On August 10, Yang Bo took the people of the Department of Commerce and Trade, Xiucai, calves and a few guards, etc., and the group of people took a mighty boat into Beijing to report on their work.

Zong Yuanfang and others have already finished offering prisoners, listening to Zhou Guangbi said, the people who watched along the way were endless, and those unlucky Tartars received countless angry rotten vegetable heads, stones, etc. along the way, Zhou Guangbi sighed again and again after coming back, it was worth the trip, and I don't know if he was moved by the gratitude of the people along the way because he entered Beijing to see the emperor.

The calf has never been to the capital, and he wants to come and see, so Yang Bo agreed, and Chen Bilian naturally will not give up this opportunity, but the most important thing in this trip is not to report on work, but to inspect Tianjin, Beijing and other places, and set up shops and online stores along the way, so he also brought some people from the Commerce and Trade Division, as for Xiucai? First, he had been to Jingshi, Menqing, and secondly, he had no face to stay in Lushun to make jokes, so he volunteered to be a guide for Yang Bo, Yang Bo felt that he had made Xiucai really choking this time, so he nodded and agreed.

Xiucai was finally called a swallow, but he was pecked blind by the wild goose and folded in Wang Xiaoqi's hands......

When Yue Xiucai patted his chest in front of Yang Bo, he ran to the confinement room excitedly, wanting to see how stubborn this student was.

Seeing Wang Xiaoqi for the first time, Xiucai scolded Yang Bo in his heart for being psychopathic, such a well-behaved young man was locked in a confinement room like a thief, and after talking to Wang Xiaoqi for a few words, Xiucai became suspicious, this Wang Xiaoqi treats people modestly and politely, and speaks politely, where is there a trace of viciousness? Although there is a slight slickness on the face, it is not a big mistake, is it?

Xiucai asked Wang Xiaoqi about his life experience, but he didn't expect to be even more sympathetic when he asked, it turned out that this Wang Xiaoqi was originally a scholarly family, just because his parents died, and he had no choice but to do some stealing chickens and dogs in Anton Wei to make a living, shouldn't he have provoked a big man in Anton Wei a few days ago, and was blocked in the alley by the family and beaten up violently, and then he was inexplicably taken to this place to continue to be locked up, speaking of which, Wang Xiaoqi was already crying loudly, and his expression was extremely aggrieved......

Xiucai is angry, Xiucai is really angry!

Do you need to say who that big guy is? Xiucai has been dissatisfied with the barbaric and rude approach of adults for a long time.

Adults have always had the bad habit of tying people up, didn't they tie themselves all the way here like this?

Xiucai, who was sympathetic to the same disease, had great pity, so he asked Xiao Wu to open the door of the confinement room, and wanted to take Wang Xiaoqi back to study, Xiao Wu was hesitant, and wanted to make a decision after asking the adults, and saw Wang Xiaoqi obediently kneeling on the ground and kowtowing three times, saying: "Sir"

Xiucai knew that Yang Bo was deliberately testing himself, and thinking of Yang Boping's disdain for Confucianism, Xiucai was immediately furious, and pulled Wang Xiaoqi away.

On the first day, Xiucai taught the three-character scripture, Wang Xiaoqi was clever, and he could recite it orally as soon as he said it, and he memorized it backwards

The next day, Xiucai taught a thousand words, Wang Xiaoqi began to struggle a little, but the effect was good, he could write down his name silently, Xiucai was overjoyed, thinking of Yang Bo's skeptical eyes was very unhappy, Lao Tzu is also a well-educated person, teaching these Mengxue can not show their own means, Xiucai decided to start teaching the content of the four books tomorrow, although Wang Xiaoqi is a little slower to learn words, but it is better to think quickly, a little bit of understanding.

On the third day, Xiucai relaxed his vigilance and didn't bring a ring ruler and kitchen knife to class, and something happened!

As soon as the door was opened, a bucket of water fell from the sky, and Xiu, who was drenched in soup, just shook his head, the back of his head hurt, and before he fell, he saw his well-behaved disciple holding a rolling pin and smiling at him......

Later, Xiucai couldn't remember clearly, anyway, when he woke up, he had become the laughing stock of Lushun, not only was he tied to the flagpole of the school field for a night, but even the purse was gone, Xiucai was not distressed about a few broken silver, but the love letter he wrote to Qiu Ping was also posted outside the gate of the deputy general's mansion by that brute,

For a while, the phrase "through your black hair my hand" spread all over Lushun, Qiu Ping was so angry that she was going to die or live at that time, and later felt that she had no face to see people, so she returned to Maojiatun that day......

Hearing that his filial disciple didn't even paste a leaf on him, Xiucai's first reaction was: "Lao Tzu is famous now"

Yang Bo was furious when he learned about it, not for the sake of showing talent, but because Wang Xiaoqi was gone!

Fortunately, the ships in Lushun were under the control of the little lady, and they were checked for three days, and finally He Jiu led people to find Wang Xiaoqi on the nearby Tiger Tail Mountain......

"Evil beasts!" Xiucai couldn't get angry when he thought of Wang Xiaoqi.

Yang Bo was chatting in the cabin with a shopkeeper introduced by the Yao family, this shopkeeper surnamed Wu, was originally the shopkeeper of the Wu family pawnshop in Tianjin, and had a lot of business dealings with Anton Wei Yao's family, I heard that Yang Bo had a ship to Tianjin, so he came to the door to ask for a ride on the way, Yang Bo didn't care, but after hearing that he wanted to buy copper, Yang Bo became interested.

When the shopkeeper Wu saw Yang Bo asking, he took out a few copper coins from his jacket and handed them to Yang Bo and said, "My lord, do you see what is abnormal about these copper coins?" ”

Yang Bo took the copper coin, and he already understood in his heart that the shopkeeper Wu was doing a private money business, and he had also thought about it at the beginning, but firstly, the raw materials could not be found, and secondly, the sales could not be guaranteed, so he forgot about this matter, he originally planned that Gao Hongzhong's ship would bring back copper materials from Yueben and use it to make artillery, and now he saw that there was a business to do.

Yang Bo carefully looked at the copper coins in his hand, copper coins were the smallest circulating coins in this era, but because the copper coins issued by the imperial court were not enough to circulate, but the demand was huge, and the private money in the world began to flood.

Yang Bo couldn't see any difference after looking at it for a long time, so he said: "Shopkeeper Wu, I'm afraid this money is real."

Shopkeeper Wu smiled, handed over another copper coin and said, "My lord, please see, this is Wanli gold back money, you can compare it." ”

Yang Bo took it, and the feeling of comparison between the two came out, the previous copper coin was obviously much lighter than the copper coin behind, but a comparison of the color and luster could be seen that the private money was obviously much darker.

"Does anyone want this kind of private money?" Yang Bo asked curiously.

"Rush!"

Shopkeeper Wu replied very seriously: "Adults are rich and noble, so naturally they don't know that even if they buy a green onion and vegetables, they can't do without copper coins, so they can't pay the bill with silver, right?" It's just that copper coins are scarce in the north, and even this kind of crudely made secondary coins are in short supply. ”

"Oh?" Yang Bo said in surprise: "Could it be that those people are willing to exchange this kind of money? Wouldn't that cost you? ”

Shopkeeper Wu smiled slightly and said: "My lord doesn't know, this kind of private money depends on how much copper is mixed with, such as this"

Shopkeeper Wu pointed to the first copper coin and said: "This kind of second money is mixed with copper for two cents, lead and iron for eight cents, and the market can exchange about one cent of silver for two hundred, and one cent of silver for the first class can be exchanged for four or five hundred yuan."

Yang Bo nodded and finally understood the source of profit of private money, this kind of private money contains very little copper, and the gap is huge, so the inferior private money without copper is several times the profit, and if you make your own profits, it will be even higher.

Thinking of this, Yang Bo asked, "I don't know what kind of private money the shopkeeper Wu makes?" ”

Seeing that Yang Bo was finally interested, the shopkeeper Wu replied: "The Wu family often makes two cents of copper, but after the Dengzhou Rebellion, the waterway is not passable, and there is a shortage of copper in the north. ”

Yang Bo nodded, but he was thinking in his heart, this Wu shopkeeper probably heard about his own trip to the country to buy copper from Mrs. Yao, no wonder Baba took the initiative to come to the door, but he bought copper for cannon casting, and now that he has heard that he has begun to control the outflow of copper, it is foreseeable that it will become more and more difficult to buy copper in the future.

"Who is doing the private money? Is there a lot of competition? Yang Bo asked

"There is a shortage of copper in the north, and most of the wealthy gentry in the Jiangnan area are doing it, most of them are shipped to Jinmen, and they are sold in the Jingshi area, and they are several times the profit when they change hands" Shopkeeper Wu saw that Yang Bo was not angry, and he was a little anxious.

"I have copper material" After a long time, Yang Bo finally said what Shopkeeper Wu wanted: "But how much private money can Shopkeeper Wu give out in a year?" ”

The shopkeeper Wu said happily: "The adults don't need to pay attention to how much, how many copper materials the adults have to the villain, the copper material of the Japanese country is only five cents a catty, and the villain is willing to pay five times the price and the adults buy, how many wants!" ”

Hearing the five-fold profit, Yang Bo was really moved, he is now in urgent need of silver turnover, seeing that Gao Hongzhong and they are coming back, those copper materials are left and there is no silver to make cannons, it is better to make a shot, he now has a ship but no capital, thinking of this, Yang Bo got up and paced a few steps and said: "Shopkeeper Wu, Ming people don't say dark words, I have a ship of copper materials will be almost here, I can give it to you first, or even give it to you by four cents a catty, but I have a few conditions." ”

Shopkeeper Wu was accustomed to seeing the wind and waves, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, please speak"

Yang Bo said: "The sea trade runs twice a year, although I have a ship but no capital, if the shopkeeper Wu has the heart to do this business with me for a long time, after the silver and goods are paid, the shopkeeper Wu also needs to pay a deposit for the next copper trip, so that I can prepare to dispatch ships." ”

Shopkeeper Wu nodded without hesitation: "It should be like this"

Yang Bo said: "I also plan to find a shop in Jinmen, ready to sell some salt, sugar, tea, raw silk, etc., I don't know if Shopkeeper Wu can take care of one or two?" ”

The flesh on the shopkeeper Wu's face trembled, and he asked tentatively: "My lord, the shop in that lively place is expensive to buy, and you have to wait for the salary of the guys, and you can't produce much goods in a year, why don't you entrust it to the Wu family to sell?" ”

Yang Bo was overjoyed, but his face was impassive and said, "There is no problem with the Wu family selling illicit salt?" ”

Shopkeeper Wu smiled and nodded: "If an adult wants to sell salt in Jinmen, there are many difficulties, and the Wu family is used to doing this, but the price is ......."

Yang Bo pondered for a moment and said: "I will give you as much as the Yao family, but half of the private salt I will convert into grain at the market price, and I will transport the salt to Jinmen and bring the rice and grain back, which needs to be prepared in advance by the shopkeeper Wu." ”

The shopkeeper Wu was just about to pat his chest, when someone outside the ship shouted: "Tianjin has arrived!" ”

Chen Bilian was the first to jump off the board, looked left and right curiously, and then said, "So this is Tianjin?" ”

Yang Bo had come to Tianjin with a tour group in his previous life, but this era was a completely different scene, the goods on the wharf were piled up, and there were many beggars and people who sold their bodies crowded into a pile, looking eagerly at the ships moored at the wharf, and there was also a person who looked like a housekeeper and a boat lady frowning and selecting slaves, Wu shopkeeper took care of a few ox carts, and the group staggered towards Tianjin City, originally Yang Bo was also worried about his large amount of private salt, and the Wu shopkeeper was unable to mobilize so much rice grain to pay, But when I got out of the city, I was relieved to see the rows of trough boats on the banks of the canals, full of grain.

Yang Bo stayed in Tianjin for two days, finalized some details with the shopkeeper Wu, and then found a shop on the side of the canal with the people of the Department of Commerce and Trade and bought it, which will later be used as an online store for the sale of Lushun watches, and the people of the Intelligence Department can also use this cover to find out some news.

Jingshi set up a point as early as last year, and He Jiu also sent someone to be stationed here, but unfortunately he couldn't find out any useful news, so he simply laid it off, but this time he came to re-plan.

The foot of Jingshi is different from other places, although there are many beggars and people selling their bodies as usual, but the ordinary people are obviously much better than Tianjin, and the clothes on their bodies are brighter, even if they have not yet arrived in Beijing, the surrounding liveliness has far exceeded that of other places.

Yang Bo's novelty has long passed, and it looks like it's nothing more than that, but Chen Bilian and the others are entering the Beijing Division for the first time, and they are all curious, and they have made a lot of jokes along the way.

Just when Yang Bo stopped for the thirteenth time to relieve the numbness of his buttocks, he occasionally looked up and saw a gray dragon lying on the horizon in the distance, and the huge outline of the city was revealed.

"The Guangqu Gate has arrived," the coachman explained.

"Wow!"

The calf was lying on the side of the road dizzily, just vomiting vigorously, Xiucai paced down with his hands behind his back lightly, and glanced at the calf who was still vomiting with disdain. (To be continued.) )