Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 261
In Mu's study, after listening to Gan San's report, Mu Yan didn't speak.

From the first hurdle to the second, he was shocked: "This little lady Huo saved that Pingniang?"

"Master, since Mrs. Huo has the relationship with Pingniang, we don't need to go to any Juyuanlou. Wanxianglou is much bigger than Juyuanlou." Li Yi suggested.

Mu Yan was silent.

He was only on duty for a few days before he was sent out by the emperor to send news to all the officials, making him an earbud.I don't know whether to trust him or to test him.

Mu Yan felt disgusted.

But since he has surrendered to the emperor, such orders are likely to continue in the future.

Mu Yan ordered Gan San: "You have been by her side for the past few days."

Gan San responded and left.

Mu Yan just wanted to see what this little liar wanted to do.Do you still want to detain him?
Just thinking about it, I suddenly felt itchy.Unable to sit still, he took Li Yikan and Er out of the mansion.

The official with a big belly was coming out of Xiangliyan, drunk and staggering, being helped by someone to get into the sedan chair and go home.

Suddenly the whole world was dark.Then he was beaten awake, screaming in pain.

Mu Yan took Li Yikan and beat him and his two attendants hard.Let you ridicule me in the palace, let you say that I am a noble son of the Marquis's mansion who is used as a pawn for His Majesty, let you say that I have lost my grandfather's face.

beat!Must be beaten hard!Fist hit the flesh, bang bang.

Let you face with a pig face tomorrow.How dare you laugh at me!

Heaving a sigh of relief, amidst the opponent's repeated pleas for forgiveness, Mu Yan and the three of them fled away.

Kan Er just felt refreshed, and sure enough, beating someone was the best way to vent his anger.This capital, neither this nor that, has to be restrained everywhere, making him choked up.

That's right, the props are a bit out of hand, and it's a bit embarrassing for him.

Looking at Mu Yan: "Young master, can we not use baskets next time? Tomorrow morning, the kitchen thought it was a ghost, and stole baskets without stealing anything. It would be nice if we used sacks."

"Sacks are expensive." Mu Yan replied to him lightly.

Uh……

Master, do you still feel sorry for a sack?
"Stupid, what if there is a mark on the sack? Would it be difficult for someone to find it? It's better to use the bamboo basket." Li nodded in agreement with the prop bamboo basket.

However, jumping up and down with a basket really affects the image.

But after fighting for a long time, the young master just didn't agree.Kan Er had no choice but to give up.

Besides, for Huo Xi's side, ever since he met Wu Youcai and heard that he joined the Shibo Department, his mind has not stopped.

How to cure him?It is really not reconciled to die.Seeing the enemy get better and better, this heart is like frying oil.

Wu Youcai has joined the Shipbuilding Department.He is in the Shipbuilding Department.

Newcomers like Wu Youcai probably want to make merit and make money.

Shibo... Want to buy... This word has been in Huo Xi's mind for the past few days.

Why are they all scrambling to do sea trade business?Nothing more than huge profits.Like a few bolts of silk, if shipped overseas, the profit can be several times or ten times.

Another example is the red copper of the Wo Kingdom, whose market price in Japan is only a dozen Wen a catty. When it was shipped to the Wei Dynasty, the Shibo Secretary paid a price of [-] Wen.Ten times the profit.

There is also sulfur, which Huo Xi remembers was always an important military supply of the Ming Dynasty. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, due to the scarcity of the quantity, it had to be purchased in large quantities from the Wa Kingdom.A catty of sulfur was only a few pennies per catty in the Japanese country, but it was shipped to the Ming Dynasty, but the price was consistent.Really huge profits.

Sulfur and flame nitrate are usually used to make firearms in the army, and there are already firearms in Ming Dynasty.Zhu Yuanzhang had already used firecrackers when he fought against the Yuan Dynasty.

That's why Huo Xi felt that the one hundred stone flame nitrate in the warehouse was a hot commodity.

Wouldn't it work if you could fool Wu Youcai, sell him, and exchange for other in-demand products?

It's just that the flame salt was collected from the merchants of the Wei Dynasty. If it came from the Wa country, the profit could be dozens of times if it was handed over.But if they want to sell it to Shibo, the price has to be lowered, and in the end they have to be paid upside down.

Even if you don't pay back, what will you replace?

Shibo Secretary Bo buys, usually does not give money, can be bartered.A bunch of foreign merchants taking copper coins from the Wei Dynasty?I'm afraid I've lost my mind.The amount of gold and silver is also very short in the Wei Dynasty, and they will not pay more gold and silver to foreign merchants.

Like the Japanese country, there are many replacement silks.A load of copper weighs two hundred and seventy catties, and usually eight to ten catties of silk can be exchanged.It is four or five times the profit to transport it back to the country of Wa.

But Huo Xi exchanged flames for raw silk?
Not to mention whether the flame nitrate can be recovered at the cost price, if it is replaced with raw silk and sold in Wei Dynasty, how much money can it make?
One hundred stone flame nitrate, bought for 200 taels, is estimated to be able to exchange for 300 catties of raw silk, a catty of raw silk sold for half a taels of silver in the market, only [-] taels of silver.

Is she out of her mind?Taking a big risk, fooling Wu Youcai, and getting less than a hundred taels of money?

Huo Xi this worry.

Over there, Wei Ling got well and left the hospital. She thought about it for a few days but couldn't figure out how to do it.

Besides, on Huo Erhuai's side, Mrs. Fang pestered him that day and only got a hundred copper coins.

Huo Erhuai also went all out, but didn't go back to the boat, nor to the small courtyard in Qionghua Lane.

He went straight to the wharf in the outer city and worked as a porter to move goods.

Mrs. Fang followed him, and saw that he had only earned twenty or thirty copper coins after moving the goods at the pier for a day, and finally sat on the floor, eating gray flour steamed buns with the porters.

Can this mother-in-law stand it?Scavenged the copper coins he got and ran away.

Huo Erhuai just returned to the boat.For a few days, Yang and Huo Nian took Huo Nian outside to collect and sell goods, but they never got close to the waters of the capital.

Huo Xi and Yang Fu were greatly relieved.Huo Erhuai and Yang's can handle it clearly, so it will save their children a lot of trouble.

It's not that they don't give pension money, Huo Erhuai gives fifty taels every year when he goes back at the end of the year.It is almost one or two taels of pension money per month, which is beyond the vast majority of people.Still not satisfied?
The money earned by his husband and wife did not come from strong winds.It's okay to adopt parents, but the eldest son of the Huo family doesn't have a separate family. They have a house and a field, and they live together. It doesn't make sense for him to raise the whole family of brothers, nephews and nephews alone.

Today Wei Ling recovers from illness and is going home.Huo Erhuai went to the medical clinic and paid him for the medicine.He also paid money and received some nourishing medicine to take home for him to strengthen.

Because Mrs. Fang came to make trouble, Wei He only stayed on the boat for one night, thinking about the boat of the second uncle's family.

Chatting with Huo Wuniang in the medical hall every day.

Huo Wuniang was so excited by her nagging, she asked Huo Erhuai: "Second Brother, how much money does a ship like yours cost?"

Huo Erhuai glanced at her: "If you have the heart, I can help you, buy a smaller boat for you, and lead you out of the way. But now you don't have a separate family, it's all about it. In vain. No matter how much you earn, it will not fall into your hands."

Wei He lowered his head, the light in his eyes dimmed.

Wei Ling recovered from his illness, but was still a little weak, leaning against Huo Wuniang's leg, looking up at the second uncle.

Huo Erhuai liked him, he smiled and patted his head, seeing Huo Wuniang's disappointed expression, he couldn't bear it.

Sighing: "If you split up in the future, come and find the second brother. For the sake of my two nephews, the second brother can't just watch you live a hard life."

This little girl is nearly ten years younger than him, and he was the one who carried her everywhere when she was a child, and he raised her up.I couldn't bear to watch her suffer.

He took out two silver tags from his arms: "This is from your second sister-in-law to the two children, please help them keep it."

Huo Wuniang was still dazed, Wei He took it over, quickly put it on for his brother, and then put it on his own neck.

"You child!" Huo Wuniang wanted to snatch it back and kept it by herself.

Huo Erhuai was quite relieved, and stopped her: "This is for the two children, it's better for them to keep it by themselves. If something happens in the future, it can be used as money."

Looking at Wei He: "Can Xiao He keep it safe and not let others know?"

Wei He nodded fiercely: "Yes. I will hide it well, and I won't even tell my father." After speaking, he looked at Xiao Ling: "My brother won't tell either!"

Wei Ling nodded her head, pinned the silver tag into her lapel, and held it tightly: "Uncle, Xiao Ling won't say anything."

Huo Erhuai felt a little sad, and stroked the heads of the two children one by one: "Good boy."

He bought some food and cloth for the mother and son, and hired an ox cart for them, and Huo Erhuai sent them away.

Wei He looked back, reluctant to let go, and leaned into Huo Wuniang's ear: "Mother, can't we separate?"

Huo Wuniang didn't answer, she took a look at the hang tags between the necks of the two children, and weighed them in her hands, only to feel that they were heavy, and this one was very scary.The eyes are sore that I want to cry.

Ask the two children: "Do you like the second uncle?"

"I like it!" The two children nodded in unison.

Huo Wuniang felt quite sad when she heard this.

These days, the two children didn't say a word about their father, just thinking about their second uncle.Huo Wuniang glanced back, her second brother was still standing there, and the ox cart gradually moved away until he couldn't see it.

　To explain the term, this abstraction is the income tax, which is equivalent to a tariff.Bomai refers to the acquisition and purchase by Shibo from foreign businessmen.Scores are to classify the goods of foreign merchants into thick and thin and grade them, and then the Department of Shipping will select a certain amount of goods in proportion.As for the random inspection, I think it is similar to the current customs random inspection?But in ancient times, the point draw was to take away the goods and not return them.I don't feel like it again.

　　
　
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