When the couple met, they spent most of the time discussing official business. Since county affairs involved large families, people, and land, Shi Yue discovered that many of them were actually his own family, so he had to discuss it with Sun Yanan.
Sun Yannan naturally supported her husband. Perhaps it was because Shi Yue's mind was all on his own county and he did a really good job, or perhaps it was because of Sun Yannan's strong support. In just a few years, the number of counties that Shang Huaitang handed over to Shi Yue to manage increased from one to three.
After discussing business, Shi Yue held on to his wife tightly and refused to let go. Just like that, Sun Yanan gave birth to the smart and capable Shi Canghao. This kid was very aggressive at first, but he had to survive between the different opinions of his brothers and sisters since he was a child. Reality taught him to talk less and work more.
Sun Yannan also heard people in teahouses and taverns talking about the young and promising Shi Yue, who had won the top spot in the imperial examinations and had worked in the Hanlin Academy and had met the current emperor.
He followed Shang Huaitang for one or two years, and then was sent to the front line to manage one to three counties. After this round of explanations, everyone said that Shi Yue had a bright future and it was only a matter of time before he became a high-ranking official in the court.
And Sun Yanan finally waited for the cavalry he had been longing for.
Since the Lu family became relatives of the Shi family, things have indeed become much easier in the business world. Everywhere they go, everyone gives them a little more face, and whenever they encounter any difficulties, Sun Yannan will smooth them out without a word.
After this happened twice or three times, the Lu family went straight to Sun Yannan and asked directly: "Does our Lu family have anyone that the head of the Shi family likes?"
Sun Yannan smiled and said, "There is indeed something I would like to trouble my in-laws for help.
I want a cavalry, three or five will do. The money needed to purchase them will be provided by my family, of course. I just need to ask my in-laws to lend me some manpower to train and develop these cavalry."
The Lu family hesitated when they heard this. The Lu family was neither big nor small in the business world, but they could survive steadily because of the uniqueness of these dozen or twenty cavalry teams. Not everyone could travel along those border routes. This was the accumulation of several generations of the Lu family.
Seeing the Lu family's hesitation, Sun Yannan said, "We established the cavalry to trade with the Guanghuai King's fiefdom. Small-scale business dealings between the two sides have always been going on, but I want to expand it a little bit.
We didn't want to make a big show at first. We wanted to use the method of traveling merchants, entering and exiting quietly without making a fuss, and bartering. Even if there were five cavalry teams, split up at different times, entering the Guanghuai King's fief as traveling merchants would not be conspicuous. We wanted to test the waters and see what the higher-ups meant.
When the Lu family heard that they were not going to take the traditional cavalry route, they felt relieved and took on the responsibility. Sun Yanan's five cavalry teams were quietly formed.
When his own cavalry entered the fiefdom of Prince Guanghuai, Sun Yannan was worried and took a carriage to the border to take a look. However, he met a mother and son who had migrated far away and were arguing over a whetstone and a millstone. Sun Yannan bought them both.
Unexpectedly, trouble came to my door.
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