The merchants in Linyi did not rush back this time, but instead stayed in Yangzhou for a long time.
Is the reason? First of all, there are fewer tenant farmers recently, and the rice and grain required is no longer as much as before. The previous batch has not been eaten yet, and this batch has been sent over again, enough to eat for a long time.
time.
Secondly, it is the reason written in Yubi's letter. In the Linyi small court, it was originally just a conflict between the little king and several old ministers. Suddenly, there was a wave of Wu Chongxun's people, as well as Lao Bai who was secretly supported by the little king.
The eunuch party, which led the lead, was in a row with three forces, and was as lively as if singing an opera.
Originally, as Wu Chongxun wanted, he brought hundreds of guards over, which was enough to crush these conservative old ministers. However, Fan Yubi still wanted to take this opportunity to hone his ability to govern, so she politely declined.
However, Fan Yubi's last moment revealed a little concern. Although there was no news from the Zhenla period recently, there were already slight conflicts and frictions at the border. Fan Yubi was a little worried that his uncle wanted to send troops to get involved in him again.
Order cheap.
Li Chongrun naturally couldn't sit idly by the time his wife was in trouble. Although the recipe for gunpowder had been written to her in detail in the sack of Fan Yubi before, with her desperate thoughts, I'm afraid she would have to wait until the enemy troops came to the city before opening it.
It’s better to give her the finished product directly. Anyway, Wu Chongxun and Rui Niang are watching there, so I don’t worry about the impact on this dynasty.
So several merchants from Linyi waited in Yangzhou for a while, waiting for the mint master to bring some simplified versions of Kanglong cannons. Of course, the money was deducted from Linyi's payment for goods.
The business was done with the Linyi court. Seeing that it was to help his wife, Li Chongrun politely only had a price of 5,000 guan per family.
After calculating the price back and forth, Yubi's cargo ship not only came in vain this time, but also owed Li Chongrun 20,000 yuan of cannon money.
Since the main customers of lending have turned to the money account opened by several major merchants, both the printing factory and the RT-Mart bank account have been much easier, and finally I have time to help Fan Yubi cast cannons.
Only Wang Rong saw that the total number of loans released in her account was much smaller, and she felt sad all day long.
"How can I earn so much money all day?" Li Chongrun's body finally got almost done. Although he still couldn't live without the four-wheeler that Gongsun Lan was pushing when he went out, he was no longer a matter of standing up and walking around.
I need Gongsun Lan to support me.
Regardless of her rolling eyes and opposition, Li Chongrun touched Wang Rong's head with ease: "However, the Lu family has been left there for a long enough time, and they are going to ask them for some interest."
Recently, the official glass workshop of the glass factory has been moved to the Jinshan Mountain in the middle of the Yangtze River. It has occupied half of the hill and is filled with smoke and dust all day long. However, half of the mountains are still empty, and the construction team of the tenant camp is also
Instead of withdrawing from Jinshan, he still built a large-scale construction on his other half of the mountain, and he didn't know what he was building.
Hearing that Li Chongrun was about to attack the Lu family, Wang Rong guessed what the other half on the Jinshan was going to do: "Aren't it just a few ironwork workshops? As for building it into such a hidden place on the Jinshan?"
Li Chongrun approached Wang Rong's ear and said a few whispers in a mysterious way, "The arsenal is not to keep it confidential, not to mention that the weapons we make are all ready to go out except for what we use themselves, so that others can know.
It's not good."
"Are you crazy? You smuggled in front of His Majesty's spies? Are you hoping that your grandma will cut you off?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty knows. Besides, as long as you get the benefits, she will treat it as if she doesn't know."
The reason why Li Chongrun said this is because he got some rumors two days ago.
The large mirror that was produced before has been sent to His Majesty. His Majesty liked it very much. Since Mingtang was burned down by Xue Huaiyi, the screen behind the phoenix chair in Zhenguan Hall where the court meeting was held was replaced with this huge mirror.
In addition to Princess Taiping who knew that Li Chongrun could be the thing, every prince and minister who attended the court meeting was amazed and sighed.
It was rumored that the Mingtang fire burned for three days before it was destroyed. The court said that the monk Xue Huaiyi was arrogant because of his favor. After falling out of favor, he burned the heaven out of resentment and jealousy. When the heaven collapsed, the Mingtang was destroyed and the fire was caused.
However, according to reason, Xue Huaiyi, who caused such a disaster, was not an exaggeration to kill three clans. Unexpectedly, the next day when Mingtang caught fire, His Majesty summoned several monks from Dabaoen Temple and Baima Temple. I wonder if the Buddhists agreed.
What conditions did Your Majesty actually take Xue Huaiyi's corpse back like this.
"Politics is often easier than business. As long as you give enough benefits, even if you kill your father, you can shake hands and have fun. I heard that Dayun Temple has been built all over the world these two days.
The price that Buddhism pays? Although His Majesty has been in jail enough, he still has a higher reputation among the people. I guess that the construction of these Dayun Temples should be all the money paid by Buddhism.”
With this ready-made textbook to explain, Li Chongrun told Wang Rong endlessly about the secret: "What's more, Your Majesty was watching the show all the time. Seeing us juniors fighting to the death, he still
If you can get the benefits, I’m afraid you’ll drink a few more cups of Erguotou to cheer up your mood at night.”
Li Chongrun didn't know whether His Majesty had Erguotou or not, but the letter from Aunt Shangguan vaguely mentioned that Doctor Shen, who was favored recently, seemed to look not as good-looking as before. Li Chongrun knew that Princess Taiping had one missing
As the guards, the Zhang brothers should have entered their grandmother's harem as recorded in history.
"How did you think of these twists and turns? I see you wandering around the workshop every day. Could it be that making mirrors can make people smarter?"
Wang Rong himself doesn't like political affairs, but she still has some understanding of Li Chongrun. Although he has an extraordinary sensitivity to the overall situation, the specific analysis of details is not the strength of a lazy person like him.
"Of course it's not what I think. It's all said in the letter from Aunt Shangguan. I quote it, just to tell you that as long as it can bring benefits to Your Majesty, even if our smuggled ship walked past her, she would just treat it as air
, saw nothing."
"What other benefits can smuggling come from?" Wang Rong asked curiously: "Can you share the profits with a large part of the treasury?"
"Isn't it because the pattern is small? Smuggling other things may be to make money. What are we going to smuggle? If you can buy this thing, you will naturally be some traitors with bad intentions."
Li Chongrun imitated the signature movements of a famous revolutionary romantic fighter in later generations. Unfortunately, Wang Rong didn't understand this meme and let Li Chongrun wave it like a monkey-like waving for a long time with an arm raised.
"You political people are just dirty."
Having vaguely guessed what Li Chongrun wanted to do, Wang Rong immediately thought of Lian Tian’s war and the cries of countless orphans who had lost their family, turned around and ignored him.
"There is no way, who will let them have silver mines? For the sake of our people and the happiness and well-being of the king, these small foreign countries will have to make some sacrifices."
I knew that Virgin Wang Rong had committed illness, and this kind of thing was easy to cure. It would be fine if Jianzhen came back in two days.
It’s not that Li Chongrun has confidence in Jianzhen, but that Li Chongrun has confidence in the technology he brings. Even if the gunship equipped with hot weapons fails to achieve its goal, at least he will have no suspense when he returns alive from Japan, provided that he has not encountered a storm.
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Fortunately, several Shira and Ryukyu ships have entered the port recently. Li Chongrun asked Fengyiwei people to go and inquire. Although they did not bring any news about Japan, it is said that this winter has been calm and there are no common ones in previous years.
Storm is undoubtedly good news.
After wasting some time, the merchants of Linyi finally waited for the ten "decorative magic tools" he wanted to take back to the queen (original words of the King of Linzi), as well as several Taoist boys serving these magic tools.
However, these so-called Taoist boys dressed in gray cloth short-striped look like soldiers, not very much like monks.
However, since it was something dedicated to the queen, not to mention that the prince and the queen were still inexplicably related. Several red-topped merchants from Linyi were not convenient to think too much, so they honestly accepted the words containing the earthy love words inside.
The fragrant wood box was ready to drive on board.
Just as several Linyi merchants set out from the wharf of the West Factory, a large black ship covered in fireworks rushed out of the river in the wind.
The big ship was extremely draught. Although several big holes were broken on the sail, they were still carefully stitched. The hull was covered with traces of fire and scars left by various bows and arrows, and there were still a few traces of blood.
Flushed by sea water.
The big ship was not fast, but it seemed very heavy. Although it fell off the sail and got an anchor, it still hit the long bridge of Xichang Wharf, making a deafening sound.
The ones who came to see off the Linyi caravan were Li San's junior brothers.
When they saw this ship, they immediately cheered: "Go and notify the prince quickly and say that the senior brothers are back!"