As soon as the yamen of the state capital opened, eight carriages full of silver had already stopped in front of the gate, Li Yang walked to the gate as soon as he got off the carriage, and explained his intention to the guards and officials: "The official envoy, I am here to pay the money, and you have to pass it on to the household."

As soon as the official heard that I had come to pay the money, he looked at the carriage behind me: Then you are waiting for a while, and I will give you a message

It didn't take long for six or seven tax collectors and more than a dozen officials to come out of the palace, they unloaded boxes of silver from the carriage and then moved to the house, and after moving out, the tax collectors took out the weighing, weighing while weighing the 40,000 taels of silver, which was enough for them to be busy for a while, Zhou Jie called me aside and sat down, and gave me a cup of tea: Li family master, I like to do things with people like you

Li Yang asked in a low voice: It's okay for Zhou Guan to eat rice

Zhou Jie naturally knew what I was talking about: Well, it's good-this year's new rice is fragrant to eat

Li Yang took a sip of tea: As long as Zhou Guanling is satisfied

Zhou Jie looked at the tax collectors: You have to weigh carefully, don't you have a day, you can't weigh one or two more, you can't weigh one or two less, don't underestimate the scale in your hand, if you make a mistake, you lose your official position, Xiao Zhou's head is big

Li Yang: Zhou Guan led the silver in this box to get 10 taels, a total of 4,000 yuan

Zhou Jie: It's not that I can't trust you, but the government has strict regulations, and the silver will be put into the treasury after the counting, and no one is allowed to approach it without Lord Sun's warrant

I saw that this official certificate was a thick paper pasted on silk cloth, starting with the Yamen of Taizhou Prefecture, and the vertical paragraph read: Xingyuan, on October 11, 1524, the Dadoushan Coal Mine in eastern Taizhou was transferred for 12,000 taels of silver, and the official seal of the Yamen of Taizhou was stamped on the lower right corner

"I bought the Zhou Guanling Coal Mine with a few friends, is there any way to reflect this situation on the official certificate?"

Zhou Jie: In this way, I will add who paid more money to you in the back according to the proportion of the total price, and each official will give you ten small officials according to me, and each one represents one percent, and these small officials will let them write their names on their own handprints after you take them back

Li Yang: That's Lao Zhou's management

Zhou Jie: You have to pay 100 yuan for each petty official

Li Yang: The coal mine, stone mine, and iron ore are all divided into 10 sheets

As soon as the matter was done, he went to send the little official one by one, and with this little thing, he ran for a full day, there was nothing to do in the garment factory today, Song Shiting came to Song Ji Noodle Restaurant to visit the second elder, the girl walked relatively lightly, and Song Jiaping, who was napping in the counter, didn't notice it at all, from time to time he would raise his hand to drive away the buzz, but the flies flew randomly, Song Shiting naughtily ran to Song Jiaping's ear and shouted, "Daddy's daughter has come to see you"

This shout scared Song Jiaping awake: Hey, girl, you scared my father

Song Shiting covered her mouth and snickered and staggered to the kitchen: Mother, I'm here

When Wang Ruofang heard this, she hurriedly walked out of the kitchen: Come and let my mother take a look

The old couple took Song Shiting's hand and sat down around the table, Wang Ruofang looked at Song Shiting carefully: Girl, you have gained a lot of weight recently than before

Song Shiting glanced down at herself: I'm not fat

Wang Ruofang looked out of the door: Why didn't my uncle come with you

Song Shiting: He went to the yamen of the state capital to pay the money

Song Jiaping: What kind of money?

Song Shiting: There are a few mines to sell in the government, and he and his uncle pooled money to buy those mines, and by the way, my father also bought an iron mine

Song Jiaping: How much money did you spend to buy it?

Song Shiting: 12,000 taels

Song Jiaping: This price is considered to have been picked up, but I bought our iron mine for 50,000 taels of silver, so did you make money with him or buy it yourself?

Song Shiting: I bought it with Sister Hengyan

Song Jiaping: Girl, you are doing this very right, the more property you have, the higher your status in the Li family, no one dares to give you anger easily, if the money is not enough, tell your father and mother

Song Shiting: I made a lot of money selling iron and opening a garment factory before

Wang Ruofang: Girl, that Hengyan, she didn't give you any anger, and whether my uncle was partial to her

Song Shiting: I get along very well with my sister, my husband treats me equally, my mother, I want to eat the prawn noodles you made

Song Jiaping: The old woman hurriedly went to give the girl a small bowl by the way

Wang Ruofang pointed her head with a finger: little gluttonous cat

Li Yang, who was asleep in the early morning, tossed and turned in the quilt, he always felt that there was a cool breeze pouring into the quilt from the soles of his feet, and it was getting colder and colder, how could the quilt be so cold with his hands, so he crawled in a daze and a cold wind blew through, so that he had a cold war, where did such a strong wind come from in the house, he followed the direction of the wind to see, the two windows were wide open, and the wind was whirring into the house, maybe the windows were not closed when he slept last night, and the wind blew open, He wanted to close the window, but when he went to the window, he saw that there were dark clouds outside, and it was raining, no wonder it was so cold in the house, and it was also an autumn rain and a cold, maybe it was the last autumn rain of the year, and I had to find out the thick clothes after a while

Although the rain was not heavy, it was very urgent, and I didn't stop realizing it, I stood under the eaves and looked up at the sky and stretched out my hand to let the rain drip on my hand, at this time a family member ran in hurriedly with an umbrella: Young master, a military envoy came from outside and wanted you to say that he was from Chuzhou

As soon as he heard about Chuzhou, the first thing he thought of was the Chuzhou camp, so this military envoy should have come to convey the general's will: Quickly invite the military envoy to the main room

"It's the young master"

When I got to the main room, I saw a man wearing a raincoat (a kind of raincoat in ancient times), and as soon as he saw me, he raised his hand and took off the rain hat on his head

Changjin: The head of the Li family, the general, has an errand for you to do

Li Yang: I don't know what the general commands

Changjin: In more than a month, the winter is coming, and the general asked you to do 50,000 pieces of cotton clothes in a month to transport them to the camp in Chuzhou, and I brought you all the silver

Li Yang: The chief general dares to ask how much silver you brought

Growth: 30,000 taels of silver

Li Yang: What should the cotton clothes look like?

Changjin ordered someone to bring in a set of cotton clothes and let me do it according to it, this set of cotton clothes and what we usually wear are almost the same as the robes, with cotton hats, cotton clothes, cotton pants, cotton shoes, and my first reaction is that 50,000 sets of cotton clothes and 30,000 taels of silver may not be enough: General Chang, I have to calculate before I can reply to you

Changjin: Okay, but you have to hurry

As soon as Song Shiting and Li Song arrived in the main room, I told him about the intention of Changjin, and asked him to help me calculate whether we could take this business, and after the two discussed, Li Song shook his head slightly at me

Li Yang: General Chang sees that winter is about to begin, and the price of cotton cloth and cotton will rise at this time of year, and I really can't match 30,000 taels of silver to make 50,000 sets of cotton clothes

Changjin became a little serious: When I came, the general had already guessed that you would definitely postpone it, so the general specially asked me to bring you a sentence - you kid is less in that I bargained, I have already inquired about this price and let you do it, it is trustworthy to you, if you really don't want to pick me up, it will not be difficult for people to hand over your military merchant token to Changjin, and the person waiting to take over this errand will have to be a month later, if the revenue of the state is less than 50,000 cotton clothes, I will only ask

After all the words were said, I had no choice but to take over this errand, and Changjin looked at me with a very helpless look: The general of the Li family is not thin to treat you, this time the general specially asked me to bring you two bear paws - a bird's nest and two five-hundred-year-old ginseng, the general knows that this errand is not easy to do, let you make up for your body, these are all rewards from the king to the general, so you must not let the general down

Li Yang: The grass people should do their best to live up to the high expectations of the general

Changjin: The head of the Li family is right, and the words are brought to Chang, and it is time to go back to his life

General, you are giving a slap first, and then giving a sweet date, you and Changjin are singing and harmonizing, and they will put me in, I can see that the general is saying that he will turn his face, I still hurry up and finish this errand, "The second 50,000 cotton clothes and 30,000 taels of silver, can we close the capital?"

Li Song: If we count the cotton cloth we have in our hands, it is not much worse, I just looked at the cotton clothes that have about 6 catties and 50,000 pieces, and they need 3,000 quintals of cotton, and now I am afraid it will be too late to send a caravan to buy cotton in other places

Li Yang: Second brother, do we have a place to grow cotton in Zhejiang?

Li Song: At the intersection of Huzhou, Hangzhou, and Yanzhou and the southern border, there are very few places where cotton can be grown, but the yield is average

Li Yang: Second, next year, let's go to these three places in advance to stock some cotton

Li Song: Boss, in fact, I have been thinking about it for a long time, in April and May this year, I went to these three places for business, and I inquired about it, and I learned that the cotton produced there had long been monopolized by the local chamber of commerce, and outsiders could not buy cotton there, and if you wanted to buy cotton, you had to go to Nanguo and Jiangguo next year to buy it

Li Yang: Oh, you can't make cotton clothes without cotton

Li Song: The boss is in Taizhou, and the only one who can tun cotton in Taizhou is the Taizhou Chamber of Commerce

Li Yang: You mean Cao Linna

Li Song: I just don't know if he can sell it to us

Li Yang: Second brother, didn't you just say that we don't have enough cotton cloth, so how much is missing?

Li Song: One piece of cloth can make two pieces of cotton clothing, and we have about 10,000 pieces of cloth in our hands now, so there is still a shortage of 15,000 pieces of cloth

Li Yang asked Song Shiting again: How much does it cost to make a pair of cotton shoes?

Song Shiting: At least 100 yuan and 50,000 pairs of 5,000 taels of silver

Listening to Li Song and Song Shiting say this, Li Yang probably had a bottom in his heart, and when he went outside, he saw that the sky was still cloudy, and there was no trace of sunshine, and it seemed that the rain would not stop for a while, so he picked up the bird's nest and rode in a carriage to the Taizhou Chamber of Commerce, because of the rain outside, there was no customer in the Chamber of Commerce, two guys sat on the bench and took a nap against the wall, and the remaining few guys chatted around a plate of melon seeds. I'll show you what kind of cloth you need."

Li Yang smiled with a seven-point smile: I am here to find the shopkeeper of your family, please help me spread the word that the head of the Li family in Alan County has come to visit

The guy enthusiastically made a gesture of please: It turned out to be Shopkeeper Li, please invite me to go in and pass it on to you

Li Yang looked at the cloth in the Chamber of Commerce, and the samples here were all hung up, they were brocade-silk-silk-satin, and the colors were also very bright, so he raised his hand and touched the sample, the texture was good, and it was quite thick, and what attracted his attention the most was a red silk with butterflies embroidered on it, giving people a festive and noble atmosphere.

Man: Hello Mr. Li, this is the most popular style this year, and red also means festive

Li Yang: For me, I like its festive energy

Man: Shopkeeper Li, then I will charge you 5 taels of silver for this silk

Li Yang: Okay, you wrap me up 4 horses, and I'll come and pick them up when I leave

Man: Well, I'm going to get you ready

At this time, Cao Lin shouted to me behind my back: Brother Li has made you wait for a long time

As soon as Li Yang heard this, he turned around and bowed his hand to Cao Lin: Brother Cao is too outside, I just arrived for a while, by the way, Brother Cao, how about you try this bird's nest

After Cao Lin took the bird's nest, he opened it and looked at me with a surprised face: Brother, this is a blood bird's nest, it is the best in bird's nest, where can you get such a precious bird's nest

Li Yang: Is it so precious?

Cao Lin: Brother, let me tell you this, this bird's nest is priceless, even if you have money, you can't buy it

Li Yang: This is a business friend who asked someone to bring it to me from the south of the country

Cao Lin happily put her hand on my back: Let's talk upstairs, brother

When I got upstairs, Cao Lin led me to the table, I sat down, and then picked up the teapot on the table and brought me a cup of tea, I picked up the teacup with both hands and blew it gently: I don't think this rain will be able to get the next day

Cao Lin: After this rain, it should be getting colder and colder every day, brother, is there something wrong with you coming to me for such a heavy rain

Li Yang: Brother Cao, I would like to ask you what the price of cotton is in the market now

Cao Lin: Why do you have cotton in your hands, if you have any money, my brother will pack it all

Li Yang: I want to buy it

Cao Lin: Oh, now you have to pay three taels of silver for a load of cotton, how much do you need, I'll see if I can help you think of a way

Li Yang: 3,000 quintals

Cao Lin: Brother, why did you suddenly buy so much cotton, and you can't make money from cotton at this time

Li Yang: I need 3,000 quintals of cotton to make 50,000 cotton clothes

Cao Lin: In this way, if there is less brother, I can give you some evenly, not because my brother won't help you, but if this cotton is given to you, then my cloth number should also be discontinued

Cao Lin got what to say, Li Yang understood that he had 3,000 quintals of cotton, but he couldn't give it to you, once he gave it to you, he didn't have cotton weaving, and there was a difference in profit between cotton weaving, don't look at Cao Lin and Li Yang, the relationship is usually good, but when it comes to personal interests, it is the interests first, the feelings are the last, this matter is high, everyone is the same, people have to think about themselves first at all times

If you want Cao Lin to sell me these 3,000 quintals of cotton, you have to give more than the profit brought by the 3,000 quintals of cotton spun into cloth, and the cotton cloth in my hand is not enough, so simply buy all the 25,000 cotton cloths from him, and the cotton cloth in my hand can be slowly sold out to the account, in fact, it is the same, as long as I control the money for buying cloth and cotton at 25,000 taels

Li Yang: Brother Cao, I want to buy 25,000 pieces of cotton cloth from you, how much do you think?

Cao Lin: Then for my brother, I will charge you a capital, I will sell you 550 yuan per piece of cloth, 25,000 horses is 13,750 taels of silver, you can rest assured, this is definitely the lowest price, if there is a lower price in Taizhou, you come back to find me, how much is it expensive, I will refund you how much

Li Yang: Okay, then it's decided, Brother Cao, I bought these cloths to make cotton clothes, and now the cloth is available, 3,000 quintals of cotton, see if you can help my brother I want to find a way

Li Yang has already made it very clear that I bought these cloths to use cotton clothes, so if you don't sell my 3,000 quintals of cotton, then I can't ask for these cloths, don't look at Li Yang's verbal promise, but as long as Cao Lin doesn't sell cotton, he can use this as an excuse to return the cloth, after all, the silver has not been given to Cao Lin now, everyone is also a businessman, and they sincerely want to do business and make money, so they can't say that because the price is not negotiated, Cao Lin and Li Yang will break up

Cao Lin calculated his own small account in his heart, no matter how he counted this transaction, he would not lose money, and he could earn a favor, so Cao Lin deliberately put on a dilemma and hesitated, because he was afraid that he would agree too quickly, Li Yang would feel that he had earned a lot of money, "Brother Xing, brother, this time I also drank out, money for brother can not earn, but brother can't do it"

Li Yang: Brother Cao, then you have done your brother a great favor, our brothers are brothers, but business is business, you see how much money I should give you

Cao Lin: Give me 22,000 taels of silver

Li Yang: Then I'll have someone bring you the silver when I go back

Cao Lin: Then I'll go and ask someone to find a car to send you cloth to Alan County now

Before leaving, Li Yang didn't forget to go to the counter to get the 4 red silks, just as Li Yang wanted to pay, it was Cao Lin who came up and pushed me aside, "You can take these 4 pieces of cloth, give you any money", but Li Yang still threw 20 taels of silver on the counter, "Brother Cao, this is all capital, Brother Cao has helped me so much, I am taking advantage of you, can you be conscious" After speaking, he quickly ran into the carriage and asked the coachman to leave quickly

By the time Cao Lin turned around and picked up the silver and chased it out, the carriage had already left: this kid was running quite fast

The problem of cotton cloth and cotton is solved, and the next thing is to sew cotton clothes, to make 50,000 sets of cotton clothes a month, that is, to sew more than 1,600 sets every day, but the garment factory now has only 200 workers who want to sew 1,600 sets of cotton clothes every day, which is impossible, but Song Shiting and Heng Yan did come up with a way, that is, the garment factory cut the fabric uniformly, and then hired a group of female workers in the county to get 100 yuan for each set of cotton clothes. After sewing, you can get a second set of stealing and slippery, that is a hammer deal, you don't need it, it took only half a month to sew 50,000 sets of cotton clothes, and it took 5 days to check whether the cotton clothes made were flawed

When Li Yang sent 50,000 sets of cotton clothes to the Chuzhou camp, Lei Qi still didn't believe it: It's done so quickly, is it okay for you kid to fool around

Li Yang: General, no matter how bold I am, I don't dare to fool you

Lei Qi is still a little worried: You stay here for two days first, don't rush back, you and Luo Peng will go and send the cotton clothes to the soldiers

Li Yang understood at a glance that the general was afraid that the cotton clothes would not be done well, so he left me here, but fortunately, Song Shiting and Heng Yan were stricter, so they didn't let the Chuzhou battalion find any faults, and when Changjin and Luo Peng sent the cotton clothes to the soldiers and came back to resume their lives, they also praised Li Yang: The general's cotton clothes have been distributed, and each set of cotton clothes weighs six pounds, not only did he not play tricks, but also sent 50,000 pairs of cotton socks

Lei Qi relieved his heart: You did a good job on this errand, and when you grow into you, I will say that he will definitely be able to do this errand

Growth: The general's insight is very human

In the past two days in the Chuzhou camp, I have been worried all the time, I am afraid that something will go wrong with this batch of cotton clothes, and now I am finally relieved, just when I left the camp and was about to leave the state, there was goose feather snow in the sky