Chapter 308: Express Caravan
After Dongfang Nian finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Yue Xuanyuan, and said with a slight joke: "You don't go, we are eating outside, not at home." Book Lovers "
These people know Yue Xuanyuan very well, this thing likes to eat common food, and does not like to eat things in restaurants. Although Yue Xuanyuan still wanted to play with Xu Miao for a while, when he thought of going out to eat in a restaurant, he pouted in disgust.
Xu Miao tidied up herself, looked at Yue Xuanyuan, and said to Dongfang Nian:
"In this way, tomorrow at three o'clock, let's be on the second floor of Confidante Le Fang Cuiyun Xuan, where you can try the food. You can also go. ”
The last sentence was naturally for Yue Xuanyuan. However, Dongfang Nian and Yue Xuanyuan listened to it, but they didn't respond for a long time, and their confidant Le Fang is still the biggest prostitute in Nanyang City. Courtyard, although it is said outside that the girls inside are not selling their bodies, but this ...... No one has seen it with their own eyes.
That pear fragrance garden can't do this confidant, and now this girl actually said that she wants to go there for dinner...... Isn't it-
"Isn't the girl the boss of this confidant?" Dongfang realized it after reading it, Xu Miao shrugged his shoulders when he heard it, which was considered a tacit acquiescence. Seeing this, Dongfang Nian hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and kept shaking his head and said:
"The girl is really a real person, this ...... Okay, Chong girl's person, I believe that this confidant music is not as rumored by the outside world, tomorrow at three o'clock, waiting for the girl's drive. ”
"Dongfang Gongzi is polite, Green Lotus, send it for me." Xu Miao said, making a "please" gesture. As for Yue Xuanyuan, he didn't leave, just like going back to his own home, he went directly to Xu Miao's room in the backyard.
For his unaccustomed outside, Dajia has long been accustomed to it. Of course, there is also a big reason, because Xu Miao is informal, and there is nothing that the boudoir cannot be talked about. After sending Dongfang Nian away, Xu Miao did not cook in person, but instructed Chun Xing to make something to eat.
She came back from Niujiazhuang, didn't eat lunch, and talked to Dongfang Nian about business until now. At this time, he was really hungry, sitting at the round table, looking at Yue Xuanyuan who was lying on his stomach, reaching out to pull him, and said:
"You just introduced me to business?"
"What, you don't believe it?" Yue Xuanyuan lay on the table, tilted his head to look at her, then sat up straight, sighed lightly, and said, "Did you catch Yun next to Ouyang Fengxuan, I am here to determine this." ”
"Yes." Xu Miao didn't hide it, and told all the causes and consequences. Including her changes, but also some things she didn't want to mention. After saying everything, Chun Xing came in with a tray, four dishes, two bowls of rice, no more, no less, meat and vegetarian matching, enough for them to eat.
Xu Miao was originally hungry, and after saying so many words, he naturally didn't care about him. Picking up the bowl, Xili began to eat with a snort, and the food was not good, but it was still because he was used to it in the farmhouse.
In the spring, in order to grab the spring, when I go home to eat at noon, how can I chew and swallow slowly, and I eat it like a date. Yue Xuanyuan looked at Xu Miao, who was eating Haisai, and pursed his lips vigorously, but when he saw that there were few dishes on the table, he also abandoned his demeanor and began to grab food with Xu Miao.
Rushing to eat was particularly fragrant, and after Yue Xuanyuan burped with satisfaction, he looked at Xu Miao, sighed, and said:
"Alas, you really don't plan to be a weak woman, the way this family eats, it's too embarrassing, okay, I don't know, I thought you were hungry for days."
Xu Miao took a sip of hot tea, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Yue Xuanyuan, chuckled, and said:
"If I am a weak woman again, my head will not be protected. The fifth master didn't hide anything from you, and naturally I never hid it from you. If I am really a woman's kindness and let the tiger return to the mountain, the millions of taels of silver invested in the early stage can be wasted. ”
"My God, where did you get so much silver?" Yue Xuanyuan asked in surprise.
Xu Miao ignored him, after all, there was a flood in this silver report, but he didn't want him to know the truth. It is true that they are friends, but one yard to one yard, sighing lightly, looking at him, and saying:
"Since Ouyang Fengxuan is looking for you, you take this business."
"You're crazy, they asked me to find Yun and save him, you ......"
Yue Xuanyuan didn't finish speaking, Xu Miao waved his hand directly, "What are you anxious about, I have an arrangement." ”
The two of them conspired in the house for a long time, but in the end it was not clear, only that three days later, there was a fight in Guyang County, the casualties were unknown, and the government intervened. As for the follow-up, there is no news.
After Dongfang Nian invited Xu Miao to eat, he left Nanyang City. On October 13th, all the custom-made bedding arrived, and Nanyang City left a part, and the rest continued to be sent to the inns below.
The people on this side of the inn, except for the stewards, are basically hired, and a few coarse mothers-in-law are responsible for changing the quilt covers and bed sheets every day. As for the kitchen, a chef and two helpers were also hired.
In the account room, a total of three people were hired, mainly because they were afraid that there would be too many people to issue bills. The rest is Xiao Er, this one is more, and when the time comes, take people to the guest room or something, and open it with more busy work.
Sheets, covers, and pillowcases are all white. Once laid out, fold it up, place the pillow on the surface, and cover it with a pillow towel. The rooms for three or four people are large, and there is no furniture, a table, four chairs, and a bathtub behind a screen.
With such a white bed and a floor with little furniture, it feels spacious and bright as soon as you enter the room. Those hired locals, when they saw such an inn, one or two were all kinds of staggering.
Xu Miao came to Nanyang City for just half a year, and basically everything that should be supported has been supported. The four-piece gift box on Yueji's side has all been lined. Although the Ouyang family also opened Aimei, it is reasonable that Aimei's business is bleak because of his preconceived notions.
On the first day of the winter month, the express caravan from southern Xinjiang stayed at the express inn for the first time, and Xu Miao came to pick it up in person. Kang Ping hadn't seen him for several months, and he was a little restrained when he met coldly.
After the caravan's work was settled, Xu Miao took Kang Ping to his room. The house is like a house, and there is everything in the house. After the two of them sat down, Kangping said what had happened recently.
“…… On the other side of the Ming Dynasty, the first batch of goods had already been transported, and they were personally escorted by Quannan. This time, I'll lead the team, how about it, it's all on time. ”
Xu Miao looked at Kang Ping's excited appearance, nodded with a chuckle, and said, "It's all on time, it's amazing." ”
"That's it." After Kang Ping finished speaking, he stood up contentedly, looked around at the inn, and then said, "Miss Xu, you inn, I dare to say that there is no one before and no one after you, what do you think, four people in a room, and it is so clean and neat, awesome." ”
As he spoke, he didn't forget to give a thumbs up to express his inner admiration. Xu Miao looked at him, chuckled and shook his head, at this time the door of the room was pushed open, Xiao Er came in with a tray, nodded and said:
"Gongzi Kang, I'm bringing you dinner, those brothers have already eaten, you can eat it too."
Xu Miao pointed to the table, motioned for him to put the tray down, and then looked at Kang Ping and said:
"Hurry up and eat, go to Jingyang Bofu after eating, your cousin is very worried about you. I'll go back first, and you'll leave directly early tomorrow morning, and I won't send it. ”
"Hey, that's fine, girl, go slowly."
Xu Miao was sent out of the house by Kangping, and the green lotus came down from the third floor, this inn can receive two caravans at the same time. After talking to the Dongfang family, the Beiming family also signed the contract smoothly.
There were also some small caravans, all of which had signed agreements with the Express Inn. Now this inn, not counting those individual customers, has a fixed income of about five hundred taels of silver per month, excluding food and the wages of the workers, and the net victory is also quite considerable.
When checking the accounts at the beginning of each month, Xu Miao felt very energetic, looking at the balance of the amount, and every time she looked at it, she was very excited. Now what she has to do now, in addition to the opening of the restaurant, is also an eiderdown quilt.
In the villages around Nanyang City, there are a lot of chickens and ducks, and those chicken feathers and duck feathers are basically thrown away except for a feather duster. Xu Miao looked at those things and felt that it was a pity.
Yueji is now a women's brand, and she is also thinking about a four-piece set of five-piece sets. In this case, you have to start with this quilt first, so the eiderdown duvet is a very good choice.
Although it is not cold outside in the southern winter, it is indeed as cold as the inside of the house. This side is not Liaodong Mansion, there is no fire wall, fire kang, all the same color of the bed. If she hadn't had the foresight to light a charcoal stove in the house before going to bed, she wouldn't know how many times she would have to wake up in a night.
Green Lotus walked over, curtsied, and said softly:
"Girl, I've already told Li Laohan that we have a total of fifty-eight rooms, and we need fifty-eight charcoal stoves, as for the charcoal ......."
"Go buy silver charcoal, these brothers are very tired from taking the caravan, if it is not good to rest at night, it will definitely not work. Although silver charcoal is expensive, it is safe and smokeless, you tell those inns that all express inns have charcoal stoves for silver charcoal. ”
Xu Miao opened his mouth to command, Lu He did not hesitate when he saw this, nodded, helped her forward, and the master and servant left the inn. At this time, it was already dark, and after Xu Miao helped the carriage, Quandong drove back to Nanyuan.
Lu He sat in the car, poured a cup of hot tea to warm Xu Miao's hands, and said, "Girl, I'm still not used to this." ”
"Hmm." Xu Miao nodded, hehe, thought for a while, and said, "By the way, Green Lotus, let me ask you something, do you know that there are thousand-year-old wild ginseng there?" ”
"This ......" Lu He frowned, then shook his head, sighed, and said, "Don't hide it from the girl, if you mentioned it earlier, this Hou Ye has it." But when the queen was dying, it is said that she used this ginseng to hang herself, but is there a ...... I really don't know. ”