Chapter 388: Earning Money
Zhao Yulin's official ship had already left the port. He went into the cabin to rest only after the dock became blurry.
After serving the tea, Chu Yuxuan complained that the young master was like this every time, the expenses were so high, and more than half of the new currency prepared by Madam Ma Ling had been used up.
He smiled and said that he had a wealthy family and it was no big deal for him to have a meal with his brothers.
He asked Chu Yuxuan to sort out the accounts and pay out all the brothers' travel expenses, and any excess expenses would be charged to him.
Chu Yuxuan told him that his brothers had done the math for him and found that after all the hard work traveling all over the country over the years, almost all of his salary had been spent on traveling.
Zhao Yulin couldn't help laughing after listening to this, thinking that this boy is really attentive.
He told Yuxuan: When the country is stable in the future, there will be no need to run so hard. Then we can follow the rules, and his family will no longer have to make a living to supplement the family income.
Seeing that he looked tired, Chu Yuxuan tactfully made an excuse to leave and asked him to have a good rest.
Chengdu, Zhao Yulin's mansion, all the officials from the Central Court who were on patrol have returned. After a long walk, a group of women always have endless things to talk about.
So, Yangjin and the others took a collective leave and are all at home recuperating and taking care of the children.
Yangjin angrily hugged her son and complained to Zhao Yulin that the baby was already one year old and still hadn't grown up. He kept calling "little bump, little bump" all day long, as if her son would never grow up.
Then he pointed at Zhao Feiyan and her son and said that they were really princesses. Yulin was just partial. The young master was named Zhao Guangrui, so what should her son be called?
The women teased their children and listened to her rage and act coquettishly, laughing happily.
Zhao Feiyan told Yangjin that the name given by our father-in-law is more precious, but he is a well-known old scholar in Yibin, so why don’t you go to Yibin and ask our father-in-law to name the child?
Brother Yulin will be back soon.
Chen Chen immediately went over and said, "That's perfect. Fatty Huang from Jinzhou has sent another big official ship, but no one dares to ride it. So we sisters can ride the new official ship back to Yibin. What do you think?"
Yangjin's face lit up with joy, and she was about to agree, but she immediately held it back and said to her sisters that it was not a big deal to take a government ship, but Lord Cao didn't take one, and if we were asked to go east by ship, it might be a bit inappropriate, and those sour literati and pedantic scholars would definitely find an opportunity to gossip about us.
How about asking Sister Ma Ling to invite Mrs. Cao to visit Yibin and try on the new clothes made by our mother-in-law?
Ma Linger is extremely smart. She wants Madam Cao to take the boat to Yibin on behalf of King Cao Youwen.
She immediately went to Cao's house to persuade Mrs. Cao to go east to Xuzhou for fun.
When Lao Cao heard about it, he immediately supported it and asked his wife and Yangjin to open the new luxury official ship together. He said it would be a waste if it was not used, but if he didn't use it, others wouldn't dare to use it either, so his wife would take over and try out the new official ship.
The next day, Yangjin and Chen Chen accompanied Mrs. Cao on a boat to Yibin.
After a whole day of bumpy ride on the boat, Zhao Yulin returned to Cuiping Mountain. Lu Youpeng picked him up and took him to the Xuzhou government office for a drink. He cheerfully told him that being a prefect was very busy, as he had to take care of all matters, big or small, and it was not easy to be a prefect.
He smiled and said that the Spring and Autumn Period was in its prime, and this little thing was nothing, it was all rubbish. He asked Lu Youpeng to use all the capable people in Cuiping Mountain to divide the work and cooperate.
Master Lu wants to hire a few people. Is there anything that the Ministry of Personnel won’t approve?
What Lu Youpeng was worried about was not this. He asked him about the Cao brothers who went further and further away. One went to Guangzhou and entered Fujian; the other went to Changsha and entered Jiangnan West Road.
A lot of military affairs here and the defense of Cuiping Mountain fall on Lu Youpeng's shoulders. Should we find two people to take charge of it?
He said that Chengdufu Road, Lizhou Road and Tongchuanfu Road were handed over to Zhang Guoan, but Xuzhou Xinshi Town, Kuizhou Road and Guizhou Road would be under the charge of Master Lu, right?
In fact, Xuzhou only needs to keep an eye on those officials and their families and make sure they don't get into trouble. The rest can be handled by the deputy envoys and the chief commanders, so the master can free up his hands.
Lao Lu guessed that this was the arrangement for him, and said with a smile that he was originally asked to go back to Cuiping Mountain to rest, but he didn't expect that there would be more and more things to do.
However, Zhao Yulin said that Master Lu was getting younger and younger, and showed no signs of getting old at all.
Old Lu was very happy and let out a series of hearty laughs.
He told Zhao Yulin: Madam Hulan has made it. She has opened a tourist shared carriage business in the city with less than 10,000 strings of cash. The business is booming and Zhu Fugui is already declaring taxes.
This made Zhao Yulin look at it with new eyes. He knew that Yibin had opened a carriage bureau. He originally thought that Hu Lan was just taking a few children out for fun and would lose interest after a while.
I didn't expect that he was doing so well and had created a business that laid golden eggs, making a profit so quickly.
He told Lao Lu that the children of the Shenwei Army’s families must do this and are not allowed to be idle. If they are caught, they must be severely punished.
Lao Lu sighed and said that every family’s children have their own difficulties, and no one is as smart as his child who can get everything they want.
Zhao Yulin took a sip of wine and said: It's because his family has money, so he can do whatever he wants, right?
Lao Lu couldn't help but answer directly, raised his glass and clinked it with his, saying: It's just a flea on a monk's head, it's obvious. Which family of generals' children can be like his family, always able to gather together any amount of money they want to spend?
Aren’t you afraid of losing money and having no food to eat?
Haha, what Lao Lu said is indeed true. Zhao Yulin has a large family and a great fortune, so it is no problem for him to spend 30,000 or 50,000 strings of cash.
If any other kid was a spendthrift like this, Lu Youpeng would definitely investigate thoroughly to see if there was any corruption.
He asked Lao Lu to find out which families have grown-up children who have nothing to do, and push them out to do anything suitable for them. Even if they come to work in his workshop, they are not allowed to lounge around and cause trouble.
Once these young people become idle and play around, they will be ruined.
When Zhao Yulin returned, Hu Lan was still waiting for him with a few grown children.
The little girl happily asked the kitchen to serve the food so that she could accompany him to eat the Five Grains.
He said girls shouldn't get drunk so quickly, so drink lychee green tea instead.
Wu Jing said proudly that our young mother might not get drunk even if she drank a whole jar.
Zhao Yulin picked up the jar of Lizhiqing wine and poured them some wine, saying that they should drink this and have fun together. The kids were very happy because their dad was drinking with them.
After three cups of wine, Zhu Fugui reported to him that their carriage company was making money and business was booming, so they bought five more carriages.
There are also horse drivers who want to bring in their carriages to do business together.
After praising them one by one, Zhao Yulin also had a drink with Hu Lan. The girl was very happy and wanted to expand their carriage company.
He advised Hu Lan not to invest on his own, but to invite those in the city who were willing to invest to come and do so, especially those families of the Shenwei Army who loved to work and were willing to invest. If there was a good business, they could be allowed to participate and make money together.
If the generals knew that their children were making legitimate livings like us, they would be able to lead the troops at the front with peace of mind.
Wu Jing and the others were a little reluctant at first, but after hearing Zhao Yulin's explanation they understood the reason. This was to help his father stabilize the morale of the troops. They immediately laughed and said they would do as he said. They would go back and think about who would be willing to come, no matter how much money they invested, they could get a little less.
Zhao Yulin was very satisfied with the kids' attitude. He raised his glass and asked them to drink together to congratulate the little friends on growing up.
Zhao Yulin drank two bottles of wine in succession and felt a little dizzy. He went back to his room, took a shower, changed clothes and lay down. He felt someone walk into the room in a daze, climbed onto the bed and pressed on him.
He reached out and touched, damn, the naked person was none other than Hu Lan.
This is just adding fuel to the fire.
Zhao Yulin felt hot and uncomfortable all over. He forced himself to suppress the anger in his abdomen. Reluctantly, he pushed the girl away and said it was too early to have a baby. His women could only have babies when they were 18 or 19 years old, otherwise it would harm them.
The little girl was getting very excited and was not willing to give up. She silently used her two magic hands to continue adding fuel to the fire.
Zhao Yulin was extremely frightened. He silently recited the Yunshui Jue to calm himself down. He repeatedly promised and swore that he would marry Hu Lan. Only then did the girl get off him triumphantly and insisted on sleeping in the same bed and refused to leave.
She is already a lady.
Zhao Yulin was no longer drunk, and soon after Hulan held his hand, he fell asleep. He gently pulled his hand away, got out of bed, and started to meditate and practice.
Just when he was about to finish his training, Hu Lan came out and asked him to teach her Tai Chi sword techniques. She also confidently said that all his women knew how to do it and she also wanted to learn how to defend herself.
Zhao Yulin sighed secretly that this girl was already incredible, a wild little witch. If she learned Tai Chi, he didn't know how to deal with her.
The two of them slowly began to practice in the yard.
When it was daybreak, his mother came early and called him to eat.
Hu Lan went up to his mother happily and said: Mother-in-law, my brother has agreed to let his wife into the house.
His mother said with a smile: That's right, Yulin will not treat our Zhao family's wife badly.
The little girl happily pulled her mother and walked in front.
As soon as Zhao Yulin sat down at the table, his mother told him cheerfully that the clothing store in Chengdu was doing very well. She had expanded the production of the workshop, but the tie suits were in short supply. She sewed them in batches according to height and weight, and had already shipped them to surrounding counties and cities that had demand. Her business would grow bigger and bigger.
However, Zhao Yulin told his mother that they only needed to occupy the business in Chengdu , the capital, and send an appropriate amount to other counties and cities, and let those tailor shops that imitated the business to do business in the surrounding areas.
We need to create many opportunities to make money so that ordinary people can learn how to earn money to spend.
Her mother hesitated for a moment and seemed to understand, and told him to maintain the status quo. She would only urge him to make the clothes well and exquisitely.
Zhao Yulin gave her mother a thumbs up.
Hulan said that her carriage company was going to expand. She would not invest in it herself, but would bring in others who were willing to invest so that everyone could make money.
He patted Hu Lan on the shoulder and asked her to go to Si Niang for advice.
That's it for the Tourist Carriage Bureau.
There is now a longer route on which carriages can be run: that is a great livelihood.
