89. Settling and Selling(1/2)
The fleet had a lot of things to deal with. Those people came to pick up Zheng Yi, but in fact they just took Zheng Yi to a nearby house where the Zheng family was located. The Zheng family had been doing business from south to north, so they bought a house near the dock.
The house was under Zheng Yi's name, so Zheng Yi made the decision and asked Jiang Zhen to lead his men to live in the house with him.
It is actually quite troublesome for them to leave. Although the goods on the ship do not need to be unloaded for the time being, they can just find someone to watch, but they must carry silver. Zheng Yi has to carry all the cards.
Originally, there were so many things that they had to hire porters to help, but because Jiang Zhen saved a lot of people from the water bandits, it was enough in the end.
After almost two hours of struggle, Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen organized their teams separately and asked their subordinates to carry the burden and walk towards the Zheng family's house.
Seeing the team walking, Zheng Yi greeted Jiang Zhen: "Jiang Zhen, there are carriages here, you can go with me."
"Thank you, Mr. Zheng." Jiang Zhen said, the sun was very strong outside, and he really couldn't bear to let the pregnant Zhao Jin walk outside.
Carriages are very expensive, and raising a carriage is more expensive than raising a few servants. This is all, and it is actually not very comfortable to sit on the carriage.
After finding that the carriage was bumpy, Jiang Zhen looked at Brother Zhao worriedly, fearing that Brother Zhao could not stand the bumpy... Those people in the TV series often miscarriage at any time. Wouldn't such bumpy bump be bad?
Jiang Zhen was worried, but Brother Zhao had no feelings at all.
He had a reaction of dry retching before, but now he has no feeling at all. He always feels that having children is no different from when he has no children.
At this moment, Brother Zhao Jin looked around carefully, and was extremely curious about the carriage he was riding in and the horse pulling the carriage.
Horses are rare in Jiangnan. There are not many carriages in Hecheng County, so he has never seen them much.
"Brother Zhao Jin, do you like carriages? You can ask Jiang Zhen to buy you one and take it back." Zheng Yi smiled and said, "The carriages in Beijing are much cheaper than those in Jiangnan."
"No need..." Brother Zhao Jin said quickly, but no matter how many words he said, he couldn't say.
Jiang Zhen's heart moved, it was fine if the carriage was gone, but this horse... he really wanted to raise one.
If it were in modern times, he would definitely not think about raising a horse, but would want to buy a good car. But nowadays, he would have to think about horses.
Brother Zhao Jin was obviously very reserved. After Zheng Yi said something to him, he stopped chatting with him, but instead talked to Jiang Zhen about something else.
"You don't need to unload the goods on your ship. After finding the buyer, just ask them to unload the goods. As for the money, I will leave a warehouse for you in the farm. Then you can put the money there and find someone to watch it." Zheng Yi said.
Jiang Zhen nodded and thanked Zheng Yi. After all, if Zheng Yi had not borrowed the warehouse, he really didn't know what to do if he should take the money.
He had always thought that in Daqi, he could deposit silver in the money house and then trade it with money house silver notes, but the fact was not like this at all.
Nowadays, there are products similar to money houses and silver notes, but they can only be used locally. In other words, if you want to go far to do business, you must bring real gold or goods.
I have to say that it is because of this that business is not very developed today and there are fewer big businessmen.
Jiang Zhen robbed tens of thousands of taels of silver from the water bandits, and it took dozens of people to carry it. On Zheng Yi's side, there were more people responsible for picking up the goods.
The carriage slowly opened the way in front, and behind them, a huge team followed closely, and many people were carrying silver.
The silver is heavy and it is inconvenient to move it, but it is not unhelpful. At least... it is not easy to steal someone else's large amount of silver.
Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen talked a lot, and Jiang Zhen wrote down one by one, and after half an hour, the Zheng family's house arrived.
The house was quite big, with several entry points. After Zheng Yi arrived, he pointed to one of the yards and shook Jiang.
The yard was not big and there were not many houses, but both Jiang Zhen and the people under his command were very happy.
No matter how small the house is, it is more comfortable to live on the boat.
After living on the boat for so long, God knows how much they miss life on land!
When Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jin Ge were on the boat, they had a cabin to live in, but now they were very happy to live in the yard. Zhao Jin Ge looked around and found that the yard was clean and had a new mat on it. After he even had a new mat, he wanted to lie down and sleep peacefully.
Of course, he didn't do that, he was still hungry.
Zheng Yi sent them some food, including pork, mutton and fresh vegetables. Jiang Zhen sent some to the boat and made the rest. Everyone had a good meal and then took Brother Zhao Jin to rest.
No one disturbed this sleep, Jiang Zhen slept until the next day, and when he woke up, Brother Zhao Jin was still asleep.
Thinking about the way over, Brother Zhao Jin was afraid that he was very tired, so Jiang Zhen did not wake him up, but got up gently and went outside.
He got up a little late, and the others were basically awake, gathering together in groups of three or three to talk, while the cook and Ruoer were washing clothes in the yard.
"Mrs. Li, is the breakfast ready?" Jiang Zhen asked. The cook's surname was Li. He couldn't just call him by his name, so he kept calling her Li.
"Master, it's ready." Li said quickly, washing his hands with clean water and going to serve the meal - now it's hot, so she doesn't have to worry about the food getting colder, so she prepared food early.
Jiang Zhen stopped her: "I'll just go to the kitchen to eat."
Jiang Zhen only asked Li to take charge of the meals between him and Zhao Jin Ge, and asked her to make more food that is good for pregnant people. She has often made some soup and water recently.
For example, what she prepared today was porridge made with chicken soup, scallion pancakes, and cold cucumbers, shredded chicken and braised dried tofu dishes.
These things were a bit irrelevant to Jiang Zhen. He took a steamed bun bigger than a fist from the food his subordinates ate, ate one, drank a bowl of porridge, and ate three scallion pancakes before he felt a little more comfortable, and then took people out.
Originally, he only needed to protect Zheng Yi, but now he had a lot of goods, so he became busy. Fortunately, when he arrived in the capital, Zheng Yi no longer needed protection.
After Jiang Zhen returned to the boat, the fat man named Luo Tianci came over and said that his family had come to pick him up.
Someone came to pick him up so soon, and Jiang Zhen felt more and more that this person was not simple, but he did not go into it in depth.
Luo Tianci repeatedly thanked Jiang Zhen, gave him 500 taels of silver, and gave Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi each who had taken care of him for half a month, leaving only the somewhat dumbfounded Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi.
They also thought that Fatty Luo would accept them as a concubine, but they didn't expect that they only gave twenty taels of silver...
But they only followed him for more than half a month. It was actually quite good to have twenty taels of silver, but what should they do in the future?
Whether it was the sailors or the rescued woman Shuang'er, they could leave as long as they wanted to leave. Jiang Zhen was not restricted, but almost all of them left, even Zhao Lingxi and Liu Qianqian did not leave.
"You can stay, but if you want to listen to me, and if you want to leave in the future, you must say hello in advance." Jiang Zhen said.
As soon as he said this, the people didn't want to leave. Only a woman stood up and said, "You...will you...send us to those...stains of dirty places?"
Shuang'er, a woman who has suffered such a crime and left her hometown and was killed by a man by a water bandit, basically couldn't go back to her home. They wanted to follow Jiang Zhen, but they were a little afraid of being sold to a fireworks place.
In that fireworks place, women who are particularly beautiful may find a way out for themselves, but most people have been ruined and often live less than thirty years old. After death, they are mostly just wrapped in straw mats and thrown away casually.
"Don't worry about this. I won't send you to such a place, but you all have to work." Jiang Zhen said.
Jiang Zhen has been taking care of these women along the way and is determined not to infringe on the men on the boat, but he also sent them a lot of work, such as giving them fabrics and making clothes.
Now that he heard Jiang Zhen’s words and thought about what happened before, those who wanted to live a good life in the future were relieved and relieved, but people like Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi couldn’t help but hesitate.
They don't want to work, but if they leave, where can they go?
Maybe someone will be greedy for their appearance and ask them for it, but will they throw them away after playing for a few days? What should they do when they get old and lose their lust?
Liu Qianqian pinched the twenty taels of silver given by Fatty Luo in her hand, and finally gritted her teeth and got into the pile of women.
Now that she goes outside, she might encounter something. She might as well follow Jiang Zhen first. At worst, she can find a way out before leaving.
Liu Qianqian made the choice, and Zhao Lingxi also made the same choice.
Jiang Zhen actually didn't like these two people very much, but he didn't make things difficult for them. He just said, "You can't do less work in the future, and don't have any bad thoughts, otherwise I won't be polite to you."
When those people heard this, they nodded repeatedly.
They could see that Jiang Zhen would not be polite to them. He said that he would not work but have no food to eat, so he would really not give food to those who do not work, no matter how good the person looked.
His subordinates listened to him very much...
Jiang Zhen handled these people and counted some of the goods on the ship. Seeing that it was getting late, he hurried back.
When Jiang Zhen was rushing back, Brother Zhao Jin was taking Ruoer for a walk outside the house.
The villagers planted a lot of vegetables near the house, and there were several of them in it, Brother Zhao Jin had never seen them before, so he found the farmer. The chicken and duck talked for a long time to spend money to buy some seeds and go back, so that he could eat more vegetables at home in the future.
Then, when Jiang Zhen came back, he saw Brother Zhao holding a piece of mud in his hand. There were green leeks growing on the mud.
Seeing Jiang Zhen, Zhao Jin's footsteps paused, and then showed a flattering smile at Jiang Zhen. Jiang Zhen saw that he was a little tight and almost didn't let him do any work. Now wouldn't you be unhappy to see him making himself dirty?
He wanted to throw away the vegetables in his hand, but he was reluctant to let it go.
"What are you doing with your chives in your arms?" Jiang Zhen asked.
"Is this called leek?" Zhao Jin Ge was a little surprised and said, "Hecheng County doesn't have this thing, I want to take it back to plant it." He saw that the vegetables in the field were long and short, and it seemed that they could grow one immediately after cutting them, so he wanted to take them back to plant it. As a result, the man couldn't understand what he said, and finally turned over a nest of vegetables for him...
"It's good to plant some of this. I'll take you to buy seeds next time." Jiang Zhen nodded and said, "As for now..."
Jiang Zhen looked at Brother Zhao with a little threat, and then pulled Brother Zhao, who was startled by him, back to the house to take a shower.
Of course, what you take in this bath is not an ordinary bath, but a mandarin bath.
He and Zhao Jin had a big bathtub in the house. It would be a pity not to use it for use... Of course, the most important thing is that when he saw Zhao Jin holding a piece of mud with leeks, he suddenly couldn't help it...
Although he couldn't help it, considering the child in Zhao Jin's belly, Jiang Zhen didn't really do anything. He just used his legs, making Zhao Jin's face red.
That night, Jiang Zhen ate late and ate the long-lost leeks.
He still likes this taste very much. Brother Zhao Jin had eaten it for the first time, but when he saw Jiang Zhen like it, he thought that he would still bring some seeds back and plant them well.
For several consecutive days, Jiang Zhen was very busy. He went to the dock every day. He left Zhao Jin alone at home.
This is a very normal thing for other Shuang'er, but Brother Zhao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
In the past, he could go out with Jiang Zhen, but now he does nothing all day.
However, Brother Zhao was only lost for a few days.
After Jiang Zhen came back that day, he said to Brother Zhao Jin: "I will go to discuss business with people tomorrow. Do you go with me?"
Brother Zhao Jin felt that he might only cause trouble for Jiang Zhen when he followed him, but he really wanted to go... "Okay."
Brother Zhao Jin agreed, and Jiang Zhen took him out the next day.
To be continued...