When Zhao Qixuan came to the second-room old house, Zhao Xiu had already written all three pieces of paper, and handed them to his grandmother Zhang with a smile and a little worry. Zhang raised his eyebrows, and Lu's mother looked straight at him.

After Zhao Qixuan heard what happened, he naturally agreed without saying a word, but when he saw the three pieces of paper, the exclamation on his face couldn't be hidden: "Sister Xiu is really smart and capable!" Where did all this come from? I don't think I'm a fool, and I used to be conceited about my business methods, let alone when I was seven or eight years old, even when I was seventeen or eighteen, I couldn't have imagined so many business names. ”

The smile on Zhang's face paused, and then returned to normal: "Take a closer look, she is young, how many things can she know?" There must be something that is not well thought out, and if there is a play, you will want to come out, and someone has to delete it before you can set a suitable line. ”

Zhao Qixuan hurriedly responded, and carefully looked at the list listed on the paper.

The first item, of course, is to grow peaches. Zhao Xiu has been thinking about this for a long time, and even where to get fruit saplings has done a good job of investigation and research, Lu Changxiu originally received a task to visit people who know how to handle peaches, but now he is injured, so the matter has been delayed. But considering that there are several families with peach orchards on the other side of the yellow mud wall, and the Zhang family settled in Songjiang, this kind of thing must not be difficult to do. There are thirty acres of peach orchard land prepared, grandmother Zhang said that production can be expanded, Zhao Xiu just recalled which clansmen belong to the fields around the thirty acres of land, thinking about the possibility of changing land, if not, Liang Dian also seems to have a big peach orchard in modern times, presumably the land there is also suitable. Peach orchard. is the most likely investment project to be implemented.

The second is the rental of the house. This kind of thing is easy to do, as long as you send reliable people to buy some houses with good quality and advantageous locations, and find someone to help you promote them. After that, you just need to collect the rent on a monthly basis. Nanhui Port is a good choice, but in other big towns, you can also invest. However, if you want to engage in housing rental, you need to invest a lot of money in the early stage, and you have to send reliable people to take care of it nearby, otherwise the second room is not a local, and it is easy to be controlled by the tenant. You will suffer. This project is basically an investment project with little technical content but relatively slow to come in, and it is suitable for a long stream.

The third is to run a silk factory or a weaving factory. In the Gangnam area, there are many textile workshops of these kinds. Whether it is silk or cloth, the market is excellent, and raw silk or silk fabrics can also be sold to foreign merchants at a high price. It's not hard to do it. Just find enough skilled workers. The second room has its own cotton field. If you run a weaving workshop, you can even solve part of the raw materials by yourself. However, there are also two inconveniences in running silk factories or weaving workshops, one is that the textile industry in Fengxian is not as prosperous as in Songjiang, Jiangsu and other places, and the cloth and fabrics produced are not as good as those in these regions, and there is no advantage in competing with the products of these regions; Second, if you run a silk factory, you have to collect raw silk by yourself, and if you run a weaving field, you have to compete with the outer six houses for cotton supplies, which is not conducive to uniting the people. Zhao Xiu thinks. If you are running a silk field, it is better to go to Huzhou, Suzhou and other places to do it. If it is a weaving workshop, it is better to cooperate with the outer six rooms, ask the skilled workers in Songjiang to weave high-quality cloth, and then let the outer six rooms of the business take charge of sales. But in this way, the only thing that the second room can do is to pay for it, and it may be easy to be hollowed out.

The fourth is to hire people to find new tea mountains. Salt and tea are profiteering industries, salt is government-run, and the people can get their hands on big salt merchants, so the Zhao family doesn't have to think about it, and tea can still be counted on. But now the famous tea producing areas are all owned, behind the royal relatives, high-ranking officials and nobles as backers, the current Zhao family has no need and no confidence to fight with others, or to find a new tea production area is better. The so-called new tea-producing area is actually old for Zhao Xiu. She vaguely remembered that several kinds of tea that were quite famous in later generations were discovered and developed very late, such as Taiping Houkui, Quangang Huibai, Huiming Green Tea, etc., and the production areas were basically in the neighboring Anhui and Zhejiang. I don't know if these places will be able to produce the same excellent tea as those of later generations, but it doesn't take much to send someone to visit them. Of course, before looking for a new tea mountain, you must first find someone who knows more about tea and knows how to grow, pick and roast tea.

The fifth item is the purchase of porcelain kilns and the firing of porcelain for export. This is entirely to meet the needs of foreign merchants, and basically even if the domestic market is abandoned, most of the porcelain fired may have to cater to the preferences of Westerners. Zhao Xiu felt that with his level of appreciation and understanding of porcelain exported in later generations, he should be able to make some porcelain that conforms to the appreciation habits of foreigners. There are very few people in Fengxian who do this business, and the local soil does not seem to be very suitable for firing high-quality porcelain. Therefore, Zhao Xiu felt that if he wanted to acquire a porcelain kiln, he might have to go to Longquan, and he had to command from a distance, which was not conducive to porcelain production. Without skilled craftsmen, it is difficult to guarantee that good porcelain can be fired. Perhaps before firing the porcelain that satisfies the merchants, it will take some time to pay for it. Therefore, Zhao Xiu feels that the feasibility of this option is not too high.

The sixth item is cultured pearls. This is a long-term project. Artificially cultured pearls, the principle is simple, but to be successful, it will take a lot of time, and it is impossible to see results in three or five years, but once you can successfully raise artificial pearls, the abundance of profits is simply not questioned. There is no need to worry too much about site selection, Fengxian is on the seaside, and it is only more than 500 miles away from Zhuji, a famous pearl producing area in modern times.

When Zhao Qixuan saw this, he was already sweating, the first few items were fine, but the two items of tea mountain and pearl cultivation were shocking. Although Zhao Xiu did not write the new address of Chashan and the method of pearl cultivation on the paper, looking at the tone, it seems to be very sure, could it be that this is a secret that Xiao Erfang has in his hands?

He asked Zhao Xiu anxiously: "The story of the tea mountain and pearls written by my sister is actually a joke, right?" ”

Zhao Xiu blinked and said with a smile: "How can it be a joke?" Cousin, I'm really sure I'm writing that. There are so many books, so many travelogues or celebrity events throughout the ages, and it is always necessary to mention who went to which famous mountains and rivers to play and when, and what wild tea tasted fragrant, which is better than the famous tea outside. It's just a famous tea that has been handed down from generation to generation, and there are only dozens of kinds of tea, and there are many teas that are not known to the world, and there will definitely be pearls left in the sea. Let's just send someone to look around, it's good to be able to find it, but it's okay if you can't find it. As for the method of pearl farming, I vaguely remember that I had seen it in some ancient book......"

In fact, she just wanted to find an excuse to fool the past, but she didn't expect Zhang to help her out: "I have also heard of this, there is a book of "Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" in the Song Dynasty, which once recorded that a waiter surnamed Xie in the court at that time knew a method of raising pearls, and put fake pearls into the pearl mussels, and after two years, he could raise real pearls. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were also jade workers and bead households who came up with the method of raising pearls, which was better than the method handed down in the Song Dynasty. Nanhai Qu Shaolong (note: that is, Ju Dajun) has a book "Guangdong New Language", which writes a lot of customs and customs of Lingnan, which looks quite interesting, which has recorded the method of artificial pearl breeding, remember that it seems that you can get pearls in a few months, and it has improved compared to the end of the Ming Dynasty. If Sister Xiu'er is interested in this, it's okay for people to try it, I have both "Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" and "Cantonese New Language" here, just check it carefully. ”

Zhao Xiu was overjoyed, she never expected that there was already a method of artificial pearl cultivation in ancient times, and there were related books in her grandmother's collection, which really saved her a lot of effort. It would be even better if there were clear steps in the book for raising pearls!

Seeing his granddaughter so excited, Zhang's face also showed a smile: "You are also lucky, these are all idle books, I have put them in the capital house, and I just shipped some back not long ago, and there are just these two books." If not, you'll have to ask people to go to the capital to find books. Her expression was a little abrupt: ""Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" is upside down, this was originally married by me from my mother's family, but "Cantonese New Language" was when your grandfather was there, I heard someone talk about it, and I asked someone to get it, just to relieve my boredom, I flipped through it in my spare time, just as a pastime, I didn't expect it to come in such a handy......"

Seeing that her face was sad, everyone didn't dare to say anything, Zhao Xiu took his grandmother's hand and gently caressed and comforted, Zhao Qixuan was silent for a while, and saw that Zhang's face had turned, so he said cautiously: "If my uncle and grandmother think that this method of raising pearls is feasible, my nephew and grandson are willing to be pawns and go to Zhuji to find someone to try to raise pearls." At least a year and a half, or as much as three years, there will always be a ...... who will be able to believe."

Zhang smiled lightly: "You are here again, you can't think about home all day long, if you let your daughter-in-law know, you will definitely blame me in your heart." It's good that you want to take care of things for me, but don't leave home so far without permission. ”

Zhao Qixuan didn't dare to say more.

Zhang took the three pieces of paper back, looked through them hastily, and rejected all the sheep, ducks, and fish in the back: "Just raise some on the Zhuangzi for your own food, raise so many and sell them, so that people can talk about it, what kind of good reputation?" ”

She thinks Taoyuan is feasible and can be implemented this year and next; Housing rental is the easiest, and you can send someone to find a house tomorrow; The silk field is not considered, but the weaving workshop has a high feasibility, her mother's family is Songjiang people, many official eunuchs in Songjiang are involved in the weaving field, and there is no shame, so she naturally prefers the weaving industry, and it is not difficult to find dozens of skilled weavers with her mother's brothers, and it is easy to spin a good cloth, and it is easy to sell it. Tea mountains can send people to find, and pearls can also be tried to raise; As for the porcelain kiln, Zhang vetoed Zhao Xiu's proposal to burn porcelain for export, thinking that it would be good to make a small kiln at home, burn some porcelain for home use, and get some exclusive products at leisure, whether it is for personal use, hospitality or gifting, it is very decent.

Zhao Xiu opened his mouth and closed his mouth again. It was not easy for my grandmother to pick out several feasible investment projects. Although the cost of porcelain firing is added, it cannot be converted into profits, and some of them have wasted the advantage of their family's proximity to Nanhui Port and the convenience of doing business with foreign businessmen, but things always have to come step by step, don't they?

She should first consider the liquidity on the books that can be used for investment. (To be continued......)