Appearing in front of them was a huge compound pigeon cage.
There was no one around except some older people looking after the pigeons.
At this time, a person who looked like a manager came over, and he signed directly as soon as he came up.
Jia Xiaowu quickly replied in sign language, and the steward went to the pigeon cage, found a servant, and brought a pigeon over.
"Madam, please look, this is our Jia family's pigeon." Jia Xiaowu came and opened the left wing of the pigeon and turned over the feathers on the wing tips.
Wen Qingzhu took a closer look and saw faint traces on it.
At this time, Jia Xiaowu took out a bottle of potion and smeared it on the underside of the pigeon's wings, and soon a few words appeared on it.
Ninety-two armor.
Wen Qingzhu felt that this might be some way, so he looked directly at Jia Xiaowu and listened to his explanation: "This is the number of the pigeon. In every place where there is a grain store, there will be such a pigeon cage, and it will be transmitted at a fixed time every day. information."
"But pigeons may not arrive safely and on time?" Wen Qingzhu asked.
Jia Xiaowu waved his hand and asked the servant to bring another four pigeons.
After opening the wings, smearing the potion, they appeared: ninety-two B, ninety-two C, and ninety-two D.
"In order to ensure that it can be delivered on time, we will arrange four pigeons to send the same message every time. This is based on testing and experience accumulation, and can minimize the problem of untimely messages."
After hearing what he said, Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but nod. Similar news was also sent to the palace.
However, for the sake of safety, most of them arrange for a quick and safe transmission by using the courier station.
It's just that these merchants cannot use such great power, so they naturally find other shortcuts.
Wen Qingzhu still thinks this method is very practical.
But once this location is exposed, it can easily be tampered with.
At this time, Wen Qingzhu looked at the servants and said, "They are all deaf-mute. Aren't they all born deaf?"
"Yes." Jia Xiaowu unexpectedly discovered that Wen Qingzhu was not very angry.
After all, the need for this message transfer point consumes a lot of human and financial resources.
The most important thing is that in order to prevent traitors from appearing among pigeon servants, most people will become deaf-mute passively or actively.
I will probably be locked up here for the rest of my life.
Just as Wen Qingzhu was about to speak, the look in Wang Chi's eyes changed.
She looked ahead, but knew that this was just the beginning.
They turned around and went to the mail transfer room. The people who worked here were all sitting in wheelchairs.
They can talk, but their actions are obviously more powerful.
Wen Qingzhu didn't say much else, he just said: "Let's go directly to see the news sent from Lingcheng."
"Okay." Jia Xiaowu breathed a sigh of relief.
Their practices of trapping servants are actually against the law.
When they arrived on the second floor, Jia Xiaowu brought several volumes of letters.
Based on the number above, Wen Qingzhu vaguely guessed that the news from Lingcheng was probably broadcast live.
But after opening the letter, she discovered that the words on it didn't seem to be normal sentences.
Jia Xiaowu explained: "These letters are also encrypted according to certain rules, such as this one."
He spread a roll of letters on the table, and the bluegrass on the top said: "This represents two, which means that the message must be read with two words apart."
Wen Qingzhu followed the rules and immediately started reading the news.
The letter read: The price of grain has risen to thirty cents per catty, and the lowest level of soybean meal is ten cents per catty. "
"It seems that the situation in Lingcheng is not optimistic." Wen Qingzhu said involuntarily, and then added, "Read these messages to me in a useful way. I am not used to your complicated communication method yet."
"good."
Jia Xiaowu began to read the letter continuously to see if he could tell some valuable news.
"Jing Yinuo came forward in person to meet with the chief shopkeeper of the Shen Family Trading Company in Lingcheng."
"Food has begun to go through internal channels, and there is no food for sale on the market."
"More and more people are hoarding goods, and the Shen family is moving faster and faster."
"Someone raised a question and then disappeared."
Suddenly, Jia Xiaowu stared at the letter in his hand.
Wen Qingzhu turned to look at her: "What's wrong?"
"There's news from my cousin!" Jia Xiaowu's face suddenly became hot.
Wen Qingzhu frowned slightly, and Jia Xiaowu stammered: "Cousin, my cousin said that I hope Madam will keep her word. He, he said that he hopes to completely squeeze out the position of the richest man in the Shen family before Mr. Shen passes away."
"Ha!" Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but chuckle, "His appetite is quite big! Doesn't he know the situation of the Shen family better than me?"
Cold sweat broke out on Jia Xiaowu's forehead, and he kept wiping it with his hands: "Yes, my cousin, I'm probably joking."
Wen Qingzhu glanced sideways at him, not entangled in this issue.
She asked: "I want to know the profit structure and income of your Jia family, especially in the second half of last year and recently."
Hearing this question, Jia Xiaowu's legs felt a little weak.
But he had to face it and said that his cousin had told him that he could hide the truth a little bit, but it couldn't be too outrageous, and it had to be at least five points true.
Jia Xiaowu began to speak slowly, while Wen Qingzhu and Wang Chi listened calmly.
Not long after, Wang Chi's teeth were grinding loudly, his hands were clenched into fists, and the sound of cracking bones could be heard continuously.
By the end of the sentence, Jia Xiaowu was sweating profusely, and his voice was trembling: "Finally, last year's net profit, if it is counted as silver, is... more than 2.3 million taels of silver."
With a bang, Wen Qingzhu slapped the table hard!
Jia Xiaowu immediately knelt down, not daring to express his anger.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but take deep breaths, trying to calm down his mood.
I really didn’t expect that the net profit of a small Jia family in a year would be so high!
A rough calculation shows that there is one-fifth of the national treasury's annual income.
Wen Qingzhu looked down at Jia Xiaowu. According to Jia Xiaoer's temperament, he would definitely not really tell her.
Most likely, I only told 70% to 80% of the situation.
But in this case, according to Jia Xiaowu, the Shen family's annual net profit would be more than double theirs.
Unlike the Jia family, the Shen family may have more expenses.
But it still cannot conceal the astonishing wealth behind the Shen family.
After almost two quarters of an hour, Wen Qingzhu finally calmed down. It seemed that the battle with the Shen family was really a long-term war of attrition!
When she was about to speak, Wang Chi suddenly turned around and left the room.
However, he did not go far, but stood at the door, trembling all over, trying his best to endure something.
Looking at his back like this, Wen Qingzhu thought to himself that he probably needed some time to calm down his three views that were so stimulated that they were shattered.
Wen Qingzhu said solemnly: "Get up, it seems that Boss Jia still has some confidence to dare to say these words."
"It's okay, it's okay! It's comfortable for me to kneel down! Just kneel down!" Jia Xiaowu was so frightened at this moment that he didn't dare to stand up and speak.
Wen Qingzhu didn't force it, and the Jia family's attitude was indeed acceptable.
The next thing to do is to break this market!
Isn’t Jiang Yuancheng going to raise the price
Then she will accompany him to the end!
Soon, Wen Qingzhu made a decision and wrote a letter, asking Jia Xiaowu to help send it in their way.
During the transfer, Jia Xiaowu was frightened.
This method is too bold!
But this was Wen Qingzhu's decision, and he, a small businessman, couldn't interfere.
Even if his cousin felt that this method was not good now, Wen Qingzhu did not dare to disobey even though Wen Qingzhu ordered it.
After understanding the actual situation of the Jia family, Wen Qingzhu felt more and more that the business done by Uncle Zhong and the others was deliberately leaked out by these big businessmen.
Wen Qingzhu also vaguely understood why Yantie needed to be controlled.
Iron is related to the stability of Daqi's territory, but salt is related to the stability of people's lives.
The letter was delivered quickly and overnight.
When Wen Qingzhu left Jia's house, it was already dark.
On both sides of the road, torches were still lit and some workers were working.
They were riding in a carriage, and Wen Qingzhu specially called Wang Chi into the carriage.
As the carriage started, she asked him: "What do you think?"
Wang Chi said nothing, he didn't know what to say now.
He has always believed that good people are rewarded, but what he sees now is not like this at all.
He was already trying to change it, but he still couldn't accept it.
From this snow disaster, I saw with my own eyes the inaction of the government, and now I know about the astonishing profits of merchants.
Just because of the time difference in news and their wholehearted pursuit of profit, can they do this? !
Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, they are all ordinary people.
But it seems that Shang’s position should be ranked second!
Wen Qingzhu kept looking at him, seeing Wang Chi's eyes darken again and again.
She didn't have much to say at this time, but when she thought about what happened in her previous life, she felt that she couldn't let Wang Chi go on like this.
The most important thing is, why does she always find news about the other boy
At night, it began to snow heavily again.
Xue Miaomiao left Liang Pingshu and insisted not to be sent away.
Even though her whole body was sore and she could barely stand still, she still insisted on going out and walking alone.
In addition to teaching her etiquette and rules, to go a step further, Liang Pingshu also taught her the pros and cons of respect and inferiority.
During this period, Liang Pingshu was in contact with Luocheng Jingcheng, and some things were not avoided by her.
After Xue Miaomiao heard this, she felt that she had reached a dead end.
She didn't understand why King Li Weining framed the Yang family, but could only bring Li Wei to justice more than ten years later.
Xue Miaomiao knew about the Yang family's affairs because of her cousin.
As a prince, Prince Ning can completely distance himself from the relationship
My cousin and brother-in-law already have so much power, but they still dare not openly disobey the emperor's will.
Is this right
Xue Miaomiao walked in the snow step by step, and a layer of snow fell unconsciously on her hood.
Suddenly, a dog barked from ahead.
She was so frightened that she immediately came to her senses, looked up, and saw a doghouse in front of her.
There was a thin young man squatting on the ground, holding a rice bowl in his hand and pouring something into the enamel basin in front of the doghouse.
The dog spotted her and started barking.
The young man also turned around, and Xue Miaomiao could tell at a glance that it was the coarse linen clothes of the inn waiting room, with a white towel on his shoulders.
"Is there an inn here?" Xue Miaomiao couldn't help but look around.
As a result, I saw the backyard of the inn next to me.
By chance, the window of the room on the second floor opened, revealing a familiar face.
Xue Miaomiao couldn't help but said: "Mr. Pei?"