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Straightening his body, Liu Yiping simply and clearly threw out the conditions offered by Wang Shixin:

Zhang Zhun is recommended as one of the 100 households in Fushan.

Give Zhang Zhun 1,500 taels of silver.

300 acres of fertile land were given to Zhang Zhun.

Of course, the above is only a preliminary proposal, and if Zhang Zhun is not satisfied, there is still room for bargaining. As long as you don't continue to go against the Lord of the Thousand Households, then everything is easy to say. As for the others other than Zhang Zhun...... For the injuries and losses caused to the military families in the past, Senho-sama expresses his sincere apologies. Of course, this sincere apology is limited to words. Lord Qianhu is convinced that as long as Zhang Zhun does not continue to incite the military households, the military households will not be able to oppose Lord Qianhu.

Liu Yiping finally said euphemistically: "Lord Qianhu is very sincere, and please consider it carefully." In the future, thousands of households and hundreds of households will be a family, and they will be blessed and enjoy hardships together, and they will be prosperous and wealthy. ”

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, his expression was very serious, and he said seriously: "Thank you for your kindness, in fact, I am also very sincere." ”

Liu Yiping thought to himself, if you are sincere, it will be strange.

Of course, these words can't be spoken, and you can't feel comfortable with yourself, and you're impatient to live, aren't you? He is just a messenger of words, and it is only right to save his own life.

Liu Yiping subconsciously said: "Thank you for your support and understanding......

Zhang Zhun shook his head, interrupted Liu Yiping's speech, and said unhurriedly: "Mr. Liu, you are running a cotton cloth business, how much money can you make per cotton cloth?" ”

Liu Yiping was stunned and looked at Zhang Zhun in amazement.

He didn't talk to himself about Wang Shixin, but asked about his business?

Swallowing his saliva with difficulty, Liu Yiping didn't understand Zhang Zhun's intentions, so he decided to tell the truth, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. Regarding business matters, Liu Yiping naturally opened his mouth and said: "In the past, each cotton cloth could earn about one or two hundred yuan, but now the price of cotton cloth in Jiangnan has risen a lot, and the profit has been greatly reduced, only about eighty yuan." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded casually and said slowly: "Why is the price of cotton cloth in Jiangnan rising?" ”

Liu Yiping thought to himself, do you really want to talk to me about business? Undecided, but dare not leave this topic. Anyway, you can't make the other party angry, and you can talk about whatever topic the other party wants. He followed Zhang Zhun's words and said: "The people in Shaanxi are in turmoil, Henan is in turmoil, the planting area of cotton has been greatly reduced, the price of raw materials has risen, and cotton cloth has naturally risen." ”

He decided to tell the truth in front of Zhang Zhun and naturally not lie.

In fact, most of the cotton planting area in the Ming Dynasty was in the northwest and the Central Plains, and only a small amount was planted in the Jiangnan region. At present, the rebel army led by Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and others has completely turned Shaanxi and Henan into a pot of porridge, and the cultivation of cotton has naturally been greatly affected. In recent years, the amount of cotton imported into Jiangnan has been less than 30% of the previous one, and there is a trend of decreasing. The shortage of raw materials and the rise in the price of cotton cloth are inevitable.

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully, and asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Liu, if you grow cotton in Shandong, can you effectively reduce costs?" ”

Liu Yiping looked at Zhang Zhun with some doubts, and really didn't understand what Zhang Zhun meant. Does he really want to talk to himself about business? Or talk about the professional cotton business? That's not what I was trying to do! Zhang Zhun's question, he didn't dare not answer, so he had to say cautiously: "If cotton planting can be promoted in Shandong, it will naturally be better." It's just that cotton is easy to compete with the people for land, so what? ”

Zhang Zhun said calmly: "I will naturally solve the balance between cotton and grain." I just want to know, with Mr. Liu's professional level, if Shandong can produce a large amount of cotton cloth, I wonder if Mr. Liu is interested in participating in sales? ”

Liu Yiping was suddenly overjoyed, and subconsciously said: "Of course I do." ”

Immediately realizing something, he shook his head regretfully, and said sourly: "Lord Baihu said that it was a joke, Shandong local, if you want to produce a large amount of cotton cloth, I am afraid that it will not be easy." Even if we vigorously promote cotton planting and solve the problem of raw materials, the cost cannot be lower than that of cotton cloth in Jiangnan, right? ”

Zhang Zhun was still unfazed and said: "I only asked Mr. Liu if he was interested in selling our own cotton cloth in Shandong." ”

Liu Yiping said proudly: "Of course I do." ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and nodded, and said neatly: "Then there is no problem." ”

Liu Yiping became more and more puzzled, not knowing what Zhang Zhun was planning, he couldn't help but look at Zhang Zhun twice, but found that he seemed to be confident. In his heart, he couldn't help but be a little surprised and a little excited. Could it be that this Zhang Zhun can really produce cotton cloth by himself? If this is really the case, wouldn't you be able to get close to the water and get the moon first?

As everyone knows, Zhang Zhun has long been eyeing the cotton business. In later generations, Shandong was also a large cotton province, with a cotton planting area of more than 11 million mu, a yield of about 60 kilograms per mu, and an annual output of up to 700,000 tons. This fully shows that there are unique geographical conditions for planting cotton in Shandong.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, Shandong's cotton output has always been among the best in the country. During the Chenghua period, there were more than 50,000 acres of cotton fields in Yanzhou alone. At that time, the yield per mu of paddy field was about one stone (equivalent to 188.8 catties), and the net yield per mu of cotton field was about 21 catties. At that time, one stone of rice was about 0.8 taels of silver, 1 catty of cotton was about 0.2 taels of silver, and 21 catties of cotton was about 4 taels of silver.

From the perspective of economic value, 1 acre of cotton field is equivalent to 5 acres of rice field. This has greatly stimulated cotton production. In the sixth year of Wanli, Shandong transported 600,000 pieces of cotton cloth to Beijing and Bianku, and 390,000 catties of cotton. Most of the cotton cloth sent to Liaodong came from Shandong. It is only because of the continuous wars in Shandong in recent years, a moment of smelling incense and teaching, and a moment of Kong Youde, which will lead to a rapid shrinkage of cotton production, and the glory of the past is no longer there.

With the continuous growth of the peasant rebel army in Shanxi, more and more provinces will be affected by the Ming Dynasty. Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others are all characters who only know how to destroy and do not know how to produce. Wherever their army passes, they will only destroy more cotton-producing areas and grain-producing areas, causing the prices of cotton and grain to continue to rise, and eventually reach a staggering height.

If Zhang Zhun wants to gain a firm foothold in this wave of competition for the Central Plains and not be defeated by others, he must take precautions and be self-reliant. Grain is to be grown, and cotton is also to be grown. Only when there is food and clothing can we ensure the stability of people's hearts. In such troubled times, nothing is more important than having food and clothing.

Of course, mentioning it to Liu Yiping was just a whim for a while. Regarding the negotiation with Wang Shixin, Zhang Zhun was not interested at all. Negotiation, in his dictionary, there is no such word at all.

Zhang Zhun suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth, staggered the topic, and said quietly: "I don't know if Mr. Liu has heard that two days ago, some Houjin Tartars came to invade Maojiatun, and they were defeated by us?" We also captured a few Tartars, one of whom was called the ...... of Ambush."

Liu Yiping was shocked, and said in a lost voice: "What did you say? ”

Zhang Zhun's expression remained unchanged, and he said unhurriedly: "I said, we captured a few Houjin Tartars. They don't know how they came to Shandong, and we can't ask anything about it for the time being. At the same time, we also found some parchment in Fukushima, which obviously had some secret content written on it, but unfortunately no one could read it, and I am now looking for someone to figure it out! ”

Liu Yiping said eagerly: "This ...... Lord Baihe, can you hand over these tartars to Lord Qianhu for interrogation? The Tartars are cruel, and it is too dangerous to stay with you. ”

Zhang Zhun said strangely: "Give it to Lord Qianhu?" Why should it be handed over to Senho-sama? We caught the people, and of course we dealt with them ourselves! ”

Liu Yiping hurriedly said: "That, there is a reward for killing the Tartar!" Before I left, the Lord of the Thousand Households said that he was willing to buy from the Lord of the Thousand Households at the price of one hundred taels of silver per Tartar. If it was a living tartar, he was willing to give two hundred taels of silver to one person. As long as the Lord of the Hundred Households hands me over the head of the Tartar or the living Tartar, I will pay the silver taels to the Lord of the Hundred Households on the spot. ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Isn't this price too low?" ”

Liu Yiping hurriedly said: "Of course, if the hundred households are not satisfied, the thousands of households will also give some appropriate compensation. If there is any request from Lord Hyaknohe, you can tell me, and I will go back and tell Lord Chiho immediately. In short, there will be no loss to the hundred households. ”

Zhang Zhun stared at Liu Yiping with shining eyes, and said meaningfully: "What Mr. Liu means, you can leave nothing else, just want those Tartars back?" Are there other Tartar heads? This is something that thousands of adults have told you? ”

Liu Yiping said: "Lord Baihu, you are right. Before leaving, Lord Qianhu did tell him repeatedly. ”

After a slight pause, Liu Yiping said again: "Lord Qianhu also said, as long as you return all the tartars to us, we can give up Fushan City and hand over everything inside to you!" ”

Zhang Zhun frowned inadvertently.

What a Wang Shixin, he is righteous enough for the Tartars!

Fighting and killing his own military households, he was not merciful, and he treated the Tartars who died in the war so benevolently and righteously, he was even closer than his own family. The Ming Dynasty is such a Han annihilation, there are too many, and they will be vulnerable in front of the Tartars.

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "Lord Qianhu really said that? ”

Liu Yiping said eagerly: "That's true. Lord Qianhu said, for Lord Baihu, it's useless to hold these tartars, isn't it? Trade them for Fushan City, the best of both worlds. Or, the Lord of the Hundred Households will hand over the Tartar to the Lord of the Thousand Households, and the Lord of the Thousand Households will recommend the Adults as the Thousand Households of the Fushan Place, what do you think? ”

Zhang Zhun was noncommittal.

Wang Shixin is really willing to spend his blood.

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