The Ordinary Man's Guide to Fast Travel

Chapter 141 The Son is a Villain 10

Chaoyao said she had a way, and she really did have a way.

She decided to walk the caravan's route south first and solve any problems they might encounter on the way, such as banditry, difficult travel, or lack of local connections.

As long as you have money and fists, these problems are not difficult to solve.

It took Chao Yao half a month to open up all the roads leading south, and at the same time set up shops and houses in every place.

The caravans can distribute and pick up goods, and at the same time have a place to stay, so they can get to know the local area better.

The most important thing is that this will reduce costs.

After doing all these things, Chao Yao told Wanqi Xiao one by one.

She knew the child was still young and might not understand.

It doesn’t matter. He learns from it day after day, year after year. Even if he can’t innovate, he won’t make big mistakes if he follows Chao Yao’s path.

The caravan from Huangwu County will set off in three days, and all the goods to be taken south for trade have been prepared.

Xiao Zhishen also found a wife. When the matchmaker heard that it was Chao Yao who helped her, she wanted to call all the girls she knew when she received the thank-you gift.

This operation also allowed Xiao Zhishen to quickly choose his ideal wife. Coincidentally, she was a neighbor of Xiao Zhishen's ex-fiancee.

The girl's mother died of illness, and she also had to observe a three-year mourning period. This delay made her exactly the same age as Xiao Zhishen.

The two got engaged before the caravan set off, and everything else was left to Xiao Zhishen's mother, Chen.

On the day the caravan set off, Chao Yao, Wanqi Xiao, County Magistrate Zhang and others stood at the gate of Huangwu County, watching the caravan go further and further away.

She stood straight with a determined look in her eyes, watching the caravan disappear from her sight, a smile on her lips.

"Mom, when I grow up, I want to go with them."

"it is good."

As long as Wanqi Xiao wants it, Chao Yao will satisfy him within a reasonable range.

The caravan left, but there were still a lot of things to do in Huangwu County.

All the grains on the farm are produced. Now it is early summer, and peanuts, cotton, soybeans and early rice can be harvested.

Chaoyao put all these for sale in shops on the commercial street.

She does not buy everything she harvests directly, but takes out some for secondary processing.

Peanuts and soybeans are used to extract oil, and an oil extraction workshop was built for this purpose.

Anyway, the land in Huangwu County is vast and not valuable, so Chaoyao has hoarded a lot of land and can build whatever workshops are needed.

Soybeans can also be made into various soy products, such as tofu, soy milk, bean sprouts, etc.

These can all be processed and sold again, so Chaoyao hired a lot of people.

Part of the harvested cotton is used to weave cloth, and part is stored to be made into cotton jackets in winter.

Most people in this era had almost no warm clothing in winter. Cotton could not only save lives but also make money.

The grains of early rice can not only be used as staple food, but can also be used to make wine, rice noodles and other foods.

Chao Yao also did all of these one by one.

She has all the recipes, and both options are to hire people to make them or sell them to mobile vendors.

There are more and more shops in the commercial street, and more and more Chaoyao workshops.

This is not an aimless expansion, in the end it will just be the same few.

Planting crops on the farm is the most important thing. The harvest of the first batch of sweet potatoes was not ideal, so after clearing the land in early summer, she changed to another variety of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes planted in May generally begin to mature in mid-to-late September or early October, and the harvest season is summer.

You will be able to see the results then.

This is something that can fill your stomach and has a large yield. If Wanqi Xiao wants to build a prosperous world for himself, it can also help him.

All the preparations Chao Yao is making now are for Wanqi Xiao’s future. These preparations can be done without, but they cannot be absent.

Half a year later, Xiao Zhishen returned with his caravan intact.

Many residents of the county were waiting at the city gate to watch the excitement. There were merchant caravans going out in Huangwu County, but there were very few with such a large group of more than a hundred people.

There were dozens of carriages, and not a single one was empty.

Everyone who went out became stronger, darker, and looked more energetic.

Onlookers stood on both sides and cheered. Xiao Zhishen led hundreds of people and walked towards the commercial street like heroes who had won a battle.

There are large warehouses and horse farms there, and everything brought back from outside has to be counted one by one.

This time they went south, they brought back a lot of things.

In addition to grain and cloth, there are also tea, porcelain, silk, sugar, wine, etc., which are all in short supply in Huangwu County.

These can all be sold at a good price.

"Manager Xiao, thank you for your hard work."

Chao Yao, holding Wanqi Xiao and Magistrate Zhang's hand, stood at the door of the shop and looked at them. Xiao Zhishen strode over and saluted, "My lord, Madam Chao, I have fulfilled my mission. Everything went smoothly this time."

"Just come back."

Magistrate Zhang patted Xiao Zhishen on the shoulder and said, "You have become stronger and darker."

Xiao Zhishen showed his white teeth and grinned.

"I have learned a lot from this trip. With Madam Chao's arrangements, we didn't have to endure any hardship. I have also arranged for the people in various counties that Madam Chao asked us to find."

Chao Yao was quite surprised by this. Although she had shops in every county town she went south and had people to look after them, it was not easy for Xiao Zhishen to find a suitable person to be responsible for receiving the goods.

These joint persons who receive the goods are not ordinary laborers. They must have certain connections in the local area.

"Come on, go back and tell us in detail what you saw and heard on the road."

With hundreds of people returning home, Chao Yao must hold a welcoming banquet for them.

That afternoon, Xiao Zhishen and Chao Yao talked in detail about how they finalized the candidates along the way, what troubles they encountered, and how they solved them.

Everyone was saying that they were still not satisfied, and when the dinner came, about a hundred people came with their families to the welcoming banquet. Chao Yao was not stingy and served all the dishes that were supposed to be served, and also put out some new food that had been introduced in the past six months.

Sweet potatoes and other foods are essential, and soy products are also essential.

Everything sold in the commercial street is on sale.

These people will go to the south to sell goods in the future. If they don’t understand the products, they will be even less likely to sell them.

That evening, everyone had more to talk about.

The caravan rested for half a month, and Xiao Zhishen took the time to get married.

This time, they will take Chaoyao's high-yield grain and the newly produced rice paper to sell in the south.

Xuan paper is divided into several grades. The best quality ones will be sold to dignitaries, while the middle and lower quality ones will be sold to ordinary scholars.

The grain is mainly sold to the poor, and they can grow it or not. Chao Yao's goal is to make money and pave the way for Wanqi Xiao.