"Does the county prince mean that Huaiyou will come up with something that can convince us at that time?" An Chongxi couldn't help but ask.

Kang, Cao, and An are the three major surnames among the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and the three surnames have always been the three most prominent surnames among the Sogdian merchants.

For example, the Sogdian merchants surnamed Cao mainly sold horses, while the Sogdian merchants surnamed Kang mainly trafficked in porcelain and silk, while the people surnamed An mainly engaged in loans.

The Sogdian merchant surnamed Kang had always hoped to open the porcelain kilns in Huaiyou (Wuning), but the kilns were monopolized by Persian Hu merchants, which he always regretted.

With the increasingly tense situation in the north, many kilns in the north have been discontinued, and most of the kilns in the Fujian region of Yue Di were monopolized by the Dashi Hu merchants, and their Sogdian merchants could not intervene, and the porcelain kilns on the Tanyue side were controlled by the local gentry, and they also made many efforts, but there was still not much progress, so in the end they still turned their eyes back to Huaiyou, hoping that the Shouzhou kiln could give due consideration to the Sogdian merchants in the case of expanding the scale.

The purpose of the Sogdian merchant surnamed Cao has been achieved, that is, to provide war horses and livestock for the Huaiyou (Wuning) army, but there has not been much progress on Kang Guoying's side, but with the development of Luzhou, Haozhou is included in Huaiyou, and the silk weaving industry in Luzhou Haozhou will also recover, which is also what Kang Guoying is looking forward to, while An Chongxi is more focused on how to reach a closer cooperative relationship with the expanding Huaiyou (Wuning) army, as long as Huaiyou (can) provide more channels for goods and goods, he is of course not hesitant to provide more money and silver loans to Huaiyou (Wuning), which is also business.

"Hehe, that's pretty much what it means. Jiang Feng didn't mean to hide it, "But it's too early to say this, everyone won't believe it when I say it, I just hope that you will prepare according to this plan, and Jiang will always come up with something convincing to everyone at that time." ”

"If this is the case, then we will do it according to the advice of the county magistrate. The three Sogdian merchants exchanged glances, and Cao Jushi agreed with a slight groan: "Within three months, we will send 8,000 good horses to Sucheng one after another, and then ask the county magistrate to arrange someone to accept it." ”

The reception finally dispersed, and several Sogdian merchants returned to the guild.

This is also where Sogdian merchants originally settled in Xuzhou.

The three major Hu Shang groups have set up guild halls in various major cities to facilitate business negotiations and contacts.

Sogdian merchants have now established guild halls in Shouzhou, Xuzhou and Luzhou in Huaiyou (Wuning), no matter what kind of business they are engaged in, as long as they are Sogdian merchants, they can get the fastest news transmission and business support here, the transportation and storage of goods, the lending of funds, and even the dredging of contacts with the local government, and the mediation and arbitration of disputes between merchants.

"Seeing that this county lord seems to be confident, could it be that this county lord really has something new to come up with?"

Kang Guoying has always been thinking about the Shouzhou kiln, although silk is also a big business for their surname Kang, but the profits of porcelain shipped to the northwest are too high these years, so no one is willing to give up.

"Pengcheng County has mastered the Huaibei Yanyun Prefectures, but the Huaibei Yanyun Prefectures are not the most important to us, because of the products they have, one is salt, the other is iron, salt, all over the country, if there is no war, it is their own profits, even if we take over, the interests will not rise much, and it is easy to conflict with salt merchants around the country, so we would rather accept the mortgage of the salt tax of Pengcheng County, after all, no matter who does the salt business, the tax will never run away. ”

"But if the salt tax alone is used as collateral for such a large amount of money, it is too risky. An Chongxi said without worry.

Although he accepted this suggestion, he was still a little worried in his heart, although the Pengcheng County Duke attached great importance to reputation, but when it was difficult to protect itself or even non-existent in the current period, no matter how good this reputation was, it would be impossible to make up for the loss.

"In addition to salt, Xuzhou only has iron. Kang Guoying continued: "But although Xuzhou is a major iron smelting center, it is not as good as Nanyang in terms of scale, and the quality and output of the iron produced are inferior to Nanyang, and there is a lot of iron in Yanyun in Huaibei, so if you want to make money on it, it can only be said that it is unsatisfactory." ”

"Yes, the land of Huainan is actually more abundant, porcelain, silk, tea, medicinal materials, and food in the past two years, all of which are urgently needed in the north, but it is a pity that Pengcheng County only won the two states of Luhao, even if it is added to Shouzhou, Huzhou, that is just a confidence in grain, but now although the price of grain is high, but once the harvest in the north improves, the price of grain will plummet, its price is stable far less than a few others, porcelain is monopolized by the Persians, silk and tea are mainly in Yuedi and Xuanzhou along the river, and the power of Pengcheng County has not yet extended to that side. ”

"Then what else?" An Chongxi groaned, they still have some understanding of the character of this Pengcheng County Prince, and they will definitely not be untargeted, and saying it in advance is not like they want to pit themselves, otherwise it is completely necessary to do so, "Silk and tea are not such a thing that can be achieved overnight, and the same is true for medicinal materials, and salt and iron are not much different, and they will not increase overnight." ”

"I said let's not think about it so much, the Pengcheng County Duke is now on the rise, in my opinion, then Pinglu is afraid that sooner or later it will fall into the hands of the County Prince. Cao Jushi stroked his chin, "And now that the yellow ant thief and Jiangnan are fighting fiercely, if they don't get it right, it will be a lose-lose situation, maybe the county prince will gain something in Jiangnan,......"

Kang Guoying and An Chongxi were both in good spirits, "Isn't it the county prince hinting at Jiangnan?

It's no wonder that these two people are so eager, if Jiang Feng can take Chuyang Erzhou, this bit of money and silver loan is really nothing, even if it is doubled or doubled, they dare to let it go!

The degree of wealth of Chuyang and Yangzhou is not comparable to that of Xuzhou and Yanzhou, whether it is the population, the wealth of the people, or the production, they are several times similar to Yanzhou and Xuzhou in terms of name.

Chuzhou is also a large state of Huai salt, not much worse than Haizhou, Haizhou and Chuzhou basically monopolize the entire Jiangnan, Huaibei, Huainan, Yanyun, Pinglu and even Tanyue are used in the salt of these two states.

Yangzhou is not to mention, located in the key chong, the river and the canal make this the first port in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yangzhou is the land of fish and rice, grain, silk, aquatic products output is huge, making it an important material distribution center, even better than Shouzhou.

More importantly, it is also the most important shipbuilding center in the lower reaches of the entire river, and its shipbuilding volume and shipbuilding scale are more than a cut above Shouzhou, even the Shouzhou Navy often orders customized military ships from Yangzhou back then.

It was not until Jiang Feng took over Shouzhou that he began to vigorously develop Shouzhou's shipbuilding industry, especially the manufacture of medium-sized ships suitable for the Huaishui line.

Cao Jushi hesitated a little, and shook his head for a long time: "It's not like ah, the county prince bought a large number of war horses at this time, obviously to strengthen his cavalry construction, the goal should also point to Pinglu and Heshuo, the battle in the south of the Yangtze River should be based on the boat, although the shipbuilding industry in Shouzhou is developing rapidly, but the scale of its naval army has not expanded much, to conquer Chuyang, Runchang, Chang Sizhou and Yuedi, I'm afraid there is still a lot of strength, right?"

Cao Jushi's words made Kang Guoying and An Chongxi feel a little regretful.

From this point of view, it is indeed not like it, and Huaiyou (Wuning) is obviously strengthening the military strength of Yanyun in Huaibei on a large scale, not like fighting in the south, the yellow ant thief and Li Wu have not yet made a difference, and Huaiyou (Wuning) will not choose this opportunity to intervene, it is right to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

"Forget it, this county lord is not acting in our judgment, he has his own reason for saying this, we still follow our path, Shouzhou kiln here still needs to find a way, at the moment Shouzhou yellow porcelain is very popular in the northwest and the Khitan side, the price is very high, if it can contribute to the increase in production on the Huaiyou side, we also have the opportunity to fight for some share, which is very helpful for us to expand the door,......"

For Jiang Feng, he really didn't play tricks.

Where is the importance of Xuzhou's status, in addition to its location, the most important thing is its iron smelting industry, but now it seems that the scale of the iron smelting industry in this era is very small, and its production capacity can not meet the current civilian needs, let alone military.

It is no wonder that the price of iron is so expensive now, and even a few households in the countryside can have an iron pot and a kitchen knife, and iron ploughshares, woodcutters, axes and other things are used by several families It is a common thing, and those who can wear swords and knives must be the children of the gentry to have this financial resources, and the people can only be robbers with wooden sticks and bamboo spears.

The military is the big one with iron in this era, horseshoes, horse armor, heart goggles in armor, helmets and even high-end Mingguang armor and mountain leaf armor are all big iron users, and weapons in knives, guns, swords, halberds, not to mention, arrow clusters are big consumers, so the demand for iron in the north is concentrated in these aspects.

It can be said that every war preparation is accompanied by a sharp rise in iron prices, which is also an important factor why Shi Yu firmly holds Xuzhou and Nanyang Liu can gain a foothold in Nanyang.

Jiang Feng now wants to greatly expand the scale of Xuzhou's iron-smelting industry in the shortest possible time, and at the same time, it is necessary to develop by leaps and bounds in the production efficiency, production capacity, and quality of iron.

In his opinion, this is not impossible.

I know the basic principles of coal coking and coke ironmaking in the traditional iron-smelting industry, and I also know the general shape and principle of the iron-smelting furnace, and the only thing that is lacking is the specific design operation.

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