my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 49
Zhang Fu said: "Brother, don't worry, we pushed the gunpowder on Guo Degan."

Zhang Anshi raised his thumb involuntarily: "The third brother is really smart."

Turning his gaze, he saw Qiu Fu holding booger in his nose, which seemed a bit disrespectful to his elder brother.

Zhang Anshi said: "Fourth brother, be civilized."

Zhu Yong said: "Brother, don't pay attention to him, he is like this, he has been playing for a long time."

"Oh." Zhang Anshi nodded: "Have your family members come? Did you tell you when to ask His Majesty to let you out?"

Both Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong became depressed: "Since we entered the prison, no one at home has come to visit us, only the elder brother has come."

Zhang Anshi comforted them and said, "Just treat them as ignorant, and don't take them to heart."

Zhang Fu murmured: "Only the eldest brother is the best to us, but... the eldest brother... At that time, where did you go? You said you had breakfast, but you never saw anyone."

Zhang Anshi sighed: "Hey, so I made the right move at the beginning. You see, you are the three fierce men in the capital, and the eldest brother, who is more intelligent, is responsible for reasoning with people and making peace with others. You are Liu Guan Zhang, the eldest brother is Zhuge Liang, understand?"

Liu Guanzhang must belong to Liu Guanzhang, but this Liu is definitely not Liu Bei, most likely Liu Chan, of course, don't care about these details.

Zhang Anshi patiently explained: "Look at the present, the benefits are not revealed? If we are all in prison, who will take care of us in the future? Now the elder brother is outside, although you are suffering inside, there will always be elder brother Come to visit, I won’t teach you to suffer.”

Zhu Yong patted his thigh: "That's right, why didn't I expect that big brother is really clever, predicting everything like a god, I didn't expect big brother to have all the plans, he has already thought about it."

Zhang Fu tilted his head and thought it made sense.

Zhang Anshi said again: "Eggs should not be put in the same basket. You are in one basket, and elder brother is in one basket. As long as elder brother is still there, we will be famous among the three evils in the capital forever."

After speaking, Zhang Anshi took out the food from the food box and gave them to eat.

Then he sighed and said: "Thinking of my brothers suffering here, I can't eat well and can't sleep well. Take care of your health. After three or five years, your majesty's anger will disappear. Big brother will find a way for you and rescue you." .Ten thousand steps back, wait for my brother-in-law..."

Zhang Anshi's voice became lower and lower: "Wait until my brother-in-law wins the throne...Are you afraid that you won't be able to get out? This is just a matter of one sentence. With the elder brother here, I don't teach you to suffer."

"Brother...you take care of your own affairs, we won't suffer much here, so don't worry."

Zhang Anshi nodded, these brothers are real people, able to get along.

But he was very heavy in his heart, after all, he screwed up this time, how could he know that "one sulfur, two nitrates, three charcoals, plus a little sugar, Big Ivan" was actually true.

The only good thing is that the emperor just put them in prison. After they are all heroes, there should be no danger of their lives. There will always be a way to get them out earlier.

But now is not the time to grieve.

He wants to turn grief into strength, inherit the legacy of his brothers... No, he wants to inherit their spirit of daring to fight and fight hard, and he wants to do a good job of the brothers' business.

Zhang Anshi arranged for a guarantor and asked him to invite Zhu Jin out.

It's still the same wine shop.

It's just that when Zhang Anshi appeared, the owner of the restaurant seemed to have seen a ghost.

Back then, it was this guy who beat people here to death, and the private room above was almost smashed to pieces.

Are you still here?
However, the more people are like this, the less they can offend them.

So Zhang Anshi went up to the second floor smoothly.

As soon as you enter the private room.

Zhu Jin, who was running around anxiously with his hands behind his back like ants in a hot pot, saw Zhang Anshi appear, his legs softened subconsciously, and he knelt down.

I have to kneel.

Back then Liang Wu...was beaten to death, Zhu Jin thought...these vicious boys were destined to die.

If you offend Liang Wu, what else can you do?

But after a few days, I heard that the house of Liang Wen, one of the hundred households of King Wei of Han, who is the brother of Liang Wu, was blown up and disabled.

Think about it, who in the city of Nanjing has such guts, even the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu are not so fierce.

Such people are not arrested and exterminated?
But now?But he was standing in front of him alive, nothing happened.

Therefore, the young man who was looked down upon by others in the past has now become a scourge in Zhu Jin's eyes. Brother Liang Wen would die so ugly if he offended this man, let alone him, I am afraid that the other party will pinch him. With a pinch of your fingers, he can be wiped out.

"Small... villain Zhu Jin, I have seen... I have seen... Young Master..."

Zhang Anshi kindly helped him up, and said softly, "Oh, why are you so polite, come, sit down and talk."

"No." Zhu Jin said, "I think kneeling is more comfortable."

Zhang Anshi frowned, and said, "If I tell you to stand, just stand!"

Zhu Jin immediately got up and stood motionless.

Zhang Anshi said: "What do you think about the business?"

"Do it, of course." Zhu Jin said: "But the villain heard that the ordinary cotton yarn outside costs two hundred yuan a catty, and the price of 250 yuan for such a high-quality cotton yarn is too low. The villain counts it as three hundred yuan." It is also profitable to collect and sell it.”

The profit, he has probably converted it, three hundred yuan is indeed a small profit, but there is no way, he dare not make huge profits on Zhang Anshi, otherwise he will not be able to sleep!

"Three hundred dollars?" Zhang Anshi was also a little surprised, and said, "Brother Zhu will suffer in this way?"

"No loss, no loss." Zhu Jin said with a dry smile: "Business is about long-term."

Zhang Anshi said: "It's just that I may have more than [-] catties a year, can you eat it?"

"The veil is in short supply in all the state capitals now, so we don't have to worry about selling it."

Zhang Anshi nodded: "Also...that is, I hope to import some cotton. Do you have a channel there?"

Zhu Jin said without hesitation: "That's easy to say, the villain also has contacts with cotton merchants. In the current market outside, the price of cotton is around [-] yuan a catty. Of course... if the purchase volume is large, the price can be reduced to [-] yuan. even lower."

"Okay, I'll leave this to you too." Zhang Anshi nodded with satisfaction.

In this era, there is no concept of so-called advantages of scale.

And Zhang Anshi's trump card is the advantage of scale. An ordinary cotton merchant may supply a hundred catties or a thousand catties, and the price may be seventy or eighty.

And Zhang Anshi is a real big textile player. In this era, it is definitely a large-scale production, and it is necessary to get 20 to 55 catties of goods, so the cotton merchants are willing to sell even if the price is [-], or even [-]. !
The reason is simple. The large-scale and stable supply reduces a lot of unnecessary selling costs, and also greatly reduces the pressure on cotton merchants' turnover and storage.

Zhang Anshi said in a good mood: "It's very good. In this way, we have made a deal?"

Zhu Jin nodded as if pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, it's a deal. But... about the cotton, I'm afraid the supply is temporarily insufficient."

Zhang Anshi asked strangely, "What's the reason?"

Zhu Jin smiled wryly and said: "Hey, this...don't you know, my lord? Su and Song two mansions are flooded, especially in the Wujiang area, ah...it's really miserable, this land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River is starved to death. It is said that the hungry people died of starvation by the side of the road and threw their money into the river because they had nothing to eat and could not borrow food, and they wanted to go to the city to beg. In addition, even the river is blocked, making transportation difficult."

Zhang Anshi was very surprised, he couldn't help asking: "Is there no rescue from the imperial court?"

"Your Majesty has ordered relief, but such a catastrophe, relying on the imperial court is just a drop in the bucket, starvation is too much."

Zhang Anshi lowered his head. Songjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou in his imagination must be the same as Nanjing City, bustling and bustling. Who would have thought that...it would be so bad.

(End of this chapter)