Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan invited Dongfang Qingxue to take over the salt transportation together, but Dongfang Qingxue rejected him "with confidence", and Ma Xiaoquan didn't know the reason

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Although Ma Xiaoquan didn't say it, he was still a little worried that the Ming Dynasty was still a feudal society, and whether it was from high-ranking officials and nobles to ordinary people, there was still a deep idea of male superiority and inferiority of women.

Ma Xiaoquan was worried that Dongfang Qingxue would not be able to handle the management of the copper mine after he left, so after that, he secretly sent someone to send a letter to Li Qinghan and Mrs. Ma, who were far away in Beijing.

After discussing with Mrs. Ma and Li Qinghan, it was decided to appoint the housekeeper Ma Tong to personally manage the copper mine.

Ma Xiaoquan told Dongfang Qingxue about Ma Tong's coming, and the latter was very happy to hear it, although she swore a promise before Ma Xiaoquan, but she also knew that if this copper mine was really managed by a woman, there would always be some unsolvable problems.

Although Ma Tong is not a man (he cut his words since he was a child, but he did not enter the palace), he was accepted by Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Ma as a subordinate since he was a child, and gave him the surname Ma, and grew step by step into the backbone of the Ma family. Moreover, Ma Tong has been managing the overall housekeeping and accounts of the Ma family, and no one can compare to him in terms of detail and experience.

Another month passed, and at the end of the month, Ma Tong came.

Seeing Ma Xiaoquan, Ma Tong seemed to have something to say to him, but as soon as he saw Hua Yue and Hua Qingqing, Ma Tong was silent again.

"Uncle Tong, come, let me introduce you, these two girls are from the Hua family."

"The Flower Family?" Ma Tong raised his eyebrows and looked at Hua Yue and Hua Qingqing, "It is rumored that the Hua family has declined, how is this possible?" ”

Hua Yue respectfully gave a female salute to the horse, and said: "Hello uncle, little girl Hua Yue, well, it should actually be called Hua Yue, this is my niece Hua Qingqing." ”

Ma Tong nodded, glanced at Ma Xiaoquan meaningfully, then pulled him aside, and said, "The first family master, what's going on?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Uncle Tong, this is a long story, after the handover of this period of time, I will tell you everything, well, since Uncle Tong is here, then I will start preparing to take over the matter of salt transportation." ”

Ma Tong nodded: "When are you leaving?" ”

"Leave after the handover~"

"Are the people of the Hua family going too?"

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "I have reached a consensus with the people of the Hua family to cooperate, this copper mine, including the salt transportation behind, we will all divide it~"

Ma Tong nodded: "What the first family master has decided, then I will do it~ Please rest assured, I will definitely manage the copper mine well~"

Ma Xiaoquan hummed, turned his head and beckoned to Hua Yue, Hua Yue stepped forward, Ma Xiaoquan said: "Uncle Tong, Sister Hua Yue has some experience and wants to communicate with you, and I hope you will give me advice~"

Ma Tong shook his head with a smile: "Where and where, learn together, learn together"

At night, Ma Xiaoquan was reading in the study, and Ma Tong pushed the door in.

"Uncle Tong, it's so late, haven't you slept either?"

Ma Tong shook his head and said happily: "The first generation of the head of the family, I didn't expect the little girl of the Hua family to be so powerful, well, this copper mine is really well organized under her management~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Sister Yue has been assisting the family in managing the business within the clan, and in terms of management, it can also be said that she is experienced. ”

Ma Tong rubbed his hands and muttered, "Seeing what the first head of the family said, I don't want her to take over the salt transportation with you~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "There is no problem on my side, if Uncle Tong really needs it, I can also talk to her~"

Ma Tong shook his head: "No, I think that Huayue is very interesting to the first family master, well, I can't spoil your good deeds." ”

"Uncle Tong, where are you, so let's ask, I'll help you ask~ Anyway, we are a family~"

Ma Tong shook his head and insisted: "No, the first generation of the family master, there are some things, you must not insist, now the Hua family suddenly cooperates with our Ma family, take this opportunity, our Ma family also needs the Hua family, so no matter what point of view, the first generation of the family master must go with Hua Yue, if it goes well, it is not impossible to take her~"

Ma Xiaoquan: "Uncle Tong, isn't this appropriate?" ”

Ma Tong smiled: "The first head of the family must think that he is sorry for the cold, right?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded.

"Although the first head of the family can rest assured, if Qinghan knows that you are for the sake of the family, he will definitely understand~"

Ma Xiaoquan exhaled: "Okay then, but I'll try not to have anything with Sister Yue, it's better this way~"

"Well, everything depends on the first generation of the head of the family~" After saying that, Ma Tong bowed out slightly.

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, shook his head, and muttered to himself, "Do you have to let me owe so much love debt?" Why do you do this to me?"

Half a month later, Ma Tong was fully familiar with the operation and management of the mine, and Ma Xiaoquan invited Li Wei to hand over the management of the copper mine to Ma Tong in front of him.

Li Wei doesn't have much opinion on who the copper mine belongs to, because whether it is his brother-in-law or Ma Xiaoquan, he can receive a lot of kickbacks every month, and since he took the strange medicine sent by Ma Xiaoquan, his words have an obvious effect, and over time, Li Wei believes that he will be able to regain his strength

The handover formalities were quickly completed, and Li Wei personally sent a congratulatory gift (the wool came out of the sheep), and made a promise to assist Ma Tong in managing the copper mine in front of Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan didn't take Li Wei's promise seriously, he knew that politicians like Li Wei would be capricious for the sake of profit, so when Bei Mingshuang gave him the miracle medicine earlier, he told him a secret, that is, the miracle medicine is actually a chronic poison.

Of course, Ma Xiaoquan would not tell Li Wei about the poison of the miracle medicine, on the contrary, he was also worried that Li Wei would spread the word that he was recovering from it, so at dinner in the evening, Ma Xiaoquan specially solemnly warned and coerced Li Wei, asking him to keep his mouth shut about it, otherwise he would stop the medicine.

Li Wei was naturally very concerned about Ma Xiaoquan's settlement, because he knew that he had to rely on Ma Xiaoquan to completely recover that words, hum, and when he was completely recovered, he would bite back and hum, so that he would have a good explanation for Gonggong Wei

Seeing off Li Wei and his party, Hua Yue asked Ma Xiaoquan thoughtfully: "Then Li Wei, it doesn't look very good~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Of course I know, his brother-in-law was bitten in two by a big snake, and he went back like a person who had nothing to do, such a ruthless person will have to be eliminated sooner or later~"

"Then you, then you give him medicine to cure the disease"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "Hmph, cure?" Is it really a cure? ”

Hua Yue was stunned for a moment, her beautiful eyes flashing: "Isn't it?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled mysteriously and shook his head: "You'll know when the time comes~"

"Hmm~"

The next day, Ma Xiaoquan and Hua Yue packed up their finesse and prepared to set off, while Dongfang Qingxue, Beimingxue and Hua Qingqing stayed at the copper mine to assist Ma Tongtong in managing it.

said that it is to assist in management, and the person who can use it is Dongfang Qingxue, Bei Mingxue and Hua Qingqing, two heartless girls, know how to play all day long, but it's okay, at least they are each other's companions, at least they won't pester Ma Xiaoquan to take them to make trouble

Standing at the gate of the mining area, Ma Xiaoquan reached out and patted the horse's back, turned his head and said to Hua Yue: "Are you ready?" ”

Hua Yue jumped on the horse and nodded: "Okay~"

Ma Xiaoquan hummed, jumped on the horse, clamped his legs, and the horse neighed and ran forward

On a lighthouse on the edge of the mining area, Dongfang Qingxue watched Ma Xiaoquan and Hua Yue go away until she couldn't see them.

"Hey~" Dongfang Qingxue sighed and looked up at the sky, at this time, a carrier pigeon suddenly landed on the handrail of the lighthouse, Dongfang Qingxue skillfully grabbed it, and pulled off the letter tied to the pigeon's leg.

After reading the contents of the letter, Dongfang Qingxue seemed to be very unwilling.

"Do I have to do this? Why me" Dongfang Qingxue shook her head in distress, and two lines of tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"Sister Qingxue" suddenly heard a soft voice behind her.

Dongfang Qingxue hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and turned her head to see that it was Beiying Snow.

"Well~ it's a girl from the North Underworld~"

Bei Mingxue stepped forward: "Sister Qingxue, are you crying?" ”

Dongfang Qingxue shook her head and said, "No, I'm just a little homesick~"

Bei Mingxue sighed: "Sister Qingxue, don't be sad, your people are still there, but I don't know where they are now~~"

Dongfang Qingxue nodded: "Yes, they are still there"

"Okay, don't think about it, let's go, let's go play, hehe, Hua Qingqing and I got delicious fruits, let's go eat them together~"

Bei Mingxue said that, and jumped down the lighthouse.

Looking at the shadow of the North Stygian Snow, Dongfang Qingxue shook her head: "It's better not to think about anything, carefree"

Half a month later, Ma Xiaoquan and Hua Yue arrived at their destination.

Salt transportation is much simpler than copper mines, after all, salt transportation is only responsible for collection and sales, as for how and where the salt comes out, it is all a matter for the government.

Because of the salt transportation contract in hand, Ma Xiaoquan took over the management rights smoothly.

Compared with the income of copper mines, salt transportation is much less, although less, but in terms of safety and operability, it is much stronger than copper mines, after all, salt transportation is mainly about the deployment of logistics, the allocation of personnel, there are not too many high-risk operations, so the overall management is much simpler than copper mines.

In just three months, Ma Xiaoquan has been thoroughly proficient in the salt transportation industry, of course, if there is no help from Hua Yue, I am afraid that this time will have to be multiplied by three.