After the two returned, they immediately began to adjust the salaries of public officials, all of them increased their salaries significantly, and they also had to subsidize the losses caused by the previous price increases. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this way, I found people from various positions to talk, ask them about their situation, and listen to their voices. These things are mainly because Li Xiaowen is busy, and Jiang Hexing occasionally has to come out to greet everyone and greet everyone.

After coming and going, and after more than ten days of busy work, the salary adjustment was all over.

The north wind rose overnight, and heavy snow fell in Pingzhou. The gray sky, the snow-white earth, the trees, the roofs, the snow-white.

There was only snow on the road, and the road surface was no longer visible.

Jiang Hexing was about to take a sleigh ride to the office office, and just when he arrived on the main road, he looked to the left and saw a long motorized convoy sinking into a snowdrift, moving forward while clearing the snow by himself. In the crowd, there was a short and fat man commanding, how did Jiang Hexing look like Fan Jia.

With a wave of his hand, let the soldiers run over and help clear the road.

After a while, the convoy of horses, with the help of his own soldiers, soon arrived in front of Jiang Hexing's house. The leader was Fan Jia, wearing tall buckskin boots, a white tiger skin coat, and a mink hat.

The white tiger fur coat is a little big, and Fan Jia looks more and more short and fat. Jiang Hexing couldn't help laughing, and stepped forward to greet him: "Father-in-law, it's so cold, are you okay along the way?" ”

Fan Jia shook off the snow on his body, patted his hat, and said unhurriedly: "It's okay on the road, I was only 10 miles away from Pingzhou Mansion last night, so I rested for a while." Who knew that when I woke up in the morning, the snow was already half a foot thick.

Today, I hurried up early in the morning, I was afraid that the snow would get heavier and heavier, and if the road was sealed, wouldn't it be troublesome? Fortunately, there are fewer cars and fewer people on the road, so I still came in a hurry. ”

The two said as they entered the courtyard. The personal soldiers behind him, the entourage led by Fan Jia, ran around, unloaded the gifts on the carriage, and moved them to the house of Jiang Hexing.

Jiang Hexing turned his head to look at it, turned to Fan Jia and said, "Father-in-law, every time you come over, you bring so many gifts, and there are so many people in Pingzhou Mansion, it really doesn't look good." Can you bring less in the future, besides, we are all juniors, it should be us to visit you, how can we let you break the bank? ”

Fan Jia's two little eyes rolled and looked at Jiang Hexingdao: "He Wang, these are all gifts I gave to Pingjun, Anbei, and Anwang and their three brothers and sisters, isn't it still possible?" ”

Jiang Hexing couldn't cry or laugh, and said with a wry smile: "Father-in-law, I am the lord of Pingzhou, and I want you to understand some things." With so many gifts, the people of Pingzhou always look bad. ”

Fan Jia was not very happy to see Jiang Hexing, and he didn't dare to say more, he was probably a little awkward in his heart.

While the two were talking, Fan Jiao hugged Jiang Pingjun and greeted her. Fan Jia's pace quickened, came to Fan Jiao, hugged Jiang Pingjun, kissed him twice, and then took out a green jade pendant from his arms, which was crystal clear, small and cute.

Fan Jiao said: "Father, you have to spoil the child, every time you come over, you bring these, the child understands this." ”

Fan Jiao said as she tied the jade pendant to Jiang Pingjun. Then he looked at Fan Jia with a smile and said, "Father, hurry up and go into the house, it's cold outside." ”

Fan Jia glanced at the courtyard and saw Jiang Anbei playing with his younger brother in the snow, so he hurriedly stepped forward, took out the jade pendant, and brought it to the two brothers.

Fan Jia finished his work, so he followed Jiang Hexing Fan Jiao and entered the living room.

Fan Jiao greeted for a while, and left with Jiang Pingjun. Jiang Hexing asked, "Father-in-law, is there anything wrong with coming to Pingzhou this time?" ”

Fan Jia said: "A few days ago, I received a letter from Fan Jiao, asking me to come over. The main thing is to talk to Zhao Guang's family about the canvas business, although the business is not big, it is not appropriate for others to come and talk, so I came over. Besides, you just came back from the Xiongnu, and I also want to visit Pingjun and their brothers and sisters. I want to invite Zhao Guang's family to Anwu to play, and when the time comes, let Pingjun, Anbei, and Anwang all go, and also know their Uncle Fan Bao.

Who knows, it will snow so soon, it looks like it won't be until next year to get them to know. ”

Jiang Hexing thought to himself that Fan Jia was paving the way for Fan Bao, and Fan Bao would inherit the family business in the future. If Jiang Anbei inherits Pingzhou Mansion, they can still join forces.

Jiang Hexing is having a headache about this combination of government and business, his father-in-law is a big businessman, and now Pingzhou is the most wealthy businessman. Now it is necessary to pave the way for the combination of government and business for his son to continue in the future, and it seems that this matter is really tricky.

But even so, there is nothing excessive about his formulation.

Jiang Hexing thought for a while and said, "I'm going to Chang'an next year, and Qingyi probably won't go." In this way, when the father-in-law takes Fan Bao's family to Pingzhou Mansion to play, both sides will get to know each other. ”

Jiang Hexing thought that this proposal was good, and besides, Zhao Qingyi was the wife of Ming Media after all, and her status was different from that of Fan Jiao. Although the relationship between the two families is good now, there are still some boundaries. Now that they can get so close, it is more because the interests of the two families can be tied.

Fan Jia didn't seem to hear it, and opened his eyes and said, "He Wang, are you really going to Chang'an?" ”

Jiang Hexing nodded.

Fan Jia stood up a little excitedly and said, "Can I go with me?" ”

Jiang Hexing will go to Chang'an next year to fight for the interests of commerce and trade, and several representative businessmen will bring it, but they have not been consulted yet, and they will rush to go if they want to break their heads.

Fan Jia's popularity in Chang'an is not bad, he used to be a huge rich man in Chang'an, and now he is much richer than before. Fan Jia's visit is not only for Chang'an businessmen, but also for him to operate in Chang'an for many years, and he can be a guiding lamp, which is far better than only being stuffed in the Barbarian Pavilion back then.

Jiang Hexing smiled at Fan Jia and said, "Then next year's Fan Bao's matter, will it still be arranged?" ”

Fan Jia rubbed his hands and said: "It's still important to go to Chang'an, Fan Bao is still studying in school, don't worry." And Wang, I'm still more familiar with Chang'an, and I can also do some staff for you. ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "Okay, but I'm still preparing now, don't spread it everywhere, lest I have to bring too many people when I get it." ”

Fan Jia smiled and said, "Don't worry, it won't do me any good if I say it, so why should I bother myself." ”

Jiang Hexing saw that Fan Jia didn't say anything about Fan Bao, so he had to take his time. It's not that officials and businessmen can't get along, but there are always rules that need to be established. Simply, I will go to Chang'an next year, and before leaving, I will agree on how to restrict the combination of government and business, and let Li Xiaowen do it.

And he just took the huge rich man in Pingzhou away and took him to negotiate with Wang Mang. At this time, Li Xiaowen was asked to promote the restriction of the combination of government and business, and there was the least resistance.

And when they returned, the wood was already in the boat, and Jiang Hexing had no choice but to maintain Li Xiaowen's authority and continue to implement the law.

Jiang Hexing remembered that he went to Zhao Guang's house some time ago, and Zhao Li's courtesy to Fan Jiao, this time Fan Jia came, and he definitely wanted to talk about business with Zhao Guang's family.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hexing asked casually: "Father-in-law, do you still want to talk about the canvas business when you come this time?" ”

Unexpectedly, Fan Jia frowned, sighed and said, "Hewang, I won't tell you, I really don't know what to do now?" ”

Jiang Hexing asked very strangely: "Isn't it a good thing to have a business to do, besides, the canvas factory now produces a lot of canvas, which is also a big business, why are you still embarrassed?" ”

Maybe it was because it was hot indoors, Fan Jia took off his white tiger fur coat, put it on the back of the chair, leaned on the back of the chair, and thought for a while: "He Wang, I won't hide it from you, I can't talk about the relationship with your father-in-law's family, and I can't talk about it bad, and I've always been a little embarrassed." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and did not speak.

Fan Jia continued: "In the past, I opened a shipyard, in order to avoid Fan Jiao's anger, I went to his house to buy canvas, I am their biggest customer, Anwu City, my shop also sells canvas clothes. But this time Zhao Li wants to sell to the area of Xu Wen Panyu, it seems that now they are producing a lot of money, and they want to sell it outside. Jiao'er probably didn't know about the recent business practices, so she hastily promised some words.

I have to do it now, if I don't do it, maybe the two families will be separated. Hey, I'm embarrassed too. ”

"Doesn't canvas make money?" Jiang Hexing asked curiously.

"Earn, a lot of money, but it just depends on where it is sold. I heard from people in my family who ran Panyu and Xu Wen that the weather there was warm, and there were not many clothes they worn, they were all very light and thin fabrics, and silk was very popular. Canvas has also been tried, but not many people want it. Foreign merchants also like silk and don't want this canvas at all. Fan Jia had a solemn face and told these situations.

Jiang Hexing knew that these foreign businessmen in Xu Wen were probably from Southeast Asia, and there was no cold weather, so how could they ask for thick canvas clothing. Besides, what they imported from abroad were luxury goods, so that businessmen were willing to do it, and clothes for ordinary people were not the focus of businessmen at this time.

Fan Jia continued: "My current fleet goes to Xuwen, basically bringing some silk, medicine and other light goods, and when I get there, I exchange some local and some foreign spices and the like, and the rest is copper coins, oops, in fact, the most headache These copper coins are too much, a shipload of goods, or even a boatload of copper coins back, other things can't be loaded." Besides, copper coins are not ordinarily heavy, and a boat can't hold much. ”

Only then did Jiang Hexing understand that Fan Jia had traveled such a long voyage, bringing light things and coming back, and the boat that came back had to carry a lot of copper coins. The obstacle to this transaction is the copper coin, which is heavy and occupies space.

The river said: "Is there no gold or silver there?" ”

Fan Jia said: "There is gold and silver, and the local merchants dare not accept it, they are all exchanged for copper coins by the government, and I don't deal directly with foreigners, but with local traders." Now all the new money collected is messy Wang Mang's change, which changes three times a day, and the currency value is still unstable. Some even turtle shells, shells and the like are used for money, and the local coast is the most lacking in these shellfish things. But what do I want these things for?

The fleet that went to Xu Wen in the first two years was okay, but this year it was almost not profitable, and there was no way to do serious business, there were too many varieties of money, and the big money was okay for five dollars, and there were those who used cloth as money. You say I'm pulling a boatload of canvas and then changing it back for a boatload of cloth, what's the use? ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Then how do you make money?" ”

Fan Jia rolled his eyes and said in a low voice: "This serious business is just a cover-up, and I mainly exchange five baht money privately." Now you can't use five baht in public, and you can't stop people from using it in private. In the Xu Wen area, almost all people are using it brightly. I, an outsider, can't use it yet, and it's troublesome to be targeted by the government.

I had to use my own goods privately and exchange them for five baht with local merchants.

They also knew that the imperial court limited five baht, so they also wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible, so the price was negotiable. That's the secret to my money. ”

The river is in the heart, no wonder the prices in Pingzhou have risen so violently, and Fan Jia's big boat alone has pulled a lot of five baht. (To be continued.) )