After eating a meal that I don't know if it was breakfast or Chinese food, Xia Jing wanted to take a walk in the yard to eat, but as soon as her feet stepped over the threshold, Li Chengmu walked in from outside.

"Mother, you're up."

"Well, you're sweating profusely coming back from outside?"

Hongmei saw Li Chengmu coming in, so she didn't need to be instructed, and directly poured him a cup of herbal tea.

"Fifth master, it's hot outside, drink some tea to quench your thirst."

Li Chengmu drank it in one go, handed the teacup to Hongmei, and then explained, "I just came back from outside, Jiangxia is worthy of being the most prosperous county town in Jingzhou, There are too many goods coming and going from the south to the north, I took Ding Dazhuang to choose a few in the morning, and I couldn't bear to pick out a few." In fact, other supplies are not bad, but our carriage is limited and can't carry too much goods, which is a pity. ”

As he spoke, he handed her a piece of paper, "Here are a few materials I have screened, do you think it is appropriate?" ”

Hongmei poured the teacup full of herbal tea and put it in front of Li Chengmu, and sighed in her heart, the fifth master who used to ignore things outside the window and only read the books of sages and sages is gone. Now he is digging out his mind every day to think about how to earn money to raise the thousand strong men.

Xia Jing took the paper and read it carefully, "Grain, cloth, all kinds of dry goods, and all kinds of leather goods, the price is also appropriate, but I don't know what the quality is?"

Li Chengmu picked up the teacup and poured another big sip, his movements were heroic, how could he still have the elegance of a scholar.

He put down the teacup and continued: "Ding Dazhuang and a few people are still waiting in the warehouse, Mother, you have an idea, and there is leather goods, my son thinks that we are about to cross the river, there should be no cold in the north on the other side, can the leather goods be sold at a price in the past?" ”

Xia Jing chuckled, "Do you think that the other side of the river belongs to the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not cold in winter?" The geographical location on the other side is not much different from this side, so the cold weather is as cold as it makes you doubt life. ”

"Is it really that cold?" Li Chengmu couldn't understand the cold, and doubted how cold life was, since she said that leather goods could be entered, then she would buy them according to the list.

Xia Jing flicked the paper, "Well, the leather goods in the north should sell well on the other side of the river, but it is the beginning of summer now, and it will take a few months when the weather gets cooler, but I don't know if the price will be lowered by then?" ”

Li Chengmu got the hint and said with a smile, "Regardless of whether the price will be lowered, we can buy goods and grind the price with the shopkeeper!" ”

"Since it's decided, while it's okay now, I'll go to the warehouse with you to see the quality of the goods." As she spoke, Xia Jing stood up.

Hongmei handed over the courtyard to Baimei to take care of, and she quickly followed.

Xia Jing walked out and asked her son beside her, "Xiao Wu, we have a lot of expenses all the way, is the cash in your hand enough?" ”

"If we make a difference in the price of goods and goods all the way, the silver in our hands will temporarily cover the expenses of the entire team."

The entire team in Li Chengmu's mouth refers to Xia Jing's 1,000 strong men.

Now that the chaos in the world has just emerged, many smaller caravans do not dare to run outside the business, for fear of losing all their money and taking their lives.

Therefore, as long as the goods can be safely transported to other towns, the shipping price is high.

In fact, in troubled times, as long as you have the ability to go out, it is easy to say that you want to succeed.

"That's good, it's not in vain, at least it's useful!" Xia Jing tried her best to walk in shaded places, but her speed was a lot slower.

Li Chengmu reluctantly accompanied her slowly, and took advantage of the fact that no one asked the doubts that had been in his heart for a long time, "Mother, are you recruiting these thousand people to prepare to form a caravan?" ”

Xia Jing walked quickly to the shade of another tree, and said with a smile: "I don't have this idea for the time being, I plan to train these thousand people for a period of time, and after their physical fitness is qualified, they will all be incorporated into my guard battalion." ”

"Guard Battalion?!" Li Chengmu stopped and stared at her in astonishment, "You want to have the same guard battalion as your father?" But you are resident in the inner courtyard of the deep house, and this thousand people are too wasteful and expensive, which is really chicken! ”

"If it were the capital, I might often nest in the inner courtyard of the palace, but when I arrived in Lingnan, who would tell what the situation was?" Xia Jing looked at him sideways, "Little Wu, why don't you divide this thousand guards into two for your mother and equip you with five hundred?" ”

"Me?" Li Chengmu came back to his senses when he heard this, he shook his head with a smile, and quickly caught up with Xia Jing, "I have the guards given by my father, and the safety of entry and exit is completely enough." ”

Xia Jing knew that this son didn't think much about it, and reminded: "This time is different from the past, all safety is the first, besides, what your father gave you is your father's, and the guards can only be used by themselves, I hope these five hundred can become your henchmen, and accompany you in the wind and rain in the future, only loyal to you!" ”

"Mother, I." Li Chengmu didn't expect his mother to think so much about him, and he didn't know whether to refuse or accept it for a while.

"Alright, that's it!" Xia Jing didn't give him a chance to say more, she patted him on the shoulder, and sighed that a child with a mother is a treasure.

The other brothers in the palace must have envied him to death, because they didn't have a mother to plan for them, and they had to rely on themselves for everything.

Xia Jing also thinks that she is always the treasure in the hands of her parents, and having the care of her parents is the happiest thing in the world.

When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Xia Jing looked left and right, "What about the long road?" ”

"He must have gone to the carriage."

Li Chengmu came back on horseback, and since Xia Jing was going to follow, the long road should have gone to catch the carriage.

Sure enough, after a while, the long road drove the carriage out of the alley at the side door.

The carriage stopped at the door, and the long road jumped out of the carriage and set up a bench for stepping on the feet, "Princess, fifth master, red plum girl, the sun is bright outside, hurry up and get in the car." ”

Li Chengmu and Hongmei both consciously reached out to help Xia Jing first, wanting her to get into the car first.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves and wheels crashing against the road can be heard around the bend of the street.

Xia Jing stood on the wheel and looked back, and the carriage stopped in front of them after a while.

The carriage curtain was lifted, and out of it was Wu Yuli with a smile on her face.

"Princess, are you going to go out?"

Xia Jing pulled the corners of her mouth, "Concubine Ben didn't expect you to come over at this time, we were about to go to the warehouse for some business." ”

To be honest, she and Wu Yuli are not familiar with each other, and she doesn't want to change her itinerary for the sake of someone she doesn't know.

"We're just here to take a stroll around the street, and we'll come here to see you, nothing important, or why don't we go to the store with you?"

Wu Yuli made a suggestion.

Xia Jing shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "If you have nothing to do, just follow." ”

Wu Yuli happily responded, and when Xia Jing and the others got into the carriage first, she returned to her carriage with her skirt.

The carriage shook and moved forward, and Mu Guangzhen looked at the carriage in front of her, which was countless times more luxurious than her family, from the window, and her heart was extremely sour, "Mother, it's hard for you." ”

For the sake of the whole family, she had to grovel in front of a woman who was once inferior to her, and tried her best to please and flatter.

Sure enough, marrying is a woman's second reincarnation, and the old man is right!

"For your brothers and sisters, for your mother!"

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