The cannon fodder just wants to survive until the end

Ming Huaixi stayed in Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion until the afternoon, and had dinner with the old lady before leaving.

After returning to her own yard, she began to deal with today's affairs. The stores in other places had just opened, and there were many things that needed to be sent back to her for decision.

There's also shipping, caravan, and a whole host of other things to do. This has delayed us for another day. It looks like I'll have to work overtime tonight.

At the same time, Ming Huaixi decided to visit Weiyuan Marquis Mansion every few days to visit the old lady, otherwise the plan would always be disrupted, which was not a good feeling.

In the days that followed, Ming Huaixi either went to the streets to inspect shops, or handled letters from various places at home, and occasionally took two hours to visit the old lady in Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed and the caravan returned. Fortunately, the caravan did not encounter any particularly dangerous situations and everyone returned safely.

When Ming Huaixi heard the news that the caravan had returned, he went out immediately. The caravan brought a large amount of goods and placed them in the warehouse in the north city.

After inspecting the goods, Ming Huaixi had some private conversation with the people in the caravan, then gave each of them an extra ten taels of silver, and the manager gave them an extra twenty taels of silver, and then let them go. They had not been home for more than half a year, and their families were worried.

Then Ming Huaixi asked people to sort the goods. Some were sent to the Qiwutang prepared by Ming Huaixi. Everything was sold in the Qiwutang (within the legal scope). Ming Huaixi asked people to send the more rare things to him for review first.

In fact, those rare things can also be found in some travel notes and some miscellaneous books, but they are not common in daily life, so they are called rare things.

After all the goods were divided up, Ming Huaixi asked people to contact the merchants who had placed orders for the goods before to transport the goods. These merchants all came from other places. They did not have large caravans to go to distant countries to purchase goods, so they could only buy them from other people at high prices.

They would naturally make more profit by selling them again, but Ming Huaixi does not have all the goods yet, so he can only consume part of them himself, otherwise he would not sell them to other merchants at a low price.

After finishing the work, the remaining part is sent to stores in various places for sale.

Ming Huaixi also personally selected some gems and had them sent to the general's mansion to his sisters-in-law. In the past, when his father and brothers won a battle and had some spoils of war, they would usually send them back to the mansion. Apart from part of Ming Huaixi's dowry from her mother, the rest was mostly prepared by her father, brothers and sisters-in-law. Now that Ming Huaixi had good things, he couldn't forget his sisters-in-law.

Ming Huaixi calculated the profits this time. After deducting the wages and rewards of the people in the caravan, the expenses they spent on the road, and other expenses, and then deducting the cost of the goods and those that were not sold, the total net profit was as much as 150,000 taels.

The harvest this time was huge, but I may not go to the northern countries for nearly a year. According to the information I received, a small country in the north is currently experiencing internal instability, and there may be unexpected changes if I go there now.

It just so happened that Ming Huaixi was preparing to get involved in sea transportation. Ming Huaixi had already sent people to the south, and now he has sent some people to draw new routes. There should be news by now. After the people over there go out to sea, they will need a stable transport team to come back.

The caravan members can be arranged to make a few trips to the south first. There are also many things in the south that can be transported to the north to sell. By the time they become familiar with the route, it will become a stable transportation line.

Before that, I still have to find someone to get the paperwork for going to sea. I have to go back to the general's mansion and ask my second brother for help.

General Mingyuan and Ming Hao Ning returned to the border after leaving a confidant each for Huaixi last time. Ming Haoran had other things to do this time, so he did not go back, which was convenient for Ming Huaixi.

More than half a month had passed by the time all the work was done. At this time, news came from the South that the route map to overseas countries had been almost drawn up, and this time it would not be like the last world where sea transportation was required.

The route map drawn only aims to reach a few fixed countries, which does not require much manpower. There were rough route maps before, but Ming Huaixi had them refined.

After receiving the news, Ming Huaixi returned to the general's mansion.

After greeting his second sister-in-law and learning that his second brother was in the study, Ming Huaixi went to the study to find Ming Haoran. He pushed open the door and went in. Seeing that Ming Haoran was alone, he didn't bother to be polite with him and directly told him the purpose of his visit, "Second brother, I need your help with something."

"Tell me what's the matter. I'll definitely help you." Ming Haoran raised his head from the table and looked at his sister.

"I want to do business through shipping, but I don't have any documents for going to sea. I would like to ask my brother to help me get them." Ming Huaixi stated his request with a smile.

"Girl, you organized a caravan to go to the northwest for business, why are you shipping it now?"

Ming Huaixi explained, "There has been a small civil unrest recently, so it is not suitable to go out for business. I originally wanted to go by sea, but I was not ready yet. Now I just need the documents to go out to sea. Second brother, please help me!"

“Although shipping is very profitable, it is not easy to operate.”

Ming Huaixi thought his second brother had no other options, and just as he was about to lose face, he heard,

"But it's because I, your second brother, happen to know the person who approves the documents for going abroad."

Ming Haoran teased Ming Huaixi, took a deep breath, and said proudly that he could do it.

"Thank you, second brother. Second brother is the best."

After solving this big problem, Ming Huaixi felt much more refreshed. He had lunch at the General's Mansion at noon, and after leaving the Mansion, he went shopping in the shops.

When I returned home, I met an acquaintance. He was still wearing the dark green suit, but the pattern was different from the last time we met.

"Master Li Che, we meet again."

"Miss Ming." Li Che nodded at Ming Huaixi.

"Where is Master Li Che going?" Ming Huaixi asked when he saw that Li Che was in a hurry.

"I just finished my work and was about to go back to the inn to rest."

After hearing what Li Che said, Ming Huaixi said goodbye to him.

After returning to his own yard, Ming Huaixi felt a little tired and didn't want to eat dinner, so he washed up and went to bed.

Two days later, Ming Haoran handed the written documents for going to sea to Ming Huaixi in the morning, and mentioned that he was going back to the border.

"You're leaving so soon." Although Ming Huaixi didn't spend much time with his second brother, he had the memories of the original owner, so he was reluctant to let him go when he heard that he was leaving.

"Yes, my father sent back news that the situation in the border has changed a lot. The emperor specially ordered me to return to the border today. Don't miss your brother. Wait for your second brother to come back and bring you good things." Ming Haoran raised his hand and wanted to rub Ming Huaixi's head, but thought that Ming Huaixi was already a grown-up girl and could no longer be like a child, so he put his hand down.