Chapter 114: The sky-high asking price
"Get up!"
Li Chuan turned over and dismounted, but did not move forward.
"Thank you, sir!"
Zheng stood up with a hesitant expression.
Li Chuan felt very embarrassed, so he asked, "You have something to do with me?" ”
Zheng looked at the family members on the left and right, and saw that he didn't mean to open the family at all, so he said: "The family has always been very worried about the little sister, and I don't know if the little sister is good in Jinshanwei, please give the little sister a letter, my father has not been in good health recently." ”
Li Chuan nodded, got back on the horse, and took the family members away.
Zheng stood on the side of the road for a long time before he sighed and left with the maid.
Is this a regret?
Li Chuan is too lazy to think about what this woman is thinking about, how to deal with the relationship with the Su family, this matter depends on the little sister, from his point of view, the Su family is a passerby in his eyes, he can't talk about hate, and he won't give charity for no reason.
In midsummer June, it is a good scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.
The two sides of the Yangtze River are lined with green trees, and the scenery is different from time to time.
Boating on the river, don't have a pleasant mood.
The only difference is that the shipping committee of this year is really a little worse, not only the equipment and facilities are poor, but also the top is powerful, so this year of sailing is a chore, if there is a luxury cruise ship, then you can enjoy it.
After two days of sailing, Jin Shanwei arrived.
There is nothing to do in Jinshanwei, a group of officials in the guard are busy counting the silver, the soldiers are practicing day and night, the military households are busy taking care of the crops, everything is in order, if there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, this is a peaceful and prosperous world.
The only thing that was a little surprising was that the Zheng family from Fujian came, and it was Zheng Xing, an old acquaintance, who came.
Zheng Xing came here a month ago and has been waiting for him in Jinshanwei without leaving.
"What are the Zheng family doing?"
Li Chuan asked, somewhat guessing in his heart.
Li Changyue said: "The old slave doesn't know, that Zheng Xing only said that he wanted to see the master, and refused to say what was going on." ”
Li Chuan nodded and went back to the inner courtyard without explanation.
Su Xiaomei was reading the account book, and after hearing the news, she greeted her, and said with a smile: "The husband is back." ”
After more than a month, Li Chuan also thought a little about this flower-like wife, regardless of the little girl Ping'er next to him, he took Su Xiaomei into his arms and kissed him fiercely, before laughing and said, "I want to die as a husband." ”
Su Xiaomei's ears were red with shame, and she couldn't bear his affectionate way.
Ping'er stared at the big balls of beads, looking intently.
After entering the house, Su Xiaomei asked, "Did Fujun go to Jiangyin?" ”
Li Chuan knew her thoughts, and said: "Go, I heard that your brother has offended the Xu family in Jiangyin, and I don't know what happened to owe a lot of foreign debts, and the fields and properties purchased outside have been sold, and there are dozens of acres of land left in the family." ”
Su Xiaomei's pretty face turned white, and she didn't know if she was angry or worried about her family.
"Don't worry, it's not too bad."
Li Chuan comforted her and said: "Since the Xu family didn't kill everything, they didn't want to do things desperately, although they lost most of their land, but fifty acres of land was enough to live, and I felt that this might not be a good thing." There is an old saying that failure is the mother of success, and how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain. Your father and your brother should also wake up, maybe after these things, your father and your brother will also work hard as their husband. ”
Su Xiaomei smiled and said, "What the husband said is that the concubine thinks the same way. ”
Li Chuan saw that she was insincere, so he said: "There is no hurdle in the world that cannot be passed, if you want to Jiangyin, as a husband, I will find an opportunity to accompany you back." If you want to help your father and brother, then bring a letter for your husband, and the Xu family will also take the goods from Wan Youqing and them, and bring a word for your husband, and this bit of face will still be given to your husband. ”
Su Xiaomei shook her head, she was really a little conflicted in her heart, and she didn't know what to say.
Early the next morning, Li Chuan met with Zheng Xing, who had been waiting for half a month.
"What does the Zheng family want to do?"
Li Chuan did not beat around the bush, but stared at Zheng Xing and asked directly about his intentions.
Zheng Xing arched his hand and said, "The adults in my family have praised the adults many times as young heroes, and they want to do a business with the adults. ”
"What business?"
Li Chuan asked with interest, "Is there anything in the Zheng family that can interest me?" ”
Zheng Xing asked, "Dare to ask the adults, but do you want to train the sailors?" ”
Li Chuan said coldly: "Don't sell Guanzi, just say what you have to say." ”
Zheng Xing said with a smile: "As far as I know, the adults seem to be interested in training a sailor, but warships are rare, and the imperial shipyards have all been abandoned, and only my Zheng family's shipyard can produce warships." ”
"Finished?"
Li Chuan's face was impatient, and he dared to pretend to be thirteen.
If you can build a warship, it's awesome?
Lao Tzu did need a warship, but he never thought of spending money to buy it, and he wanted to bargain with me about this, what a thing.
Zheng Xing was a little confused, what's going on, what about the routine?
Could it be that the adult's analysis is wrong, and this guy has no intention of training a sailor at all?
But this is impossible!
All kinds of signs are showing that this person surnamed Li wants to train the sailor, otherwise what will he do to expand the sailor camp.
Zheng Xing was stunned for a moment before he said, "Don't you want to buy a warship?" ”
"Who said I was going to buy a warship?"
Li Chuan looked disdainful, he planned to buy a boat, but he would not buy the Zheng family's boat.
What is good about a wooden sailing ship, it depends on the season to go to sea, and it is not strong and unsafe, it has to be overhauled regularly, and the speed is as slow as a snail, and it can't fit many people and goods, and he can't look down on 10,000.
"This ......"
Zheng Xing was completely stunned and didn't know how to continue.
However, this guy is worthy of being a businessman who has traveled south and north and seen the world, so he quickly skimmed over the topic and said with a smile: "I heard that adults can get Western artillery, but I don't know if I can sell it intentionally, and money is not a problem." ”
"Okay, no problem!"
Li Chuan said: "One artillery piece is 10,000 taels, how many do you want?" ”
"Ten thousand silver?"
Zheng Xing lost his voice and said, "This is too dark, right?" ”
Li Chuan sneered: "If it's too expensive, don't buy it, send it off!" ”
"This ......"
Zheng Xing's face changed, seeing that Li Chuan was not joking, he was anxious, when he remembered it, the adult gave a death order, no matter what, he would get a batch of Western artillery, if he was driven out, how would he explain to the adult when he went back?
"I'm admitting it!"
Zheng Xing didn't care about feeling sorry for the silver, and hurriedly shouted: "I want ten artillery pieces below." ”
"What a poor ghost!"
Li Chuan pouted disdainfully: "Shimen has a fart." ”
The corners of Zheng Xing's mouth twitched, I want thirty or forty guns, the price is simply black, an ordinary artillery is only a few hundred taels of silver, and the largest Hongyi cannon is only two thousand taels of silver.
Just a cannon sells for tens of thousands of taels, what is the difference between this and grabbing silver.
Zheng Xing scolded in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, either he was aggrieved or as aggrieved as he was.