Three days later, the propaganda posters of Xichun and Tanchun were completed, and Jia Rui read it, and was quite satisfied, so he gave thirty taels of silver.

The price is relatively high, if you ask an outside painter to paint, ten taels is enough.

But after all, it is her sister, and she fined Wen Fengyu eighty taels of silver last time, and she also has a few coins in her hand, so she is more bold to spend money.

Tanchun and Xichun were very happy and thanked Brother Rui again and again.

The matter of publishing a picture book has also come to fruition.

The girls studied together, and Daiyu and Baochai contributed money, and everyone worked together to decide to do this business.

Seeing that the girls were very concerned about this matter, Baoyu also changed her concept.

If it's what girls like to do, why should I object to it? Anyway, the girls are happy.

So he took the initiative to undertake the liaison work with Huang Jin and the procurement of paper, paints, brushes and other logistical affairs.

Anyway, he has both a long-term follower and a small servant, and he doesn't have to do these things himself, just take on the name.

The ancestor was very happy that the girls did this, and felt that the girls had something to do, and they would save a day of loneliness and be stupid.

Jia Zheng has never been too lazy to take care of these things, and Mrs. Wang has an indispensable attitude towards this, because Baochai participated, and Aunt Xue naturally would not object.

Wang Xifeng, as the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper, has always had an attitude of not offending the girls, and this matter will not harm her interests, so naturally she will not object.

The only surprise was that the girls collectively decided not to use Jia Rui to invest money.

If Jia Rui doesn't invest, he can't participate in shares, and whether he makes money in the future or not, it has nothing to do with him.

Jia Rui didn't want to make money from this business, he just wanted to find something to do for the girls, and make some money by the way, so he laughed it off.

It's good that the girls are happy.

If he doesn't make money in this matter, Jia Rui also has to think about making money for his yamen.

The money given by the imperial court was very limited, except for him, Zheng Tianlun, Chen Yejun, and a few idle deputy commanders, who could still be paid normally, and the salaries of the archers were often in arrears.

As for the fire armor, they don't have money at all, they just do their work in vain and fulfill their obligations.

Because of the fine Wen Fengyu, Jia Rui waived the paper, pen, lamp and candle money of the fire armor. Coupled with the withdrawal of the Jinyi Army, there is no need to supply supper, which reduces their heavy burden.

But the yamen were still poor, and the archers and firearmourers had little money.

Paper, pen, lamp, and candle money are actually the office expenses of the Terracotta Division.

This money should have been paid by the imperial court, but the imperial court also had no money, so it was transferred to Huojia, and the common people were asked to bear the office expenses in disguise.

If you want the yamen to operate normally, and if you want your subordinates to actively work on errands, you can't maintain it without money.

The fire of traffic rectification has been burned, and under the leadership of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, the other four Terracotta Divisions have also taken action.

This matter has won the support of the vast majority of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the people have also voiced their support one after another.

Xu Daozhong was very proud of this, and devoted a large part of his energy to this matter.

Just when the entire Shenjing City was busy with this matter, Jia Rui divided the labor between Zheng Tianlun and Chen Yejun.

Zheng Tianlun is mainly responsible for the rectification of traffic, and Chen Yejun is in charge of the daily affairs of the yamen.

Jia Rui himself, with a ten-person general A led by Ni Er, is responsible for making money.

Their first target is the Fengyue District of Greater Kinmen.

More than eighty percent of the green buildings in Shenjing City are gathered here, and it is one of the most prosperous and lively areas in Shenjing City.

It is a place where the flow of people, capital and information gathers.

There are three main types of customers here.

The main force is businessmen, and then the incumbent officials of various yamen and officials who are idle at home, some gentlemen and scholars,

Of course, there are also a small number of craftsmen, masters, and housekeepers of large families, who have spending power.

Jia Rui's targets are mainly some unscrupulous officials and businessmen.

The merchant group of Dade can also be subdivided into three parts.

The first is merchants, mainly merchants, such as salt merchants, tea merchants, cloth merchants, livestock dealers, etc., who are actually suppliers.

The second is the tooth household, including the tooth lang in the mouth horse market, the sale and lease of houses, the artisan labor agency and so on. There are more goods and tooth merchants, in fact, they are wholesalers, and this kind of people are intermediaries.

The last type is the market households, they belong to the merchants, in fact, they are retailers. It is mainly made up of market vendors and street vendors.

This time, the first target was Xia Banshan, a salt merchant from Yangzhou.

Xia Banshan is one of the famous salt merchants in Yangzhou, and when Jia Rui was in Yangzhou, he once heard Luo Qingsheng, the account clerk of Daiyu's family, mention this person.

He has his own industry in the capital, and it is said that he also has his own industry in the mouth outside the mouth of the Hean Prefecture.

The Ping'an Prefecture outside the mouth was the border between the Dade Empire and the Tatars, and it was also the trading center of the Daede Empire and the northern steppes.

Many powerful businessmen have a stronghold in Ping'an Prefecture. The target customers are naturally the nomadic peoples of the vast northern steppes, including the Tatars.

Many of them are engaged in illegal business, that is, smuggling business.

Since Xia Banshan had a business in Ping'an Prefecture, Jia Rui speculated that he was likely engaged in the smuggling business.

This kind of business is almost a semi-open secret in the officialdom of Dade.

In fact, businessmen do not control the resources of force and officialdom, so they must be attached to some big people who hold power.

On the surface, businessmen are doing business, but in fact businessmen are making money for those big people in business.

These big names include ministers in high positions and great power, powerful eunuchs, some princes and nobles, relatives of the clan, and so on.

The bigwigs contribute money and officialdom resources, and businessmen contribute managers and professional skills, and the two sides cooperate to make money.

These businesses, to put it mildly, are smuggling, but to put it more seriously, they are actually capital enemies, and they are connected to foreign countries.

"Xia Banshan is out."

Ni Er whispered.

"Take two men and follow him day and night, and find his salt storehouse, the ships that carry salt, and all the people who are connected to him."

"Once you've found the connectors, check the backgrounds of those connectors."

"Understood."

"Also, see where his salt goes, and check their salt leads. Pay special attention to whether those salt citations are fake. ”

"If you encounter a fake salt lead, don't alarm them, just pretend you don't recognize them."

"This is a real salt lead, you take it and take a good look."

Jia Rui took out a piece of salt from his sleeve and gave it to Ni Er.

This salt introduction was given to Jia Rui by Daiyu when she was in Yangzhou.

According to Lin Ruhai's business, Master Li, almost half of the salt quotations used by salt merchants are fake.

This is almost an open secret in the salt business circle. Many big salt merchants made a fortune by relying on fake salt to attract and sell illicit salt.

Xia Banshan was able to sell salt to Ping'an Prefecture outside the mouth, and his normal quota was simply not enough. The only way to do this is to use fake salt leads.

This time, Jia Rui is going to open a breakthrough from his fake salt lead.

This is true not only for salt but also for tea. The fake tea introduction was also included in Jia Rui's field of vision.

However, at present, he does not want to play the idea of tea introduction for the time being.

Not long after Xia Banshan came out, Xiao Langzhong came out.

"Chen Kui, you two follow him."

"Okay, don't worry, sir, you will definitely find his nest."

After Ni Er and Chen Kui left, Jia Rui came out of the alley.

"Brethren, patrol the streets."