At night, Zhang Zai prepared a banquet in the Taishou Mansion to invite Zhen Yan, Zhang Liao was not in the Yin Pavilion because of military affairs, so he was accompanied by Xue Rengui and Xu Guangqi. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yanmen Taishou Mansion can be said to be Zhen Yan's life-saving benefactor, and Zhang Zai, who is the Taishou, is similar to Zhen Yan in age, so the atmosphere on the wine table quickly rose.

A few people talked without the slightest sense of strangeness.

From the Yellow Turban Rebellion a few years ago, when it comes to the situation in various places today, Jizhou was originally the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turbans.

Before Zhen Yan started business, he also did Quliang Chang, after business, he went to most areas of Jizhou and Youzhou, and the people in various places were not able to make a living, and the phenomenon of changing children and eating occurred from time to time.

Talking about Yanmen, Zhen Yan did not hesitate to praise him, he went from Zhongshan to Yanmen, all the way to Zhongshan, Changshan County, the people are short of food and clothing, yellow face and thin muscles, lifeless.

But after arriving at Yanmen, it seems to have arrived in another world, although the people's lives are not too good than Jizhou, but at least the people's faces are full of hope.

Zhen Yan was curious about why the two states were adjacent to each other and the difference was so big, and when she asked them why, she found out that the new Taishou not only helped them rebuild their homes and divide the fields for them, but also installed some new water intake equipment for them to facilitate their production.

After Zhen Yan mentioned this new keel waterwheel, he was amazed, and then asked Zhang Zai who made it.

Zhang Zai and Xu Guangqi looked at each other and smiled, talking about this, we have to start from a month ago.

One day, Zhang Zai and Xu Guangqi went to the suburbs to inspect the people's situation, passing by a field, and there were many people around the well at the edge of the field.

It turned out that the keel waterwheel used for irrigation in the field was broken, but there was no carpenter around who would repair it, so no one dared to repair it, Xu Guangqi was curious, observed for a while, and then said to those people: "Why don't you let me try?" ”

The surrounding people looked at each other, and no one knew him, so they didn't let him move the waterwheel, so that those people just didn't listen, and in desperation, the two could only say that they were officials of the Taishou Mansion, and then the people reluctantly agreed to let him repair the waterwheel.

After some inspection, I found the problem of the waterwheel, found tools, knocked and beat, repaired the waterwheel, and everyone returned with a smile.

On the way back, Xu Guangqi suddenly said: "Lord, the waterwheel used now is inconvenient, and the workmanship is rough, today I saw this waterwheel, Chen has an inspiration, ready to make a new type of waterwheel." ”

When Zhang Zai heard that this was a good thing, he agreed on the spot, with the full support of the Taishou Mansion and the assistance of a large number of carpenters, five days later, a new type of waterwheel was made.

After Zhang Zai saw it, he found that this kind of waterwheel was very similar to the overturned car of later generations, so he named it overturned car and popularized its use throughout the county.

After hearing this, Zhen Yan was even more impressed by the Yanmen Taishou Mansion, in today's world, that official is not trying his best to loot the people's fat and people's ointment, but officials like Zhang Zai and others who are dedicated to the people are rare, and they are more determined to cooperate with Zhang Zai in their hearts.

Now that he has decided, Zhen Yan immediately said his thoughts, which is also the biggest purpose of his trip: "Zhang Taishou, I heard that I am going to open a trade field with foreign races in Yanmen, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

This is an important plan for the development of Yanmen, Yanmen is located in the border, and there are alien people living in it, although sinicization, but their custom of herding horses and sheep, can not be changed for a while, so there are often foreign people in Yanmen trade, their cattle and sheep and all kinds of furs, are deeply loved by the Central Plains people, and the ironware, silk and porcelain of the Central Plains are also best-selling products in the alien race.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the trading of merchants and stimulate the economic development of Yanmen, Zhang Zai and Xu Guangqi discussed and decided to open a field in Qiangyin City, and at the same time, they were also exempted from the poll tax in Qiangyin City, and as long as they paid a certain amount of insurance, they could be traded in the market.

It is a market specially set up by the government on the border to trade with foreign people, and is supervised by the government, and in historical records, it is mostly set up in the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Zai originally wanted to send someone to publicize this matter, but he never thought that before the field was established, it attracted the attention of Zhen.

With such a good opportunity, Zhang Zai naturally would not let it go, as one of the few major business families in the late Han Dynasty, Zhen's capital was still very strong, and he nodded towards Zhen Yan, confirming what he heard.

Then he briefly introduced the role and management of the next field, and after Zhen Yan listened, his eyes continued to flash.

Regarding Zhang Zai's whimsical thoughts, Zhen Yan admired the five-body throw to the ground, and jokingly said: "It's a pity that Lord Taishou doesn't go to business." ”

I'm not going to tell you that I was a businessman in my previous life. Zhang Zai said secretly in his heart, but he said: "Brother Zhen is joking." ”

After thinking for a moment, Zhen Yan suddenly asked, "Zhang Taishou, can you inform Your Majesty at this time?" ”

This matter is not trivial, a large transaction with a foreign race, if there is no permission from the imperial court, it is a serious crime, and if something happens, it will be a loss of head.

"Hehe, don't worry, brother, I have already obtained His Majesty's permission."

Zhang Zai naturally had already arranged it, notified Zhao Zhong in advance, promised to give them 20%, and sent some special products of the Xiongnu and Karasuma, and promised the emperor 40% of the profits, so he got a holy decree allowing him to open a field.

I have to say that this Emperor Han Ling is also a good trader.

"In this way, I am too careful." Zhen Yan thinks about it, and what he can think of, Zhang Zai will definitely be able to take into account.

Subsequently, Zhang Zai asked the Zhen family about the goods sold, from swords, iron ore, to grain and cloth, there are channels.

Zhang Zai was overjoyed, what he lacked most now was iron ore, Yanmen, that is, the northern part of Shanxi in the later generations, where iron ore was not produced.

When Zhang Zai proposed to buy some iron ore, Zhen Yan immediately said: "Zhang Taishou, how much iron ore do you want?" ”

"About 20,000 catties!" Zhang Zai estimated the number and reported it.

When Zhen Yan heard this, 20,000 catties, not much, waved his hand, and said: "Please rest assured, 20,000 catties of iron, after returning to Wuji, I will arrange for someone to send it immediately." ”

Zhang Zai asked: "How much does it cost to cost 20,000 catties of iron?" ”

Who knew that Zhen Yan said indifferently: "These irons will be given to adults, and another 500 catties of iron will be sent to adults, which should be regarded as a thank you to Zhang Taishou for saving his life." ”

Zhang Zai was shocked, these two thousand catties of iron, it costs more than 3,000 gold, 500 catties of iron, not to mention it is worth hundreds of gold, it is really worthy of a big merchant, and he gave away 4,000 gold with a wave of his hand.

Although surprised, Zhang Zai still said: "I can't help it, this gift is too valuable." ”

Zhen Yan looked firm and said, "Do you think that Lord Taishou thinks that the lives of Zai Xia and this caravan are not worth this money?" ”

Since he talked about this, Zhang Zai no longer shirked and accepted it.

After talking about the deal, the two began to raise their glasses and drink again, and with Zhen Yan's move of spending a lot of money just now, the atmosphere at the banquet became even more enthusiastic.

The banquet lasted for a long time, until Zhen Yan was drunk, and Zhang Zai ordered someone to help Zhen Yan to rest in the house.