This kind of crisis in the Northern Han Dynasty has been fed back through some channels, and it is not something that Song Jiu can grasp for the time being. As usual, in the early dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly issued an edict that the people of Jiangnan were hungry, and gave 200,000 rice to Jiangnan to relieve the people of Jiangnan.

In the Song Dynasty, the promotion of Champa rice, as well as a small amount of enclosed fields, began to increase grain production significantly, and more people planted Champa rice this year. It is mainly in the Jianghuai and Jinghu areas, close to Nantang, and the freight is low. The first is to buy the hearts of the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty, so as to save the situation of Bashu again, including the previous edict allowing the people to cross the river to cut wages, and secondly, not to be short of grain, and the gold and silver that the Southern Tang Dynasty paid to the Song Dynasty every year I don't know how much grain Lu Dao can buy, as a feedback. Kill more than one stone.

But Zhao Kuangyin's move, Song Jiu still appreciates it very much, in his eyes there is no difference between the southern Tang and the northern Han, they are all Chinese. Moreover, the number of people is so small.

When he was in reverie, he issued another edict and bought 3,000 folding fans from Song Jiufan's workshop.

Song Jiu didn't pay attention to the tooth wat in his hand, and when he heard the edict being read, he almost fell to the ground. When the weather is hot, all kinds of clothes appear on the streets, and summer clothes are called prosperity, especially for men, whose spring has arrived. There are those who wear the original Song Dynasty jackets, and there are those who wear robes, but there are also people who wear shirts and ties, and there are those who wear T-shirts, and even some people continue to wear suits despite the heat, which is leather clothes. In desperation, to make suits or tunics, jackets, silk is definitely not good, and linen is too coarse, so it has to be replaced with leather. There are also cotton suits, the first cotton cloth is very expensive, the second it is easy to wrinkle, you have to put a manual, wear it for a while and use a kettle instead of an iron to iron it. The cost of buttons is also high.

But it doesn't matter, the price can be sold.

It was hot, and another workshop was quietly set up. Folding fans, the Japanese state has it. The Song Dynasty did not have it yet. The fan shaft material is not only bamboo, but also some fine wood. Ivory, jade, copper and iron, fans with paper and silk. It has beautiful embroidery, or paintings.

Song Jiu was thinking about it at the beginning, but at that time, he was just thinking about ordinary folding fans, and now the various folding fans made are many times higher, and they are also sprayed with spices. Then advertise. In the theater, the actors waved folding fans and sang operas. First of all, it aroused the curiosity of the noble lady, and she never came out. The Hunger Marketing Law, on the first day of May, was only long overdue, and it turned out to be a bombardment. So the streets were full of young men and women dressed in strange costumes and holding folding fans.

Many old-fashioned ministers always feel that something is wrong, and they don't know what is wrong.

About the changes outside, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't bear it, so he issued this strange edict, and only gave fifty yuan. The low ones in the store also sell for more than 100 yuan, and the high ones can be sold for a few dollars, which is not called buying and buying, but robbing. Robbery by peaceful means.

Zhao Kuangyin also added: "You are not allowed to give a second fan, this is what I reward you for your ministers." ”

Song Jiu's mouth opened, and he had no choice but to say, "Oh." ”

Yes and buy. I won't share the account myself.

In fact, he had a very tight economy at hand, and he paid dividends. He got a lot of money, but he was responsible for taxes of more than 170,000 yuan. Only more than 80,000 yuan was distributed to him. This time, no one was blushing.

This dividend, if Song Jiu does not hand over the profits of the glaze workshop, a glaze workshop will make money. Moreover, Song Jiu has several huge expenses to spend, one is particularly burning, I am afraid that it is the most expensive cement test in history, and I don't know how much money will be burned this year. The second is the money that Na Yuping will spend. What kind of breeding farm in the future, it will cost a lot of money. The test is gone, and several workshops still have some meager profits, which is enough to ensure the cost of those small tests. But there is also a terrible expense to plan the two rivers dwellings.

The economy has been tight this year, and it will be tight next year.

The rest began to divide the spoils, Song 930,000 yuan was deducted, as well as the hundreds of thousands of yuan invested, the cost of the grass shed, the increased wine storage, and some small industry expenses below, last year's overdraft, all deducted completely, and even donated 20,000 yuan to the academy, and more than 200,000 yuan was also divided. The Pan brothers got nearly 8,000 yuan, and Zhao Kuangyi got more than 10,000 yuan. Zhao Kuangyi's economic crisis was basically lifted.

Like this, Song Jiu may be able to relieve his breath next year.

Actually, no, the spending in the second half of this year will be a huge number, but there are not many people who know this.

Then began to accept Yuping, did not invite Yanei, they would be outrageous when they came over, that is, those Lianghe villagers who did not enter the Shun restaurant to eat and drink last year, there were many tables, more than 200 tables, and the actual cost was not much, less than 30,000 yuan. In fact, many villagers have eaten well, and they are still dizzy, the dishes inside are too expensive, and they are sold so expensive, why are there still people who eat them? But their hearts are still very warm, and they only paid a hundred Wen congratulatory money for two banquets. Even this is the only time in this life, and I can eat openly in Shundian.

The Song family also set off firecrackers, although it was festive and lively, it was still equivalent to closing the door and being lively at home, no one gossiped, and everyone could see everything Yuping did. But in addition to the name and matchmaking certificates, Yuping also has everything she should have, and she also held a small chapel service at home, and the money spent is also terrifying, and Yuping still keeps the financial power. Yuping wanted to hand it over to Pan Li'er, but Song Jiu wouldn't let her hand it over. Don't look at this housekeeper, it's not so easy to be good. Therefore, that day, Li's mother was full of joy and sorrow and cried.

After Song Jiu got off duty, he first went to Pan's house to call the Pan brothers together, Pan Mei and his wife were not there, Pan Wei was studying in the study, Pan Weiqing was taken by Erniang, no one cared, so the Pan brothers often ran to Song's house.

arrived at Song's house.

First let people inform the steward of the clothing store, and instruct the court and the purchase, which has nothing to do with the workshop. Fifty dollars is still a good fan, and even a small half of the cost is not enough. Then chatted with the Pan brothers, and first asked, "How much money do you still have in your hands?" ”

"Five or six thousand."

"So fast?"

"The money and silk in the family were compensated to the little sister as a dowry, where is the money, and there are many servants, and there has been no salary, as well as other expenses, the money was distributed in the front, and it cost more than a thousand yuan in the back."

"There's nothing else to spend in the future, right?"

"It's about gone, my parents have my father's own salary, and there are still some properties at home. We also get paid somewhat. ”

"Don't use this money, we'll send a steward to build a sea ship."

"Sea vessels?"

"The main thing is to sell glass. First hire two ships to go to Hangzhou with luxurious glass products. Some of them were sold in Hangzhou, and some of them hired ships from Hangzhou to go south to Quanzhou and Guangzhou. ”

"Where are there so many glass products?"

"It's been ready for a long time. Otherwise, I have such a big expense, and the money comes. Uncle, look at Yuping's expression, I spent so much money, did she rush it? ”

Yuping snickered at Pan Li'er.

"What's going on?" Pan Weigu asked puzzled.

Song Jiu explained, there are several kinds of glazed products, a kind of glaze specially made for vegetable greenhouses, and it is also the cheapest glaze. It is only sold to customers who grow vegetables, and the yield is the lowest, and it was at the end of winter last year when it was handed over, and it has nothing to do with Hezhou, but Song Jiu really didn't make any money.

The second is the high-end door and window glass, because of the Hezhou industry, many people, including some people in other counties, have begun to use. It is also the largest part of the sales of glazed products.

All kinds of utensils. Including lamps and lanterns, and even the Lantern Festival court also bought a batch of glass lamps and lanterns, all kinds of wine cups, teacups, and dishes. Vases, thermos flasks that were researched last winter, and so on. There are also a lot of sales in this part.

And then to the high-grade glass, it is not only the glass. Also included are various crafts, calligraphy and painting. Gold, silver, jade, ivory, high additional cost, slow production, launched some, but not much. The last thing is all kinds of mirrors, and Song Jiu once made all kinds of mirrors frantically in order to earn money for the dowry. Later, I saw that Qian Bao was not so nervous, so he began to gradually tighten. It also has disadvantages, it is slow, and if the profit is not ruthlessly raised, it is also not worth it.

Now it has been circulated that many mirrors have gone out, even including the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wu Yue, and Northern Han Khitan, which may have spread to the Great Food. But the farther you go, the fewer there are, and the mirrors are mostly in the Song Dynasty, and they are mainly in Gyeonggi.

Independent business, Liuli opened a store, there are not many retail sales, put out the sample, and then negotiate, negotiate, to the warehouse to pick up the goods. It's not that you can buy what you want, but what the glass workshop produces, you can buy something. Although some products are sampled, they may not be able to be bought with money. Placing an order can generally only be placed in the next month, and the order has not been placed for a long time when Song Jiu is a person, and it is Hezhou.

Because of the lack of various products, everyone did not think of the mirror, the mirror is missing, and the doors and windows are not lacking?

However, Song Jiu was secretly staring at the accounts, in fact, in February, he had roughly estimated how much money he could share. Therefore, at that time, all kinds of mirrors were deliberately made, without ornate decoration, only wrapped with a copper edge, and a total of 210,000 mirrors were stored.

The two brothers-in-law couldn't go to the workshop to buy it, and they had to place an order from the store, giving them whatever money and what price they wanted. Then he sent dozens of capable subordinates and villagers, as well as a few clever stewards and students, to board the ship and leave the capital immediately. When I went to Hangzhou first, I didn't sell it to the people of Wuyue, but sold it to Fanzi, this is not necessary to scruple, and the price is shouted at a sky-high price. And not to them at once, to talk about business while looking for a solid sea ship, or in two batches, afraid that something will happen to the ship and have nothing. Then it was concocted in Quanzhou. Fujian now belongs to the Song Dynasty, a person from Song Jiu, a person from Pan Mei's son, Fujian officials did not dare to slack off, asked them to help, found some locals to escort the boat, and then went to Guangzhou. Otherwise, the Southern Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were at loggerheads, and they were not traded, but arrested. Still looking for a fan.

These fans have been floating on the sea for a long time, and in their previous lives, they often saw their property records in the history books as huge thousands, millions and so on. Compared with them, the merchants in the capital can only be regarded as dirt buns for the time being. But you can't find as many merchants as possible in one place, or even in each place, because the number is too much.

More than 200,000 mirrors can be sold for a sky-high price, and no matter how much money you make, as long as you don't say it, others won't know it, let alone blush.

"Okay, we'll do it right away."

"There is no hurry, and the matter of building a sea ship cannot be neglected."

"Brother-in-law, that's not necessary."

"You don't understand, this is a long-term path for the sake of children and grandchildren," Song Jiu touched Pan Li'er's stomach.

"Little sister, do you have it?"

"Big brother, what nonsense are you talking about."

"What did that brother-in-law do you touch your stomach for?"

A red cloud flew on Pan Li'er's face, and she glanced at Song Jiu, and Song Jiu said: "Not now, will there be any in the future?" ”

"Brother-in-law, tell me." Pan Weide said, Song Jiu wants to touch. He is touching his wife's belly, what can Pan Weide do now. You can only pretend not to see it.

Song Jiu continued to explain, and it was very strange for the mirror to come out. If you don't know the root of the road, the price of energy is much more than that of gem gold, and it will slowly turn from gem to silver, although it will not become a cabbage, sooner or later it will become the price of pork. In the territory of the Song Dynasty, Song Jiu did not dare to sell at a high price, and it was their business for the merchants to sell, and the common people scolded them in the future, and they could not complain about Song Jiu. But what does it matter what overseas countries do? Like Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, there may not be any of them now. Time is the past few years. Once the city shipping department is officially established, there are more sea vessels, and it is inevitable that they will be brought over, and it is not uncommon to bring more and more. And there is another advantage, the port of Mizhou is very close to them, if you follow the wind direction for more than a day, you will drift there.

There are more Song Jiuwei said, there are about a few things in the Wa Kingdom, silver, and gold dust. Wa national knives, fans, wood, fans Song Jiu did not believe that there was his own fan exquisite. The Wakoku knife may be sharp, and there may be some alloys in the middle, which can be developed sooner or later. And it's far cheaper than it. timber is not possible, the cost factor. The imperial court did not ban logging, and one was pulled from the sea. I don't know how to pull the road to the Central Plains, one directly from Jingshui Weishui downstream, quickly drifted to the capital, how far will the cost of the two be? You can't make any money when you ship it. There was only silver and gold placer, and there were very few goods that could actually be traded with the Wa Kingdom. If it's early, you can change a little bit back, but if it's late, you can't change anything. Unless it's the same, it's a slave. This is possible, the use of gunpowder, the serious shortage of labor in the pit mines, and many bad things have happened in various places, including the pits of the imperial court. If a large number of slaves come, this contradiction can be quickly resolved.

Secondly, Goryeo, there is very little gold and silver in Goryeo, but there is one thing, that is, ginseng, and some precious medicinal herbs. Whether you sell or buy, it's better to go early.

Maybe other specialties, but the sea ships are constrained.

Song Jiu didn't know about the sea boat, maybe let him look at the first half of the year, and then spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and a million yuan to smash it down, and slowly according to the principle of materials and mechanics, he might be able to transform a better ship in more than ten years. But that's not possible. Song Jiuyi has no funds, and the second has no time.

He deliberately summoned Wu Yue shipwrights in the third division, and several shipwrights said that the sea ships in Guangzhou and Quanzhou were the best, and the skills of the Tang Dynasty were the best, followed by the western ships, the big food ships, and the South China Sea ships. Then it was to the Wu Yue ship, the South China Sea ship. And it's not the same as what Song Jiu thought.

There are some big ships in the Yangtze River, that is, as Song Jiu said, the two thousand stone giant boats, but that is in the Yangtze River, this kind of boat also has many shortcomings, it is necessary to drum up the wind, use the sail power to urge the boat to go, if there is no wind, the oars can't drive up the boat, and the fiber can't be pulled. Including Wu Yue, the real river boat is still between 1,000 and 3,400 materials. Although the ship is a little more expensive, the operation is simple, and the oars can be used instead when there is no wind, and the fiber rope can also be pulled away when going upstream.

Song Jiu didn't understand this material, and the craftsman explained again. One material is ten square feet, which is a unit of volume, not a unit of weight. Song Jiu understood this, ten square feet is ten cubic Song feet, 0.29 cubic meters. But this is not a real carrying capacity, there is also a safety line, according to the shape of the boat, the river boat is wide, can be multiplied by 0.50.67, then a material is 0.15 to 0.2 tons, that is, about 150 tons to 180 tons, and a little loading can hold more than 200 tons. This kind of boat is common in Song Jiu, and there are many on the Bianshui. There is also the sea vessel, which is relatively narrow and has stricter load requirements, which can only be taken by 0.4 percent. Then 1,000 materials can only be equivalent to more than 120 tons, and when converted into stones, a river boat is more than three stones, and a sea ship is equivalent to 2.5 stones.

I quickly calculated the accounts in my heart, and continued to listen to the shipwright's report in my ears, and said that Quanzhou has the technology to build a sea ship of 5,000 materials, with a space of nearly 1,500 cubic meters, more than 600 tons, and a little loading of 7 or 800 tons, if you are not afraid of death, it can be loaded with 1,000 tons, 1,200 tons. But if it is loaded with 1,400 tons and 1,500 tons, it is not that he is not afraid of death, but he is directly sent to death. Wu Yue could only build a sea ship of one or two thousand materials, a hundred to three hundred tons. It can carry two to three hundred people, of course, it is useless to pretend to be slaves, and a thousand slaves can also be pretended. The shipwright continued, and building a sea ship is far from building a river ship, and the cost of a sea ship like Quanzhou can easily reach tens of thousands, that is, the cost of five sea ships with 1,000 to 2,000 materials that the imperial court asked craftsmen to try to build also reached nearly two yuan. It took more than a year to build it. Then there is the launch, and there is no way to determine the direction on the sea, so you can only run along the coastline, or identify the islands, but you can't get closer, otherwise you can run into a reef at any time. Therefore, it is necessary to be skilled in the old sailor, and this is it, ten times out of the sea, at least one ship capsized and died.

When Song Jiu heard this, he showed them something, but he didn't understand it at first, Song Jiu asked them to take it and walk around, and after walking, several shipwrights were overjoyed.

In fact, it has been handed over to the army, and the land march also needs it, that is, the compass.

As long as there is it, the accident rate will be cut in half.

But in general, that is, the ship is not as big as Song Jiu imagined, and it is even more unlikely that there will be a tens of thousands of tons of ships that Zheng He went to the Western Ocean in the legend. If the Wu Yue boat was smaller, this kind of ship was destined to only trade valuables.

The Pan brothers still don't quite understand.

Song Jiu said: "Eldest brother, second uncle, are there still few good things, there is still a good thing on the river island." ”

"Shundian, playground, they can't take it away." Pan Weizheng said suddenly on the side. Pan Li'er hit him on the head, what kind of boat can load Shundian away? (To be continued......)