Hearing that Zhu Houzhao was hung on the beam of the house and beaten, and insisted that the pawn ticket and silver deed were lost, Xia Yuan couldn't help but be a little moved, this kid is a ruthless person.

And the strength of his hands is still big, Xia Yuan was desperately shaken by his collar, and he was dizzy for a while.

"Don't shake, don't shake, don't redeem, don't redeem, Your Highness, let's plan a business plan now."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly quieted down and took his hand back, while Xia Yuan straightened his collar and held his head for a while, and then put the two contract papers back in his arms, never mentioning the ransom.

Then he talked about business, "The minister has considered before, if you buy land to build a workshop, it is best to be close to Caoyun, so that whether it is to buy sugarcane, or to expand the scale in the future, it is also convenient to send our goods through Caoyun, so we have to buy the land on the canal side of Tongxian County."

"Tong County?"

Zhu Houzhao felt that it made sense to be close to Caoyun, but Tongxian was dozens of miles away from the capital, "Isn't this a little far?" ”

"Far? You can't buy it at the pond, because it's very close, but the land is expensive, and there are many boats on the river, and it's blocked every day. ”

Since the Ming Dynasty dredged the north-south canal, this pond is the general wharf of the north-south transport, but that place is inch-rich, is where the wharf is, countless merchants gather on weekdays, thousands of sails are berthed, which makes the nearby river is not too wide to make matters worse, blocking ships every day.

According to Xia Yuan's vision, this river must be wide, not only for the future expansion of the scale, so that it can be convenient for merchant ships to pass through, and goods can be transported to all parts of the world.

For the sake of the present, you must know that sugarcane used to make sugar can not be grown in the north, this thing likes heat and is not cold-tolerant, even in later generations, with more advanced cultivation technology, sugarcane can be planted on both sides of the Huai River at most.

Not to mention that in today's Ming Dynasty, a dynasty in the Xiaoice period, sugarcane can only be grown in places such as Jiangnan, Liangguang, and two lakes.

Xia Yuan thought about using beets to make sugar, beets can be grown in Liaodong, and there was also such a thing as beets in the Ming Dynasty, and even he ate them.

However, the technology of sugar beet sugar production is only available in modern times, and sugarcane is different, and the history of sugar production from sugarcane in China is two or three thousand years.

It can be said that the technology is already very mature, and the beet is just a dish in this period.

When it comes to sugar production, the process is more complex than that of sugar cane, and sugar mills with all kinds of modern equipment are not used as references.

In his previous life, Xia Yuan had seen a certain grandmother at Xiaopo Station hand-make sugar with beets, and it took ten days to make a small bowl of more than ten catties of beets.

He can recall the process clearly, but it was too wasteful.

So let's make it from sugar cane first, and we'll talk about sugar beets later.

"However, Tongxian County is indeed a little far away, so send someone to Tonghuihe to walk all the way, look for it as you go, see where there is a suitable one, and then buy it."

"This is easy to do, Liu Ban"

Zhu Houzhao instinctively wanted to call his Liu companion, but as soon as he said a companion word, he swallowed the rest of the word back.

He remembered that his Liu companion had been taken down and locked up, along with his own Gu companion and the simpled Zhang companion.

There were also a couple of guards.

The palace was beaten severely by his father, and he didn't know what kind of torture these people would suffer.

He is not afraid of those people betraying himself, the reason is very simple, and many people who are horse boys understand it.

If you don't betray your eldest brother, your eldest brother may abandon you, and he may not try to rescue you

But if you betray the eldest brother, the eldest brother will definitely abandon you, and even can't wait to find someone to kill you.

And Zhu Houzhao, the eldest brother, promised to protect them, but he still does what he says and promises.

It's a pity.

A little gloomy sighed, Zhu Houzhao's tone was quiet, "I hope that Liu Companion's life will be greater, and you can survive until the day when the palace earns money to redeem things, and then the palace will definitely save you out." ”

“.”

Hearing this low sigh, Xia Yuan's cheeks twitched, it was obvious that Liu Jin and Gu Dayong had been angered by the emperor because of this matter, and they didn't know what kind of inhuman treatment they would suffer.

With such a master, it is really blood mold that has been poured for eight lifetimes.

Pure sin.

In Xia Yuan's opinion, Liu Jin, an old eunuch, died early and was born early, but Gu Da used this dead eunuch to get along with himself quite well.

It's just that the wood is already in the boat, not to mention that I don't know what will happen, how can I care about the life and death of others.

So he was relieved: "Your Highness, if you want to open up, maybe they are still a relief when they die, and they can be regarded as a well-deserved death." ”

Xia Yuan said these words very sincerely, Gu Dayong didn't seem to mention it in the history book of death, but Liu Jin was late, just like a roast duck, a thousand knives.

If you die now, it will really be a relief, and you won't have to be pitted by this master in the future.

Zhu Houzhao felt his sincerity and sighed: "It can only be like this, if Liu Banban and the others don't survive, the palace will definitely send someone to burn more paper for them." ”

After a few seconds of a little compassion, he quickly picked himself up and shouted out to the outside of the hall, "Horse companion! ”

Soon, a eunuch about thirty years old bowed down and ran in, it was the eunuch who made Xia Yuan feel a little embarrassed before.

As soon as Ma Yongcheng entered the dormitory, he knelt on the ground, his knees hit the ground with a real muffled sound, he didn't seem to feel pain, and asked with a solemn face: "What does Your Highness command?" ”

"Master, if you have any requirements, just tell him, let him go and find it, Ma Companion is the most serious."

Xia Yuan was not polite, and immediately ordered: "You just follow the Tonghui River all the way to the east, find a river channel that is wider, the wider the better, at least twice as wide as the river channel near Jishuitan, and then the surrounding area is more open, and the terrain is flat, basically that's it." ”

After waiting for the words, Zhu Houzhao asked, "Have you written it down?" ”

"The slave has written it down."

"Then you're still kneeling, so let's go and find it."

"The slave obeys."

Kowtowed respectfully, and there was a muffled sound when his head hit the floor tiles, and Ma Yongcheng got up from the ground and walked out with his red and swollen head.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and looked at his back, until he disappeared out of Ciqing Palace, then he turned his head back and said: "Master, have you seen it, I will say that he is the most serious, whether it is kneeling or kowtowing, he has to work harder than the people next to him." ”

"Are you sure it's serious, not stupid?"

Stupid may be a little stupid, but there is also seriousness, and when the palace becomes the emperor after Kecheng Datong, he will definitely be the eunuch of the Dongchang Governor, so that a serious and stupid person can not only do things with his heart, but also be easy to control."

"Huh." Xia Yuan grinned, the current factory is a stuffy gourd that can't knock out a fart with three sticks, and the future factory is even more powerful, suspected of being mentally retarded.

The Ming Dynasty is really a promising future.

(End of chapter)