The steward in charge of the dock ran over when he saw Kang Yueran, "Master, you're back! The masters are all missing you."
"Is everyone okay?"
"All right, all right! It's just that this is the first time that the boss has sailed on a long ship, and everyone is thinking of you."
Kang Yueran felt warm in her heart and said, "Send someone to Dayuan Carriage Company to ask for help. The goods I brought back need to be shipped back home."
Kang Yuanchen quickly brought people over, "Yueran, you're back. Is everything going well?"
"It went well. How's everything at home?"
"Everything is fine, don't worry!"
Kang Yueran glanced at Hua Rongyue, who looked a little impatient, and said to Tang Yuanchen, "Go find Ma Shun and have him transport the brown sugar and herbs back to our warehouse.
Then I'll go find Mr. Zuo and ask him to inspect the wood I brought back. I'll take these two friends there to settle down first."
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll discuss this with Steward Ma."
Leaving the dock and walking out, Hua Rongyue looked around, feeling that her eyes were almost not enough. "It's really lively here, do you live nearby?"
"I live in the city. If you like it here, you can stay at the inn. I know the owner of the inn."
Hua Rongyue looked towards Qingping Mountain not far away and nodded vigorously, "I want to live here!"
Kang Yueran brought Hua Rongyue to the inn, and the innkeeper gave her two upper rooms. Kang Yueran introduced Hua Rongyue as her friend and asked the innkeeper to take good care of her.
Hua Rongyue put down her bag and went downstairs with Jin Huan. "Kang Yueran, please take me around!"
Kang Yueran wanted to go home. "This is Hu Xiaocheng, someone you know. Let him stay at the inn as well. If you want to go out, take him with you. He's familiar with this area."
Hua Rongyue nodded, "Okay, then go ahead and get busy! Let Xiaocheng show me around."
Kang Yueran took out her purse and handed it to Hu Xiaocheng. "Take Hua Dajia, oh no, take Hua Xiaonv, uh... take Hua Xiaonv to eat some of our Anzhou specialties and buy some Anzhou specialties."
Hu Xiaocheng agreed.
Hua Rongyue couldn't wait to urge, "Xiaocheng, let's go!"
After nearly two months of absence, Kang Yueran's family members missed him very much.
Ye looked at Kang Yueran for a long time and commented, "He's not darker, but he's a little thinner!"
Kang Yueran giggled, "Every time I go out, you tell me I've lost weight!"
Ye rolled up her sleeves and said, "Look at my arms, then look at yours, they're just thinner!"
It's not that she's lost weight, it's that Ye has gained weight. "Okay, okay, whatever you say, Mom, stew some spareribs for me tonight."
Ye turned around and ordered, "Mother Fu, go to the kitchen and tell them that the eldest daughter is back. Ask them to cook a few of her favorite dishes. Don't forget to stew the spareribs for a while longer."
When Mrs. Fu first came, Mrs. Ye was very reserved, but now she is very familiar with it, which is great!
After talking to Ye, Kang Yueran went to the study. There were several small boxes in the corner of the study, and three letters on the desk.
The letter was written by Chai Shijing. Besides saying that he missed her, he also asked her to write back to him as soon as she returned to Anzhou to report her safety, and it would be best if she could go to the capital.
She spread out a piece of paper and wrote back to Chai Shijing, briefly telling him about her trip to Ningzhou, and said that she wanted to take another boat trip to Ningzhou and go to the capital to see him in the spring of next year.
The next day, Zuo Bai, Meng Dechang and Manager Li from Wangji Cloth Shop came to Kang Yueran's house together.
Kang Yueran invited them into the tea room and said with a smile, "I was just about to send someone to invite you. The silver is still on the boat. I'll ask the shopkeepers of each of your families to go to the boat to pick up the silver later."
Meng Dechang said anxiously, "I heard from Ma Shun that you brought back some medicinal herbs, including Panax notoginseng?"
"Yes, it's in my warehouse."
"Want to sell it? Sell it to me, I'll buy them all, the price is negotiable." Kang Yueran's selling price is definitely much lower than those Panax notoginseng that have been traded several times.
Kang Yueran brought it back to sell. "Yes, but I don't quite understand. I'll ask someone to point it out to you."
She called Li Erbing and asked him to go to the warehouse and bring back three kinds of medicinal herbs in each pottery basin.
Meng Dechang's eyes lit up immediately. "This Tianqi is good. Well, the other two are not bad either. Yueran, name your price."
"I don't know anything about medicinal herbs, Uncle Meng, so you should name the price."
"Tian Qi, I'll give you two taels of silver per catty, and the other two things..."
"How much? Two taels per catty?" Kang Yueran was shocked.
Meng Dechang smiled awkwardly, "If you think it's too little, I can give you some more."
Kang Yueran waved her hand, "It's not that it's too little, I just didn't expect the price to be so high."
"Yueran, I won't hide it from you. Panax notoginseng is only found on Black Dragon Mountain in Ningzhou. It's very hard to buy. I used to pay 2.7 taels per catty."
Zuo Bai added, "I heard from Xiaocheng that the two girls who came to Anzhou with you and are now staying at my inn are from Black Dragon Mountain."
Kang Yueran smiled bitterly, "Yes! I only found out after arriving in Ningzhou that Duke Lu had issued an order not to allow my ship to dock at Houjia Wharf.
I had no choice but to go to the small dock at Black Dragon Mountain, and there I got to know the head of Black Dragon Mountain, the beautiful girl who lived in the inn.
Several people were stunned. "She is the boss of Black Dragon Mountain?"
Kang Yueran continued, "Yes, she is the head of the family. Duke Lu was attracted by the rich medicinal herbs in Black Dragon Mountain and wanted to make Black Dragon Mountain submit to him.
However, the former head of the family, Hua Sheng, the father of Miss Hua, refused, so Duke Lu issued an order prohibiting merchants from doing business with Heilongshan.
But Panax notoginseng is only available in Heilongshan, so a few merchants only dare to trade privately with Heilongshan. Those merchants are not good people either, and they keep the price of the medicinal material very low.
Meng Dechang's heart was burning with excitement. "Yueran, talk to Miss Hua and ask her to sell all the Tianqi to me. I will definitely give her a suitable price."
"Okay, we still have to leave some Tianqi in the south, and let Uncle Meng sell all the north. Let's talk to Miss Hua, I think she will agree."
That's at least half of it. "Okay, okay, let's go talk to her together."
Zuo Bai teased, "Old Meng, why are you so anxious? That Hua girl won't run away."
Kang Yueran pushed the tea in front of Meng Dechang towards him, "Uncle Meng, have a sip of tea first. I plan to go to Ningzhou again in half a month. Miss Hua will go with the boat, so there is no need to rush!"
Zuo Bai said with a smile, "That's right, no rush! Yueran, besides medicinal herbs, there must be trees on Black Dragon Mountain. Are there small-leaved red beans? That's red sandalwood!"
"When the time comes, Uncle Zuo will go with you to see Miss Hua. You can ask her yourself. I'm not too sure."
The cloth business had nothing to do with Heilongshan, so Shopkeeper Li wanted to ask Kang Yueran to transport the goods. "The cotton has already arrived. I'll ship a batch of cotton south this time and send a steward to go with the boss to bring back some Yuezhou brocade and embroidery."
"Okay, half a month, is that enough time for you to prepare?"
Shopkeeper Li nodded, "We are already preparing, and we will ensure that there will be no delays."
Meng Dechang was still very anxious, "Now that everything has been made clear, let's go to the dock." He was afraid that the beautiful girl would agree to someone else.
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