Chapter Eighty-Nine

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the grass is luxuriant.

The Huang family caravan that had been away from Xixian for half a month came from the south again, and they brought silk from the south and salt from the east, as well as all kinds of miscellaneous goods, as well as all kinds of craftsmen who repaired the river.

Those who measure the line, those who build locks, and those who set the bay...... Craftsmen of all stripes made up almost half of the caravan.

The river embankment will be made of "piles and silicon" (tree branches, straw, stones, etc.), and the piles will be placed around the dangerous works, and the piles will be lined up and filled with silicon. There is also a method of hanging mats outside the row piles, binding several layers of reed mats, and hanging outside the tie piles to prevent the impact of floods. The anti-blocking breach is also used in the upper method, several silicons and down, in order to reduce the braking water potential, and then the pile, followed by a hanging seat, and the soil bag to cover the breach.

Therefore, the amount of timber and stone reed mats needed was huge, and most of them needed to be transported by caravans, except for some that Xixian himself tried to make.

This caravan consisted of the Huang family's caravan and Xixian's own caravan, while elsewhere it was from hundreds of miles away.

It can be seen that money is needed everywhere in the river work, and even a piece of grass and a stone is not taken from the head.

Huang Gongzi also came with the caravan this time, in addition to handing over the river repair craftsmen he dug from the Ministry of Industry to Rui Wangfu, he also had to set a river repair deed with Pei Qing, and agreed that after the completion of the repair, half of the Huang family would have the river in Xihe, and half of the wharf built by the Huang family.

As long as the deed is signed, the source of Pei Qing's money for repairing the river will be solved.

So she didn't show it on the surface, but when she heard the report from the porter that the son of the Huang family was coming with a prayer post, she was relieved.

Because of the need to repair the water and dry wharf, Pei Qing specially asked Zeng Qiang to extract some classic ferry design drawings from the book of "Ancient Water Conservancy", which was specially set aside for Huang Gongzi to select in order to fully express his attention to partners.

Huang Gongzi, who was pushed in a wheelchair by his entourage, still looked like a fairy, and it seemed that the wind and dust along the way had no effect on him.

Pei Qing set up a banquet to entertain him in the Ruiwang Mansion, and the other entourages and stewards set up fifty tables in the main courtyard of the Ruiwang Mansion, but there was only a small table in the back garden of the Ruiwang Mansion.

"This is chicken stewed mushrooms, this is angelica crucian carp soup, this is coriander balls......" Pei Qing introduced Huang Gongzi to Huang Gongzi while courteously paying an annual rent of 100,000 taels of partners, "Come on, they are all specialties of the former county, son, you have to try it." ”

Huang Gongzi ate very little, barely moved the chopsticks, and did not drink a drop of wine, and took out a box with two mouthfuls at will.

If the guests don't eat, the host naturally can't eat either.

"What is this?" She opened it in surprise and pretended to be surprised.

Then I saw a box full of Jiaozi.

The thick paper was printed with the patterns and words of people, houses, and copper coins, and each denomination was five thousand taels, making a total of twenty sheets.

Huang Gongzi replied lightly: "Commercial street rent." ”

Pei Qing was amazed in her heart, and inevitably said a few polite words: "Huang Gongzi is resolute, and this princess admires it." ”

"In addition to arranging the commercial street and bringing the Ministry of Industry to the Rui Wangfu, there is also one thing to meet the princess's wishes," Huang Gongzi was unmoved, his expression was ancient, and his ventriloquist was not slow, "A certain brought the 'Xinglong Qianzhuang' of ten wealthy merchant groups to realize the princess's dream of making friends." ”

Pei Qing took the case, and couldn't hide her excitement: "Great." ”

She once proposed to set up a money village with the Huang family, but the money earned in the former county was not enough for a fraction of the money village, and Huang Gongzi did not give her a positive answer to this.

Now, however, a better option has emerged than for her to invest money herself—someone has come to Xixian with money, or a consortium of ten wealthy merchants.

What could be more comfortable than spending someone else's money to build your own territory?

Pei Qing had already figured out how to borrow money from the bank.

But before that, she had to order Xinglong Qianzhuang Jiaozipu to calculate the proportion of deposit reserves, which was her rare conscience.

"The 100,000 taels of silver are stored in Xinglong Qianzhuang," Huang Gongzi's words brought her back to her senses a little, and he said, "If the princess wants to take it, she needs to hand over a letter to Qianzhuang half a month in advance." ”

Pei Qing rubbed his hands, happily put away the box and sat down, gave him a glass of wine more diligently, and held it in front of him with his own hands: "Thank you and thank you, the Huang family really does what they say, this money village will come as soon as it is said, solve the urgent need of the former county, and the princess will pay tribute to the princess with a cup." ”

Da, the wine glass was placed on the table in front of Huang Gongzi.

The son of the Huang family seemed to have a smile on his face, but his hand did not touch the glass of wine.

"After drinking, he is unrecognizable, so he does not eat alcohol." He declined her toast.

Pei Qing felt a hint of strangeness in his heart: "How can you talk about business without drinking?" ”

Huang Gongzi's tone of reply in ventriloquist was even stranger: "How can you talk about business when you drink?" ”

What?

Is the ruler of the Huang family so fresh and refined?

Or is it true that there is no need to go to the table to talk about business in this ancient world?

Pei Qing no longer persuaded him, only took the wine glass in front of him, and saluted him gently: "Huang Gongzi doesn't drink it, this princess will do it first as a respect." ”

Huang Gongzi's appearance seemed to have been pricked by the thorns of the rose.

I saw that after the delicate Princess Rui in front of her drank a glass of wine, her face flushed with a faint flush, and the whole person was as fresh and tender as the camellia that was urged by the first spring rain in spring.

The fingers he had hidden in his sleeves tightened quietly.

So soon, he confessed, and hurriedly left Pei Qing's banquet and left King Rui's mansion on the grounds that he wanted to quickly arrange the commercial street.

After he left, Pei Qing remembered that he didn't let him see the design of the ferry.

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With Ruiwangfu as the center, there are currently eight commercial streets in the former county, and the Huang family chose the commercial street facing the gate of Ruiwangfu.

The cement buildings and cement roads were spread out cleanly and refreshingly in the sun, and the mighty Huang family caravan began to shop inside.

Silk shop, rouge shop, grain shop, grocery store, jewelry shop...... Of course, there are also the book shops and the four treasure shops of the study.

Nothing else, but the books in the bookstore are not a subset of scriptures and history, but miscellaneous books from all walks of life, which is different from the former county's own bookstore, which is full of wind and snow and early education in Baguwen.

The movement of the Huang family's caravan alarmed the people of Xixian County, and with the same goods they had seen or had not seen were placed in various shops, the people of Xixian County walked into this commercial street with curiosity.

— but no one had any money in their pockets.

Just kidding, the people of Xixian County have just become rich, and now they are picking, except for grain, soap and salt, there is no commodity that can arouse their desire to buy.

So, they're just looking.

But even if you just come to see, the flow of people brought by it is already quite amazing, and the exquisite commercial street is quickly crowded, so that the guys in charge of loading the goods have to frequently come forward to ask the people of the former county to get out of the way.

Huang Gongzi randomly chose a small two-story building in the commercial street belonging to the Huang family, and after entering the second floor, he ordered everyone to retreat.

"Alas!" When no one was around, he suddenly sighed heavily, opened his mouth and said in his own voice, "It's getting more and more difficult to parry......