Li Chengliang was a scholar in his early years and a middle-aged man. If you get any of these two items, it is easy to develop the habit of "being more careful". To say that it sounds good is to be able to listen to the sound outside the strings and understand the subtext of others. To put it bluntly, it is too much thinking and too strong associative ability. At this moment, when he heard Xu Yuanzuo mention Nu'ergan, he first thought of Zhang Ge Lao's flickering private message, and there were already a few bends in his mind.

――Did Zhang Ge send him to urge me to make meritorious service? What are the arguments between the DPRK and China? Isn't it a matter of time to recruit Tatars lately? Why did you suddenly think of a place like Nuergan? What kind of martial arts does Zhang Ge want to see? Is it a small win? Is it a catastrophe? Or do you want to lose first and then win?

These questions were only floating in Li Chengliang's mind. As for the activity of consciousness in the depths of his mind, I'm afraid he didn't even realize it. If Xu Yuanzuo knew how deeply Li Chengliang considered this issue, he would have expressed a deep understanding of the Li family's nine general soldiers and slaves sitting in the special city.

Having said that, the future king of Liaodong can live to be ninety years old after so much effort, which shows that he is purely relying on his brutal flesh to carry it!

Li Chengliang said with a smile: "Inspecting slaves is a must-do every summer. As for sending troops, it is also a common thing, and it is always necessary to deter those wild people and prevent them from having a bad heart. ”

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head and smiled: "How much is the salary given by the imperial court?" ”

Li Chengliang didn't understand: "Why did Jing Lian say this? ”

"What's the benefit of running like this? I've heard that the Hu people outside the border wall are so poor that there are only some shoddy goods left. ”

Li Chengliang cleared his throat in embarrassment and said, "Li has the responsibility of guarding the land, and he always has to do his best to solve the worries of his father. "He is a scholar, and the clichés of repaying Jun'en and Huai Xiande are very smooth.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "The handsome man is brave and loyal, which is indeed admirable. But the students used to read. See that there are seven martial virtues in the book, which are said: prohibition of violence, soldiers, protection of the great, determination of merit, peace of the people, harmony of the people, and abundance. Dare to ask the marshal, the imperial court has stationed hundreds of thousands of troops here, and martial arts can have these seven virtues? ”

Li Chengliang became serious: "Jing Lian, you and I are not outsiders, and we can speak out. Could it be that there are villains in the DPRK who are spreading rumors? The voice of accusing Li Chengliang of killing good and risking merit and raising thieves has never stopped. That's why. He knew how heavily he relied on Zhang Gelao.

He said secretly: In the past, Elder Zhang Ge would also send someone to beat him and tell him to restrain himself. But this time it was different, either there was something else hidden, or the situation was a little tricky, and even Elder Zhang Ge was unwilling to get involved. Hey, in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, can't the nobles of the court and China stop for some time?

Xu Yuanzuo saw that Li Chengliang had entered the state, and said with a smile: "Actually, if you want me to say, if there is no marshal in Liaodong." I don't know how rampant Tatar is! This is the work of the forbidden soldiers, and there is no escape. ”

"Thanks to the majesty of the Holy Heaven." Li Chengliang did not dare to relax.

"The marshal can control the raze with razing, so that the Hus restrain each other and stop rebelling. To make Liaodong Zhuyi Hu land, into Zhuxia, this is the virtue of Baoda Dinggong. It can't be erased. ”

"Thanks to the lives of the predecessors and the sacrifice of the soldiers, Liaojun can be returned to the king."

"As for the people and the people. As long as you come to Liaodong in person, who can object? Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "The handsome man has these six virtues. It's already a generation of famous generals. It's a pity that I didn't get rich. ”

Li Chengliang's face suddenly became wonderful.

When Xuanzong abandoned Jiaozhi, the civil officials were this set of rhetoric; Opposing going to the West again, the civil officials also used this set of rhetoric.

To sum it up, it is nothing more than four words: the gains outweigh the losses.

"Could it be that someone proposes to abandon the place where hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong live!" Li Chengliang was furious.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "The gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable." What does the handsome think? ”

"This, this, this is simply ridiculous!" Li Chengliang said: "Since the recovery of Emperor Taizu Gao, Liaodong has been filled with hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the past two hundred years. Reclamation of thousands of hectares of tuntian is already my Han land! This place is vast, although a corner can reach a province, how can it be regarded as more than worth the loss? What's more, how can you say that you will abandon it? "Liaodong is the foundation of Li Chengliang and has lived for generations. He couldn't imagine what he would do if the imperial court abandoned Liaodong.

Li Teng sat on the side, his eyes slightly closed, and he looked like he was outside a wandering object. He didn't rest in his heart, and secretly said that Xu Yuanzuo: This is really a borrowed sock without shoes, and he used Zhang Jiangling's name to harm others. Zhang Jiangling also walked a lot at night and finally saw the hell, broke out in the wind and waves, but capsized in the gutter, and would give Xu Yuanzuo such a big hole.

He knew the open and secret battles between the Zaifu, of course he didn't believe that Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jieqing were father and son, and Aiwu and Wucai trusted Xu Yuanzuo so much. Most of them were moved by what this little God of Wealth said, but I don't know what kind of chips they are, and they are so valuable.

Xu Yuanzuo raised his hand lightly: "Don't panic, the big marshal, there is no foundation in rumors, as long as we have deep roots, no one can move." ”

Li Chengliang said: "Please also teach me." He thought that Zhang Ge Lao had given Xu Yuanzuo a strategy, so the original words were "Jing Lian taught me", and the translation was "Jing Lian taught me with Zhang Ge Lao's strategy". In order to avoid the suspicion of civil and military traffic, he didn't dare to mention Zhang Juzheng's name, thinking that Xu Yuanzuo was also a general consideration, but he didn't know that these were Xu Yuanzuo's private goods.

Xu Yuanzuo didn't mind that Li Chengliang had a misunderstanding, and said honestly: "They want profits, let's give them benefits." ”

Li Chengliang smiled bitterly: "This is of course the method of doing business, but it is a pity that the output of Liaodong is limited, and it is difficult to say that it can be self-sufficient even if it is ten thousand acres of tuntian." Where is the surplus of goods to be paid to Jingzhong? ”

"Outside the side wall." Xu Yuanzuo said.

Li Chengliang even seemed to have eaten Coptis chinensis, and said, "Jinglian, you don't know anything." The imperial court allowed those people to change the market, but it was to pity them for their poverty. They just exchanged some mountain delicacies and horses for some food, and many tribes have never even seen cotton cloth, what can they squeeze out? He guessed that Zhang Ge Lao was at most a strategy to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, and it was up to him how to do it. As for the idea outside the side wall, it is so out of tune, most of it was Xu Jinglian who came up with it himself.

Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "Shanzhen also has expensive goods." Let's just say that there are two ready-made ones, if they are sold in the customs, not to mention more, there will always be two profits. ”

Li Chengliang said: "Li has been in Liaodong for a long time, but he doesn't know that there is still this treasure in Liaodong." ”

"One is fur, and the other is ginseng." Xu Yuanzuo said.

Li Chengliang thought for a moment. Said: "Liaodi fur is indeed good, and there are trade routes, but the profit is really not high." As for the ginseng, Jing Lian didn't know anything, and he couldn't transport it to the customs at all. ”

Xu Yuanzuo had already inquired about the price of fur when he was in Beijing, in terms of relative price. It's really not expensive, and it's not much to look at. This once made Xu Yuanzuo very confused, because in terms of warmth, fur definitely kills the textiles of this era. Moreover, although it did not reach the coldest era of the Xiaoice Age, the winter in Beijing was already very cold.

After careful investigation and analysis, Xu Yuanzuo came to two conclusions: first, the style of fur products is single. In addition to making cloaks, it is also used to warm hats. Since there are few uses, the sales volume is not high.

The second is that you didn't choose the right market.

The capital said that it was at the feet of the Son of Heaven. The first good district, but it depends on the situation.

Before the Song Dynasty, the country radiated outward with the capital as the core, and the capital was indeed the best place. After the death of the Song Dynasty, Meng Yuan gathered all the treasures of the world in Dadu to enjoy it, and Beijing can also be regarded as the best place. However, after the martyrdom of the country, the Son of Heaven sat in Beijing to guard the country. The best district in the country is in the south of the Yangtze River, Susong Changying Sifu.

After Jiajing, the world's trade was the first silver, and the status of Jiangnan's first good was more stable. Of course. There may be more silver in the cellars of southern Fujian and Guangzhou, but there is no need for fur there for the time being.

Fur, as a luxury item, should obviously be placed in a place where there is also a demand and at the same time a large amount of silver. Not to mention that the price of grain in Jiangnan is still low, and there are still profits in Liaodong, which is a healthy and complementary market. And Jiangnan has many skilled craftsmen. As long as Xu Yuanzuo is properly guided, fur capes, fur cloaks, fur leggings, and fur mattresses ...... It will become a good product for winter.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "If the marshal is willing, he can send someone to buy Liaodong fur." I set up a cabinet at Liangfangkou, and as long as it is sent there, I will buy it according to the market price of the Jingshi. It may not be a large volume at first. But it should be able to increase it. As for ginseng, why can't it be transported to Kannai? ”

Li Chengliang was not surprised by Xu Yuanzuo's own purchase of furs, guessing that he probably had a sales channel, at most, he would make less money, and he would never lose money. As for ginseng...... "but it's because it's too long." Li Chengliang said: "Everyone knows that ginseng is a good baby, but this treasure is too picky, and it is difficult to find it in Liaodong." There are still outside the side wall, but as long as they are dug out, they will change on the fifth day, and they will start to rot on the sixth or seventh day, so this treasure is destined to be inseparable from Liaodong. ”

Even at the fastest speed, it will take more than ten days to transport it from the side wall to Lushun, and it will rot before it can be transported to the market.

Xu Yuanzuo touched his chin: "I can do this business." ”

Li Chengliang's eyes lit up.

Since the Song Dynasty, ginseng has entered the eyes of the citizens. They even experimented with two people of similar physical fitness, one with ginseng and the other without, and the one with ginseng was noticeably a few streets away from the other.

In this year, the people of the Ming Dynasty are also very popular to eat ginseng. However, I eat Codonopsis, which is ginseng from the upper party. Because everyone knows that Codonopsis is good, the officials knocked it off, so that the ginseng garden that planted Codonopsis was unable to support it, so they simply destroyed the ginseng field and stopped planting. The growth cycle of wild Codonopsis is calculated on an annual basis, and it was soon picked and extinct. Later, what people said about Codonopsis was not even in the same family as the original Codonopsis.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "I plan to sell this kind of good thing to Jiangnan." In fact, Jiangnan does not participate, so the price still has to be explored. In short, I will double the price of the ginseng collected by Dashuai, and I will not make Dashuai suffer. ”

Li Chengliang was afraid that Xu Yuanzuo would not accept the market, and said: "Ginseng is hard to find, even in Liaodong, the price of ginseng is not cheap." ”

Xu Yuanzuo said: "I don't know what the price is? ”

Li Chengliang sorted out his thoughts and said: "The Liao people put sixteen ginseng two, named Zuse ginseng, which is the same price as silver. ”

Xu Yuanzuo was stunned: "Sixteen taels!" ”

――One ginseng is more than a pound! Are you kidding me?

Xu Yuanzuo had a feeling that common sense had been subverted.

He knew a little because the elders in the family wanted to use ginseng to supplement. However, the standard of ginseng in later generations is age, not weight. Generally, ginseng grown by ginseng farmers can not have many ginseng for six years. Because ginseng is easy to rot after five years of planting, the price will rise if the age of ginseng is higher by one year.

Wild ginseng is less likely to grow than planted ginseng, and the amount of ginseng will not continue to grow after a certain number of years, but will also fall. To grow to a pound of plant, what is the concept? Although it cannot be arbitrarily said that there is absolutely none, it is impossible to carry the weight of the car.

-- Such a treasure is only sixteen taels!

Xu Yuanzuo rubbed his face.

Li Chengliang thought that Xu Yuanzuo was too expensive, and explained: "This is just ordinary foot ginseng. Ginseng ginseng, stained with the word 'human', is amazing. If you grow a four-body skeleton, the price can be doubled; If you take human form, it's priceless! ”

Xu Yuanzuo said: "It's not easy to grow to full color." ”

"Mountain delicacies, although they are not as everywhere as fungus mushrooms, but there are a lot of them." Li Chengliang smiled and continued: "If it is not colorful, the price will be much worse." the eight or nine colors fell to nine or ten taels; When it comes to hedging, half-colored ginseng, that is, eight taels, only four taels of silver. If it is less than six taels, it is called ginseng bubble. Ginseng bubbles are worthless, and you can collect one or two pounds. ”

"This different fur, I know it can be used very well, and it is very good for hanging. So please take as much as you want. By the way, I heard that there is a ginseng garden in Shanxi, and it is best to set up a garden for cultivation of Liao ginseng. Anyway, I take as much as I want from this stuff. ”

Li Chengliang hesitated a little: "How can Jinglian be shipped out?" ”

"Students have their own plans, that is, where is the general counter located, can the marshal have suggestions?" Xu Yuanzuo said.

Li Chengliang's eyes fluttered: "Then it can only be located near Zhenbei Pass, and it is not good luck if the road is far away." ”

Xu Yuanzuo said: "If it is necessary, what if it is set up outside the side wall? It's easy to say. ”

Li Chengliang is not good at persuasion, think about this person has Zhang Ge as the backstage, what is the point of waiting for idle money? Just said: "It's better to be safe, there will be nothing wrong within the side wall." ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled and continued the topic just now: "With these two things, the handsome man is enough to block the villain's mouth with 'abundant wealth'. However, if you want to be like the Mu family of the Duke of Qianguo, it is still a bad breath. ”

In the past two hundred years, who will have a heart of disobedience? If he can be knighted, it will be the apex of the minister. When Li Chengliang heard the Mu family in Yunnan, his eyes shone brightly, and the whole person became vivid.

"Jing Lian thinks I can do this?" Li Chengliang leaned forward slightly and asked seriously.

――Zhang Ge thinks I can do this?

This is what Li Chengliang really said, and Xu Yuanzuo listened to what he heard.

"It's very simple," Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile, "As long as the court feels that you are indispensable, and your sons are indispensable, why worry about a Liao Guogong?" ”

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