Chapter 64 Visiting Ganzhou
Madam Du had told Gu Xiyue before that Zhao Yancheng and his team could make a spinning loom, and she had kept it in mind at the time. However, due to other things in the past few days, she had no time to deal with this matter. Now that she remembered it, she happened to be going out for a walk, so she wanted to call everyone together for a meeting.
Xu Rulan also said that she can draw patterns, and as long as she has seen a clothing pattern once, she can draw it based on her memory. Such people are rare. When she comes back, she will definitely let Xu Rulan show her skills.
She has revised her plan again and again these days, and there are basically no major problems.
This trip to Ganzhou will take at least ten days to half a month.
When several people arrived in the evening, Gu Xiyue found that the eyes of those who came in were all shining. It seemed that everyone was looking forward to this meeting.
Wang Hu also arrived. As soon as he entered the room, he excitedly said, "Madam Gu, Mr. Fang is married now. When can you introduce me to a wife?"
Zhao Yancheng's wife, standing next to him, laughed and scolded him, "There are many single women in our Southern Wilderness. If you clean yourself up, maybe someone will be interested in you. Who would be interested in you when you're so slovenly?"
After he finished speaking, everyone started teasing Wang Hu, and Wang Hu just smiled and let everyone tease him.
Seeing that everyone was joking around, Wang Hu said bitterly, "Isn't this just trying to make money? I'm so busy every day that I don't have time to clean myself up. When I make money, I will definitely clean myself up and show it to my future wife."
After saying that, he looked at Gu Xiyue eagerly, his eyes shining, "Madam Gu, when do you think I can make money?"
Gu Xiyue smiled and raised a finger.
Wang Hu looked at the finger in surprise, and his eyes instantly became disillusioned.
Gu Xiyue pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, be more confident in yourself. You won't need ten years, you can earn enough money to marry a wife in one year."
Wang Hu opened his eyes wide in disbelief after hearing this. Even Zhao Yancheng and the others looked at Gu Xiyue with their eyes full of expectation.
"There's another good thing about this trip to Ganzhou."
When Gu Xiyue told them about the business, everyone's breathing quickened.
"I've thought about it. Salt, satin, raw silk, paper fans, ceramics, and ironware are all necessities. We should take the lead in opening these workshops. Talented people in our Southern Wilderness can fully develop their skills. The prefect hopes that I can help him lead Ganzhou to prosperity, so he has granted me special privileges. What I want is to make the people of our Southern Wilderness rich, and then lead the entire Ganzhou to prosperity."
"In addition, we need to build food courts, clothing stores, cosmetics and jewelry stores. Once these stores open, the entire Ganzhou will be flourishing. How can we not have a good life?"
After Gu Xiyue finished speaking, the whole room fell silent. Everyone listened attentively with a glimmer in their eyes.
Zhao Yancheng nodded first, stood up, and said with a heroic look, "Madam Gu, we listen to you. We are your soldiers. We will fight wherever you point."
"I'll do some research these days to see what skills the people of our Southern Wilderness have. I'll register them one by one, and when you come back from outside, I'll give you the list."
Gu Xiyue nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you first. When I come back, we'll talk about it in detail. This is my Baisi Plan, take a look."
The next day, they received their wages, packed up and rested, and left the Southern Wilderness early on the third morning.
There are nine counties under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou. Gu Xiyue suggested going to the north of Qianhe River first, so that they can form a circle by going from north to south.
It took her about half a month to go around the place. Every time she arrived at a place, Gu Xiyue would stay for a day or two, walk around the local area and listen to some public opinions. Her smile was friendly and she integrated into the group just like chatting with family, and was able to get the most authentic information.
After going around, the information he learned made Gu Xiyue feel a little surprised.
Ever since the imperial court announced the abandonment of Ganzhou, anyone with some ability has brought their families to Longzhou to seek a living elsewhere. Almost all the shop owners who supplied daily necessities in Ganzhou have also left.
The entire Ganzhou is in a state of disrepair. Although the people are not living in dire straits, the quality of life is not guaranteed at all, and everyone is worried about the future.
To be honest, the ordinary people and some shop owners who stayed behind basically have no ability to move. They know that they will not be able to live well if they move elsewhere. In the end, after much deliberation, they decide to stay here.
Let it be.
However, because the prefect promoted the way of eating and preparing salted fish, the people who stayed behind still trusted the prefect very much. In addition, during this period, the prefect of Ganzhou had people post notices in various counties to let everyone live in peace. The prefect would keep safety and life issues in mind and would definitely solve them.
He also said that as long as the people stayed, they would be treated well, but if they left Ganzhou, it would not be easy to come back in the future.
At least this way a group of merchants were retained, but they were all not very capable and knew that they would not be able to make it if they went to other places, so they simply stayed.
There is another more important thing. In the entire Dayu, except for Ganzhou, which does not emphasize agriculture over commerce, other places in Dayu are extremely suppressing merchants in order to cater to the court's preferences.
One can imagine how terrified those who risked being suppressed were of Ganzhou.
The merchants who stayed behind only knew that compared to the distressed Ganzhou, the difficulties brought to them by other places were even greater than they were now.
On the way back, Xiao Heng asked Gu Xiyue, "How is it? You haven't spoken much since yesterday. Have you thought it through?"
His eyes were full of pity. After this round, apart from other things, Gu Xiyue had lost weight. Her face was chubby before, but now it was visibly thinner. Her chin had become pointed, and her face was not as round as before.
He saw that Gu Xiyue was busy day and night these days.
Every time she visited a place during the day, she would record it at night. In the past two days, she repeatedly looked over her records and never stopped writing and drawing.
Because she had something on her mind, she didn't eat like she used to. She would often put down her bowl and chopsticks halfway through her meal to go do something else.
Xiao Heng saw it all and felt pain in his heart. Sometimes when he saw that she was busy too late, he would forcibly take her away. At night, he would hug her slender waist and talk to her about eating.
But basically every time, I would just say a few words and before I could finish speaking, the person in my arms would fall asleep.
Xiao Heng had no choice but to kiss the person on the forehead a few times to express his dissatisfaction.
During the day, I had to cook different kinds of food for her, hoping that she would eat more.
In fact, Gu Xiyue is not thinner. Perhaps it is because of her age. She is still plump where she should be fat, and there is no extra fat where she should be thin. When she looks at herself in the mirror, she feels that the lines on her face have become more beautiful. The baby fat on her face has disappeared, and she has become pretty and bright, and has added a touch of femininity.
Anyway, Gu Xiyue likes it very much.
Now she saw him looking at her with that condemning look again. Although he asked her what she thought about the future of Ganzhou, his eyes clearly did not mean that.
Gu Xiyue's heart moved, and suddenly a bad idea came to his mind.
In fact, she has already adjusted the plan based on the problems in various counties in Ganzhou, but she doesn't want to talk about this issue at this time.
Xiao Heng sat there, with a handsome figure, eyes like stars, a handsome face, and a good-looking figure. Just sitting there, he looked very impressive.
At this moment, there was a hint of melancholy in his eyes.
She took advantage of the moment when Xiao Heng was stunned, and went straight into his arms, hung around his neck, knelt in the carriage, and fell softly into his arms.
She raised her head and met his surprised expression, a wicked smile unconsciously appearing on the corner of her mouth, which made Xiao Heng's heart tremble.
Gu Xiyue ignored him and slowly climbed up to him and whispered in his ear.
"Husband, you think I've lost weight, don't you?"
Xiao Heng pursed his lips, nodded, and tried to pull her to sit down. Gu Xiyue was like a snake, like a soft vine wrapped around him, leaving him with nowhere to start. Any touch anywhere would break his bottom line, and he could only look at her with a stern face.
"What do you think?"
Gu Xiyue suddenly smiled. She leaned close to his ear, her eyes moving around, and her fragrant breath surrounded him.
"Do you think my breasts are too thin?"
The moment Xiao Heng heard this, he hadn't reacted yet. Just as he was about to answer, he suddenly thought of the word "chest". His head exploded instantly. He couldn't help but picture her chest for a moment, then immediately looked away, his face flushed unusually.
Gu Xiyue was usually taken care of by him, but it was rare to see him like this today, and she was so happy that she went on to say, "My husband said I've lost weight, but if I really have lost weight, this place should have shrunk as well. Why do I feel like it's gotten a little bigger? My husband's hand hasn't left this place all night..."
Realizing what she was saying, even though she was very thick-skinned at the time, she blushed uncontrollably under his gaze.
He quickly retreated outside.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she left his hot body, she was caught back and fell directly into his arms.
"What did you say?"
The voice was low and hoarse, and Gu Xiyue's heart trembled inexplicably when she heard it.
The two of them slept together every day. Except for the last line of defense, they did everything else. Basically, every night, Gu Xiyue was held in Xiao Heng's arms, kissed and touched. In the end, it was he who couldn't stand it anymore. He had to take two or three cold showers before he could barely fall asleep.
Seeing the woman in his arms teasing him like this, Xiao Heng's eyes became deep and unfathomable.
Gu Xiyue didn't have to answer at all as she was greeted by his crazy kiss.
Xiao Heng was not polite at all this time. He was not as gentle and restrained as usual. Instead, he carried the girl into the carriage and held her tightly in his arms. He wrapped one leg around her legs, grabbed her hands and pressed them over her head with one hand, and pinched her neck with the other hand, wantonly and wildly demanding her sweetness.
Gu Xiyue swore that she would never tease him again.
You're simply asking for trouble!
Gu Xiyue felt that things were not going well because of the inseparable relationship between the legitimate relatives. Wei Lin said from ten meters away from the carriage: "Master, the people sent to Hu Kingdom have returned with the news."
This one sentence rescued Gu Xiyue from the dire straits. Gu Xiyue climbed up limply, leaning on the soft pillow beside him to catch his breath, and it took him a lot of effort to catch his breath.
Xiao Heng was already sitting upright, looking like a gentleman, as if the crazy behavior just now had nothing to do with him at all.
He untied a corner of the curtain, his voice cold.
“Give it to me!”
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
