The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 709 Doing Something Big (2)_1

Chapter 709: Chapter 709 Doing Something Big (2)_1

Watching his people protect him as they walked away, Pei Qin turned around and yanked the jade pendant off Jiujiu’s body, "Pah! Damn it! Even my precious daughter is in their sights, those wretches! I’ll bury them alive!"

"He’s going to be spitting blood all the way home." Mo Heng said with a smile as he picked up the jade pendant, examined it carefully—it was a genuine product from the Royal Family, although he wasn’t sure how many such pendants he had given away. He casually placed it into a box, locked it, and stored it in a cupboard.

"I hope he spews out several basins!" Pei Qin ground her teeth.

Mo Heng pulled her to sit in his embrace and chuckled, "It’s not like we’re butchering a pig. Even if we were, it would only fill one basin of blood."

Pei Qin snorted.

"You’re pregnant, don’t get angry so easily. Rest early. We’re going home tomorrow!" Mo Heng urged.

The spousal rivalries in Pei Zongli’s home hadn’t kicked off yet, and Pei Qin had lost interest. She went to bed early, and the next day, the family packed up and headed back to the town.

The Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th of August was fast approaching. More and more people were placing orders for the preserved eggs.

Pei Qin saw that the duck eggs they bought had been delivered, and upon returning home, she immediately got busy with the preparations.

It took about forty days to make preserved eggs, and they could start making them now. When the preserved eggs were nearly ready, they would continue to mature during transportation. By the time people everywhere got their preserved eggs, they would be soft in the center and perfect, whether as gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival or for their own consumption.

The breeding farm Pei Qian had set up was finished, but there weren’t many bamboo rats and hares yet. Pei Qin, being pregnant again, decided to put the breeding farm on hold and focus first on the preserved eggs.

Pei Qin, who couldn’t stay idle, began mixing the ingredients and then left the actual work to Sun Quanliang and the others.

Mo Heng took over the mixing of the ingredients and let her watch from the side.

Shen Songming sent a letter, saying that he planned to make a trip to Guangzhou Hainan. The rubber trees and three-leaf trees Pei Qin talked about only grew plentifully in the south. His dispatched men sent back news, claiming to have found similar ones, which from the description, appeared to be rubber trees; he planned to go there himself. He wanted to set up a rubber purchasing station and a manufacturing plant, producing rubber and latex products, and then sell wall clocks, watches, musical boxes, magnifying glasses, and spectacles in the south, and also find a way to export them.

In fact, Shen Songming was also eyeing the Burmese jade. It was all within the territory of Great Chu, and although it was referred to as land of the Southern Barbarians, he had been there before. Taking more hands along, he hoped to mine some jade.

He asked Pei Qin if she wanted anything conveyed. Her soy sauce and preserved eggs were almost completely bought by the Wang family; they only produced, and retailing was mostly through the Wang family, so there wasn’t much money to be made. If there was enough stock, they planned to deliver a boatload of soy sauce and preserved eggs. They’d use water transport to deliver it to Guangzhou Prefecture.

"Has this fellow gotten involved with the Transport Gang?" Pei Qin held the letter, suspicious.

Pei Qian took the letter and after reading it, her eyes lit up instantly, "We already have soy sauce in stock, and though it’s not as good as that made with spring soybeans, we can still send it elsewhere for a lower price! We’ll work harder on the preserved eggs. Even if we can’t carry much, it’ll be enough to spread our reputation! We’ve got more than a month’s time, that’s completely doable!"

Shen Songming would set off after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"He’s scouting for a transportation route for future development. For the first time, aren’t you afraid of losing both your goods and money?" Pei Qin raised an eyebrow.

"Business inherently involves risks! Besides, isn’t this a managed water transport? They’re sure to be experts, just need to pay more Silver Coin! That ensures the products will arrive at the destination and make money!" Pei Qian retorted with a glance.

Pei Qin chuckled, "Even the stingy are talking about business risks now!"

A couple of days ago, Pei Qian received a letter from Fang Liuming; he had encountered Bai Jinyan and Yang San’s Third Lady in Capital Jingcheng, and the servants referred to Bai Jinyan as Third Lady Yang San. Their business had already expanded to Jingcheng.

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