"Alas!" Xin Kun originally wanted to say something different, but after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't say it.

Salt and iron monopoly, the most different thing about the Xin family is that they supply the military department with recycled steel. Scrap iron collected from all over the country was sorted by their men, melted, and then purified. The price is one-half of the price of new steel. The Ministry of War scraps countless weapons every year, and these weapons are also sold to the Xin family, and then repaired and resold by the Xin family to the Ministry of War. In this way, one in and one out, the military department saved money, and the Xin family also made money, which is currently one of the most profitable businesses under Xin Yao's name. Of course, Xin Yao also knew that the old man handed it over to her was not really given to her, but let her take care of it, and the old man hadn't thought about it yet. Xin Yao is a separate account book, which is calculated independently, and the money earned is also kept separately. Basically, in the eyes of outsiders, others are salt merchants, and the Xin family is the biggest iron merchant.

"At the beginning, Prince Ren was in charge of the military department, and the Xin family had a surplus of production at that time, so they began to supply the military department in a quantitative amount. We're really not like a mere salt merchant. You go out and ask, a few salt merchants don't sell smuggled salt, and behind their huge wealth, they all dig into the corners of the imperial court. And the Xin family and the imperial court are symbiotic and win-win. I don't believe you let Xiaopang and them check the accounts of the Ministry of War, and after cooperating with the Xin family, the cost of weapon procurement has been saved by at least one-third. And this also includes the layers of exploitation of the Ministry of War! The cooperation between the Ministry of War and the Xin family began with the first emperor, and then Xin Zhuangyuan was gone, and when the wall fell down, everyone pushed down, and no one came to grab this business, you should know that the Xin family does things with safety. ”

Fu Ji understood: "So these people are actually not very stable in their heads? ”

"Yes, there is no one in the salt merchant who has a stable head!" Xin Kun nodded.

"I see!" Fu Ji nodded, as long as Xin Kun had a reason, she would go back to Aunt Fat. Fat went back and mentioned it to Aunt Fat, and Aunt Fat took a picture of Fatty. In the fat aunt's opinion, they are Xin Kun's minions, how can they go out to see each other. taught Xiaopang a hard lesson, and then asked Fu Ji to probe Xin Kun's tone, she felt that the final choice of this matter was still on Xin Kun, and Fu Ji also felt that this was right, otherwise she would not have mentioned it to her when Xin Kun seemed to be in a good mood. Although she never thought that Xin Kun would not agree, she still agreed that Xin Kun was in charge of this matter.

"Forget about the Li family's affairs, what do you have plans for yourself. Master Cai mentioned to me that this is the rule in the Central Plains, and when you are fourteen, you have to look at others. Let me not hold myself to standard, that's not right. Xin Kun thought about it and asked by the way, even Xiaopang said that he kissed, obviously his idea of letting them talk about it at the age of eighteen was out of place, and he had promised Guo Peng to enter the palace at the end of the year, if she entered the palace with Fu Ji, it would actually be bad for Fu Ji. Good people are only afraid that they will think that Fu Ji is a girl ring, and they are unwilling to hug their thighs, which affects Fu Ji's marriage.

"Can you not get married?" Fuki frowned.

"Why?" Xin Kun raised her eyes to look at her, but after saying this, she began to dislike herself, feeling like a modern parent urging marriage, completely ignoring their wishes, and hurriedly waved her hand: "It's not that I forced you, but there is a law at this time, and the woman has not yet decided to marry at the age of eighteen, so the official media will directly intervene, and she must marry anyway." If you point to someone else, I might as well help you choose first. ”

"Isn't there still a self-combing girl?" Fu Ji said hurriedly.

"That's what the south says, go back and let people check it, it's a history of blood and tears! Women are not really free, but even more confined to them. Xin Kun waved his hand, "Huizhou also has an aunt and grandmother system, Huizhou has few people and many people, so Huizhou merchants have always been an important way for Huizhou people to succeed." But when the men go out to do business, what happens to the family? Counting on a wife with a foreign surname? That's impossible, the daughter-in-law is a foreign surname! So they had the aunt and grandmother system. Select the girl who is smart and willing to sacrifice for the family to focus on cultivating, grow up, help her set a widow, and from then on keep the festival at home, while earning a chaste archway for the family, and on the other hand, you can be in charge of family affairs. So, in this era, don't tell me about women's freedom and equality, if you want to be a free person, first of all, you have to have a husband who can tolerate your free-spiritedness. ”

"Madame!" Fu Ji's face is as pale as dirt, so she wants to be free, to put it bluntly, she has to be like Xin Kun when she first arrived in North Korea, pretend to be a new widow, and then take her own people to take charge of the family business.

"So, you have to think about it and make a choice. I will enter the palace at the end of the year, and I want to settle your affairs before the end of the year. Xin Kun sighed lightly.

"What kind of person does the lady want to choose for me?"

"I don't know!" Xin Kun sighed lightly, "A person who can tolerate you, right?" You see my sister and brother-in-law, my brother-in-law is actually a little pedantic, but he has never felt that there is anything wrong with marrying a merchant girl, and he can tell my sister that it will be troublesome for Mrs. to support the family in the future! Do you think he really eats soft rice? No, on the contrary, I think that Zhu Long is ten million times better than those scholars and doctors in this regard, because he respects Yao'er's dedication and faces Yao'er's dedication. ”

"Then look for this! I want to be an independent person like the second girl. I want to help my grandfather run the school, and I want those children to be like us, to become a different person from now on, which is very important. Fuki said seriously.

Xin Kun nodded, but shook his head again: "They are not the same, they will become craftsmen." ”

"What's the difference?" Fu Ji looked at Xin Kun.

"What do you think is the difference between you and Chubby, Xiaohe, and other children after I run the school?" Xin Kun looked at Fu Ji.

Fuki was stunned for a moment.

"It's no different, you're trained by me, your classes are exactly the same, and then maybe it's a little different because of personality differences, but in essence, you're the same people. If it weren't for the fact that only the three of you were willing to come back with me, and I could bring back twenty or thirty Xiao He in one go, then most of the people in the court would have to tremble with fear. They can't deal with Xiao He and Xiao Chubby, if there are twenty or thirty Xiao He, they can only die. Xin Kun smiled bitterly and looked at the flow of people on the official road outside Shili Pavilion, "The metallurgical school is the same, these children learn the same curriculum, everyone's textbooks are exactly the same, the same gentleman, the exam is the same, after they graduate in three or four years, they are essentially the same." There will be very few outstanding ones, how do they say it, it is a moon cake carved out of a mold. Do you understand? ”

"Then why do you run a school?" Fuki was stunned.

"And you are different, when I teach you, it is quite casual, although I can't teach you according to your aptitude, but you, Xiao Chubby, Xiao He are very close to me, and the three of you retain more personality. The metallurgical school is impossible, they are destined to be moon cakes under the mold, and their function is to retain the fire of the Xin family to the greatest extent. ”