Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1363: Chapter 1360: Overseas Merchants

Since she believed him, she didn’t mind that her son was too tired to lift his arms, and she advised him carefully, “I remember your Third Uncle used to insist on physical exercise while studying. You should also practice swordsmanship every morning after you get up and then go to school after breakfast.”

“Sss… Mother…” Chu Bo was very resistant to exercising with his hands trembling so much that he couldn’t hold his food steadily, he looked at her with a tearful gaze, wanting to act spoiled. As the youngest son, Chu Bo was still pampered.

But this time, Madam Song was clearly persuaded by Chu Jin and instead persuaded him, “Didn’t you hear what your Brother Ah Jin said? You’re too fat, which makes it easy to fall ill. I used to think you were out of breath after walking a few steps because you rarely did physical work, but it turns out you’re just overweight.”

Madam Liu also said, “Exercising is beneficial for boys. Even if you don’t pass the exams to become a scholar, learning martial arts could qualify you to become a bailiff.”

Bailiffs ate the imperial court’s food, similar to modern civil servants, with a fixed salary.

“Exactly, exactly,” Madam Song nodded repeatedly.

Chu Bo, crushed by two great mountains, had no chance to resist and thus began his painful days of martial arts training.

But back to the story.

After breakfast, Chu Jin set off with Chu Lin to meet with foreign merchants in the county.

The children including Chu Bo continued to go to school.

Madam Liu, along with Chu Zhiwen, followed the wealthy King Chu and his wife to check on the shops in the county and the produce on the Manor.

Chu Jin sat at the front of the carriage, talking to Chu Lin.

“Uncle, what kind of rare goods do the merchants you know have?” Chu Jin asked curiously.

Chu Lin, who had dealt with foreign traders numerous times, answered easily, “They usually have shells, pearls, various colored glaze products, and seeds, gemstones, spices, ivory, medicinal herbs, and other items available only from overseas.”

“It’s a ten-day ride by carriage from here to Lihai Port, though it’s closer by water, requiring only five days. Therefore, we can occasionally meet overseas merchants. Generally, they set sail in September and October, and by March and April, more goods return.”

“So our visit today is?” Chu Jin was intrigued.

“I plan to cooperate with them, invest some silver, and also order some gemstones,” Chu Lin replied with a smile.

The rouge shop was doing well, dealing in women’s business, and gemstones, used in women’s jewelry, always sold well. However, gemstones were not abundant domestically and had to be imported from overseas by sea. As long as there was no shipwreck, buying them was always profitable.

Chu Jin nodded, “I see, oh, my mother loves those new seeds. I’ll check them out later, and if there are some seeds we don’t know, I’ll buy them.”

“Indeed, I used to keep an eye out for them for Third Brother’s Wife as well, but it’s rare to encounter overseas traders more than once a year,” Chu Lin said with a bit of regret.

As they talked, the carriage had already arrived in the county.

Driving the carriage, Chu Lin stopped at the entrance of an alley.

He instructed the coachman to wait with the carriage at the entrance while he took Chu Jin to a house door and knocked.

Soon, a servant boy opened the door.

Recognizing Chu Lin, he immediately greeted him, “It’s Old Master Chu! Our master has been waiting for you for a long time. Please come inside.”

“Thank you,” Chu Lin bowed his hands and led Chu Jin inside. Upon entering the guest room, they saw two men, one a pot-bellied middle-aged merchant and the other a blond, blue-eyed foreign man.

“Old Master Chu, please,” Zhou Hong bowed to Chu Lin, hurriedly rising to welcome him.

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