Chapter 59

Tang Xiaoshi wanted to find a suitable house for the Zhang family, and she and Tang Dong'er went around the entire Yangzhou City for most of the circle and did not find a house they liked.

In fact, Tang Xiaoshi's requirements are not high, I just want to find a quieter place, the house can accommodate thirty or fifty people, the layout is good, not too old. But the house I saw was either too small or the environment was too noisy.

Tang Xiaoshi, who had been tired for most of the day, returned to Wu Sange's dart game, and happened to meet Wu Sange in the lobby.

She was going to return to Chang'an in a few days, so she had to hurry up and arrange the Zhang family.

When Wu Sange heard this, he said happily: "What kind of house is the princess looking for, my dart game is so big, just draw a big yard for the Zhang family, and you can take care of the old man and the old lady in the future, is the princess afraid that I Wu San will be stingy and refuse to give it?" ”

Tang Xiaoshi thought about it, the Zhang family lived here in the dart bureau, and she was also relieved, after she left Yangzhou, distant relatives were not as good as close neighbors, and it was much more reliable to have Wu Sange and his men to take care of the Zhang family than to ask for guards from outside.

It is normal for Third Brother Wu to give the Zhang family a house in Chu Ming's face, but Tang Xiaoshi always feels that Third Brother Wu's purpose is not so simple - he usually has a straight face, but today he is unprecedentedly full of hot smiles, and his face is stiff with a smile.

This is not like the appearance of a straight man who came out of the army.

Tang Xiaoshi said: "Then I won't be polite to Third Brother Wu, I will thank the Zhang family first, so Third Brother Wu doesn't have to be polite to me, just say anything directly." ”

Third Brother Wu, who was seen through, was a little embarrassed, and said: "I don't know if the princess remembers, you said a few days ago that you have a way to make money faster than to rob it?" …… I don't know if I can teach it to Wu San, if it's inconvenient to say, it doesn't matter, I'll just mention it, just mention it......"

Tang Xiaoshi almost didn't laugh out loud, where did Third Brother Wu mention it, and it was clearly written on his face, "Teach me how to make a lot of money."

Even if Third Brother Wu didn't ask, in fact, Tang Xiaoshi would take the initiative to discuss with Third Brother Wu, because she wanted to expand her business in Chang'an City, and naturally Third Brother Wu would join in.

Tang Xiaoshi said: "Now, the north-south canal has been completed for more than half a year, and there have long been business exchanges between the north and the south, but the system has not yet been formed, and the key points have not been grasped. The merchants in the south of the Yangtze River thought that jewelry and jade could make a lot of money in Chang'an City, and they only knew that they blindly transported jewelry and jade, or porcelain and ironware, but they didn't know that the prosperous Chang'an City never lacked these things. ”

Third Brother Wu pondered Tang Xiaoshi's words, and could understand that Tang Xiaoshi was instructing him to make money by the canal, and he asked eagerly: "Then according to the princess, what kind of goods can be transported to Chang'an to make a lot of money?" ”

"The people live on food!" Tang Xiaoshi said decisively, "If you want to transport it, you will naturally transport grain." ”

Tang Xiaoshi then analyzed: "In the past few years, the wind and rain in Lingnan have been smooth, and the grain output has increased year by year, but if there are a few acres of fertile fields at home, the grain produced will not be eaten. On the contrary, in the past few years, there have been successive droughts in the north, and the people have no food to eat, and they are starving. If you can go to Lingnan to buy surplus grain, transport it to Yangzhou by horse-drawn carriage, and then transport it to the north by water, are you afraid that you will not be able to sell it? I'm afraid that no amount of transportation will be enough to sell, and I can still have a good reputation for sending food to save lives, why not? ”

"Moreover, the Yangtze River passes through Yangzhou City, there are many lakes in this area, and there are many fishermen who make a living from fishing, but it is a pity that the fatty fish and shrimp they salvaged are stranded here, if you buy these fish and shrimp, and then dry them into dried fish, dried shrimp and dried crabs, and transport them to Chang'an to sell, it is extremely delicious! You don't have to worry about sales, if no one asks you to come to me, I will take as much as you want. In this way, you can earn your own money and feed the fishermen in this area, so you have the best of both worlds. ”

"Don't always focus on those beautiful jades, after all, it's just a stone, you can't eat or wear. Food is what keeps people's lives. ”

After listening to Tang Xiaoshi's words, Third Brother Wu suddenly realized, nodded in agreement, and said, "I'm going to recruit another group of people to come back to specialize in grain transportation business." ”

Tang Xiaoshi shook his head and said, "There is no need to recruit any more people, just use the people under your current command to know the roots." Are you still reluctant to put down the work of walking darts in your hands? I ask you, how long does it take for the brothers to walk a dart and how much can they earn? ”

Wu Sange is indeed reluctant to let go of the work of walking darts, after all, this is his foundation, he replied: "The short is half a month, the long is a year and a half, and a dart can earn tens of taels to hundreds of taels of silver." ”

Tang Xiaoshi said: "Then what are you hesitating about, it takes a long time to walk a dart, and the money you earn is not as good as selling a bottle of perfume to me, and the brothers have to be vigilant against bandits from time to time when walking on the road, so that the wives and children at home are worried." If you concentrate on the grain transportation business, it will only take a month or two to take the waterway from Yangzhou City to Chang'an, and there are officials guarding along the way, and you will not be wrong to do a few more business trips while the imperial court has not set up too many checkpoints and taxes. ”

"Princess Xie for your advice." Wu Sange said.

"Starve to death the faint-hearted, support the bold, I believe in the strength of Third Brother Wu. As long as you dredge the waterway transportation from Yangzhou City to Chang'an City in this year, I will introduce you to Xu Wancai at that time, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to make a fortune at that time. Tang Xiaoshi said with a smile.

Xu Wancai! Third Brother Wu was stunned and asked, "The Xu Wancai mentioned by the princess is Xu Wancai, the richest man in Jiangnan. ”

"Exactly, his son is my student."

Wu Sange suddenly discovered that this princess was not simple! Thinking that he still doubted the ability of others at the beginning, Wu Sange almost wanted to slap himself.

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In the yard, Zhang Yuan is pushing his wife around, through the hard days of those years, and now with the help of his granddaughter, the Zhang family has risen again, and the Tang family has also received due retribution, and the old couple is very relieved, and now it seems to be ten years younger.

The old lady was lying in bed almost desperately, she didn't have a few months to live, but now she is sitting in a wheelchair made by her granddaughter, her spirit is getting better day by day, she feels that she has to live for ten or twenty years, and she has to watch her grandchildren give birth to dolls, and enjoy the good fortune of four generations in the same house.

Tang Xiaoshi walked over, thinking about giving her grandfather a surprise, and said, "Grandfather, look what I bought you back." ”

Zhang Yuan took the envelope handed over by Tang Xiaoshi, opened it and saw that it contained the contract he had signed when he sold the restaurant - Tang Xiaoshi bought the drunken building back for him.

Zhang Yuan is happy, but not as happy as he imagined, the hardships he has suffered in the past few years have made him have a different feeling when he sees people and things, these things outside his body are difficult to make him ecstatic, and he now values his family more.

Tang Xiaoshi said: "The intoxicating building is a family business handed down from our ancestors, grandfather, we can rebuild it." ”

Who knew that Zhang Yuan shook his head and sighed: "No need, I'm old, I can't take care of it, I don't want to take care of it, I just want to live a quiet life for a few years, watching you get married and have babies, and your grandmother and I will be satisfied." What's more, if you want to revitalize the intoxicating building, with your uncle here, you don't have to worry too much about the little poem. As for the family business, now the Zhang family has more than 1,000 acres of paddy fields, which is much more than the ancestors have handed down, which can be regarded as a glorious ancestor. ”

Tang Xiaoshi originally wanted to help her grandfather reopen the drunken building, but she didn't expect her grandfather to be so open-minded, too, the old man fell from wealth to poverty a few years ago, and now he has returned from poverty to live □□in peace, and only two old people can understand the ups and downs.

"Then this restaurant has been bought, what should I do with it?" Tang Xiaoshi asked for his grandfather's meaning.

"Didn't you open an orphanage? It's a good thing to turn the drunken building into a children's residence, and your grandmother and I can go over to see the children when we are free. Zhang Yuan said.

Tang Xiaoshi nodded.

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Another day later, Huang Xianling came to the door with his wife.

There is no need to guess, it is really for the marriage contract between Huang Yuan and the eldest mother, they want to propose marriage for their son, and they want to re-establish the marriage contract with the Zhang family.

Madame Huang's face was ugly with shame, she knew that she had done something wrong, and kept her head down from beginning to end, always hoping that Feng would forgive her for her mistake.

Feng's doesn't eat this set, his daughter was first divorced, and now she wants to get engaged, how can there be such a beautiful thing? At this time, it is difficult for anyone to swallow this breath. If it weren't for the fact that Feng knew that his daughter had already promised Huang Yuan, and Huang Yuan's kid was really popular, and he was a Jinshi who loved women, Feng really didn't want to get married. Now that the two couples have not been kicked out, it is already for Huang Yuan's sake.

As soon as the couple saw Zhang Yuan, it was as if they had seen a savior, they both knelt on the ground, and they didn't want to get up, Huang Xianling snorted and cried, kowtowed: "Uncle Zhang, Huang Meng is not filial, Huang Meng is wrong!" Huang Meng is ashamed of Uncle Zhang's nurturing grace! ”

Zhang Yuan said earnestly: "Uncle Zhang doesn't blame you, I can understand it, you were raised by me, I know your character, you will never be ungrateful." You were suppressed by the Tang family on your official career, and you felt aggrieved, and you didn't want your son to be like yourself, I have always been able to understand this, who in the world doesn't want their children to be good? However, the eldest mother's marriage, now that I, the old man, don't want to call the shots, the focus is still on Ah Tang's meaning, she is the eldest mother's mother, and she is in charge of the eldest mother's marriage. ”

Don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, Huang Yuan is such a good son-in-law, Tang Xiaoshi on the side knows that her aunt will definitely agree to this marriage, but now she lacks a step down, so she hurriedly persuaded: "Uncle, this Huang Yuan is a jinshi at a young age, and his future is limitless, if you don't hurry up, you will be snatched away by others." ”

"My aunt is here, who dares to rob it!"