Guo Yan was a little excited, pointing to the various items in the car outside the door and talking non-stop.

In such a short period of time, it is not easy to make all of this, and Guo Zheng, who is specifically responsible, has put a lot of effort into it. The newly opened venue has been decided and promoted by Guo Zheng, which is exactly what he wants. After so many years of fighting in the officialdom, Guo Jian is a little tired of intriguing with various bureaucrats, and would rather do these real things.

Yan Su was also interested in these things, and pulled Guo Yan to ask them one by one, the purpose of each thing, the production process, and whether it took much effort to ask in great detail. On the contrary, he had no idea how much he could give to the court.

Xu Ping originally wanted to take Yan Su to study and make clocks together, and push his lotus drain one step further, thinking that the craftsmen he trained in Yongzhou would not be able to come to the capital in a month or two, but in the end, forget it, and talk about it at that time.

Just when Xu Ping was busy in the editing office, in the restaurant by the Bianhe River, Taishi Liu had a sad face, sitting on a chair frowning and listening to his subordinates.

Shi Qingnian said with a bitter face: "Taishi, now that the people in the goods service have also changed, and the tea introduction has also changed, what should we do with the huge old tea quotation in our hands?" If you want to change the new tea, you must pay real money, how can there be so much cash in each shop? And if it is resold to the southeast tea merchants, then we will toss this time, and there will be basically no profit! In addition, two days ago, 'Deng' Ji handed over the shop to fill the official, and this time everyone lost a lot! ”

Taishi Liu rubbed his eyebrows and did not speak. These disciples only knew that they had lost a lot, but they didn't know how to explain to the powerful family behind Liu Taishi's headache. Don't look at the identity of the servants who deal with Taishi Liu, but if there is less money from the master's family, these cadres can also rely on the power of the master's family to make Mrs. Liu worse than dead.

"Master, you speak! Without this money in the account, it is still a trivial matter for us to eat and drink less, and if the officials of the various yamen have less profits, I don't know what they will do. As soon as they deviate from morality, we will not be able to do things in Kaifeng Mansion! How will you stay in the capital in the future? ”

Taishi Liu raised his head, tried his best to show a relaxed expression, and said to Shi Qingnian: "Xiao Qilang, listen to me, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood." This year, we will endure some hardships and try to squeeze some money out, the money of those powerful people cannot be less, without them as backers, we are nothing, and a magistrate in Kaifeng Mansion can take our lives. The officials of each yamen must divide people, and the key people must be missing, and we cannot do things without them. We can't do things, so what's the use of the powerful looking for us? As for the public officials who are just following the chores, we can deduct a little, and if they want to make trouble, we can find new people to replace them. The new people in the yamen don't understand the market, so they naturally don't dare to open their mouths. ”

Shi Qingnian listened, and said with a bitter face: "Speaking of which, this family can't be less, and that family can't be less, but if we give it to them, we won't have any money to turnover, how can the business go on?" ”

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, so why should you be impatient? I have more bridges than you have walked, what kind of scene have you not seen? It's not all over yet! Xiao Qilang, as long as you follow me through this difficulty, it will be a smooth road in the future! The glory and wealth in the capital are not a problem, and even the princes of Fubi are not a difficult thing! ”

Shi Qingnian just shook his head, what's the use of saying this now? The key is whether the current difficulties can be overcome. Each shop is rich, but the business must have a large amount of capital turnover, once the chain of money is broken, the future is worrying. If you pour two or three more shops, all the money you made before will be empty.

Taishi Liu took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that the third division is going to open a new field business in the north of the city, and I have also inquired, that deputy envoy of salt and iron, Xu Ping, has done it in Yongzhou, and he can earn a lot of money every year." These days, you use more snacks, and the new field work will inevitably require a lot of officials, so you must seize the opportunity to insert your own people into it. This is much faster than the usual money from moving a little east and west from the curry of various field work, and by grasping this way, we don't have to hang ourselves on the tree of Jiaoyinpu. ”

"That Xu Ping still has this ability? It's not that I heard that I was almost overturned by the Imperial Court a few days ago! ”

Now that the situation is different, Taishi Liu's temperament suddenly improved, and he was kind to Shi Qingnian: "Xiao Qilang, if you want to be a man, you must have a vision!" Look at Xu Ping's family, how many years have it been, and he has become one of the richest people in the capital, that Xu Ping has the ability to make money, don't underestimate it! If we seize the opportunity this time, we may be able to lay the foundation of wealth for a lifetime, so don't wait and see. ”

Shi Qingnian said: "Since the Taishi said so, it won't be wrong to think about it. The craftsman does not have our people, but he has to be managed by officials when he opens the field, but he can't bypass us. Since the five generations have been passed down from generation to generation, how many of them can handle the official documents of the yamen, and the officialdom is passed down from top to bottom, how many of them do we don't know? With a little care, he can't get around us! ”

"It's good if you know, pay more attention. The craftsmen don't care, but the people who do the work can't make trouble, so what should they do? We're just making money, and we don't care what he does and what he does in the field! ”

At this time, the official regulations in the yamen were already quite strict and complicated, and even many officials in charge could not handle them, and they were not at all something that could be handled by any literate person, and they had to be specially trained public officials. This is the biggest resource in Taishi Liu's hands, and most of the people who can be public officials are connected with his people and are easy to unite.

Xu Ping didn't know that someone had already made his own idea, and he was still enthusiastically taking a few people from Yansu to visit the samples made and introduce them to them one by one.

Zhang Zongxiang picked up a mirror, took a look, and saw that his image inside was clearly visible, exactly the same as the real thing, and was taken aback: "This kind of thing is also going to be taken out and sold?" Shouldn't such a treasure be reserved for the inner court? ”

Xu Ping said: "Where is this treasure?" Gold and silver are treasures! If you like it, wait until the field is opened, and then I will give you a side after the production, what is it worth? ”

With glass, what's so hard about making mirrors? Although it is impossible to make ammonia, and it is impossible to make a mirror with a silver mirror reaction, it can be made with tin amalgam or something like that. The mirror made in this way is naturally not as bright as the silver plating on the back, but compared with the bronze mirror, it is already heaven and earth, which is enough to amaze Zhang Zongxiang.

Zhang Zongxiang didn't dare to accept Xu Ping's kindness, put down the mirror in his hand and said: "I don't need the deputy envoy to send me, when there is something for sale in the capital, I will buy one." Since it is open for sale, the price will not be too high. ”

"At that time, there is no decision on how much price is appropriate, and maybe I will have to invite two of you to refer to it. As long as there is money to be made of this kind of goods, it is not appropriate that the price is too high, and the small profit but more sales is the meaning of the official office. ”

Officialdom should not only be about making money, but also about cultivating industries, training workers, cultivating markets, and making everything a luxury is meaningless. Xu Ping's purpose in opening these fields is not only to make money, he wants to cultivate the industrial and commodity sales market of the Great Song Dynasty, and to cultivate one industry after another, which is the long-term solution. (To be continued.) )