didn't even want to tidy up the children and quickly invited them into the house.
"You come to me as soon as you get back? You are too anxious!" Su Tai scolded while preparing food for them.
After eating two large bowls of hot braised beef noodles, Su Chuan and Su Zhan sighed comfortably.
Su Tai urged them to go to the bathroom and take a hot bath.
The twins also joined in, complaining that their two uncles were smelly. One said their uncles were unhygienic, and the other said their uncles fell into the pit of feces, forcing Su Chuan and Su Zhan to go wash up.
When the two brothers cleaned up and came out.
Only the twins are willing to play with them and hang around them.
Uncle is long and uncle is short, and his mouth is as sweet as honey.
Su Zhan was so amused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He held the two little guys in his arms and teased them hard. The two children shouted and laughed, acting crazy.
Su Tai shook her head speechlessly and looked at Su Chuan, "Cousin, did you have a smooth journey?"
"It went smoothly! It went very smoothly!" Su Chuan said, opening all the bags he brought back. "Huangdu is worthy of being the richest place in Langya Country. The things we brought not only sold at high prices, but were also in short supply, especially the jade. Those boxes were exchanged for 30,000 taels."
As mentioned before, the two brothers could share 6,000 taels, of which he would get 3,000 taels. Adding the money from selling cloth and brown sugar, he could make more money than farming.
"So many!" Su Tai was stunned. She carefully took out the banknotes and counted them. She looked a little dazed. "No wonder he made a fortune through business. If he makes a few trips like this, he won't have to worry about food and drink for the rest of his life!"
Su Chuan agreed. "My cousin's husband found a job in the imperial capital. His monthly salary is one tael of silver, which is not enough to support the family. Xiaoxi said she wanted to do business. You can consider cooperating with her. You supply the goods and Xiaoxi sells them. Then we can decide how to divide the profits."
Su Tai fell into deep thought. To be honest, she was tempted, but it was still not appropriate for her to cooperate with Xiaoxi. First of all, delivering the goods and collecting the money was a hassle.
After thinking for a while, she looked at Su Chuan, "Cousin, would you consider joining?"
Su Chuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Zhan who was making a fuss with the child.
The three brothers and sisters got together and finally decided that Su Tai would supply the goods, while Su Chuan and Su Zhan would be responsible for following the caravan to get the goods to the imperial capital and hand them over to Xiao Xi to sell, and they would then divide the profits among themselves.
With an idea in mind, Su Tai immediately wrote a letter to the imperial capital.
Just as this matter was settled, it was the strawberry harvest season.
The weather this year is obviously much better than last year. At least the rainfall is normal and most of the days are sunny.
The strawberries have plenty of sunlight and are growing well. They are not only big but also very sweet.
The quality is so good that Shen Ying is reluctant to use it to make strawberry jam.
He called the villagers to discuss the matter, and everyone agreed that they wanted to sell strawberry jam, after all, strawberry jam was more profitable.
Shen Ying had no choice but to follow the villagers' wishes, and the village courtyard was once again turned into a strawberry jam workshop.
Su Tai thought about Xiaoxi's situation, and discussed with Su Chuan and others about sending a batch of strawberry jam over this year to test the waters.
Su Chuan and Su Zhan were ready to do a big job, so naturally they had no objections.
Because of this decision, the amount of strawberry jam supplied by Shenjiazhuang to the outside world was reduced by more than half, so that the price skyrocketed.
Last year a jar cost three hundred wen, this year it can be sold for four or five hundred wen.
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