Chapter 146: Consuming products to exchange

Ning Zhong finally adopted the method of housekeeping is not a way, and let people start to shrink the business outside, as for how much he will lose in the end, he doesn't know now.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't regard the Ning family as an opponent from the beginning, such a family is already old, and the change of dynasties has changed the taste of many families.

If it is to take out the officials of the third grade in the court, maybe there is also an interest in fighting, that kind of person is a human essence, just like Old Man Bi, if he doesn't want to fall into the trap, it is useless for you to lie to him, he can endure it, endure it all the time, and endure it for ten years or eight years is not long.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have made a lot of things for their younger brothers and sisters, which can basically be used until they are four years old.

Hobbies do not appear out of thin air, it is to let children see all kinds of strange things, they can choose one of them, if it is very mandatory to cultivate, simple, let him (she) only contact one kind when he is a child, there is a high probability that the child will choose this one as the most interesting thing.

Zhang Xiaobao and the others, who put down the matter of making things, got the news that the fleet had returned, and six ships came back, and the rest of the ships were still on the island.

The men sent came back with a very relaxed appearance, and it seemed that the harvest should be good, and there were no casualties.

The housekeeper who went with the Zhang family was called Zhang Xingjia, and when he saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he put the package on his back on the table, and was just about to speak, Li Xun, who got the news, hurriedly ran in, and asked as soon as they met:

"How? How many people were killed? Have you raised the national prestige of my Datang? What about the casualties? ”

Zhang Xingjia was stunned by Li Xun's series of questions, until Li Xun ran over and poured the water in the tea bowl when he was thirsty, and then said: "Little boy, little lady, Li Gongzi, no one was killed, and the people who went last time didn't see the people they met that time."

Maybe they were hiding somewhere, and they ran away when they saw that we were too crowded, and the rest of the locals were very stable, and they were happy when they exchanged things with us, and a fishing net made of cotton thread was exchanged for such an ore as they found five stones, which is this. ”

Zhang Xingjia took out a piece of ore from the package while talking, thought about it, and took out another one.

Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, and Li Xun were staring at each other, and they didn't know what kind of mine the two stones belonged to.

"This is ......" Li Xun stretched out his hand to take the ore and weighed it a few times, and asked in a long voice.

"Gold mines, the other is copper mines, look at how easy they can take out, obviously there are more mines on the island, and they are easy to mine, I don't know how much can be refined, and a fishing net can be exchanged for so much."

Zhang Xingjia explained that he also asked someone to understand after he came back and got off the boat.

Li Xun was not afraid of poisoning, he kissed the gold mine with his mouth, and said excitedly to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan: "Xiaobao, Juanjuan, it's gone, we send it, a fishing net mixed with cotton thread and twine can be exchanged for so much, look at the weight, how can the stone be so heavy." ”

Zhang Xiaobao really doesn't care about the gold mine, it's useless now, it's usually used to make jewelry, the copper mine is not bad, as long as there are more, don't worry about the appearance of any five coins and other alternative coins that mess up the economy, to ensure the purchasing power of copper coins, no one will destroy copper coins and cast copperware.

This is not what he is most concerned about, it doesn't matter if there is money or not, the main thing is food, the Kaiyuan period is not really prosperous, before the new grain seeds are cultivated and planted in large quantities, getting food from other places is a good way to solve the people's livelihood, otherwise only those who have money and no food will suffer from poverty.

The high-yield grain grown by his family in Sanshui County, I don't know if the yield will be lower or higher after making seeds, and the people who want to come to the Imperial Court Sinong Temple have paid attention, hoping that they can find more ways to increase the yield.

Zhang Xingjia seemed to know what the little boy and the little lady were most concerned about, and seeing that the two of them did not attach so much importance to the ore, he immediately said:

"Little boy, little lady, there is a lot of grain on the island, and they also know that farming, not all stay in the mountains, there are a lot of flat land, they don't know how to plough the land, they just plant directly, but I don't know why, in the land they plant, the yield of rice is not less than the seeds sold by the Zhang family.

It's hot in that place, look at it, the small ones are tanned, it is estimated that it is no problem to plant three times a year, the taste may be almost, but you can always eat it, the boat that came back, one of them was loaded with two boats, and the little boy and the little lady went over to see it for a while. ”

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are satisfied.

"Even if it's bad, people don't like to eat, you can feed pigs, cattle and sheep, especially pigs, it's very good, there is more oil and water, people don't have to eat food, good, next time, go to the local area to find grass and trees that we haven't seen, take it back and see, maybe you can find good herbs or good wood."

Wang Juan only then had the leisure to pick up another piece of copper ore, and put it in his hand and on the ground, if there was good grass there, it would grow fast, and it would be better to feed the cattle and sheep, not to bring the grass back, but to bring the cattle and sheep over to raise, and then kill and transport the meat and skins back.

If you really come across good grass, there is no place to grow it here, so you really go back by boat to breed cows, or give it directly to the children, or make milk tablets and coax them to make milk powder that doesn't taste very good, and transport it to a further place.

Zhang Xiaobao was thinking about another matter, seeing that Wang Juan and Li Xun were both pondering there, each thinking of different things, and asked, "Have you found a suitable place to build a wharf?" Can the local people communicate well? ”

"If you go back to the little boy, the dock is simple, and the small ones can be built along the surrounding coast, but the little boy wants to hire locals to help with things there?"

Zhang Xing's family was thorough at one point, and when he saw the little boy nodding, he said: "It's not very convenient to communicate with the locals, they can't understand what we say, and we can't understand what they say."

When we exchange things, we use a comparison of paintings, we first put the fishing nets on the ground, give up their places, they come to watch, and then they happily let people take the ore, the little boy, the little one, the incense, hawksbill turtle, corals in the sea let them come to get it, don't give them better things. ”

"Oh, yes, find a way to let people learn the local language, cotton is still worth a lot of money, you can't give it like that, what to pay it back? How about pottery? Did you bring a lot of good things? ”

Zhang Xiaobao's eyes lit up, the people on the island are poor, they will feel good if they give something, they can't distinguish the value at all, so they can be bullied, in fact, they are not bullying, they just take what they need.

As soon as Zhang Xingjia heard the pottery, he immediately replied: "Little boy, don't you know, the pottery is easy to use, and it didn't change much, so I changed ten, and the result was two boats of rice, five of which were a boat, and it was sent, and the boat stopped there, and the pottery would not be replaced all at once." ”

"Okay, what you do is really reassuring, with pottery, they can cook food and eat, so do you have to put oil? The next time you go, bring some soybean oil, you do a demonstration, let them see, let them taste, and then change the oil, the pottery can't be changed for them too much. ”

Zhang Xiaobao was satisfied, not because of how many things he exchanged, but because the people who went knew how to control them.

But as soon as he thought of the exchange, Zhang Xiaobao began to worry, if the merchants of Jiangnan Dongdao saw this situation, would they disrupt the market? In order to get more gold and copper, they are likely to exchange them for others regardless of the commercial value of the materials.

"No, merchants are definitely not allowed to bring any non-consumables over, bring some spices, smell good, and make delicious things to eat, especially monosodium glutamate, you can sell it to the merchant first, and let the merchant go over to exchange."

Zhang Xiaobao, who was originally going to let the businessman play on his own, regretted it now, and did not plan to proceed according to the original method, ***, it must be ***.

Spices are a good thing, and some Europeans used to put spices on their bodies to show their identity, which shows the preciousness of spices.

Wang Juan put down the ore at this time, pondered for a while, pulled up Zhang Xiaobao and left.

"Go to Grandpa Zhang and Grandpa Bi and ask them to help, like you said, non-consumables must not appear on the island in large quantities, pottery I think they will use it very carefully, it is too difficult to break one, and they don't need it when they save more."

Zhang Xiaobao turned around and took the two ores in his hands.

Old man Zhang and Old man Bi were idle, playing billiards with a group of old men, ten people surrounded a case, divided into two groups, and they didn't feel that the waiting time was long, and they were full of interest, which was incomprehensible.

"Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Bi, are you playing?" Zhang Xiaobao said hello with a smile.

When Old Man Zhang and Old Man Bi saw Xiaobao and Juan Juan coming at this time, they knew that the two of them had something to discuss, so they gave the opportunity to others and led Zhang Xiaobao and the others to a secluded place next to them to rest.

Old man Zhang picked up a small abalone specially used as a snack on the small table, threw it into his mouth, chewed it lightly, and asked, "Xiaobao, is there something difficult to do?" Well, this abalone is good. ”

Zhang Xiaobao pouted, of course it's good, except for nursing homes, other places can't enjoy such treatment, put the two ores in his hand, and said:

"Gold and copper mines, there should be a lot of them, there are several things that can be exchanged, pottery, porcelain, nets made of cotton thread, and spices and soybean oil that I thought of, Grandpa Zhang, which one do you say is appropriate?"

"Do you need to ask? Of course, spices and soybean oil, as long as you eat what can be grown, how long does pottery and porcelain take? Oh~! I see, is it afraid that someone will bring a lot of pottery and porcelain? It seems that I will have to give an order from the imperial court, and I will write immediately. ”

Before Old Man Zhang could speak, Old Man Bi opened his mouth and pointed out the things, and at the same time knew the concerns of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.