The fine sand-like sugar was like frost, and Mrs. Xian looked at the white sugar in the transparent glass bottle, unable to describe her feelings in words for a while, and her grandson Feng Ang looked at another bottle of sugar, and also fell into deep thought. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The bottle of sugar in his hand is called 'rock sugar', 'ice' is made of frozen water, the climate in Lingnan is hot, and there is basically no snow, so Feng Ang has really never seen ice, and this 'rock sugar', he has never seen it.

Rock candy is granular, the size of a fingernail, and the whole body is between transparent and opaque, and you can taste the obvious sweetness when you put one in your mouth.

"San Lang, King Xiyang is sure that this white sugar and rock sugar will return in the future... And the chiefs? ”

"Grandmother, the King of Xiyang told everyone that as long as they are willing to sell stone honey to Huangzhou merchants, they will return these white sugar or rock sugar according to one percent of the weight."

It was unbelievable that the dignified vassal king would make a big deal of money, and Mrs. Xian felt that the Xiyang King's thinking was elusive, looking at the sugar in her hand, she was wondering what this young man's plan was.

Guangzhou Prefecture Panyu has the benefit of sea trade, nine out of ten people who are officials in Guangzhou are rich, there is a saying called "make the king pass through the door, three thousand gold with him", which means that every time the Guangzhou Thorn Shi passes through the city gate, there will be more than three thousand gold in the money bag.

Why is there such a good thing?

Of course, there will be no such good thing, only when you are a corrupt official can you make money, and when you are a three-year assassin in Guangzhou, as long as you can suck blood with your conscience, the wealth you loot is enough for three generations of children and grandchildren to enjoy.

"Grandmother, could it be that this King of Xiyang is also trying to find a way to make money?"

"Yes, white sugar, rock sugar, didn't you say that Panyu's merchants are red-eyed? With overseas treasures, the white sugar and rock sugar in the hands of Huangzhou merchants were exchanged. ”

Although Mrs. Xian is not in Panyu City, she has been paying attention to the movements of the new owner of this city, and the fast movements of the businessmen who followed Zhou Jun into the city opened her eyes at the same time, but also made her see the different meaning behind this matter: come prepared.

Those merchants who went south with the army from Huangzhou, nearly 2,000 miles away, must have been prepared for a long time, so they were able to buy and sell bulk goods not long after the Zhou army entered the city, and also released the word that Shi Mi's acquisition set a 'small target' of 10,000 catties.

After decades of ups and downs, Mrs. Xian knows that the wealthy businessmen who travel from all over the world must have backers behind them, either the powerful people of the dynasty or the famous families, and the name of the Huangzhou businessman does not seem to be famous before, but it is conceivable that the backer behind him is probably the king of Xiyang.

As the commander of the first army, he led the army to Guangzhou, which was nearly 2,000 miles away, and wanted to let the businessmen go with the army to do business.

Seeing that Mrs. Xian was deep in thought, Feng Ang cautiously asked, "Grandmother, it seems that this King of Xiyang is very greedy for money, will he be in the future..."

"What will be?" Mrs. Sin looked at her grandson and waited for him to say something.

"Will it be like those magistrates before, insatiable and sucking the marrow?" Speaking of this, Feng Ang seemed to think of something, and hurriedly added: "Ah, Ma Envoy Jun should be an exception. ”

"Is the horse envoy? In fact, for the Central Plains Imperial Court, whether to be greedy or not is not the key, the most important thing is that this Guangzhou Thorn History is not reliable. ”

Mrs. Xian smiled helplessly, Feng Ang said that "Ma Envoy Jun" is Ma Jing, the Guangzhou assassin who was arrested by Chen Guo's official army and went to Jiankang a few years ago, this has been an official in Guangzhou for many years, and has a good relationship with the slang and cave masters in various places, and he is not very greedy, but it makes the court feel unreliable, so it is over.

"I don't know if the King of Xiyang is greedy or not, but since he is willing to share the benefits with everyone, even if he wants to collect money, he will not knock on the bones and suck the marrow, and fish with all his might."

"Grandmother means that the King of Xiyang wants to make money by doing serious business?"

"It should be, otherwise what would he do with those shopkeepers selling these things?"

Mrs. Xian looked at the large and small boxes in the courtyard, which were brought back by Feng Ang when he participated in the "Huangzhou Commodity Promotion Conference", and the various objects in it were all produced by the Huangzhou workshop.

There are cloth, porcelain, glass objects, and large and small daily necessities.

Picking up a small cardboard box, Mrs. Xian took out a thick piece of paper with sewing needles of different sizes tied on it, she put the paper on the palm of her hand and spread it out, and asked, "San Lang, these sewing needles look inconspicuous, but do you know how they are different from ordinary sewing needles?" ”

Feng Ang held the needle in his hand and looked at it for a long time, but he really couldn't see any difference: "Grandmother, grandson is ashamed that I don't pay attention to these subtle things on weekdays. ”

"It's not your fault, needlework was originally done by women..."

Mrs. Sin took out a needle and explained to her grandson the difference: the hole used for threading at the end of the needle is not a hole that turns the end of the iron needle into a circle and a thread, but directly cuts a hole in the end of the needle.

"Well, grandchildren don't understand, what does this distinction do?"

"You don't do needlework, you don't need to understand, but don't you think it's troublesome to open a hole in this way? Why are Huangzhou's needles so made? ”

Feng Ang couldn't come up with a reason for a long time, Mrs. Xian smiled: "This kind of needle, five only sell for one copper coin, the way to open the hole looks troublesome, but there is still to be money, which shows that the merchants in Huangzhou have been selling this kind of sewing needle for an unknown amount of time." ”

"My grandson can't figure it out."

"For ordinary people, a sewing needle and a fish hook, although it is not worth much, but it is a little troublesome to buy or make it.

"The shopkeepers around King Xiyang seem to be very good at trading, even small sewing needles have to be sold, so where they go to do business, the people in those places will also benefit if they want to come."

"Grandson... Still don't understand. ”

"You'll understand later."

Mrs. Xian put away the sewing needle, asked the maid to put away the two glass bottles with sugar, and then made a decision: "You go back and take all the stone honey in the warehouse to Panyu." ”

"Grandmother, do you really want to sell all the stone honey to the merchants in Huangzhou?"

"Sell it, at this time in previous years, it should also be sold to the businessmen of Chen State, but what..."

"Grandmother, in case the officers and soldiers... Chen Jun fought back? ”

Hearing this question, Mrs. Xian smiled faintly: "The world is changing, and life has to go on, right?" Of course, I will be responsible for the decisions I make to the end, and as a leader, I have to shoulder the responsibilities of the leader, cowering, looking ahead, and passing the buck if something happens, so how will you serve the public in the future? ”

"Grandmother taught right, grandson understood."

"In a few days, the king of Xiyang will go to various states and counties to inspect, and the governor of the royal capital will accompany him, and I will accompany him, San Lang, you should also go with you, go and see and learn."