Sun Wufan had just arrived in Jingshi last night, and only after arriving did he know that Ning Xiu had already held a wedding banquet during the day, so he naturally regretted missing a big meal. That night, he called a guild hall servant to deliver a letter to Ning Xiu, explaining that he had arrived in Jingshi.

He slept all night still feeling sleepy, and it was clear that the fatigue of the journey had not subsided.

As I was in the bathroom, I heard the sound of the door of the hall.

"Grandpa, Master Ning is here."

Sun Wufan snorted and almost squirted mouthwash.

Master Ning?

That's an interesting title.

"Come on, Brother Ning Xian, I want to kill you for my brother."

Sun Wufan pushed the door out, regardless of his untidy appearance, and went straight to Ning Xiu.

When he and Ning Xiu had a bear hug, he said with satisfaction: "Hehe, I heard that Brother Ning Xian won the Jinshi and married Miss Qi, it's really proud." On the night of the candle in the cave room, when the gold list was titled, Brother Ning Xian, the four great joys of life, directly accounted for two, which was really enviable. ”

Ning Xiu said with a smile: "When did Brother Sun be so eloquent." ”

Sun Wufan rolled his eyes, touched his nose and said, "I've always been like this." ”

The man smiled: "The two masters are chatting, and the little one retreats first." ”

Ning Xiu gave him some broken silver as a reward, and the man immediately took the silver and retreated.

At this time, only Ning Xiu and Sun Wufan were left in the courtyard, and Sun Fatzi immediately stepped forward and said, "Seriously, Brother Ning Xian, was it refreshing last night?" ”

Ning Xiu glared at him and said, "Brother Sun is so shameless, this kind of thing is also asked?" ”

Sun Wufan smiled: "When I didn't say it." ”

"Brother Sun came this time to talk about building a glass factory in Beijing?"

Ning Xiu deliberately diverted the topic.

Sun Wufan squinted his eyes and said, "I can't hide anything from Brother Ning Xian." The sales of such good things as glass in the south are always limited, and if the market in Shenjing can be opened, then the profit will be great. ”

Ning Xiu knew his thoughts, he wanted to fight the elites of the Beijing Division, the emperor's relatives and relatives.

These people often have a lot of money, and the money is all filial piety from the bottom, and they don't feel distressed when they spend it. Asking them to pay a high price for some glass products to fill the façade should not be a problem.

"Brother Sun seems to have an idea." Ning Xiu paused and said, "Where are you going to go?" ”

This is a very specific question, but it is critical.

If this problem is not considered clearly, even if a glass factory is built, it will be very problematic.

"Well, it's easy. My father is also the governor of a province, and he has the title of deputy imperial envoy, so he can inform the old friends of the DPRK and China. ”

Ning Xiu finally let out a sigh when he saw that he was light and light.

He was afraid that Sun Wufan would want him to use Zhang Juzheng's relationship.

It's not impossible, but Ning Xiu doesn't want to use this relationship unless he has to.

After all, Zhang Ju is the first assistant of the cabinet, and he asked him to come forward for the sake of selling glass products, which is too murderous.

"The profit sharing is still the same, you are six and I am four."

Sun Wufan was not greedy, and spread his hands.

Ning Xiu bowed his head slightly in agreement.

"Have you considered the location?"

Sun Wufan shook his head again and again: "This is not true." I just arrived in Beijing last night, and I plunged into this Huguang Guild Hall to sleep, where do I have the time to take care of this. ”

"Brother Sun hasn't been to Shenjing before?"

Ning Xiu said curiously.

"I've been to Nanjing, but I've never been to Shenjing."

Sun Wufan swallowed and foamed at the mouth and said, "So I'm a little excited to come here this time." ”

Ning Xiu said in his heart, it seems that the Sun family's business is concentrated in the south, but there are not many in the north.

"I think Yi'an Fang has a good house, and there are two stores that can be bought."

Ning Xiu had already planned to open a glass factory in Beijing, and even chose a location.

Of course, if you want to open other factories in the future, you can also choose to buy and acquire in the vicinity.

"Then let's go and see!"

Sun Wufan is a fiery character, and he is about to leave as he speaks.

"I'm not in a hurry for these two days."

Ning Xiu said with a smile: "Brother Sun should have a good time when he comes this time." ”

"Where do I have that rich life? To tell the truth, the foolish brother came to Shenjing not only to open a glass factory. ”

Sun Wufan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Oh?" Ning Xiu was quite curious: "I don't know what it is? ”

"My father asked me to get through the relationship and do the border army business."

Ning Xiu's heart sank.

Border army business?

He knew that in Daming, there were recruits and guards.

Now it is the late Ming Dynasty, and the military households of the guards are basically equivalent to the bankrupt peasants, but the real combat effectiveness is the border army, and these people are recruits.

Sun Wufan said that he did business with the border army, but he didn't know what to do?

"Brother Sun wants to do the grain business?"

Sun Wufan shook his head again and again.

"In the past, merchants rushed to transport grain to Jiubian because the imperial court had a law to open the middle, and they could get the same amount of salt by trafficking grain. The merchants took the salt and led it to the designated salt field to mix the salt. ”

Sun Wufan swallowed and foamed at the mouth: "Now that the Kaizhong Law has been abolished, the salt is in the hands of the emperor's relatives, and the transportation of grain itself is a loss-making business, how can my family do it." ”

Ning Xiu was puzzled: "It's not selling grain, isn't it possible to sell cloth?" ”

Sun Wufan laughed and said: "No, what my family wants to do is an iron business." ”

"Iron!"

Ning Xiuzhi gasped.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense about history knows how important iron was to antiquity.

In the era of cold weapons, iron can be directly forged to create blades, and the Ming Dynasty is at the junction of cold and hot weapons.

But in Ning Xiu's cognition, aren't these all made by craftsmen? How could the Sun family get involved?

"Does Brother Sun know the craftsman?"

"I don't know, but the silver does."

Sun Wufan touched his nose and said with a smile: "To be honest, the craftsmen are not having a good time, and now they don't make money doing work for the border army, and most of them rely on receiving private orders to make a living." If I can give them enough money, they will be willing to work for me. ”

"Is it just that the imperial court will allow it?"

"It's still possible to get the dots in place."

Ning Xiu sorted out his thoughts and finally understood what Sun Wufan wanted to do.

In addition to military craftsmen, ordinary craftsmen can take private orders, and then Sun Wufan obtains permission to build cold weapons and firearms through connections, so that those craftsmen who take private jobs can work for him. When the work is done, Sun Wufan will operate through the relationship and sell these cold weapons and firearms to the border army, so that he can make a lot of money.

If you think about it, does this count as an act of digging the corners of the Ming Wall?

"Brother Ning Xian, don't talk about this matter."

Sun Wufan advised: "Whether you can take the road or not is two words, even if it does, it is better to keep a low profile." ”

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