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Fengyulou was originally the place where Sima Yulou used to live, and he was physically strong and did not need the earth dragon to keep warm in winter. This year, it was so cold that if there was no stove in the house, I poured a cup of hot tea and let it cool for a while.

Because the houses in the wind and rain building are all high beams and broad columns, not as small as the layout of the Qinxin building, burning four or five charcoal basins is not enough to warm the house, so he ordered people to set up a tall copper furnace brazier in the corner of the study, and put the dry pine wood in it to burn, just like the bonfire of the people outside the plug, the pine wood from time to time in the fierce burning makes a "crackling" cracking sound, and there is a strong rosin fragrance, but it is particularly heroic.

However, after all, there is some smoke from wood burning, and you need to open the window to disperse the smoke, and the warmth in the house is blown by the cold wind that blows, but it is colder again.

Jin Yi once went to see it, and said with a smile: "The people of the Western Regions also have fires in the house, but when their houses were built, they built a flue, which leads directly to the roof, unlike you Central Plains people, the roof is heavy and the ridges are heavy, and the eaves are very particular. ”

Although it was a little colder, Sima Yulou still stayed in the wind and rain building all day. This winter, he was extremely busy.

The area south of the Yangtze River was originally the main place for Yishan Tang to give charity, and this winter the various charity halls are crowded with people who have taken refuge from disasters, and the amount of soup soup every day has increased by two or three times, but the supply is still in short supply.

Fortunately, Yishantang has hoarded a lot of grain in Jiangnan, and it will not run out of food for a while, and if the grain is transported at the beginning of spring as in previous years, the number of people who will starve to death this winter will be several times greater.

Although these things are being done by the people below, the things collected every day and the news from all walks of life are still sent to Sima Yulou's desk by Cheng Lei in a steady stream.

He took the letter sent back by Qi Cong from Liangzhou and read it again, in which he said that the new Liangzhou assassin He Hongyu did not pass through the official post channel, and privately sent people to Beijing to transport a large amount of gold and silver.

These things were given to the crown prince.

Sima Yulou curled his fingers and gently tapped the table, and the dark brown walnut inlaid aventurine jade case made a crisp "dong dong" sound, and there was a very meaningful smile on his lips.

The last time Qi Cong came back from Jiangnan, the news said that the private property of Jiang Jirou, the former wife of the Marquis of Qingrong, was sold by the people sent by Qin Zhiwu that year, and all the money obtained was invested in the private shares of Jiangnan Silk Mansion, so that a large number of extremely low-priced silk materials could be transported from Jiangnan to Beijing every year for sale.

Because the purchase price of this silk material is extremely low, even if it is sold at the same price as other shops, the huge profit obtained from it is quite significant.

Therefore, Qin Zhiwu thought of the idea, and transferred the property Yukangdian in Beijing, which was idle in Beijing, to transfer the goods to the past, and then sold them by Yukang.

The pawn shop is a profiteering business, but it is not something that ordinary families are capable of operating, because it needs a large amount of liquid money to support. Most of the family's industries are farmland, and although they have shops on their hands, the profits are not obvious after all. If there is a large amount of real money and silver flowing, I am afraid that the official will play a book of greedy ink, even if there is silver, he will not dare to show it.

Wei Yuanhou's pawn shop, but this is exactly the case. Originally, it was originally for the Ministry of War, and it was inevitable that there would be some grain funds that were hidden from outsiders and not known to outsiders, so it was more convenient to transfer them.

Later, because the Marquis of Weiyuan's family did not live in Beijing for a long time, it was very easy for people to notice that they still kept this pawn, so they abandoned this road again. I don't know what means Qin Zhiwu used, but he took over the shop under his own name, but it did not change hands on the surface, and he still had the name of Marquis Weiyuan.

As for how Qin Zhiwu got on the road of Jiangnan Silk Mansion, it has not been clarified for a while.

Jiangnan Silk Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Thorn History Mansion, and at first it was dedicated to collecting novel and high-quality silk products in the Jiangnan area and sending them to the palace as tribute.

With the introduction of various colors of silk and satin, in addition to the palace, the rest of the wealthy nobles can also be used, which makes the silk in the south of the Yangtze River increasingly in short supply. Today's Jiangnan Silk Mansion, although it still has the silk tribute in the palace every year, but also under the express regulations of the imperial court, began to supply silk to the merchants of Jianye every year.

The shops in Jianye City, as long as there are goods from Jiangnan Silk House, in addition to the high quality and exquisite embroidery, the price must be high. After all, this is an official-made thing, and ordinary people can't afford to use it, and what can use this kind of silk is not only for the exquisite beauty, but also for the symbol of identity and face.

The annual profits of Jiangnan Silk Mansion are also to be handled by the Ministry of Household and then re-entered into the treasury.

Jiangnan Silk Mansion has the characteristics of being both an official and a businessman, and it also has the errand of tribute in the palace, but the chief official is not appointed by the ministry, but has always been concurrently served by the people in the palace. Today's director of Jiangnan Silk Mansion is Dou Yun, the chief of the internal service and the most powerful person in front of the emperor.

But after all, he has been on an errand by the emperor's side for a long time, and this position is also both, and the real person who does the work is Dou Yun's confidant, named Deming.

Jiangnan Silk Mansion secretly raised private shares, just for personal gain. It is said that eunuchs love money, and people like Deming, who watched large quantities of silk be exchanged for large sums of silver, but eventually had to flow into the treasury through the household department, if he was not greedy at all, no one could believe him.

But how much does he dare to be greedy as an internal servant? How dare he have such courage to have such courage to invest money in such a private allocation of money, and the income from it must not be small?

Sima Yulou leaned back on the back of the chair, stretched his waist, got up and went to Qinxin Building to find Jinyi, with a faint smile on his face.

Although others don't know what's going on, he already knew two years ago that although this Deming was a member of the Inner Servant Mansion on the surface, he had already voted for the crown prince Sima Wei secretly.

Remembering that he met the prince by chance a few days ago, he leaned over mysteriously and said to himself affectionately: "Brother Yulou, Yishantang's handwriting is really not small, giving up the red shares of many Hu businessmen, such a good opportunity to make money, why did you give it to others in vain?" ”

The truth of the lucrative profits of Hu Ren's shops is well known to the world, and the last time Yishantang organized the meeting, it further established its status in the eyes of the business community and wealthy nobles.

However, this was only before the Western Regions trade route was opened, and the jade products in the Western Regions were difficult to transport to the Central Plains due to the difficult and dangerous roads, so they were only strange goods to live in. When the trade road opened a few years later, there would be an influx of Hu merchants, and the jade at that time would not be as valuable as it is now.

On the contrary, the silk, porcelain, tea and other things of the Central Plains are deeply loved by the people of the Western Regions.

Sima Yulou saw this clearly, so he borrowed Hu Shanghong's shares to raise money at this time, and purchased a large number of goods in the Central Plains as early as possible, waiting to be transported and sold to the Western Regions in the future.

It's a pity that the noble people don't understand the way of doing business, so they happily give the silver to the Yishan Hall, and praise the people for their righteousness and wealth, which is really funny.

Sima Yulou walked all the way towards Qinxinlou, the snow on the road had been cleared, all piled up under the flowers and trees on both sides of the road, he looked up at the lead-gray but gradually clear sky, several days of cloudy and snowy weather finally passed.

A mocking smile tugged at his lips, "Sima Weigui is the crown prince, will he also be short of money?" (To be continued.) )

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