Ning Zhong finally adopted the method that stewardship is not a way to make people start to shrink the business outside. As for how much he will lose in the end, he doesn't know now.
Zhang Xiaobao has not regarded the Ning family as an opponent since the beginning. Such a family is already old, and the change of dynasties has changed the taste of many families.
If it is to bring out the third-rank officials in the court, perhaps there is still interest in fighting against each other. That kind of people are excellent, just like Old Man Bi. If he doesn't want to get into the trap, it's useless how you can lie to him. , He can endure, has been enduring, enduring for ten or eight years is not long.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have made a lot of things for their younger siblings. Basically, they can be used until they are four years old. What they will continue to do depends on the hobbies shown by the four little guys.
Hobbies do not appear out of thin air, but to allow children to see all kinds of strange things. They can choose one of them. If it is very compulsory to cultivate, it is simple. Since childhood, let him (her) only contact one kind. There is a high probability. Let the child choose this as the most interesting thing.
Zhang Xiaobao and Zhang Xiaobao, who had put aside the things of making things, received the news that the fleet had returned. Six ships had returned, and the rest of the ships were still staying on the island.
The people who were sent back looked very relaxed. It seemed that the harvest should be good, and there were no casualties.
The steward that Zhang's family followed was called Zhang Xing's. When he saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he put the package on his back on the table. As soon as he was about to speak, Li Xun hurried in when he got the news, and asked as soon as he met:
"How is it? How many people were killed? Did you raise my prestige in Datang? How about the casualties?"
Zhang Xing’s family was dumbfounded by Li Xun’s series of questions, until Li Xun ran over and was thirsty to pour the water in the tea bowl, and then said: "Little son, little lady, Li son, no one was killed. Last time. The people never saw the person they met that time.
It may be hiding somewhere and ran away when we saw that there were too many people. The remaining local people were very safe and happy when we exchanged things with us. A fishing net made of cotton thread, which was one square meter square, was replaced by them. This is the five ore that came here. "
Zhang Xing's family, while talking about it, took out a piece of ore from the package, after thinking about it, he took out another kind of ore.
Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, and Li Xun have big eyes and small eyes, and they don't even know what mine the two stones belong to.
"This is..." Li Xun stretched out his hand to take the ore weighing several times, and asked in a long voice.
"Gold mine, the other is copper mine. Seeing that they can take it out easily, obviously there are more mines on the island, and it is easy to mine. I don't know how many mines can be produced, and one fishing net can change so many."
Zhang Xing's family explained that he didn't find someone to find out until he came back and disembarked.
Li Xun was not afraid of being poisoned, so he kissed Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan with his mouth vigorously, and said excitedly to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, "Xiaobao, the cuckoo, we have sent it, we have it, a cotton thread mixed with twine. Fishing nets can be changed so much. Look at the weight. Normal stones are not so heavy."
Zhang Xiaobao really doesn’t care about gold mines. Now it’s useless. They are usually used to make jewellery. Copper mines are not bad. As long as there are more, I don’t worry about the replacement of coins that mess up the economy and guarantee copper money. With purchasing power, no one would destroy copper coins and cast bronze wares.
This is not what he cares about most. It is not important to have money. The main thing is food. The real prosperity was not reached in the Kaiyuan year. Before new food seeds were cultivated and planted in large quantities, the food was obtained from other places. A good way to solve the people's livelihood is to suffer poverty even if you have money without food.
The high-yield grains grown by my own family in Sanshui County do not know whether the yield will be lower or higher after the seeds are made. People who want to come to the Sinong Temple of the imperial court have paid attention and hope they can find more ways to increase the yield.
Zhang Xing's family seemed to know what the young master and the young lady cared about most. Seeing that the two of them don't pay much attention to ore, they immediately said:
"Little son, little lady, there is grain on the island, and there is still a lot. They also know how to plant land. They don’t all stay on the mountain. There is a lot of flat land. They don’t know how to cultivate the land. They just plant it directly. They don’t know why. In the field, the yield of rice is no less than the yield of seeds sold by Zhang's family.
The place is hot. Look, the small ones are all tanned. I guess it’s okay to plant them three times a year. The taste may be almost too good, but you can always eat them. On the boat that came back, there were two boats in it, a little boy and a little boy. Maid, you two will go over and take a look. "
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are satisfied now.
"Even if it's bad, people don't like to eat. You can feed pigs, cattle and sheep, especially pigs. It's very good. If there is more oil and water, people don't spend so much food. We haven't seen grass and trees. Take them back and take a look. Maybe you can find good herbs or good wood."
At this time, Wang Juan took up another piece of copper ore and hugged it up and down in his hands. If there is good grass and it grows fast, it would be better to feed cattle and sheep, not to bring the grass back. , But take the cattle and sheep to raise, then kill the meat and skins and bring them back.
When I really met good grass, there was no place to grow it, so I would really send it back by ship, specifically to breed cows, or drink it directly to the children, or make milk tablets and coax them dry to make milk powder that does not taste very good. To a farther place.
Zhang Xiaobao considered another matter. Seeing that Wang Juan and Li Xun were both meditating there, each thinking about different things, and asked: "Have you found a suitable place to build a wharf? Can the local people communicate well?"
"If you go back to the little son, the pier is simple, and if you look at it, the surrounding coast can be built, but the little son wants to hire local people to help do things there?"
Zhang Xing’s family knew it at one point. Seeing the little son nodded, he said: “It’s not very convenient to communicate with the locals. They don’t understand what we say, and we don’t understand what they say.
When exchanging things, we always use gestures. We first put the fishing net on the ground and give up the position. They come to watch, and then happily let people take the ore. The little boy, the little one thinks, the horns, tortoiseshells, and corals in the sea. They can get it, and don't need to give them better things. "
"Oh, yes, think of a way to let people learn the local language. Cotton is still worth money. You can't give it that way. What should you use to repay it? How about the pottery? You brought a lot of them. Have you got good things?"
Zhang Xiaobao's eyes lit up, the people on the island are poor, and they feel good if they give something. They can't distinguish the value at all. Just to bully, in fact, it's not bullying, but each one gets what he needs.
When Zhang Xing’s family heard about the pottery, they immediately replied: “Little son, don’t you know that the pottery is easy to use, but I didn’t change too much, so I changed ten. In the end, I got two boats of rice. Five of them are one boat. Now, the boat stops there and won’t replace the pottery all at once."
"Okay, you really feel relieved when you do things. With pottery, they can cook food and eat. Do you have to put some oil? When you go next time, bring some soy oil. You can do a demonstration and let them see. Let them taste and then change the oil. Pottery can't be changed too much for them."
Zhang Xiaobao's satisfaction is not because of how many things he has exchanged, but because the people who go there know how to control it.
But as soon as he thought of exchange, Zhang Xiaobao began to worry. If the merchants in Jiangnan Dongdao saw this situation, would they disturb the market? The scarcity is the most expensive thing. In order to get more gold and copper, they are very likely to just give it to others regardless of the commercial value of the material.
"No, merchants are never allowed to bring any non-consumables in the past. Bring some spices, smell good, and make delicious things to eat, especially MSG. You can sell them to merchants and let merchants exchange them."
Zhang Xiaobao, who was going to let the businessman play his own game, had regretted it now. He didn't intend to proceed according to the original method. It was restricted, and it had to be restricted.
Spices are good things. Some Europeans once put them on their bodies to show their identity, showing the preciousness of spices.
Wang Juan put down the ore at this time, after pondering for a while, he picked up Zhang Xiaobao and left.
"Go to Grandpa Zhang and Grandpa Bi and ask them to help. Just like you said, non-consumables must not appear on the island in large quantities. I think they will use the pottery very carefully. It is too difficult to break one. , They don’t need it when they save more."
Zhang Xiaobao turned around again and took the two minerals in his hands.
Old man Zhang and Old man Bi were idle, playing billiards with a group of old men. Ten people surrounded a case and divided into two groups. They didn't feel that the waiting time was long. They were enthusiastic and incomprehensible.
"Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Bi, are you playing?" Zhang Xiaobao greeted with a smile.
When Old Man Zhang and Old Man Bi saw that Xiaobao and Cuckoo found them at this time, they knew that they had something to discuss, gave the opportunity to others, and led Zhang Xiaobao and two to rest in a secluded place nearby.
Old man Zhang picked up a small abalone specially used as a snack on Xiaoji, threw it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and asked, "Xiaobao, is there something difficult to do? Well, this abalone. good."
Zhang Xiaobao curled his lips. Of course it was not bad. Except for nursing homes, no other places could enjoy such treatment. He put the two kinds of minerals on his hands and said:
"Gold mines and copper mines, there should be many, there are several things you can exchange, pottery, porcelain, nets made of cotton thread, and the spices and soybean oil I thought of. Grandpa Zhang, do you think which one is suitable? ?"
"Does this still need to be asked? Of course it is spices and soybean oil. The things that can be grown are just eaten. How long does the pottery and porcelain take? Oh... I see, is it afraid that someone will bring a lot of pottery? And porcelain? It seems that the court has to order, and I will write a letter right away."
Old Man Zhang hadn't spoken yet, Old Man Bi opened his mouth to point out something, and at the same time he knew Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's concerns.