Looking at her gloomy face, the butler smiled: "Xiyang and our Qingyan are separated by sea, and all the people who come and go for business are merchant ships. There is no sea near the capital, and merchants in the capital seldom go to Xiyang by boat. Directly buy Western goods on merchant ships returning from the West." At that time, they were trading with Qingyan merchants, so no matter whether it was the account books of the Zhen Guohou Mansion or the account books of the Xiaoyao Wang Mansion, there would be no such things as Western goods. the words...
I see.
Murong Xue nodded understandingly, recalling the high, medium, and low-end shops in the capital she visited, she couldn't help asking: "It seems that there are no western goods in the shops in the capital..." After coming to Qingyan for more than a year, she has grown up, big and small. I have also visited dozens of small shops, but I have never seen anything Western...
The current Western Ocean is Western Europe, America and other places. The things there are very iconic...
The housekeeper smiled: "That's because Western items are rare in Qingyan, and they will be sold out within three days after entering the shop..."
Murong Xue: "..."
Well, it's because she moved slowly that she didn't see the western objects, it's not that they didn't sell them in the shop...
"Then are there any Western items in our house?" She has carefully checked the account books and warehouses of Zhen Guohou's Mansion, but she has never seen any Western items. As for Xiaoyao Wang Mansion, she only looked at the account books roughly, but not the warehouse...
"Yes, it's all in the warehouse...My lord, my concubine likes western things and bought a lot..." There are two masters who like western things. There is concern: "Some time ago, a merchant ship came back from the West and brought a lot of goods. The prince and the princess bought a lot... Those few oil paintings that let the prince and the princess set off for Great Britain were bought that time..."
Murong Xue: "..."
She seemed to take another step slowly, passing by a large number of Western objects...
Murong Xue was depressed, and inadvertently saw gems in a tray placed by a maidservant, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, everything, each one was big and rough...
"This is... a gemstone shipped from the West."
The steward of the palace looked at the gems and said, "Yes." Large and rough are the unique styles of Western gems.
Murong Xue was surprised: "How did Wang En buy so many Western gems!" Didn't it mean that Western goods are in short supply and ordinary people can't buy them
The housekeeper smiled: "The merchant ship that came back was on the shore in Yunzhou." Even if Western goods are in short supply, as the governor of Yunzhou, Wang En, it is easy to buy these Western gems...
Murong Xue: "..."
It turned out that Wang En's Western gemstones were not bought from a shop in the capital, but from a shop in Yunzhou: "Yunzhou is Linhai!"
"Yes." The housekeeper nodded: Yunzhou is adjacent to the sea, and Yunzhou's sea area is quite wide, which can directly lead to the south. Shipped to Yunzhou like this, the business is doing quite well, but unfortunately, there are often pirates on the sea, robbing wealth, robbing goods, and killing people...
"Pirate?" Murong Xue was surprised that this kind of profession also existed.
"Yes." The steward nodded: Professionals like pirates appeared after the sea merchants made their first business.
There are robbers who do business on land, and pirates who do business at sea. The people of Yunzhou really live in dire straits.
Murong Xue felt emotional in her heart, raised her eyes to look at the steward and said, "The emperor sent people to suppress the bandits, will the pirates be suppressed as well?"
"Naturally." The steward nodded: The bandits and pirates in Yunzhou all murdered and robbed their goods. They did all kinds of evil. As long as the emperor sends troops, he will wipe them all out. The tragedy of being seriously injured and becoming disabled will be almost eliminated in the future...
That's good, for a country, there is nothing more important than the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people, and the people living and working in peace and contentment.
Murong Xue let out a long breath, and before he could speak, the servant's report sounded suddenly: "Concubine Shizi, butler, Lord Fu Yifu sent someone to send an apology."
"Apology? What apology?" Murong Xue didn't realize it for a moment.
"Returning to the concubine is an apology from his fiancée Wang Shanshan." The servant said respectfully.
"Oh." Murong Xue understood that Fu Yi had just quarreled with Wang Shanshan, and now he sent an apology for Wang Shanshan. It seems that he still likes Wang Shanshan quite a lot.
"What did you send?" Murong Xue asked curiously.
"A pair of Western ceramic bottles, and a pair of Western glass bottles." The servant said, and presented the apology, and saw that the ceramic bottles were high-necked and pot-bellied bottles with colored glaze on a white background, and the unique Western blue grid was painted on the necks of the bottles. There is a picture of a blond girl picking flowers on the belly of the bottle, and the whole bottle has a strong western style.
The glass bottle is light green and beautifully shaped. The 70% to 80% transparency of the bottle is incomparable with those completely transparent glass bottles brought by Murong Xue from modern times, but the ice on the glass bottle is cracked, allowing the bottle to see It has a hazy aesthetic feeling, indescribably exquisite.
These two pairs of bottles are sent as an apology, which is very timely. Such an apology will make people get rid of their anger towards Wang Shanshan and stop fussing about her.
As the gift giver, Fu Yi put all his heart and soul into apologizing for his fiancée. It's really hard for him... Wait...
Murong Xue suddenly thought of a question: "These two pairs of bottles are worth a lot, right?"
The housekeeper glanced at the bottles and said, "Yes, these two pairs of western bottles cost at least two or three thousand taels of silver."
"Oh!" Murong Xue's cold eyes narrowed slightly: "How can Fu Yi have so much money..." Didn't it mean that he is an orphan? As an orphan, before he was admitted to Jinshi, he was poor and blank, with no savings at all.
After becoming a Jinshi, he was dispatched to Dongshi County as an official, and his annual salary was only a few hundred taels. Even if he did not eat or drink, the annual salary for three years added up would not be two thousand taels...
The housekeeper of the palace: "... maybe, he has other income..."
"What income? Buying land? Opening a shop?" Murong Xue asked.
Butler: "... yes..." Ordinary people, when they have spare money, they will buy land, open a shop, and let the money generate money. Dongshi County, where Fu Yi is located, is a wealthy county, and it is very close to Yunzhou , after he has spare money in his hand, whether it is buying land, opening a shop, or doing other things, it is not difficult to earn two or three thousand taels of silver in three years...
"Is that so?" Fu Yi really earned his money by buying land, opening shops, etc.