Chapter 136: Opportunity (First Update, Ask for a Monthly Pass, Ask for a Definite Reading!) )
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"What, one hundred and twenty wen per pound of salt, don't they know that you are the procurement of the Dadu Governor's Mansion?"
The sharp questioning sounded in the back house of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, although the voice was hoarse but extremely sharp, the servants of the back house only needed to listen to this voice to know that it was Steward Zhao who spoke. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Although this Steward Zhao is just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old "yellow-mouthed child" with no throat and unchanged tone, he has been "reckless" with the Metropolitan Governor all the way, and it can be said that he has won the trust of the Metropolitan Governor, especially the second lady. The matter of this back house, except for the two ladies, that is, he is in charge, don't look at his young age, but he is a very shrewd person, this matter of the back house, no one can hide it from him.
"Back to the housekeeper, if it weren't for the villain being the procurer in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, I'm afraid that I wouldn't even be able to buy these dozens of catties of salt, and now the Governor's Mansion strictly orders that the people must not buy more than one pound of salt each time, even so, they may not be able to buy ......."
The price of salt is so high!
Looking at that bag of salt, Zhao Ziyu, who was a salt merchant at home, never thought that this inconspicuous thing would skyrocket to such a sky-high price. Hearing the servant say this, she asked urgently.
"Wang Laosi, you mean, there is no salt in Wuchang now?"
"No, I haven't seen a salt ship on this dock for many days, and if it goes on like this, maybe when, I won't even see the shadow of salt on this episode......"
Zhao Ziyu didn't hear what Wang Laosi said next, and all she had in her mind at this time was a thought.
Opportunity!
This is an opportunity to leave Wuchang!
In the past few months, although she has lived a very peaceful life since the Metropolitan Governor seized the Huangzhou Mansion, God knows, she is worried all day long, for fear that her daughter will find out as a bystander, especially for the "greedy and lustful" Metropolitan Governor, although she has been accustomed to women dressing up as men since she was a child, she knows very well that there are always loopholes in her dress, just like being discovered by the second lady.
At the beginning, she told the second lady that she disguised herself as a man to avoid bandits, but in fact, she was shown in men's clothes since she was a child, the reason for this is very simple, although the Zhao family in Xiaoyi Town has been inherited for hundreds of years from the Ming Dynasty to the present, and the nine households are all local wealthy families, but her family, after several generations of efforts, the business is getting better and better, to her father's generation, but it has been three generations of single transmission, to her, even without a son, her father raised her as a son, so that he disguised himself as a man, in order to avoid the doors" The Heart of Peeping". After all, half of the Zhao family's silver cars are from her family every year.
Although it is impossible for ordinary people to see through their own identity at a glance for their own men's clothes, coupled with the perennial smedication of potions on their faces and hands, which makes their complexion dark, and they dress up carefully every day, it is impossible for ordinary people to see through their identity at a glance, but after a long period of contact, it is inevitable that there will be horses' feet, since they can be discovered by the second lady, they will be discovered by others in the future.
If it's discovered......
Thinking of the "big villain" eyes full of murderous intent, Zhao Ziyu's heart tightened for no reason, and she hurriedly looked at the mirror on the side in a panic, her complexion was dark - this was caused by the potion she smedied, and it was strange to say that her complexion was naturally white and greasy, no matter how she sunned, she couldn't tan, she could only foam with potion, when she was originally on Jiangzhong Island, what she was most worried about was that the effect of the medicine would show her complexion, and she sloppily applied pot ash and the like to her face all day long, so that acne grew on her face, It wasn't until he arrived in Huangzhou to re-prepare the potion that he regained his "dark nature".
Even so, she would inevitably worry that she would be discovered, looking at herself in the mirror, her dark appearance looked extremely delicate, but if she washed away the layer of potion, there was a charming and delicate face underneath, in case someone found out...... Thinking of this, the tightened twin peaks in his chest only felt even more suffocating.
"No, you must find a way to leave!"
However, the question is how to leave, and this is the most critical place!
If it is in the past, whether it is Wuchang or Hankou, there is a Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce, and there is also a branch of the Zhao family in the city, just send a letter, naturally you can easily leave this place, but now, Wuchang and Hankou are all red land, and the shopkeepers and men in the business have long since fled, and even "he", the young owner, is trapped in Hankou and captured by thieves, not to mention others.
Escape directly from the Metropolitan Governor's Palace?
Zhao Ziyu, who has been in business since childhood, doesn't know that now that the army is in chaos, the risk of rushing alone, maybe people will be killed by thieves before they leave Wuchang Mansion, go, where to go?
Follow the Han River all the way up the Danjiang River into the Danjiang River, and you can reach Shangluo...... For this trade route, since two years ago, when her father fell ill, she began to open up business for her father, and she was naturally very familiar with it, and she was following this trade route to Hubei and Sichuan, and then never thought that when she was on the way back, she encountered a military disaster.
But now, in her opinion, this trade route is her silver lining!
"Ziyu, do you want to send a letter home?"
Listening to Zhao Ziyu's words, Zhang Jieyu looked at her, in the past few months, the two who relied on each other in this mansion had long become good sisters, and naturally knew that Zhao Ziyu was born in a rich family in Guanzhong.
"Sister, this is the only way, as long as the caravan at home comes, I can leave with the caravan, and then ......"
When the time comes, you only need to hide in the boat, and you can easily return to your hometown in Weinan along the waterway.
"Is your family really going to send a caravan over?"
Looking at the sisters in front of her seriously, Zhang Jieyu asked rhetorically.
"This is no ordinary business!"
"If it was usual, it wouldn't be, but now, it will definitely be, after all, ......"
I am the only "lone seedling" in the sixth room of the Zhao family!
"But, how did they get here?"
Looking at Zhao Ziyu standing in front of him, Zhu Yifeng always felt that this young man was a little weird, if it weren't for his dark complexion, the Peugeot face really had the taste of a pseudo-girl, and it was a very Peugeot "pseudo-girl".
However, for men, even if they are long and peugeot, he has no interest, and now he cares about another trade route in the other party's mouth, to be precise, the salt road.
"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, Weinan Xiaoyi Zhao family, since the previous dynasty in the business customs, operating for hundreds of years, in the Danjiang, Hanjiang business road who does not know Weinan Zhao's family, as long as it is dotted, even if it is the government will not be embarrassed, besides, this usually Hubei salt road is mainly Huai salt, occasionally down the river Zigongjing salt, so private salt are out of the Yangtze River, so naturally no one thought that you can buy salt from Shanxi Yuncheng, first by land, and then along the Danjiang River all the way down the river, its fee per catty is not more than ten cents, if you calculate carefully, not much more expensive than Huai salt... …”
Zhao Ziyu, who has been in business with his father since he was a child, is naturally a clear man when it comes to business, and what he said is justified and well-founded.
Zhao Ziyu's explanation made Zhu Yifeng nod his head from time to time, and in the end, he looked at Zhao Ziyu in front of him thoughtfully and asked,
"Then, why do you think that with just a letter, you can let the people of the Zhao family take this risk and sell salt to me?"
As he spoke, Zhu Yifeng's body leaned forward slightly, staring at Zhao Ziyu with both eyes.
"Just one of your letters?"
was forced by him like this, and the fear in his heart suddenly surged up.
"I, I, the big, the governor, I, I, that, that, Zhao, the head of the six houses of the Zhao family, is the uncle of the villain's family, the villain, the villain knows, this, this businessman has been profit-seeking since ancient times......"
Zhao Ziyu, who became a little stuttering when he spoke, hurriedly explained again.
"They didn't come before, in addition to the poor trade routes, more importantly, there was no one to answer in Wuchang, so naturally they didn't dare to do it rashly, if the governor of the capital can send someone to Weinan with the villain's letter, it will only take a month at most, and the results can be seen in a month!"
Daddy must be himself!
I am the only "lone seedling" in the sixth room of the Zhao family!
Dad will definitely not let the family business of the Zhao family's sixth room fall into the hands of outsiders...... Silently saying this in his heart, Zhao Ziyu, who was full of confidence in his heart, raised his head and said to the sight of the Grand Duke.
"At that time, if this matter is reached, please also ask the Metropolitan Governor Zhun Ziyu to set up a number in Hankou and specialize in salt goods!"
Since ancient times, businessmen have valued profits, and Zhao Ziyu, who knows this well, doesn't know that if he doesn't show the "heavy profit" side, I'm afraid that the governor in front of him will only doubt his intentions.
"Humph......"
Nodding with a smile, Zhu Yiqian looked at this Zhao Ziyu with interest, the meat ticket he "tied" at the beginning actually became a housekeeper, and now he seized the opportunity, he wanted to jump out of the house, and wanted to open his own door to do business, it seems that he is really a businessman!
"What's so hard about that? Then I'll let you open an account in Hankow, but ......"
After a pause, Zhu Yifeng stretched out a finger.
"A month, you only have a month, within a month, transport 20,000 loads of salt, if you can transport these salts, when the time comes, even if this salt road is handed over to you, what does it matter?"
Give all the salt roads to Zhao Ziyu?
To be honest, Zhu Yifeng really doesn't care. What he needs at the moment is salt, he needs to use salt to stabilize the people's morale and morale, and he needs to lower the price of salt, as for the salt road...... When the salt mine in Yingcheng is put into operation in the future, will it be necessary to transport salt from Shanxi thousands of miles away?
And this month is the bottom line, because the current salt storage in various places can only last for a month and a half at most, and even because of this, Zhu Yifeng will give Chen Duan, who is in charge of the Mining Bureau, a month to close the mountain to make salt, in short, salt has become the top priority at present.
As for Zhao Ziyu, it is just an extra choice. If he succeeds, he won't have to be distracted by such trivial matters, at least until the salt mine is put into production.
"A month is a month, just a ......"
Suppressing the ecstasy in her heart, Zhao Ziyu hurriedly responded.
"But what about this letter?"
"You just have to write a letter, and I will naturally have a way to send it out!" (To be continued.) )