Chapter 362 Yu Ruixiang’s First Business
Jiang Feng has reported the evidence he received to Kyoto. Everything is calm now. The case will be filed only after someone from Beijing comes to secretly investigate and collect evidence.
This matter involves many officials from two counties and one town, and is progressing towards becoming a major case.
How many officials lost their jobs, how many families were destroyed and their properties confiscated?
Song Liyun clicked her tongue twice.
No wonder everyone wants to be an official, such as the prefect who ruins the family and the county magistrate who wipes out the entire clan.
It wasn't that she felt sorry for the Lin family.
If Jiang Feng was not in their group, whether it was Song Defu's accusation of unfilial piety or the indenture brought by Mr. Xue, it would be enough for Song Liyun and her two siblings to suffer.
She only lamented that when ordinary people encountered injustice, they could only get angry and blood would splatter five steps away.
As for Lin Qingyuan, Song Liyun believed that the cunning fox had his own way to escape, so at worst she could just leak some information herself.
It is New Year's Eve now, and all the restaurants on the street have closed and everyone has gone back to celebrate the New Year. Song Liyun kindly invites Jiang Feng to celebrate the New Year in Suijin Town.
Jiang Feng refused, saying that he had already ordered the meal from the chef of Tianxiang Tower and it would be delivered to the back hall on time.
Song Liyun then remembered that there were now three families living in Tianxiang Tower, and they said that as long as they were paid, they would not close the store on the first day of the new year.
When she arrived at Tianxianglou, Lin Tao, Zhou Xiang and others had already gone home to celebrate the New Year, and the cooks and waiters were still in the building.
These people all knew that the county magistrate had ordered the meal, so Song Liyun gave them red envelopes to encourage them before leaving.
On the way back, squeezed in the bustling crowd and passing by the deserted Zuichunlou, Song Liyun remained calm and didn't even raise her eyelids.
After seeing the flashing of swords and the bloody battlefields, she had no interest in watching these weird intrigues.
The sumptuous and lively reunion dinner at Baolinju in Suijin Town is what she looks forward to most.
During the entire Spring Festival, Song Liyun lay on the kang, reading books, writing and drawing. She wanted to find a direction for the future development of Wuda.
Zhao Tingduo said he would build a city for her.
To be honest, she was moved.
Every bride wants to have her own wedding room. If possible, who can refuse to build a love garden?
Baolinju has a new hostess and a more homely warmth.
Song Zhenping and Yang Hua are newlyweds, and their love is as sweet as honey.
Yang Hua is older and more steady in her work. She only talks to her husband alone when they are taking care of the greenhouse in the backyard.
Song Zhenping seemed like a different person, with a silly smile on his face all the time.
His leg injury has recovered and he can walk as easily as a normal person. Now he follows Yang Hua closely.
Xiao An brought his spotted dog and led Heijin, Abu and others to ride horses outside.
Song Dekui and Han Ming hung out in the town's teahouse, chatting and playing cards, and then communicating with some people who came to discuss business.
The whole Baolinju is full of joy.
On the third day of the first lunar month, the steward Wan brought a young man to pay New Year's greetings.
Actually, it should have been Song Liyun who went to the Wan family to pay New Year's greetings, but the steward Wan came early.
Song Liyun did not entertain the guests at Baolinju, but arranged for them to stay in the town.
The new courtyard in the Song family business is called Yu Ruixiang.
There is not only an ice cellar here, but also a place for business receptions.
Although it was a temporary arrangement, Yu Ruixiang's living room was full of flowers and auspicious treasures.
The floor was covered with a brand new carpet, and on the treasure rack were neatly arranged wool yarn, exquisite tapestries, and horn cups. In the corner next to it were piles of clean cow and sheep skins.
These things were brought out from the Wuda tribe, pure grassland style.
In other rooms, there are also paper boxes and paper bags of various sizes.
The small carton can only hold one egg, while the large carton is strong enough to bear hundreds of pounds of weight.
There are more varieties of paper bags, and they can be customized according to customer needs.
Yuruixiang is the exhibition center of Song's Trading Company.
Abu and six Wuda guards served as servants for Song Liyun.
These people are all related to the Wu Dynasty Zhenbei Army. Now they are wearing Wu Dynasty clothes and speaking fluent Wu Dynasty dialect. They don't look special.
The people in the town just thought that Miss Song had a caravan traveling to the border, and since Old Man Zhang, Xue Zhuang and others had connections with the garrison, no one suspected Yu Ruixiang.
As soon as they met, Manager Wan introduced the young people he brought to Song Liyun.
"Miss Song, this is Wan Yanming, the seventh son of our Wan family's eldest son!"
Song Liyun found out after the greeting.
The man in front of him, Wan Yanming, who has a bookish air and looks as gentle as jade, is only in his early twenties, but he is quite capable and is already the manager of the Wan family in charge of the southeast trade route.
This time when he went home for the New Year, he wanted to meet Miss Song, whom he had mentioned several times in letters, through Manager Wan.
Also plan your shopping list for the new year.
Over the years, the income of the Southeast Trade Route he was in charge of had always ranked among the top three in the clan, only less than the one in charge of Kyoto.
But he never expected that his third uncle who stayed in the old house in Pingyang Prefecture would stand out and jump from the bottom of the ranking to fourth place behind him, which embarrassed the uncles from other prefectures at the reunion dinner.
Pingyang Prefecture is close to the grassland. The Wan family's old house has always been engaged in the fur business, while the scattered trade routes also include other businesses.
For example, they sold gouache, balm and jewelry from Kyoto Road, purchased silk and seafood from Southeast Road, and bought and sold grain from Zhongyuan Road.
During the Wu Dynasty, there were heavy taxes on vehicles and ships. Several families came together to trade what they had, and relying on small profits to run a large business, they were considered wealthy families.
Wan Yanming's eyes widened as he looked at the room full of furs, and he couldn't let go of the carpets and horn cups.
He was in this business, and he had never seen anyone dare to sell Di people's goods in this way.
Wan Yanming remembered what his third uncle said, that the Song family had some connection with the Wei family, or rather, with the grassland, and he became even more determined to seize this opportunity.
The southeastern region he is responsible for has a humid climate with short winters and long summers, so the sales of mink cloaks and sheepskin coats have never been very good.
Only horn carvings and thin cashmere blankets are always in great demand, but unfortunately the quantities available are always limited.
Business had been mediocre for many years, but two months ago, his second uncle sent a batch of leather bags and short boots, which suddenly made his shop's business booming.
The reason is simple: there is less snow and more rain in the south in winter, and the climate is humid, so it is muddy and watery throughout the winter.
Not only would ordinary people get their clothes soaked at any time when traveling, but students were even more afraid of their books getting wet by the winter rain when going to and from school.
It was even more annoying every time he had to go out to compete in poetry and literature, because he had to ask his servants to carry boxes and baskets filled with clean clothes, shoes and socks, and documents wrapped in oilcloth, which was cumbersome and expensive.
The sudden arrival of leather backpacks and waterproof boots perfectly solved this problem.
When a student in a blue cloth shirt holds an oil-paper umbrella, carries a small book bag on his back, and wears waterproof cowhide boots over his blue cotton shoes, he walks slowly and leisurely in the alleys in the drizzle and snow, he is a picture of a handsome scholar.
It always attracts a few women who love him and hang a sign prohibiting him from walking on the book bag.
So the silk ribbon that was originally hanging on the edge of the silk skirt was always hanging beside the scholar.
It's like having a beautiful woman by your side all the time, with her sleeves adding fragrance to your appearance. How romantic it is!
At this point, Master Wan Qi couldn't hide his smile. "Miss Song, the book bags you painted are in short supply, and the prices are rising again and again. Everyone is proud to carry a book bag and wear a forbidden silk ribbon!"
Song Liyun burst out laughing.
It turns out that no matter when and where, young people like to hang some small gadgets on their backpacks.
This gave her more inspiration, or rather, the thousand taels of silver handed over by Master Wan Qi and the request for direct supply gave her the source of creativity.
The Wan family’s business is all calculated on a large counter, and the only thing they compare is the dividends among the clan.
As both were from the eldest wife's family, Manager Wan naturally did not hesitate to give this opportunity to his nephew Wan Yanming.
(End of this chapter)
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