After sending Liu Jin away, at this time, it was already moonlight and starry, and the sedan chair drivers were probably in a hurry, and Yan Chengjin was walking outside the palace.

Zhu Houzhao is really not a thing, it's so late, and he won't let Liu Jin leave after dinner.

Back at Yan's Mansion, when Yan Chengjin walked through the courtyard of the old courtyard, he saw Chunxia and his daughter feeding the sheep.

The forage was provided by the sisters' father, Lao Wang, who cut fresh forage from outside the city every day, and the Yan Mansion settled the silver for him, and he made more money than Chai Fu by making two trips a day.

When he got closer, he found that there was an extra lamb in the sheepfold, which seemed to have been born in the past two days, and it was very small, and there were still blood stains on the hay on the ground.

What a happy lamb.

Happy?

Speaking of which, in the previous life, there were many chickens, ducks, cows and geese who grew up listening to music.

Hearing that the meat tasted tender and fatty, and was rich in nutrition, Yan Chengjin fell into deep thought.

"How can you!"

How can he trot to the chicken pen: "Young master? ”

Yan Chengjin said: "From today onwards, you will blow joy on these chickens, once a day in the morning and evening, for an hour each time." ”

How can he open his mouth as big as a duck's egg, and look at Yan Chengjin like a fool, could it be that the young master is suffering from heart disease?

Such an unbelievable idea, I am afraid that anyone will think that he is a crazy person.

Yan Chengjin kicked over: "What are you doing in a daze, blow quickly!" ”

How can he take out the small trumpet, blushing and blowing, together, Yan Chengjin can't listen to it, and he can't even listen to the background music of the square dance.

"Tomorrow I'm going to find a musician to learn the rhythm."

How can you blacken your face, just serve the young master every day, but also serve a group of brutes, since the young master likes it, tomorrow I will find a good musician.

……………………

Zhou Yu lived in the process of the mansion for a few days, and he had been thinking about the 20,000 taels of silver he spent, which was not a small number, and the more he lived, the more he felt panicked.

How good is it to live in white?

Twenty thousand taels of silver, no matter how you think about it, it feels expensive, so he came to the Yan Mansion again.

Yan Chengjin was very polite: "Chang Ningbo is good, I don't know what Chang Ningbo is doing when he visits?" My father said that once the Cheng Mansion is sold, it will not be returned, Chang Ningbo Bo should please go back, and the next official is going to eat. ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said: "I'm not here to leave the house, the house is good, I won't return the silver, I came today to discuss business with the virtuous nephew, the virtuous nephew will eat first, oops, why don't you eat so late?" The subordinates in your house are really grinding, the virtuous nephew will eat first, and let's talk slowly. ”

When guests come, the reception is in the old courtyard, which is the family rule of the Yan Mansion.

The next people put today's braised running chicken, steamed crucian carp, and fragrant glutinous dumpling soup............ Arrived at the old courtyard.

Yan Chengjin glanced at Zhou Yu: "Then the official is welcome?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "The old man has eaten, you eat and I said, I came today to do salt business with my virtuous nephew."

Although the salt merchants of Huai'an and Yangzhou are very powerful, in the territory of the capital, I Changningbo can still speak.

As long as there is enough silver, the old man can buy salt in the salt warehouses of Datong, Taiyuan, and the capital, and then resell it to the people in the capital when the time comes, saving the cost of transportation, wouldn't it be a big profit? ”

Yan Chengjin thought about it carefully.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the salt method was adopted, and the imperial court thought of a way to let the merchants transport grain to the border army.

If you want to sell salt, you must first transport a certain amount of grain to the granary designated at the border, and the government will give you a salt certificate according to the amount of grain you transport.

You then take the salt introduction certificate, go to the designated salt warehouse, exchange a certain amount of salt out, and it doesn't matter where you sell it.

In this way, it was very troublesome, and some smart gentry bought fields directly at the border, and all the grain grown was paid to the government for salt import, saving the trouble of transportation.

But then there are new troubles.

The price of grain has always fluctuated, today is not the same as tomorrow, just like the stock price, sometimes the salt in exchange is still valuable on the way to transportation, and it is worthless to put it on the shelf.

It is better to grow food that retains its value.

In other words, the Kaizhong Salt Law was equivalent to using grain as a currency for trading salt, and later fewer and fewer merchants transported salt.

By the time of the Hongzhi Dynasty, Ye Qi reformed the salt law, and merchants did not need to transport grain, but could buy salt by paying silver directly to the salt transportation department.

The Salt Transportation Division then handed over the silver to the imperial court, and the imperial court bought grain and transported it to the border town.

Yan Chengjin knows that the sale of salt may not always make money, there is a lot of possibility of losing money, and it is difficult to transport and preserve salt, because it is easy to get wet.

This is not the most feared, the most feared is that the imperial court delays the time of salt support, and the price of salt changes.

It costs a lot of money to buy salt, but it is a long process to get it back.

The salt merchants of Yangzhou and Huai'an are very powerful, and they want to fight for them, unless they use some gray means, but at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is not necessary that Chang Ningbo Bo dares to mess around.

After thinking about it, Yan Chengjin had an idea: "Chang Ningbo had a high opinion and ordered the lower officials to open their mouths, but the lower officials have no silver." ”

Zhou Yu said angrily: "Don't laugh at the virtuous nephew, the old man just gave the virtuous nephew 20,000 taels of silver, and the virtuous nephew can't finish eating it?" ”

Yan Chengjin was open and honest: "Forgive the official for saying bluntly, there is no shortage of salt merchants in Jingshi, and the silver is also his father's, if Chang Ningbo wants to do this business, it is better to go to the border and ask his father, Xia Guan can't be the master, try Xia Guan's running chicken, Chang Ningbo Bo will go back, right?" ”

As he spoke, he pushed the leftover half of the braised running chicken in front of him.

Smelling the smell, he knew the fragrance of this chicken, just watching him eat it just now, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be greedy.

This dog eats by itself, and does not greet himself, and I have eaten it, and I am not hungry?

smiled: "Actually, the old man can still eat a little more, so you're welcome." ”

When you bite into it, the aroma is tangy, and it is obviously different from what you usually eat, the meat is tender and juicy.

Zhou Yu's mouth was full of oil, and he sucked his fingers: "It's delicious, it's delicious, this chicken is good, did you buy this chicken in the East Market or in the West Market?" I'm going to buy some tomorrow too. ”

"This chicken is raised in the house, every morning, the next person has to chase and run a few laps, so the name running chicken, better than the cage in the cage, Chang Ningbo Bo want, the next official will send you a few."

Zhou Yu's eyes rolled, but he secretly wrote down Yan Chengjin's words, and when he went to pick chickens, he kept an eye on them, and picked the big and fat ones, until he couldn't take them, and then left happily.

Early the next morning,

The Ministry of Industry was responsible for supervising the construction of the new library building, which was next to Wenyuan Pavilion.

After listening to Yan Chengjin's advice, Emperor Hongzhi also asked people to review and review the collections of books in three places in the capital, and all unique books had to be re-copied.

Hanlin Temple is very lively, and the ground and roof of the courtyard are full of books.

Han Yuan scolded up and down, which bastard made this suggestion, and they were tired to death.

The Wenhan people had to turn out the books in the Wenyuan Pavilion, dry them before entering the new building, go to the bookworms, and proofread and approve them.

Yan Chengjin was moving books, and suddenly, he heard someone behind him ask in a very cheap voice: "This adult, do you want chickens?" The old man's chicken is soft and smooth, crispy and fragrant, after eating the old man's running chicken, the strength to move the book will be much greater, don't believe you can try it? ”

Why is this sound so familiar?