The crazy Ning Cishi can't manage too many consequences now. He wants to arrest those merchants for interrogation. This order has just been issued, and the news has just spread. Before he was arrested, some merchants took the initiative to come over. , Sent a picture to his hands.
When the businessman sent this picture, he had no respect for Ning Cishi in his heart. Instead, he was grateful to the Chamber of Commerce in Luzhou, that is, Master Zhang Zhongzhang.
It was already agreed when the goods were shipped back. If Ning Cishi starts arresting people here, he will immediately hand the pictures to Ning Cishi, so that the merchants don't have to worry.
At that time, the businessmen here in Qinzhou didn’t believe that Ning Cishi could do anything with them. They thought Mr. Zhang thought too much. They usually helped the Ning family in Qinzhou. Otherwise, how could the entire Qinzhou develop on its own? Can you believe that Ning Cishi will dig his own grave
The reality gave them a fierce slap of fantasy, and they knew as soon as the army was mobilized. Which businessman would not have an eyeliner? In order not to suffer a loss, this is the method of transportation.
In fact, it was very simple. It was transported by water, pulled the net under the water, put the goods into the net, and dragged it all the way to here, and sneaked ashore where there was no inspection in the middle. This was the smuggling of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan in the first place. The method was concealed by many people at the time, but it gradually disappeared, and it happened to be used by the local people.
Ning Cishi looked at the picture in his hand, looked at the businessman, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be transported in this way. Don't worry, the officer just wants you to come and gather. You used to help the Ning family. Don't think too much, this officer has not considered arresting you."
"If you don't say that, I will also understand in my heart, how could an adult catch us, but we always feel that it is not good to secretly ship things over, so I thought about letting the adults know the way as soon as possible, so as not to cause more losses to the adults. , My lord, I haven't been with an adult for many days. I don't know when the sir will have time to gather together for fun?"
The businessman who sent the picture had a relieved smile, and asked Ning Cishi a little flatteringly.
"It's not in a hurry. I have been too busy these days. After a few Japanese officials, I will naturally come to meet you." After Ning Shishi knew the method of transportation, he didn't intend to say anything to the merchant, and said something casually. Just let the businessman leave by himself.
The businessman was also sensible, and said quickly: "Then I will go back first. Adults must take care of your health. Qinzhou cannot live without an adult."
The businessman had spoken and turned and left. After leaving the mansion, his face sank. Now he understands what kind of person Ning Cishi is. He is not afraid of the Qinzhou merchants' chills when he does such things. Having done business with the Ning family, it is even more impossible to ship goods from Luzhou here.
How to do it, you need to see how Mr. Zhang in Luzhou will arrange it. In the big deal, he will take his family and money to Luzhou. There should be a business to let them do it.
The mind of the businessman changed, and the mind of Ning Cishi also changed accordingly. He didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, so he shifted all the responsibilities to the local businessman, thinking that the businessman did not help his family and guarded Qinzhou well. , And secretly transported the goods. If it weren’t for sending troops to arrest people this time, how could the merchants deliver the goods honestly
"Come here, please go down. People patrolling on the Qinjiang River will check the things under the ship. If they encounter cargo, they will be returned to the officials." Ning Cishi fluttered the paper in his hand and faced the people standing guard outside. Commanded up.
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At Luzhou’s wharf, the two remaining ships of the Ning’s family no longer have much stuff. There are only some food and a small amount of cargo on them. The ship that actually loaded the cargo hit a rock on the way when it came. They are not in a hurry now. The first task is to accompany the people from various families who come from Kaifeng.
The elder brothers or women on the sixteen ships are also not in a hurry to sell the goods. The main purpose of their visit this time is not to make much money, but to take a look at the situation here and get a better understanding. What kind of goods can make more money this time, as long as the road expenses are paid back this time.
As a result, as soon as I got off the boat, I was fascinated by the Haiyunjian branch here. They ate dishes one after another. They wanted to taste all the dishes in Haiyunjian, as well as the scenery here. Have to read it all over.
It's hard to get out for a stroll, and you can't just come up and do the right thing. There is no requirement for long time to go back at home. The main thing is to find more fun things.
These sons and women all have money, eat whatever is more expensive, and use whatever is more expensive.
Now Li Xun was happy. He also discovered the identity of the person who got off the boat. He wanted his own hobbies before, thinking that others should also be interested, so he quickly found some people who could speak the truth, and went to fool those princes to the mountain. You can see the fascinating scenery and live in a wooden house for as little as fifty pennies at a time.
In addition to some entertainment activities such as fishing and boating, as well as all kinds of food and drink, these full tickets only cost one hundred, that is to say, if you take out one hundred and fifty, everything will be taken care of and you can stay there. In the last ten days, counting from the beginning of the mountain, only fifteen pennies a day, which is not much for the rich.
Those individuals were really fooled. Oh, they were not fooled. They agreed to join the tour group. Regardless of where the Ning family strongly invited to Qinzhou as guests, they got into the carriage and watched the scenery on both sides and headed up the mountain. , The goods are still on board and stay on the ship, wait for them to come back after having fun.
Li Xun was afraid that they would recognize him, but did not show up this time. Watching the team leave, he happily found Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and said to them: "It's opened, it's opened, ten days is not enough for fun, there If you want to see it all, you won't be able to finish it in a month.
I decided. After waiting for ten days, I told them that they need to wait two months to go to other more interesting places. At least the waterfall with the rainbow cannot be seen by them. Then they will be thinking about it. , Even when I returned home, I wanted to think about it here.
Let them participate in a half-day hunting activity on the last day. Maybe they can find more friends when they come next time. Who says it will take a long time to make money here? "
Seeing Li Xun’s excitement, Zhang Xiaobao nodded: “Yes, Li Gongzi can also make a big deal. Since he is trying to lure them, it’s better to use a piece of paper to draw the activities that will appear in the future. Let them see, it’s best to paint with color."
"Yeah, that's it. When you draw it, you must draw it, and you have to engrave it. Then use color overprinting to print all the pictures. When they leave in ten days, everyone will give them more. , Let them go back and use this for publicity when they brag with their friends."
Li Xun's eyes lit up, and he felt that Zhang Xiaobao's idea was good, and he added a few more. This is the direction of his development.
But thinking of the Zhang family's ability to make money, Li Xun always felt that he could dig a little bit, and then asked Zhang Xiaobao: "Is there any way to make more money?"
"Yes, this matter is not in a hurry. I'll talk about it in a few months." Zhang Xiaobao had already thought about it, but at this time it was not suitable to arrange it right away.
Li Xun thought that Zhang Xiaobao needed to go back and ask the senior at home, nodded, and left happily, looking for someone to make some pictures of the scenery that will appear in the future. not coming.
When Li Xun left, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also started to get busy. Since the two of them let the glass be burned, they have burned a large piece of glass. In fact, doing so is very wasteful. They just dig a big pit and drain the glass of water. Pour it in, and after waiting a lot, it becomes a big crystal.
The same is done for fun, especially for some little children. Two people have to make enough things for them to play. It is at the dock. Now the population of Luzhou is already large, and it will be more prosperous in the future. On the other side of the island, you can unite and let others come to travel.
Children from poor families can’t take care of them for a while, while those from rich families are fine. If you want others to come, you can’t just say how much money you spend at a time, so that when others come, they always feel cheated. The initial period is free. .
The free way is not to tell others that it’s free, but to add a lottery to the things you sell. There is a certain probability that you can get it. Anyone who gets the draw can come here for free once, and up to five people at a time. The children of the poor may not come over and give up the lottery to the rich.
Of course the children of the rich cannot come alone. There must be protectors and waiters. Five people seem to be less, and there can only be four to assist. Then I want to send more people, one It is a prize for buying poor children, and the other is to spend money on your own.
In addition to this kind of children’s free, there is another kind of free for couples. For example, if a couple swims with three people, and a couple swims with five people, it doesn’t matter whether the family is a man with several women, or a woman with several men, anyway. Get a luxury free tour for couples.
I want to come to those wealthy sons, and when I see this situation, I will find a way to persuade the girl I like to come with. Even if you have money, you don’t care if you find a few women in the brothel. You can always make money and travel expenses. Accommodation and accommodation are free, and you can eat well if you are reluctant to spend money.
But if you want to eat better things and play better things, then pay for it yourself.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are making things that others find novel. The tall slides are all made of iron pieces. The craftsmen here can perfectly connect the iron pieces used in the slides.
There is also something like torrenting bravely entering, falling from a high place as a boat, and using a lot of isinglass for the buffer area. For safety, the two decided to increase the cost a little, and there should be no dead people. Anyway, this side is here. No, some people are willing to play at a high price.
The other is the maze, not only the maze on the ground, but also the underground. The upper and the lower are connected together, and you must go through the underground and then go up to the ground to get out.
When they were replaced by the two of them, the cost of such a maze was expensive, and few merchants could afford it, but there was no fear here. The people would give something to eat and drink, pay some wages, and the maze could be repaired soon.
There are three people. Now two people are making haha mirrors. They have already processed the glass when cutting the glass. It is estimated that the glass is not so smooth. The difficulty is even greater than that of the smooth one. If someone else makes the glass, just two people Get another layer of tin foil for the glass.
Wearing thick gloves, the body is also tightly wrapped, and even the eyes are blocked by the diving goggles made of glass and isinglass. There is nothing wrong with tin foil, but the mercury is poisonous. Two people don’t want mercury poisoning. Do it well. One was placed next to each other, and it turned into various shapes as expected.
When he was doing it, Wang Juan was inspired and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "You said that when you make matches, you also use this kind of protection, don’t you have to worry about being poisoned by others? Don’t stay in such an environment all day. Work in the match factory for an hour, and then do other things. Other people come to change shifts, it is not convenient to use the scythe."
"Do you know how to make safety matches? Otherwise, the kind of matches that you make can easily cause fire. What else is it used to pack? Use paper boxes? Now the paper is not cheap."
"Why make a safety match, a match specially for the rich, when you use it with a light stroke, others will find it strange to watch, even if you can play with them, you can fall when you walk, there is nothing absolute Safety, paper is not difficult for us, and it can be made in large quantities immediately.
I decided to make matches. A box of fifty matches. Even the box counts as 20 pennies. The cost is less than a penny. Just leave it alone and I will make it myself. "
Wang Juan had her own ideas, so she didn’t need Zhang Xiaobao to cooperate. Zhang Xiaobao really didn’t believe that Wang Juan made matches for the sake of making matches. She didn’t know what she planned. Since two people have their own responsibility, then Let her do it.
Haha mirrors are easy to make. Twenty or so mirrors were quickly made. In addition to this, there are some by-products that are made at hand, which is a kaleidoscope. Two people are naturally used to seeing it. It is not rare, but others have not seen it. Those who have passed will be attracted, and they will also be sold exclusively to rich people.
Otherwise, if everyone uses it, the price of mirrors and glass will be discounted. These two people don’t want to take care of the entire Datang people unselfishly. Unlike salt, daily necessities are indispensable. Glass and mirrors are indispensable. No people all live the same way.
On the next day, the two of them started to take action. They found the people who had nothing to do for a while, called them in, and started to make a large maze. The wooden boards were made first, and then the holes were dug. I personally designed a more complicated maze drawing.
The people don't know how to read the drawings, so draw the places on the ground that need to be dug with lime. They just need to dig along the traces of the lime.
The people don’t know what these tunnels are used for. Anyway, if you have food and wages, you can dig it. If you are idle, you can also idle. Weeding the ground can be done for a while every day, and you can use the rest of the time. Come to do odd jobs.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan once again hired craftsmen to make a big slide, and the trough where the rapids entered. The rapids could only draw water from a river and set up a waterwheel on it, otherwise there would be no water to enter.
Three big projects started at the same time, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan came to guard every day, and there were three dogs. Wang Juan said that they had watched other people's training, but when she waited for her training, the effect was not so good. Smarter than the puppies, often the puppies have not yet learned, and the big dog can do something according to the order.
That's good, the big dog will do it, and the puppy will learn from the big dog.
The glass mirrors and the things made of glass were only given to Li Xun as gifts first, and the other ones were not put out for sale. The two people had to wait for the goods to be sold at the same time across the country.
In the prosperous scene on the land of Luzhou, Ning Shishi of Qinzhou couldn’t sit still anymore. Before, other places were not as good as Qinzhou. He didn’t think so, and he was willing to let Qinzhou develop according to the rules of the Ning family. But now Luzhou It's different from other places, it's far ahead of Qinzhou.
So Ning Cishi feels unbearable. If only Luzhou develops, it doesn’t matter. After all, the Zhang family has the money to invest, but Lianzhou, Shangsizhou, Su Maozhou and Xiangzhou surrounding Luzhou are also developing. Woke up.
These states have all benefited from Luzhou. Merchants will sell things in their respective states when they enter from the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time collect things in their respective states and sell them to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce.
At the beginning, I didn’t think so, but with the taxes collected by the surrounding states, there was some spare money. After the Canadian merchants spent money to repair some key roads in order to be able to communicate faster, this gap appeared. Came out.
Other prefectures have developed. Qinzhou has a much smaller population and restricts merchants from buying and selling. On the contrary, it is worse than before. This makes Ning Zhong unable to bear it. He actually wants to develop it, but he must come from the Ning family. It's okay to take the lead. Because Luzhou was squeezed by Qinzhou, he didn't intend to give the Ning family any chance.
Ning’s family had no chance, and Ningzhong couldn’t give the local merchants a chance. He wanted to learn from Zhang’s family, transport precious goods from the capital, and develop on his own, but it was the first tentative one on two ships. The cargo was robbed by Zhang Zhong, and four ships hit the rocks for the second time.
I want to send a ship from the capital city. There is no money to buy the ship. I need to transfer money from other places, and the goods have to be bought again. The Ning’s loss is not small.
And even if you do so, it will take at least half a year to delay it. Half a year is not short. At that time, I don't know what Luzhou and the surrounding states have developed. It will be even more difficult for Qinzhou to pursue it.
"No, I have to find a way to deal with Luzhou, even if Qinzhou is poor, I can't make Luzhou rich." Ning Zhong frowned and muttered quietly.