Chen Mu called him, Yan Qing came quickly, and Shao Tingda came from Guangcheng in the afternoon when he went to Guangcheng, which was beyond his expectations.

rushed back to Qianhu Yamen, and saw Yan Qing waiting at the door, bringing two young guys from the store, and the guys were holding a few jars of wine in their hands.

"Shopkeeper Yan came so quickly, why didn't he come in the evening?"

Chen Mu threw the reins, arched his hand and laughed loudly: "Chen asked the shopkeeper Yan to come over, but he didn't want to delay the business of the belly building, please come in!" ”

Yan Qing had never seen such a good official, although he already knew that Chen Mu was a person with a good temperament at that time in the Gubelly Building, he didn't expect that he could talk so well without drinking today, and he respectfully returned the salute, so he smiled and said: "The first time I came to visit the Qianhu Yamen, Xiaomin has nothing to take, I brought a few jars of wine from the wine shop, and I hope you don't dislike it." ”

"Chen invited you to come, where is the reason for inviting you to send things, wait for the wine money to be paid." Chen Mu didn't want to accept things in vain, and if he accepted them, he became the same person as most of the broken officials in the Ming Dynasty, seeing that Yan Qing was going to shirk it, he smiled and took the lead in walking towards the yamen, and said: "Today, the soldiers in the county who gave the hook have arrived, and there are more things, so that the shopkeeper has been waiting for a long time." ”

Xiangshan County's efficiency is very high, and in the blink of an eye, before the tenth day, it has hooked out 100 households for 1,000 households and sent them to the 100 households under construction in connection with Jiudu Yifang.

Chen Mu asked them to push two general flags by themselves, and they were arranged under Shiqi's subordinates, which was regarded as a complete hundred households with a new formation, Zheng Ding began to practice, and Yu Ding joined the work of building houses.

Originally, he wanted to pick out a craftsman from the military surplus and send it to the Qianhu Yamen, but he was delayed by the news of Yan Qing's arrival, so he simply handed over this matter to Shi Qi to do.

Zhou Xing gave the right words, saying that in another 20 days, the three hundred households would be hooked, so that Chen Mu had a matter of concern.

"I'm tired of thousands of households, it's okay in the store, Qingyao is watching." Chen Mu didn't let Yan Qing follow him to the front hall of the yamen, and directly introduced Yan Qing into the courtyard of the thousand-household house, and listened to Yan Qing: "Business has been very good these days, and when the Fujian merchants and Hui merchants are wide, their family assets are quite generous, and the Qinglou tile house is full, so they go to the small people's shop to ask for some wine." ”

"Go wide?"

Chen Mu wanted to ask, Aunt Xiao Yan was like that, so that she couldn't burn down the house in charge of the store? But thinking that the relationship has not reached that point, it is too abrupt to say this, so I asked about the new word "goguang".

"Qianhu doesn't know? It's just that I'm here for you, haven't you noticed that there are a lot more cars and horses parked in Xiangshan in the past few days? ”

Yan Qing always had a lingering sense of flattery in his demeanor, and explained to Chen Mu: "Go to Haojing and Fanyi to exchange markets, they come with goods in April every year and sell them to Haojing Fanyi, and buy some Cantonese native goods in Guangcheng in May to return to Fujian, under the pretext of going to Guangzhou, it is actually smuggling." ”

Chen Mu thought about it, it seemed that there had indeed been more pedestrians and businessmen on the road in the past few days, if Yan Qing hadn't said that he hadn't paid attention.

That is to say, under his nose, there are a large number of Fujian businessmen who are smuggling to Fanyi in Haojingao.

"Does Shopkeeper Yan know about Kaiyue Port in Fujian?" Chen Mu had a lot of doubts in his heart, if it was a Fujian businessman who came here in the past to walk privately in the name of going wide, he wouldn't think it was strange, but now?

"Why don't they sail out to sea?"

Yan Qing smiled and said: "Qianhu is right, this matter is always ushered in by the small people in the restaurant, and I have some understanding, there are two kinds of merchants in Fujian, maritime merchants and land merchants." ”

"Maritime merchants come with a lot of money, and they use their lives to make money, so the local tycoons do not go to sea in person, and send their own sons who have been raised since childhood to take ships to the sea to take goods, and their parents and children are doing business on land. There are also small maritime merchants who have no money in their hands, so they have to go to land merchants and smuggle Xiangshan, and they will have money to buy ships and recruit people. ”

"What's more, not everyone can get a ship guide, Xiaomin heard that the Yuegang City only gives 50 business guides, and many people want to rent a big family's boat to go to sea."

Chen Mu was surprised, and wrote down this in his heart, planning to let Shi Qi turn around and lead troops to patrol the county to see what kind of quality these Lu merchants were.

He was not opposed to land and sea trade, even if it was not allowed by imperial decree, but he approved of it. But if he smuggles freely in his jurisdiction, he can't ignore it, and he has to make good friends and arrest a group.

Kill those who do evil, and stay behind to earn money to support their families.

"So shopkeeper Yan knows about the opening of Yuegang? Chen: I have a business I want to talk to you about. Chen Mu bit the dry skin on his upper lip and said: "The opening of the port of Yuegang, the businessmen are complete, it must be very lively, do you want to open a restaurant outside the city of Yuegang, which is bigger than the drum belly building, with food, drink, sleep, leasing warehouses, buying and selling news, selling charts, and making good connections?" ”

"Moon Harbor?"

Yan Qing has a lot of respect for Chen Mu's official body, but this does not mean that Chen Mu's words can affect his experience in business Jia for nearly ten years, so he naturally heard the meaning of Chen Mu's words, and said along the way: "Thousands of households, it's not that the small people don't want to, recently the Fujian businessman Jia Duoyan Yuegang opened a port, and the land price is not geometric, even those land merchants are powerless, and the price outside the city has reached fifty taels, where is the ability to buy such a small Jia?" What's more, even if there is money, no one wants to sell it. ”

Fifty taels?

Chen Mu didn't show an expression on his face, but he couldn't help but swallow his saliva slowly.

Shao Tingda bought him dozens of acres of land outside the city for less than 200 taels, and when he came back, he told him that the land near the roadside was really expensive, and it cost four taels of silver per mu to go to the field.

Nobody wants to sell? It's not that no one wants to sell, those who are willing to sell are all bought by Chen Ye, and the rest are naturally unwilling to sell!

"Shopkeeper Yan doesn't know, Chen is a half-moon Hong Kong person, and his mother's family is from Yuegang, so it just so happens that you know, Chen has the land of Yuegang in his hands."

Chen Mu smiled, no one wants to sell, he is willing to sell, and Shao Tingda must be allowed to return to Yuegang to sell land as soon as possible.

At that moment, he really made up his mind, send some out, give Shao Tingda and the clan elders a little, keep some for himself, and get rid of the rest as soon as possible.

After all, he himself is not in Yuegang, and his clan is not a wealthy family in Yuegang, and it is getting hotter and hotter to pinch so many fields and lands in his hands.

Just make a quick money, get over the current predicament of the thousand households in Xiangshan as soon as possible, save some money and wait for the thieves in Huangliangdu to settle down, select a suitable port within the jurisdiction of Xiangshan, and build a shipyard in the military village.

It is not good to be an official in the imperial court, although you can get support from the imperial court, if you want to do something big, you must also report to the top.

As for whether the governor of Shangju can get his consent, who knows?

Let's wait until you have the money in your hand!

"Chen went out of the land, found a piece of land suitable for Xingjia outside Yuegang, and built a big restaurant, which was operated by Yan's shopkeeper, and the profits were divided between you and me. Since Miss Yan can take care of the store, and the Drum Belly Building can continue to open, with Chen in Xiangshan, she should be able to protect her. ”

"Shopkeeper Yan thinks about it?"