【Ticket Request】

Spring to autumn, the time has come to July, the whole city of Guangzhou and in previous years, inside and outside the city is the time of shoulder to shoulder, Huaiyuan post in and out of the tribute and trade of the merchants, the bustling crowd busy with trading on the street of Haopan, the restaurant and tea shop of the Wuyang post outside the colorful shed Huanlou, all of which show the wealth and prosperity of this place.

Standing in the endless crowd outside the west gate of Guangzhou, a young man in a green shirt and a group of companions behind him were standing at the head of the bridge and looking around, this person was Wang Xingping, who had just come to Guangzhou all the way.

The Dongjiang River originates in Huizhou Prefecture, passes through Longchuan, Heyuan, Guishan, and Boluo counties along the way, and enters the sea in Shiwan, while the Xijiang River originates in Guangxi, and turns into a river network directly under the city of Guangzhou after passing through Wuzhou and Zhaoqing. And on the way of the Xijiang River into the sea, there is a county called Sanshui, where Xushui comes from the north and meets the Xijiang River, so the local aborigines also call this river Beijiang. Wang Xingping and his entourage entered Guangdong from Lianzhou in northern Guangdong via Huguang, and finally landed in Sanshui by boat from Lianzhou through Huangshui and Qinshui, and then passed through Southwest Town and Foshan Town.

Although there were some twists and turns along the way, it was generally smooth, and there were even some surprises.

First met Wan Shanglie in Pingyue Mansion City as he wished, and only knew his name at first, but he didn't want the old man to be in his seventies, but fortunately, he was in good spirits, and Wang Xingping had the name of Wang Mingde, so he naturally saw Wan Fuzun easily. Master Wan talked with him eloquently, and saw that he was quite accomplished in the way of things, and was well versed in Yangming's psychology, and liked it very much, and it happened that the next day the officials of the states and counties of Pingyue were going to report on their work in the city, and the old mansion even if he stayed with Wang Xingping for a day, the next day he invited Lai Daoxing of Weng'an Zhi County to introduce him. In this way, the proposal to build a joint venture phosphate mine in Weng'an was decided in only a few days under the urging of the people in charge of both sides, and when Wang Xingping and his entourage left Pingyue Mansion, even the detailed arrangements were completed, and they waited for the business alliance in Guiyang to go to the specific prospecting for the mine.

As soon as Lai Zhixian saw that he had another source of wealth under his rule, Wang Xingping gave him a generous gift and made friends, and the relationship between the two sides immediately improved a lot. This Lai Zhixian was born in Dongguan, Guangdong, and learned that Wang Xingping was going to Guangdong first, so he wrote a letter to tell him what difficulties he had after arriving in Guangdong, he could go to Guangzhou to find relatives in his clan to help, and said quite meaningfully that if the business in his clan was Wang Dongzhu was interested, it would not be impossible to cooperate, so it can be seen that the relationship between the two is now visible.

A few days after leaving Pingyue Mansion, Wang Xingping went to Zhenyuan Mansion, where the goods he brought attracted the attention of many merchants, and he traded there and then attracted a lot of merchants to Guiyang's general number, and on the fifteenth day of departure from Guiyang, the time had entered the second April of this year, and it was on this day that Wang Xingping took his entourage all the way to the east.

It took more than 10 days of hard work for them to enter the Chenzhou Mansion in Huguang via Qinglangwei and Pingxiwei, and after entering Jingzhou from Wenxi Qianhusuo, they rested in Huitong County for two days. When crossing Xiongxi, a horse fell into the water and died in the panic at the ferry crossing in Ruoshui, and in Qingpo, more than ten miles northwest of Wugang Prefecture, he also encountered a group of bandits to rob him, but fortunately, he was just an ordinary mountain people, and he didn't have any decent weapons.

When he arrived in Wugang Prefecture, Ni Zhumo was really still in the Minwang Mansion, after the matter of the old Wang, the palace not only did not have any disrespect for Ni Zhumo, but thought that it was precisely because Ni Shenyi was not by his side that His Royal Highness finally died, so when Ni Zhumo returned to Wugang Mansion, he was more attentive to him, and even the book printing that he had promised had already found a well-known bookstore.

Mr. Ni was naturally pleasantly surprised when he saw Wang Xingping, not to mention the hospitality, and introduced the important people in the palace to him one by one, with the help of a divine doctor, and the people in the palace also took special care of this Confucian student, plus Wang Xingping handled things exquisitely, and even the deacons and businessmen outside the palace became familiar with him in a few days.

In addition, the weather has entered the plum, and it has been raining continuously for many days, so that Wang Xing has been delayed in Wugang for nearly a month, taking advantage of the occasional sunny days in these days, Wang Xingping has traveled well to the mountains and rivers near Wugang Prefecture.

Of course, staying in Wugang is not just to see the scenery, but also to discuss business. Zhu Dingyao, the king of Lao Min, lived to be over 70 years old, but the son Zhu Ganjiao and the grandson Zhu Qijiao did not survive their fathers were the first to die, and now the last note handed by the house is to be the heir of the great-grandson Zhu Yuhong, but the person in charge of the house is the grandmother of the great-grandson - the old princess who is still alive. Because of the division of the vassal kings of this dynasty, there are no other uncles and elders on the head of Zhu Xiaowangye, and now the one who actually handles the business of the Min Wangfu is a nephew of the old princess, and he is also quite friendly with Wang Xingping.

is close to the people in the palace, and there is another thing that also makes Wang Xingping secretly surprised, it turns out that although the three sons of the old highness are all dead in the country, but among the four brothers of his generation, there are still two feudal kingdoms, one is Zhu Dingyao's third brother Suining Wang Zhu Dingxi, and now it has been passed to the third generation of Wang Zhu Qiqi, and the other is his seventh brother Zhu Dingyan, the king of Qiyang, and now it has been passed to the fourth generation of Wang Zhu Qilu. The fief of King Qiyang is in Qiyang County, Yongzhou Prefecture, southeast of Baoqing Mansion, and the fief of King Suining is in Suining County, Jingzhou, the three are just a horn, and the business occupies a large market in the south of Huguang. And Zhu Dingyao's other two younger brothers, Zhu Dingyao, the king of Nanzhang, and Zhu Dingyao, the king of Guangji, although they were expelled from the country because of their descendants and descendants, the relationship between the two princes' wives and wives in the local business is still there, although the trade of the Minwang Mansion is mostly in Xiangnan, but it still has its own considerable influence in Xiangyang and Huangzhou, since Wang Xingping has now touched the door of the Wangfu's business, he is naturally interested in this business network, after all, the Wangfu's business is almost monopolized, although it may not be fair to other businesses in Huguang, But how can Wang Xingping care about the fairness of those businessmen's business, as long as this relationship is helpful to him in the future, it is good.

In this way, Wang Xingping has been staying in Wugang Prefecture until the Dragon Boat Festival, and only after the Dragon Boat Festival did he have to set off to the south again under the repeated retention of Ni Zhumo and others, but this road is still in the rainy day, so it is not fast.

After leaving the boundary of Baoqing Mansion, Wang Xingping and others went down the Xiaoshui River, passed through Lingling, Daozhou, and Jianghua counties, and arrived at Jintian Qianhu on the day of Xiaoxia, and entered Guangdong from here.

Two days later, Wang Xingping and his entourage arrived in Lianzhou, Guangdong, and when they arrived in Lianzhou, it was already under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture. Fang Mingdong, the governor of Nalianzhou, is a native of Fushun, Sichuan, and his family has some business dealings with Jian Shouzhi in Sichuan. The next few days were very simple, and after staying in Lianzhou for another three days and waiting for the Mei, the group rented a small boat and went down the river until they arrived at the west gate of Guangzhou City today, and today it was already a big summer.

"Proprietor, are you going to Tian Zhiyuan first?" Standing blankly under the city wall of Guangzhou Mansion, Ye Xianlian saw the crowd in front of her, and was a little stunned for a while.

"You know the place?" Wang Xing asked remarkably.

Ye Xianlian said a little stupidly: "The villain turned back last time he arrived in Zhaoqing, where do you know where the patrol yamen in the Guangzhou Mansion is." ”

"Since I don't know, it's better to go around first, just this Haoban Street is worth a day for you and me." Wang Xingping said and turned around and smiled at Ye Xianlian, in fact, the location of the governor's yamen could be found by anyone casually, but he didn't care, "Didn't you come to Guangzhou last time?" This time, you're going to enjoy it with me. ”

The two walked as they talked, and Xiao Liu, who was also looking at the city gate in a daze, and the rest of the guys reacted and followed all the way.

Wang Xiaoliu shouted to see the sea, Wang Xingping simply took everyone all the way to the port, the south of the city was full of all kinds of restaurants, Wang Xingping found a good location and asked for a private room upstairs, and a group of six or seven people divided the master and servant to find a place. He could see the scene outside from the upstairs window, and he wanted to learn about the scene in Hong Kong, especially those goods that were traded in large quantities, hoping to find some business opportunities from them.

One of the most eye-catching goods is all kinds of timber, Wang Xingping knows that Guangdong's shipbuilding industry is developed, there is a lot of demand for timber, originally many Guangdong businessmen moved to Guangxi, using the Xijiang waterway to send all kinds of timber to Guangzhou City in a steady stream, the master and servant and his party saw a lot when they landed in Sanshui, but what they saw here at the wharf was not from Guangxi, and according to the restaurant guys, they were all big trees harvested in the South Seas, and many of them were good to be sent to the capital to supply the reconstruction of the three major halls. The price is expensive, and a better piece of wood can be worth a good house in Guangzhou.

Wang Xingping therefore remembered that there is a lot of woodland in Guizhou, he does not have any concept of environmental protection, if it is good to do some timber business in the process of tuntian, but after inquiring about it, he is a little disappointed, it is precisely because of the existence of timber in Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan seem to be far away.

In addition to timber, grain is also a large business, but this kind of thing is lacking in Guizhou itself, where can it withstand long-distance consumption and be transported to Guangdong for trade.

Ceramics and raw silk are a lot of exchanges, but most of them are sold overseas, these things are of little use to Guizhou, in addition to satisfying the enjoyment of some rich households, it is not in Wang Xingping's eyes, and the consumption power of the poor and really rich in Guizhou is really limited, and he does not want the people in the business alliance to deviate for these small profits, so that his good military industry road will be crooked from the beginning.

Just when people were coming and going in the port, he saw some sack-like goods being loaded onto the ship from a distance, and suddenly his heart moved, and after his thoughts arose, he took advantage of the food while the guy was serving the food and asked, "What kind of goods are in those sacks?" I see a lot of goods transported in this port, so I think it should be a major specialty here, right? ”

"The guest officer is from out of town, and those are all sugar goods collected by merchants from other provinces."

"Collect sugar?"