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Suzhou and Hangzhou in the middle of April are the seasons of flying flowers and singing and dancing in the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info water flow speculation, smoke by the lake, most of the people who follow with a free and easy color, or holding a white fan, or holding long sleeves, drinking tea and meeting friends by the lakeside, here and Quanzhou are not compatible, there is a busy atmosphere up and down Quanzhou, that is, the people on the street walk half a beat faster than ordinary people, and here, there is an endless leisure and elegance.

Hangzhou wharf, but quite busy, relying on the Hangzhou wharf of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Haizheng Yamen, now regardless of whether it is Suzhou or Quanzhou, although the Haizheng Yamen is only acting in charge of maritime affairs, but its rights have long been above the prefect's yamen, plus it only belongs to the king of Pingxi, no one dares to provoke, this Suzhou and Hangzhou, not only go to the sea to supervise the sailors, merchant ships, even on the shore, some government affairs can not be separated from the control of the Haizheng Yamen.

Early in the morning, the big businessmen here in Suzhou and Hangzhou have been waiting for a long time, I heard that the king of Pingxi is sitting on the boat to Hangzhou today, the local officials are in Zhangluo, the chambers of commerce are also in Zhangluo, the king of Pingxi is now the protector of the sea trade, with him, the sea trade can prosper, without him, who knows what the sea trade will be?

Therefore, today's Hangzhou wharf is surprisingly quiet, the porters who load and unload the goods are all on holiday for a day, the warehouses along the way are also closed, and the nearby docked boats give way to a waterway and trestle bridge, and the king of Pingxi is here, only for learning and exchange, please do not use it for commercial purposes.

Zeng Suian wore a five-grade vermilion official uniform, with a large belt of Luo material on the outside, and a crimson Luo material to cover his knees. It seems that the whole person has matured a lot, his lips are slightly pursed, and he stands at this trestle bridge, overlooking the river in the distance.

After Zeng Sui'an, there were many officials from all walks of life, in addition to the prefect and the prefects of various counties, even the officials of the Lusi Yamen also came, but they did not stop at this trestle, but waited in the rear. Placed like this, in fact, it is also well-intentioned, and the three envoys of Jiangnan Road are high-powered, and they are all members of the third or fourth grades. But then again, the officialdom pattern that had been fixed in the Great Song Dynasty was now broken by the Haizheng Yamen, what they can manage, the Haizheng Yamen can interrogate, and what the Haizheng Yamen can manage, they may not be able to manage it.

Therefore, the Jiangnan Road and Fujian Road are no longer in the hands of the three envoys, more precisely, they should be equally divided between the three envoys and one governor.

Now Zeng Sui'an, the governor, greets him at the trestle, and if the three envoys go together, respect and humility are not discussed for the time being, but how to stand in the position is also a difficult matter. In order to avoid these troubles, everyone simply let Zeng Suian go to the front station, and the rest of the people followed. Guizheng Pingxi King is not a person that everyone is eager to see, from the original intention, if it weren't for the recent cooperation between King Pingxi and Yang Zhen to make something Jingcha, now the Beijing inspector may have arrived in Hangzhou, or not directly deal with local officials, directly observe the people's feelings. The three envoys were afraid of wreckage, and said that they really didn't want to come and have anything to do with this king of Pingxi.

The boats shuttled along the river, and at last, a huge boat came slowly down the water, dropped its sails, lowered its anchor, and docked steadily on the trestle, the sailors on the ship set up their sampans, and the big and small officials and gentry who greeted them at the wharf broke out with a soft shout.

Then a few lieutenants came down first, and then Shen Ao took Zhao Ziyu and landed on the boat. Behind them are a team of captains, who seem to have no end in sight.

Zhao Zixin got off the boat, his feet were still a little sore, but fortunately, with Shen Ao's support, he finally stood firm, Zhao Zixin sighed lightly, and said, "I will never take a boat again, let's ride a horse?" ”

Shen Ao walked towards the end of the trestle while holding her in his arms, and said with a smile: "It's even more uncomfortable to ride a horse, if you ride for a day and a night, I'm sure you will shout that you want to take a boat again." ”

Zhao Zixin said angrily: "I won't shout." ”

Shen Ao pursed his lips, looked at the black and oppressive people at the dock from a distance, and said: "That's it, let's not talk about this first, we are finally going to meet people, don't be petty, always let outsiders know that our husband and wife respect each other like guests and are harmonious." ”

Zhao Ziyu blushed and said, "Otherwise, you go and see them, I'll be behind." ”

Shen Ao said: "How can this work? said that the king of Pingxi and the new princess toured Quanzhou, how could he see the king of Pingxi and the new princess? I don't know, I think the new princess is shy and has no face to see people! ”

Zhao Zixing said: "I was originally shy. ”

Shen Ao said confidently: "It is precisely because of your shyness that you have to let people know that you are not actually shy, otherwise wouldn't you be seen through all of a sudden?" Hey, Zi Yu actually knows what it means to be shy? ”

Zhao Zixuan showed the appearance of her daughter's smoky eyes, and shouted: "No nonsense." ”

Shen Ao closed his mouth, and while speaking, he arrived at the dock, Zeng Suian rushed over, bowed deeply to Shen Ao, and said, "Xiaguan has been waiting for His Highness for a long time. After that, he glanced at Zhao Zixuan lightly and said, "I've seen Princess Pingxi." ”

Shen Ao smiled and put his arm on his shoulder, and said, "There is not so much politeness, this king is just passing through here, and he actually made such a big battle, but he is so scared that I dare not come in the future." ”

Officials and businessmen have already rushed up, and they are all chatting: "Your Highness is good, the princess is well." ”

Shen Ao pressed his hand at them, said a few words to them, and then carried Zhao Zixuan into the car that had been prepared for a long time.

The car is very stable, and the mud road in Suzhou and Hangzhou has also become popular, first the roadbed was paved with gravel, and then paved with mud similar to cement to smooth it, the road was smooth, and the carriage walked on it without fluctuations, so the transportation capacity was also greatly increased, plus now the carriage has also been improved a lot, so sitting inside, Zhao Zixuan relaxed his whole person, leaned on Shen Ao's shoulder, and said: "I'm so tired, I really want to take a good rest." After saying that, he yawned like a cat, and the whole person collapsed into Shen Ao's arms.

Shen Ao said: "You have to have a little conscience to be a man, you have slept on the ship day and night, and now it is not enough, but I haven't slept smoothly for a long time in order to serve your little ancestor." ”

Zhao Zixuan blinked and smiled sweetly: "Who asked you to be my husband." ”

Shen Ao was speechless for a moment, and when the carriage arrived at the Haizheng Yamen, Shen Ao asked the accompanying maid to take Zhao Zixuan to rest first, and he was the main host, entertaining guests in this Haizheng Yamen.

The guests who came were much more serious, first of all, the local officials, all of whom came to greet them, and what they said did not have any substance, they were nothing more than pomp and circumstance.

Then came several big businessmen, one of whom was named Duan Yan, who was a stranger, but it made Shen Ao a little impressed. Duan Yan's business is actually not a fleet, but operates two silk mills of considerable scale, and it is said that there are more than 9,000 female workers recruited, and millions of catties of cocoon silk are purchased every year.

Originally, his business was not much, but silk was in short supply in the past few years, not only because many people in Suzhou, Hangzhou and Quanzhou had improved their family background, and there was a demand for silk, even the caravans that went to Wadao and Nanyang countries also vigorously purchased these goods. Duan Yan dug the first pot of gold, the business is getting better and better, and naturally the surplus money is used to expand the scale of the silk mill, and now the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and the silk produced is more and more, no one has ever thought that because of this, the problem will come out.

The reason why silk is expensive is nothing more than because of the scarcity, and now there are not a thousand silk mills on the market, but there are hundreds of them, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce, the previous year produced 100,000 pieces of silk, but this year's silk output has been as high as 3 million, such a large output, but it turned out that the market is saturated.

Duan Yan was in a hurry, in order to expand the scale of the silk mill, he borrowed a lot of money, in addition, the purchased raw silk has not yet paid off the balance, if it continues like this, once the backlog of goods can not be sold, Duan Yan can only go bankrupt.

In fact, there are many cases like Duan Yan, and most of the businessmen in front of the domain are very stable, and they have a lot of money to do a lot of business. However, since the renewal of the sea trade, the prudent means will only lag behind, and it is precisely the business of the merchants who rely on loans to expand the scale is getting bigger and bigger, so those conservative businessmen are also impatient, and the business of the money bank is booming for a while.

Now the whole of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Quanzhou, it is precisely because of the rapid accumulation of capital, so that the problem began to show its eyebrows, and now if it is delayed any longer, the goods cannot be sold, production will stop, countless people will go bankrupt, bankruptcy is enough, but what about tens of millions of workers?

Duan Yan said a lot of words, almost cried, and said: "The villain also ate lard and was blinded, in order to expand the silk mill last year, he took out a loan of more than 700,000 yuan, purchased a lot of silk machines, recruited a lot of workers, plus the purchase of raw silk, there is no money left, but who would have thought that it would reach this realm." ”

Shen Ao said: "As far as this king knows, Nanyang has a large population, and ordinary people can't afford the silk made in your silk mill, so why not make woven cloth and sell it in Nanyang, so that on the one hand, they can provide silk to their upper class, and on the other hand, they can also sell cloth to their common people, although the profit is thinner, it will not reach this realm." ”

Shen Ao said what he wanted, but in the end, their workers and equipment were ready-made, and letting some people produce cloth could always relieve the pressure of the silk warehouse.

Duan Xiao smiled bitterly: "Where is it so easy? It's not impossible to make cloth, but the big cannibals are now dedicated to grabbing this business, and their cloth and blankets are cheap in Nanyang, where can we fight for it? ”

It's the Great Cannibal again...... Shen Ao thought for a while and said, "What else does the big cannibal sell besides cloth and blankets?" ”

Duan Xiao said: "There are a lot of sales, and many of them are still in conflict with my Great Song Dynasty, but most of their craftsmanship is poor, so the prices are very low, and the goods of my Great Song Dynasty are much better than theirs, but the price is naturally more expensive." ”

Shen Ao bowed his head and said, "So, the big cannibals have robbed us of a lot of business in the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Duan Xiao said: "Exactly. ”

Shen Ao's face was gloomy, he thought that the entire Nanyang was saturated, but it turned out that it was just that high-end goods were saturated, and there were still many low-level markets occupied by people.

Shen Ao pondered for a moment, and had already made a decision, and said: "This matter, this king will naturally take measures, you can rest assured, now you might as well let the guy take the goods of the silk workshop to the World Exhibition, saying that it is forbidden to find some buyers, this time the princes and merchants of Nanyang are here, the number is tens of thousands, as long as you are willing to try your best to sell it, you are not afraid of no business, only for learning and exchange, please do not use it for commercial purposes." ”

Duan Xiao said: "Your Highness, the villain also thinks so, this trip the villain plans to go in person to see if those merchants are interested in the villain's silk, but this international exhibition can only quench the thirst for a while, even if it survives this year, it may not be able to alleviate the ...... next year."

Shen Ao knew that he wanted to let himself have an idea, and the first thing these businessmen thought of when they encountered something now was him King Pingxi, and Shen Ao felt a little godfather at this time. He said in a deep voice: "You don't need to panic, and make it clear to this colleague in Suzhou and Hangzhou, there is no need to have any worries, within this year, this king will definitely relieve you of the current predicament." ”

When Duan Yan heard this, he was convinced of Shen Ao's words, and said with great joy: "In this way, I will ask His Highness for everything." "Say goodbye to a few businessmen.

Shen Ao has been meeting guests until late at night, among which most of the businessmen are here to pour bitter water, in the middle of the night, Shen Ao called Zeng Sui Anlai, and said with a heavy heart: "This king still thinks that Suzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou are just showing small difficulties, at least this year will not be unbearable, who knows that it is difficult to reach this realm, for today's plan, I can only think of solving the trouble of the moment, what does Brother Zeng think?" ”..