"Reporting to Your Highness, the merchant's surname was Lin, one of the three merchants in Quanzhou. When he came back from Nanyang last year, he was shipwrecked near Luzon and died.
The three sons were quarreling over property, and the lawsuit lasted for more than half a year. None of the three sons wanted to inherit their father's business, so they wanted to sell their father's boat shop, which mainly consisted of more than a dozen shops, five large warehouses and two warehouses.
Ten large ships with thousands of stones.
Several maritime merchants are interested in taking over, and even maritime merchants from Guangzhou have come. At present, more than a dozen shops have changed hands, and five large warehouses have also changed hands. Because the government has a lot of land to build warehouses, they have not purchased warehouses.
But Beizhi had seen twenty thousand-stone sea-going ships with his own eyes. They were all good ships that were 70% to 80% new. So Beizhi negotiated with the three brothers of the Lin family in the name of the Municipal Shipping Company, and they were not allowed to sell their sea-going ships to others. The price they offered was
Six thousand guan per ship, Beizhong had already pressed down to 4,000 guan per ship, and the three of them had to agree, so Beizhong came back and asked for money to be shipped there."
"What is the market price of this kind of seagoing ship?" Chen Qing asked.
"Reporting to Your Highness, this kind of ship has always been said to be blessed with one stone. It takes five to eight years to build a new ship. It costs 10,000 guan for various labor, materials and profit for the shipbuilder. Like
The market price of their second-hand fortune ships is 8,000 guan. A Guangzhou merchant offered 9,000 guan for each one. The problem now is that they have no choice but to sell it to the government, otherwise they will confiscate it, so they bargained for 4,000 guan.
One ship, they have to accept it."
Chen Qing nodded. Although the government was more domineering in this matter, he still supported it. The Wanshi Fu Ship was a strategic material. How could strategic materials be sold to businessmen?
At this time, when Chen Qing saw Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan appear at the door, he nodded and smiled at Chao Kun: "We are here for the time being. You go to have lunch first. The money of 80,000 yuan will be granted to you for the twenty large-scale ships."
Must take it!"
"I resign from my humble position!"
Chao Kun bowed and walked away.
Chen Qing waved to Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan and said with a smile: "Take some of these Nanyang fruits back and give them to your family and subordinates to try!"
Jiang Yanxian smiled and shook his head, "Thank you, but I'm not very interested."
Zhou Kuan has a straight temper and a loud voice, "This fruit is so stinky that all your subordinates were so disgusted by it that they all ran away. No one touched the several plates of fruit pulp, but they even gave it to us. I won't be fooled."
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Chen Qing was stunned. He quickly walked to the door and looked into the lobby. Sure enough, there was no one there. The lobby was filled with a strong smell of durian. A plate of fruit pulp was placed on the table. Sure enough, no one touched it.
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head. He had underestimated the lethality of durian. The people of Song Dynasty were still not used to it!
"What's the matter with you?" Chen Qing looked back.
"Your Highness, you haven't had lunch yet! Let's go have a drink together."
Chen Qing said happily: "Go to Taibai Restaurant, I'll treat you!"
The three of them took a carriage and arrived at Taibai Restaurant. This was the largest restaurant in Jingzhao, and the proprietor behind it was the Wei family of Jingzhao.
The three of them asked for a private room and ordered Taibai Qing, which is unique to the restaurant. It is a famous sake in Jingzhao and is known as the best wine in Jingzhao. Chen Qing and his family also like it very much. They drink it during every year and festival.
Drink this wine.
Jiang Yan first poured wine for Chen Qing and Zhou Kuan, and said with a smile: "I heard that His Highness experienced an interesting thing in Yuchi County."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "This matter has passed, don't mention it again!"
Jiang Yanxian and Zhou Kuan looked at each other and laughed, "Okay! Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's talk about other things. How has your highness felt about the changes in Henan Road in the six months since we seized it?"
"It will take five or six years to compare with the Xuanhe years to see what kind of changes there will be, but compared with half a year ago, the changes are huge and a positive cycle has begun."
Zhou Kuan asked in confusion: "What is positive circulation? Your Highness, can you explain it?"
"The meaning of positive circulation is to develop in a good direction. For example, businesses have opened and started to hire a large number of workers. When the workers have income, they can buy grain, oil and other daily necessities. With a little more money, they can also have a drink. That's right.
The demand for wine increased. I experienced it deeply in Yuchi County. The sales of wine were very prosperous. People had purchasing power, and all kinds of materials began to flow. Especially after I widened the Cai River, the river was very busy, and the entire Henan Road was full of traffic.
There was a prosperous scene.”
"I see, that's a good thing! As long as the measures are taken effectively, it only takes a few years to fully recover."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "It will take at least one generation to fully recover, and it requires population growth. I just hope that after five or six years of development, the people on Henan Road will have food and clothing, and will no longer be displaced.
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Jiang Yanxian picked up the wine glass and asked, "I heard that His Highness is preparing to negotiate with the imperial court?"
Chen Qing understood. This is probably what they want to know. Chen Qing nodded, "I just expressed an intention to the court. The emperor wants to return to Bianliang, and I want to legally occupy the entire Jinghu South Road. Both sides
If we all have needs, then we can sit down and talk, tomorrow! I will convene a meeting in the inner hall to discuss this matter carefully.
Since they have to discuss this matter tomorrow, the two of them will not ask any more questions.
"Come! I'll drink to our victory over Jinghu South Road as soon as possible."
In the afternoon, Chen Qing moved the pumpkin back home. He cut the pumpkin himself and took out the pumpkin seeds inside. These are precious things. He washed the pumpkin seeds carefully.
Aunt Wen, the housekeeper at the side, asked in surprise: "Sir, what is this?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "This is called pumpkin. It is brought from Southeast Asia. It is the only one in the world. It can be used as food in times of disaster. I plan to use melon seeds to plant it. It can be planted in front of and behind the house."
"Is it the same as winter melon?"
Chen Qingxiao asked: "Have you ever grown winter melons?"
Aunt Wen nodded, "My old man is good at planting. The winter melons he planted when he was young were famous. Of course I can also plant them. Now that the weather is warm, it is the time for sowing, but the seeds need to be dried first before planting.
Let it germinate in a warm house and then plant it."
When Chen Qing heard that what she said was absolutely correct, he couldn't help but said with joy: "Pumpkins are planted just like winter melons. They will be planted behind my study. Just plant a few plants first and let the melon vines climb the wall."
"Leave it to me, master. I promise to handle it well. In addition, there is one more thing that I would like to ask for your approval."
"It's behind the study. Netdisk wants to dig a ditch. It's easy. Just let the female guards dig it. Then install a water tanker by the lake. This will make it much more convenient to plant corn and water it."
Chen Qing smiled and shook his head, "I only planted corn and pumpkins in the back garden this season. If they were successful, I promoted the planting in large quantities in the official fields outside the city. I will still plant flowers in the back garden, or plant something else. If I feel like watering
If water is inconvenient, you can put two large water tanks under the wall and find two maids to fill them up at once. Wouldn't that be enough? There is no need to dig special ditches."
Aunt Wen was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "I'm really confused. It's enough to just put a few large water tanks, but why dig ditches? I'll go and ask them to buy a few back."
"Mom, please collect the pumpkin seeds! I remember there are more than a dozen water tanks in the treasury. They are all water tanks from the Bianliang Palace in the past. They are of high quality. I have arranged for my soldiers to move them here."
"Okay, I'll collect the pumpkin seeds right now."
Aunt Wen used a dustpan to remove all the pumpkin seeds. Chen Qing asked the maid to take the pumpkin to the kitchen, and asked the cook to cut it into pieces, steam them and send them with dinner.
For dinner that day, Chen Qing's family ate their first pumpkin in history. The steamed old pumpkin was extraordinarily sweet and everyone praised it.
Chen Qing sent his soldiers to pack five portions in food boxes and deliver them to the houses of the five counselors, so that everyone could taste them together. By autumn, there would be a harvest.