If it were any other business, who would have the audacity to establish a trading company directly?
As far as they knew, there were only three particularly famous and prosperous trading companies in the entire Song Dynasty in the last ten years or so: Chu Ji Trading Company and Yu Ji Trading Company in the capital, and Yun Ji Trading Company in Xiangzhou.
The Chu family mainly operated restaurants and porcelain inns, while the Yu family focused on jade and was the largest jade merchant in the entire Song Dynasty. It is said that the Yu family controlled more than a dozen stone mines.
It seems they own more stone mines than the imperial court, but this is just a legend. The Yu family doesn't acknowledge it, only saying that they own four stone mines.
The Yun family of Xiangzhou is the largest in the country in terms of medicinal herb business. They also run a money exchange and a winery. More than 20 years ago, due to the large number of family businesses, they established a trading company for better management.
The Chu and Yu families, on the other hand, are large merchant families with over a century of history, and have been prosperous for a hundred years.
These three businesses are well-known to merchants from all walks of life across the country, each with its own unique characteristics and reputation.
Even the Jiang family, which was once so powerful in the pile-laying industry, did not establish a trading company.
To establish a business, one needs government approval.
After all, established businesses pay significantly higher commercial taxes each year than individual businesses.
Chu Yan and Yang Rui returned with Yun Chang this time. Yang Rui became Yun Chang's deputy general, and Yun Chang will take him under her wing and mentor him from now on.
Judging from the Crown Prince's words, he will be in charge of training Zhong Hui and Yang Rui from now on.
Chu Yan, on the other hand, had already resigned from her official post and become an ordinary scion of a noble family. She came back to learn the art of spiritual healing from Li Mai.
Li Mai had no choice but to accept that since the person had come, he could stay and teach him. This time, Pei Jing and Yue Xiu had finally met their second senior brother.
I had heard before that they had a senior brother and a second senior brother, but I had never met them. I never expected them to suddenly appear.
Chu Yan was originally in business, and by following Li Mai, she could help Li Mai a lot.
As for cultivation, he mainly cultivates in the morning and evening, and Li Mai only needs to guide him.
This time, he officially moved into the Li residence and lived in the east courtyard.
Now, only Yanbao and Yubao Zhuzhu's personal guards live in the East Courtyard. Manager Song has moved out and is living in Zhou Heng's house in the West Courtyard. Li Shan lives with him in the side room of that courtyard, and the two of them guard that courtyard.
Li Dong was also taken away by Zhou Heng to live in his courtyard. Since he was his apprentice, he would take him under his wing and teach him.
His parents and sister spent the New Year with him and then went back to the village to continue their family affairs. They felt at ease knowing that Zhou Heng was being taken care of by his father-in-law's family.
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