After several expansions, the Weishui Wharf has been able to accommodate hundreds of ships at the same time, and a bunch of slender men and coolies beg for a living here every day.

"Dali, you've earned at least that number this month, right?"

In between lunches, Anan sat next to Dali and chatted.

"Hehe, almost, there are a lot more boats on the dock this year than in previous years, as long as you come early and leave later, you can earn money for the past two days in one day."

Dali's face was tanned, and although his body was not very strong, his arms looked very powerful.

Anan: "You're still amazing, this month, you've earned a lot more than those officials in Chang'an County." ”

Anan and Dali both came to Chang'an City from the same village to beg for a living, but they dare to say anything.

Dali: "How can you compare with them, although the salaries of these officials are not very high, but there are so many merchants in Chang'an City, as long as they give them a little meaning, they will earn more than we have worked hard for several months." So you still have to know how to order something, and you can't just rely on physical strength to beg for food like us. ”

Anan: "Is this why you support your eldest man to go to Guanshishan Academy to study?" If you want me to say, he has been studying for so many years, and at the age of his teens, he can come out and help earn money. At the speed of making money on this dock, what kind of books do you read? Even if you can go somewhere to be a servant at that time, it won't be in Chang'an. ”

Anan's idea represents the idea of a part of the slender man at Weishui Wharf.

However, more than that, like Dali, he supports his children to go to Mongolian schools, primary schools, and even colleges.

Under the influence of the Chu Palace, each large workshop in Chang'an City will build its own Mongolian schools and primary schools, and will also recruit students appropriately.

It can be said that in Chang'an City, as long as you want to study, the threshold has dropped much compared to more than ten years ago.

If they were teenagers, not to mention this kind of slender man who had eaten the last meal but not the next, even if it was a small landlord in an ordinary village, it would be very stressful to raise a scholar.

Reading is basically a thing that has nothing to do with ordinary people.

"Anan, it's different. My eldest man was a student who graduated from Guanshishan Academy at that time, even if he came to the dock to work as a slender man like me after graduation, his life would be better than ours. Not to mention the rest, just his classmates are destined to be not easy to be bullied in his life. It's like us, and from time to time there are splashes that want to think of us. If you want me to say, your Erlang still has a chance to let him go back to primary school for a few more years, and then he will also go to Guanshishan Academy. ”

Dali himself can't read a single word, but he is very supportive of his children's reading.

Don't say that the income level has been much better in the past two years, but when the income was poor a few years ago, he gritted his teeth and sent several children in his family to school.

In those Mongolian schools and primary schools in Chang'an City, the fees for the children of the workshop are very cheap, but for unrelated personnel, they are normal charges.

"Is it as mysterious as you say? Forget it, there is a big job coming, I'll talk to you another day when I drink with you, I just heard that Chang'an City has recently built a lot of winemaking workshops, and some new wines with very affordable prices have been launched, and we are also looking for a chance to have a good time. ”

While Anan was speaking, several boats slowly approached the dock from Weishui.

You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery,

The people watching the view are watching you from upstairs.

When Anan and Dali looked at the ships docking, Xu Ang also stood at the bow of the boat in high spirits, looking at the dock that was getting closer and closer, with a smug smile on his face.

This time I left Chang'an City, and it was almost a year.

Originally, I thought that in order to show his loyalty, Aya didn't even want his son's future and life, so he had to let himself go to Lingnan to be in charge of sugarcane planting.

Lingnan?

I stayed in Chang'an City so well, and I actually let myself go to that kind of place.

If it weren't for the fact that his daughter also married into the Feng family in Lingnan, Xu Ang wanted to refuse his own Aye's arrangement.

Who would have thought that after staying for a year, I found that Lingnan was not quite the same as the legend.

In particular, Guangzhou, as the capital of Lingnan Road, is not much worse than Chang'an City, except that the weather is more sultry.

Of course, the girls in the Qinglou are a little worse in shape and darker in skin, which is also there.

"Shopkeeper Xu, this time we came back with two boatloads of frosting, and the sugar workshop in the palace no longer has to worry about not having enough frosting."

A guy beside him was quite trusted by Xu Ang, and this time when he returned to Chang'an, Xu Ang also took him with him.

"Well, but I heard that sweets are popular in Chang'an City now, and these two boats of frosting are estimated to be sold out in a short time. Fortunately, there are still a few boatloads of frosting in the back, which will arrive soon. When our sugarcane planting area expands several times next year, we don't have to worry about not having enough frosting. ”

Xu Ang now has no resistance to continuing to go to Guangzhou.

If Guangzhou can really be built into the sugar center of Datang, managing hundreds of thousands of acres of sugarcane land, Xu Ang can definitely live a very comfortable life in Guangzhou.

Anyway, with the introduction of this new type of clipper, the waterway from Chang'an City to Guangzhou takes a lot of time, and it doesn't take a long time to go back once a year.

"Yes, I remember that in the past, everyone used to buy frosting, and they bought it in a few taels because it was too expensive. There will be more frosting later...... Shopkeeper Xu, this ...... If there is a lot of frosting, will the price also fall? ”

The guy suddenly thought of something, and a worried expression appeared on his face.

"You just thought of it now?"

Xu Ang was not surprised at all.

It is almost inevitable that the price of anything will fall as soon as there is a sudden explosion in supply.

When Xu Ang saw bundles of sugar cane being refined into frosting in the crushing workshop, he knew that the price of sugar in Chang'an City was about to fall.

However, this did not prevent the Chu royal palace from continuing to promote the cultivation of sugarcane.

You must know that according to the current price of frosting, the harvest of this acre of sugarcane field can catch up with dozens of acres of corn land.

This is clearly an abnormal performance.

According to Xu Ang's understanding, if one acre of sugarcane land can withstand the harvest of five or six acres of corn land, it is enough to attract countless Guanlong nobles to arrange for their families to go to Lingnan to buy land and grow sugarcane.

"That'...... So what to do? ”

"Nothing. The cost of the frosting on our ship is much lower than that of the Tianzhu merchants, and no matter how much it falls, there is no need to worry about losing money. When His Royal Highness the King of Chu arranged for me to wait to go to Lingnan, he had already expected this day. ”

"Bang!"

As soon as Xu Ang's words landed, with a slight collision sound, the ship docked.

……

Five-in-one.

In the end, Pan Wang didn't hold back, and raised the prices of several new sweet dishes such as sweet and sour tenderloin and sweet and sour pork ribs, as well as various desserts, by two percent.

Needless to say, this will definitely lead to dissatisfaction among some customers.

However, thinking that the price of frosting and white sugar in Xishi has more than doubled compared to last year, Pan Wang feels that he can't blindly absorb this cost increase.

If it continues to rise, I really can't stand it.

Especially recently, Wuhe is in the middle, these dishes have the best sales, and the frosting that was originally intended to be used for a month was used up in less than ten days, so that Pan Wang asked the guy to stock up on hundreds of catties of frosting again.

This time, the price has risen by two percent compared to the last time, even if the business of Wuheju is booming, Pan Wang can't help frowning.

"Shopkeeper Pan, I went to order Dude and Ajinomoto today, and the prices of their various dishes have not changed. And I've heard their cooks complaining that they're running out of frosting and sugar in the kitchen. Hehe, now the frosting and white sugar in Chang'an City, even if they are rich, are not so easy to buy, and they will definitely be enough to drink a pot when the time comes. ”

Wuhe is in the middle, and Pan Wei, the guy in charge of procurement, is a cousin of Pan Wang's own family, and now he is selling the news he heard in front of Pan Wang.

"Oh? Dian Dude and Ajinomoto are not in a hurry? Didn't you say that the largest frosting shop in the West Market has started to limit purchases today? These days, the merchants have played tricks. ”

"yes, so it's not easy to buy it with money now. Although the white sugar is produced by the Chu Palace, the price of a pound of white sugar is worth a lot of catties of frosting, and most dishes can be made with frosting. If Dian Dude and Ajinomoto use white sugar instead of frosting, this business is estimated to be unprofitable. ”

"Maybe people can get more preferential price for sugar. Whatever, as long as we can have enough frosting to use. ”

……

Gandy was a little depressed and left the house of Wang Jinsheng, the head of the sugar workshop of the Chu Palace.

originally thought that after drying for so long, Wang Jinsheng should accept his price increase request.

Who knew that the other party's attitude was particularly tough, and he only agreed to continue to purchase frosting at the price at the beginning of the year, and he would not give a penny increase.

Gandy, of course, wasn't happy anymore!

"Shopkeeper, you're finally back."

Just as Gandy got out of the carriage and appeared in front of the frosting shop, Vaharal was running up to him with a nervous face.

"What are you doing in such a hurry, what do you want? I told you, do things calmly, don't panic. ”

Gandy was already in a bad mood, and when he saw Vaharal's appearance, his face was even more unhappy.

"No, I...... I ......"

Vaharal was in a hurry, and he couldn't even speak.

"Don't me, I'll come to me when you think about what to say."

Gandy walked straight to the backyard.

"No, shopkeeper Gan, out of ...... Something big is wrong. I heard that a lot of icing sugar has been shipped from Weishui Wharf, and those who got the news have come to us to refund the deposit. ”

In the past few days, the price of frosting has been rising, and Gandy has played a new trick by asking some customers to pay a deposit and agree on how many days later the frosting will be delivered at the market price.

To put it bluntly, people have stopped selling spot and sold futures.

Obviously, these frostings are in Gandy's storeroom, but he wants to play like this, and his mind is much more flexible than the average person.

"What did you say?"

Gandy stopped, "Didn't Abdul just come back from the sea?" I heard that he hasn't left Chang'an City yet, and has any merchant gone to Tianzhu to sell frosting and come back? ”

"If only that were the case, but ...... But ......"

"Vaharal, do you want to do it or not, if you can't even speak, you can go to the stable and take care of the horses from tomorrow."

Gandy was most annoyed by other people's words to hang his appetite, although Vaharal clearly didn't mean to.

But so what?

The effect is the same.

"Those frostings, it is said that they were transported back from Lingnan by the Chu Palace, and two boats were transported, and many people at Weishui Wharf saw the scene of the helpers carrying the frosting buckets one by one, and I heard that there were several boats of frosting on the road behind."

Vaharal's face was mournful, feeling that the end of the world was coming.

He is not stupid, he can bring back so much frosting from the Chu Palace, he knows that frosting is such a business, and it is no longer the exclusive enjoyment of Tianzhu merchants.

Combined with the news obtained before, the Chu Wangfu planted a large amount of sugarcane in Lingnan, which means that the Chu Wangfu has mastered the technology of sugarcane refining frosting, plus the technology of turning the sugar frosting into white sugar in the sugar workshop of the Chu Wangfu now......

Vaharlal felt that his good days were over.

"Impossible! This sugar-making technology is unique to our Tianzhu craftsmen, even I don't know how to turn sugarcane into frosting, if anyone in Datang understands, the frosting business in Chang'an City will not be monopolized by our Tianzhu merchants. Something must have gone wrong with your message. ”

Gandy's face turned pale, refusing to believe what Vaharalar was saying.

In the past few years, he has made a lot of money in Chang'an City.

If you suddenly can't make money like this anymore, it's hard for me to accept it.

Even, if the price of frosting in Chang'an City fell sharply because of these frostings in the Chu Palace, the frosting he bought from Abdul might be at a loss.

Because of the control of sales, seventy or eighty percent of the shipload of frosting is still in the warehouse.

If you lose money, you will lose a lot of money you earned in the past.

That's really a big loss of vitality.

"Shopkeeper, I also hope this news is fake, but ...... But I've confirmed it again and again, and it's completely true. Also, those customers will come to refund the money, which means that someone else has heard the rumors as well. This...... That's a good thing. ”

"Hurry up, cancel the purchase restriction requirements in the shop, as long as you are willing to buy frosting, we will sell as much as you want. Then you go to a couple of big customers and ask them if they want frosting, and we can take care of the delivery, and if we pay for the goods immediately, we can give them a discount. ”

After a brief period of panic, Gandy immediately made a choice.

Two boats, no, several boats of frosting.

With so much frosting pouring in, the price of sugar in Chang'an City is bound to fall.

Even if the demand is very strong, it can't withstand such a large increase in the scale of supply.

"It's useless, everyone in this West City is the most well-informed. It's been an hour since I received this news, and other merchants must have received it, and now no one will buy the frosting unless the price is drastically reduced. ”

Vaharal poured a basin of cold water on Gandy!