The Only Favorite Ugly Husband

The fleet has a lot of things to deal with, those people who came to pick up Zheng Yi, in fact, just took Zheng Yi to settle down in a nearby house of the Zheng family - the Zheng family has been doing business from south to north, Therefore, a house was purchased near the pier.

The house was under Zheng Yi's name, so Zheng Yi decided to let Jiang Zhen bring his subordinates to live in the house with him.

It's really troublesome for them to leave.Although the cargo on the ship does not need to be unloaded for the time being, it is enough to find someone to watch over it, but the silver must be taken, and Zheng Yi must also take all the playing cards.

Originally, with so many things, they had to hire porters to help them, but because Jiang Zhen saved many people from the water bandits, it was enough in the end.

After nearly two hours of tossing, Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen organized their respective teams and asked their subordinates to shoulder the burden and head to Zheng's house.

Seeing the team walking, Zheng Yi greeted Jiang Zhen: "Jiang Zhen, there is a carriage here, come with me."

"Thank you, Young Master Zheng." Jiang Zhen said, the sun was very bright outside, and he was really reluctant to let the pregnant Zhao Jinge walk outside.

Carriages are very expensive, and it costs more to maintain a carriage than a few servants. After all, this carriage is actually not very comfortable to sit on.

After noticing that the carriage was very bumpy, Jiang Zhen looked at Brother Zhao Jin worriedly, fearing that Brother Zhao Jin would not be able to bear the bumps... People in those TV dramas often have miscarriages at every turn. Would such bumps be bad?

Jiang Zhen was worried, but Zhao Jinge didn't feel it at all.

He used to have a reaction like retching, but now he has no feeling at all. He always feels that having a child is no different from when he had no child.

At this moment, Brother Zhao Jin looked around cautiously, curious about the carriage he was sitting in and the horses pulling it.

In the south of the Yangtze River, horses are rare, and there are not many horse-drawn carriages in Hecheng County, so he hasn't seen much.

"Brother Zhao Jin, do you like carriages? I can ask Jiang Zhen to buy one for you to take home." Zheng Yi said with a smile, "The carriages in the capital are much cheaper than those in Jiangnan."

"No need..." Brother Zhao Jin said quickly, but he couldn't say any more.

Jiang Zhen's heart moved, the carriage was fine, this horse...he really wanted to raise one.

If it were in modern times, he would definitely not think about raising horses, but would want to buy a good car, but this year there is no car, so he can only think about horses.

Brother Zhao Jin was obviously very reserved. After Zheng Yi said a word to him, he stopped chatting with him and talked about something else with Jiang Zhen.

"You don't need to unload the goods on the ship. After you find a buyer, let them unload the goods. As for the silver, I will leave a warehouse for you on the village. When the time comes, you can put the silver there and find someone to watch it." .” Zheng Yi said.

Jiang Zhen nodded and thanked Zheng Yi. After all, if Zheng Yi hadn't borrowed the warehouse, he really didn't know what to do with the money.

He used to think that in Daqi, it was possible to deposit silver in the bank and then trade with bank notes, but this was not the case at all.

Nowadays, there are already products similar to banks, and there are bank notes, but they can only be used locally. That is to say, if you want to go out to do business, you must bring real money or goods.

It has to be said that it is because of this that today's business is not very developed, and there are fewer big businessmen.

The amount of silver that Jiang Zhen had snatched from the water bandits was tens of thousands of taels, and it took dozens of people to pick it up. On Zheng Yi's side, there were even more people in charge of picking the goods.

The carriage drove slowly ahead, and behind them, a huge team followed closely, and many of them carried silver in their burdens.

The silver is very heavy and it is inconvenient to carry it, but it is not bad, at least... It is not easy to steal a large amount of silver from others.

Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen said a lot of things, Jiang Zhen wrote them down one by one, and half an hour later, the Zheng family's house arrived.

The house was quite big, with several yards. After Zheng Yi arrived, he pointed out one of the yards for Jiang Zhen to live in.

The yard was not big and there were not many houses, but both Jiang Zhen and his subordinates were very happy.

No matter how small the house here is, it is more comfortable to live in than on a boat.

God knows how much they miss life on land after living on the boat for so long!

Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge always had cabins to live in when they were on the ship, but now they are very happy to live in the yard. Zhao Jinge looked around and found that the yard had been tidied up and new mats were laid. I can't wait to lie down and sleep peacefully right away.

Of course, he didn't do that, he was still hungry.

Zheng Yi asked someone to bring them some food, including pork and mutton as well as fresh vegetables. Jiang Zhen asked someone to send some to the boat, and then cooked the rest. They had a good meal, and then brought Brother Zhao Jin take a break.

No one disturbed him during this sleep, Jiang Zhen fell asleep until the next day was bright, but when he woke up, Brother Zhao Jin was still sleeping.

Thinking about this journey, Brother Zhao Jin might be very tired, so Jiang Zhen didn't wake him up, but got up lightly and went outside.

He got up a bit late, and most of the others were already awake, talking together in twos and threes, while the cook and Ruo'er were washing clothes in the yard.

"Ms. Li, is breakfast ready?" Jiang Zhen asked. The cook's surname was Li, and it was hard for him to call her by her first name, so he kept calling her Mrs. Li.

"Master, it's ready." Mrs. Li said quickly, washed her hands with clean water, and was about to serve the meal—it's hot now, so she didn't have to worry about the food getting cold, she prepared the food early.

Jiang Zhen stopped her: "I'll just go to the kitchen to eat."

Jiang Zhen only asked Mrs. Li to be in charge of the meals for himself and Brother Zhao Jin, and asked her to cook more food that is good for pregnant people. Recently, she often cooks soupy things.

For example, what she prepared today was porridge made with chicken soup, scallion pancakes, cold cucumber, shredded chicken and braised tofu.

Jiang Zhen didn't care much about these things. He took a steamed bun bigger than his fist from the food his men ate, ate one, drank a bowl of porridge, and ate three scallion pancakes. People went out.

Originally, he only needed to protect Zheng Yi, but now that he had a lot of goods, he got busy. Fortunately, when he arrived in the capital, Zheng Yi no longer needed protection.

After Jiang Zhen returned to the boat, the fat man named Luo Tianci came over and said that his family had come to pick him up.

Someone came to pick him up so soon, and Jiang Zhen felt more and more that this person was not simple, but he didn't investigate further.

Luo Tianci thanked him repeatedly, gave Jiang Zhen 500 taels of silver, and gave Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi, who had taken care of him for half a month, 20 taels of silver each, and left, leaving Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi who were a little dumbfounded.

They thought Fatty Luo would accept them as concubines, but they only gave 20 taels of silver...

But they have only been with him for more than half a month, and it is not bad to have 20 taels of silver, but what will they do in the future?

Whether it was the sailors or the rescued woman Shuang'er, as long as they wanted to leave, they could leave. Jiang Zhen did not restrict them, but almost all of them did not leave, even Zhao Lingxi and Liu Qianqian did not leave.

"You can stay, but you have to listen to me here, and if you want to leave in the future, you have to say hello in advance." Jiang Zhen said.

As soon as he said this, those people didn't want to leave even more. Only a woman stood up and said in a voice: "You...will you...send us to those...those dirty places?"

They have suffered in this way, and they left their homes and were killed by water bandits, the woman Shuang'er, basically they can't go back home. They want to follow Jiang Zhen, but they are a little afraid of being sold to the land of fireworks.

In that land of fireworks, very beautiful women may be able to find a way out for themselves, but the vast majority of people have been ruined all the time, and they often don't live to be 30 years old. After death, most of them are just used by others The straw mat was wrapped and thrown away casually.

"Don't worry about this, I won't send you to such a place, but you all have to work." Jiang Zhen said.

Jiang Zhen has been watching over these women along the way, resolutely not allowing the men on the boat to violate them, but also assigning them a lot of work, such as giving them fabrics for them to make clothes and so on.

Now hearing Jiang Zhen's words and thinking about the past, those who want to live a good life in the future are relieved and relieved, but people like Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi are hesitant.

They don't want to work, but if they leave, where can they go?

Maybe someone will covet their looks and ask for them, but will they throw them away after playing for a few days?What should they do when they are old and fading?

Liu Qianqian squeezed the 20 taels of silver that Fatty Luo gave her in her hand, and finally gritted her teeth and sneaked into the crowd of women.

Going outside now might encounter something, she might as well follow Jiang Zhen first, or leave after finding a way out.

Liu Qianqian made a choice, and Zhao Lingxi followed suit.

Jiang Zhen actually didn't like these two people very much, but he didn't want to embarrass them. He just said: "You can't do less of the work that you should do in the future, and don't have any crooked thoughts, otherwise I won't do it. I will be kind to you."

When those people heard the words, they nodded again and again.

They could see that Jiang Zhen really wouldn't be polite to them. He said that if he didn't work, he wouldn't have food, so he really didn't give food to those who didn't work, no matter how good-looking that person was.

His subordinates still listen to him very much...

Jiang Zhen dealt with these people well, and counted some of the goods on board. Seeing that it was late, he hurried back.

When Jiang Zhen was rushing back, Brother Zhao Jing was taking Ruo'er for a walk outside the house.

The servants planted a lot of vegetables near the house, some of which Brother Zhao Jing had never seen before, so he found the farmer and talked with the duck for a long time, wanting to spend money to buy some seeds to go back, so that his family can also eat more vegetables in the future.

Then, when Jiang Zhen came back, he saw Zhao Jinge holding a piece of mud with his hands, and there were green leeks growing on the mud.

Seeing Jiang Zhen, Brother Zhao Jin paused, and then smiled flatteringly at Jiang Zhen.Jiang Zhen saw that he was a little tight, and almost didn't let him do any work. Would he not be happy to see him getting himself dirty now?

He kind of wanted to throw away the food in his hands, but he couldn't bear it.

"What are you doing with the leek?" Jiang Zhen asked.

"This is called leek?" Zhao Jinge was a little surprised, and said again: "There is no such thing in Hecheng County, I want to take it back to plant." When a stubble grew, he wanted some seeds to take back to plant, but the man couldn't understand what he said, and finally turned over a nest of vegetables for him...

"It's good to plant some of this, I'll take you to buy seeds next time." Jiang Zhen nodded, and said: "As for now..."

Jiang Zhen looked at Zhao Jinge threateningly, and then took Zhao Jinge, who was startled by him, back to the house to take a bath.

This bath, of course, is not an ordinary bath, but a mandarin duck bath.

He and Brother Zhao Jing had a big tub in their room, it would be a pity not to use it... Of course, the most important thing is that when he saw Brother Zhao Jing holding a piece of mud with leeks, he suddenly felt uncomfortable for some reason. I can't stand it...

Although he couldn't bear it anymore, Jiang Zhen didn't really do anything, considering the child in Zhao Jinge's belly, he just used his two legs, which made Zhao Jinge blush.

That night, Jiang Zhen ate late, and at the same time ate the long-lost leek.

He still likes this taste quite a bit. Brother Zhao Jin didn't like it very much when he ate it for the first time, but seeing that Jiang Zhen liked it, he decided to take some seeds back and plant them well.

For several days in a row, Jiang Zhen was very busy, going to the pier every day, leaving early and returning late, leaving Zhao Jinge alone at home.

This is a very normal thing for other Shuang'er, but Brother Zhao Jin couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

In the past, he was able to go out with Jiang Zhen, but now, he has nothing to do all day long.

However, Brother Zhao Jin was only missing for a few days.

After Jiang Zhen came back that day, he said to Brother Zhao Jing: "Tomorrow I'm going to discuss business with someone, will you go with me?"

Brother Zhao Jin felt that if he followed, he might only cause trouble for Jiang Zhen, but he really wanted to go... "Okay."

Brother Zhao Jin agreed, and Jiang Zhen took him out the next day.

A few days ago, both Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen were sorting out the goods in their hands and inquiring about the market prices. They didn't officially start selling until today.

They don't need to find buyers by themselves. After telling the dental shop what goods they have a few days ago, today, many businessmen who are interested in their goods have heard the news.

Some of these businessmen went to Zheng Yi's side, and a dozen or so came to Jiang Zhen's side.

Jiang Zhen didn't know much about the market, but Zheng Yi had already asked his shopkeeper to look at his goods and set him a similar price, so naturally he wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

Jiang Zhen has a lot of goods in his hands, and they are also very miscellaneous, and the most numerous goods are cloth.

These merchants were all very interested in cloth, so Jiang Zhen took them to the boat to look at the cloth first, and after looking at the cloth, he asked, "What price are you all willing to pay?"

Those businessmen glanced at each other, and one of them walked towards Jiang Zhen first: "Master Jiang, my surname is Zhu, and I am the shopkeeper of Wanlong Commercial Bank." As the shopkeeper Zhu spoke, he stretched out his hand hidden in his wide sleeve to Jiang Zhen.

On this wharf, one-on-one bargaining, everyone bargains directly, and if they don’t understand the language, they use the abacus to fiddle with it. But a group of people like this want the goods, and Jiang Zhen is waiting for the price. We're talking about the price.

Merchants have their own set of gestures for each price.

The steward next to Zheng Yi mentioned this to Jiang Zhen, and Jiang Zhen naturally knew about it, so he reached into the sleeve of the shopkeeper Zhu, touched the other party's hand and "looked" at the other party's price.

The price given by shopkeeper Zhu was a bit low. He was waiting for Jiang Zhen to increase the price, and then the two had a good discussion in their sleeves. Unexpectedly, after Jiang Zhen "saw" his price, he stretched out his hand quickly. There was no point in negotiating the price with him.

The shopkeeper Zhu was a little stunned. Looking at Jiang Zhen's face, he couldn't see anything, so he could only add: "Master Jiang, our Wanlong Commercial Bank is very sincere."

Jiang Zhen "looked" at Shopkeeper Zhu's price, and then went to look at the price of the next merchant. As a result, the price given by this person was lower than Shopkeeper Zhu's.

Jiang Zhen quickly withdrew his hand as before.

The first few merchants all offered prices lower than Jiang Zhen's expected price, and soon, it was the turn of a rather young and petite merchant.

"My surname is Shen, and I'm the head of the Shen family." The businessman also stretched out his hand, and the price he gesticulated on his sleeve was higher than the price set by the steward of the Zheng family for Jiang Zhen.

"Okay, I'll sell it to you." After "seeing" the other party's price, Jiang Zhen immediately said that he would not bargain, and wanted to find someone who was straightforward.

The businessman surnamed Shen was very young, but in his twenties, with a white face and no beard, he was pretty good-looking. Hearing what Jiang Zhen said, he showed a surprised expression.

His family used to be in the capital, which was well-known, but now it has declined, and when he came out to do business, he encountered obstacles everywhere.

It was precisely because of this that when he came here this time, he gave him a sincere price right away. Unexpectedly... this person is willing to sell things to him without even negotiating the price.

"Master Jiang, the price is negotiable." The businessman surnamed Zhu said quickly.

"There's no need to discuss it, it's just him," Jiang Zhen said, and looked at the businessman surnamed Shen, "Do you want other goods?" It's too troublesome to find sellers one by one, so it's better to sell to one person.

"Yes." The man said, raising the corners of his mouth to reveal two dimples.The goods here in Jiang Zhen are all good, if possible, of course he would like to eat them all.

The shopkeeper Zhu's face changed when he heard the words.Jiang Zhen has a lot of goods here. He thought he could always buy one or two items, but he didn't expect that he couldn't buy any of them in the end...

Of course, what displeased him the most was that Jiang Zhen actually sold the goods to Shen Anxin.

This Shen family is the opposite of Wanlong Commercial Bank.

"Master Jiang, the Shen family is now headed by Shuang Er, so you can rest assured to do business with him?" Shopkeeper Zhu said suddenly.

After hearing what shopkeeper Zhu said, Jiang Zhen looked at Shen Anxin in surprise—is the person who is talking to him about business a Shuanger?

Jiang Zhen took a closer look and found that Shen Anxin had a faint scar between his eyebrows.

Like Zhao Jinge, he probably dug out his own pregnancy mole, but if he took good care of it, the scar could hardly be seen.

"How can a pair of children do good business?" Shopkeeper Zhu added.

"Master Jiang, my Shen family has several shops, and I can bring cash..." Shen Anxin expressed eagerly as his face turned pale.Many people see him as a twin, so they refuse to do business with him, and want to take advantage of him. The young owner of Wanlong Trading Company even wants to marry him and take over the Shen family's property...

He has encountered a lot of trouble these days, and he is really anxious right now, for fear that Jiang Zhen will regret not selling it to him.

"Master Jiang, our Wanlong Trading Company can offer a higher price than him." Shopkeeper Zhu said with certainty.

Many men who are doing business abroad look down on Shuang'er, thinking that they should stay at home and take care of their husbands and children, and the shopkeeper Zhu is willing to pay a higher price... Shen Anxin is almost certain that this business will definitely fail.

He couldn't help feeling a little desperate.

"I made an agreement with him to sell it to him." Jiang Zhen pointed to Shen Anxin, but made an unexpected decision - just because this person dug out a pregnancy mole like Brother Zhao Jin, he had a good impression of this person.

As soon as Jiang Zhen said this, the shopkeeper Zhu's face turned black.

"Shopkeeper Shen is good at tricks, he hooked people up just by touching his hands." After giving Shen Anxin a disdainful look, shopkeeper Zhu turned around and left.