Chapter 196: The Return of the Fleet
After a few days of leisure, Song Yao got busy again.
The ships that went to sea have returned, and they are the first ships to be launched, and Song Yao attaches great importance to them.
This time I didn't bring goods for the merchants, it was Song Yao's own business, and those who lost money also needed to check the accounts.
When I went to sea, I only brought some specialties from Yunzhou City, such as cloth and some gadgets, as well as shrimp powder from Song Yao to test the water.
However, I was not sure about the sales volume, but Song Yao didn't let me bring too much, at most, it was to earn a labor fee to go to sea.
Therefore, what you brought on the return trip was related to Song Yao's interests.
"Ma'am, here's the list you brought back, you see." Father Liu handed the account book to Song Yao with a smile on his face, and he didn't show any tiredness.
This time to go to sea, Daddy Liu's father and son went into battle together, and Daddy Liu was naturally the person in charge.
And the crew who went to sea were all people who supported the mountains.
"Don't worry, you take the crew home to rest first, and then have a celebration banquet tomorrow, and by the way, tell me about going to sea." Song Yao never exploited the people under her hands, especially the people who supported the mountain and invited them herself.
It takes at least one or two months to come back after a trip to the sea, as long as there are still people at home, who doesn't want to go home to see, the affection of the wife and son on the hot kang.
Father Liu answered and beckoned the people under his command to go back to rest.
Song Yao took the people in her own house to prepare for the acceptance of the goods.
As for the handling work, there have been porters who have received the news to unload the goods.
These porters have great strength, but their wages are pitiful, and they can only change their food and clothing for their hard work, and they have to be in a good year.
Song Yao has just been engaged in the Caoyun industry, and it is not good to break the rules and give a salary increase, after all, these people are casual workers, and it is impossible for Song Yao to hire them for a long time.
Therefore, Song Yao asked the people below to prepare a lunch, which didn't need to be good, it could make people eat enough and see some meat, which was already a good treat for these poor people.
Daddy Liu brought back a lot of things this time, including furs and gemstones, and a lot of high-quality pearls, although these Great Zhou Kingdom have them, they are very rare, and they will definitely be sold for a good price.
"Madam, is this Ruri?" But people don't have much interest in those fur gems or anything, but they are even rarer in large pieces of glass.
Song Yao glanced at it and nodded with a little disappointment.
Before Daddy Liu and them went to sea, Song Yao focused on buying some glass to come back, and planned to renovate the mansion, or the glass windows made people feel comfortable.
However, these primary colors of glaze, the color is dark yellow, far from the degree of transparency, and the glass window can be slightly brighter at most.
However, it is still much better than window paper, and it is not bad to paste invisible film when the color is dark.
"The slave hasn't seen the glass in anyone's house yet, this thing is a window, it will be very beautiful, very magnificent." Redsleeves stepped forward.
"There are too many impurities, and it can barely be used to make windows, but the others are not." Song Yao shook her head and sighed.
"Madame, mean, these are inferior goods?" Ke asked in disbelief.
I'm used to seeing porcelain, pottery, and the thick window paper, but now when I see the glass, I think it's too good-looking.
But looking at Song Yao's appearance, she was obviously dissatisfied.
"I can't say that." Song Yao frowned.
It is not easy to produce glass in this era, and it is very difficult to estimate it transparently.
But what grade these glasses are, I have to ask tomorrow to know.
"Let people send them back to the house first, and take advantage of the good weather these days to replace the windows first." Song Yao commanded.
Song Yao also planned to use glass as a cabinet, so as to ensure that the guests could see the goods placed inside.
But now that she saw the glass, Song Yao couldn't help but be disappointed, this color would affect the appearance of the guests when they saw the real thing, but it was better than the wooden one.
As for making glass cups......
Song Yao sighed again, and she was not sure if the people in the glaze factory could have that kind of craftsmanship.
At this moment, Song Yao regretted a little that she hadn't collected some such information in her previous life, and only theoretical kung fu was better than not knowing anything!
The cargo of the twelve ships was unloaded, and it was already evening, and it was already past the hour of supper.
Song Yao would not personally accept all the goods, so she handed over to the manager of the warehouse, and left both Red Sleeves and Keren to help check the goods.
How to place these goods, Song Yao had planned it a long time ago, even if there would be discrepancies in the goods, and there were two temporary arrangements for adjustment, Red Sleeves and Keren, Song Yao was also relieved.
It can be said that Song Yao regards this incident as an experience for the two of them, as Song Yao's right-hand man, she always has to do things alone and handle some things for her.
Kexin must be in charge of the restaurant business, among the red sleeves and the lovely people, one person will stay in Yunzhou City to take care of the business of the dock instead of Song Yao, and the other will be arranged to be stationed in the capital.
"Hey, I suddenly found myself alone again." On the carriage back to the city, Song Yao sighed.
The three henchmen were all arranged out, and before they cultivated the right people, at least before the business was completely on track, there would be no capable people around Song Yao.
It's easy to buy a maid, but an intimate maid has to run in.
Besides, it is necessary to examine whether he is loyal or not, and Song Yao will not be able to take it easy for a while.
"Go back and let Zhuxin arrange two kung fu girls for you, I grew up in the capital since I was a child, and I have seen some of the market, and you can use it more easily in the future, and it is also a little more secure, you can't always bring a secret guard at all times." Helian Sheng had such an idea for a long time, and he was afraid that Song Yao would not be willing, so he never said it.
Of course, the most important thing is that Song Yao is not in the capital, and Helian Sheng is not in a hurry to give her people.
"It's okay, the people under your hands are more reliable than the ones you bought outside." Song Yao wasn't interested, but she still responded.
I am embarrassed to refuse Heliansheng's kindness, and the second is that what Heliansheng said is very reasonable.
When she bought Keren and Kexin, Song Yao had just made some achievements, but no one would calculate to put eyeliner in her, so Song Yao was relieved to cultivate.
The red sleeves are a life-saving grace, and Song Yao can also use it to rest assured.
But with Song Yao's current net worth, I'm afraid that there will be many people who want to install people around her, and Song Yao doesn't want to buy people rashly, especially those who can get close.
"Lian Sheng, what do you think of letting Hong Qi teach Yuanbao Kung Fu?" Song Yao asked.
As soon as Kexin left, Qinghai was also sent out by her.
Whether the red sleeves stay in the capital or Yunzhou City, Qingshan also wants to be together.
Song Yao hopes that the people around her can be happy, and she can't do things like beating mandarin ducks.
"Hong Qi's martial arts are good, but the murderous aura is too heavy, and it is not suitable for ingots." Helian Sheng narrowed his eyes, he didn't say that he wished that Song Yao would send Hong Qi far away, so naturally he couldn't give Hong Qi a chance to get closer to Song Yao.
"What then? You can't let the dead teach ingots kung fu, right? Song Yao was entangled.
"Let Uncle Cheng teach ingots." His chin rested on the top of Song Yao's head, and He Liansheng said in a low voice: "When I was young, I learned kung fu from Uncle Cheng. When the ingots are bigger, I will teach him personally. ”
"How did I forget Uncle Cheng!" Song Yao raised her hand and was about to slap her head, but was grabbed by Helian Sheng, and there was a red handprint missing.
"Your problem should be corrected, if I am not by your side, will I not be injured in vain." Helian Sheng frowned displeasedly, "My woman, don't get hurt." ”
The corners of Song Yao's mouth twitched, she also knew that this habit was not good.
This kind of subconscious action will not hurt himself, Helian Sheng is a little too nervous.
But Helian Sheng's concern, Song Yao couldn't say anything, so she nodded perfunctorily.
"Uncle Cheng is a master, let his old man be a martial artist for Yuanbao, it's overkill, right?" Song Yao was afraid that Uncle Cheng would be unwilling, and she was a little entangled.
Masters have strange tempers, and Uncle Cheng automatically does the porter, which shows that he is unwilling to do those troublesome things.
"Uncle Cheng is the most suitable martial artist for ingots, you will know in the future." Helian Sheng sold a pass.
Although Uncle Cheng's interest in Song Yuanbao made Heliansheng feel a little surprised, Heliansheng would not stop it and did not investigate.
Helian Sheng will doubt anyone's loyalty, and he will never doubt Uncle Cheng, just waiting for Uncle Cheng to explain the reason to him.
Or maybe it's just a simple eye-to-eye relationship.
And Helian Sheng would suggest this, not only because he felt that Uncle Cheng would be willing to be Song Yuanbao's martial artist, but also because Uncle Cheng was the door sticker of King Rui's Mansion in the capital.
As long as Uncle Cheng is followed, most people don't dare to fight Song Yuanbao's idea, unless they want to directly start a war against King Rui's Mansion.
The matter of the martial artist was decided in this way, and on the second day, Song Yao talked to Uncle Cheng, and Uncle Cheng responded without hesitation.
With Uncle Cheng as a martial artist, Qingshan does not need to spend a morning teaching Song Yuanbao every day, and has more time to do things for Song Yao, or accompany Red Sleeves.
On the second day, Song Yao went out of the city again, and she wanted to attend the celebration banquet to comfort the crew members who went to sea.
I also need to learn about overseas affairs with Liu Laohan and others, and make some adjustments to the plan for going to sea next time.
Liu Laohan has enough experience in running boats, and he is also very attentive to what Song Yao explains, so he provides Song Yao with a lot of information.
"The glass I brought back this time is specially used to build a house. There were some better ones, but the price was twice as expensive, and even if I bought more, it wouldn't be much cheaper, so I bought these first. ”
Liu Laohan said, untying a bag from his waist.
The contents of the bag were wrapped in several layers of cloth, and after Liu Laohan opened it carefully, there was a piece of clear glass in his palm.
"This is the finest glass, but it is too thin, and such a large piece of the table costs a hundred taels of silver, and it is inconvenient to carry, so I asked for such a small piece of broken glass, please look at it."
Song Yao's eyes were instantaneous, and the quality of this piece of glass was not as good as that of modern times, but it was absolutely perfect in this era.
"Daddy Liu, next time you go, you must buy more of these glasses, even if you can bring me back a boat, silver is not a problem." Song Yao took the glass and shone it in the sun, very satisfied.
"Madam, this glass is too brittle, it will break if you are not careful, I am afraid that after it is shipped back, there will be less than thirty percent left." Liu Laohan reminded responsibly.
"I'll ask people to prepare some boxes for these glasses, you just have to buy a large number of them, and then go back to the cabin to repack the boxes, as long as you don't encounter too much wind and waves, it's not a problem to have more than eighty percent left after you come back." Song Yao said excitedly: "It's okay to break some pieces, as long as it's not less than the size of a palm, bring it back to me, it's useful." ”
Seeing those glasses yesterday, Song Yao has been thinking about how to make a mirror with such a quality.
It turned out that it wasn't that the method she knew didn't work, but that it was a problem with the quality of the glass.
"In addition to this quality of glass, try to buy more others, and try to press the price as much as possible." After Song Yao finished speaking, he changed his words and said: "You still have half a month to go to sea, before you leave, I will come to you again to explain." Today is a celebration banquet, Daddy Liu still has a few drinks with the big guys, don't talk about these things. ”
Song Yao plans to re-plan, her business should be expanded a little more, so that she can achieve her goal this morning.