Chapter 81: Harvesting the Mulberry Elm
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Jia Meng clapped his hands and said, "Yes! It's Fan. ”
Zhao Wuxian frowned, this family is simply the biggest obstacle of the Zhao family.
Originally, the people of the Spring and Autumn Period believed that in ancient times, wise sages created utensils, and people with clever minds followed their methods and kept this profession from generation to generation, which was called work. Melting metal to make utensils with sharp blades, making pottery to solidify the earth, making chariots to travel on land, and making boats to travel on water, the artifacts made by hundreds of craftsmen today are all the creations of sages.
And the pottery is naturally the Tao Tang clan, that is, the handwriting of Emperor Yao.
Wu Xian understands, Fan is the surname of Qi, from the Tao Tang family, his family has been inherited for thousands of years, has always had a tradition of pottery, which continues to this day, and is naturally the leader of pottery manufacturing and trade. Although this thing is counted individually, the value is not expensive, but it can't bear everyone's demand, and it can still earn a lot of money under small profits and quick turnover.
Although lacquerware is sold less, it is expensive, and Fan's lacquer gardens are all over the territory, and they also firmly occupy the upper market of the minister's doctor.
Therefore, after Fan Ying took power, this advantage was magnified several times, and the pottery industry of Xinjiang Pottery City, and even the entire Jin Kingdom, can be said to be a franchise of the Fan family. Don't look at the variety of shops here, but behind the scenes, most of them have Fan's background!
Moreover, when will Fan Ying die? He is eighty years old, and he has been active on the stage of the world for more than 60 years, but he is still alive and kicking, and he can even lead the army in armor. The more he learned about this person's past, the more Zhao Wuxian felt that he was terrible, and Zhao Ying's last loss was actually not wronged at all.
Zhao Wuxian was silent, but Zhao Guangde came over again and sold Jia Meng in one sentence: "Jia Meng, on the way to Xinjiang, didn't you tell me, because the two countries of Qi and Lu were at war, and the Qi State plundered the cities of the Lu State and captured many potters. The Qi people resold some of them to the Zheng merchants and traded them in Wendi, and the Zheng merchants were going to sell them to Xinjiang? ”
And this kind of thing? Zhao Wuxian looked down on Jia Meng, and he didn't know if he deliberately concealed it or forgot, the young gentleman was not angry and arrogant, and he could see that Jia Meng was furious.
He said with a bitter face: "So that the gentleman knows that those Zheng State merchants will probably arrive in Xinjiang in the first half of the month, and I don't know how much will be left at that time." In this way, why don't you wait for half a month later, and the gentleman will come to the market again? At that time, the villain should still be there, and he must lead the gentleman to the human market and buy those potters. ”
The human market, that is, the slave market, although very repulsive to this method, is also the most feasible way to obtain high-level potters at present. Zhao Wuxian nodded, this Jia Meng still has some eyesight, and he will give him a peach and repay him, and if he has a chance in the future, he will have to take care of his business.
Jia Meng said again: "However, the gentleman should come earlier, I heard that in the past six months, there is a young merchant who has made a lot of money in Xinjiang because of the proper estimation of the surplus and shortage of goods. After that, he often wandered around the human market, and when he met the subordinates of the Wei nationality, he paid for it, and when he met the Lu country, he also ransomed it, and he did not take it for his own use, but took them back to China and returned home by the way...... If the gentleman is late, I am afraid that he will be ransomed by him. ”
"Oh, and such strange people?" Zhao Wuxian felt strange in his heart, isn't there no treachery and no businessman, there are actually businessmen who do humanitarian causes, and they have to fight with the high strings of patriotism.
"Not really, but looking at his dress, Ruya Sven is probably still a child of a scholar's family. When he doesn't speak, he has proper etiquette, but he is not polite at all when he shouts the price, and he can speak well, but it's a pity that the villain forgot what his name is......"
"Knock knock."
At this moment, the gong sounded in the market to close the market, which was to announce the end of the day's trading and the market was about to close.
Before leaving, Zhao Wuxian thought about it for a while, and said to Jia Meng: "Let me ask you, if there is a kind of 'pottery', its surface is as green as jade, bright as a mirror, and its sound is like a chime, is there a market in the Jin Kingdom?" ”
Jia Meng was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, is there really such a strange thing in this world?
He pondered his tone and said, "Probably...... It's not bad, the scholars and merchants should like it. ”
"If you were asked to sell it, would you dare?" Wen Di is a small sect of the Zhao family, and there is a relationship with Zhao Guangde, so there should be no problem with Wen Di asking for a businessman, or cooperating in sales.
Jia Meng was overjoyed in his heart, but then said with a sad face: "Gentleman, the villain only dares to do a small business for resale, and the matter of snatching food from the mouth of the Chinese army general, the villain is not qualified enough, looking at the Jin Kingdom, few businessmen dare to do it." ”
He is just an ordinary businessman, relying on the protection of Dr. Wen Zhao Luo, it is okay to do some transshipment and small business in Xinjiang City, but if you want to get involved in large transactions, especially the lacquer pottery industry monopolized by the ruling Fan Ying, you will definitely lose so much that there are no bones left.
Zhao Wuxian sighed in his heart, this Jia Meng was still a little bold, and he didn't know that he had missed a good opportunity to make a fortune. It seems that you need to find not only a skilled potter, but also a merchant in charge of the transit trade, preferably courageous, disciplined, and faithful to yourself.
Otherwise, when the time comes, go to the lower palace and ask Zhao Ying to help find the route? But Zhao Ying once made it clear that within a year, everything would be run by the four sons, and he would not provide much help unless the situation was urgent.
Zhao Wuxian glanced sideways at Le Fuli, the Doctor Tongluo family, and also had their own businessmen and doors. But like the slippery head family of Le's, if they offend Fan Ying, they probably don't dare to take it.
Or, wait until March 15, half a month later, to take a look at it, this kind of thing is not in a hurry.
The group left the Xinjiang market and returned to their mansions, Zhao Wuxian thanked Le Fuli again, and said that after the harvest of Lingyi, he would be the east, and invite Le Fuli to feast and drink, so as to make up for Lezi's "unfulfilled wishes" today.
Le Fu said that he didn't dare, after a day of getting along, his impression of Zhao Wuxian was still good, well, except for the fact that he didn't enter the Nulu with some regrets.
Wuxian stayed in the Zhao Mansion in Xinjiang for another night, and the next day he was going back to Chengyi Township.
It was only at this time that Zhao Wuxian learned from the people that Handan Ji said goodbye to Shaojun Wei Ji after the court meal, saying that he was going to live in his uncle's house for a few days, so he took his relatives and moved away.
After Zhao Wuxian found out, he snorted coldly in his heart.
Although they are extremely dissatisfied with this, after all, the Zhao family and the Bank of China have not completely torn their faces yet, and the head of the Handan family, Handan Wu, still recited some incense, and he has not neglected the great tribute and Fengying. According to the distance of blood alone, Handan Ji and the Zhongxing clan are closer, so they can't blame Handan Ji for "going to relatives", so they can only turn a blind eye.
Now, I can only hope that Handan Ji can be a little measured, and don't do anything that openly defects to the Zhongxing clan in the Pan Palace!
But because of this, before going to Chengyi, Wuxian had to take Zhao Guangde away.
Zhao Guangde didn't live very happily here, when Zhao Wuxian didn't come, Handan Ji would bully him from time to time, and his mother, Wei Ji, didn't wait to see Wen Di and his family, and he didn't have any friends outside. But he was still a little hesitant, his cousin's fiefdom seemed to be just a remote township, was there no wine and no fun, and he could only eat coarse grain bean soup every day? He couldn't stand that kind of day.
Zhao Wuxian smiled mysteriously: "Cousin, don't you know, although my place is remote, it has a lot of fun, not only there are many fresh games to play, but also a lot of newly made delicacies, just send a gentleman who is good at tasting the five flavors to taste." ”
Zhao Guangde's eyes lit up when he heard this, he swallowed his saliva, and immediately asked people to prepare a car, followed behind Wuxian and his party, and went to Chengyi with him.
Although this trip to Xinjiang, I had a grudge with Handan. But Wuxian understands that as long as he completely wraps this little fat man into his pocket, it is equivalent to putting half of Wendi into his bag.
This is called the lost east, the harvest of mulberry elm!
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On the other side, as soon as he finished eating, Le Fuli arrived at Zhang's mansion, and without the need to be led by a person, he turned into Zhang Mengtan's living room with ease.
Zhang Mengtan was always wearing a crescent white deep robe, kneeling behind the desk, unhurriedly waving his pen, silently writing the four Jin decrees he learned in Pan Palace yesterday. Le Fuli knows that his friend, don't look at him always looking slow, but he has the ability to never forget, and his heart is higher than the sky.
He himself has no pursuits, so he hopes to succeed the position of Doctor Tong Tong smoothly in the future and survive among the Qing clan. Anyway, there was no one else next to him, and Le Fuli was not polite, so he sat on the mat in the house with his legs spread out, quietly waiting for Zhang Mengtan to finish the matter at hand.
After a while, Zhang Mengtan stopped writing, and after checking it, there was no typo, he exhaled and said slowly: "Le Zi stayed overnight in Nanshi Nulu yesterday, and it is very rare to get up so early today, how about it, so Zhao gentleman can have fun?" ”
Le Fuli said: "Yesterday's incident, but Zhang Zi, you misunderstood." ”
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