Dawn.
Many people in Dahe Village have already gotten up to work.
There are only about ten cows in the village, and it takes nearly ten days for their turn to go home. After feeding the cows early in the morning, they start to plow the fields.
The men plowed the fields, while the women cooked and mended clothes at home.
In the hazy morning fog, an ox cart appeared on the mountain road. Zhao Da drove the cart, and in the cart were Zhao Ergou and Zhao Sanniu.
Zhao Da's family's oxcart was contracted by Cheng Wanwan's family. It cost 600 cash a month. It only lasted half a day. If you need to use it in the afternoon, you have to pay extra.
First I went to Hekou Town to deliver more than 300 kilograms of braised meat, and then I went to Ping'an Town to buy cloth.
At this moment, the sun has just risen, many shops on the street have just opened their doors, and oxcarts are swaying on the spacious streets.
Suddenly, there was the sound of horse hooves.
Zhao Da quickly drove the bullock cart to the roadside to avoid it.
A motorcade came down the street, with riders on horseback leading the way, horse-drawn carriages in the middle, and mule carts at the back. The vehicles were piled high with goods.
Zhao Sanniu asked curiously, "What is this for?"
"This is a person from the Security Guard Bureau. He has taken a big order."
"Good fellow, there are more than a dozen mule carts. I'm afraid I'll make a lot of money on this trip."
"These mules and horses should belong to the Wang family. Wang Yuanwai is the richest businessman in Ping'an County."
Zhao Sanniu looked at the horse at the front. A man in a cloak was sitting on a high horse with a sword on his waist. He looked majestic.
"What are you looking at?"
Zhao Ergou bumped his shoulder and asked curiously.
Zhao Sanniu said: "These people can escort goods to other places, they should be very powerful."
"That's for sure." Zhao Dadao said, "I heard that the Ping An Escort helps the government transport grain and grass every year. One day, they encountered bandits on the road. More than 30 members of the Ping An Escort captured the bandit leader alive and achieved great success. At that time, County Magistrate Shen even personally I wrote a plaque and sent it to the Security Guard Bureau."
Zhao Sanniu stared at the pedestrian's back and suddenly said: "Second brother, do you think my mother would agree if I proposed joining the escort agency?"
Zhao Ergou was stunned for a moment.
He really didn't expect that the third child would have such thoughts.
But then I thought about it and understood. The third child has always been strong and strong since he was a child. He especially likes to fight. If anyone in the family is bullied, the third child is always the first to rush.
When the village was selecting a patrol team, the third child wanted to participate. Later, he became the captain and was awarded a long knife.
He said: "If you like it, just do it. I think my mother will support you."
Zhao Sanniu grinned: "Okay, I'll tell my mother when I get back."
The two of them put this matter behind them for the time being and went to buy cloth without stopping. Because it was their first time to test the waters, they only bought fifty pieces of coarse cloth for the time being, which cost them four taels of silver.
Then the fifty pieces of coarse cloth were transported to Baiyun Town. Instead of selling them in the town, they drove the oxcart down to the village to sell them.
Coarse cloth in Baiyun Town cost four cents per foot, and he sold it for three cents. People in the village could buy cheap cloth without leaving their homes. In only one village, a cart full of cloth was sold out.
If it weren't for the getting late, Zhao Ergou would have wanted to make another lap.
He rushed back to Dahe Village before the sun went down. As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Ergou couldn't help but show off: "Mom, I made money!"
He couldn't wait to take out the two taels of silver: "I bought fifty pieces of cloth from Ping'an Town and took it to the village of Baiyun Town to sell it. It was sold out in less than a cup of tea, making a net profit of two taels of silver! There are three people in Baiyun Town. More than ten villages, I am going to expand my business tomorrow..."
Cheng Wanwan calmly reminded: "You should pay attention to see if anyone around you imitates you and sells cloth. If someone follows your example, the market will be easily saturated. Expanding your business too quickly is not a good choice."
Zhao Ergou thought for a while and said, "I bought fifty pieces of cloth from three or four houses. No one should know what I do."
Seeing that he knew what was going on, Cheng Wanwan said no more.
She glanced at Zhao Sanniu, who was standing by and hesitated for a long time, and called the child over: "Do you have something to say?"
Zhao Sanniu scratched the back of his head: "Mom, after the fall planting, there shouldn't be much work at home, right?"
"You kid, just say what you want to say and don't worry about the work at home." Cheng Wanwan pulled him over, "Tell me what's going on."
Under Cheng Wanwan's encouraging eyes, Zhao Sanniu said firmly: "Mom, I want to join the Ping An Escort Bureau."
"The Escort Agency?" Cheng Wanwan was stunned for a moment, "Why do you suddenly want to join the Escort Agency? Are you sure they are recruiting people there?"
Zhao Sanniu didn't know what to do when asked, and said dryly: "I saw them escorting goods and sitting on big horses. They were very majestic, so I really wanted to join them. I don't know if they are recruiting people. I'll go and ask tomorrow."
Cheng Wanwan didn't have any specific knowledge about the escort bureaus of this dynasty, but as far as she knew, the risk factor of the profession of escort should be quite high. In ancient times, it was a long journey from one place to another, and it was very common to encounter bandits and horse thieves. , so population mobility was particularly low in ancient times, which led to the high profits of the escort industry. High profits naturally come with high risks.
She spoke slowly: "Sanniu, no matter what you want to do, mother will support you, but think about it, are you suitable to join the escort agency? If you encounter bandits, what will you do to repel them?"
Zhao Sanniu thought seriously.
He can't even ride a horse, so the escort agency will definitely not want him.
"It's better than this." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "Last time I went back to Ping'an Town, I saw a martial arts school. There were quite a lot of children studying martial arts in it. Otherwise, I would send you to a martial arts school for half a year first, and then you would have something to protect yourself. Ability, how about going to the escort agency again?"
Zhao Sanniu's eyes lit up.
He seems to want to go to martial arts more than the escort agency.
He nodded like a fool: "Okay, okay, all depends on mother's arrangement!"
He hesitated for a moment, "I went to a martial arts school to learn martial arts, and only the eldest brother and the second brother did the work at home. No, the second brother also has to do business, and the eldest brother is the only one who handles the things in the fields..."
"You don't have to worry about this. I'll just pay someone to help." Cheng Wanwan looked at Zhao Dashan, "Da Shan, if you have something you like to do, no matter what it is, as long as you bring it up, Mom will think If it’s reasonable, I’ll let you do it.”
She respects every child's interests and hobbies, and will fully support them as long as they are not against morality.
As for these household chores, as long as they can afford the money, there are plenty of people willing to do them.
We cannot delay the development of children just because no one is doing things at home. This is called focusing on one thing at the expense of the other.
Zhao Dashan touched his head: "Mom, I just like farming. I plant the seeds, weed, water and fertilize. Every harvest is the happiest time for me. I'm not as smart as the second brother and can do business. The third child knows how to fight, and unlike Si Dan, who is quick-witted and can read, I only have one thought, which is to take good care of my wife, raise my children, and be filial to my mother."
Studying for the imperial examination is a dream, doing business and making a lot of money is a dream, but who says having a wife and children on the hot bed is not a dream.
Cheng Wanwan smiled and looked at his eldest son: "Okay, then let's work hard towards this idea."
Zhao Dashan smiled honestly: "I will stay here and take good care of the whole family. The second, third, and fourth children can just go out and make a living, and don't have to worry about home."
