Chapter 44: Big Deal
On Lijia Island, Li Yan was directing the transportation of whale oil, and the big pit full of whale oil was now more like a big well, and there were not so many oil tanks to load, so they simply changed the wooden barrels, but in the end, there were no wooden barrels, and all households mobilized and vacated the water tanks to fill the oil. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The whale oil that had accumulated on the island and smelled of fish was finally sold, and this thing that everyone hated suddenly became a big treasure, and all the people involved in the whaling could get a share of silver, less than two or three taels, and more than a dozen taels. In the past, silver was useless, but now there is news from the head of the house, and every household can report what they lack, and they can buy everything, and they will build a supermarket on this island in the future, and they can buy everything. The inhabitants of the island broke out in the second wave of whaling, and the good days in the future could not be stopped.
Li Yan herself doesn't know what happened these days, Xiaotian is not here, she is in Zhang Luo, Xiaotian said that military affairs can be handed over to Liu An, but the silver must be grasped in our own hands, Li Yan does not even know a few peasant women, arranged the transportation of goods on dozens of ships, for fear of a little disclosure, and did not sleep for a few hours in the past three days, at this time, watching all the whale oil loaded onto the ship, Li Yan only felt that his body was loose, his legs were weak, and he was dizzy for a while. I almost couldn't stand.
"Madame, Madame, something is wrong, Madame"
Li Yan saw that it was a hundred households of the Weijun Army, called Wang Youtian, he knew this person, didn't he go to sea to do business? How did you get back?
"Madam, I am ashamed to be ashamed that a shipload of goods from Luzon was robbed a few days ago."
"Ahh Li Yan only felt that her eyes were dark, and she couldn't support it and fainted.
Songjiang, Xiao Tian is leading the dog leg to go shopping leisurely, now that the master has money in his pocket, it is naturally to be spent, the materials on the island are tight, many people only have a set of clothes to wear, broken and repaired, not so much a patch as a clothes. This cotton cloth from Songjiang Mansion is the best in Daming, and this time I have to buy some more and share it with everyone.
In addition, Xiaotian is a modern person, and his predecessor was also a rich son, and he has always been used to enjoying happiness, and the life on the island is indeed hard, and he has long been uncomfortable, but as the head of the family, the life of the islanders is so poor, and he is really embarrassed to spend money on himself before. Now that everyone has money and spent it, it's time for them to enjoy themselves.
The owner bought Li Yan good rouge gouache and treasure jewelry, the west family bought himself brocade robes and exquisite jade pendants, the south family bought fine wine, gold bottles and jade cups, and the north family bought dried fruit preserves and delicacies. The sum of the two lifetimes Xiaotian finally passed the addiction of a local tyrant, and it can be regarded as the completion of the dream of the previous life, people from all walks of life only go to the most expensive store, and after they arrive, it is a meal of guidance, this and this, don't, the rest are wrapped up for me. In my previous life, there were always local tyrants who bought things like this when I watched TV, and I didn't want to envy Xiaotian, but now I try it, and it's really cool.
The shops in Songjiang all know that there is a big head, not to mention the money, but also to spend, what to buy, not to bargain, the most exciting is the number of things that this master buys, where is this to buy things, this is clearly to sweep the goods, after reading things on the counter, go directly to the warehouse, and point out the goods in your warehouse.
Of course, it is impossible to buy and sell such a large amount of goods with one hand and deliver it with one hand, who can still carry the silver with a ticket behind the shopping, the most domineering is the sentence that this master dropped when he left: "The things are ready for me and sent to the Yamen of the Songjiang Prefect, the money, find Zhao Wenhua to ask for it, he has been in Songjiang for the past two days"! Obediently, what kind of person is this, why did he buy things, Lord Zhao paid the bill, could it be Fengzi Long's grandson.
If these things want to go to sea, they naturally have to pass through the warehouse, the reason why Xiaotian didn't bargain was to leave a tap for Zhao Wenhua, just kidding, the retail price is wholesale, master, I am like such a person who lacks heart. As for the money? What kind of money, the surname Zhao still owes the master hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, what money does the master give him.
Xiaotian was shopping around, and I saw one of my father's subordinates running over sweating profusely: "Young master, young master, the little one can find you, go back to the house quickly, Liu An, Lord Liu and yours." The one of yours has come, and he has an urgent matter to consult with you." The old man didn't recognize his daughter-in-law, and his subordinates didn't dare to scream, and he didn't come up with a suitable name for a long time, so he could only call that one.
Liu An and Li Yan are here? It seems that it is really not a trivial matter, especially Li Yan, she was bullied by her father so badly last time, and now she would definitely rather see a ghost than see her father, and this time she even came over in person.
He turned back to the dog leg and said, "Who, you, what's your name?" It doesn't matter, you go to the store just now, and quickly bring the gift I picked for my wife first, and give the money first." As he spoke, he threw a large piece of gold at it.
After a while, as soon as Xiao Tian came home, he saw his father sitting and drinking tea in the first seat in front of the hall, and Liu An and Li Yan were sitting on both sides, waiting for him to come back.
Isn't this the case, Daddy and Swallow can be in the same room? With Xiaotian's understanding of his father, even if it is important to get down to business, at most he will ignore Yanzi, and at this time he should go back to Houya to tease the little lady he married.
As soon as Li Yan saw Xiaotian, tears came down: "Xianggong, it's all my fault that I'm useless, I didn't take care of my family, a big ship running Luzon, something happened."
As soon as Xiaotian heard that something had happened to Luzon's ship, his heart that was still hanging just now suddenly let go, mother, I thought it was a whale oil problem, and I ran away from Luzon after a long time.
It's not the same thing that Xiao Tian raised so many soldiers and didn't do it, and besides, the fleet couldn't finish the whale oil, so Xiao Tian and they united some maritime merchants of the commercial faction to run a little regular business together, bringing copper mines from Luzon and selling them to make hard money, mainly for training troops and getting familiar with the route.
As soon as this heart was put down, it was natural to speak easily, seeing that Li Yan's face was very haggard, knowing that the arrangement of whale oil in the past few days must be very hard, he suddenly felt distressed, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, little things, little things, come, first look at the gift I bought for your husband, this is the best rouge gouache and treasure jewelry in Songjiang Mansion, let's clean up the beautiful ones when we go back, but ah, these are still not worthy of you, but no matter how good it is, you have to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to buy it, I think you use these to deal with it first, I told Father-in-law Yang, Let him get some good ones out of the palace, and when the time comes, we will directly do it in one step, and use the same ones as the ladies in the palace."
Li Yan felt that it was her responsibility to lose the goods, she was afraid that Xiaotian would scold her, and she would suffer from gains and losses along the way, and she had to face her father-in-law who didn't like her, and her heart was always shaking in her throat.
Xiao Nizi, your eyelids are so shallow, you cry at every turn.
The two of them haven't seen each other for several months, and they both think about it so much, this one is crying, the other is coaxing, and they can't stop for a while, which makes Lehe and Liu An on the side embarrassed.
"Ahem, en" Lehe really couldn't look at it, and interrupted the two of them with a fake cough.
"Let's get down to business, my God, I heard Captain Liu say a little just now, this time you were robbed of a whole boatload of brass, the loss is not small, the most important thing is that the person who robbed you is Xiao Xian, the notorious sea thief on my southeast coast, what are your plans, but you need the help of the imperial court"?
Xiao Tian then understood why his father was staying here, it turned out that his father's impression was that this Xiao Xian was a big thief, and he was afraid that he would not be able to fix him. So Xiao Tian said: "It's okay, Dad, you go back to the house and play with your aunt, don't say that Xiao Xian has been beaten by Zhang Jing, even if his strength is intact, I am not afraid of him, then put him first, let him save it first"
"Humph! There are no big or small things, how can you talk to your father like this, in this case, you can discuss it, I'll go" Le He listened to Xiaotian so confident, and he was relieved, but this kid was really angry when he spoke, what is it called to go back to the house to play with his aunt, marry a thief mother-in-law, and even have no courtesy.
Liu An hurriedly said: "Naturally, I am not afraid of him, but you have to preside over the overall situation, in addition, although Xiao Xian is not worth mentioning, he is nominally a subordinate of the old ship owner (Wang Zhi) after all, plus he has always had a good relationship with Xu Hai, let's not be cautious."
Xiao Tian thought about it, it still depends on the owner to beat the dog, so he said to Liu An, "I'll write a letter to Xu Hai, let him reconcile first, if we can't reconcile, we will destroy him."