"You are the head of the land, if there is a big mansion in the city, come and tell the official, buy it with silver, move in just for convenience, don't move if it's inconvenient on your side."

Hearing Wang Tong's magnanimity, Hang Daqiao almost knelt down gratefully, and said without a word:

"Many big mansions in Tianjin are empty, it's too easy for adults to find them, and I can give you a letter tonight." However, Wang Tong also didn't mean to drink on his side, and said with a smile:

"I don't know what goods are going to pile up on our side, let's go over and have a look."

There was no hesitation in this request, and said:

"It's all heavy stuff, and it's nothing to look at, so let's go with the adults and the little ones!"

After a short walk, you will reach the house at the back, where the snow is so thick that you can't even see footprints on it, and you can see ice marks from dripping water near the house.

It seems that no one has been here for a long time, walking through the snow, Hang Daqiao removed the wordless seal on the door, and after pushing the door open, the smell in the house was not unpleasant.

The goods were piled very high, covered with tarpaulin, and Hang Baihu stepped forward to open them, revealing bundles of bamboo of different thicknesses, Wang Tong was a little puzzled, thinking that this was an important cargo.

Wang Tong guessed if this Hangzhou Bridge was hiding something, and with a smile on his face, he looked at more than a dozen houses before and after, and he didn't need to lead the way, he designated the house himself.

It's all bamboo, every room is full of piles, what is the use of these bamboos, and what money is it worth, but you have to rent this brocade house for storage, even if the rent of the warehouse is cheap, it is silver, but also the cost, these look like nothing special bamboo is worth it?

Although Hang Daqiao and several leaders are shabby, they don't have to go out to work, they gamble and drink every day, according to Wang Tong's understanding, the soldiers of Tianjin Jinyi Guard rarely pay money to a few of them, and a few hundred households can still maintain such a leisurely life, presumably there is another income.

This income must be related to the rent of this treasury, and although it is not a large amount, it cannot be said that it is a small amount that is ignored at will.

When Wang Tong was in Beijing, he had a lot of understanding and communication with the merchants on South Street, and knew that it was not easy to do business in this era, and the profits were meager, so he couldn't spend too much on any link.

I didn't know about this bamboo and wood business before, but I can rent so many rooms to store it, instead of piling it up in the open air, is it very profitable, and what profit can this bamboo pole have.

"How much is the rent?"

Wang Tong suddenly asked such a question, Hang Daqiao was stunned, but he walked two steps quickly to Wang Tong and knelt down, kowtowed a few times, and said with a sad face:

"The small ones are guilty, but the rent of the small ones is almost spent, and this is approaching the end of the year, and I can't make up so much silver, my lord, or the big ones will return the silver from yesterday first......"

Wang Tong waved his hand with a smile and said:

"What do you want this money for, the official is asking you how much the rent is."

“…… A total of sixty taels of silver, forty taels were paid first, and twenty taels were paid when the goods were picked up after the canal was opened......"

Wang Tong waved his hand to let the Hangqiao Bridge stand up, walked to the goods with a sigh of sound, lifted the tarpaulin and looked at the bamboo poles below, almost twenty of them were framed with bamboo strips, and they were piled up in bundles.

"If you exist here, you can spend sixty taels, how much can he make in this business!?"

Nahang Bridge was a little confused, but he also saw that this Wang Tong was not looking for trouble with him, and he couldn't help but feel relieved and relaxed a lot, he was originally a lazy surname, and when he heard Wang Tong talking to himself, he couldn't help but step forward and said:

"My lord, how much does he earn for these sixty taels?"

"It's just a few bamboos, how much can he earn?"

"My lord, don't you know, this bamboo they bought in the south is only one penny or two cents, adults may not know this market, this bamboo pole can be sold for thirty wen on the Tianjin side of the city, fifty wen and sixty wen on the Jingshi side, it is said that if it can be sold to Liaodong or the Tartar side, it can be sold for one hundred wen and two hundred wen."

Hang Daqiao babbled a few words, Wang Tong was speechless, a bamboo pole from the south to the north, the price can be turned so much, the times are different, there are too many different places in this trade.

Recovering from the shock, Wang Tong shook his head and said with a smile:

"This money is so easy to make, why don't you bring some bamboo from the south to sell it, why bother to earn this little money."

"There has to be a way to get lucky, otherwise there are too many tax cards and taxes along the road, and there are some secret money to buy the road, even if it can be transported, there is no money to make."

Wang Tong smiled and did not have an interface, the cao boat transports the grain that maintains the northern land, and there is the privilege of exemption from inspection and exemption, these goods are supposed to be transported through this cao boat, so the tax is exempted and the profit is higher.

He didn't say anything here, but Hang Daqiao chattered:

"These bamboo poles are stacked outside, not to mention if they are cracked, who will not smoke one of the people who pass by, who will not smoke one and take it away, who will not use the new bamboo poles in the first month of the lunar month, and the firecracker racks will be used in each family, that is, they will rest assured that the name of Jinyiwei can still calm people."

Wang Tong glanced at Hang Daqiao, he really had nothing to say, when Jinyiwei was reduced to the point of showing the treasury to others, he actually felt that his face was bright.

He thought that there were some precious items stored in these warehouses, but he didn't expect it to be bamboo poles, and the excitement was not too big for a while, so he closed the door of the Hangzhou Bridge and turned around together.

"Our brocade clothes are different now, after you come, who dares to underestimate us, when the time comes, the porcelain of Jiangxi, the woven silk of Nanzhili, will be stored here."

Wang Tong reluctantly stopped and turned around, sighed and said:

"Lao Hang, you are more or less a hundred, how can you make a profit like this......"

After speaking, he strode to the main house, leaving this Hang Bridge there scratching his head in confusion, not knowing what he said and did wrong.

The main house where the Tianjin Jinyi guards gambled was cleaned today, the windows and doors were wide open and ventilated, and Ma Pozi instructed several women to wipe and clean the house.

Seeing Wang Cheng coming, he hurriedly shouted and closed the door, and someone brought the red-hot charcoal stove over, there was a difference between men and women, Ma Pozi shouted outside, and the men avoided it.

Wang Tong sat down here, but the blacksmith leader Qiao Da came over, looking a little excited and a little afraid, dodging and looking around.

This means that Wang Tong also understands, and he doesn't want anyone else to be present, Tan Jiang and the others are outside or at the Xingcai Inn, and the rest of the people in the house Wang Tong sent them out directly.

"Master, I'll ask for a favor first, if I violate the king's law by saying this, you can't send me to the official, or I won't say it." "Say it, my own people, which official to send, say it quickly!"

"There is a master's words, I will say, this Tianjin city is easier to do than the capital, our blacksmith workshop, whether it is coal or iron, is easier to find than the Beijing master, the price is also cheaper, and there is a benefit, there are many skilled craftsmen in this iron, and the craftsmanship is not bad."

Speaking of this, he stopped, Wang Tong nodded casually, and said with a smile:

"Isn't this a good thing, if you are short of money, go to Zhang Shiqiang to withdraw it, and spend what you should spend......"

Na Qiao rubbed his hands, but he didn't finish speaking, and said with some difficulty:

"The identity of those skilled craftsmen is not very good, they are all craftsmen of the firearms manufacturing camp in the east of the city, this ...... This is all for the official family, and it is taboo for us to use it, although those eunuchs don't care about it, but if you really want to investigate it, it is also troublesome......"

It turns out that such a difficult thing, the craftsmen in the firearms manufacturing camp is a semi-slave status, the family is quite difficult, there is no pay, are not willing to work, often sneak out to do private work, such things in charge of the eunuchs generally open one eye, close one eye, they are money and other loopholes, but ignore it, serious investigation must be punished according to the serious crime.

Wang Tong is not afraid of this, he may be a little jealous of the civil and military generals of foreign dynasties, but he is not afraid of the errands of these eunuchs, and he is also interested in what Qiao Da said.

Immediately spoke:

"Hire whoever you want, report the name of your master if something happens, you do it boldly, you have a silver reward if you do it well, if you don't do it well, the official will bear it for you!"

Hearing Wang Tong say this, Qiao Dacai put down his heart and hurriedly agreed.

As soon as he went out of the door, Zhang Shiqiang came in with the curtain lifted again, and said:

"Just now, according to the instructions of the adults, he and Tan Bing took the roster and counted the people again, but yesterday it was said that all the 246 people arrived, not to mention, there were actually 32 more people."

"Why are there more?"

"The subordinates are also strange, a question yesterday said that these people are also Tianjin Jinyi Guard's soldiers, because there is no money to support the family and lose their positions to work for people, or go home to farm, because they have a lot of contacts with those people yesterday, knowing that the adults are generous, so they also came today, and just now they were pestering their subordinates to ask for money, rice, pork or something."

Calculated that there were 820 people in Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu five years ago, could it be that they all ran back one after another when they heard that they could send money, Wang Tong pondered for a while, and said:

"Everything is halved, and to make it clear, they are no longer the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard, they can do things to make money and food, but they can only be the servants of their own officials, but they can't be errands, those who are willing to stay, and those who don't want to leave."

Zhang Shiqiang received the order, but he still asked suspiciously:

"My lord, will we be talked about if we do this, after all, we are all ......"

"It's all comrades, right, they don't want this official uniform, what are they doing comrades, besides, the soldiers here in Tianjin are all poor, and the more than 200 left behind naturally can't be taken away, raising them is the imperial court, it is the duty of the official, this else, the official doesn't want such a waste of subordinates, work to make money!"

(To be continued)