There is no shortage of smugglers in any era, but this is not within the scope of Chang Xi's consideration, if you can do business openly, there is no need to do such a small thing, and you have to be careful, it is even less cost-effective.

"Lord Yuan, the tax of the city is generally in kind, but I personally hope that the tax on tea bricks is in silver taels."

In fact, it is a fat difference to come to the city, after all, the goods in and out are taxed in kind, and even more so, the goods transported by foreign ships can also be bought in advance, and then these physical goods can be transported back to the capital, how much oil and water can be in between?

However, she is still very curious that Yuan Hao will come to be this official, after all, this official rank is not high, although she can save qualifications and make a lot of money from it, but as the son of the eldest princess, she can fight for a higher official position.

Of course, these can only be guessed in her heart, she is not very familiar with Yuan Hao, it may be a little difficult to negotiate these things before, but now that Xie Jin is in the formation, it will be much easier to negotiate.

I really have to sigh that the privilege is easy to use anywhere.

Yuan Hao opened the folding fan and fanned it twice, and looked at the woman sitting opposite him fixedly, only to see that she was still smiling, and she couldn't see any nervousness, although he was newly appointed to this official position, but he also knew that no one had ever dared to make such a bold suggestion, did she know why she was taxed in kind?

Seeing her leisurely take a sip of tea, he suddenly understood in his heart that this woman knew everything, but she still made this suggestion.

This is relying on Xie Jin, so he turned his head and looked at Xie Jin with a smile, didn't he come out to explain a few words?

The old god Xie Jin was sitting there drinking tea on the ground, ignoring the gaze cast by Yuan Hao.

This silence is better than sound, Yuan Hao understood, Xie Jin is supporting Chang Xi's move, after thinking about it, he was about to tease the two of them a few words, who knew that Xie Jin spoke at this time, "Tea bricks and one thing cannot be circulated in the land of Jingshi for the time being."

"Why?" At this moment, Yuan Hao didn't understand.

He originally thought that Xie Jin listened to the pillow wind blown by the woman, so he would brainlessly support all her actions, saying that it would be a lie not to be disappointed, what is the difference between this style and the faint king?

It's not that he discriminates against women, it's that women have a limited level of education, and the world they have seen is limited, how many insightful insights can you expect them to give such people?

Of course, the woman sitting across from him seemed to be smarter than the average woman, but it was only a seem, not to the point where he could really be impressed.

"You pass the letter to the eldest princess, and everything will be understood." Xie Jin didn't want to say more.

This courtyard is not an important place for his study, and the conversation here is likely to reach the ears of outsiders, but it is better here than outside, after all, it is not suitable for him to contact Yuan Hao in the study of Xie Mansion.

Chang Xi didn't interject, he kept sitting there calmly drinking tea, it seems that even Yuan Hao didn't know that the ancestor forbade tea bricks to pay tribute in the past, it can be seen that the age is long, and there are many truths that have been drowned in the long river of time.

But she didn't want to take the risk or was right, if the tea bricks were recirculated in Jingshi, then someone would grab the pigtails and attack them, and someone would always dig out these words from the horns.

Yuan Hao looked at Xie Jin deeply, and finally didn't say anything more, but nodded at Chang Xi and said that he should do this, as the son of the eldest princess, he can still be the master, and his mother still carries all the big things.

Chang Xi didn't have to spend as much time as she did a few days ago to get people into the trap she dug, and she actually managed to solve the link she originally thought was very difficult, which felt a little magical.

But if it's easier, who wants to work hard all the time?

The matter was settled, and she didn't want to stay here longer, who knew what Xie Jin and Yuan Hao were going to plot, she wasn't interested in secrets, so she got up and saluted the two, said a few polite words, and then turned around and retreated, ready to freshen up first.

Yuan Hao saw that Chang Xi really turned around and left, and immediately squeezed his eyebrows at Xie Jin and said, "This woman is quite knowledgeable."

Women with a sense of proportion have always made men feel good, and he is naturally no exception, although his background is a little lower, but his appearance and ability are not bad, and he accompanies Xie Jin to relieve boredom

It's also qualified.

Regarding Yuan Hao's narrow expression, Xie Jin frowned, but did not say anything to explain.

After the meeting with Xie Jin, he did not return to the city, but went to live in the guest, so far, Yuan Haofang knew that the tea bricks had been banned as early as the Taizu years, although it was only forbidden to pay tribute, but the people did not dare to do this thing again, for fear of getting into trouble.

"This Chang is too bold, isn't it?" He couldn't help but stumble.

If you were him, it is estimated that he would think twice before doing this, after all, who knows what the one sitting on the dragon chair will think?

He took out the letter that Xie Jin asked him to hand over and looked at the cover, it seemed that Xie Jin was going to hand over this matter to his mother to solve, but it was still a bit hanging, his emperor's grandfather was not very easy to deal with in recent years, maybe because he was old and in poor health, he was very suspicious, which of the princes and princesses had not eaten his hanging?

His mother's situation is better, which is also due to the fact that he is a compatriot with the abolished prince, and the emperor has begun to reflect on the so-called prince's rebellion in the early years over the years.

It is precisely because of the regret that he compensated for the guilt of the abolished prince on his mother's body, after all, it was not only the abolished prince who was forced to die back then, but also his maternal grandmother who had never met, the first queen, a foot of white silk, the first queen hanged herself in the dormitory like this, and chased her son away.

When mentioning this past, the mother would cry into a tearful person, and then she was resentful, hating the injustice of God, hating the provocation of those female officials, hating the harem's favorite concubines for slandering, hating other princes who wanted to take the opportunity to fall into the ground, hating the emperor for being suspicious, and even distrusting his wife and son.

However, I have to endure it, and it's not time for revenge yet.

Thinking of this, he sighed and put the letter away again, that's it, his mother will weigh it after receiving the letter, if he is afraid of taking on the burden, he will be blamed by his mother afterwards.

Whether it is his mother, Princess Qianrong, or his father, Xingnanhou, there are not many choices.

A grasshopper on a rope is just a glory and a loss.

The next day, when he saw Chang Xi again, Yuan Hao's attitude was a little warmer, which made Chang Xi a little funny.

After a few words of greeting, she took out the architectural drawings she had designed and handed them to Xie Jin, "My tea brick workshop is about to start construction, does Xie Jiuye have any good architectural candidates to recommend?"

Xie Jin looked at the architectural sketch handed over by Chang Xi, although the drawing was sloppy, he could still see her design intent clearly.

Yuan Hao leaned over to take a look, and then felt that this painting skill was so similar to the textile machine reform map that Xie Jin showed him yesterday? Judging by his knowledge of Danqing painting, this is something from the same person.

"Who drew this? It's a clever idea." He asked, taking the opportunity.

Chang Xi was silent, did not admit that it was himself, and as for Xie Jin, he didn't hear it and ignored it at all.

Yuan Hao asked if it was boring, but fortunately, he had never known what embarrassment was, and his face was the same as usual, but he secretly paid attention to the person who drew this picture, this is a genius, and it would be good if he could collect it for his own use.

Chang Xi didn't know that her talent was finally remembered, but even if she knew, she probably still said "um" with a flat face, she always felt that her talent was much better than her appearance. z.br>

After a while, Xie Jin put together this architectural sketch and handed it back to Chang Xi, "You arrange it yourself."

Chang Xi was slightly stunned, originally thinking that Xie Jin had done her a great favor yesterday and solved the big problem of her henchmen, so she planned to repay the favor and let his subordinates drink a soup of soup, but how do you know that people don't look down on her?

In that case, then she will make another arrangement.

She still did not return to the city, but waited for the four treasurers to come over today to discuss matters.

The four shopkeepers didn't let her wait long, they arrived at the other courtyard early, and after greeting Chang Xi, they studied the architectural sketches thrown by Chang Xi.

This house can also make a lot of money, and the shopkeeper immediately said, "Chang Niangzi, I have a friend who is good at building houses, why don't I call him."

I'll leave it to him......

"Old Ma, you're not kind, I have an uncle who builds houses for people all the year round, and he also has a construction team......

"Chang Niangzi, I also have a wife and brother who are good at this, he is the most fair, and no one has ever said that the quality of the house he built is not good......

The three of them argued about this, and even Shopkeeper Guo couldn't help frowning, this hadn't started yet, he had fought for interests, he looked at Chang Xi, and there was worry in his eyes that couldn't be hidden, after all, this situation was not appropriate for anyone's face.

But it's a pity that they met Chang Xi, and she has seen too much of this kind of thing for the sake of interests, not to mention that building a house is an errand full of oil and water, and it is nothing more than that these people will fight for it.

Listen, what friends, uncles, wives and brothers are just excuses, this is to put all the interests in their own pockets.

When these people were blushing, she spoke, "The three shopkeepers are all resting, don't hurt the harmony for this, I have other arrangements for this matter, and Xie Jiuye also agrees."

When the three shopkeepers heard this, they all secretly scolded Chang Xi, the fox, for being too cunning, not talking sooner or later, and then saying that she had other arrangements when they were fighting, and even Xie Jin moved out, so what else did they say?

But the quarrel was too fierce before, and they hurt each other's harmony, and now I think that there is no cheap opponent, and my heart is balanced, anyway, what I can't get, the other party can't get it.

Chang Xi took the opportunity to say, "I just asked people to check, there are five small villages around here, I plan to hand over this project to the young adults of these five small villages, first, when the project is completed, these people will be transformed into workers in the workshop, second, to do so There is a run-in period to enhance their sense of belonging to the workshop, and third, to ......."