bookrebus Chapter 282 Business Is Not Easy
Chapter 282 Business Is Not Easy
Ye Jintang, who was far away in Nanping City, had no idea what was happening in the capital. The spies she had planted reported that Xiao Yi and Ye Yanran had suddenly become well-off recently, but they had not yet found out where the money came from.
"Your Highness, where did Xiao Yi get so much money to hold a hundred-day banquet for the little grandson? Imperial Noble Consort Dehui wouldn't have other hidden funds, right?"
"It definitely didn't come from a legitimate source. I'll send someone to investigate carefully. It won't hurt to get more evidence against them."
"Let Xiao Yi and Imperial Noble Consort Dehui show off for now. The more bad things they do now, the worse they will fall when we return to the capital."
Ye Jintang nodded slightly. Once they had established a firm foothold in Ningchuan Province, the world would probably not be far from chaos.
Ye Jintang, who knew about the future development, looked at Xiao Mo secretly. As long as he was in good health and had his own troops in Ningchuan Province, his chances of successfully seizing the throne in the future would be greater.
The group stayed in Nanping City for several days, and things here were finally almost settled.
Before leaving, Ye Jintang rented a very large warehouse in Nanping City to store medicinal herbs and chestnuts.
In the inn, she called the innkeeper Qiao to talk.
"The medicinal herbs and chestnuts stored in Nanping City by Manager Qiao are very valuable. You must keep a close eye on them and make sure there are no mistakes."
"Don't worry, Madam. I have already made arrangements. I have assigned people to patrol and guard all the warehouses for 12 hours."
"Every warehouse is staffed by young and strong people. If anything happens, they will respond as quickly as possible and will never let the things in the warehouse be damaged."
Hearing what Manager Qiao said, Ye Jintang felt much more relieved.
"We are going to open two workshops in Nanping City. Please make arrangements."
"Everything has been arranged. I have discussed with Master Bai that I will stay in Nanping City until the grocery store in Nanping City is on track. Master Bai will leave for Hehua City tomorrow. He will bring chestnut cakes and moxa sticks with him to set up the grocery store first."
"Well, our grocery store has more and more items. A few days ago, I sent a pigeon letter to my cousin, asking him to make a batch of rouge and powder suitable for Northwest women as soon as possible and send it to Jianinghe Nanping City."
The climate in different places is different, and the requirements for rouge and powder are also different. The climate in the northwest is slightly dry, so the southern formula cannot be used.
The two talked about some things about the goods, and then Ye Jintang asked Manager Qiao about the account book.
"In the future, herbal medicine shops and grocery stores will be everywhere in Tianqin Country. Shopkeeper Qiao, you should think about how to manage the account books."
"I have thought about this a little while ago. All the shops should check their accounts once a year and send them all to Your Majesty for review."
"I will check the accounts of shops in each city every six months. The three neighboring cities will form a group, and the accountants will check each other's accounts every month."
Manager Qiao has helped Mr. Wen manage the shop for many years and has quite a lot of experience.
In the future, when Ye Jintang opens other shops, she can continue to use this accounting system to prevent someone from falsifying accounts and stealing her money.
"Boss Qiao, I'm handing over the entire shop to you."
Ye Jintang has not seen a single penny of profit so far, but he has invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and will continue to invest in the future. As for when he will make money, it all depends on the ability of the shopkeeper Qiao.
"I will definitely not let you down, Madam."
Manager Qiao and Bai Ziyao teamed up to help Ye Jintang manage business matters, which made her life a lot easier.
They helped her arrange things one by one, and she didn't have to worry about whether there were problems with the products or how to solve the difficulties that the shop might encounter in the future. They would help her with everything.
As long as there are no major mistakes, Ye Jintang only needs to continue researching new products and then wait to count the money, and he doesn't care about anything else.
On the 7th day in Nanping City, Ye Jintang and his group finally set out on their journey again.
As soon as he got on the carriage, Xiao Mo leaned on the soft pillow to catch up on his sleep. He was probably the busiest person these days.
Transporting silver, purchasing supplies, and arranging private soldiers to leave Nanping City in batches for Ningchuan Prefecture, Xiao Mo had hardly had a good night's sleep in recent days, and often had to discuss important matters with his advisers late at night.
Now that he finally has some free time, he can get a good night's sleep.
Ye Jintang glanced at Xiao Mo who quickly fell asleep, and she also went into the space to practice archery, martial arts, and grow medicinal herbs.
She emptied almost all the common medicinal materials in the space in Nanping City. In the future, if the cities around Nanping City are short of medicinal materials, they can come here to get them.
It took about 7 days to get from Nanping City to Hehua City. They only stayed in Hehua City for one day and then set off for Jianing.
Coming out of Hehua City, the official road was obviously more difficult to travel on, and it became increasingly bumpy. The carriage team had no choice but to slow down, otherwise everyone would be thrown up by the bumps within an hour.
The journey was smooth for 10 consecutive days, but Ye Jintang felt a little uneasy.
It seemed like all this was just a moment of calm before the storm.
I have to say that Ye Jintang's sixth sense is still very sharp.
A large army is stationed at Longyanggang, more than 100 miles away from Jianing City.
On the surface, they all look like businessmen, but if you look closely you can see that their facial features are somewhat different from those of people in the Central Plains.
"General, the spies reported that Xiao Mo's carriage team is still two days away from us."
A strong man with a big beard entered Min Shao's tent.
Min Shao was the general of the Western Rong. The people of the Western Rong were all extremely strong and sturdy. Min Shao looked to be at least two meters tall, and when he sat in the tent, he gave people a strong sense of oppression.
"They are quite fast. Tell the brothers to stay alert and make sure they don't let the enemy spies find us, so as not to alert the enemy."
"Yes."
"General, are the news about Xiao Mo true? I always feel that it is impossible for someone like Xiao Mo to become depressed just because of a few injuries or the death of some people in the palace."
"It should be about the same. He was once the god of war of the Tianqin Kingdom. We suffered so much at his hands in the past few years, and many of our brothers died under his sword."
"He has always been high and mighty, but he was suddenly trampled into the mud. Even the Northern Di people dared to go to the capital to assassinate him. This shows that he is really at the end of his rope. There is nothing to be afraid of."
It would be hard for a person who is at a high and mighty position to not suffer a mental breakdown when he suddenly falls into hell.
So after Min Shao received the news and learned that the Beidi people's assassination attempt on Xiao Mo had failed and the frightened Xiao Mo immediately went to be isolated, he decided to kill him.
When the two armies were fighting, Min Shao never got any good results at the hands of Xiao Mo, and most of his elite troops died at the hands of Xiao Mo.
More importantly, Min Shao’s eldest son died at the hands of Xiao Mo.
That was his most beloved eldest son. How could he not hate him when he lost him like this?
Now, while he is weak, he must kill him immediately to avenge his previous humiliation.
But he never thought that the information he received might be wrong.