The south bank of the Bianhe River in the southwest corner of Tokyo, although it is not very far from Kaifeng Prefecture, it can even be said that it faces each other across the river, and a corner gate of the Bianhe River flows into Tokyo City from here, and the ships on the river are weaving, which is one of the areas where the traffic in Tokyo City is very convenient, and not long ago, someone bought a large vacant land on the south bank of the river, and the surrounding warehouses, and then began to build a large number of buildings, there are rumors that a huge workshop will be built here, and the craftsmen who work alone will be thousands, And these people have to be recruited from ordinary people, and I don't know if it's true or not?

"Lady, the eldest sister has sent a letter from there, she has organized the fleet, there are hundreds of big ships at a time, and the goods needed are even more massive, and now she is raising money for the goods, ask us if we want to participate in a share?" On the driving carriage, Zhao Yan asked Cao Ying in front of him with a smile.

"Alas, I want to participate in the shares, but there is no money in the family, but this kind of thing can't be cheapened by others, I'll go to a few sisters and ask, there will definitely be people interested." Cao Ying sighed and said, but this kind of crying poor words came out of her mouth, no matter how strange it sounded.

"Lady, the sea trade is a profitable business, or don't buy the house in the southeast corner of the capital, and when the sea trade makes money, we can buy a bigger and better one!" Zhao Yan tentatively persuaded at this time, he not only took a fancy to the profits of Haimao, but also took a fancy to Haimao to open the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, so he wanted to participate sooner or later.

"That's not good, the courtyard in Shangshuizhuang is no longer inhabitable, and the husband also plans to merge the other courtyard into the Gewu Academy, and the husband is not used to living in the palace, so he naturally wants to buy another house, but the better houses around Tokyo City are all occupied, this time I finally met someone who is willing to sell the house in the southeast corner of the capital, if we don't buy it." Next time you want to buy it, you may not want to sell it. Cao Ying objected with full reason.

"Okay, since you must buy the house, why don't you stop the canning workshop in the southwest corner for a while, and if it really doesn't work, find someone to buy shares, so that you can always free up some money, right?" At this time, Zhao Yan mentioned again that what they were going to now was the canning workshop located on the south bank of the Bianhe River. Since Cao Ying knew the role of canned food, she immediately bought land and built a workshop, in order to produce canned food as soon as possible, and then make it a new pillar industry in the palace.

"Absolutely not, the construction of the canning workshop must not be delayed, I have already planned all the progress, and when the workshop is built this winter, I will recruit craftsmen and familiarize them with what they are going to do. After the beginning of spring, the canning workshop can officially produce canned food, and then we will be able to make the first money, as for letting others become shareholders, it is even more impossible, the canning workshop is our Guangyang County Palace, no one wants to interfere! When Cao Ying said at the end, there was a fierce light in her two big eyes, which looked like a cat protecting food.

Zhao Yan saw Cao Ying's appearance. At the moment, he is also dead and no longer persuasive, speaking of which, the county king's mansion originally had a lot of money to spare. But in order to buy a new house and build a workshop, the copper money in the treasury was spent like flowing water, and now Zhao Yan's palace really can't take out too much money, otherwise with Cao Ying's temper, he will definitely not give up the huge profit of the sea trade business.

Just as Zhao Yan and Cao Ying were talking, the carriage finally came to the canning workshop under construction. Before Zhao Yan and the others opened the car door, they heard someone outside say respectfully: "Steward Qian respectfully welcomes the prince and princess!" ”

"Hehe, it seems that the steward recommended by Brother Jiu'er is a very knowledgeable person, and he greeted him as soon as we came!" Hearing the sound outside, Zhao Yan smiled at Cao Ying at the moment.

"This man doesn't just know the opportunity. And the ability is also good, the person I sent to supervise the work reported to me that the entire workshop was well organized by Qian Jing during the construction of the workshop, speaking of which, although Brother Jiu'er is not good in other aspects, but the ability to see people is not bad! Cao Ying also said happily, on the one hand, she was happy that there was a capable steward in the house, and on the other hand, she was also happy that she had found advantages in Cao Song, her cousin.

The canned food workshop is different from the soap workshop, before the machine qì did not replace the labor, the production of canned food is a labor-intensive industry, especially Cao Ying plans to make the canning industry bigger, so the whole workshop needs thousands of people to work together, so that there is a need for a capable person to manage these people who do the work, but Zhao Yan's house has no talents in this area, and finally Cao Song, who is still in business, recommended a person to him, that is, Qian Jing, who was talking outside.

At that moment, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying walked out of the carriage hand in hand, only to see a gray-haired steward standing outside the carriage, who looked to be about fifty years old, of medium stature and ordinary appearance, with a few wrinkles on his naturally smiling face, wearing a clean green cloth robe, standing there looking kind, and knowing that he was a businessman at a glance.

"Hehe, money stewards don't have to be polite!" When Zhao Yan saw this amiable Qian Jing, he also smiled and said.

Speaking of this Qian Jing used to be the steward of the Gao family, that is, the person of the Gao family's mother's family, after Zhao Yan invented honeycomb coal, the Gao family suffered a big loss, but out of the consideration of the same general, the Cao family did not do things absolutely, after the Gao family bowed to them and admitted their mistakes, they transferred part of the honeycomb coal business to the Gao family, Qian Jing is quite talented in management, and the Gao family's Zuò honeycomb coal workshop is managed by him.

Originally, the steward of Qian Jing's identity would not leave the main family lightly, but he unfortunately had a beautiful daughter, and as a result, a Yanai of the Gao family wanted to accept his daughter as a concubine, but Qian Jing was reluctant to wronged his daughter as a concubine, so he refused, and the later things were very old-fashioned, and the Gao family's Yanai persecuted him in every way, and even used his connections to drive Qian Jing out, and let him out, who dared to take in Qian Jing's family, was against their Gao family.

Because of the relationship between Queen Gao, the power of the Gao family is flourishing, so after Qian Jing was driven out of the Gao family, no one dared to take in their family, and in the end they were almost about to beg for food, fortunately Cao Song accidentally met, others were afraid of the Gao family, but their Cao family was not afraid, so Cao Song originally wanted to take in Qian Jing's family, and then accept Qian Jing as a use, but it happened that Zhao Yan's mansion was going to build a canning workshop, and a suitable talent management was needed, so Cao Song gave Qian Jing to Zhao Yan, and kept saying that Zhao Yan owed him a favor, Be sure to return it when you need it in the future.

Qian Jing is also very grateful to Zhao Yan who took him in when he was in danger, every time he sees him and Cao Ying, he is very respectful, Zhao Yan said how many times he didn't have to be too polite, but Qian Jing just couldn't change it.

Zhao Yan and Cao Ying are here today to inspect the construction process of the canning workshop, and after chatting with Qian Jing at the moment, he immediately asked him to lead them to visit, everywhere they go, Qian Jing will give a detailed introduction, so that Zhao Yan and Cao Ying know what is being built here, what is the use in the future, when can it be built, etc., it can be said that the construction progress of the entire workshop is under Qian Jing's control, which also shows his outstanding management skills.

After this period of construction, the entire canning workshop has actually been completed for the most part, and a relatively simple factory building has been built on the original vacant land, and it will be completed soon, as for the warehouse, it is ready-made, and it can be used with a simple transformation, but Zhao Yan found a problem.

The whole workshop is still just a big construction site, the construction site is naturally dusty, Cao Ying has already put on the veil, but at this time Zhao Yan is frowning and looking at his feet, and suddenly said to Qian Jing introduced next to him: "Money is in charge, I am very satisfied with other aspects, but I see that the workshop is dusty, in addition to the reason why the house is still being built, in addition, our feet are all dirt, our workshop is to make canned food for people to eat, we must keep it clean and tidy, so can we harden the ground, Like paving bricks and stones? In this way, there is no need to worry about dust in the future, and rainy days in the future will not affect the operation of the workshop. ”

Hearing that Zhao Yan actually wanted to pave the ground of the entire workshop with green bricks, before Qian Jing could speak, Cao Ying next to him had already taken the lead in laughing and said: "Husband, don't laugh, although the green bricks are not very expensive, but with such a large area of the workshop, if all the green bricks are paved, it will also be a huge expense, and we don't have so much money left in our house!" ”

"The princess is right, it is too expensive to pave the ground with green bricks, and although the stones are cheaper, if you want to pull them from outside the city, you need to hire people, and it costs a lot, and the stones are not easy to level on the ground, and it is also difficult to walk." Qian Jing also dissuaded at this time, and even if these words were not put forward by Zhao Yan himself, I am afraid that he would still think that the person who said such a mention was stupid? After all, even if it is a palace, it is impossible to cover all the ground with green bricks.

"Cement!" Zhao Yan suddenly patted his head when he heard this, and said to himself, he patronized the manufacture of cans, and actually forgot about cement, a milestone building material in the history of construction, although cement looked ordinary in later generations, and the price was not expensive, but the emergence of this building material changed the way of human construction, and those big cities in later generations were called cement forests, which shows the widespread use of cement in buildings.

"Husband, what is cement, did you think of anything again?" When Cao Ying looked at Zhao Yan's appearance, she immediately asked with a light in her eyes, whether it is soap or canned food, it can bring huge benefits to the palace, which also makes her pay more and more attention to what pops up in Zhao Yan's mind, although she still doesn't know what cement is and what it does, but her intuition tells her that this kind of thing called cement must also contain huge benefits. (To be continued......)