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Pang Yukun and Niu Ben's eyes moved with Xiao Ming's figure.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: "Your mind is understood by the king, but the situation is ever-changing, and we should wait for the opportunity to move." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Pang Yukun and Niu Ben were overjoyed, this sentence was enough to make them excited, because it was equivalent to Xiao Ming indirectly admitting a certain possibility in the future.

The two of them were so excited, Xiao Ming couldn't help but shake his head, he said: "Iron still needs to be hard, this king doesn't want you to put too much energy into this matter, but to make the feudal country stronger and stronger step by step, understand?" ”

Pang Yukun and Niu Ben nodded when they heard this.

After saying this, Pang Yukun remembered something and said: "Your Highness, just now the lower officials passed by from Dongshi and found that there were many people depositing silver in the bank at the gate of Qingzhou Bank, and the lower officials also saw Zhu Wuliu among them, which shows that this propaganda is effective. ”

"Zhu Wuliu? This can't be Zhu Sansi's younger brother. Niu Ben asked with interest.

Xiao Ming nodded, "That's right, it is Zhu Sansi's younger brother, now this Zhu Sansi is in charge of the Ryukyu garrison, and this Zhu Wusi is also actively responding to the government, this family is a model for the country, and it should be the focus of support." ”

"But no, Zhujia Village, a village outside Qingzhou City, is the most supportive of His Highness, and the lower officials think that they should focus on supporting Zhujia Village, which is a typical example of the country, what does Your Highness think?" Pang Yukun said with a smile.

Xiao Ming nodded, he is now about to promote the development of private capital, so as to revitalize the economy of the feudal country, after all, the more prosperous the business, the more commercial taxes will be.

"In that case, let's go to Qingzhou to have a look, and by the way, talk to the people of Zhujia Village about it." The haze in Xiao Ming's heart dissipated a little, and the intrigue was still very tiring.

In contrast, he still likes to build his fiefdom slowly.

At this time, the three of them went to Dongshi, and when they arrived, the villagers of Zhujia Village had not finished their business, and the villagers who had already done it had not left, but were waiting for their fellow villagers.

Xiao Ming's arrival immediately attracted the attention of the villagers, and Zhu Wuliu was pushed to the front by the villagers.

"Temple... Your Highness! ”

Zhu Wuliu stammered, and he was still very nervous when he saw Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You can come to Qingzhou Bank to deposit silver, this king is very happy, which shows that you trust this king very much." ”

"Your Highness is dedicated to making decisions for our people, and we don't believe who Your Highness believes, not to mention that if it weren't for Your Highness, we wouldn't be able to contract the road to the city." Zhu Wuliu scratched his head and smirked.

"In that case, this king still has a way to make money, are you willing to continue?"

"A new way?" Zhu Wuliu's eyes lit up, and during this time he had been thinking about doing something else with three hundred taels of silver, so he said: "Of course I do, as long as His Highness gives us a chance, we will definitely not let His Highness down." ”

Other villagers in Zhujia Village also echoed one after another, once the days become rich, who is willing to return to the hard life, they all want to earn more silver.

"Okay, this king has a white sugar production process that can be handed over to you, if you are willing, you can go back to the village to build a white sugar workshop, and the specific process can be learned in the workshop area, how about it?"

"White sugar?" Villagers, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't know what Xiao Ming is talking about.

Xiao Ming suddenly understood when he saw that they were all showing confused looks, and he said: "In this way, you go to the Qingzhou Workshop in six days, and this king will let the craftsmen wait for you." ”

Zhu Wuliu laughed shyly, he bowed his body to ninety degrees, and said yes loudly.

At this time, the business in the bank was basically completed, and Zhu Wuliu and the young people in the village frolicked and went to the village.

Seeing that the villagers of Zhujia Village were gone, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun entered the Qingzhou Bank, and from the people's deposits, they could best understand the people's livelihood situation in the current closed country, and he asked the bank shopkeeper: "How much silver did they save this time?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, this time there are a total of 300 households in Zhujia Village, and a total of 2,000 taels of silver have been received, of which Zhu Wuliu has the most silver, a total of 353 taels, and the others are about 5 taels."

Pang Yukun suddenly felt a light on his face when he heard this, in his opinion, the people who have been feudal in the past two years have indeed been a lot richer, and these five taels of silver were unimaginable before.

"Your Highness, a Zhujia village is still like this, if the people of the entire feudal country come to deposit silver, this is indeed a large amount, and the lower officials now finally understand the importance of this Qingzhou Bank." Pang Yukun said with a smile.

Xiao Ming was also very satisfied, he said: "During this period of time, we will continue to publicize and let everyone know about the bank, so that the bank can play a real role." ”

As the two were talking, some people wanted to enter the bank to inquire about the deposit of silver, but when they saw Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun, the people immediately ran away, and in desperation, the two had to go back separately, so as not to affect the bank's handling of official business.

In the next few days, Xiao Ming continued to use various methods to promote Qingzhou Bank.

Hot air balloon advertisements, village wall brushing, newspapers, continuous propaganda Qingzhou Bank is gradually known by the people, and more and more people go to the bank to deposit silver.

At the same time, the production of white sugar did not stop, and as expected, seven days later, the first batch of white sugar was born in the workshop.

"This is white sugar? Really white, as white as snow. Zhu Wuliu took three young people to the workshop area as promised, and when a white sugar was boiled, he exclaimed.

Grabbing a handful of white sugar as fine as sand, Xiao Ming was also in a mood, and after two years, he finally saw white sugar that was similar to modern times.

With this, he can make more food products.

"Your Highness, this is rock candy." Without waiting for Xiao Ming to react, the craftsman moved out a basket of rock candy the size of peanuts.

This rock candy is still taught by him to these craftsmen, it is very simple, it is to melt and recrystallize the white sugar, which is rock sugar.

Take a rock candy and put it in your mouth, and immediately a sweet and greasy feeling arises in your mouth, which makes people enjoy it very much, and it is really fresh and sweet.

"Boom." Looking at Xiao Ming's expression of enjoyment, Zhu Wuliu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the newly boiled sugar had a strong sugar fragrance, which was too tempting.

Hearing this voice, Xiao Ming smiled knowingly: "You're welcome, you can also taste it." ”

"Ai." In response, Zhu Wuliu couldn't wait to pick up a piece of rock candy from the frame and stuff it into his mouth.

Under the infiltration of saliva, the rock sugar began to melt, the eyes of Zhu Wuliu and the three young men widened wider and wider, and the four of them said in unison: "It's so sweet!" ”