Chapter 513 Russian Pavilion

After leaving the palace in a sedan chair, Yinzhen changed into civilian clothes and was about to go to the Yinyu Baylor Mansion in the Iron Lion Alley, but the guards who went to inquire hurriedly came to report: "Master, the ninth master Yinzhen is not in the mansion, but in the Russian Pavilion on the Yuhe Bridge in Dongjiang Mixiang——"

Russian Pavilion? Yinzhen was slightly stunned, he asked Lao Jiu to form a caravan to trade in Russia, but he didn't expect Lao Jiu to be so serious that he went to the Russian Pavilion to inquire about the situation.

The Russian Pavilion was established after the Battle of Yaksa in the 27th year of Kangxi's reign, and Kangxi organized the captured Russian prisoners of war into a separate Russian consort. Yellow. The seventeenth leader of the Fourth Staff of the Banner Manchuria, the people of Beijing called the place where these Russians lived the Russian Pavilion.

Yinzhen has no good impression of the Russians, this polar bear is the most ambitious, and the Russian leader is not a good thing, colluding inside and outside, taking advantage of the opportunity of trade and mission visits, wantonly spying on the intelligence of betraying the Qing Dynasty, he thought angrily, now that Kangxi is in power, it is not easy to eradicate them, but he has to send someone to closely monitor their actions.

There was nothing to do, Yinzhen groaned slightly, and then ordered: "The area around Dongjiang Mixiang is rarely visited, so I will take a look by the way." As he spoke, he stepped forward.

Seeing that Yinzhen had temporarily changed his itinerary, Da Chun hurriedly sent people to the front station, because it was in the inner city, he didn't care too much, and the group left.

The location of the Russian Pavilion was originally the Great Qing Dynasty Pavilion, the Great Qing Dynasty Tribute Pavilion was mainly to place the tribute envoys of the Qing Dynasty vassal states to come to pay tribute, and the vassal states came to Beijing to pay tribute, all of them lived in the Pavilion, because the tribute envoys of various countries were allowed to trade in the Pavilion, and it was also a duty-free trade, so the vassal states were frequently sent to pay tribute, and they opened the market in the Pavilion, and after a long time, a huge duty-free market was formed here.

Yinzhen and his entourage strolled to Dongjiang Rice Lane, and found that the big square in front of the original hall was full of people, lively and extraordinary, there were many stout foreigners with high noses and blue eyes among the merchants who came and went, and after a glance, Yinzhen knew that it was a Russian, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder, it turned out that the Russian caravan had arrived, no wonder Lao Jiu would run over in person.

Yinzhen walked around with great interest, and found that the goods traded in Russia were mainly furs, woolen, leather, livestock, iron plates, etc., he was more interested in iron plates, and the quality of Russian iron plates was still good, but considering the long distance, it was impossible to transport them in large quantities, and the consumption of steel was too large, and it must be based on its own development, so he dispelled the idea.

At this time, the neighing of a horse caught his attention, and he followed the sound, but saw a tall and beautiful jujube red horse neighing, what kind of horse is this? Yinzhen walked over suspiciously, this horse is quite beautiful, it should be an Arabian horse, and when he walked up, he found Yinzhen standing aside in civilian clothes, and his butler was talking to a Russian businessman.

Suddenly seeing Yinzhen, Yinzhen couldn't help but be surprised, hurriedly greeted him, looked around, just shook slightly, and said, "Why did the fourteenth brother come over?" ”

Yinzhen nodded with a smile and said, "I'm idle, I want to talk to Brother Jiu, I heard that you are here, so I came to find you." As he spoke, he raised his chin at the horse and said, "What, I have taken a fancy to this horse, is it an Arabian horse?" ”

"Fourteenth brother has good eyesight, this is a purebred Arabian horse." Yin Yu flattered, then looked left and right, he knew in his heart that the old fourteen must have something important to find him, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "There is a restaurant in front, it's not bad, let's go over and rest?" ”

Yinzhen nodded slightly, and the two of them went out of the market one after the other, and entered the 'Yulu Restaurant', at this time it was past dinner, and there were not many people in the restaurant, Yinzhen threw five taels of silver, and let Xiao Er empty the second floor, Da Chun and several other guards did not dare to be careless, and walked around the restaurant up and down, staring secretly. …,

Yinzhen and the two chose a table by the window, and as soon as they sat down, Yinzhen poured a cup of tea for Yinzhen and asked, "The fourteenth brother came here on purpose, but is there something urgent?" ”

Yinzhen shook his head slightly, and said, "I rarely come here to hang out, and I heard that Brother Jiu is here, so I stopped by to take a look." As he spoke, he said: "Brother Thirteen has returned to Beijing, and I will set up a banquet for him in the evening, and I don't want to go to 'Tangboju', you still have Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, right?" ”

Yinyu is well-informed in the capital, and he has already heard the news of the old thirteen years of returning to Beijing after the victory of Japan's Eastern Expedition, and when he heard that this was the case, he immediately took it down, "It's no problem with this, wrap it up on me, go to my Zhuangzi, it's much more casual than in 'Tangboju'." ”

Yinzhen smiled and nodded: "It's not just a casual picture." As he spoke, he turned his head and said, "Is there an eyebrow for the caravan going to Russia?" ”

Yinyu nodded, and said: "The preliminary decision has been made, the Chang family in Yuci, Shanxi, the Chang family has been trading with the Russians on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou-Kulun trade route for many years, with a large scale, good reputation, and familiar people, and they also know Russian merchants thoroughly, I talked to the head of the Chang family, and they are very interested in going to Russia to trade." ”

Yinzhen sighed slightly, and then said: "Although Russian trade is not as good as sea trade, it is the main trade route in the northwest interior, and it will gradually expand, and the development of this trade route is not only to understand Russia, but also to vigorously develop trade with Russia, so it cannot be limited to one."

Shanxi businessmen bear hardships and stand hard work, have abundant capital, and have the courage to open up, not only the main business group of trade with Russia, they are also the most important business group of northwest trade, they must be slowly supported, and they will be integrated in the future, and it is not a good thing for one family to be dominant.

The eight imperial merchants of the Jin Dynasty, the Cao family of Taigu, the Fan family of Jiexiu, the Hou family, the Qu family of Qi County, and the Kang family of Pingyang are all rich businessmen and giants on the rich side of the Jiajia side, and they must be slowly pinched together and firmly controlled in their hands. ”

Yinyu's eyes widened when he heard this, the old fourteen is also a little ruthless, it doesn't count if he catches the sea trade, and he starts to fight Shanxi's idea of people again, these Shanxi businessmen are all powerful and wealthy, and it is a little difficult to integrate them.

Seeing Yinzhen's surprised look, Yinzhen smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Jiu is interested in commerce and trade, you might as well pay more attention to and study the merchants of the Qing Dynasty, in the past two years, focus on the northwest first, and you will spend more effort on the Jin merchants, and in the future, the imperial court may add the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture, and there is still a shortage of talents in this area."

These members of the imperial court can consider the southeast, southwest, and north of the Qing Dynasty as a whole, and there are no people in Russia, Northwest, Europe, and the United States. ”

Yinyu was excited when he heard this, the meaning of the old fourteen's words was to ask him to focus on commerce, this is the real God of Wealth in the Qing Dynasty, he was busy on the chair and bowed down and said: "Fourteenth brother, don't worry, Yinyu will do his best to do a good job in business." ”

"Yes." Yinzhen nodded and said, "In addition, Russian businessmen, you have to send more people to find out, no matter where their businessmen go, they will learn about the local situation in detail, record it, and report it to the imperial court when they return to China."

Over the years, the Qing Dynasty has always felt that it is the Celestial Empire, and has disdained the situation outside the Qing Dynasty, thinking about Japan, even if it is closed to the country, it still understands the situation outside through the 'Tang Chuanfeng storytelling' system, in this regard, we have done too badly, we didn't know how big the world is, but now we know, we have to keep abreast of the situation around the world, but we can no longer be blind. ..., these things, you plan slowly, one is to spy on the situation in various places, and the other is not to leak the situation of the Qing Dynasty, and the disobedient businessman will make him bankrupt. ”

Hearing this, Yinyu didn't dare to sit anymore, so he quickly got up and hugged his fists and bowed half-bowed: "Minister Yinyu respects the crown prince's will." ”

"Sit. It doesn't have to be so formal. Yinzhen smiled slightly and said, "Brother Thirteen has good wine, do you have good wine in your Zhuangzi?" ”

Yin Yu sat back in the chair and said with a smile: "Give the thirteen the wind, how can you do it without good wine?" Although the fourteenth brother can rest assured, there are many famous wines in my Zhuangzi, Shanxi Fenjiu, Lu'an Liquor, Jiangnan Peijiu, Yeding Boiled Liquor, Hunan Street Liquor, Shaanxi Quanjiu, Guizhou Miao, Sichuan Lujiang Liquor, Daimyo Diyu Liquor and other famous liquors from all over the world, and there is everything in Zhuangzi. ”

Hearing him report for a long time in one breath, Yinzhen couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Jiu really plans to do wine business?" ”

"Didn't the fourteenth brother say last time that with the prosperity of overseas trade, wine will sell well?" Yin Yu said with a smile: "I am investigating the situation of famous wines in various places, and the wine shops in the capital are not as complete as my Zhuangzi." ”

Seeing that Yinzhen does have a heart, Yinzhen sighed slightly and said: "Your hotel can take the model of 'four constants' and open branches in major ports, in addition, only all kinds of liquor is not enough, there must be wine, wine is indispensable in navigation, you can consider self-produced wine, Xinjiang is rich in grapes in the Western Regions, the quality is also excellent, what is lacking is just brewing technology, French wine is famous all over the world, the navy went to Europe, so they can hire winemakers at a high price." ”

This method is really good, the winemaking technology of the Qing Dynasty has long been lost, and the existing brewing technology cannot make good wine at all, otherwise Kangxi will not only drink France, as the so-called scarcity is expensive, if the Qing Dynasty can make good wine by itself, it will definitely make money, he is busy laughing and said: "Self-brewing and self-selling, the profit can be doubled immediately, good grapes are not only in the Western Regions, but also in Lingnan, and the winemakers in France must also have fourteen brothers to greet the navy." ”

Yinzhen nodded with a smile, and was about to speak, but he heard a quarrel downstairs, and listened attentively, but one of the people who listened said angrily: "Brother, you guys are also unreasonable, I am a regular customer of this store, why don't you let us go up?" It's not like we can't afford to pay for it. ”

Then he listened to Da Chun's low voice, "A few more people, my master on the second floor has already been covered, you can change places." ”