Chapter 452 Tribute and Official Goods
After all, everyone knows that the furs come from the Di tribe. No matter how much they say, it is just a dowry for others.
As for who will be the royal merchant, Song Liyun doesn't care. She doesn't want to take the lead.
As an imperial merchant, you have to communicate with everyone inside and outside the company. You have great power but also great risks.
She doesn't have that ability either.
The imperial merchant not only had to deal with the Ministry of Revenue and the palace treasury, but also had to communicate with the merchants below. Without a century-old family connection, it would be impossible to do this.
Besides the tissues, Jiang Feng mentioned another thing: "Your milk powder should have been included in the tribute, but I think imported items are risky and produced in small quantities, so it's not suitable to be sent to the forefront."
"Milk powder cannot be used as tribute, but it can be selected as official goods."
Song Liyun was overjoyed: "Master Jiang, are you serious about what you said?"
She is still undecided about the sales of milk powder.
Although tissue paper bags and paper boxes are rare, they are paper products that are easily accepted by people. They are just different from the rice paper on students' desks and the oil paper bags at food stalls in their uses.
Milk powder is a rare commodity that has never been seen before. If I ask Wanjia to send it to Beijing for sale, I will have to spend some time on promotion.
It would be different if Jiang Feng were to choose it as an official product.
In order to build up their connections, officials from other places would give gifts to officials in Beijing every year.
But everyone's area is different, there is always something that is not suitable.
Officials from all over the country would compile a list of local products and exchange them through caravans.
This is the special offer without a label.
There are not many restrictions on tribute, and with officials from various prefectures promoting the products, the quality is good and there is no worry about selling them. It is the first choice of the wealthy families in Beijing.
As long as the milk powder is included in the list of gifts given to officials, Song Liyun doesn’t have to worry about sales at all.
With tributes as a facade and official goods to earn money, it was hard for her not to have a fatter wallet.
After leaving the county government office, Song Liyun still did not get the land deed.
But she had an extra letter in her arms from Jiang Feng to Zhao Tinglei, asking to transfer Song Liyun's military household registration.
This is a difficult task.
Captain Luo had said at the beginning that once you become a military household, your generations will be military households.
Song Liyun's current military household registration requires the Hecheng Garrison to issue a transfer order to the Pingyang Prefecture, and then the Suijin Guard and Qili County will release or receive people.
Most people don't have such powerful means. If Jiang Feng was not about to be promoted to prefect, Zhao Tinglei could not force the government to transfer his sister-in-law's nationality.
In the past, people became military households for self-protection, but now that Song Liyun has become a civilian household, there are naturally more benefits.
Not only can he use his household registration to trade land deeds, but he can also break away from his military household status, and in the future he can leave the Zhenbei Army behind when encountering problems.
In addition, the household registration of Song Zhenping and Xiao An has also been returned to Xiaoshi Village, Qingping Town, so their children’s marriage and imperial examinations will no longer be restricted.
After leaving the county government office, Song Liyun sat for a while in Tianxiang Tower and then returned to Baolinju.
She did not go to Hecheng to discuss with Zhao Tinglei immediately as Jiang Feng said, but went to Xiaoshi Village.
Wu Dan had been following her all the time. Knowing that Song Liyun was about to go to Xiaoshi Village and then to Hecheng, he hurriedly asked, "Madam, what about Brother Shitou?"
Shitou came back to repair his father's grave. Not only did he need to consider the feng shui and date, but he also needed to perform rituals. It was definitely not something he could do in the short term, and he couldn't follow the young lady.
As Song Liyun packed her things, she said, "Call him over. I have something to ask him."
Shitou did not go out with Song Liyun today. He stayed in the town with Grandpa Zhang and others. When Wu Dan found him, his eyes were still red.
Song Liyun asked him to wash his face and change his clothes before coming back to reply: "I will leave Suijin Town for Xiaoshi Village tomorrow, and then go to Hecheng. You will stay in Suijin Town to do business. With Manager Han's help, no one will make things difficult for you.
If you want to go back to the tribe, you can also go to the Balin chief, and he will arrange for someone to send you away."
Song Liyun felt that this was the most appropriate way. Unexpectedly, Shitou knelt down with a plop and said, "Young Madam, I will go with you tomorrow."
Song Liyun asked in surprise: "Shi Tou, aren't you...something wrong?"
Shitou ripped open the cloth covering his face and said with red eyes, "Today in town, they... asked me where the other people in town were and why I hadn't brought them back..."
When he said this, he punched the ground angrily, and his skin was immediately torn.
Song Liyun's face darkened. "What did they say? Tell me everything."
"They said that since the young lady is marrying off to the grassland, she should bring back all the kidnapped people in town!"
"He also asked me if I would stay in Suijin Town in the future, and if I would also have a share in the young lady's shop in town?"
Song Liyun laughed angrily. She knew who said these words without asking.
The original residents of the town all had jobs, and with houses, shops and land, every family could make a living.
Seeing that Suijin Town was getting better, those who left Suijin Town after the tragedy began to want to come back.
It was easy to leave, but now it is not easy to come back.
In the past, Suijin Town was a gathering place for refugees with no registered permanent residence.
Most houses are built haphazardly. If you have the ability, you can build more. If you don’t, you can build less. Naturally, there are no land deeds.
After being burned down by bandits, it was impossible to tell who owned what. Now it has been demolished and rebuilt, and it no longer looks like its original state at all.
Without household registration and land deeds, you can't get registered just by saying so. Besides, who would be willing to give up the resources that have already been allocated?
Seeing Suijin Town prosper day by day, those people began to resent the Song family, which occupied the best courtyards and owned the most shops.
The blame is on the Song family, what does it have to do with Shi Tou? These words shouldn't affect Shi Tou's departure, right?
After Song Liyun bandaged Shi Tou's hand, she finally got the truth out of this taciturn boy.
Because half a year ago, Tang Liang, the shopkeeper Mu's employee, was rescued from the grassland by Zhao Tingduo, which caused a sensation, not many people paid attention to Shi Tou's return this time.
But he came back with Song Liyun, which is different.
Someone pulled him aside to ask about the whereabouts of his relatives.
Shi Tou was only nine years old when he was captured. He was terrified. He only knew that the people with him were either killed or sold, and he was thrown onto the slave platform alive. Then he was forced to do endless hard labor until he was recruited as a slave soldier and met the young lady. Everything was just a coincidence.
The grassland is so vast and there are so many tribes. If you ask him where the people who were abducted in the town are, he has no idea.
But some people didn't believe it: "Didn't Miss Song find you in the tribe? You must not have gone back to look for you! As long as you are determined, you will find you anywhere."
Mr. Zhang also asked: "My darling grandson is the same age as you. Do you know where he is?"
Shi Tou looked at the pregnant woman next to the old man and didn't dare say anything more.
Wen Ge'er, who was about the same age as him, was chopped off the head on the way because he was timid and crying, and Wen Ge'er's father also died.
What Shitou couldn't stand the most was that someone brought up the fact that Yun Niang followed other men to survive when she was left in the town.
Shitou is fifteen years old now. He knows that his mother must have had a hard life before the young lady rescued her, but how could he bear to hear these words with his own ears?
Moreover, Suijin Town did not leave a good impression on him.
Seeing the vaguely familiar face, he remembered his own family's misery, all caused by being driven out from his hiding place.
If they just hide for one more day, their family can escape this disaster.
He doesn't want to come back here!
"Young Madam, I have already paid my respects to my father. Uncle Han has taken good care of my father's grave. There is no need to repair it. I will move the grave when I grow up."
This means completely giving up on Suijin Town.
Song Liyun sighed. Although Shitou and Yun Niangzi chose to live in the tribe, they still missed this place in their hearts.
This is their hometown.
Shitou's return this time also helped Song Liyun make a decision. She planned to focus on training Shitou.
(End of this chapter)
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