A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

So Li Da led a group of young men and headed towards the town in a mighty procession. The main reason was that the carriage could not accommodate so many people, so they bought a carriage in the town, with just enough space for one person to ride back.

By the time Li Da returned from buying a carriage in town, it was already evening.

Because there were not so many horses in the town's livestock market, the horse dealer hurried to other towns and found other horse dealers to get all the horses, which delayed the time.

All the horses were tied in the backyard of the old house.

Li Da, Zhao Hu and others were sitting in the main room talking.

Li Da: "Zhao Hu, I will take everyone to the city to transport goods in a few days. You should stay here and continue to recruit people. Yueyue said that she will recruit another 20 people. You should continue to train. I guess you will continue to train in the future, but take it slow for now."

Zhao Hu nodded: "Okay."

After leaving the Zhang family’s old house, Li Da went next door.

I heard it from Grandpa Zhang and others.

The workshop itself has some inventory, and starting today the workshop will extend its working hours and implement day and night shifts. After this batch of goods is delivered, the workshop will recruit some more villagers into the workshop to ensure that it can supply goods to suppliers later.

Just wait three more days and all the goods will be ready.

Zhang’s house in the city.

Zhang Yunyue: "Brother, how is the news you have collected about the counties and towns under your jurisdiction these days?"

Zhang Xingyun: "Yueyue, the three of us have learned about the towns under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou through the Yunzhou Geography in the past few days."

"There are 32 county towns in Yunzhou Prefecture, and even more towns. Each county town has about 20."

"This booklet records the closest to Sanhe Town and the farthest county town, as well as the closest to the farthest county town from the prefectural capital."

"I've also found out the route and written it down in the book."

Zhang Yunyue nodded: "Okay, that's about it, we can set off when Uncle Li comes back."

“Currently, there are four towns in Chengyang County that sell these products, and there are five places in total including Chengyang County.

"Then we will start with other towns under Chengyang County, and then go to Wuyun County, one county at a time."

"This way, we can save more distance when delivering goods from home, and we don't have to come to the capital city specifically."

"Big Brother, Second Brother, in the next few days, you should copy as many books as possible containing this information, so that each team can carry at least one copy."

Zhang Xingyun: "Okay, I understand."

Zhang Yunyue remembered something else: "Oh, big brother, let's draw up a contract template, and then copy as many as possible. The more the better. This way, when you go out, you don't have to draw up a contract. You can just write down the price, sign your name, and put your fingerprints on it."

"Well, that's fine. In this case, we will treat everyone the same. As for the price, it will be based on the distance. All Chengyang County will be given to Tianxianglou, and the selling price will be the same as ours. The selling price in each county must be the same."

"Well, this is a good idea."

Zhang Xinghao suddenly remembered something and said, "Yueyue, big brother, it seems that we forgot one thing, that is, when Uncle Li comes back, how to accommodate the horses? The people are fine, they can live in the front yard."

Li Hai: "Yes, it would be fine if there were only one or two horses, but this is more than ten horses."

Zhang Yunyue: "Well, big brother, you guys go to the pawnshop tomorrow to rent a yard. It's best to ask if there is a larger yard with stables. If there is, rent it directly.

If not, we can rent a house with a larger backyard, hire someone to build a stable, and let everyone live there. After all, the village is still recruiting people.

I will definitely need to buy more horses later. If we keep them at home, the taste will be bad.”

"Okay, I got it. I'll go rent it tomorrow. Otherwise, it will be too late when Uncle Li and the others come back in a few days."

A few days later.

Zhangjiacun.

Today is the first time that the Zhang family’s guard team sets out.

So in addition to the families of the guard members, many villagers also gathered at the workshop.

"Look, my son is there, with fifteen guards, one of whom is my son." The woman spoke with a sense of pride, with a hint of pride in her brows.

"My son is here too. I've seen them train every day and my son has become much stronger."

"Don't tell me, just because my son joined the guard team and gets two taels of silver per month, several matchmakers have come to our house to propose marriage to my son. However, my son said there is no rush. He will wait until he saves more money and then find a better wife."

"That's right. Those guards who haven't married yet will probably have matchmakers coming to their homes frequently in the future. After all, two taels a month equals more than twenty taels a year. If you save up for two or three years, you can build a brick and tile house. Such a son-in-law will surely be sought after by others."

The families nearby who had daughters who were coming of age felt much more excited after hearing what the people next to them said. If they could find a husband like this for their daughters, at least they wouldn't have to worry about the rest of their lives.

In addition to the women talking, there were also many children showing off their brothers.

The girl proudly said to the girl next to her who was playing well with her, "My brother is also in the guard team. He said that when his monthly salary is paid, he will buy a gift for me in the city and bring it back." After saying this, she raised her eyebrows.

"I really envy you. Hey, why didn't my brother join the Guard? Otherwise, he would be able to buy things for me."

Here, Li Da was loading goods in the workshop with his men and carriages. Except for Zhao Hu, all the guards followed him to the provincial capital.

There were a total of sixteen carriages, including the one that Li Da rushed back, and there were also some large and small pottery jars that could be taken away from the village.

Zhang Xingzhong: "Uncle Li, all the goods have been loaded and secured."

Li Da patted Zhang Xingzhong on the shoulder and said generously, "Okay."

Then he turned to look at Grandpa Zhang, Father Zhang, and Zhang Cheng: "Uncle Zhang, the goods are ready, so we won't waste any more time. It will take another four days to get the goods on the road, so we'll leave first."

"Okay then, be careful along the way."

Li Da turned and walked towards the carriage.

"Everyone get on the carriage, we are ready to set off."

Everyone responded in unison, "Okay," and sat in the front of the carriage.

Li Da walked to the front carriage and sat in the front.

After the people left, the people in front of the workshop went home in twos and threes.

We were just walking on the road, still discussing it. The shouts of "good" from everyone just now were really impressive.

In the next few days, Li Da continued to move forward at the same speed as before when transporting goods, and tried to stay in familiar inns. After all, he was familiar with them. The innkeeper saw that Li Da brought so many people with him and charged him less for the room.