She makes money by carrying large bags to raise cubs!

Chapter 144 Busy
After the Winter Solstice Festival, Lu Weimang has been busy.

Water transportation is different from caravans. Since ancient times, the canal has been a cornucopia in the eyes of some people. They gather some coolies who have no heels and no fields for transportation and handling.

Among them, their cost is extremely low, and only these coolies who do not work for a day and have no food will work here.

Lu Weimang had worked as a coolie carrying heavy bags back then, so he knew the hardships of these people.

Now, she makes her own water transportation plan, so she inevitably wants to give these coolies some basic guarantees, such as paying for water transportation when they are sick, basic living guarantees for water transportation for injuries, etc., but no matter how much, she can't do it .After all, it is a business, not a charity.

This small change will not increase the cost too much, but it is also a great thing for the coolies who work hard.

There is also the business of water transport.

The second princess and the others are women, so it is impossible to monopolize water transportation.The water transportation involved in the entire canal involves almost every town along the canal.

Therefore, Lu Weimang only told the second princess about the direction of the water transportation, and he was not afraid of letting people make a fuss about the water transportation and divide the cake.This is not something that can be monopolized by one person or one snobbish party.This is the most fundamental difference with the caravan.

Because the roads are difficult and the caravan is located in a remote place, they can do monopoly business.This method is not feasible for water transportation.

"It's like a spinning top in the morning, looking up this and that, what are you doing? Do you want me to ask someone to help you find the information?"

In the bright hall of Chunxi Hall at noon, Lu Weimang and Huo Jing were talking while eating cakes.

The ancients generally had two meals a day. Since Lu Weimang went to the Imperial Academy, he has followed the trend and accepted this rule. At noon, he usually just put some pastries and drink hot tea.

Facing Huo Jing's question, Lu Weimang shook his head, "I'm so confused right now, I haven't found the direction yet. Once I fix the direction, it's not too late for you to help."

Huo Jing nodded, and then said, "You should also have some people here to help, otherwise you have to find all the information by yourself, not to mention the waste of time, sometimes the inspiration is fleeting, and it will cause delays."

It stands to reason that a sixth-rank master book like Lu Weimang is always in charge of some things. If she is in the Ministry of Households and other ministries, she should have been assigned some chief officials to assist her in doing sundries.However, since Lu Weimang became an official, he rarely stayed in the capital, so no one mentioned this matter.Here, Huo Jing suddenly mentioned it, and Lu Weimang also nodded, "Indeed."

Sometimes when inspiration comes to her suddenly, she will rush to Wenlou to search for information by herself. If someone can help, the efficiency will be greatly improved.

Thinking of this, Lu Weimang couldn't help but think of Lin Chen and Ding Yi, they are the best support, they are capable and know how to advance and retreat.Just like in Chunxi Hall, Lu Weimang doesn't seem to see the two of them on weekdays, but when Huo Jing has something to ask them to do, they can appear at the first time.

"I'll give you Xiaoqiu. She has been thinking about you since she returned home."

When Huo Jing's voice came, Lu Weimang suddenly said, "Of course, Xiao Qiu and I hit it off, and we hit it off very well. And she has the same name as my first maid back then, so it's fate, right?"

Lu Weimang readily agreed, and Huo Jing simply said, "Let her and Ding Yi come to Chunxi Hall together tomorrow."

In the afternoon, Lu Weimang continued busy.

Lu Weimang has some headaches here, the fundamental reason for water transportation to make money lies in its scale.The advantages of the second princess and their identities naturally don't need to be like ordinary water transport, attracting merchants with large numbers of people and low prices to earn hard money. After all, such things are not decent, and it is hard to say.

Lu Weimang thought about the advantages of the second princess and the others. Needless to say, the reputation of the big family, their name is a resource in itself.

It's like the celebrities in the previous life have their own fame, so there will be merchants who will pay sky-high prices for them to speak for their products.

It's impossible to replace the business with noble ladies with their own fame and natural sense of credibility, but what about putting it elsewhere?
Lu Weimang felt that he seemed to have some ideas.

Lu Weimang hurriedly went to Wenlou to retrieve the cargo information of Tongzhou Wharf. Huo Jing couldn't help shaking his head when he saw Lu Weimang in such a hurry. He already knew what Lu Weimang looked like when he started things , I knew I had to be busy yesterday, so I should have brought Xiao Qiu here in advance today.

Lu Weimang found some clues by searching the catalogs of goods over the years.Some goods with a large volume of freight have a very low loss rate, but some valuables have an astonishing loss rate.And this is the opportunity for the ladies.

Lu Weimang copied the materials and perfected his plan, and the time passed quickly when he was busy. He heard the knocking sound on the table, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that the room was already dark, except for the red candle in front of him. It burns like daylight.

It turned out that it was Huo Jing who stood in front of Lu Weimang for a long time holding the candlestick, and saw that she was so engrossed that he couldn't bear to disturb her.She didn't sound a reminder until she was done working.

"Record your thoughts, let's stop here today. If you continue to suffer, your eyes will be broken."

Huo Jing's cold voice made Lu Weimang feel as comfortable as drinking ice water. She smiled at Huo Jing, briefly recorded her thoughts, and immediately got up to walk away with Huo Jing.

"The second princess may have been on a whim, but you seem to be much more active than them."

After hearing this, Lu Weimang didn't try to defend the second princess and the others.Anyway, after three days, she will know for herself, she is just used to putting what she should do first.

"After all, I'm a person who wants to get dry stocks. If I do more now, I'll feel at ease when I get them."

Lu Weimang took the initiative to hold the hand of the person beside him, and dragged his arm to walk out.

It's dark early in winter, and the dark night hides the eyes of others, making Lu Weimang also become active.

Huo Jing lowered his head, glanced at the girl hanging on his arm, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "As long as you are happy."

Walking to the gate of the palace, there were more officials walking back from the yamen. Lu Weimang let go of Huo Jing's arm, walked through the crowd, and entered Huo Jing's carriage.

Huo Jing glanced at his empty arm again, and swept around the scattered office colleagues who also returned late.

"Huo Hou is always so diligent, he is really a role model for me."

Seeing Huo Jing's gaze, some officials stepped forward cleverly and said polite words.

However, Huo Jing played out his cards according to common sense, "The weather is cold in winter, the common people are cats and cats, and the court is rare to be clean. You adults can also take this opportunity to relax and spend your energy when it should be used, so as to save the complicated affairs in the spring of the coming year. You can't mention it." cheer up."

The words were clouded, and everyone was puzzled, but they still respectfully saluted, "What Huo Hou taught is that we should take Huo Hou as an example."

Lin Chen behind Huo Jing showed interest, and exchanged colors with Ding Yi who was beside him, "I flattered the horse's hoof."

Ding Yi leaned on Lin Chen with his shoulder expressionlessly, signaling him to restrain himself.

Lu Weimang has been busy for three days like this, and with the help of Xiaoqiu, he finally made his plan.

"Miss, this proposal of yours is just for a fool to read. If he follows through, he will be able to make a fortune. Not only can you take the shares with confidence, even if you give them less."

Xiaoqiu flipped through the plan written by Lu Weimang in his hand, and nodded in admiration.

After the last trip to Yangzhou, Xiaoqiu has completely fallen for Lu Weimang. Even though she is Huo Jing's person, Lu Weimang has not been married yet, but it does not hinder her admiration for Lu Weimang.She has never seen such an open-minded, sensitive but earnest person like Miss Lu, she has long regarded Lu Weimang as the best hostess of the Huo family, so she is happy to assist Lu Weimang again this time, Another shock.

It's just a dry stock. With Lu Weimang's reputation, she doesn't do anything, so many wealthy businessmen are willing to give her advice if they can get it.Where does she need to work so hard?It's just that I want to give the second princesses who are also women a chance, help them on the horse, and even want to give them a ride.

For a woman as selfless and open-minded as Miss, who else is there in this world?
Xiaoqiu's thoughts became more and more determined, but Lu Weimang didn't notice it, she just felt proud at this moment, this was made by her hard work by lighting a lamp, and if someone agreed, she was of course happy.

"It's a small thing, but the time is short. If there is another ten days and a half months, I can list the problems of various development stages one by one, so as to prevent our ship gang from going astray."

Lu Weimang named it Fei, and only gave his new plan the name of the boat gang, which is similar to the caravan.

Xiao Qiu shook her head, "This is already very good. The second princesses want to do something practical, and they can't let others arrange everything for them."

The master and the servant were talking, and the second princess and the three noble daughters finally came to Chunxi Hall at the last moment.

"You are at ease here."

Lu Weimang received four people in the bright hall.

The second princess and the four looked around, looking inside and outside the bright hall.

"Why don't you see Yuanbai?"

The second princess spoke.

The three noble ladies also looked around.

Liu Hui, the daughter of the General Protecting the Country, said bluntly, "That's right, we grew up together. Why did Yuan Bai not come to see us after such an easy trip? Could it be that you separated us on purpose and didn't let Huo Hou Do you know our whereabouts?"

Lu Weimang frowned.

She thought that the four of them would be as concerned about the boat gang as she was, but she didn't expect that when they came up to question Huo Jing's whereabouts, they ignored Lu Weimang's plan instead.

"Huo Hou is busy with official business every day, and he is working in the main hall now. Let's talk about water transportation."

The second princess raised her chin, "Of course we came here to show our attitude, to make up our minds and make a career out of water transportation."

Lu Weimang nodded and signaled Xiaoqiu to submit the plan, "Since the second princess has made up her mind, please read it over. This is the charter I made, please take a look first, if you disagree, we can discuss it." Discuss one or two."

(End of this chapter)