"Big brother, get up." Zhao Yixiu shouted outside the door.

"Come in." Zhao Yichang rolled over and got up.

After Zhao Yixiu entered the door, he didn't talk nonsense with his eldest brother Zhao Yichang, and directly began to light mosquito coils. Zhao Yichang wanted to say that it was not necessary, but when he saw his sister's firm attitude, he swallowed the words back into his stomach.

There was smoke in the room, Zhao Yixiu dragged the eldest brother out of the house, and the brother and sister sat in the courtyard. Seeing his sister's happy appearance, Zhao Yichang smiled and said, "It's so old, it's still like a child." You're going to get married. ”

"I don't want to get married." Zhao Yixiu immediately shouted at the eldest brother.

When his two younger sisters talk about getting married, their attitudes are so consistent, Zhao Yichang really can't find any other way to express himself except for laughing.

When the smoke cleared, Zhao Yixiu lit mosquito coils for his eldest brother, and then took out his eldest brother's clothes and threw them into the water soaked in the medicinal powder and began to scrub them. Two days later, Zhao Yichang determined that the new mosquito coils and powders that appeared in Quanzhou were indeed very effective, and he immediately visited Zhao Jiaren's home.

The family led Zhao Yichang into the courtyard and saw Zhao Jiaren packing his things. Without waiting for Zhao Yichang to speak, Zhao Jiaren greeted him happily, "Zhao Yichang, if you come a day late, I won't be in Quanzhou." ”

The two sat down in Zhao Jiaren's study, and Zhao Yichang asked straight to the point: "I heard that these mosquito coils and incense powder were transported by you Jiaren?" ”

"That's right." Zhao Jiaren replied very briskly,

Zhao Yichang didn't want to talk nonsense, he said directly: "If it's this deal, I can do it with Jiaren." ”

"Not this year. It's almost sold out. Zhao Jiaren also doesn't want to talk nonsense. Although he has enough imagination about pyrethrum mosquito coils, Zhao Jiaren still didn't expect it to be so popular. The water soaked in pyrethroid powder is used to treat scabies, which is used to wash clothes and kill parasites on clothes. Zhao Jiaren didn't expect the incense making business to be developed to such a depth at first. Seeing the wisdom of the people, Zhao Jiaren was really taken aback.

Because of this, mosquito coils, which were originally thought to take several months to sell, have set off a craze. More than 20,000 catties is indeed a lot, but if a family uses one catty, it is only to supply the needs of 20,000 households. Quanzhou and Fuzhou together have at least 100,000 households. Zhao Jiaren knew that when he went south, at least 5,000 catties of mosquito coils and medicinal powder were transported by ship to Jiangnan East Road, where there were Lin'an, Suzhou, and Qingyuan, and the consumption power was no less than that of Quanzhou and Fuzhou. The Great Song Dynasty did not have a modern artifact of dichlorvos, and in the era of mosquitoes, pyrethrum had an incomparably broad space.

"Brother Yichang, this thing can be used for a few months every year, but there is something that is useful every day. But I don't know if Brother Yichang is interested. Zhao Jiaren asked.

"What?" Zhao Yichang's voice was extremely cold. He found that Zhao Jiaren's expression was very calm when he spoke, and he seemed to be telling the truth. And this attitude reminded Zhao Yichang of several not-so-fair deals he had done, and when talking about such a risky thing, everyone had such expressions.

"Grain. Champa rice. Zhao Jiaren gave a clear answer.

First stared at Zhao Jiaren in amazement for a moment, Zhao Yichang's anger surged, and he said loudly: "Brother Jiaren, are you trying to kill me?" It is a long way from Quanzhou to Zhancheng. Not to mention the sinister road, even when I arrived at Champa, my eyes were black, and it was useless to go! ”

Zhao Yichang thought that Zhao Jiaren would be deflected by these words, at least he would be a little ashamed, but he didn't expect Zhao Jiaren to praise with his eyes shining: "Well said!" If you want to buy grain from Champa and Vietnam to our Great Song Dynasty as we like, you must first have ships that can sail along the coast, and secondly, you must have a reliable shipping route. With both, we will also have to be able to build a fort in the area and hold our business stronghold. None of this is easy. But after thinking about it, there was no other way than this path. ”

Zhao Yichang looked at the fifteen-year-old boy with bundled hair in front of him in surprise, the reading atmosphere in Quanzhou is as prosperous as other states and counties in Fujian, and there are as many people who can speak the truth, Zhao Yichang is the first time Zhao Jiaren has spoken the truth. This appearance does not look like a fifteen-year-old boy at all, at least a young man in his twenties.

Maybe you've met an unreliable madman? Zhao Yichang had to consider this possibility with frustration, which made Zhao Yichang extremely disappointed. When he came, he thought he could find a safe way to make money from Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Yichang continued to ask: "I don't know why Brother Jiaren said that there is only this way to go?" ”

"Although mosquito coils and incense powder are good, they are just dividing the rice in the pot. Only by opening up a grain route between Champa and Vietnam can there be more rice in the whole pot. To open up a route, you need to build ships and hire sailors. This requires a lot of money. Those who built ships, the common people who were sailors, what did they do with the money? Aren't you buying food and clothes? In the final analysis, all this money is spent to have food to buy for the people. If we can bring back grain to the Great Song Dynasty, the people will be able to live their lives. If they only build ships, and the grain does not increase, so much money is used to buy grain, and as soon as the price of grain increases, the money they earn will immediately become worthless. Not only that, but even the money from other businesses has become worthless. This is the root of the turmoil. Zhao Jiaren talked endlessly, took a piece of paper while talking, and drew a relationship map for Zhao Yichang.

Zhao Yichang has done a lot of business, although Zhao Jiaren's words made him feel disappointed, because what Zhao Jiaren said did not meet Zhao Yichang's expectations. But Zhao Yichang was also surprised and even horrified to find that he actually understood what Zhao Jiaren said.

Now, he didn't want to leave immediately. So many transactions made before have encountered many people's constraints and even fierce opposition, and Zhao Yichang now finally sees the reason from a theoretical height, those transactions are snatching food from other people's bowls. Zhao Yichang asked, "Brother Jiaren, do you have a business of adding rice to the pot?" If so, you might as well hear it. ”

Zhao Jiaren spread his hands and said calmly: "I'm just a county lieutenant now, even if I have an idea, I just think about it." What we have to do now is to build a fleet of ships and prepare them in advance. I heard that Brother Yichang is good at sailing, but I want Brother Yichang to come to me. ”

"It's ......, it's not going to work." Zhao Yichang replied with some hesitation.

"Why?" Zhao Jiaren asked, he didn't really want to give up the opportunity to cooperate with Zhao Yichang. In the Zhao family, it is Zhao Yichang who is proficient in navigation, and there may be others who are more proficient, but Zhao Jiaren doesn't know who those people are. And as a Zhao family, it is also an advantage. Or an irreplaceable advantage.

“…… I have two younger sisters, and the second sister is getting married. A dowry of 500 yuan is required. If I can't do this, I won't be able to sleep. Zhao Yichang said a reason.

This reason made Zhao Jiaren hesitate a little. Five hundred is not a particularly large number for the current Zhao Jiaren, but Zhao Yichang's parents are there. From the customs, from the actual situation, it is not his turn to be so open-minded as a big brother.

As a psychiatrist, Zhao Jiaren has to feel that Zhao Yichang has a compensatory mentality. Maybe he felt that he was doing something wrong, so he wanted to make amends from something else. So as to achieve psychological balance. At least that's what Zhao Yichang thinks is psychological.

This mindset is common and easy to understand. From the perspective of a psychiatrist, Zhao Jiaren believes that this is a heart disease. This is like attaching a toe to the foot of a person who has missing a finger. Not only did it not actually compensate, but it also created new problems.

Now Zhao Jiaren is in a dilemma, is he recruiting Zhao Yichang? Or do you want to find someone else?