Chapter 458 The prototype of the business empire
With a lot of thoughts, Li Xiu walked to the yard where the lady lived. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ping Anlang staggeringly chasing a ball on the ground. The little guy has grown strong since he was a child and is taller than the children of the same age. He can walk one year old. Although he is not very steady now, when he sees Li Xiu, he still runs over with two little fat legs and shouts: "Hug Dad!"
Seeing his son shaking and running over, Li Xiu also showed a doting look in his eyes. He bent down and picked up Ping Anlang for a few times. As a result, the little guy was not afraid, but instead laughed "giggling". Li Xiu had already discovered that Ping Anlang was not only strong, but also braver than ordinary children. In the words of Princess Pingyang, he will be a good material for martial arts in the future.
"Okay, put your son down quickly and don't throw him down!" Before Li Xiu could stop, Yi Niang shouted loudly. As a mother, she cared about her son the most, especially Ping Anlang and Li Xiu's eldest son, so she naturally became more favored by Yi Niang. She usually holds her in her mouth and is afraid of melting it, and holds her in her hands to fall. She has always opposed Li Xiu's dangerous behavior of holding her child around.
Li Xiu also understood Yi Niang, and immediately smiled and put Ping Anlang down and let him play by himself. Then he realized that Yi Niang and Yue Chan were sitting behind the desk in the room, each of whom was holding a brush, and it seemed that they were writing something.
"Yin Niang, why did you buy a shipbuilding workshop for Qi Niang?" Li Xiu came to Yi Niang and asked straight to the point.
"What's wrong? Didn't my husband agree to let Qi Niang learn shipbuilding? If you want to build a ship, you naturally need a shipbuilding workshop. There are many maritime merchants who want our tea, so I asked Yue Chan to ask. As a result, a maritime merchant was willing to give us a shipbuilding workshop, just to provide him with one more ship of tea every year." The lady in the air replied with a smile. A valuable shipbuilding workshop in her mouth was not worth mentioning as if it were a few acres of land.
"A boat of tea? Is there so much output in our workshop a year? What if the tea is given to that sea merchant, what should anyone else do?" Li Xiu couldn't help but shouted in surprise when he heard this. He never cared about his family's business, and at most he would come up with ideas when encountering difficulties. As for the management of the daily life, Yi Niang and Yue Chan were worried about it.
"My husband is really confused. Our tea workshop naturally does not have so much output, but why did you forget? Last year, we cooperated with Pei Xiang to open a tea workshop, which attracted the aristocrats in Chang'an City to follow suit and sent people to cooperate with us. As a result, there are tea workshops we cooperate with all over the country, and we all have our members. It can be said that how much tea those merchants want is all our words!" The lady in the air said with a smile, and her little face was full of pride, and she looked like a business queen in the future.
Li Xiu was also shocked after hearing this. He did not expect that the tea business at home had already reached this point. Although it cannot be said that it completely monopolizes an industry, it also has an absolute dominance over the tea industry. This was something Li Xiu did not expect. No wonder the lady in the qin would not take the shipbuilding workshop seriously and gave it to Qi Niang like a toy.
In fact, this matter is also very blamed for Li Xiu. He underestimated the abilities of Yi Niang and Yue Chan. He did not expect that with just one tea-fried, the two women could build such a powerful prototype of a commercial empire. This made Qi Niang take advantage of the loopholes. It would be too late to say anything now, unless Li Xiu made up his mind to take away the shipbuilding workshop in Qi Niang's hands, but he really couldn't do such a thing.
Thinking of this, Li Xiu shook his head helplessly, and simply stopped mentioning the shipbuilding workshop, but looked down at the things written by Yi Niang and Yue Chan. Then he asked curiously: "What are you writing? Is it related to tea again?"
"Master, you guessed it right. This smallpox deal has a great impact on our tea business, especially those Hu merchants who have taken the land route, and almost all of them have been blocked in Chang'an City. The tea that was originally ordered could not be transported out, and tea from other places could not be in. As a result, the business in Chang'an was almost paralyzed. Fortunately, you have invented a method to grow cowpox. It is estimated that martial law will be lifted in the future. All business will be restored by then. My wife and I have to prepare in advance so that the people below can deal with it!" Yuechan replied with a smile.
If Yi Niang is the queen of business and usually only manages decisions on the general direction of business, then Yue Chan is an intellectual female president who is responsible for implementing Yi Niang's decisions. After several years of experience, Yue Chan has become a well-deserved butler in the family, and Yi Niang and Princess Pingyang cannot do without her.
"That's right, I guess the martial law in Chang'an will be lifted in one month at the latest. You may be busy again by then." Li Xiu nodded at this time.
"One month left? Then this time is really tight. Husband, when will you send Yuechan out of Chang'an? There are still many things at home that need to be handled by her?" Yi Niang thought for a moment when she heard Li Xiu's words, and finally said again that Yuechan must go out before the martial law is lifted, so that she can handle the matter outside in advance and avoid being in a hurry.
"It's a bit late today. Yue Chan, you'll go out with me tomorrow. It's not bad for this day anyway!" Li Xiu immediately replied when he heard this. The Yi Niang had already mentioned the matter of Yue Chan going out, and he agreed, but it was delayed a lot of time today, so he had to wait until tomorrow.
"Okay, I'll go back and clean it up!" Yuechan smiled again when she heard this. After saying that, she packed up her things and left. At this time, Ping Anlang was also taken away by the wet nurse, and only Li Xiu and Yi Niang were left in the whole room.
"Husband, uncle and others are back. Although their conditions in America are more difficult, at least they have no life worries. You can finally feel at ease!" The lady in the air put down her paper and pen at this time, and then came to Li Xiu's side and whispered softly. Since Li Chengdao and the others left, Li Xiu was worried every day. Now that there is a definite news, he can finally let go of the stone in his heart.
"Yes, Chengdao and the others have news, and I can finally sleep well!" Li Xiu nodded, but then hesitated and then spoke, "My lady, I'm busy for a while and I'm less concerned about Qi Niang. Have you noticed any different changes in her?"
Chapter completed!