Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1609 Zhang Cai, the prefect of Arctic Prefecture
Lindong City, the capital of the Northwest Province of Ming Dynasty, is a city built on the basis of the original capital of the Siberian Khanate. Because of its high dimension, it is very cold in winter, and the freezing weather is no longer enough to describe. The temperature of tens of degrees below zero and the heavy snow are enough to freeze everything.

Even though it is midsummer now, Winter City does not feel the slightest heat, but is very cool.

Summer is the best time of the year in Winter City.

People can wear cool clothes instead of being wrapped into a big ball like in winter. The scenery of Winter City is also very beautiful, full of vitality everywhere.

On the vast black land outside the winter city, the prisoners exiled from Daming are busy all the time, cultivating food and growing vegetables, and then storing all the food and vegetables before winter, and preparing a lot of firewood at the same time , so that we can spend the winter with peace of mind in winter.

This place is different from other places in Ming Dynasty.

Once it's winter, the outside world will almost lose their practice, and even the most desperate businessmen will not visit Winter City in winter.

You must know that in the winter here, once the heavy snow falls, it can be as high as a person, everything will be frozen, and all roads will be blocked.

In Winter City, a large number of merchants are busy doing business.

Even though it is the northwest corner of the Ming Empire, you can still buy a variety of commodities from all over the world here. Grain, flour and rice from the Hezhong area are undoubtedly the most popular here.

Winter City is too cold to grow rice, and even wheat can only grow spring wheat, and the yield is relatively low and the quality is far inferior to that in the river area.

The best yield here is potatoes. This crop from South Golden Continent can adapt well to the climate here. It can be regarded as the main crop here in Winter City.

But Ming people like to eat rice and white noodles, so they need to buy a lot of grain from the Hezhong area in the south every year to survive the winter.

In addition to food, bacon from the Hezhong area, cotton-padded clothes from the Beijing-Tianjin area, various dry goods from the Western Regions, and salted fish from Tianjin are the most popular things in Winter City.

They are also important supplies that the people of Winter City store up for the winter. Without these things, the winter will be uncomfortable.

Here in Winter City, the main production is all kinds of fur, deerskin, mink, bear, tiger, fox, etc. The output of all kinds of fur is very large, the key is that the quality is good enough .

The vast Siberian plains are sparsely populated and have extremely rich animal resources. Because of the high dimension, the fur of these animals is the best fur.

Here, almost everyone is engaged in the fur business, or goes hunting together in summer to obtain fur, or brings various commodities to exchange fur with the tribes in the Siberian Plain, and then Sold to merchants who come to Winterfell to do fur business.

At this time, in the entire Winter City, fur merchants everywhere are buying furs wantonly. A piece of high-quality fur in good condition can be sold at a high price of tens of taels of silver in Winter City.

If you go to the Beijing-Tianjin area, after processing, the price of a fur coat can be as high as hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver.

The profits are very large, which attracts a large number of businessmen to come here to buy fur.

"The fur is collected, the fur is collected, the fur is collected in large quantities, and the fur is collected at a high price!"

The merchants, with their guards and buddies, kept yelling with tin horns in an open space.

One after another, the sound of yelling resounded through every corner of the entire Winter City, making this place extremely lively and noisy.

"Your fur is not good, the color is not pure, and there are variegated colors."

"You're blind. This white fox fur has no stray hairs at all. It's bright in color, and it's in perfect condition. You're still talking about that. I won't sell you."

"Don't, don't, brother, it's like this in business. It's like pawning things. No matter how good things are in their mouths, they will be devalued and worthless."

"Brother, make an offer~"

"This kind of white fox fur is the best fur product. It costs 300 silver dollars, and I won't sell it for less than one piece."

"300 yuan, this is too expensive, too expensive, your product is good, but this price is too expensive, too expensive, 100 yuan, I want it."

"100 yuan?"

"Why don't you go grab it? Don't think I don't know. When this fur arrives in the capital, it will cost thousands of taels of silver. I am a native of the capital."

"It turns out that Xiongtai is from the capital. Disrespect, disrespect, look at it like this, 200 yuan, I can make some money. It is not easy to transport this fur to the capital. The money is not so easy to earn."

"280 yuan, if it is less, I will show it to others."

"Let's make a concession to each other, 250 yuan, you are also an expert, so I don't bother to waste my words."

"Okay, okay~"

"..."

"Brother, these deer skins of yours are not good. Many of them are damaged, and the quality is too bad. And this deer skin is not good. If it is all together, it will cost 500 silver."

"Fuck, you can't think of me as a fool. I have dozens of buckskins, and they are worth a thousand taels of silver. You want to take five hundred silver dollars?"

"Brother, you have quite a lot, but the quality is too bad. If the quality is good, it will be the price you said."

"Don't sell it, don't sell it, I'll sell it to someone else."

"Brother, don't go, don't go, we can still discuss the price."

"If you don't sell it, you don't sell it. You black-hearted businessmen, it's too cruel to give 500 silver for these dozens of buckskins."

"..."

In Winter City, there are voices of bargaining everywhere, merchants are desperately buying furs, in order to make a fortune before winter.

As hot as the fur market is the slave market.

Here in the slave market, many slave traders are also constantly shouting, as long as someone comes in, especially those who have tattoos and tattoos on their bodies, they can be seen as prisoners exiled here.

These slave traders will immediately swarm over and continue to sell their slaves.

"Brother, brother, come and take a look at my goods, all of them are high-quality goods from the Kazan Khanate, you can choose whatever you want, it will be winter soon, buy a few female slaves and go back, By then, winter will not be cold and lonely.”

"Brother, brother, my goods are the real good ones. The products produced by the Black Sea Trading Company must be high-quality goods, and the storage is young, and it has been trained. The storage is the best companion in your bed. During this winter, there is nothing to do. I can play enough at home every day, and I will give you a big fat boy next year."

Slave traders are working hard to sell their slaves.

The exiles here in Winter City are all prisoners, basically all men, young and strong, young and energetic. When they arrive in Winter City, it is definitely hopeless to marry a wife, so the business of female slaves has always been They are all very popular, and they are the pillar industries here in Winter City.

In addition to the slave business for the many exiled criminals here in Winter City.

Because Cold Winter City is very close to the Kazan Khanate, a large number of slaves came to Cold Winter City from the Kazan Khanate, and then sold to various places in Ming Dynasty, which also attracted a large number of slave traders to come here to buy a large number of slaves.

However, such large-scale transactions are generally done by major commercial firms. Ordinary slave merchants usually do small transactions, selling dozens of female slaves here, and then selling these slaves, and changing hands easily. Earning hundreds or thousands of taels of silver is enough for this year.

Zhang Cai was walking on the streets of Rinwinter City, and he was already used to the lively scene in Rinwinter City, so he was no stranger to it.

Since Gao was promoted to be the magistrate of Beibing Mansion in Northwest Province, Zhang Cai would find a way to come to Winter City as long as she had time and opportunity, and then tried every means to stay here as much as possible.

As for the Arctic Mansion under his jurisdiction, as long as he could not go, he would never go back.

If Winter City is already very north, then Arctic Mansion is the northernmost point, the northernmost point of Northwest Province, and is within the Arctic Circle.

Cold Winter City can still feel some summer atmosphere in midsummer. There is no so-called summer in the Arctic Mansion. It is all winter. Even now, the Arctic Mansion is still very cold.

So Zhang Cai doesn't like to go to Beibing mansion very much, and she will never go if she can.

What's more, the state capital where Beibing Mansion is located doesn't even have a decent city, only a few small towns with an extremely sparse population.

If it were in other places in Daming, it would be unbearable to be the magistrate of a prefecture. He must be very happy, and he can't wait to take up the post without stopping.

But he stayed here in Winter City, bought real estate in Winter City, and settled down here.

Cold Winter City is considered a city anyway, with a large population. As long as you have money, you can still live a good life here. As for the rest of the Northwest Province, it is a desolate place where birds don't shit.

"Liu Jin's son is now a cabinet boss and still in charge of the bureaucracy. I'm afraid he won't be able to return to the pass in his life. He can only grow old here in the ice barren land."

Zhang Cai couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

On the surface, he was promoted to the magistrate, a fourth-rank official, but who wants to be the magistrate of the Arctic Mansion?
The entire Arctic Mansion has a very wide area of ​​jurisdiction. The entire north of Northwest Province is under the jurisdiction of the Arctic Mansion, but the population may not even be [-] people. This also includes the primitive tribes in the Arctic Mansion wasteland. As for the Han people, there are only a few hundred Han people in those small towns, and they are still criminals exiled here.

There is no oil and water, and it is a problem to get a piece of fur. If it is not because the salaries of Ming officials are rising again and again, and they can live a good life with their salaries, he doubts whether he is going to starve to death. Here in Winterfell.

In order to be able to transfer back to other places in Daming.

Here in Winter City, he often wrote letters to his classmates and friends, and he also let the constant activities in the family dredge the joints.

But all this is in vain.

Everyone knows about Zhang Cai and Liu Jin. Now that Liu Jin is the cabinet boss, who would offend the current cabinet cabinet boss Liu Jin for Zhang Cai? He is a celebrity around Emperor Hongzhi, and he is very likely to be the cabinet boss in the future. Shousuke.

The key is that Liu Jin still has a good relationship with the prince, and this position is extremely firm and unshakable at all.

Zhang Cai also knew this, so she always sighed and felt frustrated.

He really wanted to resign and return to his hometown to take care of himself, but he was reluctant.

It was not easy to become a fourth-rank official, and he was not too old, and he had also entered the Imperial Academy, so he was still very promising.

It's really not reconciled to go back to my hometown to take care of my life like this.

Zhang Cai sighed, looking at the bustling scene in front of him, he couldn't help thinking of the capital again, the capital is the real bustling and lively.

This Winter City is lively in summer, and when the weather is cold and the merchants leave, Winter City will become deserted again.

"Eh?"

"that person?"

Just when Zhang Cai sighed, his eyes locked on a young man on the street.

This young man was dressed luxuriously, and he was surrounded by a dozen beautiful beauties, causing everyone around him to look sideways. At the same time, there were many guards by his side. These guards were not simple at first glance. The individual is tall and strong, and well-trained.

Looking at the things they wear with them, although many of them are hidden, it can still be seen that their preparation is extremely sophisticated.

The treasured sword on the waist, the bow and crossbow on the back, and the short firecracker on the waist are the latest products of Miyun Arsenal. They are very short and small, so they are easy to carry and attack in close quarters.

There are a lot of these guards, and the young people and those beauties in the middle are firmly protected. It is difficult for others to get close to half a step. They protect the front and back very properly without hindering the interest of the young people and those beauties.

"This is His Royal Highness, why did he come to Winter City?"

Zhang Cai rubbed his eyes, he couldn't believe it.

It is unbelievable that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty has come to Cold Winter City.

When he was in the capital, he had met the prince, so he could recognize him.

The capital is tens of thousands of miles away from the city of Winter. It is really unexpected that the crown prince would come here to visit the mountains and rivers instead of staying in the capital.

"The prince is lustful~"

"My chance has come~"

"Whether you can stand up or not depends on this time."

Then, Zhang Cai suddenly realized that his chance to stand up might come.

As long as he can please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him and let him remember himself, there is still a chance to turn around in the future, and maybe he can take this opportunity to soar into the sky, which is hard to say.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered his servants to go to the beauties quickly, but after looking at the dozen beauties around Zhu Houzhao, he became anxious again.

There are quite a few women in Winter City, but they are all slaves. It is really not easy to find beautiful beauties, let alone make the prince look good.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao certainly didn't know that he had been recognized.

He was looking around and wandering around in Winter City with great interest.

After finally coming out, he has completely let himself go. After playing in the Western Regions enough, he went to Central Asia Province, and now he has come to this Winter City.

"Good, good~"

"I've heard that Winter City's fur is the best in the world, and it really lives up to its reputation."

"There are fur businesses everywhere in the streets and alleys, and you can see all kinds of good furs everywhere."

"Well, buy some and let someone make a fur coat. The queen mother will definitely like it."

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao's small eyes immediately looked around, and soon locked on a few white fox furs in the hands of a businessman.

"How do you sell the fur in your hand?"

Zhu Houzhao took a closer look at the businessman. The furs in his hand were very good, and there were many good ones.

"This young master is interested in the fur in my hand?"

Sun Hao carefully looked at Zhu Houzhao in front of him, and his eyes lit up when he saw a dozen beauties around him.

"These white fox furs are not bad. I want them. How about a price?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, pointed to the best white fox furs and said.

"2000 silver dollars!"

Sun Hao looked at Zhu Houzhao, turned his eyes wide open, and said with a smile.

"Pay~"

Zhu Houzhao had no intention of haggling, and said directly to Liu Jin behind him.

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin took out 20 banknotes of one hundred taels of silver from her bosom, and then prepared to take the white fox fur.

"Wait~"

When Sun Hao saw it, he became anxious immediately, 2000 taels of silver was nothing, the key was that he actually fell in love with the beauties around Zhu Houzhao, and originally wanted Zhu Houzhao to cede one or two beauties to himself.

Who knew that he had met a gold owner, and he didn't even intend to bargain, so he gave the money directly, or a bank note.

"how?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Sun Hao and asked suspiciously.

"I won't sell this white fox fur, unless you can give me a few more beauties around you."

Sun Hao held his white fox fur and looked at the beauty beside Zhu Houzhao with squinting eyes.

"you wanna die!"

When Liu Jin heard this, she immediately screamed angrily, "Come on, hit me hard."

This Zhu Houzhao's woman, there are people who don't have eyes and have a crooked thought. This is not courting death, but what is she doing.

When the guards around him heard this, several guards immediately grabbed Sun Hao.

"Don't you dare to look where this is. This is the city of Winter. Even if you are a fierce tiger crossing the river, you have to lie down here."

When Sun Hao saw it, he roared immediately, and many of the guys around him quickly showed their weapons and came to Winter City to do business. They were all prepared. This is a place where criminals are exiled. What kind of cruelty? Everyone has it.

"court death!"

Liu Jin snorted coldly again, holding hands for a while, and the guards around him descended like a tiger, and said that Sun Hao and his guys had cleaned up.

As for Zhu Houzhao, he had already taken his beauties to continue wandering the streets and alleys, and he didn't care about Sun Hao, a small person, and didn't even bother to take a look.

PS: Today is a chapter of [-] words~
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