Chapter 485 Maids and Two Businesses
Zhao Tingduo was outside dealing with the Di people who were causing trouble, while Song Liyun went to comfort the frightened little kids.
To be honest, these assistants who are her real assistants are still blank slates and need to be trained personally.
Poor thing, they were all a group of children, the oldest of whom was only eight or nine years old. At this moment, they were all terrified and looked abnormal.
However, Song Liyun still found that the children were quite calm.
Especially the older ones, even though they were very scared, still held the hands of other children.
Song Liyun nodded secretly: It seems that these children have formed friendships on the way here, which is a very good phenomenon.
In many cases, individual strength is important, but unity is the key to invincibility.
She remembered those brave children and waited until everyone calmed down before she started to take the children away.
Back at the City Lord's Mansion, Song Liyun asked Shayi to prepare dormitories for the children.
I carefully understand the children's situation.
There are twenty children from oldest to youngest, seven boys and thirteen girls.
Except for a pair of siblings, the rest were found by Wan Yanming from various places in Southeast Road.
Some people changed their lives into charcoal fires because their families were cold, some were sold by their parents for money, and some were orphans who were disliked by their tribesmen.
In short, they are all not concerned about their hometowns and have a clear understanding of their life experiences.
An accident changed their fate and brought them from the warm and humid south of the Yangtze River to the bitter cold north.
Song Liyun named the oldest and more steady boy Yiming.
The second boy's name is: Erfan.
The boys in order of age are: Sanhe, Siyuan, Wuhong, Liuming and Qibao!
There were more girls, and they were arranged in order of age. Song Liyun chose a poem as the title.
Biqi, Yurui, Zhuangcui, Chengjiao, Yiwan, Shuchan, Gaosha...
When it came to the youngest five-year-old girl, Song Liyun saw that she was tearful and looked pitiful. She was somewhat similar to Xiao An, whom she saw when she first came to this world, except that Xiao An was thinner and timid, while this little girl was much more smart.
Song Liyun specially named her Xiao Ye'er and kept her by her side.
Xiao Ye'er and Yiming are siblings.
When I was bought in the southeast, I could only say that I was temporarily out of danger. Now that I see that I have truly settled down, it is my final home.
Yiming's biggest worry, that his sister would be disliked because of her young age, did not happen in the end.
Seeing that the little sister was kept by the mistress and taught personally, she knew that she would not have to suffer any more hardships in the future.
Yiming had tears in his eyes and kowtowed to Song Liyun: "Yiming thanks Madam for your great kindness on behalf of my sister!"
Song Liyun accepted it calmly. She was a mortal and needed these things!
After sending the children to their rooms to rest, not long after, Zhao Tingduo, Song Dekui, and Manager Lin Qingyuan came over.
Manager Wan had just been sleeping in his caravan residence. Being old and tired from the journey, he fell into a deep sleep as soon as he lay down and was completely unaware of the commotion in the street.
When he woke up, his servant came to report that the children he was escorting were causing trouble, so he came to see who was so bold.
Zhao Tingduo said to the crowd, "Those people came from the north. They just heard there was a market here where they could shop, so they took the risk and came here. They don't have any bad intentions."
Since it was a misunderstanding, there is no need to pursue it!
The Di people are a nomadic people. Although they basically have fixed pastures, there are also a few tribes that gather as they migrate, and they really have no fixed place to live.
This southern tribe is like this, wandering around on the vast grassland. It was in the north before, but now it is wandering to the west and found the city of Mida.
"Their tribe has over a hundred people, and they mainly raise cattle and sheep. They say they have a lot of wool to sell, but it's too far to transport it here! I want to go to Hecheng after seeing the backwardness of the south."
Zhao Tingduo has been sensitive to wool ever since she learned about woolen fabrics.
He felt that since this was a new tribe that he had not yet conquered but had wool on his back, he needed to go and see it in person.
Moreover, the matter of silk and woolen cloth also needs to be discussed with the eldest brother. Now that the weather is just getting warmer, as long as the quartermaster battalion is efficient, the first batch of people can be given new clothes when winter comes.
And then there are those rumors… If Xuyang Grassland sent someone to the capital with a letter from the empire, would there be any movement?
When Zhao Tingduo mentioned silk and wool, Manager Wan couldn't contain his excitement, which made Lin Qingyuan jealous and teased, "Master Wan's long journey was not in vain. He got the wool and silk business again. Remember to take care of the younger generation in the future."
Manager Wan didn't expect that something like this would happen just a few hours after he left Song Liyun.
He didn't care about Lin Qingyuan's teasing at this time, and just laughed and said: "Brother Lin, why do you have to make fun of me? You made a lot of money by sending the raw stones you collected last year to the capital. Even the dowry for the daughter of the Minister of Justice was bought at a high price.
Alas! It’s a pity that I am old and can only work one year at a time.
You are still young and have a long life ahead of you. Just follow the young lady steadily and you will have the time to make money."
Ever since the Qi family of Hecheng, which originally monopolized the grassland jade materials, ran away, this business was taken over by Lin Qingyuan and the garrison.
A new emperor appoints new ministers.
With the change of owner, the former jade merchants in the capital suddenly lost their supply, and the prices of jewelry and jade naturally rose. Lin Qingyuan's jade shop immediately made a lot of money.
Now even the Imperial Household Department in the palace has to select goods and place orders with the Lin family’s jade shop.
When Lin Qingyuan heard Manager Wan mention his jade materials, he also chuckled twice and a mysterious smile appeared on his lips.
Most people only see the jade materials, and don’t know that the ox horn button pieces sent from the grassland can also make a lot of money secretly.
The two merchants were playing tricks on each other, but Song Dekui listened and played with his fingers leisurely.
He didn't do business, he just helped Song Liyun run errands and do odd jobs, so his income was definitely not as much as these businessmen.
However, Xiaoyun said that Daping and Xiaoan would be entrusted to his care in the future, and he would also have a share of the profits from several businesses in Suijin Town.
He would regularly check the conditions of several cardboard factories and feed factories and report to Xiaoyun on time.
In this way, Song Liyun's status in the grassland remains unchanged. The more the Lin and Wan families earn, the more money Song Dekui will get.
Hearing the teasing and ridicule from Wan Lin and the others, Song Dekui felt the clanging of his own money, and his heart was filled with joy.
On the second day, Zhao Tingduo took the soldiers of the Lei Camp and several people from Nanka who had spent all their money on salt and tea to his tribe.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Song Liyun also convened the largest merchant conference.
Although it was called a conference, in fact there were only about twenty bosses and some responsible managers, as well as the leaders of each caravan.
Dozens of people had just filled the meeting room in the front yard of the City Lord's Mansion. Everyone looked surprised, wondering why the lady suddenly wanted them to come here!
In fact, Mida City is so small that everyone sees each other every day.
We just met in the cafeteria at noon and again in the bathhouse in the evening. We are already very familiar with each other.
But it was the first time that everyone suddenly sat together in the City Lord's Mansion.
(End of this chapter)
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