Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 191
Sticky rice?Yang Fu frowned thinking about the stock in the shop.

But the shop has too many varieties of goods, and Yang Fu really can't think of the item of glutinous rice.

Taking a look at Huo Xi, I feel that Xi'er is still careful, and can discover details that others can't.

"The yield of glutinous rice is low, and the selling price is a few cents more expensive than rice. Farmers grow less." Huo Erhuai said.

"It's okay, let's just ask casually. Parents, please ask the farmers who share our land. If they are willing to plant, our family will take care of the harvest, and the price will follow the market. If the price is low this year, it will not be lower than last year. receive."

Huo Erhuai nodded in response.

Yang Shi asked her with a puzzled look: "Why did the glutinous rice suddenly rise so much?"

Huo Xi wanted to inquire why the price of glutinous rice had continued to rise in the past few months.

In the past few years, the weather has been good, and the south of the Yangtze River has become more fertile. The output of various grains has increased year by year, and the price has dropped.But glutinous rice has risen quietly.

Huo Xi couldn't help thinking about the reason for this.

Glutinous rice played a very important role in ancient times. In addition to being used as food, it is also indispensable for wine making.The capital can't stop drinking now, and breweries can be seen everywhere in the countryside.The demand for glutinous rice is not small.

In addition, in ancient times when there was no adhesive, glutinous rice mortar was often used as an adhesive.Glutinous rice paddles are used to build houses, repair city walls, build pagodas, and build mausoleums.

Glutinous rice mortar should be made of pure glutinous rice, adding lime and alum.Huo Xi has read some documents, saying that to build a section of 1000 meters, that is, two miles long city wall, fifty tons of glutinous rice, that is, eight hundred and fifty stones, is needed.

Since Emperor Yongkang came to power, he has made frequent moves.

First, in the first year of Yongkang, he sent his trusted and important minister Ping Jiangbo Chen Xuan to serve as the commander-in-chief of water transportation, stationed in Jiehuai'an, to manage water affairs.

The commander-in-chief of water transportation is in charge of the [-]-mile canal waterway grain transportation, and the seven provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Henan and Shandong are under his jurisdiction.

At the same time, the Twelve Guards of the Cao Mansion Guards began to form.

It is said that there will be thousands of tank boats along the canal.Cao's army will reach tens of thousands, all of which will be dispatched by Ping Jiangbo, a trusted minister of Emperor Yongkang.

In the past few years, except for the year when Emperor Yongkang first came to the throne, the boats of all fishermen were recruited to transport grain, and the following years were all voluntary and not compulsory.

The boats transporting grain are also selected, and not all voluntary fishing boats are recruited.

The Huo family's ship is firstly new, and secondly, it has a large transport capacity. In addition, the Huo family intends to do business along the road. These years, they have been transporting grain to the north every year.

But I heard that there will be no fishermen's boats this year.

He Feng also said that he would be transferred, but he didn't tell Huo Xi which guard he would be transferred to, he only said that he was still in the capital.

Now that the price of glutinous rice has risen, is there any action by the court?

It's a pity that she is just a small person.The matter of the court had to be made public before she got the exact news.

However, big companies can get a head start ahead of others through some channels.If others take the first step, they will be able to lay out the layout first. If the news is late, there will be no chance of picking up the leak.

"Uncle, tell shopkeeper Shen to pay attention to the price of glutinous rice, and charge some from everywhere."

Seeing Yang Fu nodding, he said to Huo Erhuai: "Father, when you go to the countryside with your mother, you should also go to the village to ask. If the farmers have surplus glutinous rice, you and your mother will also collect some."

"Okay, Dad knows."

In the following days, Huo Xi, Yang Fu and Shopkeeper Shen quietly inquired about prices in the outer city and inner city, and went to the grain shop to inquire about the price of glutinous rice.

And socialize everywhere, want to inquire about some news.

The news was heard, but the useful news was not there.I only heard that there is a grain shop that collects glutinous rice and transports it to the north.

But in the past years, all kinds of grain collected in Jiangnan were shipped out, and now she doesn't know if the shipment volume of various grain merchants has increased.They won't tell her about their business opportunities, and they won't show her their account books, so they can't judge.

He and Yang Fu squatted in front of the grain shop for several days, but they didn't find anything unusual.

Thinking about it, this kind of large-scale purchase and sale of goods will not be sent to the shop, but will be transshipped at the dock.

It is still necessary to build a news network and make more contacts in order to get more reliable internal news.If you have been falling behind, I am afraid that there is really nothing to miss.

Unable to find any news, Huo Xi only asked shopkeeper Shen to pay more attention.

My own shop also began to quietly stock up.

Besides, Huo Xi also put the matter aside.Just focus on finding warehouses in the city.

Shopkeeper Shen and Yang Fu went to the shipyard to place an order.

Huo Xi wanted to add a few big boats to Guangfengshui. Originally, he only planned to add five boats, but shopkeeper Shen said that there was still money in the account, so he simply added ten boats. Two boats were prepared for each shop, one in and one out, so as not to delay thing.

If he had said it a few days earlier, Huo Xixing would have nodded.

But now after her investigation these past few days, the prices of all building materials have quietly increased except for glutinous rice.

Huo Xi's heart was pounding, always feeling that something big was about to happen.

There must be some flexible living money in the account. If there is a big business opportunity, there must be enough money to stock up.Fixed assets are not easy to realize.

Shopkeeper Shen listened, took the bank notes and went to the shipyard to order a ship.

A day later, when I found Huo Xi, I patted my chest in amazement: "I went to several shipyards, and the orders in their hands have been queued for several months."

What's going on here.

Could it be that the boss's analysis is correct, is there really something big going to happen in Beijing?

Huo Xi thought about it for a while: "The shipyard's orders are probably placed by the Water Transport Department. The seven provinces have to prepare tens of thousands of water ships, and we estimate that there are hundreds of thousands of water ships near the capital. You can send people to the nearby cities. Make an order, if you have to wait for several months, you might as well go to Fujian to buy a boat and come back. Even if the journey is long, it is better than waiting."

Shopkeeper Shen nodded: "Okay, I will arrange for people to go to Zhejiang and Fujian immediately."

After talking about the ship, let's talk about the warehouse.

Shen Qianzhong said that a businessman he knew sent him a message, saying that there was a businessman in the inner city who wanted to transfer the warehouse. He went to see it and thought it was very suitable, but the other party asked to buy his two shops together. , Not just disassembled to sell.

"what price?"

"Two thousand strings."

"Two thousand guan?" Huo Xi frowned. It's not that he didn't have money in his account, but if he paid two thousand guan at once, he was a little tight on money.

"The price is double that of the outer city, but I've seen it. The location of the shop is very good. Even if we don't use it, it's not difficult to rent it out. The warehouse is also big, twice the size of our current one. And There is also a cellar under the warehouse, and it is suitable to store some precious things in the cellar."

"Where?"

"Three Yuan Alley."

"Sanyuan Lane?" Mother's dotting embroidery shop is in Sanyuan Lane.The location there is good, and the price is not too expensive.

"Okay, let's go and have a look tomorrow. Buy it if it suits you."

The next day, the two went to see the shop and warehouse.

The warehouse is very large, but the shop area is very small, and they are only two-bay shops.But in Sanyuan Lane, you can buy two shops and a large warehouse for [-] guan, which is not too expensive.

After paying the money and getting the red contract, Huo Xi asked Shen Qianzhong to arrange for someone to clean the warehouse and shop, and repair the places that should be repaired.

The two shops are not rented, and they are reserved for personal use.Huo Xi plans to open another Guangfengshui in the inner city.Pick some more expensive and rarer goods and sell them loosely in the inner city.

After buying the shop and warehouse, Huo Xi turned over the books again.

Withholding the money for the five cargo ships, there is really not much money left in the account, which is very worrying.

She wants to buy land to grow grain and mulberry.But where do you get the money?

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