Since the Winter Solstice Festival, Lu Weimang has been busy.

Unlike the caravans, the canal has been a cornucopia in the eyes of some people since ancient times, and they gathered some coolies who had no heels and no fields to transport and carry.

Among them, their cost is very low, and only these coolies who do not work for a day without food will work here.

Lu Weimang had been a coolie carrying a big bag at the beginning, so he knew the suffering of these people.

Now, she has made her own Cao Yun plan, and she inevitably wants to give these working coolies some basic guarantees, such as Cao Yun to pay for illness, and Cao Yun basic living security for injuries and illnesses, etc., but no matter how much, she can't do it. After all, it's business, not charity.

A little change, the cost will not increase too much, but it is also a great thing for the coolies who work hard.

There is also the business of Caoyun.

The second princess is a woman, and it is impossible to monopolize Caoyun. The entire canal involves almost every town along the canal.

Therefore, Lu Weimang only gave the second princess a rough idea of the direction of Caoyun, and was not afraid of letting people make a fuss about Caoyun and share the cake. This is not something that can be monopolized by one person or one party of snobbery. This is the most fundamental difference from the caravan.

Because the roads are difficult and the location is remote, the caravan can do monopoly business. This method is not feasible in Caoyun.

"It's like a spinning top in the morning, check this and find that, what are you doing? Do you need me to find someone to help you find information? ”

At noon, in the Ming Hall of Chunxi Hall, Lu Weimang and Huo Jing were eating pastries and talking at the same time.

The ancients generally had two meals a day, and Lu Weimang accepted this rule with the crowd since he went to the country, and generally just padd some pastries and drank hot tea at noon.

Facing Huo Jing's question, Lu Weimang shook his head, "I'm in a lot of trouble at this moment, and I haven't found the direction yet." When I set the direction, it's never too late for you to help. ”

Huo Jing nodded, and then said, "You should also have someone here to help, otherwise you have to find all the information yourself, not to mention the delay, sometimes the inspiration is fleeting, and it will be wrong." ”

It stands to reason that Lu Weimang, a six-grade master book, is always in charge of some things, if she was in the household department and other departments, she should have been assigned some chiefs to assist her in making some miscellaneous things. But since Lu Weimang became an official, he rarely stayed in Kyoto, so no one mentioned this matter. Here Huo Jing suddenly mentioned it, and Lu Weimang also nodded, "Indeed."

Sometimes she suddenly came to inspiration, and she would go to the Wenlou to find information in a hurry, and if someone could help, the efficiency would be much improved.

When Lu Weimang thought of this, he couldn't help but think of Lin Chen and Ding Yi, they couldn't help but have no better assistance, they were strong and knew how to advance and retreat. It's like in Chunxi Hall, Lu Weimang doesn't seem to see the two of them on weekdays, but when Huo Jing has something to tell them to do, they can appear as soon as possible.

"I'll give you Xiaoqiu. She's been thinking about you ever since she returned home. ”

Huo Jing's voice came, and Lu Weimang suddenly said, "Of course it's good, Xiaoqiu and I also hit it off at first sight, and we fell in love with each other." And she has the same name as my first maid back then, so it's fate, right? ”

Lu Weimang readily agreed, and Huo Jing simply said, "Let her and Ding Yi come to Chunxi Hall tomorrow." ”

In the afternoon, Lu Weimang continued to be busy.

Lu Weimang has a headache here, and the root of Caoyun's money lies in scale. The advantages of the two princesses' identities naturally don't need to be like ordinary luck, with many people and low prices to attract merchants and earn hard-earned money, after all, such a thing is not decent, and it is not good to say.

Lu Weimang thought about the advantages of the two princesses, needless to say the reputation of the wealthy families, their names are a resource in themselves.

It's like the stars in their previous lives, their own fame is there, so there will be merchants who will pay sky-high prices to let them endorse their products.

It is naturally not possible to replace the business of high-ranking ladies with their own fame and natural sense of credibility, but what about putting it elsewhere?

Lu Weimang felt as if he had some clues.

Lu Weimang hurriedly went to Wenlou here to get the cargo information of Tongzhou Wharf, and Huo Jing over there couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Lu Weimang in such a hurry, he had already known what Lu Weimang looked like when he started to do something, and he knew yesterday that he had something to do, so he should bring Xiaoqiu in advance today.

Lu Weimang found some clues by searching the catalogue of goods over the years. Some goods with large freight volume have a very low wear and tear rate, but some valuables have an astonishing loss rate. And this is the opportunity for the nobles.

Lu Weimang copied the information here, perfected his plan, and when he was busy, time passed quickly, and when he heard the knocking sound on the table, he came back to his senses, only to find that the room was already dark, and only the red candle in front of him was burning, like the day.

It turned out that Huo Jing was holding a candlestick and stood in front of Lu Weimang for a long time, seeing that she was really engrossed, he couldn't bear to disturb her. waited until her work was at the end of the day, and then reminded her.

"Write down your thoughts and that's all for today. If you keep up, your eyes will be broken. ”

Huo Jing's cold voice made Lu Weimang feel as comfortable as drinking ice water, she smiled at Huo Jing, simply recorded the direction of her thoughts, and immediately got up and dispersed with Huo Jing.

"The second princess may have been on a whim, but you seem to be much more active than them."

Lu Weimang listened, and did not defend the second princess. Anyway, after three days, she knew that she was just used to doing what she had to do in advance.

"After all, I'm the one who wants to take the dry shares, so I can do more now, and I will be at ease when the time comes."

Lu Weimang took the initiative to hold the hand of the person next to him and dragged his arm out.

The early darkness in winter, the dark night, hid the eyes of others, and made Lu Weimang also take the initiative.

Huo Jing lowered his head and glanced at the girl hanging on his arm, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It's good if you're happy." ”

Walking to the gate of the palace, there were more officials walking back, Lu Weimang let go of Huo Jing's arm, walked through the crowd, and entered Huo Jing's carriage.

Huo Jing glanced at his empty arm again, and swept around his colleagues who also returned late.

"Huo Hou is always so diligent, he is really a role model for us."

When an official saw Huo Jing's gaze, he stepped forward smartly and said polite words.

Huo Jing did not play his cards according to common sense, "The weather is cold in winter, the people are in winter, and the court is rarely clean." You can also take the opportunity to loosen up and use your energy when you should use it, so as to save the complicated affairs of the spring next year, but you will not be able to lift your spirits. ”

In the fog of his words, everyone was confused, but they still saluted respectfully, "What Huo Hou taught us is that we should take Huo Hou as an example." ”

Lin Chen, who was behind Huo Jing, showed interest on his face, and exchanged colors with Ding Yi on the side, "Pat the horse's ass on the horse's hooves." ”

Ding Yi leaned on Lin Chen with his shoulder expressionlessly, signaling him to be more restrained.

Lu Weimang was busy like this for three days, and with the assistance of Xiaoqiu, he finally made his plan.

"Miss, you have to show this plan to a fool, and if he does it, he will be rich. Not only can you take this dry stock with confidence, but you can't give it less. ”

Xiaoqiu took the plan written by Lu Weimang in his hand and flipped through it, nodding in admiration.

Since the last trip to Yangzhou, Xiaoqiu has completely fallen to Lu Weimang, even if she is Huo Jing's person, Lu Weimang has not yet passed the door, but it does not prevent her from admiring Lu Weimang. She has never seen a person like Miss Lu, who is open-minded, sensitive but dedicated, and has long regarded Lu Weimang as the only hostess of the Huo family, so this time she once again assisted Lu Weimang to do things, which was both happy and shocking.

It's just a dry stock, with Lu Weimang's reputation, she doesn't do anything, and many wealthy businessmen and tycoons are willing to give her a word of advice. Where did she need such effort? It's just that I want to give the second princesses, who are also women, a chance, to help them get on the horse, and even want to give them a ride.

A selfless and open-minded woman like Miss, where is there anyone else in this world?

Xiaoqiu's thoughts became more and more firm, but Lu Weimang didn't notice it, she only felt proud at this time, this was made by her hard work by lighting the lamp and boiling oil, someone agreed, of course she was happy.

"It's a small meaning, but in the end, the time is in a hurry, if there is another ten days and a half months, I can still list the problems at various stages of development one by one, so as to avoid our boat gang going the wrong way."

Lu Weimang's name was abolished, and he only gave his new plan the name of a boat gang similar to that of a horse gang.

Xiaoqiu shook her head, "This is already good. The two princesses want to do something practical, but they can't let others arrange everything for them. ”

The master and servant were talking, and the second princess took the three noble girls, and finally at the last moment, they entered the Chunxi Hall.

"You're at home here."

Lu Weimang was above the Ming Hall and met with the four people.

The two princesses and the four of them looked forward to it, looking inside and outside the Ming Hall.

"Why don't you see Yuan Bai?"

The second princess spoke.

The three nobles also followed to look left and right.

The daughter of the general who protects the country, Liu Hui said bluntly, "That is, how did we grow up together, how could it be so easy to come over, and Yuan Bai didn't even come to see us?" Didn't you deliberately isolate us and not let Huo Hou know our whereabouts? ”

Lu Weimang frowned.

She also thought that the four of them would be like her, and they were quite concerned about the matter of the boat gang, but she didn't expect that as soon as they came up to question Huo Jing's whereabouts, they ignored Lu Weimang's plan.

"Huo Hou has official business to be busy every day, and now he is working in the main hall. Let's talk about Cao Yun. ”

The second princess held her chin there, "Let's come over, of course, to show our attitude, that is, to make up our minds and make a career out of Caoyun." ”

Lu Weimang nodded and motioned for Xiaoqiu to present the plan, "Since the second princess has made up her mind, please take a look." This is the charter I made, you can take a look first, if there are any disagreements, we can discuss one or two. ”

(End of chapter)