The subordinates were in a hurry to get Zhang Yanling out of the lake.

In the winter, he also choked on a few mouthfuls of lake water.

"Ah, the virtuous nephew is here?"

On the tree, Zhang Heling saw Yan Chengjin in the crowd and climbed down from the tree with a swish.

Yan Chengjin asked, "Why did the lord jump into the lake?" ”

"The raw silk, tea, cloth, and porcelain in Jiangnan have all dropped in price." Zhang Heling wiped her tears.

The housekeeper of Jiangnan came back to report that the price of raw silk and silk in Jiangnan had plummeted.

After the imperial court defeated the Japanese invaders, they seized five large ships, causing the price of silk to plummet.

Overseas trade relied on Japanese merchants to bring goods out.

Nowadays, the Japanese merchants did not dare to appear, resulting in a large backlog of silk that was originally going to be sold overseas, and the price of silk in Jiangnan was greatly reduced.

In addition to this, there is porcelain and tea.

What was even more unfortunate for the Zhang brothers was that the Japanese were arrested, and they were seized by the imperial court with a whole boatload of silk, and they suffered heavy losses, and they did not dare to report to the officials.

"How much money is that?"

Yan Chengjin was suspicious.

Overseas trade relied on Japanese merchants to bring goods to other countries, and Jiangnan was the production place of silk, tea and porcelain.

I'm afraid that in the short term, there is no way to sell it out, and it will only accumulate more and more.

If it is shipped to Guangdong for sale, the freight cost will be high, and it will not be able to compete with local Cantonese businessmen at all.

Others can make money by selling one tael of silver, and you have to sell it for two taels of silver to make money, who will buy it?

"How much silver has it fallen?"

"Half a tael of silver for a ......"

Yan Chengjin was overjoyed in his heart: "I'm afraid that in the short term, the price of raw silk will be reduced, and all of it will be sold to the official, how many officials want it." ”

"You...... All wanted? Zhang Heling was slightly stunned for a moment, showing an ecstatic smile: "Do you want tea?" Do you want porcelain? ”

Yan Chengjin shook his head: "As long as raw silk." ”

"That's it......" Zhang Heling lowered his head and thought for a moment.

The price of raw silk varies, and the raw silk with good texture can be sold for two taels of silver, and even more expensive than colored silk.

Zhang Heling has a large amount of raw silk in his hands, and the price of silk has dropped, and he is worried about whether to make silk.

Zhang Yanling came over with a quilt and muttered: "Brother, this kid is a good person, the silk can't be sold, and he still has to buy our raw silk." ”

Zhang Heling slapped it over, Zhang Yanling shut up in pain, and then he turned his head and smiled at Yan Chengjin and said, "I sold it all to you, and I didn't keep a single horse, how about the original price?"

Virtuous nephew, only we have raw silk in Jiangnan, and others can't take out 10,000 horses. ”

"Deal, the two of you will go to the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce for money in a while."

Yan Chengjin asked the brothers to draw a bet and write down a note in case the price was raised on the ground, and Hao had no symptoms.

Coming out of Zhang's mansion, Yan Chengjin came to Liangxiang and ordered someone to give the note to Xie Yu.

Among the businesses run by Xie Yu, there is a raw silk business, and ordinary means can't deceive him.

"My lord, isn't this a loom?"

Song Jing looked at the sketch and recognized it at a glance.

In Fengxin's hometown of Nanchang, there are many silkworms, and there is a small loom at home, which makes a living by weaving silk and satin.

Yan Chengjin pointed to the chute: "If you take a closer look here, this is the difference." ”

Song Jing took a closer look, and there was an extra groove on both sides of the loom.

"Students try."

He was already familiar with the loom, and the transformation of the loom was simple, so he knew it at a glance.

Xie Pi and others came around, and it turned out that all kinds of drawings in Liangxiang were drawn by Lord Yan.

"Xie Pi, this project is up to you, if it can be done, the monthly salary will be increased to ten taels of silver." Yan Chengjin suddenly changed his mind.

Xie Pi's eyes flashed with tears, and he said gratefully: "Thank you, my lord, Xia Guan will definitely make it." ”

The important thing is not silver, it is the level of an engineer.

At present, there are only two chief engineers in Liangxiang.

If you add ten taels of silver this time, it will be twenty taels next time, and sooner or later it will be added to one hundred taels.

"Congratulations, Brother Xie, you can be in charge of the project independently." An engineer said.

"Brother Xie is still very good, he was admitted to understand Yuan, and he also learned science better than me." Another engineer sighed to himself.

After Xie Pi got off work, he would give a lecture in the dormitory, answering questions and answering questions for the children of the officials who were going to take the exam.

Therefore, except for Song Jing and another unknown chief engineer, he was faintly respected as a senior.

Song Jingdao: "You do it first, and after it's done, I'll take a look." ”

Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce,

Xie Yu received a note that Yamen had bought a large amount of raw silk in Jiangnan and wanted to transport it back to the Liangxiang workshop to make it.

He walked quickly to the yamen and said busily: "My lord, you can't buy this raw silk!" ”

Zhang Xian was puzzled: "Why?" ”

"The raw silk in the south of the Yangtze River is about to fall to the bottom, and the silk can't be sold at all, and if you buy this large amount of raw silk, the merchant house will lose money!" Xie Yu dissuaded.

Xie Yu's ability to do business, there is no need to doubt it, his vision is vicious, and he has made a lot of money by reselling refined salt.

Zhang Xian did not doubt his vision in the slightest.

It's just that this batch of raw silk was bought by Yan Chengjin, and Lord Yan's vision is higher than Xie Yu's, so there must be something unspeakable.

A moment later, he came to Liangxiang Institute of Science to find Yan Chengjin.

"Lord Yan, the price of raw silk in Jiangnan has been reduced, and the amount of money bought in large quantities cannot be sold even if it is made into silk."

"Before I bought it, I thought about the market, don't worry." Yan Chengjin asked Xie Yu to hurry up.

It will take more than a month for raw silk to be transported to the capital.

………

Xie Fu,

Xie Pi was tinkering with the loom in the house, and the School of Inheritance and Science was on vacation, so he moved back to the capital to live.

"If you continue to toss around like this, the old man will see that you will fall off the list in the spring of next year!"

"What kind of system, where is there still the appearance of Xie Yuan!"

"After the spring festival, there is the palace test, why aren't you in a hurry, my father is dying in a hurry."

Xie Qian paced back and forth in the room, looking at the loom in front of him, and there were words in his mouth.

Xie Pi drilled under the jacquard loom to find the place to groove and install the wooden trough.

"If you don't reply, Dad will let people lose the loom!"

"Dad, the child will definitely be admitted." Xie Pi responded as if he was giving a task.

Xie Pi looked at this loom and sighed, the loom is what the woman does, what are you doing with a Xie Yuan tossing this?

In a hurry, he kicked the loom.

"Dad, can you be like an adult?" Xie Pi didn't have a good airway.

Xie Qian snorted coldly: "I'm about to be angry with you, if you make it, what can it do!" ”

"Lord Yan said that he can weave a lot of cloth and silk." Xie Pi said.

Xie Qian hid his anger, so he didn't let out his anger.

At this time, someone came to report: "Master, Master Li has come to the house to play chess." ”

Xie Qian's face was soothed, and he went to the main hall with his hands behind his back.

When he saw Li Dongyang, he smiled: "You are the righteous son of Brother Bin?" ”

Li Zhaofan bowed and saluted: "Zhaofan has seen Uncle Shi." ”

Li Dongyang said with a smile: "Go find Xie Pi, he is the Xie Yuan of Shuntian Mansion, you can ask him for more advice." ”

Xie Qian said bluntly: "I'm afraid he won't have time to take care of you,

Yan Chengjin harmed my son! After Xie Pi returned home, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and guarded the loom day and night. ”

Li Dongyang took the opportunity to warn his son: "Look, this is the fate of approaching Yan Chengjin, you must not approach him!" ”

Li Zhaofan was a little puzzled.

Xie Qian explained: "In addition to being the Xie Yuan of Shuntianfu, my son is also an engineer in Liangxiang, so what can he do with the loom!" ”

Li Zhaofan's eyes lit up slightly, and he said, "The little nephew won't disturb Uncle Shi and his father playing chess." ”

"It's better for you to go and see him!" Li Dongyang said.

Li Zhaofan followed the maid to the backyard wing, and saw a person lying under the big loom, his eyes lit up: "Brother Xie? ”