Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 271

"Mr. Qin, I'm Ye Xi, and I'm here to greet you." Ye Xi bent down and saluted the other party.

"Miss Ye, how are you?" Qin Song returned the greeting, and then the scene became a little quiet.

Ye Xi discovered that Qin Song really didn’t know how to socialize, so why did the conversation become awkward at the very beginning?

"Mr. Qin, please take a seat. Hongxiu, serve the tea."

Ye Xi then explained to Qin Song, "I am only staying here temporarily, so I rented this yard. I haven't bought many things yet, so it's a little shabby. I hope Mr. Qin doesn't mind."

"I am honored to be your guest here. I wonder why Miss Ye invited me here?" Qin Song went straight to the point.

“To be honest, Xi Niang runs a small business and wants to open a branch in this remote area. I don’t want to make money, but the branch needs a manager.

Xi Niang knew that the teacher was literate and had experience in bookkeeping, so she wanted to ask him to be the manager.

The monthly salary is one or two taels of silver, and if the store makes good profits at the end of the year, rewards will be given according to the situation.

If we lose money, we can only fix the amount to 13 taels per year, and give an extra tael as New Year expenses."

Ye Xi thought that the level of this place was unique.

When Qin Song heard that there was actually one or two taels of monthly salary, he thought, isn't it better than what he could earn by looking for odd jobs everywhere?

However, he also knew that this amount of money was far beyond the local level, so he did not dare to agree to it outright.

After all, he still remembered vividly how he was implicated in the first place, so he had to be on guard.

Seeing Qin Song hesitate, Ye Xi guessed the reason and she smiled.

"Sir, don't worry that Xi Niang has any intention of harming you. I gave her too much money.

The truth is, it was to get the husband to work more, and there was also some element of hush money involved.”

Then Ye Xi briefly described his work content. He could then hire a waiter to help out, and Ye Xi would pay for it.

In addition to looking after the store, keeping accounts and writing regular letters to report to Ye Xi, his job also requires him to complete other tasks assigned by Ye Xi.

This includes assisting the people designated by Ye Xi to plant and harvest food and transport it to designated locations.

When Qin Song heard that the job content was not small, he realized that it was indeed not easy to make money. However, he was curious about what the "hush money" was, and Ye Xi did not hide it from him.

"I bought some seeds from somewhere else and planned to grow grain, but those grains were not the regular grains of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Without the approval of the imperial court, we cannot plant on a large scale, and we cannot occupy fertile farmland, so we can only try here.

If the planting is successful and the fruits are produced, you need to arrange for people to transport the fruits to other cities."

“The main purpose of this trip is to rent land for planting, and opening a branch is just an excuse for me to find people to contact.

It would be best if you can make a profit from the branch, but it’s okay if you can’t.

Few of the people who farm the land are literate and are unable to carry out my arrangements, so I have to come to you, sir.

If you do well, I will not treat you unfairly, but the prerequisite is that you must learn to keep a secret. "

Qin Song then understood Ye Xi's purpose, and he began to look at the woman in front of him carefully.

How could a person who could have such insights and put them into practice be an ordinary person? His life was ruined because of being imprisoned.

The woman in front of him now might be his chance to turn things around.

"As long as I don't have to go to jail again, Qin is willing." Qin Song said.

Ye Xi chuckled.

"Don't worry, sir. I have inquired about the laws of the Great Zhou. What I did will not endanger the stability of the Great Zhou. Nothing will happen.

Although the imperial court did not allow large-scale planting of other crops, it was only because it was worried about food shortages. As long as the grain submitted was sufficient,

The imperial court would not actually investigate what other crops the people planted.”