Chapter 522: Arya is here (Part 2)
Xiao Yan was a little unsure of Erya's attitude towards Chang Hui.
Alas, raising a daughter means worrying about her marriage.
However, Xiao Yan didn't dwell on it for long, since he would be watching over her anyway.
Everyone followed the father and daughter, thinking in their hearts that Lu Qinniang and Xiao Yan were so lucky.
These two daughters are more capable than the other.
If Xiao Yan knew what they were thinking, he would definitely tell them proudly.
His eldest daughter in the capital is also his pride and joy.
I hope that Si Ya and Xiao Man can be as worry-free as their three older sisters in the future.
When everyone got on board, they were stunned to see the ship full of cargo.
Erya gave orders in a calm and confident manner, ordering people to move things down one by one.
Thick, brand-new cotton and linen cloth, bags of medicinal herbs, baskets of dried vegetables, white sugar, brown sugar...all of them are the "hard currency" of Qiongzhou, which makes everyone very excited.
Why should we be afraid of Qiongya Trading Company?
The worries and panic that had been suppressed for a long time were washed away without a trace by the real flood of supplies before their eyes.
It even makes people feel heroic and fearless.
It’s the Qiongya Trading Company!
The Li people looked on with envy.
Xiao Yan said to them, "We can exchange goods in the future. The Li people also have their own valuables. Be patient. I will discuss with the tribe leader and draw up a set of exchange rules."
If all transactions are private and there is no pricing standard, conflicts of one kind or another are inevitable.
At a time when relations between the two sides are tense, small conflicts can easily escalate into confrontation between the two nations.
The fragile relationship that had just been repaired could not withstand any disturbance.
Therefore, Xiao Yan felt that there should be a rule to regulate the trading behavior between the two tribes.
But unexpectedly, after hearing his words, the Li people looked at each other with some worry in their eyes.
Xiao Yan was so smart that he immediately understood their concerns.
——They were worried that they would repeat the same mistakes and exploit both ends like the Qiongya Trading Company.
"We don't take a commission," Xiao Yan said. "We just want everyone to know the price at which they should trade."
Everyone was relieved and their eyes became excited again.
Everyone was busy until evening before they dispersed.
All those who participated in it, even if they returned exhausted, their eyes would light up when they talked about it.
The happiest people should be the Li people.
Although Jiang Mingyue had built a bridge of cooperation before, compared with the population of the Li ethnic group, only a few people could benefit from it.
It's different now.
The ship full of cargo gave everyone hope.
And Lu Qiniang was peeling shrimps for Erya.
After a long separation, Erya is now her most precious treasure.
"When I cooked them, these shrimp were still alive. We've never had anything this fresh before—"
Lu Qiniang peeled the skin for Erya, and Xiao Yan peeled the skin for Sanya and Lu Qiniang.
Erya also forgot about her desire for a thin waist. She buried her head in slurping the noodles and mumbled, "Delicious, delicious!"
She had been thinking about this one for too long.
This is the taste that only a mother can make.
"Look at this snail," Lu Qiniang was busy introducing the various seafood in Qiongzhou to Erya, "It looks great, doesn't it?"
"It looks nice," said Arya. "I'll see if I can make some little gadgets like that out of conch shells and ship them to the capital to sell."
"I thought so too." Lu Qiniang excitedly took inventory. "There are so many fruits here that I haven't seen in the capital. Fresh ones are not good, but dried ones should be fine."
She found out about bananas, lychees, longans, star fruits, kumquats, papayas, jackfruits... and many others whose names she couldn't even remember.
She has learned a lot from following Erya, and now her only eyes are on money.
"I'm here, I'll take my time." Erya was confident, and now she was talking about it with full business acumen, "Don't be impatient."
Xiao Yan asked her about her future business plans.
"The large ship will stay here for now, and will travel back and forth across the strait." Erya had already thought about it. "If we need something urgently, we can use a horse-drawn carriage to send it to Leizhou from other places. If we don't need it urgently, we can use the water route, which can save a lot of transportation costs."
"Isn't it a loss to leave such a big ship here and travel back and forth across the strait?" Lu Qiniang couldn't help asking.
"If you count the money, it's definitely a loss."
Erya expressed her own ideas.
Xiao Yan deeply agreed.
Lu Qin's mother didn't object.
"I've asked the old craftsman in Ganzhou to help me keep an eye on it. If there are any smaller boats around 1,000 taels, please help me buy two." Arya said, "Once those two boats arrive, they can replace the large boats for plying the strait. Then we can consider the use of the large boats."
"So what are you thinking now?" Xiao Yan asked again.
"For the time being, I'm wondering if we can use large ships to transport heavy goods like timber from Qiongzhou. Thinking further ahead—" Arya's eyes sparkled as she spoke, "I want to give it a try and go to Southeast Asia!"
She saw a wider world from Xiao Yan's map.
"Look at what you can do." Lu Qiniang scolded with a smile, "I won't let you go unless you take me with you."
She was worried.
"If I take you with me, I have to take my dad with me." Arya smiled, "My dad can't leave. That will happen a long time in the future."
While she was on the boat, she also listened to the old boatman telling legends about overseas.
In fact, few boatmen have actually been there; it is just a legend passed down among them.
But it was like a spark, igniting the desire in Erya's heart.
The world is so big, the wider the business is, the greater the profit from the exchange will be!
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