Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 344 What exactly does Zhang Xinzhi want to do?
In the posthouse of Zhaoyang County, the sky was full of noisy quarrels.

In the inner room, Shi Qiao was writing notes with a livid face, he must stop the imperial merchants from cooperating with Zhang Xinzhi.One is to delay time, and the other is to prevent Zheng Ren from gaining a firm foothold in Zhaoyang.

"2000 million jins of grain!" Shi Qiao wrote like flying, with hatred in his mouth, "enough for a hundred thousand troops to eat and chew for two years! Then Yang Zongchao got these grains and sugar, and the whole county of Zhaoyang will really be under his control It’s in his hand. This screwdriver has such shallow eyelids that it’s chilling.”

In the front hall at the moment, in order to divide the four thousand paper coupons, the ten imperial merchants competed fiercely with each other.

Hearing this movement, Shi Qiao couldn't write any more, a pen fell on the wall and broke in two.

A long sigh fully expressed Shi Qiao's resentment and helplessness at the moment.

The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple sounds noble, but it happens to be the Shaoqing who is in charge of affairs with Dazheng. It is one of the few positions in the whole court that can be aggrieved to death, but this position is too important. Pick Wanxuan still uses the queen's family brother.

Tang Bo stepped forward to pick up the broken brush and put it on Shi Qiao's desk.

"Guangyan has been silent since he came back, but what judgment can he make? Let's talk to someone first, someone here is dying of anxiety!"

"Bo just thinks it's weird?"

Shi Qiao hurriedly asked: "Did Guang Yan see the conspiracy of Zhang Xinzhi?"

Unexpectedly, Tang Bo smiled and shook his head.

"This Zhang Xinzhi doesn't have any conspiracy methods. Every move today is a conspiracy. He used 200 million yuan to seduce the imperial merchants of his country, and used the marriage of the two countries to bypass the laws of his country so that the paper can be used. It was sold to the imperial merchants, and the method of buying paper coupons was also very clever. It wiped out our method of relying on price increases to procrastinate. Whoever dares to stop these people from making money, whoever is this The mortal enemy of the gang and the forces behind it! Sir, it is best not to hand over this unfinished note."

Shi Qiao put the unfinished notebook aside: "Don't mention this notebook, but tell me, what did you do in that letter that surprised you?"

"What's strange about Bo is that Master Zhang is also deliberately procrastinating for time!"

"Why do you know?" Shi Qiao thought for a while, but didn't think of it.

"There are many aristocratic families in my court, and the imperial merchants communicated with each other to mobilize 2000 million catties of grain and transport it to Zhaoyang. How long does your lord think it will take?"

Shi Qiao's eyes lit up when she asked this question.

"There are so many ships in our country because of the convenience of water transportation. These people will not be able to handle this amount of food within two months!"

"Your Excellency said that our country has many ships, and the next sentence is that there are few horses and chariots in this dynasty. Given the preciousness of Zhaoyang snow paper, will they use water to transport the 20 catties of snow paper?"

"Of course not!" Shi Qiao was reminded by Tang Bo, who also thought of this, "This kind of good paper, who dares to go by water. Once the water vapor soaks, tens of thousands of snow paper will be in the water, and the snow paper leaves Zhao Yang can only go by land."

"Your Excellency, you should know that this kind of precious paper cannot be transported by the tide, nor can it be transported by the hot weather. Moreover, when we transported celadon white paper in the past, we also tried to distribute the load as much as possible, in order to avoid accidents with horses and horses. The loss of each vehicle is limited. I tried to read the big book of Qin Tianjian in my country, and found that every winter and spring there is little rain, and there must be heavy waterlogging after summer. The time of heavy rain is either at the end of April or at the beginning of May."

Shi Qiao stood up abruptly.

"So, this business won't be finished until the end of June? The delivery in Tuojiang County can be delayed until after the summer harvest!"

"That's why, ever since he left the Zhaoyang government office, Bo has been puzzled by what kind of medicine is being sold in Zhang Xinzhi's gourd?"

"What kind of medicine does he sell?!" Shi Qiao pushed open the window, allowing fresh air to flow into the room, "The biggest crisis in this dynasty today, one is the Chen family, and the other is the thieves! Along the river, such as Tuojiang River There must be a large number of refugees appearing in other places this year. If these refugees enter the country, the Chen family and those bandit leaders will definitely not let go of the opportunity to corrupt my country of Wu!"

Hearing Shi Qiao's words, Tang Bo could not bear it.

"The family of this country can sell 2000 million catties of grain to Zhang Xinzhi, but they are not willing to help the people of the country? Otherwise, why should we wait so hard to delay!"

Shi Qiao was taken aback when he heard the words, his face flushed slightly, and he took another peek at Tang Bo, and after a few breaths of dullness, he finally told the truth.

"It's not that the aristocratic families are unwilling to help the people in the Tuojiang area. It's just that half of the land in Tuojiang County has been favored by the imperial court. How can the families be allowed to go there to buy people's hearts? Even the families who escaped from the Tuojiang River have been made excuses by the imperial court." The land deed has been confiscated. All Tuojiang County is taken over, which is a matter to strengthen the imperial court, but the imperial court is using troops in the south, and the food and grass are limited, so Qiao should not try to delay the progress of taking over Tuojiang."

Tang Bo had already guessed the intention of the court, so he was not surprised at Shi Qiao's words.

On the contrary, Shi Qiao suddenly started to joke: "This letter buys so much food, is it possible that you still think that Empress Xia will help the Tuojiang River?"

"No!" Tang Bo overturned Shi Qiao's conjecture as soon as he opened his mouth, "This is Zhaoyang County, which is the fiefdom of the king of Zhaoyang County. With Zhang Xinzhi's relationship with his family, he will definitely not go on his own initiative to help thousands of miles away. The Tuojiang River outside. One Tuojiang River is about to return to our Great Wu, and the other is where Zheng Guohai’an County King needs to attack. Both Zhaoyang and Hai’an are feudal lands set up by Lord Zheng to target our Great Wu. How can Zhang Xinzhi Take chestnuts out of the fire for Hai'an?"

"So, the deal with Zhang Xinzhi is safe for a while?"

Hearing Shi Qiao's slightly relaxed tone, Tang Bo's tone was extraordinarily heavy.

"Your Excellency, don't relax too early. I saw him today. Boguan is very good at taking advantage of Huanghuang's general trend, and his words are all on Yangmou. He sold 20 catties of snow paper to his country. To say the same, his profit should be within 20 yuan. Would you hesitate to procrastinate for a mere 20 yuan? Although Bo doesn't understand his plan, he knows that this person's plan must be huge!"

"This officer's conspiracy is not just a million guan!"

Xiushan County Government, Nei Ya.

Both Cao Lingwen and Wu Huai sat under Zhang Zhe, and they happened to talk about the profits contained in the 20 catties of snow paper this time.

Because most of the materials are waste paper and inferior paper, the actual cost of snow paper is astonishingly low.After deducting costs such as labor, freight, and venue, the Zhaoyang government office can obtain a net profit of more than four guan in the wholesale price of five guan for a catty.

After the deal is completed, Zhaoyang will receive a payment of one million yuan, of which there will be a profit of more than 80 yuan.

Cao Lingwen and Wu Huai were working hard before, and joked that the price was too low, but it was a pity that the Wu people made so much profit.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhe smiled, and said, "This officer's conspiracy is not just a mere 100 million pennies!"

The two asked puzzledly, but Zhang Zhe just smiled and didn't explain.

"The two of you tell the people below that when those merchants of Wu Kingdom sell their goods, no one is allowed to accept Wu's official ticket, only the official ticket of their own country! And you can tell those Wu Kingdom's merchants in private, they can Use the market price of sugar products to offset the money for buying paper."

Cao Lingwen became puzzled.

Isn't this a disguised purchase of Wu's sugar products at the market price?
"My lord, why do we need so many candies? Someone has already been making them on the Jiangbei Sugar Road. We have collected so many candies. Those transshipment envoys are afraid that no one will give us so many goods!"

Wu Huai also agreed with Cao Lingwen's opinion.

"My lord, even if we can persuade a few transshipment envoys, with our strength in Zhaoyang, we can only sell the goods to the Jiangzuo area. To collect so many candy goods in one go, preservation is also a huge problem!"

"Hehehehe," Zhang Zhe held the teacup and smiled happily, "Who said that the official is going to sell those candies to Jiangbei? This is just a public statement. Remember to be tight-lipped. If anyone asks, they will say that they are going to Jiangbei. that is!"

The two were stunned. If they didn't want to sell it to Jiangbei, could it be that they wanted to sell it to Wu country in the south?
The country of Wu is the largest producer of sugar among all the countries in the world. In the southernmost counties, sugarcane fields and cultivated fields are reclaimed in half.

When Zhang Zhe left the county government, he happened to meet Geng Liang and Gao Deshu coming back from riding horses outside the county.

"Has the person passed?"

"The old army next to Mrs. Chen, with the cover of the two of us, has secretly crossed the mountain and headed south. I don't know if this old guy is boasting about Haikou. If he can't find anyone, it will be bad for Lang Great matter for you!" Geng Liang replied in a low voice, with some worries in his words.

"It's up to people to make things up to God, so why do you care about the many? Let's go to the workshop and see how Sanchi beats people?"

Zhang Sanqi has recently been given the name of an unqualified scribe in a paper workshop, because he came out of Tongzhi's mansion, so he can be regarded as a "bully" in the workshop.

In fact, Zhang Sanqi was only in charge of taking care of the bleach that Zhang Zhe brought back from the modern day. In the past few days, there were several thefts at night in the warehouse. Zhang Sanqi finally took three of them last night.Uncle Sanqi immediately summoned all the people in the workshop to watch the sentence together!
The petty official's hat was crooked, and the lapel was also crooked. Zhang Sanqi, who was breezy, twisted a leather whip in his hand, and waved it in the air with a "crackling" sound.Hundreds of people in the workshop lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him.

Even the head of the workshop can only flatter Zhang Sanqi behind him.

This one is Master Tongzhi's milk brother, and today he captured three thieves and occupied Dali, so he can only let him vent.

The few men around Zhang Sanqi were slaves selected from his own village, and they were punching and kicking the three people who had been tied up.

A few handfuls of white powder found from these people were placed on a black lacquered table, which was particularly eye-catching.

Everyone in the workshop knows what the white powder is, it is the core secret of the workshop, the secret recipe of the princess snow paper.

These three people are so brave!
Zhang Sanqi looked at the silent crowd coldly, "Everyone is a servant of the official family, dare to be instructed to steal the secret recipe of the official family! Do you want the whole family to die together?"

Hearing that the whole family was going to die, several people who were caught immediately begged for mercy.

"It's the innkeeper of Hao Ke Lai, promised my family will redeem my kid to go out..."

"The son-in-law of the neighbor's family will take my girl as a child after he promises to be successful."

Zhang Zhe, Geng Liang, and Gao Deshu, all in casual clothes, also stood aside. He just smiled slightly when he heard the confessions of these people.Those who were confessed were all other people's white gloves, and they were originally abandoned sons.

Zhang Sanqi played awe-inspiring in front of everyone in the workshop, and then returned to his room, just in time to see Zhang Zhe sitting alone in his room waiting for him.

"Yo, Uncle Sanqi is back!"

"Lang Jun, don't play tricks, if my father knows, he must be playing tricks!"

Zhang Sanqi sat down opposite Zhang Zhe, and threw the official's hat far away.

"This kind of drama is too boring to act. Those people are all masters who won't make a sound even if they kick a kick, but who do you want me to act for?"

"Naturally, it's for those who want to see our secret method," Zhang Zhe smiled easily, "About many people have already got our fans?"

"Who knows?" Zhang Sanqi shook his head, "I often forget to lock the door on purpose, I grab this one at a time, and hide that one if I see it. Every day, there are finger prints all over the pile of powder! It's the workshop. The gate control is too strict, Wu Huai's people are too serious, and not many can be taken out. The day before yesterday, a man stole more than one or two, wrapped it in fish bubbles, hung silk threads on his teeth and fell into the esophagus. It happened that Master Wu was there , The people who went out only fed a spoonful of vinegar. The man walked a hundred steps, lay on the ground and rolled over, howling for half an hour, and finally disappeared."

"But having said that," Zhang Sanqi looked at Zhang Zhe with some concern, "Is that something that others really can't match?"

Zhang Zhe laughed straight after hearing this: "If it is really worthy, I will let them get it? Just let them know that if they get this thing, they will not be worthy even if they are killed. After doing this a few times, they can only buy it obediently."

"Lang Jun is the same, why is only one hundred catties of powder delivered every day? If the workshop is full of power, it can only open two pools of pulp a day, and only four thousand catties of snow paper. It is still used sparingly now, only one day. Two thousand catties of snow paper. I will get more powder next time, I don’t believe that this stuff is expensive and hard to get.”

Zhang Zhe knew that this guy was just complaining habitually, so he didn't take his words seriously.He was a little surprised that the output rate of pulp in ancient times was so low. He went back to modern times to check and found that the output rate of pulp in modern times is extremely high, about one point to one.According to Zhang Sanqi's words, a large pool is ten tons of pulp, and only one ton of snow paper can be produced in the end, and the paper production rate is only ten to one.

Zhang Zhe can only bring one hundred kilograms of goods to and from the modern day, and the other half of the load also needs to bring activated carbon. The white sugar that Xiao Zhaoping made privately is his real trump card!

Fortunately, Xiao Zhaoping is now leading people to experiment with filtering brown sugar with plant ash on the farm in the countryside. After he experiments the correct process, the "introduction" of activated carbon will come to an end.

When the white sugar officially appeared on the stage, he would deliberately let some of the activated carbon be stolen.With the lessons learned from the past, presumably those people who failed to prepare activated carbon would not have thought that the large-scale conversion of white sugar actually depends on plant ash.

"Lang Jun," after chatting for a long time, seeing Zhang Zhe getting up to leave, Sanqi finally couldn't help calling him back, "You said a few days ago that the reason why the Wu official delayed his errand was because he wanted to postpone the reception. Tuojiang County. Why am I watching, sir, you also want to delay this matter?"

"Hey, because of your lord, I want to do a big favor to King Hai'an!"

(End of this chapter)