The Sun family is mainly silk cloth, the Zhang family relies on the inner palace of the capital, which is mainly for some internal procurement, while the Gao family is mainly engaged in grain and winemaking, and the Chen family is responsible for the production of military assets of the government in addition to timber.

Needless to say, the Sun family is only the border army's armament products that have been done vigorously, and there is a faint situation of the rich people in Jiangnan, leaving the other three behind.

The Zhang family generally doesn't ask about other affairs, not only does not compete with several other companies, but also cooperates very well.

Generally, when the other families have good things, the first thing they want is to take them directly to the Zhang family. The Zhang family is very kind, does not reduce prices, and does not engage in any routines, the most they say is to make money together.

The Gao family was considered a big landlord, and when the Great Xia Dynasty was established, the ancestors of the Gao family saw the opportunity and dedicated almost all of their family property to support the Northern Expedition of the army.

At the beginning, the government gave some wasteland, and after the Gao family hired someone to open up the wasteland, they transported all the harvested grain to the front line. Thanks to the Gao family's support for the court.

Starting from Kangning Sheng, he has successively given no less than 10,000 acres of land around Yangzhou, and has given a knighthood of Yishan.

This also allowed the Gao family to develop rapidly, not only becoming a supplier of grain to the court, but also selling some of the grain wine.

Compared with the other three, the Chen family is a little reluctant, the Chen family started as a river transportation, and it is not easy to start from a little bit for decades, and slowly land in Songjiang, becoming the largest middleman in the north and south.

Another reason why the Chen family is not comparable to the other three is that there is no one in the court, the Sun family is backed by Xu Lian, the servant of the Ministry of Works, and the Zhang family has a daughter in the palace, who is very close to Concubine Yun, not to mention the Gao family, the saint.

Chen Jian'an, the head of the Chen family's generation, had a somewhat gloomy face, and looked at the eldest son standing in front of him, "Have you checked it out, where is the problem except for the problem, who is doing it in the middle?" ”

Chen Shi, the eldest son of Chen, didn't seem to be as worried as his father.

"Father, I won't tell you anything, I already knew about this matter, and what the third child did secretly was a simple matter of a few hundred taels of silver, so I didn't take it to heart."

"Father, I don't want to watch the third child unlucky, you know that although he has no reverence for me, and he never treats me as a big brother, but I really don't take it to heart, everyone on the ground in Songjiang knows that at best, this is a crime of reselling, just a little more silver."

"That's what I said, but you have to know that if the government calls the truth and says that the Chen family colludes with foreign countries, it will be a crime to destroy the door, Lao Liu said it two days earlier, and this time it may be discovered by someone from the capital."

"Father, rest assured, since the third child intervened, I have made preparations, and I have made up for all the things he took out, and that part has been disposed of as waste, and outsiders can't find out at all."

"Father, I thought about it for a while, this is still an opportunity at present, I have long heard that the people who came to the capital this time are very valued by King Huai, and now the amount of armament is very large, since we are also doing this, why can't we talk to him directly."

"The Sun family was originally a little better than us, you see now, I heard that at least one million taels of silver are earned every year, that is, they bear all the winter goods of the border army, and we make weapons, so it is said that there is a better chance."

Chen Jian'an has handed over a lot of things in the family to his eldest son in recent years, and he also knows that his eldest son has a lot of ideas, whether it is workshop management or the production of some new objects, he has the ability to deal with it himself.

Chen Shi walked out of his father's room, completely devoid of his calmness just now, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

Although I have prepared for this matter and eliminated some hidden dangers, however, where there will be things that God knows, as long as there are traces, it is possible to really want to turn it out.

It's okay for the third child to be playful and gamble, but this time I can't tolerate stabbing a big basket at home.

The third child is not a heinous crime, he doesn't have the courage to bully men and women, kill people and set fires, etc., so sometimes Chen Shi will turn a blind eye, just a waste of silver.

But this time, he knew that there would be trouble, if others were staring at the third child.

To put it mildly, it's okay for the third child to be imprisoned and exiled, and if you spend a little money, you can save a little, and if you are sentenced to death if it is serious, the implication will be great.

First of all, my father can't pass the pass, and there is the wife of the third child, the eldest lady of the Four Seas Gang, which is not a genius.

Yuan Rui took Qi Feng, and the two walked very leisurely to the more famous Huangpu Fish Village in Songjiang.

These big families all entrusted intermediaries, hoping that the soldiers would give them a chance to see if they could undertake some related armament production business, and they all handed over the words, willing to reduce costs, which is equivalent to contributing to the court.

Yuan Rui is not easy to shirk, not to mention that there are requests from Songjiang Zhixian, the generals of the Guards and the officials of the Coast Guard Embassy, but from the point that it may bring better equipment to the border army, let Yuan Rui come to entertain.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of Yuzhuang, he saw several people standing at the door waiting to greet him, Yuan Rui had no habit of being a good person, so he first bowed his hand, and he didn't know how to come here, and he didn't know how long he had been doing it, so he couldn't talk about it.

When everyone saw Yuan Rui coming, they all hurried to give a salute and humbly entered the room.

Looking at the layout of the private room, Yuan Rui knew that this group of people was still very caring.

A luxurious large private room, the size of three halls, with a large round table in the middle and half a room, and some antique items on the cabinet.

On one side is the aisle, which is reserved for serving, and on the other side, on the edge of the low table in the shape of a few figures, several maids are playing various musical instruments, taking into account everyone's chat, and their voices are very soft.

There were five people who invited Yuan Rui to this banquet, plus Yuan Rui and two people, there were only seven, sitting at the table, which seemed very empty.

Yuan Rui never regarded Qi Feng as a servant, bodyguard or anything, he was just a layman, and he didn't have that kind of consciousness, so Qi Feng had always followed Yuan Rui, including when Xiaohe was there, he ate at the same table.

Chen Shi is among these five people, but the purpose of his coming today is not to cooperate, so he wants to wait and see first.

So the person who came forward this time was his brother-in-law, Zhou Tong, the eldest son of the Zhou family, who was also one of the wealthy businessmen in Songjiang, mainly making furniture.

There are three others, the Wu family is in the fur business, the Qian family is also in the grain business, and the Liu family has opened a lot of restaurants and inns in Songjiang and Yangzhou.

Yuan Rui is not good at drinking, so he greeted him in advance, so he just tasted the toast to everyone, fortunately in Songjiang, there are not so many words.

Moreover, these people originally asked for him, and they didn't care about these details.

While eating and chatting, it was inevitable that I talked about this official business.

Yuan Rui heard them chatting, heard Zhou Gongzi's words, came to the nature, and asked directly, "Zhou Gongzi, can you ask, what kind of furniture do you mainly do now?"

"Lord Yuan, we are a simple workshop, mainly making some tables, chairs, and beds for some official eunuchs, and sometimes going to their homes to order a little cabinet and the like, all of which are small businesses."

"Don't be an adult, just call me Yuan Rui," Yuan Rui asked again, "The Zhou family can have some research on carriages and the like?" ”

"Your Excellency is polite, the carriage, Chen Gongzi and their family used to do it, but our family didn't have it."

"I don't know what kind of carriage Lord Yuan wants to make?" When Chen Shi heard this, he immediately answered.

Yuan Rui remembered one thing, that is, the chariot of the border army, the previous kind of vehicle, which could only be used for some transportation, and it was also possible to do some defense in an emergency.

But after all, it is not a formal chariot, Yuan Rui has always thought that the most effective thing in the face of the thorn cavalry is actually the chariot, if it is done well, strangling the cavalry is like playing.

When Chen Shi briefly introduced some small productions in the workshop at home, Yuan Rui was suddenly interested.

In the current era, there is no real chariot that can directly fight, and when he came back from the border army, Yuan Rui thought about how to better attack on the basis of defense, otherwise simple defense is not long-term.

Just chatted with Chen Shi for a few words, Yuan Rui couldn't go on any more, the involvement was too great, and on this occasion, once the information was leaked, all the planning would be over.

Yuan Rui thought for a while and discussed with Chen Shi, "Chen Gongzi, see if it's convenient, I want to go to your workshop tomorrow to have a look, it's not the ones who make supplies, it's the small workshop at home you just mentioned, and I play by myself." ”

"No problem, no problem, Lord Yuan is here, otherwise, I'll have someone pick up the adult tomorrow."

"No need, I'll just go directly, just to trouble Gongzi, Gongzi can rest assured, some exclusive privacy of the Chen family, I will never make a noise to the outside, of course, if I can, I want to do some business with Gongzi Chen in the future."

Yuan Rui knows that people nowadays are very concerned about some of their own unique businesses, for fear that others will steal their studies.

"The adults are serious, who doesn't know that the adults are the real masters, as long as the adults can see it, there is no problem for the Chen family to take it out."

Chen Shi was happy, looking at the envious eyes of the other four people, if he could really get in touch with Yuan Rui this time and do business in partnership, the Chen family would make a lot of money.

The four of them were also busy talking to Yuan Rui about their family's business to see if there was anything they could work with.

Back at his residence, Yuan Rui sat at his desk and thought about the information about the chariot.

What Yuan Rui thinks is that chariot defense is basic, and it must play a good offensive role in the battle.

Steel plates, wheels are basically solved, the key is the bearing, which can play a good role in lubrication, as well as springs, which are necessary for shock absorption.

With these two things, and then install steel spikes on the front of the car, arrange the standing position inside, and install the bow and crossbow, that is an invincible existence.

Fighting on the grassland is different from the Central Plains, you can build cities, you can rely on mountains and rivers, and you can set traps.

The grassland is not good, it is a big open space, and there may be no one for hundreds of miles, and any preparation may be in vain.

It's more of an encounter, raids are everywhere, and the return of the rifle is a common trick.

What Yuan Rui thought was that if there was a chariot team, there was no need to talk about defense.

If a large number of enemy troops are found and the enemy army is driven and besieged in a certain area by chariots, then the enemy army will have no room to maneuver, and it will be a matter of time before it is defeated.