Chapter 31: A Hundred Ships Seal the River
"Why don't you talk about this?"
Tang Chuan was anxious, took Liu Yuanshan's hand, and said, "Liu Gongzi, this, if this thing is manufactured in large quantities, it will definitely make a lot of money, which is better than that osmanthus soap." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Alright, Mr. Tang!" Liu Yuanshan waved his hand, interrupted his words, smiled and refilled him with a glass of turbid wine, and said: "Due to some reasons, I can't sell this glass cup publicly at present, but it won't be long before it is exported. ”
"Alas, what a pity!" Tang Chuan looked at the glass in his hand and couldn't put it down.
"Let's send these two to Mr. as a souvenir!" Liu Yuanshan was a little apologetic, smiled, and continued: "As for another business, Mr. will definitely be interested. ”
"Okay!" Although Tang Chuan wanted to sell the glasses, Liu Yuanshan was unwilling to manufacture and sell them in large quantities now, and he didn't have much to do, so he could only sigh softly, listening to the following with some interest.
"Mr. is from Nanyang!" Liu Yuanshan said bluntly, "I heard that there are two small towns in Tongbai County, Nanyang, one is called Wucheng, and the other is called Anpeng, both of which produce soda. Mr. Tang is a native of Nanyang, so he should have heard of it. ”
Tang Chuan's eyebrows lit up, and he said, "You're talking about ingot alkali?" ”
"Ingot alkali, maybe, yes, uh!" Liu Yuanshan thought for a while and described: "You can put it in the noodles and make alkali for steamed buns!" ”
"Oh!" Tang Chuan said: "I know this, that's the ingot, hehe, don't hide it, the old man is Tongbai people, the Wucheng and Anpeng towns you are talking about are not too far from the old man's ancestral house, does Liu Gongzi want this ingotine?" ”
"Yes!" Liu Yuanshan smiled and said: "I have a lot of use for this tablet, please ask Mr. Tang to bring me some every time you come, according to the market price, I will want as much as you can ship!" ”
"This!" Tang Chuan frowned and said: "This thing can be used in traditional Chinese medicine, don't use it as face alkali, and have no other use, what does Liu Gongzi want so many tablets of alkali for?" ”
Of course, Liu Yuanshan would not be stupid enough to tell him directly that I would use it to make osmanthus soap, but he smiled and said, "This Mr. Tang doesn't have to care, I don't know if this business is okay!" ”
With this old guy's shrewdness, he will definitely think that this trona must be related to osmanthus soap in the future, Liu Yuanshan is not afraid, what about it, although soap can also be made with trona and rapeseed oil, but because trona belongs to the salt category, not the alkali in acid-alkali salt, the effect of soap is almost negligible.
Moreover, it is very likely that this trona and rapeseed oil cannot be saponified at all.
Take 10,000 steps back, even if this old guy really works hard to develop osmanthus soap in the future? He also does not have modern machine production, labor costs are bound to be high, and the competition in the market is not worth mentioning at all.
"Okay, but now that the vehicles and ships in Xiangyang Fang County are not connected, Liu Gongzi has to find a way as soon as possible to get right!"
"Don't worry about this!" Liu Yuanshan patted his chest and said: "No problem, half a month, give me half a month, everything will be solved!" ”
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After sending Tang Chuan away, Liu Yuanshan breathed a sigh of relief.
Nowadays, the osmanthus soap is selling better and better, and it is always held in Liujia Village that the production will definitely drag the sales of the thighs, and it is too far from Liujia Village to Fangxian County, and the transportation industry is quite difficult, so it is time to think about moving the factory to Fangxian.
But when he thought of this problem, Liu Yuanshan's head was not ordinarily big.
If you want to move the factory to Fang County, those complete sets of equipment will inevitably follow, and when the steam engine is turned on, the people of Fang County will know that they can't cover it even if they want to.
"The current situation and conditions are still not mature enough, after I take down the big monster of the Ye family, I will use the county government to block the entire Fang County, and then it will be enough!"
Liu Yuanshan muttered to himself and secretly clenched his fists.
In the afternoon, Erlang rode back from outside.
"Why did you come back, didn't you ask you to buy a boat?" Liu Yuanshan said strangely.
"It's useless, San Lang, something is wrong!" Erlang didn't have time to tie the horse, so he walked up to Liu Yuanshan and said in a low voice: "The Ye family, the Ye family is also a little ruthless, they, these dogs, have sealed the Malan River!" ”
"Poof......
Liu Yuanshan couldn't help but squirt out the tea in his mouth, and his whole body was excited, and said, "This is okay?" How did he do it? ”
You must know that although the surface of the Malan River is not as wide as the Han River, the narrowest part of the downstream is nearly 100 meters wide.
It must have been Erlang who made a fuss.
"You didn't see it clearly, Feng He, you also look up to their Ye family too much!"
Liu Yuanshan was a little teasing.
Erlang said: "No, you, just follow me to have a look!" ”
Looking at Erlang's serious expression, Liu Yuanshan realized that something was wrong, and he couldn't care about laughing with him anymore, so he immediately turned over and got on the horse, followed Erlang out of the city, and galloped downstream along the valley of the Malan River.
Less than five miles downstream of the Malan River, it naturally turned a bend, and the section of the river below the bend suddenly narrowed.
From afar, Liu Yuanshan saw the problem, just a little bit of the narrow river channel under the bend, at a glance, there were many masts and sails, and nearly 100 ships of size dropped anchor and stopped on the river, densely packed, occupying the entire river, leaving no channel for other ships to pass through.
"Your mother, I said that the Ye family has gathered so many ships, why is it that they have disappeared, it turns out that they got here." Liu Yuanshan raised the whip in his hand and slapped the horse's butt fiercely, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the front and take a look, I think this Ye family is a shit shell Lang picking up a lantern - looking for death!" ”
"Let's go!" Erlang patted his horse to follow, and the two of them came to the location of the river after a short time, and they could watch carefully when they got off the horse.
Liu Yuanshan's face was gloomy, if the Ye family only requisitioned the boats in Fang County, he could still find a way to deal with it, but now that the river was sealed, even if he bought a boat, he couldn't solve the problem.
"Let's sue the official, I don't believe that the Ye family can bypass him by doing this, and those masters in the county can do this!" Erlang gritted his teeth angrily, "If it doesn't work, I'll go and clean up the Ye family's people at night!" ”
"It's useless!" Liu Yuanshan waved his hand.
Sue the official?
Hehe, not to mention that it was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even in the peaceful years, it was almost impossible to win the Ye family, after all, the status of merchants was low, and no one really paid attention to whether their trade routes were open or not.