But the shipping fee is only ten taels. Of course, if you drive a carriage from Hetou Village to Jizhou, you will have to walk for four or five days. You will eat and drink along the way. It is estimated that the several hundred pennies from selling cabbage will have to be paid in. , but the ten taels of silver are designated as pure profit.
It's a pity that even if you calculate it this way, you won't actually spend much money. Fifty carts of cabbage and ten thousand plants cost only 500 taels of silver for shipping, and only 20 taels of cabbage for buying. To Tian Wenhao, this was just drizzle.
However, if these few hundred taels of silver could repay Liu Rumei a favor, Tian Wenhao would be happy with it.
Furthermore, let Chen Xiaobei and the others deliver the cabbage to Jizhou, and then Tian Wenhao would send soldiers to transport it from Jizhou to the border. This would not put Chen Xiaobei and the others in danger.
Of course, Chen Xiaobei was well aware of Tian Wenhao's good intentions. When things got to this point, there was no point in refusing anymore, so he bowed to Tian Wenhao.
"Then let Master Tian arrange everything. Thank you, Master Tian."
Tian Wenhao drank the tea in one gulp and stood up with a smile, "It's easy to talk, there is a military supply station in Jizhou City, you just need to send it there."
As he spoke, Tian Wenhao took out a tiger head waist sign from his sleeve and put it on the table, "There are two hundred trees in one cart. Someone will count them and put them in the warehouse. Please make arrangements for them, brother."
After saying that, Tian Wenhao turned and left.
After sending Tian Wenhao away, Chen Xiaobei immediately went to make arrangements.
He called Chen Xiaowen over first. He told me in detail about delivering cabbage to Jizhou.
"Xiaowen, then I'll leave this matter to you."
When Chen Xiaowen heard this, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and he tentatively said, "Brother Xiaobei, why don't you accompany me for the first time? I'm afraid..."
Chen Xiaobei smiled calmly and put the tiger head card into his hand, "You are the transportation captain, what are you afraid of? You have to know how many pairs of eyes are staring at you from behind. Think about Peony, are you still afraid?"
After listening to Chen Xiaobei's words, Chen Xiaowen's chest puffed up, and the hesitation in his eyes turned into determination, "Brother Xiaobei is right, I'm not afraid. I told Mudan that I am now the transportation captain, and this delivery person I have the final say."
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "Yes, that's right. You have planned well on the way. Set off at dawn and find a hotel to stay before the sun sets. Let's not miss that day and a half. The key is to deliver the cabbage smoothly." arrive."
Chen Xiaowen nodded, "Brother Xiaobei, I understand. In addition to three meals a day, the cabbage transporter will be paid fifty cash a day. Do you think it's okay?"
Fifty taels of silver was completely acceptable to Chen Xiaobei. After all, one trip would cost ten taels of silver for shipping.
Chen Xiaowen said goodbye to Chen Xiaobei and came to the cabbage field at the foot of the mountain. At this time, the members of the transportation team were busy harvesting cabbage.
Xiaobei clapped his hands several times and shouted to everyone, "Everyone, stop for a moment. I want to say something."
Soon everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered around.
"Everyone, listen to me, we need to send some cabbage to Jizhou, two hundred cabbage plants per cart."
"Send it all the way to Jizhou. The salary is fifty cents per day, and the village will take care of the food and accommodation."
Upon hearing this, everyone responded, "Easy to say, easy to say, Captain Xiaowen, I'll go, I'll go."
Seeing everyone's response, Chen Xiaowen nodded, "Okay, let's make an agreement. We'll pack the cabbage first, then go home and pack it up, and then we'll set off."
There were six carriages and more than a dozen people at the scene. Chen Xiaowen had no idea, so he immediately greeted everyone and got ready to set off.
Chen Xiaobei actually didn't care. In his opinion, it didn't matter if there was one more person or one less person, and it didn't cost much money.
But after the group set off, Liu Rumei came over.
"Brother Xiaobei, there are six carts of cabbage in total, and there are more than a dozen people there. This is not okay."
Chen Xiaobei smiled and said, "It's nothing. Anyway, Master Tian gave me ten taels of silver as a reward, and each of them can't get much."
Liu Rumei's expression straightened, "Brother Xiaobei, you can't say that."
"Haven't you ever heard people say that leisurely care for lazy people?"
Chen Xiaobei was stunned. This sentence was often mentioned in her previous life, but she didn't expect Liu Rumei to understand it.
Seeing Chen Xiaobei in a daze, Liu Rumei continued, "Brother Xiaobei, look, there are more than a dozen people driving six carriages, and there are always a few of them who are idle. It's only fifty cents to go with them for a day, and it's fifty cents for the hard work of driving the carriage." , if people don’t notice it once or twice, naturally some people will feel unhappy after a long time.”
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "Yeah, you're right, I didn't think carefully enough, so I'll let a few of them go next time."
Liu Rumei was also very happy to see Chen Xiaobei adopt her opinion.
Then she handed over a piece of paper with a smile, "This is the list of Liu Tie Liu Ce and the others. There are twenty-eight people in total. See if you can arrange some work for them. They can't just eat here every day. That would be a waste of time." "
Chen Xiaobei was in trouble upon hearing this.
"Rumei, you also know the situation in the village. This winter, Dayong mainly leads them to burn charcoal."
"As for the others, the village is temporarily..."
Liu Rumei smiled slightly, "Okay, burning charcoal is not bad. At least you have something to do. Besides, as far as I know, the rich and wealthy families in the county all burn charcoal for heating in winter."
Chen Xiaobei smiled and said, "There are people in the county who are making it. If you want to burn it, we have to sell it further away."
"Okay, okay, this matter is easy to talk about. I will contact each state capital later. Don't worry, leave the charcoal sales to me."
Seeing Liu Rumei's excitement, Chen Xiaobei also knew in his heart that with Liu Rumei's status, there are naturally many people who are willing to sell her face, so short-term sales will be no problem, at least this winter. As for next year, it will be hard to say. , so we have to find ways to develop other industries after spring.
But that is a matter for the future, let’s take care of the present first.
"Okay, you can ask Butler Liu and the others later. If they are willing to burn charcoal, I will ask Dayong to arrange manpower to build a few more kilns."
Liu Rumei returned to her residence and called Liu Tie and Liu Ce over to tell her what she wanted.
Liu Ce and Liu Tie looked at each other with surprise.
"Miss, you really want us to burn charcoal. I think it's better for us to go back to the county town, where we can do more business, selling cloth, silk, rouge and gouache."
"It's just that, even if you have a grocery store, it's not as easy as burning charcoal."
After listening to the discussion between the two, Liu Rumei shook her head slightly.
"You two haven't understood what I mean. As the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. If we go to the county town and start a business, people will naturally gossip."
Only then did Liu Tie and Liu Ce understand Liu Rumei's thoughts.
"Young lady is right, we didn't think it through well. Now the emperor has just put aside his thoughts on our Liu family. If there is another disturbance, I'm afraid it will arouse people's suspicion again."
