As an old acquaintance who had dealt with Zhang Shou many times in Cangzhou City, Lao Xianyu sensed something unusual in Zhang Shou's attitude towards Liu Zhiyuan from the beginning. When Zhang Shou asked a series of questions and the old man Liu really started to think, he knew that this seemingly shrewd and calm elder had been set up by Zhang Shou.
He himself is very good at fooling others, for example, Zhu Er was fooled by him, but there is always someone better than you, and when he met Zhang Shou, he was fooled by him in turn - even if the Xian Yunhe incident had not happened, he felt that the situation would not be an exception. Who made Zhang Shou always paint a beautiful future, and it is expected to come true
When he left Cangzhou, the first harvest of cotton had been picked, the cotton gin was processing the seed cotton into cotton, and the new spinning wheels and looms were ready at the back.
On the other hand, the news of building a port in Cangzhou has spread like wildfire, and merchants from all sides have already started to move. However, no one is sure whether the matter can be accomplished, let alone where the location will be chosen, so they can only inquire about the news everywhere.
When Lao Xianyu left, he also felt that, not to mention other places, sooner or later there would be a surplus of spinners and weavers in Cangzhou because of the high efficiency of new textile machines and looms. By that time, when manpower was needed to build the port, it would at least delay the problem of too many people and too little work in Cangzhou that was about to occur.
At this moment, Lao Xianyu was daydreaming when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He sat up straight with a start: "Brother Yu Xian, you said before that you were selling dried seafood in Shuishi Street, Cangzhou. What do you think of what Dr. Zhang just said?"
Ask me? Old Xianyu almost popped his eyes out. For such a matter, you still ask a small person like me for my opinion? Just now, from what Zhang Shou said, it seems that the emperor has already agreed to this matter! You, Mr. Liu, are an old man who has been unemployed. People respect you and talk to you about this matter. Do you really intend to make decisions
He had helped this old man on the road before, so he went with him. When others thought he was their own and told him that he seemed to know Zhu Tingfang, he accompanied him all the way to the present under the name of companionship. At that time, he was a little complacent, but when he saw that the fat boy was fooled by Liu Zhiyuan, he felt that he was being fooled in return.
Lao Xianyu opened his mouth, intending to evade the question, but when faced with Liu Zhiyuan's eyes, he thought of the temper of this old man whom he had gotten to know a little along the way, and when he saw Zhang Shou nodding to him with a smile, he finally changed his mind.
"It is indeed easy to do business when there are many people. If everyone pays one or two coins, ten people will make 10 to 20 coins, and a hundred people will make 100 to 200 coins, which is enough for many people to live for several days. However, when there are too many people, problems will arise. I don't know about the capital, but at least in Cangzhou, every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, when there are too many people burning incense, worshipping Buddha and going to the market, it is easy for problems to occur."
He emphasized his tone and said very seriously: "Back then, there was a rumor that touching the iron lion would bring good fortune. On Buddha's birthday one year, countless people flocked to touch it, and it ended up causing a stampede, killing seven people. At that time, there was also the governor of Cangzhou. Although he did not take care of the matter, he was still dismissed because of this. On the contrary, Xu Cheng, the magistrate of Changlu County who was supposed to be in charge of the matter, was only reprimanded."