I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 258 Inquire

In the end, it was Liao Dujuan, the granddaughter-in-law of the village head, who got it because she just threw a big bag of copper coins at him, saying, "I want cash."

The remaining two or three families had no choice but to ask Shen Xiaoye if he had any more and when he could bring them to the village again.

She still had five looms that she didn't bring back, mainly because another loom was taken away by Lin Erniu on the way.

Just when she was about to say that she would bring it back in two days, her aunt Huang stopped her from saying anything more. After sending everyone away, she asked, "Aunt, don't you want to exchange the wheat for the loom?"

"No, I just remembered that when my fifth aunt came back from Tianjin two days ago, she mentioned that there were several batches of cotton wool stranded at the dock, and now she is looking for someone to take over." Huang patted her little son in her arms and said:

“Without the tens of thousands of rolls of white cloth provided by Master Wu Qi this year, we don’t have much in our own warehouse.

There are several thousand of them, and they will almost be sold out before the Chinese New Year. What should we do with the rest of the time?

Your five looms are just in time. We can use them to build the new main hall in the east courtyard, buy cotton thread and hire people to weave cloth." After the new house was built, the children were too young to move in.

"Open another small weaving workshop?" Shen Xiaoye thought it was feasible, "but it would not be appropriate to open it in the village.

It always costs money to ship things in and out.

Last night when I was staying in Songfu Village, I thought about buying a small farm near the county town, thirty to fifty acres would be fine, preferably near a water source for easier dyeing and transportation.

"That's the truth. If you buy a house outside the city, you don't have to pay extra money every time you transport goods into the city." Grandma Lin agreed with this idea.

"The problem is, you can't buy a small farm anytime soon." Who would sell land when the autumn harvest is approaching?

Shen Xiaoye said: "We can only operate in the village first and inquire on the other side.

As for the cotton wool that my aunt mentioned, I have to go ask my fifth aunt."

"I'll go with you later." Grandma stood up and took out a jar of wine. "She likes to drink this."

On the way, Shen Xiaoye said, "Grandma, it takes a long time to spin cotton wool into thread and then weave it into cloth, and I can't wait too long.

One is that we need to send more goods to the border town, and the other is that we may trade with Dada, who is paying tribute to the capital." Shen Xiaoye came back with cloth not only to sell a few pieces to Saihan.

Instead, it was to show her sample cloth to the person in charge of the trade in Huitong Hall.

Another thing is to go to Yue Jinxuan's house and get some different goods for yourself.

"It is better to be prepared. Leaving a few looms is not much." At most it took up ten taels of silver. Grandma Lin is not short of money now.

Their visit made the fifth aunt very happy. "It's still more comfortable to live in the village. There are strangers everywhere in Tianjin."

"You can stay for a while longer and visit your uncle." Shen Xiaoye felt that the old lady had a good personality and would not have a bad life outside.

The fifth aunt said happily, "He is very busy, it doesn't matter whether you watch or not.

His wife is a quiet person and now she is busy teaching Dabao so she has no time to spare. I often go to the neighbors to chat."

Shen Xiaoye quickly replied: "It's good to chat, you can hear a lot of interesting things."

"Hahaha, that's right. You girl never come here for no reason. If you want to know something, just ask directly." The fifth aunt didn't beat around the bush and glanced at Lin, who had been sitting in the background.

Shen Xiaoye complimented him, "You are very insightful. I do have something to ask for your advice."

Then I asked about cotton wool, including its current price and who it belonged to.

After reminiscing, the fifth aunt said: "I only heard Zhuangzi say that it was transported to the border by merchants from the south.

It was parked at the dock in March, and by the end of June, the price was already three taels of silver per load.”

"Thirty cents a pound of clean cotton, it's really not expensive." Shen Xiaoye calculated it in his head, but it wasn't extremely cheap either, it was consistent with the market price in the south.

Fifth Aunt said, "That's why they can't be sold. Many people are waiting for him to lower the price."

"If the price drops further, we will lose money." Shen Xiaoye's mind moved. They transported the goods to the border and sold them at the end of June. Could it be that they were smuggling to the three guards of Wuliang?

She asked seriously, "Aunt Fifth knows about cotton, but does she know that they brought other goods?"

"Yes, sugar and tea were sent away first." Fifth Aunt also became serious and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"No, I just want to ask one more question." Shen Xiaoye thought for a moment and said, "If I ask Grandpa Zhuang to help me find one or two cheaper ones, will it work?"

The fifth aunt was confident in her son, "It should be feasible. You have to hurry up now. The price may be lower again. Many people are waiting to get a bargain."

"Well, I hope I can make it in time." Shen Xiaoye calculated the time. It would take her at least six or seven days to go back and forth. Could she not go to Beijing to pick up her aunt?

It was a pity that some of them could not make it, so I chatted with my fifth aunt about Tianjin for a while before saying goodbye to my grandmother.

"Xiao Ye, let your uncle take care of this matter. There's no rush to sell the cattle." Grandma also knew that this was a rare opportunity, so she said, "There's an advantage to letting your uncle go. After buying the goods, he can find the escort agency to deliver them quickly.

Don’t think that the price is similar to ours and you won’t buy it for the time being.

When you need cloth but can’t buy it, you can always have a backup whether you weave more or less.”

"It's up to our uncle to take action." After just a few words, the two of them decided on the next steps.

In order to save time, Shen Xiaoye also headed for Beijing on the same day that his uncle went to Tianjin.

This time the car carried more than a hundred rolls of newly dyed cloth, but the calf was not brought.

But they were moving quite fast and soon appeared at Lingchunfang.

After checking the accounts, Lin's cousin said, "It's clear that we made the clothes first, but now many cloth shops and clothing stores are also making them.

I did as you said and quickly took back the samples from the various fabric shops, and soon they were all sold out."

Shen Xiaoye looked through them carefully and found that most of them were bought by students of the Imperial College.

Brother Daniu remembered the account, no problem, she sighed secretly, this time the sale of ready-made clothes was only for a one-time event, and it would be better to concentrate on the quantity of cloth in the future.

Shen Xiaoye: "Aunt, how did you get through to Mrs. Zhu?"

"Her daughter hasn't gotten engaged yet, but someone has come to propose marriage, but Xu Xiucai was not satisfied and the proposal didn't come through.

I learned all this from Madam Yuan, and I only briefly mentioned Madam Zhu. "When the Lin family's cousin-in-law took action, she also grasped the opportunity with ease.

She said: "Mrs. Zhu doesn't seem to object to her daughter marrying in the county.

The key is Xu Xiucai, he seems to listen to his wife, but sometimes he is the one who makes the final decision. "

"Well, I'll tell Young Master Yue and let them decide what to do.

It's fate that we can succeed." Shen Xiaoye's mission was completed.

After she and Erniu delivered cloth to Saihan, the other party tried hard to invite her to dinner, but when she saw that Aruhhan also lived in his house, Shen Xiaoye firmly declined.

That afternoon, he went on a shopping spree. The next morning, he left the cloth at Lu's house and took everyone back to his hometown to celebrate the festival.

August 15th was approaching, and my uncle Shen Changshou hurriedly brought a large boatload of cotton into the ferry.

However, when unloading, they were detained.