Ying Er got out of the car first, and then slowly helped Yi'an down with Yi Ruhai. Yi'an is already nine months pregnant and is about to give birth, so she has very difficulty moving.

Ye Qinyu looked at Yi'an's face of motherhood's happiness, and his heart was a little sour, so he turned around and instructed a group of subordinates to carry luggage, support, and guidance, and soon placed Yi'an in the master bedroom on the upper left side of the main room.

Since the establishment of Taixiangxing, Ye Qinyu moved from the main house to live in a few spacious Qing mansions in the east, so as to facilitate discussions with Yi Ruhai and others, so the main house was vacant, and it was logical to give it to Yi'an.

But Yi'an thought that this main room was specially configured for her by Xue Chunyue, so she became proud, and as soon as she moved in, she commanded her, not only the decorations, but even the people who served her were personally selected and replaced.

Ye Qinyu thought that she came from Changxing alone to avoid trouble, and she was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth, so she didn't care about her, not only specially invited a live-in midwife, but also allocated a small kitchen and a set of kitchen team to her, she could do whatever she wanted, all the food and clothing could be directly posted in the account room, without Ye Qinyu's consent, which can be described as a generous treatment.

After more than half a month, after clearing the accounts of Taixiangxing with Yi Ruhai and others, Ye Qinyu saw that the surplus on the books had reached more than 10,000 taels, so he discussed with everyone and wanted to start import and export trade business. Her idea was to re-operate Xi Hexing's roots in Binzhou Port and Tongzhou Port, so that she could give priority to obtaining high-quality, inexpensive, rare and valuable imported goods, and then use Jingnan Province to make Xue Chengren's influence and transportation capacity in Jingyang's waters, and put the goods into the eastern capital of Luo'an quickly and efficiently.

In addition, she wants to take advantage of this to reorganize the fleet. At present, the shipping firm Haichanglong, which cooperates with Taixiangxing, was attacked by Dingtai and Xi Hexing earlier, and it was already a dismal operation, coupled with poor management, and now it is struggling.

Ye Qinyu did not fully agree at that time, but wanted to explore the old bottom of the ship through cooperation first, if the foundation is still solid, then spend money on merger, besides, at that time, Taixiangxing was in ruins, and there was no capital for annexation.

But now the situation is different, after a period of operation, especially after Ye Cizhun and others discovered a new source of goods in Guannan Province, whether it is a high-quality and inexpensive in-demand product, or cherishing a rare luxury product, it can be quickly digested, which brings huge cash flow to Taixiangxing.

With funds, Taixiangxing decisively borrowed Xue Chengren's power to merge the shipping company Haichanglong, and took advantage of the decline of Dingtaihe to quickly seize the inland routes of Binzhou Port and Tongzhou Port.

Ding Taihe's boss Xue Huijin is not worthy, even if Xihexing went bankrupt due to rebellion and spit out the distribution and transportation business of Binzhou Port and Tongzhou Port, he would not be able to swallow it in one gulp. However, this is only the current situation, and after a long time, it will be difficult to say after he has grown in his wings and won the support of King Xu and the Lu clan. Therefore, Taixiangxing must accumulate capital as soon as possible, preemptively consolidate the forces left by Xihexing, and resist the encroachment of Dingtaihe.

Yi Ruhai very much agreed with Ye Qinyu's idea. Jingnan Province under the rule of Xue Chengren, the rivers are dense, it is the throat of connecting the hinterland of the Central Plains and Jingnan Road, once the shipping power here is enriched, the business road of Taixiangxing will be much smoother than other businesses, which is the biggest advantage of Taixiangxing with shipping power compared with other businesses.

The ships to Binzhou and Tongzhou, full of tea from Taixiangxing and silk, ceramics and copper and iron ware from other merchants in the Central Plains, were sold in Binzhou and Tongzhou to buy back spices, cloth, timber and treasures from the Western Regions, so that Taixiangxing could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Everyone was deliberating, but Xin Yan, who was in charge of managing the house's housekeeping, walked in nervously, handed Ye Qinyu a book of housekeeping accounts, and whispered a few words in her ear, Ye Qinyu's brows gradually frowned.

Xin Yan said, Ye Qinyu looked through the account books, the mood became more and more solemn, according to Yi'an's current account, the surplus on Taixiangxing's books should be cut in half at least, and then deduct a number of transportation costs, if another batch of goods is sent to Binzhou and Tongzhou now, Taixiangxing's capital chain is worried.

Yi Ruhai saw that the master and servant looked solemn, so he dismissed a few stewards of the deliberations, stepped forward and asked quietly, "Dare to ask Madame, but the funds are insufficient?" ”

Ye Qinyu looked up at him and nodded helplessly.

Yi Ruhai twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, "Uncle Ye sent a letter a few days ago, the latest batch of tea and liquor has been loaded, and it will arrive in Luo'an in a few days, why don't you wait for this batch of goods to be exchanged for cash, and then go to Jingnan?" ”

Ye Qinyu shook his head, stood up and paced a few steps, "According to the news from the south, the merchant ships of Persia and Tianzhu will arrive ashore in a few days, and the timber fleets of Siam and Chenla have also set off and will soon arrive at Binzhou Port. Tongzhou and Binzhou's capacity is insufficient, Fanbang merchant ships are reluctant to dock for too long, stay for a few days and then go straight to Haizhou, if we have to wait for the goods in Guannan to be discounted before departure, then the good things have long been snatched up by other merchants, and the merchant ships have already gone to Haizhou, we go again is useless. ”

"Smack!" Yi Ruhai slapped the table hard and sighed, "Alas! It's a pity, waiting for the next batch of Fanbang merchant ships to come, it is estimated that it will take a month or two, I'm afraid we can wait, the young master can't wait! The mining costs a lot of money, and the daily cost is not enough, and Lord Li Jingfeng's demand letter has already come twice, and this time it only remits more than 10,000 taels, and I am afraid it will not be supported for long. ”

Ye Qinyu pondered for a while, suddenly remembered a method, and hurriedly turned to Yi Ruhai and said, "What do you think, how about letting the cargo ship from Guannan Province go directly to Binzhou Port in Jingnan Province?" ”

Yi Ruhai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "This method is good!" ”

Ye Qinyu was full of confidence, "What has entered the eyes of Uncle Xiao Zhun is definitely the best product, and I am still very relieved about the quality of this batch of goods." Ruhai, you hurry up to repair a book, pass the pigeon to the escort, turn the bow of the ship, go all the way south from Jingnan Road, and go straight to Binzhou Port! ”

"Yes!" Yi Ruhai agreed, glanced at his heart, and turned to leave.

Seeing that only she and Ye Qinyu were left in the room, Xinyan stepped forward and said, "Madam, the county lord of Yi'an is too lavish, you look at the account book, silk and satin, delicacies and seafood, antiques and treasures, like rubble, bought in a cart, I don't know where to use it." ”

"Xinyan, don't say this in front of outsiders, and don't say that Yi'an is still a serious county lord of eight hundred, even if she is not, then she is also the wife of your young master, the head of the Luo'an Xue family, in theory, I am not qualified to say that she is not."

Xinyan pouted and nodded, "Xinyan understands, but now we are neither Ding Taihe nor Xi Hexing, how can we have so many assets for her to squander......"

Ye Qinyu didn't say anything more, and after thinking for a while, she asked Xinyan to wait for her to go back to her room and sleep.

Early the next morning, Ye Qinyu was preparing breakfast in the east wing, but Yi'an came over from a distance.

"Why doesn't my sister eat in the main room? What's the point of eating it yourself. ”

Hearing Yi'an's voice, Ye Qinyu put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and got up to greet him, "Say hello to the county lord." Qinyu has always eaten simply, so he won't bother the county lord. ”

After not seeing each other for a few months, Ye Qinyu's tone became more and more humble and arrogant, Yi'an was quite surprised, sat down and said, "The county lord has been here for ten days and a half months, and he saw that the child was about to be born, but the house was unprepared, so I had to ask my sister, how did this family be?" ”

Ye Qinyu turned to look at Yi'an and said, "I don't know what the county lord means by 'unprepared'?" The midwife, nurse and fetal doctor in the house all live in Beiyuan, and the newborn's clothes, utensils and even cradle playthings are also ready. ”

"What my sister said, there is yes, but it's too simple! To say that I am not afraid of your annoyance, when the lord of this county was born, there were three midwives who served my mother's concubine, four doctors who gave birth to the baby, and two of my nurses, not including the two who have always served my brother! In March before the mother gave birth, the newly built garden has been cleaned up, and you can move in at any time for confinement, and there are several acres of square garden scenery and pavilions in the garden. Sister, look at this, but what's there? ”

Ye Qinyu couldn't help but sneer, "The county lord's mother and concubine are the prince and princess, one person is above ten thousand people, and the Xue family is just a minister, how can it be compared with the heavenly family." ”

"What did my sister say, the Xue family is rich and everyone in the country knows it, isn't it that you still hate the county lord because of the unpleasant things in Changxing City, and you deliberately embarrass it? It doesn't matter if my sister is embarrassed, don't embarrass the bloodline of the Xue family. ”

As soon as he heard this, he thought of the extravagant deeds recorded on the books, and suddenly became angry, and was about to help, but was held down by Ye Qinyu, "Don't forget that when you rescued Xue Chunyue in the Lizhou Strait, he was already an abandoned son of the Xue family who had nothing." No matter how rich the Haizhou Xue family is, it has nothing to do with the Luo'an Xue family where you live now. ”

Yi An took a sip of warm water unhurriedly, and sneered, "The Haizhou Xue family on the left and the Luo'an Xue family on the right, as if they want to clear up the relationship, according to the county lord, sister, you still lived a few years ago, right?" I'll tell you honestly, at the beginning of the year, Chunyue accompanied me back to Xiangzhou Province, during which he took me back to Haizhou Xue's house to meet Master Xue, this matter is a secret between me and him, not to mention you, even Haizhou Xue Mansion is not a few people know, do you know if the master handed over the Xue family's property to him? ”

Ye Qinyu was slightly stunned, Xue Chunyue had returned to Haizhou? Why didn't he ever talk to himself......

"Since the county lord's mother once met the lord with Chunyue, what did the lord explain to him and what did he entrust, I think you are clear, why don't you ask Chunyue directly, but ask me about the Xue family's background?"

Yi An thought that she would mess up after telling Ye Qinyu about this, but she didn't want her to look calm, her tone was calm, and she was slightly surprised in her heart, but since she had opened the topic, she didn't have the reason to show her timidity first, so she said calmly, "Some time ago, the county lord was confined to the deep palace, and he couldn't take care of the family affairs of the Xue Mansion, so he had to entrust his sister to take care of one or two. Now that the county lord has returned home, he should have re-picked up the burden of the Xue family's affairs, and there is no need for his sister to work anymore, but now his body is inconvenient, and he must still need his sister to work hard for a while, and as soon as the child lands, the county lord can take back the affairs of Taixiangxing. ”