Back in Kunning Palace, the little girl told Queen Zhang about her apprenticeship. Empress Zhang was a little surprised when she heard this, and her index finger was a little girl's forehead, "You, a good female worker doesn't study, and she doesn't study carefully, but she wants to learn what martial arts, and she is careful that she can't marry in the future." The little girl fell into Queen Zhang's arms, her little head kept shaking around, and she said coquettishly, "If you can't get married, you won't marry, just stay with your father and mother." Queen Zhang also had no choice, hugged the little girl with one hand, stroked her head with the other, and said in her mouth, "You, you're so uneasy." Seeing the two brothers standing aside, they couldn't help but glare at them, and the two brothers smiled awkwardly. Zhu Houwei said cautiously, "It's good that you have something you like to do, if you can learn if you are a female celebrity, you can learn it, and if you can't learn it, forget it, anyway, if you need clothes, quilts or something in the future, you can let your subordinates do it, or go to the ready-to-wear store to buy it, but you can't leave this study." ”

Empress Zhang glanced at him angrily, and complained, "You two brothers are also uneasy, what are you used to your sister in?" The two brothers had no choice but to bow their heads and remain silent, but they thought in their hearts, "It's not just us who are used to sisters, don't put all the responsibility on us." ”

In the evening, Hongzhi also came, and Empress Zhang and Hongzhi talked about the little girl's apprenticeship and martial arts. Hongzhi shook his head at first, and then smiled at the little girl and said, "You can't leave the female red and studying." "Well, that's it. Empress Zhang and the brothers both pouted.

After the meal, Zhu Houzhao and the two brothers told Hongzhi about Bai Xiaode's situation, and Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh after listening, "This person is thoughtful, all-rounder, and understands the sufferings of the people, and is proficient in practice, but it's a pity that he has no intention of officialdom, it's a pity." Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Daddy, although Mr. Bai is unwilling to be an official, he will go to Chaoyang Academy to teach in the future, and in a few years, there will be many more talents like Mr. Bai in Daming." Hongji nodded, the gloomy look on his face softened slightly. Zhu Houwei thought in his heart, "You have already arranged an errand for your father-in-law, and you still don't have to leave home, and I still want to give advice as a military advisor in the future." ”

The next day, the three brothers and sisters came to the Bai family, and as soon as they entered the door, the two brothers felt a cold light, and at first glance, it turned out to be the angry eyes of the senior sister, matched with the sneering face, which surprised the two. The little girl stepped forward to say hello, and Bai Yulian looked away from her "gentle" gaze, which greatly reduced the pressure on the two. It seems that she already knows the news that Bai Xiaode is going to set off again.

In fact, there are two main purposes for coming today, one is to give the little sister a gift, yesterday the two did not bring anything, these two people are usually cumbersome, the body jewelry, jade pendant, silver that is not brought. Another purpose is to appease the irritable senior sister, of course, it was Zhu Houzhao who made the shot, and Zhu Houwei came to fill the number and support the scene.

For the little junior sister, everyone's emotions are different, but they all attach importance to her. Zhu Houzhao gave the little junior sister a slingshot, this slingshot is specially made, the material is high, the force is less, and the range is long. Zhu Houwei sent the four treasures of the study made of glass, which are exquisitely made. The gifts given by the two are one article and one martial arts, and they also wish the little junior sister can become a civil and military all-rounder in the future. After Xiao Ding Li thanked her seriously, she accepted it. As a little senior sister, the little girl sent a lot of sweets in the palace, and a sachet that she knitted by herself, Hongzhi, Queen Zhang, the two brothers and Bai Yulian all have one, although the workmanship is not very good, but everyone is very careful to collect. Today's one basically has the average level of the Ming Dynasty, which is the most successful work of the little girl.

After giving the gifts, the five people came to the nearest reservoir in Li Town, and today is the day when the reservoir is open for fishing. After more than one year of raising fish in the reservoir, today is finally the day of harvest.

As soon as I arrived next to the reservoir, I saw a sea of people. There are only dozens of people in charge of fishing today, but after all, it is the first time that Huangzhuang collects fish, and as long as there are idle villagers, they all come to see the excitement.

With the guards opening the way, the villagers spontaneously gave way, and the five people soon reached the edge of the reservoir. Gu Dayong is directing the Jinyi Guard to maintain order and not let the villagers get too close, otherwise it will be fatal if they fall into the reservoir. When Gu Dayong saw 5 people, he hurriedly asked Jinyiwei to continue to maintain order, and asked the onlookers to keep a distance of more than 1 meter from the reservoir, and then ran to say hello with a smile. In the past two years, Gu Dayong's life has been very good, although he has not made a lot of money, but there is no intrigue, there is no need to try his best to please and sell well, he just needs to do his own easy job honestly. People are in a good mood and look younger. The most important thing is that the crown prince manor has to handle a lot of materials and money every day, which shows that he is still in the heart of Jane and has no proof of rejection. Zhu Houzhao smiled at Gu Dayong and asked him to get busy by himself and don't worry about it, so Gu Da continued to work with his fart.

The Zhuang guests in the Zhuangzi are all workers, and once they need to maintain order, they will use Jinyiwei. These brocade guards are basically active in Huangzhuang, although the monthly money of Jinyi Wei is not much, but Huangzhuang will also send another monthly money, and the Jinyi Wei who is resident here is also very happy.

In order to store water as much as possible, there are basically no shallows around the reservoir, and as long as you step into the water, the shallowest is 2 meters deep. No one is allowed to swim here, so the reservoir has been impounded for more than a year, and there have been no cases of drowning.

At this time, there are about 10 fishing boats floating in the reservoir, and some of the people standing on the fishing boats are rowing, some are determining the direction of the fish, and some are casting fishing nets. Each fishing boat is about 8 meters long and 2 meters wide, and the belly is a little deep, so you can hold many fish.

The people who came to fish this time were all Li Zhen, who had better water quality. After a while, a fishing boat began to pull its nets. The six strong men worked together, but the crowd standing on the edge of the reservoir could see that the six strong men were pulling very hard. After a while, the nets were gradually pulled up, and although the nets at the bottom were not yet visible, many fish kept jumping out of the water, breaking the calm of the water. From time to time, large fish jump out to attract the amazement of the crowd. After another half a minute, the bottom of the net was finally half-exposed, and the crowd let out a huge exclamation at the same time, and then everyone had a smile on their faces. The men who pulled the nets were stunned at the same time, they had never caught so many live fish, and there were 4,500 fish in the nets, all kinds of fish, silver carp, grass carp, carp, crucian carp, catfish, etc., and some of the fish could not even be named by the experienced fishermen. The most powerful thing is that there are a few big fish, the largest one is estimated to be 1.2 meters long, it is a big-headed silver carp, it is estimated that there is also a 7,80 pounds, suddenly, the big fish jumped, and the splash hit the face of the man who pulled the net. Good guys, anyone who gets hit by the splash feels the pain. However, the smiles on the faces of several people were not knocked out by the splash. Being able to catch a big fish is something that can make the fishermen brag about it, and this time they caught such a big fish, enough for them to brag about it for a long time.

The people on the shore couldn't help but laugh when they saw the embarrassed appearance of the six men, and the reservoir turned into a sea of joy. The little girl excitedly said to the two brothers, "Big brother, second brother, let's bring that big fish and raise it to the palace, right?" Zhu Houzhao shook his head slightly, "This fish is not rare, and the color is not gorgeous, what to do when you take it back, it is better to eat it today." This remark won Zhu Houwei's heart, but the little girl and her senior sister and sister all stared at Zhu Houzhao, although the emotions in their eyes were different, but they still made Zhu Houzhao retreat. Zhu Houzhao nodded helplessly, "Okay, take it back, don't stare at me like this, keep watching, maybe there is something bigger than this." The three girls turned their heads and continued to look at the other fishing boats in the reservoir.

Five people watched the reservoir for about an hour before leaving, and each fishing boat was fully loaded, and the number could not be counted because it was still fishing. However, Zhu Houwei was already very satisfied when he saw the fishing. The nets of the fishing boats are specially made and the grid is relatively large, so there is no need to worry about overfishing.

The five people walked to Guan Zhuang's Mansion, where today's lunch was settled. Along the way, the little girl kept talking about the fish she saw. As for the big fish that the little girl had booked, it had been whipped up and sent to the palace in a large wooden basin.

A shop in the vegetable market in Li Zhen has a lot of fish, all freshly caught. It attracted a lot of people to buy. Each Huangzhuang villager comes to buy by virtue of household registration, only 30 Wen a catty, and each person is limited to 50 catties. And if it is a person from outside the village who comes to buy, it will cost 50 Wen.

According to the sales situation, more than 10,000 catties were sold in one day today, and more than 3,000 households in Li Town basically bought them. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually less than 300 taels. But less than a quarter of them were sold, and the big fish were not sold. Tomorrow, all the restaurants in the capital will get the news and come to buy. Big fish is also prepared for restaurants, so that it can be sold at a good price. Gu Dayong sent someone to weigh the big fish caught today, the largest one was 1 meter 4, weighing 95 catties and 7 taels. However, fishing will continue tomorrow and the next two days, and there may be bigger fish at that time.

The next day, many restaurants in the capital sent people to Li Zhen to buy fish, some with deep pockets and some with small businesses. Under the instruction of Zhu Houwei, Huang Juan, a strong woman in the business world, a first-term student of Zhufu, organized buyers to conduct a big fish auction. For this novel model, everyone can accept it, to put it bluntly, the one with the highest price wins.

In the end, 35 fish larger than one meter were sold for 13,000 taels, and the largest one sold for 2,000 taels. The rest of the fish was also swept away, and the fish caught yesterday sold for a total of 16,000 taels, which is a small profit. Many restaurants have also signed agreements to sell a certain amount of fish to each restaurant at a price of 45 wen per month in the future. With a population of 2 million in the capital, the fish in the three existing reservoirs in Huangzhuang can be consumed.

The commercial area of Li Town is very large, and the land in the south and southwest has basically been settled by merchants, and a steady stream of materials are sold to Huangzhuang. But the land in the southeast is still empty. Zhu Houwei thought of building a big auction house here from this auction, and in the future, any rare treasures, rare and exquisite, can be auctioned here, and the auction house will charge a certain handling fee. It doesn't matter whether you make money or not, the important thing is that you can attract popularity, so that the value of the commercial area can rise, and the rent of shops in other commercial areas can also be higher in the future. This is also convenient for Taobao, the masters are in the people, and there are many treasures in the people, Zhu Houwei thinks.

There is one thing that is very different from other places in doing business in Li Town, and that is taxes. Of course, even Huangzhuang is not qualified to collect merchants' taxes, so Zhu Houwei changed his name to Yangzhuang Silver, which is basically thirty taxes and one, which is the same as the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty, but the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty is very flexible.

Small businessmen with no background will go bankrupt because of taxes and expropriations, while powerful businessmen will not have to pay much in taxes. In short, the commercial tax that the Ming government can receive is a very pitiful figure.

In Li Town, it is different, if you are buying something, of course, you don't need to pay Yang Zhuang silver, but if you sell items to Huangzhuang, you have to collect it. Every 10 days, someone comes to check the accounts, anyway, most of the merchants here sell things to the Huangzhuang, how much your account is, just take care of the records of the Zhuangfu, so no one can escape. You can't fight in the background here, this is Huangzhuang, if you don't follow the rules here, then you can only go to Jinyiwei to drink tea. There are brocade guards patrolling the streets in the commercial area all the time, and these brocade guards do not pretend to be majestic to the merchants and people, but once they find that there are gangsters who dare to make trouble, they will immediately turn into angry King Kong. After catching a few groups of people, the merchants gradually found that the security here was good, even if the door was not closed at night, it was very safe, and there were no gangsters to make trouble, and no officials would come to eat and take cards or anything, all the money and property transactions were very clear, reasonable, and well-founded, so they willingly handed over this Yangzhuang silver.

There is not much silver in the village, only 120,000 taels per month, and what Zhu Houwei values is not money, but to establish this rule, so that businessmen can develop the habit of paying taxes according to law. How important business taxes are, Zhu Houwei knows better than anyone in Daming.