mtl008 Chapter 203 Attack from both sides
Chapter 203 Attack from both sides
After returning to Yongxing Lane from the farewell dinner at the old house, each family member added an attendant, except Wang Jinyi, who brought back four people.
First of all, my grandfather found a scholar for my father, Mr. An Shi, to go with my father, and the cost of his taking the imperial examination three years later was paid by the Wang family.
My grandmother sent the housekeeper, Nanny Wang, back to help my mother with household chores, and this time they went to see the mountains together.
My elder brother has a one-armed follower named Sun Wei, who came from the battlefield. This man looks to be over 1.85 meters tall. I heard that he used to be a centurion at the border. After he was disabled, he became a civilian. My grandfather specially found him to follow my elder brother.
Wang Jinyi brought back two boys and two girls. The two maidservants were the sisters of the Feng family. They came directly with her this time, which made Wang Jinyi feel uncomfortable as if they were being assigned to a position by force. However, they entered the mansion through their grandfather, so she couldn't drive them away even if she wanted to.
The two men who came back with him were Wang Baochen, who was sent by the clan to help manage Kushui Mountain, and Wang Luanhe, a young man from Huaguo Mountain. He was an orphan taken in when the Jizhou earthquake occurred. When he arrived at the Wang family, he had been running errands for the housekeeper Wang Qian. This time, his grandfather specially transferred him to Wang Jinyi...
In the following days, the whole family was busy, and the one who had the most relaxed time was the elder brother Wang Wendong.
Suddenly, there were two more people around Wang Wendong. One of them was Sun Wei, who was assigned by his grandfather. Now he drove his brother to and from school every day.
The other one is Wu Da, who goes in and out with the servant Wang Dong.
The elder brother was reluctant at first to accept the fact that he suddenly had two followers around him, but after being persuaded by his parents and sister, he gradually accepted it.
How busy are parents? Are the Lushun staff packing their belongings? Waiting for the housekeeper Wang Pingan. I'll go check it out first. I wish you some matters in your place. Wang Jingyi doesn't care about these.
Forget that I have a lot of people who need to be sorted out.
First of all, these days, Wenbai has quickly sold the printing rights of Peach Garden Oath. This time, under the instruction of Wang Jinyi, he chose neither the Xie family, which he initially cooperated with, nor the Fuwang, which he later cooperated with, but a less famous bookstore.
Later, Wen Bai found out that this was the Li family's business, and they also had bookshops and bookstores all over the country. This was the main reason why Wang Jinyi chose to cooperate with them. In order to make his name "Star in the Night Sky" more popular and appear in all the bookshops and bookstores across the country, even if he could not get any printing dividends, he still wanted to cooperate with them!
Qingyu collected the 500 taels of silver notes that the young lady had requested, and also exchanged them for 50 taels of silver. She handed all of them over to her mother. She was so grateful that her mother's eyes were filled with tears, and she felt that her daughter was so thoughtful. Let's not talk about it for now.
It can be said that Wang Jinyi is very busy every day. In addition to getting up early every day to recite and study, he then starts to write and record the excellent stories and TV dramas in his mind into storybooks. Wang Jinyi's strong creative enthusiasm infects Wenbai.
Often, the two of them would record stories until it was past noon without realizing it, and they would always be reminded by Zhu Yu or the nanny outside the door:
"It's time, miss."
It ended hastily.
Every afternoon, apart from learning women's work, Wang Jinyi only had a little time to take care of her own affairs.
In order to speed up the search, Wang Jinyi asked Qingyu to calculate his possible expenses for the next three months, and took out the remaining 60 taels of silver, ready to meet Chen Ji.
The afternoon sun was still scorching hot. Chen Jilai was led by Wen Bai to the small accounting office. After entering, Chen Jilai bowed and saluted.
Wang Jinyi asked: "How is Chen Jilai's business recently? Can he still handle it?"
"Miss, business has been good and she has been very busy. The three of us can handle it."
"Wenbai, have you told him my idea?"
"The lady briefly told him about it on the way here, and he basically agreed."
"Okay! Since Wenbai has already told you, that's what I mean. Next, I'll give you a chance to go to Yuzhou Prefecture City to investigate and prepare to open a Taisheng Rice Shop. Can you take on the task of investigating the market?"
Chen Jilai knew that this was an opportunity for him to be promoted, so he stepped forward and saluted and replied:
"Miss, I am willing to go."
Wang Jinyi took out the two large papers that Zhao Chunming had used to investigate the market and handed them to Chen Jilai:
"You must inspect the market so carefully. I also need a similar inspection report."
Chen Jilai took the two market analysis charts, looked at them carefully several times, and then said:
"Miss, can you lend me this?"
"Not only will I lend this to you, I will also prepare paper and pen as well as the expenses for you. Once Tai Sheng Rice Shop recruits new people, you can set off on your own. Before you leave, you must send a message to the mansion."
Wang Jinyi asked Wen Bai to give Chen Jilai the notice of Tai Sheng Rice Shop recruiting apprentices. Wen Bai and Chen Jilai went to Tai Sheng Rice Shop to handle the matters arranged by the young lady.
Wang Jinyi sent Wang Jinlai to escort Wang Baochen to Kushui Mountain, and at the same time brought a letter to Wang Jindong.
Next, Wang Jingyi planned to thoroughly assess Wang Luanhe and send him out of the city to the surrounding counties to conduct a simple investigation of the routes, economic conditions, people's livelihood and humanities. For safety reasons, she borrowed Wu Da from his brother and let the two of them go out together.
The two received their travel expenses and left together.
Wang Jingyi felt that the biggest headache was how to place the Feng sisters. However, since the two of them had such powerful martial arts, they should be able to be of some use to her.
So after thinking for two days, he called Sister Feng to the small accounting office to make some arrangements. Sister Feng acted quickly and returned the next afternoon to report to Wang Jinyi:
"Miss, I've been to the mountain you mentioned. I've also explored the surrounding mountains. There are no bandits there, but it's very strange. There seem to be secret spies or guards around, guarding the surrounding mountains and forests very strictly!"
"Miss, I wonder what you are suspicious of! Can you explain it clearly to me?"
"Sister Feng, I don't know what's going on around there, I just have a suspicion. Tomorrow you take Sister Feng with you and explore the surrounding mountains and forests!"
Three days later, when it was getting dark, Sister Feng came alone to report to the young lady. Wang Jinyi put on her coat in the bedroom, and followed Zhu Yu to her study room with a lantern. As Sister Feng entered the room, Wang Jinyi was slightly stunned.
Sister Feng was wearing a black nightgown, which showed that the matter was serious. When Sister Feng saw the young lady coming in, she bowed and said:
"Miss, that mountain is the entrance to the mine opened by the Cao family. However, the entrance is extremely hidden, and many secret sentries and guards have been set up before. It is difficult to enter and difficult to find."
"Sister Feng, where's Sister Feng? Did you encounter any danger?"
"Miss, please forgive me for acting on my own initiative. I asked Sister Feng to wait there to see if there is anything else to gain. I am in a hurry to come back and report. I wonder if Miss has any other arrangements?"