Chapter 382 Leave it to her
The next day, Hu Lan ran to the government office to negotiate with Lu Youpeng about the carriage bureau.
Master Lu was very surprised that the Mongolian girl was so bold and daring.
Of course, he was happy that Hulan was doing his job and not causing trouble for Zhao Yulin, and was still looking for economic growth points for Xuzhou. Lao Lu cooperated very enthusiastically. He arranged the parking lot, selected the call station, asked Chen Xian to design a new sightseeing car, and made various signs. Even the coachman helped to check, and found people in the city who had skills but nothing to do and asked Wu Jing to train them.
Zhu Fugui did the math and was shocked to find that a bureau with ten carriages would cost at least eight thousand strings of cash.
This stopped Hu Lan.
When she came back, Sister Ma Ling gave her five thousand strings of cash and told her that she would have one hundred strings of cash left for her monthly expenses. She thought she would never be able to spend it all and was very happy all the way.
I didn't expect that the money would be spent like water, and I would be short of hundreds of coins after just a few meals.
Hu Lan was worried, and Wu Jing came in and gave her some advice: I think our grandma loves our mother very much, so we can go to grandma and find a solution.
Besides, if the money is not enough, we can just take two fewer carriages.
When Hu Lan heard Wu Jing calling her stepmother, she was so happy that she immediately went up to Wu Jing and hugged her and shook her violently. She had completely forgotten what Wu Jing had just said.
Wu Jing pushed her away and asked what she was so excited about, did you find the money?
Go and ask grandma for advice.
Haha, Hu Lan wants to get the recognition of the kids, while Wu Jing needs to get things done.
But without money, everything you do is in vain.
Hu Lan patted her chest happily and told him not to worry, she would take care of it, and immediately went to Zhao Yulin's mother.
Her mother was designing new clothes. She saw that the Mongolian clothes Hulan was wearing were very distinctive, so she locked herself in the room and tinkered with them.
Hu Lan went in and called softly, "Grandma."
His mother didn't hear him and continued to work on her drawing homework.
She shouted again, which frightened Zhao Yulin's mother. She dropped the tools in her hands and looked at Hu Lan with a worried look on her face.
When her mother saw clearly, she immediately pulled the little girl close to her arms and asked what was wrong? It's only been a few days, and it's not fun anymore?
How about we cross the river and eat Bamboo Forest Beggar’s Chicken?
Hu Lan shook her head, spread her hands and said that she had no money to spend and she wanted money.
Zhao Yulin's mother was a traditional thrifty person. She looked at Hu Lan beside her with a little surprise, thinking that this girl must be from a wealthy family on the grassland. She spent money like water. Five thousand strings of cash, and it was gone in just a few days since she left Chengdu. How could my son end up with such a prodigal daughter?
But Hu Lan was a girl after all who came thousands of miles to find her son, so she wanted the money just for this reason.
His mother was stunned for a moment and asked how much he needed. I will go get it right away.
Hu Lan was very smart and could see at a glance that his mother-in-law had doubts. When he saw that her mother-in-law agreed, he raised his right hand and shook it, and directly asked for five thousand strings of cash.
Zhao Yulin's mother's heart skipped a beat. She went into the inner room, sighed, took out the silver and gave it to Hu Lan, and reminded him to spend it frugally.
Hu Lan didn't care about that. She took the money happily, thanked her mother-in-law, and ran away.
His mother looked at the little girl's back and shook her head, wondering whether she should write a letter to Zhao Yulin to ask him to teach this future daughter-in-law well.
How can you spend money like this? Even a mountain of gold will be emptied.
Hu Lan ran back and immediately summoned Wu Jing and the others, proudly holding up the money to tell them that it was done.
The three cute kids looked at Hu Lan with joy and immediately started to divide the work.
Zhu Fugui was the chief accountant and was stationed at Jiuzhouba Station, Wu Jing was the deputy accountant and was guarding the dock on the river bank, and Chen Liu was responsible for patrolling the bus stops along the way.
As an investor, Hu Lan’s job was to contact the government office and supervise the work, waiting to count the money.
Hu Lan and her family hid it well, and only invited her mother-in-law to take a ride on the shared tourist carriage for sightseeing on the opening day.
His mother was delighted to see Chen Liu, Wu Jing and the others together, and that Hu Lan was leading such a big thing. Her previous doubts were swept away, and she even asked Hu Lan if he needed any money, and she would give him as much as he wanted.
I was still feeling lucky in my heart, haha, this daughter-in-law is really capable. Fortunately, I didn't write a letter to her third son to complain, otherwise I would have wrongly blamed her.
This is the tourist carriage mentioned earlier that Yang Daquan and his party from the Lin'an delegation took.
This novelty was created by Zhao Yulin's children, and the people of Xuzhou all supported it. Although the fare was a bit high, a round trip cost 100 coins, but they mainly made money from the guests who came to eat and play, and they also carried the frail elderly for free, which was very good.
Lu Youpeng asked Guigu's master to design and produce hard tickets for their carriage company. Everyone who wanted to ride the carriage had to buy a ticket and queue up to get on the carriage. There were also constables patrolling at both ends of the station. The business was booming with such an orderly environment.
Zhao Yulin's mother really didn't expect this.
Hulan took some older kids to the bamboo forest to eat beggar chicken, and Wu Jing took the lead in calling them "little mother". Hulan was very happy, and kept asking the maid to serve wine. The jar of Lizhiqing wine had been emptied several times.
Just as they were having fun, a group of people came up from the river bank. Wu Jing immediately recognized that the person leading them was Zhao Sihan, and immediately ran over shouting "Aunt, Aunt".
After Chen Liu saw clearly, he immediately said, "Auntie is here, let's go over quickly."
Hu Lan sat there motionless and said that she was the sister-in-law. How could a sister-in-law go to pay a visit to her younger sister-in-law?
Several kids had already surrounded Zhao Sihan and Duan Xiaolin, chatting with them and pulling them towards where Hu Lan was sitting.
Hulan stood up with a smile when she saw they were almost there, and Wu Jing immediately introduced them as their Hulan little mother. Little mother might be the one who opened a new shared tourist carriage agency in Jiangbei .
Zhao Sihan was puzzled. How come they didn't know about it yet?
She went up to him, looked him up and down, and asked when they got married and why he didn't tell her.
Hulan already knew that the Song man was going to get married, and that if there was no wedding banquet and ceremony, it would not be considered a marriage. Her face turned red, and she stammered that Brother Yulin was busy, so everything should be kept simple. Then she invited Duan Xiaolin to sit down and drink, and asked the maid to call the shopkeeper to add more dishes.
Duan Xiaolin was amazed at Hu Lan's magnanimity and calmness. He remembered that the previous sisters-in-law, including Princess Feiyan, were not as calm and composed as the woman in front of him when they first met.
When Hu Lan saw Duan Xiaolin holding the wine glass and standing there in a daze, refusing to drink, he thought that he disliked the Litchi Green wine because it was watery and not strong enough, so he immediately called Bart to exchange it for Wugufeng, and also exchanged his own wine for Wugufeng liquor.
Zhao Sihan was even more surprised, and immediately said to his sister-in-law, "Just eat green lychees," and don't bother with theirs.
Hu Lan wanted to take her sister-in-law's seat properly, and said proudly that she had only drunk Wu Gu Feng when she was having dinner with Brother Yulin, and today she would drink one with her sister-in-law and brother-in-law on behalf of Brother Yulin.
After saying that, he raised the cup, toasted in front of Zhao Sihan and his wife, and drank it all in one gulp.
Duan Xiaolin quickly raised his glass and drank it all, and Zhao Sihan also drank it all immediately.
Hu Lan was very happy. He waved his hand and the maid immediately filled their glasses with new ones. They drank three big cups in a row.
Zhao Sihan was drunk and her face turned red. She was surprised. Where did this little sister-in-law come from? She drank three glasses of wine in a row, each of which was one or two ounces. Her alcohol tolerance was really amazing.
Seeing that Duan Xiaolin was already dizzy, she quickly asked him to stop, fearing that Hu Lan would also get drunk and how would she explain to her third brother.
Hu Lan was still in high spirits and ordered three more cups before stopping.
Wu Jing was also worried that Hu Lan was drunk, so she asked Chen Liu and Zhu Fugui to accompany her aunt to ride in their tourist carriage, and she helped Hu Lan cross the river.
Zhao Sihan took a carriage back to the old house in Jiangbei and saw that the yard was deserted and silent. He didn't know why.
After meeting her mother, she learned that her eldest brother Zhao Yuqing had committed a crime and was exiled to Guangnan according to the law. Her aunt was so angry that she lay down. Her eldest sister-in-law also returned to her parents' home in anger.
Her father felt ashamed and naturally had a bad face. He stayed in the yard all day and didn't go out.
After Zhao Sihan and Duan Xiaolin met her father, they returned to her mother's room. Her mother asked them why they came back.
You don't come here just to see your parents, do you?
Duan Xiaolin then said that it was not entirely true, and he still had to discuss state affairs with his third brother. His father sent him back to ask his third brother for his share of the tax revenue for the new town.
Dali had been fighting in the south for years and had consumed too much resources. They wanted to discuss with their third brother how to adjust the tax sharing in Xinshi and ask him to give more to Dali.
In recent years, the people of several counties south of Xinshi have lived and worked in peace and contentment, the economy has developed rapidly, and the market town of Xinshi has more than doubled in size. The tax officials of Dali were jealous of the rapid growth in taxes and reported it to the Dali royal court in a hurry.
The little emperor was short of money and had been thinking about it for a long time .
His mother-in-law had already resigned from her post as deputy envoy of the grain transport department and was managing the Shenwei Army and the Zhao family's own business with his wife. He had no choice but to say that the tax distribution in Xinshi was a state affair and a major event, and that he should go to the Ministry of Rites in Chengdu to negotiate.
Duan Xiaolin said with difficulty: The Ministry of Rites is under the control of Sister Feiyan. With Third Brother on the left and Third Sister-in-law on the right, she brought Sihan back to ask our mother for help.
His mother felt that Duan Xiaolin's mouth was becoming sweeter and sweeter, as if it was smeared with honey. However, no matter how sweet it was, tax sharing was a major national event, and they had to go to Chengdu to handle it themselves.
Duan Xiaolin still begged his mother-in-law for more advice on how to get money from his third brother.
His mother-in-law pointed at Zhao Sihan and said: It's fine as long as Sihan goes with us to Chengdu.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin and Feiyan had a happy night last night, and fell into a deep sleep when the day was almost dawn. When he woke up, he sneezed twice in succession. How could he know that it was Duan Xiaolin who was thinking about him?
Seeing this, Zhao Feiyan asked with concern what was going on.
Are you catching a cold, bro?
He smiled and said: Of course, who told me not to cover you with a blanket last night?
It's only early spring, it would be strange if we didn't catch a cold.
The woman smiled and pinched his waist, saying shyly that the boy always likes to play tricks on people, and then she pulled him up to take a bath, change clothes, and go out to the government office to do her work.
When Lao Cao saw him coming, he invited him to have tea and chat. After eating a few bites, he complained about too many troubles, saying that the king also had to take care of the trivial affairs of Chengdu Prefecture, which was too annoying.
Zhao Yulin knew that Lao Cao came from a military background and hated working in the office.
Although he had served as the prefect of Xingyuan Prefecture in the past, that was a management model under the wartime mechanism, which was simple and crude.
