Fight the Giants

  Chapter 236 Overlap

  The next day, Kan Er brought a stack of books to Huo Xi, and told his young master what he had said.

   "The young master agreed to 20% of the shares, and asked you to send someone to the mansion to look for him if you have anything to do."

  Huo Xi thanked him, and took over a stack of history books.

  "Records of the Dynasty", "History of the Wei Dynasty", "The Chronicle of the History of the Wei Dynasty", in addition to the history books of the previous dynasty, there are also historical records of the previous dynasty.

  Huo Xi locked himself in the room and quickly read through these history books.

   After reading it, I was shocked. This Wei Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty. Except that Guan He's envoy to Nanyang was a year late, so far, there is a high degree of overlap.

  In the fourth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di proposed to build Beiping City. It was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle, and the capital was officially moved on the first day of the first month in the nineteenth year of Yongle. This took fifteen years.

   Now Emperor Yongkang of the Wei Dynasty also plans to build Beiping City?

   More than just repairs?

   Does anyone think that the emperor who has just ascended the throne for four years will move his capital? Or do you just think that Beiping City is the fiefdom of King Yan in the past, the land of Longxing, as the companion capital, His Majesty wants to repair it?

  Huo Xi circled around the room.

  Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, which cost millions of migrant workers and soldiers, which cost a lot of money.

  Countless people from the south of the Yangtze River were relocated to the north. Rich households in the south of the Yangtze River and merchants from Shanxi and other places went to Beiping City, and countless refugees were moved into Beiping City to fill the population of Peiping.

  If the historical trajectory of the Wei Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty highly overlap, then the current Beiping City, Shuntian Prefecture, is still extremely poor and sparsely populated compared to Jiangnan.

  Once the people are moved to the capital, Shuntian Prefecture will have a huge demand for supplies!

  Huo Xi couldn't sit still anymore, took the silver ticket and ran out.

  In the backyard of Guangfeng Water Outer City Shop, Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong were shocked when they heard Huo Xi's words.

   "Are you going to Peking?"

   "Yes, I'm going to buy land and shops over there. I also want to buy a house, but there's no rush for that."

  Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong were speechless for a long time.

   "Xi'er, sit down, why did you think of going to Beiping to buy land and a store? Didn't we agree to buy some land in the south of the Yangtze River, plant mulberry trees and grow food?"

  Huo Xi sat down and nodded: "Yes, I want to buy it."

   "Then you still have to use the money to buy land and shops in the north. We made more than two thousand taels of spices this time, which is not enough."

   "We have money. The young master of the Mu family gave me the share of the money, including the 10,000 taels of capital. I promised to give him 20% dry shares. If there is anything wrong with our shop in the future, he will help us settle it."

   "Really?" The two couldn't believe it.

   Seeing Huo Xi nodding his head, Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong applauded: "If there is Xiping Hou Mu's family willing to help, our shop will be safe in the capital."

  The two were overjoyed.

  However, Huo Xi was still somewhat puzzled by what Huo Xi said about buying land in the north. The two of them wanted to make more plans in the south of the Yangtze River.

  Huo Xi then said: "The young master of the Mu family told me a piece of news. Do you know why the price of glutinous rice has increased?"

  Shen Qianzhong said: "I have heard some news. I just don't know whether it is true or not, and I can say anything."

Huo Xi said cautiously: "Your Majesty wants to build Beiping City, it must be true. As for the purpose of the construction, let's not care about it. Let's just say, do so many migrant workers, craftsmen, and soldiers need to eat and drink? Basic necessities , The consumption of materials will increase. If we collect the grain and transport it to the north, it is definitely not as good as having our own fields in the north, so it is more convenient to produce and sell grain."

  Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong frowned after listening.

   "Besides, the sea trade will definitely be popular in the future. If we have a shop in Shuntian Prefecture and sell the goods there, the profit will be greater."

  Seeing that the faces of the two of them were loose, he said: "Besides, we have fields in the north, and we have obtained grain. If we can transport it to the border customs and exchange it for Yanyin, we can also think about the salt business."

  Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong looked at her in astonishment.

   Xi'er, boss, are you so ambitious? Do you dare to think about the salt business?

  Who doesn't know that selling salt and selling salt can make a lot of money, but is this what ordinary people dare to think about?

  Seeing that the two of them were too surprised to keep their mouths shut, Huo Xi smiled. Ever since Gong Ziyi stuffed her with a load of salt four years ago, she has been thinking about selling salt.

   It's a pity that this kind of business is not her turn.

  Even if you know that there is a method of opening the middle salt, you can't implement it. No money and no one.

  But if she has a field in the north and can grow a lot of food, she dares to think about it.

  The Kaizhong Salt Law of this dynasty actually means that the imperial court will monopolize the salt industry and give part of the profits to private merchants in exchange for the supply of military rations to the frontier by private merchants.

  There are a total of nine frontier defense passes in this dynasty, commonly known as Nine Borders, which are located along the Great Wall, and the geographical environment is harsh. It is impossible to meet the demand for military supplies by relying on local garrisons.

  The front line of the government’s food transportation and supply consumes a lot. Not only must a large amount of materials be assembled, but also the human and material resources of the huge grain transportation troops must be borne.

  So there is the "opening salt method".

   Encourage capable businessmen from the people to transport grain to the border and exchange it with the local military depot for salt. With the corresponding salt lead, you can go to the salt-producing area to get the corresponding amount of salt for sale.

  Huo Xi explained to the two of them, but they didn't recover for a long time.

"This is just a rough idea of ​​mine. As you know, I want to make money, and the benefits of salt are huge, so I can't help but think about it. It's just that it can't be implemented yet. We have no land, and we don't know how to produce food. The third main reason is that there is no one. I just think about it."

   Seeing Huo Xi's regretful face, Shen Qianzhong looked at her intently. He never thought that at such a young age, his boss would be able to catch such a business opportunity from other people's news.

   You can plan something about it. Listening to her plan, although she was superficial, it didn't sound like an unrealistic idea to him.

   Shen Qianzhong's heart began to beat rapidly, and finally he slapped the table heavily with his hand: "Then we will go to the north to buy fields and land!"

  Yang Fu was taken aback by Shen Qianzhong's excitement.

  Come back to your senses, hesitated: "But we don't have any manpower."

   "Now that the land price in the north is cheap, let's buy it first, and I'll figure out a way about the manpower." Huo Xi had an idea in his mind, but it still takes time.

  The three of them discussed and settled the matter.

  Decided to allocate 10,000 taels of the money invested by the young master of the Mu family to buy land in the north, and the remaining 6,000 taels to buy some land in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

  Huo Xi is thinking that if the business loses money, the money Mu Yan bought as a share can be credited to him with these lands.

   "Then our sea trade business is over?"

  Yang Fu benefited from the purchase of foreign goods in Songjiang this time, and was a little anxious to see that Huo Xi didn't use the money for it.

"Do it. Buying land and growing grain is not as quick as Haimao and our current business. We still get 2,500 taels of spices, and those fancloth and foreign goods are estimated to get 2,300 taels. It should be enough to use five thousand taels to ship and do it."

  After the agreement was made, both Yang Fu and Yang Fu disagreed that she should go to Peiping in person.

   "The owner should stay in the capital to support it. You can't do without the shop. Let me go north. The rattan and palm bamboo we bought with the Fanren are still in the warehouse. I just went to the north to see the market."

  Huo Xi thought for a while, and then agreed.

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