During the day, led by Chi Yu, everyone began picking fruit.
Because many fruits cannot be bumped and need to be handled gently, and given the limited manpower, it is impossible to pick them all in one day.
On the first day, before Chi Yu and her sister left the city for the dock, they only picked bayberries, loquats, peaches, and persimmons.
Fortunately, the two sisters were only staying overnight, and since it was already late, they didn't need to go out to do anything.
Therefore, the two sisters went straight upstairs, closed the door, and entered the space.
At night, they did nothing else but lead everyone to either cut alfalfa or pick mint leaves along the riverbank.
He was busy until almost midnight before he went back to his room to rest.
Qin Mu's trip went smoothly. When he returned, a slightly larger boat was being towed behind his passenger ship.
It's described as a medium-sized ship, but it doesn't quite qualify.
Before the passenger ship docked, he returned to his own ship.
Chi Yu arrived at the agreed time and looked over at the small boat that was different from the passenger ship.
Once he confirmed it was Qin Mu, he waved to him.
As soon as Qin Mu brought the boat to shore, Chi Yu jumped off the carriage and walked in that direction.
As soon as she boarded the boat, it was filled with all sorts of fruits in the blink of an eye.
She feigned joy and shouted loudly towards Chi Qiao in the carriage:
"Sister-in-law, come quickly and help! Amu brought back a lot of things, mostly fruit."
It looks incredibly fresh!
After saying this, Qin Mu obediently carried a basket of peaches upstairs, while she stayed behind to watch the boat.
As soon as Qin Mu got ashore, the first thing he did was hire two more carts, and then he hired some porters to help carry the fruit.
He himself, however, kept a close eye on the person, lifting and placing them gently.
Once the fruits, mint, and river snails had all passed through the open road and been transported back to the prefectural city, they directly transformed into a caravan with six horse-drawn carriages.
Each carriage contained four baskets of fruit.
Mint and river snails, for example, were packed in burlap sacks.
After the carriage stopped, baskets of fruit were carried into Guo Fu's courtyard. Not long after, Qin Mu went out carrying a large basket of fruit.
The reason for using large baskets is that the fruits grown in the space are all large.
There was a large basket, but only two of each type of fruit were placed inside.
Not to mention the loquats that are bigger than eggs, just look at the grapes; a single bunch can fill a whole plate.
Chi Yu closed the door and continued putting things into his space, then went inside to busy himself.
Of the fruit in the space, only the grapes were left to be picked.
All those goods were transported into the city, and the commercial tax charged her thirty taels.
Just thinking about it makes her feel the pinch!
Fortunately, Qin Mu returned shortly after leaving, and when he came back, he handed her thirty taels of silver.
"Little Fish, as Lord Su knows, the fruit we donated will be exchanged for grain, which will then be transported to Wuning Prefecture for disaster relief."
He said that this does not count as merchants profiting from the hard-earned money of ordinary people, so this tax should not be collected.
In addition, his wife said that she would make arrangements for this in the next couple of days.
Look at these things. Is she bringing people to transport them the day after tomorrow, or will she take them away shortly after?
He has an ice cellar in his mansion; it should be fine to store things there for a few days.
"If it doesn't affect the taste, then it can be shipped over today."
Since you're here, Amu, we can keep track of how much we give away.
"After all, it was through you who did these things, and I don't even know them. I'm afraid there might be things I can't explain later."
Hearing her concerns, Qin Mu smiled and said, "Little Fish, the problem you're worried about won't exist."
However, since you are worried, I will go out again later and transport all of these away when I come back.
Little Fish, I need to tell you something.
Our Lord Su is a protégé of the Grand Tutor, and his wife, Madam Su, is the Grand Tutor's illegitimate daughter.
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