Qian Yi pursed his lips and didn't speak, even if he could only see his side face through the stove, Xia Yejin could still feel his boredom as ubiquitous as the rain on a late autumn night, and that boredom passed through the small red clay furnace, like a winged worm, crawling all over the room. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Actually, it's not too difficult if you really want to do something...... In the end, it was Xia Yejin who spoke up first, thinking about the purpose of this mission, if there were other things that could distract Qian Yi's attention, it might be helpful to destroy the relationship between him and Li Linlang. Although so far, Xia Yejin has not seen any possibility of breaking the ice in the relationship between the two.

Qian Yi's eyes lit up, "Are you willing to help me?" ”

His reaction almost made Xia Yejin blurt out Don't believe that her brother is just a legend of such a hooligan, fortunately she held back, just looked at Qian Yi very normally, and said that it is not helpful or not, I just have a proposal.

Waiting for Xia Yejin to say this so-called proposal, Qian Yi's eyes widened, "You let me be a fast-footed messenger??" ”

What kind of idea is this?

Qian Yi's reaction did not surprise Xia Yejin, but she had no intention of elaborating.

It is 1633 A.D., more than 200 years since Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, went to the West, more than 100 years since Magellan, Columbus and other navigators sailed around the world to discover the New World, and more than 30 years since the British Empire established the East India Company to plunder, buy low and sell high.

The door of the world is wide open and it is moving towards another track. However, the Ming Dynasty controlled by Zhu Youzhen had long since lost its prestige, and in the following decades, turmoil, famine, north and south attack, internal and external troubles...... The wheel of history is about to run over this once magnificent Ming Dynasty, rolling forward towards another imperial period.

What is the most scarce and rarest thing about unrest?

Nature is materiel.

Whether it is a soldier, a bandit or a peasant army, no matter how fierce and brave the battle is, it is invincible, and it has to eat, drink, and sleep. Instead of waiting to be robbed by these people, it is better to turn passive into active and do these people's business as soon as possible. Isn't it true that the United States in modern times relied on this kind of business to mediate a big war between several parties, a windfall of money?

However, it is not safe to do the business of these people alone, and while the imperial court has not yet implemented the sea ban, it is the right way to go abroad and set your sights on the South Ocean or the farther west. Take the textile part of the old bank of the Qian family as an example, at this time it is a good time to purchase virgin cotton and linen from those neighboring countries at a low price, and then make cloth and sell it at a high price to earn the profit difference. The value of the treasure money has depreciated greatly, but silver is still a good thing.

However, these are all deduced backwards from historical facts, and she only has a rough idea in her mind now, and the specific steps and plans need to be further carefully considered.

Here, Qian Yi saw that the corners of Xia Yejin's mouth were slightly raised and she was proud but didn't speak, so she couldn't help but reach out and push her, saying that she could be distracted at this time? Saliva is pouring out!

Xia Yejin stretched out his hand and wiped it, "No! Where is drooling? ”

“……”

Qian Yi was speechless.

He moved the chair in front of Xia Yejin and sat down. Say Xia Yejin, can you be a little more serious? I'm seriously discussing things with you.

"I'm answering you seriously."

"Are you serious?" Qian Yi held his breath, paused and stood up, and said Forget it, I thought you were different from others.

Seeing his deflated appearance, Xia Yejin decided to let him go in advance, so he said, "I'm not asking you to be a porter messenger, but the nature of this matter is a bit similar to the porter messenger......

"......" Qian Yi is still confused.

Isn't that the same as not saying?

"Let's put it this way, it has always been the rice of Fujian for the food of Fujian, the rice of Jiangsu and Zhejiang for the food of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the food of Huguang is not hungry and the rice of Fujian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang is abundant. If we can open up a new road, and it is easy to buy rice and grain from the south of the Yangtze River, the result will be much better than simply confined to one place to do business. ”

"You mean that the grain in the south is sold in the north?" Qian Yi finally became clearer.

"I'm just making an analogy, we don't have to do this kind of north-south business."

Xia Yejin shook her head, what she just said was just an analogy, the north-south transaction was just a cover she put in front of her in order to persuade Qian Yi, and the domestic materials had to be hoarded, but the most important thing was to take advantage of the chaos and focus on places like Nanyang and Ryukyu to seize the time to make money in the right way. The change of dynasty is already a sure thing, and when it comes to chaos, it will be easy to speak only when you have money and strength in your hands.

Of course, in view of the current imperial court's restrictions on going to sea, there are naturally risks, but wealth and wealth are in danger, where in the world is smooth sailing, and if you don't do anything, you will drop the pie.

In fact, aside from all this, Xia Yejin still has a concern.

According to the established number given by Gong Chen, Shaoxing Mansion is in danger of being bloodbathed by Li Chuang's Wang Nong-Min-Jun. Although the danger was based on Chen Zilong's revenge, after crossing so many times, Xia Yejin no longer believed that there was any difference between the established fate and the variable. Anyway, she can always type out a lot of side plots inexplicably every time, so it's better to keep a little more mind.

When marching and fighting, grain and grass go first. If the materials of the various armies were controlled in the hands of the Qian family before this, and the Qian family did not need to go out on their own, there would naturally be scheming subordinates blowing the wind in the ears of those bigwigs, even if the soldiers were in the city, there would be more bargaining chips for negotiation.

"This matter has just begun to show signs now, you arrange it according to what I said, let's make a few orders quietly first, don't engage in such a big battle."

The tea in the red clay stove has been boiled, the faint fragrance of tea is overflowing, and the rising heat dispels the cold of the late autumn night rain, Xia Yejin filled it with a small-mouthed copper kettle, and poured a cup for Qian Yi, "Wait for the improvement and then report to Master Qian." Forget about others, but I think Xiuyan is very smart, you can invite her to join the shares, and there is one more helper. ”

After the words came out, he saw that the other party was silent.

My heart couldn't help sinking, "What happened to Xiuyan you?" ”

Xia Yejin asked a little strangely, but Qian Yi obviously didn't pay so much attention, he drank the tea in his hand, choked and blushed, and then spoke, "She went back." ”

"What?! ――”

The rain in Jiangnan always comes a little freely. A moment ago, the sky was still clear, Xia Yejin hadn't even seen the cumulonimbus clouds surging in the sky, and the gusts of cold wind had already poured in huge raindrops, smashing his head and covering his face arbitrarily, without even giving people a chance to react.

It has been more than two months since Xie Xiuyan left the Qian Mansion, and during this period, Xia Yejin also tried every possible way to persuade Qian Yi to come back, but the other party seemed to have eaten the scales and made an iron heart, no matter what method was taken, no matter what she said, she would not come to the Qian Mansion again. (To be continued.) )