The feudal lord is on Taobao every day

Thinking of what Wei Changshi told him earlier, if there was a snowstorm in the land, Xie Jing'an would have headaches if the food stored in the government office would not be able to survive the winter.

If the news was known before winter, there would be salvation. At that time, the roads would be clear, and caravans and fleets could be sent to several wealthy counties in Guanzhong to buy grain. , I am afraid that before leaving Jizhou, Daxue will be trapped on the road.

Xie Jing'an thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was unrealistic to make large quantities of liquor and soap at this time, but it was a pity not to do it. After all, the prospects of these two things were obvious, and they could make him fief financially in the shortest possible time. Get up.

Moreover, the more production is made, the bigger the workshop is, and the more workers are recruited. When the workers have money in their hands, consumption will be stimulated, thus forming a virtuous circle.

So after hesitating for a while between the two choices of doing or not doing, Xie Jingan gritted his teeth and decided to do it.

Just don't make so many for the time being, first put out some samples at the banquet on the fifth day of next month for the aristocratic family to see, let them know that the king has a lot of good things in his hands, and coax them to willingly spend money and food, and then do it .

After making up his mind, Xie Jingan stopped entangled, first sent the servants who were serving in the bedroom out, and then went to Taobao with his eyes closed and bought a professional perfumer's natural classic recipe, which is suitable for perfume, balm, Handmade soap, bought another book on liquor production technology, and began to copy and study it.

He was quite serious in his research, and his progress was fast, but after not studying for a long time, someone reported outside the door: "His Royal Highness, the head of the Equipment Department is here, Your Highness, would you like to see me now?"

Hearing the servant's words, Xie Jingan remembered that he asked Director Qin to send someone to the equipment department to invite someone. Originally, he planned to meet him directly in the bedroom, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so in the end he asked the servant to send him Take it to the study.

He put those two books back on the shelves, covered up what he copied just now with blank paper, and specially called a servant to watch at the door to prevent anyone from entering, so he went to the study in peace.

The head of the Mozhou Equipment Department is an old man with gray hair, but he looks healthy. He has done physical work for half his life, and his voice is as powerful as a general. If you don’t see a real person, just listening to this voice is still He is really a strong general.

The old man bowed to Xie Jingan, and said in a loud voice that he had seen His Highness, Xie Jingan's ears were almost ringing from his shock, so he hurriedly said no, and asked his servants to move the stool away from him and put it down , After the old man sat down, he said with a gentle expression: "Master, don't be nervous. The king told you that you didn't come here to inquire about crimes, but I have some errands for you."

The old man was still a little uneasy at first, but he sat down firmly on the stool after being comforted by Xie Jingan's words, and said with a happy face: "It's a villain's blessing to be able to do errands for His Highness, His Highness just orders it."

Xie Jing'an was not too polite, and directly said according to the plan: "This king wants to merge more than a dozen craftsmen from the palace into the master's equipment department, and post a notice to recruit more craftsmen and young adults. What's the master's plan?"

The old man had a happy face before, but after hearing Xie Jingan's words, he turned bitter and said hesitantly: "Your Highness said that it is possible to bring together more than a dozen craftsmen from the palace. From the salaries of these people, just to recruit young men and craftsmen..."

When the old man said this, he glanced at Xie Jing'an quite uneasy, and saw that he showed no sign of anger, so he boldly continued: "Your Highness also knows that Hong Fu, who has been entrusted to the Holy Spirit in Mozhou these years, has not had much war. There is not much to do, if there is nothing to do, the government office will not allocate too much money, if there is not much money, then..."

In the end, the old man didn't finish his sentence, but Xie Jingan understood what he meant, that without too much silver, he couldn't support too many people.

Money, money, money again, Xie Jingan was still worrying about being too poor just now, and now he was being withdrawn again, and suddenly felt a headache, but no matter how difficult it was, he had to pay. Since the fiefdom was too poor, the money could not be given, Xie Jingan just Can pay out of pocket.

He asked his servants to call for Director Qin, Xie Jingan didn't let the old man avoid suspicion, and asked directly in front of him: "How much cash do you have in the Palace now?"

Director Qin glanced at Xie Jingan quite unexpectedly, and looked at the old man sitting hesitantly again and again. Seeing that Xie Jingan had no intention of letting him avoid it, he said the truth: "Reporting to Your Highness, there is still cash in the Wangfu's account. 1 taels of silver, does Your Highness want the villain to come up with all of it?"

Xie Jing'an knew that his palace was poor, but he never expected it to be so poor. There was only 1 taels of cash in cash. What kind of concept was this? He was not an ordinary wealthy family. Wang, let's not talk about the small and dilapidated palace, there is only so much money left, if he didn't know that the blood of the original owner's body is fine, Xie Jingan would have doubted whether he was the emperor's own.

The next topic is not suitable for the old man to listen to, so Xie Jingan told the old man to retreat first, and then he looked at President Qin with gritted teeth: "This king is also a vassal lord of a vassal. When I left Chang'an, my father didn't call Is it silver? How come there is only so little cash in the palace?"

Director Qin looked at Xie Jing'an in embarrassment for a while, and then hesitated to answer: "Your Highness, according to the rules set by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, His Majesty's vassal sage should transfer money, but it's just that the sage has not calmed His Highness yet." , so the transfer of money has been postponed."

After listening to Chief Manager Qin's explanation, Xie Jingan couldn't help but cast aside in his heart the original owner's cheap emperor father, this is too narrow-minded, no matter what, he was your once loved son.

Besides, it's not that he has done any heinous thing. Although it is too inappropriate to break the leg of the subordinate little prince who came to pay homage in front of civil and military officials, and the consequences are more serious, but the reprimand is also reprimanded, and even issued Coming to such a remote and barren place, Zhifan should calm down, but now he has been here for more than a month, and he hasn't seen any money, Xie Jingan really doesn't know how to complain.

But he is far away in the fief, out of sight and out of mind, so there is no need to intrigue, if the emperor does not give it to him, he will not give it to him. He can always think of a way to survive this period of time.

Pointing and knocking on the table for a while, Xie Jingan gradually calmed down, came up with an idea, and ordered: "1 taels is a little less, but it will be enough for a while if you save it, so this king can't settle the bill." All the cash on the bank has been withdrawn, you only withdraw 8000 taels, and the rest will remain in the account. The 8000 taels will be handed over to the Equipment Department, and they will issue an announcement to recruit more craftsmen and young adults, and then use the money to make more money. Some briquettes can be produced in large quantities as soon as possible, so it will be easy for me to use.”

Hearing that 8000 taels of cash in the account would be withdrawn at one time, Director Qin was quite distressed, but he didn't dare to say anything, he just responded in a low voice and went out to do errands.

After arranging the briquettes for now, Xie Jingan felt more and more that his spine would be crushed by poverty, and he didn't dare to think about resting. After leaving the small study, he returned to the bedroom non-stop, and continued to study how to make liquor, perfume and soap.

Xie Jingan was very busy in the palace, but Lin Yan was not free either.

Coming out of the palace, he sent Wei Changshi outside the city. Seeing the carriage disappearing on the official road with his own eyes, Lin Yan went down to the official office of the patrolling city guard under the leadership of his followers.

The Xunchengwei official's office is located in the west of the city, not far from the city gate, and two streets away is the city guard's official office.

Now is the time for the city guards to change jobs, so the government office is quite lively, except for Xiu Mu who asked for leave, there are more than a hundred people standing in the martial arts arena, which is not too big.

Although the scene of so many people huddled together, talking and fighting was quite chaotic, the appearance of such a strange face like Lin Yan still attracted the attention of many people.

One of them, a young general who looked like he had an official position, took a step forward, pointed at Lin Yan with a horsewhip in his hand and scolded, "What are you doing, how can anyone just break into a place like the patrolling guard's office, I will see you I don't care about you because I'm young, and I didn't leave quickly, if I delay for a long time, don't blame me for not being sympathetic and whipping you."

The young general spoke harshly, but he had a good heart. While talking, he gave Lin Yan a wink and waved his hands, telling him to leave quickly.

It's just that Lin Yan's kindness was destined to fail. Under the young general's angry eyes, Lin Yan took a step forward, deliberately raised the volume, and overwhelmed most of the voices on the field, and said simply and neatly: "This general, Lin Yan , appointed by His Royal Highness King Shun, the current Mozhou Patrolling City Guard General, is here today on a mission."

As soon as Lin Yan said this, there was a sudden silence on the field, but the silence didn't last long, and whispers soon sounded.

"It turns out that he is General Zhonglang appointed by His Highness. I said why didn't the brother guarding the gate stop him. I dare say it is our Shangguan."

"The brother guarding the gate is too mean. The Shangguan didn't try to inform us when he came, and even asked Dui Zhao to scold him. I don't know if he has a good temperament. Will he wear small shoes for Dui Zhao? .”

"Do you still need to guess about this temperament? Anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Judging by the evil spirit all over his body, he must not be a person who is easy to get along with, and he was appointed by His Highness himself. I am afraid that the background is not shallow, and he may not be a son of a noble family. Come on. Let's patrol the city guards just for fun."

"Brother Yu is saying that this new Zhonglang general is young and has no body. Look at his slender arms and legs, can he ride a horse and dance with a knife? In my opinion, he is coming to us. The city guard is gold-plated, so he has the name of joining the army, and he will stay in the city guard for a few years before going to a better place."

"I think so, otherwise, according to his age, why should he take the position of General Zhonglang? He can only get such a good job by currying favor with His Highness."