Sima Chang suddenly realized, and after Sima Dingyun went down, Sima Chang couldn't help but say enviously, "Although I am the king of the clan, I am not as rich as the families!" Even to build a royal palace has to look at the eyes of a child, alas! ”

Xia Xin whispered on the side: "Zheng Shizi is very good at doing business, and this fireworks business must be very profitable." ”

Sima Chang nodded, "This kid is not unreasonable, he has a good eye for people, very good!" ”

"However, I don't think the first plan given by Zheng Shizi is not as suitable as the second. Otherwise, why would he suggest the first option to Steward Sima? Don't forget, the king, Zheng Shizi is very good at business. Xia Xin whispered.

Sima Chang laughed, "You're right, Zheng Sheng, this kid is playing a trick on us!" Well, five or five points is good, and the income is stable, but according to the second method, if I can sell a firework in Luoyang for thousands of dollars, I will naturally earn a lot more. ”

Xia Xin's ass was patted at the right time, "What the king said is very true!" ”

Early the next morning, the sullen Zheng Sheng looked at the newly appeared Butler Xia Xin, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Why didn't Butler Sima come?" ”

"Steward Sima is entangled in all matters, and the king of my family has ordered me to deal with this matter." Xia Xin explained with a smile.

Zheng Sheng thought that Sima Chang had changed to a more trusted person to deal with this matter? Poor Sima Dingyun was kicked out of this matter like this.

But it doesn't matter, Sima Chang changed someone to negotiate with him, which can only show that he values this business more, thinking like this, Zheng Sheng can't ask for it.

"My king thinks the second option is more suitable." Xia Xin's first sentence made the meaning of the palace clear.

Zheng Sheng showed a surprised expression at the right time, but his heart blossomed, "That's it, of course you can." ”

"Ahem, Zheng Shizi, you think it's good to do this: the 300,000 yuan loan is not accepted by the palace, and the palace buys it from the Zheng family for 150 yuan per firework, is it feasible?"

Zheng Sheng naturally bargained immediately, "I hope the palace can understand the Zheng family's difficulties, the cost of fireworks is very high, and the price of one hundred and fifty is too low." However, two hundred and fifty dollars is indeed high...... Let's lower twenty dollars, two hundred and thirty a piece, okay? ”

Xia Xin shook his head, "It's not good, it's not good, it's still too high." You know, our palace is going to transport fireworks to Luoyang and sell them slowly, in case it can't be sold, isn't the palace a big loss? Zheng is only in charge of production, so let's do it, one hundred and sixty ...... fireworks."

Zheng Sheng also shook his head and said, "Steward Xia, you only see the beauty of fireworks, but you don't know the danger of this thing." The workers who make fireworks are risking their lives to work, and the wages we pay to the fireworks workers are extremely high......"

After a lot of bargaining, the final result was that Zheng sold each firework to the Shunyang royal palace for 190 yuan, and Zheng's fireworks would not be sold to anyone else.

Zheng Sheng told him that if someone infiltrated the Zheng Clan's Fireworks Workshop in Qingzhuling and stole the production process, they would have nothing to do about it, so they could not be regarded as in breach of contract.

Of course, Xia Xin would not allow this to happen, and he promised that the Shunyang Royal Mansion would send people to strengthen the guards near Qingzhuling. When the Zheng people found out that there were thieves, they could immediately contact the guards. In addition, the Shunyang royal palace also allowed Zheng's guards to have the right to expel and arrest unknown persons.

Both sides are very happy with the result.

Before leaving, Xia Xin suddenly whispered: "If I can persuade the king to buy fireworks at a price of two hundred yuan, is the prince willing to give the old man a sum of hard money?" ”

Zheng Sheng squinted, this old guy is not honest, but it doesn't hurt to listen to the quotation, he also said in a low voice, "I don't know how much hard money Steward Xia wants?" ”

"I heard that Zheng Shizi's family has a fortune of tens of millions, and there are two high-end restaurants in Shunyang. When you are old, money is only something outside your body, but you hope that after returning to your hometown, you can build the same restaurant in your homeland to glorify your ancestors and sprout for future generations! Xia Xin said cryptically, "If Zheng Shizi can agree to the 'small' request of the old man, I still have a private matter related to the safety of the prince that I can give to you!" ”

Zheng Sheng smiled, two restaurants? He must be talking about Qing Meiju and Drunken Xiangju. This old guy really dares to speak, these two restaurants are worth more than 300,000 yuan! How easy did he snatch the money out of Sima Chang's mouth, and then feed it to this dead old man? He's not a fool!

And this guy dares to "fake public and private" like this, is he really afraid that he will sue him backhandedly?

Moreover, although an extra ten dollars for a firework is a small profit, it is not enough for him to take risks! Zheng Sheng is also worried that this old guy will use this as a handle and come to blackmail him in the future!

As for the so-called private matters, Zheng Sheng doesn't care about them at all, will he Xia Xin have private matters related to his safety in his hands?

"Oh, is that so? Then I'll think about it again, well, Steward Xia, you think this is good, when you retire back to your hometown in the future, if our Zheng family has a restaurant over there that wants to be sold, we will consider Steward Xia first, and sell it at a 20% discount, and we will definitely not let Steward Xia suffer. ”

Xia Xin's face changed, and then he said with a smile, "I hope Zheng Shizi can remember this matter, and he will be rewarded in the future." ”

Zheng Sheng arched his hand and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

Sent away Xia Xin, who looked embarrassed. In the follow-up of the fireworks business, Zheng Sheng let Zheng Wen and Ren Ju take over, as long as Sima Chang didn't make any stupid moves, he didn't have to worry about this matter anymore.

He went back to the backyard and sighed as he looked at the long strip of pure iron.

Thinking back to his exchange last night, Zheng Sheng was speechless.

When he wanted to put the thirty kilograms of pure iron he had exchanged on the right side of the scale, the right side of the balance did not appear as smoothly as he thought, but four big scarlet characters appeared above the scale: unusable.

Not working? Does that mean that you can't redeem something a second time? Or, is he in the wrong position?

Zheng Sheng, who did not believe in evil, repositioned it twice.

But he couldn't use the four big scarlet characters to tell Zheng Sheng that even if the balance was the golden finger he brought through the crossing, it was impossible for him to do whatever he wanted.

Zheng Sheng was discouraged, and finally had to exchange another batch of Zheng Zi papyrus to end this exchange.

Zheng Sheng stroked the piece of pure iron, thinking that he would exchange ten times the iron ore for the pure iron he obtained, and then use it to exchange it for a musket or something, it would definitely not be hundreds of times the exchange ratio. If he could, he would have gotten a musket by now.

Unfortunately, I can't.

What can this pure iron block do? This thing is too soft. Zheng Sheng muttered, however, this exchange also gave him another idea, why did he have to exchange the finished product? Is it bad to exchange steel? Pure iron is not easy to use, but steel is very easy to use!

Forge weapons out of steel! Thinking of this, Zheng Sheng grinned, thinking that in the future, he would have a steel knife that would cut the opponent's army's weapons in his hand, which was simply invincible!

Of course, now he only needs to perfect the crafting process, there is no need to make weapons in large quantities, let alone a blacksmith who can make a qualified steel knife, he doesn't have it. steel, he didn't either. He didn't even have an army, and the Tiger Guard Battalion was just the prototype of an army.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I've only just taken a step or two forward now. ”

Zheng Sheng went to the spring breeze again to take a look at the situation over there, and then he hurriedly stepped on the road back to Qingzhuling. Zheng Sheng was already impatient to go back to study the steel knife.

In a small remote courtyard in Shunyang City, Xia Xin said a little irritably: "Tell your master, it's not that I don't help." It's really ...... You should know that what the old decay does, you still have to take the interests of the palace as the primary consideration, otherwise, how can I stand? I couldn't think of a way to say no to this business. Of course, I will naturally find another way to ...... in the future."

Wancheng, the noise brought by the king of Shunyang has returned to calm.

Nanyang soldier Cao Zhengmiao put down the letter in his hand and looked at the person, "What is the origin of these three people?" ”

"I don't know, but they are indeed the remnants of Xie Yili's gang, and their youngest son Xie Siyi is one of them. It's a pity that I couldn't catch him. ”

"It doesn't matter, the two gangsters who have killed him have only run away...... Zheng Meng shook his head, looked at the letters on the table again, and laughed at himself: "But, what qualifications do I have to underestimate children?" ”

The subordinate glanced at Zheng Ming, "Mr. Huang is back, what is the young master going to do?" ”

"What a pity. Just let him rest for a while. Zheng Meng sighed softly, his eyes were full of doubts, Zheng Sheng was really an apprentice of an "immortal"? Otherwise, why would his painstaking management be so easily resolved by Zheng Sheng?

Zheng Meng sighed lightly, "Liu Shangshulang will arrive the day after tomorrow, I have to think carefully about where I want to be a county official." ”

In March, the flowers are bright and willow green, everything grows, and the Danshui River has also returned to its usual clear appearance.

On this day, beside the Danshui River, a team of sergeants wearing dark colored strong uniforms let go of this group of more than 50 capable men wearing neat and clean gray linen strong suits.

Walking past the checkpoint, the group of men, under the command of a man named "Squadron Leader", re-established themselves in four neat columns, and then went east very uncomfortably.

The soldiers waited for them to go away and began to laugh: "That's it? We can defeat a hundred of them with one of us! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, this is the Zheng family's caravan guard?"

"Ahem, it's a stable and peaceful world now, and it's enough to be a guard and scare the thieves, right?"

"Hahaha!"

Regardless of the ridicule of the soldiers, a few kilometers away from the outpost here is Zheng Sheng's Qingzhuling. Sima Chang was really worried that someone would steal the fireworks making process and affect his business, so the royal palace guards arranged a sentry post here.

At this time, the Xishan Camp in Qingzhuling, the guards of the Tiger Guard Camp were training.

And in the col not far from the camp of Xishan, Zheng Sheng raised the long knife in his hand and slashed at the bluestone in front of him, and a "bang-" sounded.

The expectant look in the eyes of the few calloused craftsmen around disappeared as the long knife in Zheng Sheng's hand appeared two gaps again.

"Still can't do it!" Zheng Sheng sighed.

"Shizi, Nanyang's urgent report! Young Master Zheng moved to Cai Yangchang. Wang Jun hurriedly walked over.

Zheng Shengqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Cai Yang?" The dust has finally settled. ”