Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Trade Route
After the wax day, the yamen went on a serious business for a few days, and then entered the state of fishing.
Sima Yangchen, the right of the Xuchang shogunate, simply took leave and returned to Chen County, took a break for more than 40 days, and then went straight after the year.
When he returned to his new residence in Chen County, he keenly felt that something was wrong: there were guests who had come and stayed for more than one day.
He didn't bother to ask the servants and maids anymore.
He can't come to this house for a few days a year, and most of the time he lends it to Empress Hui, who is studying calligraphy here.
Some things are hard to get confused.
"Uncle." After hearing the servant's report, the sheep went out to greet him.
"Meet Empress Hui." Yang Chen saluted.
"Uncle!" Yang Xianrong sneered.
Yang Chen was halfway through his movements, got up, stroked his beard, and said, "How is my niece doing recently?" Alas, the New Year's Day is approaching, and the shogunate has a lot of things, and it is too late to come back. β
As he said this, he observed his niece.
The niece obviously touched up her makeup before going out, but her face still had a flush that had not faded, which surprised him, Chen-that person wouldn't be still there, right?
However, I didn't see his own soldiers, so they should have left.
Thinking of this, my heart is not very happy, you two are almost done! What is it during the day, it's too much.
"What did Uncle say?" Yang Xianrong covered his mouth and chuckled, obviously in a very good mood.
"These are ......" Yang Chen asked, pointing to the large number of goods piled up in the courtyard.
"The medicinal herbs sent by the concubine." Yang Xianrong said: "After the New Year, I will send people to sell to Jiangdong." β
"How do you sell it?" Yang Chen asked.
"Borrow the boat for the return trip."
"You still have to have your own boat." Yang Chen shook his head and said, "Sooner or later, Caoyun will stop, and you can't rely on it for a long time." β
"Uncle is right." Yang Xianrong said.
"Koto has found a good person?" Yang Chen asked again.
Yang Xianrong nodded.
The Yang clan is a big family, although he hesitated about the matter of Nandu, but by now, some of his children have crossed to Nandu, and two of them have climbed to the position of Taishou.
The network exists, and the energy is not small.
This is only the children of the Yang family, and there are even more people who have in-laws with the Yang family.
Because of the meritorious work in the resettlement of the homeless, Yang Jianyang Jingji, who is about to become the Taishou of Ruyin, is Wang Dun's uncle, and the relationship is iron.
The net woven by the family is impenetrable, even if Shao Xun has been thinking hard about good strategies since ten years ago, and slowly accumulating strength, now he actually controls only three or four counties, and more than twenty counties are in the hands of the Shi clan.
Just like Gao Huan is not feeling well, and he has to accompany Princess Rouran with illness, what qualifications does Shao Huangmao have to coax these women?
In the world of the big family, do you still want to leave them behind and start anew? If you really do this, there is a high probability that you will not be able to get up, and even if you do, you will be much slower than your opponent, and in the end there will only be one way to lose, which is the characteristic of the times and cannot be avoided.
"What herbs are there?" As he spoke, Yang Chen walked to the bottom of the porch and looked at the goods that were about to be stored in the warehouse.
At first glance, it was Qin Jiao.
Shu pepper out of Wudu, Qin pepper out of Tianshui, in fact, is Guanzhong pepper, at this time has been introduced to the Kanto region, to Henan County produced as the best, this batch of Qin pepper from the front line of the war, Hongnong County, the number is small.
The second category is cypress kernels, which are also produced in the mountains of Henan and Hongnong counties, and are also produced in a large area in the Guangchengze area.
This is a medicinal material, known as the best in the north, and can be sold at a high price in Jiangdong and Jingzhou.
In addition, there are dozens of kinds such as wolfberry, yellow essence, mulberry white bark, bellflower, scutellaria, salvia, ephedra, banxia and so on.
Either it is a medicinal herb that is not available in Jiangnan.
Either it is in the south of the Yangtze River, but the quality is better than that produced in the north.
I really have a heart for choosing like this.
The big families like to "close the door", and it is not easy to do business with them. If you want them to pay for it, it can only be this kind of thing that the South desperately needs.
On the return trip, I will bring some southern goods to Henan to sell and earn two trips.
"Changqiu has a heart." Yang Chen praised.
This niece is really rich, a considerable part of Sun Xiu's family property fell into her hands back then, and she has been in business for many years, and it stands to reason that she has become rich and rivals the country, but the reality doesn't seem to be right, and a lot of money was spent by her.
But that's okay anymore.
Now that the business is open, you can always earn it back.
Chen Gong couldn't do this deal, because King Langya, Wang Dun, and Wang Dao's brothers were likely to lose face, but the Yang family could barely do it. If Jing Ji is involved, Wang Dun will not lose face to his uncle.
"When will my niece leave for the west?" After the two entered the middle hall, Yang Chen asked.
"Just for a few days." Yang Xianrong sighed, his face was cloudy, and he seemed to be hesitating.
I have been out to learn calligraphy for half a year, and I will definitely go back to Guangcheng Palace to live for a few months during the Chinese New Year.
But in the past few days, Shao Xun trained soldiers and handled government affairs during the day, and sneaked into this mansion after nightfall.
Outside, the north wind was howling, the wind and snow were all over the sky, and the two of them hugged each other and slept in the bedroom, which made Yang Xianrong feel extra at ease and particularly infatuated with this kind of life.
She wanted to tie the man to her. The thought that he would laugh with the Wang sisters during the day made her so angry that she was about to explode.
After returning to Guangcheng Palace, she planned to invite Princess Xiangcheng to come, and the two lonely people happened to celebrate the New Year together, so they asked her about the plan by the way.
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After moving to Chen, her situation has improved greatly this year.
Last night, she couldn't sleep in Shao Xun's arms and thought about it for a long time. Next year, Shao Xun may stay in Chenjun and Runan for a long time, and this is an opportunity.
Shao Xun likes to have a woman to sleep with him at night. When you go to Runan, who can share a bed with you? Thinking of this section, Yang Xianrong wanted to snicker.
You're all done!
"Let's go back early." Of course, Yang Chen didn't know the little Jiujiu in Yang Xianrong's heart, so he only persuaded: "The business of buying and selling is taken care of by the people below, and you can take care of the overall situation." β
"Uncle is right." The sheep offered Rong Rong.
Wait a few more days, and then go on the twentieth day of the lunar month, and Shao Xun will also return to Xuchang at that time.
Luonan, Xiangcheng, Runan, Nanton, and Chenjun have been inspected, and it is almost enough, and it is time to go home to accompany their parents and wives.
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Unlike Yang Xianrong, Shao Xun was about to leave.
After listening to the reports of Yuzhou Thorn Shi Yang Yan Zhi and Chen Guoxiang Cui Gong, the inspection was nearing the end.
Time is really tight!
After returning home, it is not very convenient to come out again, so be sure to plan the precious time before going home and make the most of it.
After leaving Chen County, he will quickly go north to Kaocheng, see his son, summon the shogunate as a military secretary, listen to the report, and then make some arrangements for next year's work.
Work is the main purpose, and visiting Concubine Pei's mother and son is incidental.
"Ming Gong said that a household planted fifty mulberry trees, five jujubes, and three elms, is this the least?" Cai Cheng had already come to the small building in the forest, ready to report that the carriage and horses were ready and ready to go on the road, but after hearing the conversation in the study, he stopped - it seemed to be Wang Huifeng who spoke just now.
"That's the least." Shao Xun said: "One acre of land can plant eight mulberry trees, and two acres of mulberry forest can produce one silk silk. Well, there may be a little less, maybe one and a half acres can produce a silk horse. If there are ten acres of mulberry forest, it may be able to produce six silk horses a year. You calculate for me, if you take half an acre of five acres of house, how many jujube elms can be planted on the remaining four acres of land, and how many fruits and vegetables can be planted. β
Wang Huifeng lowered his head and wrote.
"That's not right here." Shao Xun stretched out his finger and accidentally touched Wang Huifeng's white and tender hand.
Wang Huifeng glanced at Shao Xun from the corner of his eye, and saw that he was staring at the words on the paper, without distractions, it seemed that Fang was an unintentional mistake.
She blushed a little, not shy, but ashamed of herself for living a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain.
In her cognition, what kind of woman is Shao Xun unavailable? And why bother her? Well, she had apparently forgotten what her father, Wang Yan, had saidβperhaps selectively forgetting.
"A family receives 80 pieces of grain and six horses of silk a year. If it is cropped three times in two years, more grain will be harvested. In this way, after two and a half years of farming, there is a surplus of grain for one year. Jujubes, elms, fruits and vegetables can still be sold for money, and some poultry and livestock can be raised, and life will be much better. Wang Huifeng looked at the dense handwriting on the paper and was overjoyed.
On the white paper, according to Shao Xun's habit, the family income of a peasant under ideal circumstances is listed horizontally and vertically.
Grain: at least 80 hundreds, up to 100 hundreds.
Cloth: about six horses.
Mulberry: If the mulberry tree is planted for ten years, according to the minimum standard of fifty trees, fifty mulberry trees can be sold for four or five thousand yuan, evenly divided into ten years, more than four hundred yuan per year.
Residential income: five acres of residential garden, half an acre of house is enough, and the rest can be fully utilized, that is, "full of garden planting sunflower weed, mulberry elm around the house." β
The elm tree can sell pods and leaves in three years, make rafters in five years, make bowls, bottles and other utensils in ten years, and make cars in fifteen years.
As the most important economic tree species in addition to mulberry trees, elm planting is very common, and the economic benefits produced by each elm tree should be around 300 wen in the economic cycle of 15 years.
If you plant 10 jujube and elm in the garden, the annual income will be around 400 yuan.
Rapeseed income: depending on which ones are planted, the income varies greatly.
Livestock income: According to the Han Dynasty standards of two pigs and five chickens, it is already a lot.
Income from the sale of labor: This item is not available for the time being, because the farmer has to practice or serve in the spare time.
"Do you feel like you're doing something amazing?" Shao Xun looked at Wang Huifeng's happy face and asked.
Wang Huifeng nodded and asked, "Can you really do it?" β
"Just do it." Shao Xun said: "This matter is also a great achievement, and it will be done in the future, and you will not be remembered in the history books." β
"It doesn't matter if you don't get into the history books." Wang Huifeng shook his head and said, "I will be satisfied if the world is peaceful and the people are happy." It'sβ"
This is the ambition of the prince, she said silently in her heart.
Shao Xun wrote a few lines of poetry on the paper: "Mushroom rice in summer, chrysanthemum wine in autumn...... The number of urns has not yet been opened, and the Ming Dynasty can drink it. β
Wang Huifeng looked at it attentively, and it seemed to be a poem with the previous "planting more than 100 mulberry trees".
Is this Chen Gong's ideal pastoral life?
It is impossible for the Zhuang Ke tribe in the Shizu Dock Fort Manor to live such a life......
Her bright eyes looked at Shao Xun and said, "If you can do this, it will be a thousand years of achievement." β
"You help me." Shao Xun smiled: "So you have to accompany me to see that day." β
Wang Huifeng couldn't resist his gaze, turned his head, and quietly looked at the poem on the paper.
The heart is a little messed up.
"I'm leaving." Shao Xun suddenly got up and said.
Wang Huifeng didn't react for a while, and after understanding what Shao Xun said, he subconsciously wanted to stay.
Shao Xun saluted and turned to leave.
Wang Huifeng hurriedly returned the salute, and his demeanor was a little unprepared.
After Shao Xun traveled far away surrounded by his own soldiers, Wang Huifeng sat back in front of the case, and after lifting the pen, he found that he was lazy and didn't want to do anything.
After a while, she shook her head, dispelled the distractions in her mind, and continued to read the book.
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