On the side of Baling Bridge, Cao Xin bid farewell to Guo Fengxiao and asked the coachman to drive home.

General Cao's mansion, in the bedroom of the back house, the long-necked incense burner of the crane beak spews out a curling incense mist, and a deer's head fire is placed next to the bed, and the fiery charcoal is burning in the ding, which is warm.

Gan Yuniang sat crookedly on the soft couch, her long legs covered with a quilt, and she was sewing a soft satin lining with needles and threads in her hands.

The lining is made of more than 10 layers of satin wrapped in calfskin, with fine stitching, soft and strong, this special lining can block the flow of arrows, suitable for wearing on the battlefield.

Gan Yuniang had sewn two pieces last year, and last night she saw that Cao Daguan's body was much thicker and his muscles were stronger, and the two inner linings earlier were too restrained and did not fit.

In a hurry to be free today, she picked up the needle and thread and then made clothes for the officials, and she was not at ease to let others do it.

Two little civet cats were playing with ball of thread by the bed, and the maid who was rubbing the string slapped their little paws and paws, and quickly released the ball of thread.

Knock knock~

"Sister!"

Zou Liniang shouted outside the door.

"Li Niang, come in!"

Gan Yuniang smiled slightly, put down the needle and thread, and beckoned to the door.

For many women in the back house, Gan Yuniang is happy, men should have three wives and four concubines, and large families must accept more women in order to keep people prosperous and their children and grandchildren extend.

And the general is Hou Ye, Nanyang Taishou, General Weilu, and 2,000 stones, which is a very big official, but she is the only one in the back house, and she has not been able to give birth to an heir.

Gan Yuniang often felt worried and frightened because of this, and persuaded the big officials to take concubines many times, but the big officials only said that they would rather eat a bite of fairy peaches than chew a basket of bad apricots, and they were not in a hurry.

This time, the general brought back a Zou Liniang, who was upright and beautiful, knowledgeable, and had a good character, although she was twenty-four years old, she was plump, with wide breasts and big hips, and she looked like a good child.

Gan Yuniang is more satisfied with this sister, and only hopes that she can give birth to an heir to the general as soon as possible, so that the general's mansion will be more prosperous.

"Sister, are you feeling better?"

Zou Liniang entered the door with a smile, dressed in a silk brocade skirt, a light blue gown, a jasper hairpin on her temples, and a red rouge on her lips, like a cherry, and her makeup was richer and more festive than when she came.

He was followed by two maidservants carrying food boxes.

"My body is not tight, I am just lazy, I don't want to move, Sister Lao is worried."

Gan Yuniang said and pulled up the placket to cover a few red marks on Bai Yu's skin.

Zou Liniang curled the corners of her lips, "Little sister heard that my sister hasn't eaten yet, so she made meat porridge and a few side dishes, do you want to try it?" ”

"That's a good dare, it's troublesome for my sister."

Gan Yuniang sat up with the maid's hand, frowning slightly. Seeing this, Zou Liniang hurriedly helped her and chuckled, "My sister suffered, and my little sister couldn't get up for two days last time in Wancheng, but I didn't expect my sister to be like this." ”

Gan Yuniang's face turned red, and she pulled Liniang to sit down on the side of the collapse and smiled, "This is not a suffering, the general is working the battlefield, the sword is light, the sword is very dangerous, I want to have a pastime when I go home, our sisters try to follow him, just rest for a day or two, and it doesn't matter, it is much more blessed than the general on the battlefield." ”

Zou Liniang nodded slightly, blinked her bright eyes and said with a smile, "I often hear the general say how gentle and virtuous my sister is, and she is a good woman of the first class. ”

"My sister is also very good, the concubine looks kind, but she looks like a sister."

Gan Yuniang bent the corners of her lips and smiled, pulled Zou Liniang, her words were more cordial, and she took off a mutton fat jade bracelet from Hao's wrist and brought it to Zou Liniang personally.

Zou Liniang thanked her happily and loved the jade bracelet very much.

Waiting for the maids to put the meal, Yu Niang and Li Niang sit opposite each other and eat, there are nine small plates of exquisite hometown dishes on the table, some are sour and spicy, with soft glutinous corn and fish porridge, the taste is very beautiful.

The two chatted while eating, becoming more and more speculative.

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"Yu Niang Liniang, I'm back."

Cao Daguan walked in a figure-eight step, returned to the Houying Spring Pavilion house, and saw the two sisters Yu Niang and Li Niang sitting on the couch drinking tea and chatting.

One wears a red dress, slender legs, is born jade, and has a dignified appearance, and the other wears a blue coat, with a plump figure and a face like a peach blossom, delicate and attractive.

The two sit opposite each other, which can be called the fairy world and Tilian, the rich flower of the world.

"The General is back."

Gan Yuniang and Liniang got up to salute.

"Haha, I should have come back a long time ago, Cao Zhang, Cao Pi, and those boys were clamoring to see me practice martial arts, so I played with them for a while."

Cao Daguan stepped forward to help Yu Niang sit down on the soft collapse.

"The general is sweating, why don't you go wash and change your clothes first."

Gan Yuniang asked as she stroked his back.

"Don't worry, go to bed and wash again, what are you talking about? Can I, a big man, listen? ”

Cao Daguan said with a smile.

"It's a business matter, I talked to Li Niang about selling perfumes, it turned out that Li Niang also wrote to her concubine, and the general said that it was a coincidence?"

Gan Yuniang took the warm towel from the maid and helped him wipe his forehead, chest, and back.

"Haha, it's quite a coincidence, it's not a family, not a family."

Cao Xin said with a smile.

Zou Liniang poured a cup of hot tea, held it and gave him a sip, and said with a smile, "General, when I heard my sister say it again, the concubine knew that the general was doing a good business." ”

"It's not too big, there is only business in Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou, if the world is unified, there are hundreds of stores in nine states, and that kind of business is called a big business."

Cao Xin waved his hand.

When he was a thief in Langya Cottage, he took more than 1,000 people from Langya Army to Qingzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, and even Guanzhong Hetao from Xuzhou, and grabbed a lot of goods from big dog households from all over the country.

Later, he went down to the mountain to become good, he used some of his wealth to buy land in Yanzhou, built a farm in Tuntian, and successively settled more than 100,000 displaced people in the mountains, so that everyone could have food, clothing, and land to cultivate.

At present, he has more than 10 shops and three tea houses in more than 10 cities in Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou, which are used to sell soap, perfume, liquor, and tea.

Last year, the total income reached 200,000 guan, and the current market price has always been five baht to buy a stone of corn, ten guan a horse of linen, and 100 guan can almost buy a good Shu brocade.

According to the current level of productivity, a person can weave up to three horses of Shu brocade every year, and a person can only weave two hundred horses of Shu brocade for a lifetime, that is, 20,000 pieces.

200,000 is an astronomical amount for the vast majority of people.

This year, several soap workshops, wine-making workshops, and roasted tea workshops have been added to the farm, and for this monopoly product, which is in short supply, the output has increased and the profit is higher.

After earning the money, he invested in the farm, growing grain, fattening pigs, selecting and training Langya recruits in the farm, expanding trade routes, and forging weapons, armor, and horseshoes.

With Langya recruits, his army is stronger, he can win more battles, plunder more goods, and a virtuous circle.

"General, Sister Liniang can count and keep accounts, why don't you let Liniang help the concubine take care of the accounts?"

In the evening, Gan Yuniang said when she was dressing him widely.

"Okay, the two of you together, and we have a discussion when we encounter something."

Cao Xin nodded.

The year before last, he and Mrs. Cao set up a Huitong trading house, which was in charge of Yu Niang, Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Cao had a share, and the people in the business house were also their own people, and the shopkeepers around the country had smart people in the farm, Cao family, and Yu Niang's relatives.

The comptoir had a guard of more than 800 people, who were responsible for protecting the farm and bodyguards.

Half of the team members are from the old, retired or disabled Langya army, and half are trained Langya recruits, with cavalry and infantry, with the old leading the new, and the combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the Langya army.

With these people, Gan Yuniang only needs to arrange delivery, reconcile accounts with shopkeepers in various places, collect accounts, and divide accounts, and the government is responsible for Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Ding.

With Zou Liniang's assistance, Yu Niang's work will be much easier.

"General, it's useless to be a concubine..."

After entering the tent, Gan Yuniang said softly, "Why don't you call Liniang to serve the general?" ”

"Haha, no, let's talk."

Cao Xin said while holding Yu Niang's shoulder.

"General, my sister-in-law came over a few days ago and said that the general is older, and she should choose a few good maids for the general, and the concubine thinks it is too, so she picks ten and raises them in the yard, if the general wants to, you can spoil them at any time."

Gan Yuniang said softly.

"Don't be in a hurry, we are in good health, we can have children, but Liniang, you are too young, and it is not good for your health to have a child too early, so you will have another child in two years."

Cao Xin kissed the beauty mole on the corner of her lips.

"General, the concubine is eighteen, not young, my mother gave birth to me at the age of sixteen."

"So your mother is weak, I don't want you to get sick, I want Yu Niang to live a long life, beautiful as a flower, and I will talk about giving birth to a child in two years."

"Well, the concubine listens to the general."

Gan Yuniang leaned into his arms, her skin slightly cold.

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