I saw Peng Xinshu holding a knife, constantly wiping his hands, and snorting in his mouth: "It doesn't collapse or roll, it's a good knife!" ”

On the other side, the knife that Peng Xinshu bought fifty times was cut into a hole, which was clearly visible.

Dong Zhushu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and his voice trembled a little: "Outside, this knife is worth fifty times?" ”

"It's hard to say the price of this kind of knife, and it can be sold for twenty and fifty. Don't hide it from the main book, I have some good knife customers, and I can sell them if I buy them. This knife can be counted as fifty times, and we will make a friendship and not make your money. By the way, the master book said that there are a lot of these knives, but I don't know how many there are. If there are too many, I will also find a way to raise money. ”

Dong Zhushu said: "It's not much, about twenty." There are thousands of extraneous family assets, and it is not difficult to think of thousands of dollars. ”

Peng Xinshu shook his head with a smile: "A thousand yuan is not a small amount of money, but this time I received some money in Yingtianfu, and I should be able to make it up." Although the knife brought by the master book is good, it is only too shabby, and I have to ask a master craftsman to rematch the scabbard and polish it carefully, and it costs money. ”

"In the small place of Yongcheng, there is really no place to buy those ornaments. Outside the staff bothered. ”

After finalizing the price of the knife, Dong Zhushu was in a particularly comfortable mood, and drank tea with Peng Xinshu for a while before leaving with the knife.

Du Zhongxiao was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so on the second day, he asked Dong to bring twenty steel knives and send them to Peng Xinshu's boat. After checking the knives one by one, Peng Xinshu was also refreshed and handed over a thousand yuan to Dong Zhushu. The copper coins were too cumbersome, and Peng Xinshu collected most of the money for satin and gold and silver, and they were valued one by one, and he made up a thousand yuan for Dong Zhushu to take away.

Ordered his subordinate officials to be careful to carry a thousand pieces of light goods, and the head of Dong was excited. I have been the master bookkeeper for a few years, but I have not been as arrogant as I am today, and I actually hold thousands of assets in my hands. This era is a real lot of wealth, especially for the small county of Yongcheng. Unexpectedly, Du Zhongxiao made a few knives overnight, and exchanged such a large sum of money back, thinking that sometimes it is really easy to make money.

When he arrived at the county seat, Dong ordered someone to put the money into the warehouse, and only after the formalities were completed did he come to see Du Zhongxiao.

When he arrived at the official hall and sat down, Dong Zhushu handed over his hand: "I didn't expect that the county has such a wonderful method, and it will be exchanged for a thousand dollars in a few days!" It was no small feat to make a knife, and the iron seller saw that another knife was missing, and he admired it for a long time. ”

It's a matter of course. The steel produced by the crucible is uniform, forged, and the heat treatment is more reasonable than that of ordinary craftsmen, and the knives manufactured are of course of higher quality. Cutting another knife is because the hardness and strength are really better, and the other is because the knife is made of uneven material. The uneven material is extremely harmful to the knife, and it will collapse if you are not careful, which is also a common problem of knives in this era.

After talking about the process of selling knives, Dong Zhushu said: "Since the county can make such good steel, why not make more swords and sell them for money?" You can get a thousand dollars at one time, which is better than any business! ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "Master book, we are here to be officials, not to do business." The yamen sells swords, and it is okay to do it occasionally, but if you do this kind of thing for a long time, you will be blamed by the court sooner or later. Besides, the price of the knife was very high, but it was just a last resort. The craftsman has not been recruited for a few days, and he has been serving in the county for many years, but he is afraid that there will be countless incidents. And I have another use for that steel, and it's a waste to make swords. ”

Dong Zhushu was stunned: "Such a good steel, what can you make without making swords?" It's a shame to make anything else. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's a pity to make swords, I don't know how many important things there are in the world." ”

I can't understand this matter now, and Du Zhongxiao won't say much. Now I already have fireworks and firecrackers here, and I can make steel, so it is not as useful to make guns and cannons as swords in a real war. Of course, there is no war to fight now, and good steel must be used in key places, such as mechanical parts. Now I am just a small county, and I can't develop any decent industry, but I have to start to prepare.

Whether it was swords or other iron tools, the profits of industrial goods in this era were really amazing. Only when they have the opportunity to take charge of their own affairs can they develop the local economy as quickly as possible. It's just that in this era, I have been in office for three years, and if I don't take advantage of the time to prepare for the county, it will be difficult to seize the opportunity in the future. The county's economy is not independent, and no matter how much money it makes, it is also a credit to the state, so it is better to squander it and save some experience.

On the second day, Du Zhongxiao and Dong Zhushu went to the wharf and delivered the goods with the two merchants. The iron was naturally pulled to the county office, but the cattle were directly transported to the pasture and handed over to Chen Qin. Chen Qin took the shepherd to divide the cattle into groups and branded them with official seals. At this time, the cattle in the mainland, which were used as draft animals, had seals on their bodies, and the cattle of the prefecture and county had an official seal and a numbered seal. If the cattle are sold to farmers, the farmers will brand their own seals again. If there is an official seal and a private seal at the same time, the person who picks up the scattered cattle is generally the owner of the private seal.

After all the settlements were completed, the chief secretary of the board of directors held the wine feast and saw off the two merchants.

After returning from the wine feast, Peng Xinshu washed up a little, and was ready to rest because he was a little drunk. I don't want to come to the boat at this time.

The two sat down, Peng Xinshu ordered tea, and said to the staff: "The goods are worth the money, Yongcheng has no nostalgia, I just want to rest and set sail to return home." I wonder what happened when the staff came to look for me at this time? ”

Shi Yuanwai's face was full of smiles: "Where do you talk about it?" A lot of money has just arrived, why do you have to leave? In the past two days, I have inquired clearly, and the painting boat not far from our ship is very lively, eating, drinking, and playing with everything. There was a Xing Chaofeng whom I met two days ago, and he invited me to my ship tonight to have a good time. I didn't know anyone around me, and I was trying to go with someone else. ”

Peng Xinshu shook his head again and again: "I have never liked to be lively, how could I go to that kind of boat." Besides, where do I have the money now? I didn't know that I bought a few good knives from this county, and all the money was spent, and only the coils left were to return to my hometown. ”

Where can I believe in the rest of the staff? It wasn't until Peng Xinshu took out the newly bought knife for him to admire that he reluctantly left.

Leaving Peng Xinshu's boat, Shi Yuanwai took a sip: "I'm doing a lot of business, but I don't want to be a local outsider!" In life, what do you do if you don't eat, drink, and make money! I thought I had a companion tonight, and I didn't want to be so unlucky! ”

As he spoke, he got off the boat and was still dumbfounded.

When the staff returned to their boat in a hurry, a small boat suddenly came next to him, and the person on it said: "Why are the staff members angry?" ”

Seeing that it was Xing Chaofeng, the staff hurriedly greeted him on his boat, and said: "I thought that the goods had been delivered, and I had some spare money in my hands, so I invited the guests who sold iron over there to have fun in the painting boat next to me tonight." I don't want that guy to know the customs, but I just want to go home after making money, which makes people feel depressed. I thought he was a big man, but I didn't expect him to be a dirt bag. ”

A woman in her thirties standing beside Xing Chaofeng, dressed up in a fancy way, said with a smile: "There is a kind of person in the world, born with a life of cattle and horses, who makes a lot of money and spends it himself, and in the end, I don't know who is cheaper." There are many such people, so why should they be angry. ”

Seeing that this woman was quite colorful, and she understood the amorous feelings, Shi Yuan's eyes couldn't help but light up: "What the lady said is true." I don't know—"

The woman said: "I'm Lu Saisai, who runs a restaurant over there, and I have a good place to invite people to play outside." ”