"Okay, from now on all the goods shipped from the southern border to the capital will be handed over to you. Is a thousand taels of silver okay for a trip?" Lan Jue put down the teacup and looked at Yun Tang with a smile.

As expected of a businessman, he was also the first to propose a specific amount for the errand fee.

Gu Chengfeng and Wang Kun were both stunned by the fact that they spent a thousand taels of silver on this trip, and then they looked at Yuntang.

Yuntang shook his head and glared at Lanjue in dissatisfaction.

"Eighth Senior Brother, you are so stingy. You only see that it takes me a day and a night to make a trip, but you don't see that the energy I put in also has unique advantages."

"Also, how much goods can I take away on this trip? How many people, carriages, and days would it take to transport these goods by land? How much would the food, lodging, and loss on the way cost?"

As Yuntang spoke, she stretched out her slender hand from her sleeve, palm facing up, and there were several storage rings in her palm.

Several people's eyes lit up and they understood Yuntang's meaning.

How much could they transport with their huge convoy? It would probably only take one or two storage rings to hold it, and the other costs would not be small.

Especially the time advantage, which is indeed unique.

Lan Jue reacted quickly and asked immediately: "How much errand fee can Xiao Tanger accept?"

He did not raise the price himself. If Xiao Tang'er was still not satisfied, it would really prove that he, the eighth senior brother, was stingy.

The bargaining tactics you use with other merchants cannot be used on Xiaotang'er.

Yun Tang held up a finger and said, "I don't ask for much, just 10,000 taels. If you think it's too expensive, you can ask me to come once a year. I'll deliver all the goods."

It saves time, effort, and generally speaking, it also saves money.

"Okay, Fourth Senior Brother has agreed. If Fourth Senior Brother can't give, I can ask your Third Senior Brother to make up for it a little bit." Gu Chengfeng was the first to agree, saying with a smile.

He was farming in the northern border, which actually saved food and money for the court. While saving food and money, it also saved the court's transportation costs.

The North was self-sufficient. In addition to storing some of the excess grain, some was sold to the people in the government grain stores, which also stabilized the grain prices in the North.

Of course, the grain store was not run by Gu Chengfeng, but was run by a manager arranged by Yun Xuanyu.

Xiuyulou only has a shop in the capital, but the grain store has branches in the northern, eastern, southern and western borders. Each branch has a manager who is in charge of that branch and reports to Yun Xuanyu.

Yuntang only heard about these things this time.

She had always known that Senior Brother Seven and Senior Brother Eight were the money bags of Senior Brother Three, and that Senior Brother Eight had many businesses under her, but she didn't know that Senior Brother Seven also had a grain store in addition to Xiu Yu Tower.

The fourth brother could also make some money back by selling the extra grain, cotton, and dry goods to the grain store, but the fourth brother focused on military affairs and did not pay attention to business.

Now that Yuntang is there to run errands and transport goods, it is not only convenient for Fourth Senior Brother, but also for Seventh Senior Brother. However, Seventh Senior Brother is Third Senior Brother's money bag, so of course he had to talk to Third Senior Brother about the advance payment.

Soon, they agreed on a fixed errand fee of 10,000 taels.

Notify Yuntang when necessary. After all, Yuntang has shown them several storage rings, so they have an idea of ​​how much cargo they can transport at a time.

Yuntang won't even need to use Qinglong in the future. Using Tengshe will only take one or two more days.

Not long after saying these things, Zhou brought people to deliver breakfast.

Yuntang and his companions rushed to the northern border overnight. They brought hot food with them, but they just ate some casually on the flying boat. How could it be more comfortable than sitting at the table and eating northern specialty noodles at this moment?

Hot mutton soup, roujiamo, knife-cut noodles, big steamed buns and millet porridge, as well as some light stir-fries and butter cakes.

Even though it was prepared in a hurry, it was still sufficient for the people coming from the South and East Territories.

After breakfast, Gu Chengfeng took a few people to visit the nearby fields and orchards, and then took them to the nearby city for fun.

They had lunch in the city at noon. Lan Jue, Wang Kun and Han Wenyi booked an inn in the city. They wanted to stroll around the area and wait for Yun Tang to pick them up at the end of the month.

Knowing that Yuntang will come again at the end of the month, Gu Chengfeng will also arrange for the people to be brought back to the capital so as not to waste the quota on the flying boat.

Gu Yining and Gu Luanheng went to the border town and informed them of the exact news that they would set off for Beijing in the evening.

This time, only Gu Chengsheng's two sons returned to Beijing, while he and his wife were in the border town.

The arrangement for Gu Chengfeng to return to Beijing had been decided long ago, and they were just waiting for Yuntang to come and pick them up with Qinglong, so there was no need to discuss any plans with the generals on the border.

As early as when Master and Second Brother came to the Northern Territory to help with the snow disaster, they had already discussed the arrangements for the garrison.

Gu Chengfeng said that after handing over the military affairs, he would focus on dealing with the snow disaster and post-disaster resettlement, and would no longer be responsible for military defense.

Those who wanted to return to Beijing would stay in the farm after the Chinese New Year.

Gu Chengfeng also left some people to prepare for the spring plowing, and he only took a few disciples to Yunfeng Temple. The rest stayed in the temple to practice and protect the peace of this area.

After lunch, Yuntang took a nap in the inn they had booked, while the other brothers gathered together to drink tea and chat.

They had not seen each other for a long time, so they had a lot to talk about, including the Fallen Angel Death Curse and the cleansing of Xuannv Temple a few years ago...

At 5 p.m., after Yuntang woke up, they returned to the farm.

Zhou was waiting for them. When she saw Gu Chengfeng coming back, she quickly pulled him into the inner room.

Zhou said that she had originally prepared several boxes and cages, and with the gifts sent by her junior fellow apprentices, she was afraid that it would be difficult to carry them with her. Should she leave them at home or take them back to the capital?

Gu Chengfeng came out and laughed, then put all those things into the storage ring and said with a smile: "We will not be returning to the North this year, so you can take anything you want with you."

He was so busy entertaining his fellow disciples that he forgot about his luggage. Zhou didn't know that there was a storage ring that could hold the luggage, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment, and hurriedly went to pack some more things.

She finally had the chance to return to Beijing, and she also wanted to go back to her parents' home.

After returning to the bustling capital from the cold and solemn north, they had to prepare gifts not only for their parents' family but also for other families they had contact with. It would be bad to let people look down on them for being shabby.

I received the news that I would return to Beijing in the winter before the New Year, and many things had been prepared long ago. However, I originally thought that I would travel south by carriage, but later I heard that I would take a flying boat.

She had never been on a flying boat, and she didn't know the specific situation. For a moment, the problem became how to carry the luggage.

Unexpectedly, the problem that had been bothering her for a long time was solved by Gu Chengfeng with just a wave of his hand.

Gu Chengfeng thought of something and came out and put a pile of baskets in the hall, instantly filling the entire side hall with things.

"These are all the northern products I prepared for you. They are all mountain products, as well as dried flowers and fruits."

"Except for the food and cotton, which are all disaster relief and cannot be given to you, you can take these things back and eat them fresh. After all, they are specialties of the North."

"Brother, I am a farmer, and this is all I can afford."

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