Chapter 189: Chain Reaction
After visiting here, the things that everyone bought were different, and it was not suitable for everyone to be together, so they separated. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Xu Ping didn't have anything to buy, so he stayed and chatted with Wang Su.
After asking, I found out that Wang Sunian had not been very smooth. Originally, Kong Daofu recommended him to come to Beijing because he wanted to enter the Yushitai, but before the matter was completed, Kong Daofu was demoted out of the capital, and Wang Su was hung here. I have been idle in the capital until a few days ago, and I was recommended by Wang Zeng, tried it in the academy, and was reappointed as the pavilion proofreader.
This is an idle official, but you can't wait to take it lightly, and the pavilion is the time to accumulate energy for future promotion.
There was nothing to do, Wang Su asked the servant to take the things he bought, and then he and Xu Ping were talking while strolling around.
After turning around on the first floor for a while, Wang Su bought a few more goods, and asked Xu Ping: "I heard that there are specialties from all over the world for sale in this shop, I don't know if there are any clams from Yongzhou?" A few days ago, Shi Manqing sent some from Langzhou, and his father-in-law used them very much, but the quantity was not much, so he bought some more today and sent them. ā
Xu Ping hurriedly said: "Yes, naturally there is, I'll take you to see it." ā
Shi Yannian arrived in Renzhizhou, Langzhou, just in time for the good times, and continued to expand outward, making some contributions, and recently he was promoted. His official position has risen, and his status among his relatives has naturally risen with the tide, and his relationship with the Wang family has become closer. Lingnan is an official and can't bring his family, his wife naturally relies on her mother's family to take care of her in the capital, and some strange things sent back by Shi Yannian from Langzhou are inevitably sent to the Wang family.
Wang Su first married the daughter of Li Wei, the secretary of the late Ministry of Rites, who died early, and then married the daughter of Teng She, who died again, and now he is remarried to the daughter of the privy envoy Zhang Shixun. The marriage relationship between these great families is complex and unclear.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Su's second wife Teng is involved in several relatives, one is Ji Ying, and his mother is also surnamed Teng, this is where Wang Su and Zhang Fangping are related, and the two families are relatives. The other is Teng Zijing, who is the Teng family, and Teng Zijing and Fan Zhongyan are friends in the same year. Wang Su's brother Wang Zhen and Fan Zhongyan are also in-laws, and Wang Su and Fan Zhongyan have relatives and friends in many directions, and these relationships are effective.
Of course, now Wang Su's father-in-law is naturally Zhang Shixun, and the clam is going to be sent to his house.
The officials have different political views, and they are fighting for each other in the court, and their private kinship is not affected, and Xu Ping will not have any estrangement with Wang Su because Zhang Shixun has had a few awkward quarrels with him.
Out of the pavilion and around to the side of the souvenirs, Xu Ping smiled: "Everyone doesn't come here, but they don't know that there are all kinds of rare things here!" The third treasurer has accumulated many special offerings from all over the world, and if you usually want to buy them, I don't know where to find them! Today, we have cleared all the field affairs and concentrated the rare and precious here, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ā
Wang Su smiled slightly: "This kind of good thing, Yunxing should be widely publicized, otherwise who knows?" ā
"So why bother? These things are the most worry-free to sell, I am just worried that there are not enough goods, and what I can buy is luck. ā
The two of them spoke, looking all the way along the various platforms.
The platforms here are much more exquisite than those selling farm tools, and they are all covered with sheds to protect them from the wind and rain, and many of them are covered with silk cloth. The reason why the special products are sold outside is not because they are not valuable, but because some of the specialties have a special smell, which will make the air polluted indoors, and there is no such concern outside.
Just after a few glances, Wang Su's eyes were a little straight, and he was not in a hurry to buy clams, so he kept looking down the platform.
What kind of yamen is the third division? In charge of the world's economic lifeline, the special products collected must not only have local characteristics, but also have special value. In terms of quality, it is naturally not comparable to the tribute collected by the palace, but it is more than the variety of colors, and it is better than the palace.
Wang Su didn't say much, beckoned to let the servant follow him, and saw something, just pointed with his hand, and the servant naturally went up to ask the price with the little servant, and either put away the things he bought directly, or set up a note to collect it, and waited for the delivery.
The pearls of the South China Sea, the furs of the northern grasslands, the dried seafood of the East China Sea, and the snow lotus medicinal herbs of the Western Plateau are all available here. Even in the open space at the end, there are good horses sold from long distances.
The pavilion sells artificially made kitschat goods, and all the goods sold here are gifts from nature, each with its own merits.
Finally, when he arrived at the place where the clams were sold, Wang Suyi asked the price and said with a smile: "The three divisions are really extraordinary, not only the quantity of goods is everything, but the price is much fairer than in the shops outside." As he spoke, he asked the servant to buy a load.
As a medicinal material, clams are naturally sold in outside pharmacies. But Wang Su, a big family high-roller, will not be so stingy to buy a few catties or two, and they are all bought in baskets and burdens, where will there be so many goods in the medicinal herb shop. And this kind of thing is all in the warehouse, and the one who is not afraid is the high roller.
After seeing this, Wang Su suddenly rose up and said to Xu Ping: "There is nothing to do left and right, Yun Xing might as well accompany me to the other side to take a look." They all say that they sell new farm tools over there, and see where the new ones are. ā
Xu Ping naturally would not refuse, and accompanied Wang Su to the other side.
They came from behind, and the first thing they saw were harvesting and post-processing tools.
Looking at the machine in front of him how tall he was, surrounded by a strong wooden frame, and a thick screw in the middle, Wang Su frowned and asked Xu Ping beside him: "Yunxing, what kind of machine is this?" Why haven't you seen it before? ā
There are obviously pictures and text descriptions on the white wall next to it, but now there are a lot of non-staff farmers in the surrounding countryside, how can Wang Su's identity be squeezed in the past? Xu Ping was by his side, so he naturally asked about convenience.
Xu Ping had no choice, so he had to do a part-time commentary: "This is for pressing grass." Zhongyi, you see, although the grass collected by the government is usually surrounded and bundled, it still occupies a lot of space, and it is neither easy to transport nor store. This machine can press the grass tightly into squares, and there is hemp rope knotted into bundles on the side, which is good luck and good storage. ā
Wang Su was puzzled: "I remember that in your Zhongmu Grange, there are also machines for baling pasture, which is not like this." ā
"That's not the other one, it's suitable for your own farm, growing grass, and raising cattle and horses. This kind is convenient for harvesting pasture, and the farmers send loose grass, use it to press it into large square bales, and then tie it up. It's easy and can be pulled by an ox cart. ā
This kind of tobacco packaging was actually used by Xu Ping in his previous life, which is relatively simple in structure and easy to move.
Wang Su nodded, noncommittal, and still walked forward. While looking and asking, Wang Su's face gradually became serious, and when he came to the end, he couldn't help but say to Xu Ping: "Yunxing, if you buy back the farm tools here, you can build a manor like your Zhongmu." With this farming tool, you can grow a lot of grain without the need for many customers. ā
Xu Ping said: "It's about the same, of course, it takes some thought, but the basics are there." With the Jianghuai Shipping Division, millions of stones of grain and rice are transported from the Bianhe River to the capital every year, and the price of grain in the capital cannot rise, and there is no big profit in farming. However, with these farm tools, the cost will go down, and farming can be profitable. ā
Xu Ping naturally knew what Wang Su meant, and he moved his mind to learn from Xu Ping to open a farm. Because there has always been a large amount of grain imported from other places, and the freight is from the imperial court, the grain prices in the two capitals have been crushed to death, so there are a large number of idle fields in Kaifeng Mansion and Jingxi Road, and no matter what way you think, you can't reclaim it. With the new agricultural tools, the labor cost will go down, and the farm will be profitable to grow grain. (To be continued.) )