Chapter 251: Look at the strange, different Tiananmen
After explaining the exhaustive thermometer, Yang Gai asked a more important thing.
"Li Niang, I asked you to collect wool, how is the situation? What about business in Mongolia? And what progress? "Yang Reform is now fighting the idea of Mongolia, and this Liulizhai action has to be matched with his own strategy.
"Hui Gongzi, I have collected some wool, but not much, only 120,000 taels of silver wool, but ......some cotton has been harvested," Sun Liniang replied.
"Oh? Don't get much? What's wrong? Isn't it the season for sheep cutting? Still is? Yang Reform saw that he didn't receive much, so he asked, Yang Reform is going to make sheep and eat people, this is a long-term strategic problem, war, that can only solve the problem in a short period of time, so, I am very concerned about this matter.
"No, Childe, there are sheep on this grassland, but there is really not much wool produced, and the wool in Mongolia is used to make some carpets, or tents or something, I'm afraid...... Childe, in fact, Mongolians raise sheep, mainly for meat...... "Sun Liniang knows a little bit that her men probably collect wool for weaving, but when I inquired, the wool in Mongolia can't spin fine things, so it can only make some rough things, and can only be used as carpets, or as warm materials for their own tents." So, I didn't spend much money on my own ideas, and in addition, I really couldn't get it, because no one wanted that worthless thing, so the yield was not high.
"Oh, eating meat? Is that so? ...... "Yang Reform fell into contemplation, this sheep eats people, wool is the key, but Yang Reform doesn't know much about this wool, and when he heard Sun Liniang explain this, he didn't pursue it, the textile craftsman in the south has not yet arrived, and the specific textile craftsman will wait for the textile craftsman to see it, and Yang Reform is ready to let go of the time."
"How much cotton was harvested?" Yang asked again.
"The cotton received thirty or forty thousand taels of silver, and it was not much." Sun Liniang said.
"Oh, I know......" Yang Reform sighed, 30,000 or 40,000 taels of cotton, this is really not much, Yang Reform remembers that the information said that a piece of cloth is about one stone of grain, thirty or forty thousand taels of silver, if it is counted as thirty or forty thousand stone of grain, it will be exchanged for thirty or forty thousand pieces of cloth, but now that the price of grain in the north has risen, it may not be exchanged, in fact, it can be exchanged for about twenty or thirty thousand pieces of cloth.
"Childe, in my opinion, it is better to collect cotton cloth directly, if cotton is not spun into cloth for a long time, it is easy to deteriorate due to moisture, if it is cloth, it is easy to store more." Sun Liniang complained. The emperor asked her to harvest cotton, and she collected cotton, but when dealing with the cotton industry, she also understood some of the situation, this cotton is far less easy to preserve than cloth, and moreover, cotton has to be harvested and asked to be spun into cloth, which is also a troublesome matter, it is better to buy cloth directly.
"Well, I know what you said, this, let's talk about it later,......" Yang Reform has no bottom about the textile industry, he doesn't understand it at all, and he can only wait for the textile craftsmen in the south to arrive.
"Well, the slave family knows, so what about the wool and cotton?" Sun Liniang asked.
"Go on......" Yang Reform has no bottom, so he can only do it first, and wait for the experts to come, anyway, it's soon.
"Okay, the slave family knows." Sun Liniang agreed to come down.
"How's it going about exchanging glass for Mongol things?" Yang asked again.
"Hui Gongzi, this matter, like wool, is occupied by merchants in Shanxi, the slave family wants to meddle in, it is difficult, even if the slave family has a master of ceremonies and a brocade guard, if you want to meddle in the business outside the gate for a while, I am afraid that there is no need to count on it, alas...... These businessmen in Shanxi have covered the business outside the customs so strictly! …… Now the trade outside the customs has to go through those Shanxi merchants...... "Speaking of Shanxi merchants, Sun Liniang is angry, she also tries to do business directly with the Mongolians outside the customs, but others don't care about her, even if there is a post from the celebrant supervisor, and the support of Jinyiwei, for a while, it can't become any climate, and it is suppressed everywhere, things, you have to go through the hands of others, and the money is all earned by others, so when it comes to this, I complain to Yang Reform.
"Shanxi businessmen? …… Hehe......" When Yang Reform heard this term, his heart tightened, and his brows furrowed, these gang have suffered a thousand cuts, wait a while, there are you good-looking, and you will be called traitors.
"Hehe, okay, Li Niang, don't worry about those Shanxi businessmen, just do whatever you have to do." Yang Gai comforted that it was not yet time to move those people.
…… Yang Reform and Sun Liniang learned about the business and production again, and originally wanted to score twice, but he was disturbed by this Shanxi businessman and lost interest, so he came out of Liulizhai directly.
Coming out of Liulizhai, Yang Reform was thinking that he had to give the new army a new military uniform or something, the new army, there was no new uniform, what was it like? However, Yang Reform is not omnipotent, he doesn't know anything about this wool and this textile industry, and he can only think about it casually.
The carriage still jingled all the way, passed through the Xuanwu Gate, and went straight to the money village on Chang'an Street.
"Otomo, there are so many people!" Yang asked Gengai. Although he was in the car, Yang Gengai lifted the curtain from time to time, looked outside, and found that this person was not ordinary.
"Hui Gongzi, this is the entrance of the vegetable market, and the entrance of the vegetable market has always been very prosperous, of course there are more people." Wang Chengen, an old Yanjing who was familiar with this place, sat in front of the carriage and replied.
"Oh, no wonder, I didn't think it before!" Yang Reform didn't come out before, but I didn't think it was so prosperous.
"Back to Gongzi, I didn't go to the vegetable market before, but today I went to Qianzhuang and took a shortcut, so it's the first time I've seen it." Wang Chengen explained.
"Oh, that's right! No wonder. So where now? Yang Gengai saw this prosperous scene, people by people, cars by people, and asked curiously.
"Hui Gongzi, now that I have passed the entrance of the vegetable market, passed the Xuanwu Gate, and walked to the West Street of Chang'an Street in Xuanwumen, it will not be long before I can go to Qianzhuang." Wang Chengen explained carefully.
"Oh, Chang'an Street? West Street? Xidan? "Yang Reform understands Chang'an Street, Chang'an Street is famous! Who in the Chinese does not know? The famous [***] is in the center of Chang'an Avenue, and it is a symbol of the center of China.
"Hui Gongzi, it is indeed Chang'an Street, there is indeed a Xidan archway, I didn't expect Gongzi to have heard of it, where is it a prosperous place!" Wang Chengen introduced with relish.
Yang Reform is extremely excited, this Xidan is also famous in the future! But the famous business circle, I didn't expect that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it would be so famous, and then think of Chang'an Street, [***], this is the place that the Chinese yearn for in the future! Yang reformed and decided to stay for a while, I had to walk this Chang'an Street in the Ming Dynasty again, feel the Chang'an Street of the Ming Dynasty, go down from [***], and feel the difference between New China and the Ming Dynasty.
"Li Ruolian's money bank is open on Chang'an Avenue?" Yang asked excitedly. This Chang'an Avenue is really as wide and straight as Chang'an Avenue in the future, and it extends into the distance.
"Hui Gongzi, yes! Almost there. Wang Chengen agreed.
Yang Reform has been lifting the curtain and looking at the scenery outside.
"Hehe, there are so many carriages here!" Yang Reform was in the carriage, and he saw from a distance that not far away, there were many carriages parked, and people were roaring and neighing, which was very lively.
"Back to Gongzi, where is Li Ruolian's kid's money bank, the business is really good, quite good! Look at the chariots, it seems to be full of silver. Wang Chengen's eyes were sharp, and he could see at a glance that this carriage was different from the carriage he was riding, and it was a carriage used to carry goods.
Yang Gai looked at Wang Chengen's hand, and in the middle of the group of carriages and piles of people, it was estimated that Qian Zhuang was located.
"I said, it doesn't seem to have a signboard in that bank!" Yang Gengai looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see a signboard, he only saw a building, the door was open, and people came and went, but he didn't see any signboard in this building.
"Hehe, Hui Gongzi, indeed, it seems that there is indeed no signboard, this is also difficult for those people, small estimate, then Li Ruolian is afraid that he will not dare to set up a signboard without His Majesty's permission." Wang Chengen replied with a smile. So many people came to save money, and the emperor's pockets were bulging.
"I'm ...... Is that okay? Don't even have a signboard to open a bank? These guys are looking for money here, and you are not afraid that this money bank is a black village. Yang Gai listened to Wang Chengen's explanation, and couldn't help but chant in his heart.
"Big companion, also send someone to save some money to try, don't miss your ......identity," Yang Reform said, such a hot money saving scene, as the owner of this money bank, Yang Reform decided to try the service here.
"The little one obeys, and then sends someone." Wang Chengen agreed, and then muttered a few words to the "security guard" beside him.
Yang Gai looked around and found that there were not a few people who came to watch this kind of hot money saving scene like himself, and there were many carriages like himself, parked on the opposite street of the money village, watching this rare hot scene from a distance, and many people were also like himself, pointing at the money bank.
Seeing this, Yang Reform was relieved, such a hot scene of saving money, it should be no problem to absorb and save two or three million taels of silver.
Wang Chengen reminded: "Your Majesty, you have to go to the money village to have a look." ”
"No need, Li Ruolian and they are busy today, let's not add to the chaos. How much less money do you have to save if you delay him? "Yang reform is now big money.
"The little one obeys." Wang Chengen agreed.
…… After a while, the "security guard" who went to save money came back with a shameful face.
"Qi Yu Gongzi, the small ones save money, and the people in the money village don't save the small ones." The security guard who was in charge of saving money did not reveal his identity, but just deposited money according to ordinary people, but he didn't expect to eat a closed door, blushing and embarrassed.
Yang Reform was very surprised! How did Li Ruolian do this, he didn't even want silver? This service attitude is too bad, he refused to deposit money from his boss, this ......, and turned around to clean up Li Ruolian.
"Why, you don't have a knighthood?" Yang Reform thought about it, he does have restrictions on saving money.
"Hui Gongzi, the little one has a martial arts lieutenant from the sixth grade, and he is the last rank of the noble!" This guy blushed and was very embarrassed, he ran an errand for the emperor, but he actually messed it up, or his own family smashed his own errand, it was really a loss of face and lost home, and the emperor said don't leak his identity, otherwise, this matter is also simple.
"What did the store say?" Yang Reform asked, this is his own personal experience, and after that, he has to repair Li Ruolian, this guy, he doesn't even want the money sent to the door, this service attitude is really bad.
"Hui Gongzi, the people in the store said, today is really busy, dozens of taels of silver, in a few days when the store is free, and then collect ......" The "security guard" who saved money was almost ashamed to death, he went out, and he didn't bring much silver, he temporarily made up dozens of taels, and actually gave people too little silver to turn him away, this ......, if this is not his own son's shop, he invited a group of people to smash him.
"Bah......, I rely on ......" Yang Reform was speechless. But think about it, it is understandable, today is the first day of the nobles to save money, this, it seems to be understandable......, for the silver, what customer is God, go to hell, no, the customer is God, the big God with more silver, the little God is the little God, this little God obviously can't do the big God's ......, the big one must be collected first, and the small one is put last.
Yang Reform's side of this scene, someone next to him also saw it, and some people also came over to say hello.
"Brother Tai, brother Tai, polite, brother Tai ......" This person hugged his fist from afar, and greeted him from afar.
The surrounding security guards were immediately alert and secretly on guard, but there was no order, so they did not take action to capture this person.
The person who greeted him probably sensed something, stopped, and said from a distance: "Brother Tai, in Xia Wu Ziling, it's polite......" This guy stopped and said hello, and introduced himself first.
"Hehe, polite, polite......" Yang Gai stood on the carriage and also hugged his fists, which was considered a return gift.
"I've been observing Brother Tai for a long time, and I found that Brother Tai seems to be here to save money, I don't know if it's right?" The one named Wu Ziling asked.
"Oh, yes! I heard that the interest rate of this money bank is quite high, so I came to see it. Yang Gengai said with a smile.
"I wonder if Brother Tai has been saved?" The one named Wu Ziling asked.
"Hehe, I'm not satisfied with you, I didn't save it, this store is big, bullying customers!" Yang Gai complained that even his own boss dared to turn him away, and he must repair Li Ruolian next time.
In the face of Yang Reform's complaints, the person named Wu Ziling immediately had a good impression of Yang Reform, thinking that he was a fellow traveler, and also complained: "That is, I also came to save money in Xia, but the hateful thing is that this shop actually wants to see if there is a title in Xia, or whether it is okay for the Wangfu family, you say, isn't this bullying me and so on?" Why are only vassal kings and nobles allowed to save money? ”
"That's it! Isn't that bullying? I just asked someone to save money, but I was actually prevented from saving it, it's really hateful......" Yang Gengai was amused in his heart, and he also pretended to be angry and lied.
"That's it! This is discrimination against us, thinking that we are also eunuchs, why can't we save money? This, brother, this must be fought for by His Majesty! I heard that this rule was set by His Majesty, and I think that our official eunuchs should also serve the court and the Ming Dynasty, so why don't you let me save money? Brother Tai, I think that in this matter, we should fight with His Majesty, what does Brother Tai think? This person named Wu Ziling didn't dare to speak disrespectfully, but he was upset for the official eunuchs, looking at Yang Reform's dress and entourage, it is estimated that he was not an ordinary person, and he heard Yang Reform say that the money was not saved, so he regarded Yang Reform as the children of the official eunuchs, because the vassal kings and nobles could save money, so they immediately came to unite Yang Reform.
Yang Reform laughed to death, sure enough, these officials and eunuchs saw that the vassal kings and nobles could save money, they were in a hurry, they were in a hurry to save money, who knows, this itself is a set of their own sets, these people generally have a surname, close to donkeys.
"Yes! I support this, and this should be ...... with Your Majesty" Yang reformed the pretended support. In fact, I laughed to death in my stomach, and sure enough, these eunuchs fell into their own traps. Don't let them save money, they think that Fang's will also save, if it is made clear at the beginning, it is estimated that no one will save, people's thoughts and behaviors, it is really strange.
"Thank you brother, then I'll leave ...... next" This guy saw that he had become one, and immediately prepared to contact the next one, to this extent, the rest, needless to say, I didn't save money now, of course, I went home and told myself Lao Tzu, let Lao Tzu join hands to put pressure on His Majesty, let everyone save money, of course, this can't be said clearly, otherwise, it will become a party for personal gain, this is a taboo.
"Let's go, don't send ......" Yang Reform said goodbye to the official eunuch in a serious manner.
As soon as the man left, Yang Reform smiled opposite Wang Chengen, and sure enough, seeing that the eunuchs who had no right to save money were in a hurry, they began to connect in tandem.
Yang Gai said with a smile: "Let's go, big companion, take a walk around this Chang'an Street today." "Yang is in a good mood, and he is ready to take a look at Chang'an Avenue again, take a look at [***], and feel the difference between [***] in the two time and space.
"Childe, don't you go to the money village to have a look?" Wang Chengen asked in surprise, after all, the purpose of coming here today is to see the money bank.
"No, now the money village is busy, or the silver is important, since this matter has been completed, it doesn't matter if you go or not." Yang reformed.
"Yes, the little one understands." Wang Chengen agreed.
…… The Chang'an Street of the Ming Dynasty was not as wide as that of later generations, and there were no street lamps that marked the surname, and the square was not so big, there was no Monument to the People's Heroes, and there was no Great Hall.
[***] and the appearance of later generations, completely different, now is the archway, and the city tower is different.
He silently saluted [***], and after [***], Yang Gai pointed to the houses behind him and asked, "What are those houses for?" ”
"Hui Gongzi, where is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Zongren Mansion, and the ...... where the yamen of the Ministry of War are located," Wang Chengen introduced.
"Oh, that's it!" Yang Gengai remembers "before", this is [***] Square, the monument to the people's heroes is erected, and there is the Great Hall of the People.
(To be continued)