Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

This time when he came to Beijing, Wang Xiujin had more free time, and he and Li Sushan went to look at the empty house, planning to clean it up and rent it out.There were too many officials killed last year, and Enke was added for two consecutive years. Many students who came to Beijing needed a place to stay. Wang Xiujin didn't expect to make much money by renting a house, he just wanted to be convenient for others.Li Sushan supported Wang Xiujin's approach, but Wang Xiujin could do this, but he couldn't.When Wang Xiujin was cleaning the house, he lamented that the fourth prince was not in the capital and missed a large amount of income.

The fourth prince, who was busy drying the salt, sneezed, but he didn't know who was talking about him.After Wang Xiujin left last year, the fourth prince dried the salt according to the method Wang Xiujin said. I don’t know if God didn’t like him. The day after he circled the seawater into the pool, it snowed and there was still It has been raining for several days, and the temperature has also dropped. Fortunately, there are no adobe houses for the people living in the border. Otherwise, it is estimated that the houses will be crushed by the snow.The first time to dry salt ended in failure, and no one knew what the fourth prince wanted to do with the seawater. The most guessed was that the fourth prince wanted to use seawater to raise fish.

Before the summer, the emperor received a letter from his entourage who specially sent it to the fourth emperor's son. When the entourage entered Beijing, there were several guards escorting him all the way. The entourage did not dare to trust others. Trying to deliver the letter to the emperor himself, the eunuchs around the emperor were very angry, but they also knew that it would be a big deal for the fourth prince to order someone to escort him to Beijing to deliver the letter, and they did not dare to neglect it, but they still kept a note in their hearts. Pen, I will find an opportunity to learn a lesson in the future.

The emperor stood up in shock after reading the letter, and walked back and forth in the study with the letter.The queen in the harem heard people around her report that the fourth prince sent a letter to Beijing, and she seemed very serious. The corner of the queen's mouth sneered. It would be best to stay at the border for the rest of her life and not come back. The reason is to deduct a charge.

Almost none of the dynasties in the past dynasties was able to control salt. The rise or fall of salt prices was determined by the salt merchants. Give the salt merchants various benefits by pointing their noses.Now the fourth emperor told him that he had found a method of making salt that was simpler than that of the salt merchant, and the purity of the salt was even better than that of the salt merchant. The emperor was not only surprised, but also very excited.The emperor immediately issued an order to recruit the fourth emperor's son to Beijing, and along the way appointed a candidate to replace the fourth emperor's son. It was not any emperor's son, but his trusted brother.

Before the brothers set off, the emperor retreated for four weeks, and closed the door with the brothers to discuss in detail for several hours.When the queen heard the news that the fourth prince was about to return to Beijing, her eyes were red with anger, and she clenched her hands into fists and stared fiercely in a certain direction.

Wang Xiujin didn't know the changing situation in the palace. Last year, the harvest at the border gate was no worse than that of the entire Wu County, and the taste of rice was better than that of Wu County. Counting the production on both sides, Wang Xiujin wondered whether to open a branch in the city closest to the capital. shop.Li Sushan has also been very busy recently. The second uncle's first battle report came back, and he had arrived at the most advantageous place closest to the occupied city. He was about to encircle the city, and then sent people into the city to see the situation inside.After receiving the letter, Li Sushan was thrown into the military camp by his grandfather, and was drilled until late every day, so he had no free time to go out to find someone.

Wang Xiujin didn't ask where the soldiers of the dynasty were about the witches occupying the city. Apart from preparing for the distribution of shops, Wang Xiujin added an assembly line to the oil workshop in the capital to prepare for the soldiers who had nowhere to go after the war.Now that the imperial court has laws and regulations, it has a lot of care for returning soldiers, but the villagers and relatives who cannot change their minds will still be despised if they are physically handicapped. longing.Some people may say that it is because they have lost the instinct to survive, and some people will say that they are ignorant of how to deal with others. In fact, in Wang Xiujin's opinion, it is more because of the lack of psychological guidance. He is not a psychological expert. Giving a place to the retired wounded soldiers is a way of acknowledging them and letting them know that they can still do something.

Of course, there is one thing that Wang Xiujin agrees with, and that is the difference in culture. This culture does not refer to the literacy of the ancients, but the general education of later generations.Wang Xiujin doesn't have the ability to engage in education, even if he could, he wouldn't do it. He thinks he is not good at teaching and educating people, and he can't be a teacher for others.

At the beginning of autumn, the four princes returned to the capital, and arrived at the capital together with the battle report, the recovery of the city occupied by the witches, and the war damage, as well as the missing items of the local people, food, clothing, etc. , and salt.The salt merchants who waited for the war profit secretly waited for the court to send someone to discuss the price of salt. How could they wait and wait? The court sent a rescue convoy to set off, but no one came.Even this did not make the salt merchants anxious. After ventilating with each other, they learned that no one had seen the person sent by the imperial court, so they sat down and waited for someone, and checked what the truck convoy had delivered.As the goods escorted by the convoy were identified, the salt merchants couldn't sit still. There was a whole truckload of salt jars in the convoy, which were full of salt.

Where does the salt come from?The salt merchants don’t think about who made it. Not to mention that all the salt in Daliang is held in the hands of several companies, and the difference is not far away. The only explanation that can be explained is that someone contacted the officials of the court and then sold the salt to the court. But he didn't tell everyone. As for the reason for not telling everyone, it was very simple, it was monopoly.In the past, the price of salt on the battlefield was agreed by everyone, and then each family paid out some, and the income was about the same, but now it is different, it is taken by one family, and whoever betrayed their cooperation.The salt merchants are all gearing up to find the traitor and spit out the money. Of course, they will not make up for the equivalent salt, and even forcibly terminate his qualification to sell salt. This is his punishment. .

The emperor's reaction to the salt merchants was just a sneer, these salt merchants are too confident, do you really think that I can't do anything to them?The emperor set a trap against the salt merchants, and the salt merchants who were raised more and more boldly by the courts of the past dynasties forgot that their identity as salt merchants was not given by themselves.

Wang Xiujin saw the deity on the third day when the fourth prince came to Beijing. He remembered that last year the fourth prince was still wondering when he would be able to return to Beijing, but this year he came back. I don’t know if it was because of a promotion, or because he failed to manage the border and was picked up by the prince. came back.The possibility of the latter is unlikely, the Fourth Prince is a serious person, and unless there is a natural or man-made disaster, it is unlikely that there will be bad governance.

The fourth prince looked a lot more energetic than when he met last year, and he was a little fatter, with the eldest son by his side.The fourth prince still lives in the palace now, but he moved out of the courtyard where he lived before, and moved to the courtyard rewarded by the emperor, which made the queen's eyes red.Of course, the fourth prince doesn't care about this, but when he goes in and out, he will bring his son with him. This is his only child at present, so he should protect it so as not to appear accidentally.

The growth of a child can be described as one day at a time. Last year, the child who was often huddled in his father's arms, this year has become a child who sat aside and listened to the adults with a stern face and a very imposing manner... a child.

Wang Xiujin looked at the fourth prince's son and found it interesting. The fourth prince felt distressed when he saw the eldest son. He was obviously a legitimate son, but he became a concubine because of his family's troubles. It was so unfair to the child.When Wang Xiujin saw a child, he thought of his nephew at home, and told the embarrassing story about his nephew's ignorance. The fourth prince was overjoyed, and then he made a very difficult request for Wang Xiujin, "I want to send the eldest son to the prince. Village, enlightened by Mr., I don’t know if it’s possible.”

The grandson of the current emperor is sent to Wangcun to be enlightened by his father, "Is the emperor agrees?" That is the grandson of the emperor, not a child of an ordinary family, even a child of an ordinary family would not be sent so far, just for enlightenment.

"I haven't reported it yet, but I think my father agrees."

"Have you ever thought about whether the child is willing to leave?" No matter what the reason is, letting the child go to an unfamiliar environment without relatives around is not a good thing for the child's growth. "Don't say things that are good for the child. You have also walked through the child. You should know what the child wants."

The fourth prince smiled helplessly. What he was looking forward to when he was a child was to get his father's attention. At that time, his father was not the emperor, and he didn't particularly like the children in the back house, but he would meet more times with his son. The bastard can only see whether his mother is favored or not. His mother passed away early. If the housekeeper at that time was not kind and did not favor him who has no mother, he is lucky to have survived to this day.

When Wang Xiujin saw that the fourth prince no longer mentioned the matter of letting his father enlighten the child, he was relieved. Taking care of an adult prince is not the same as taking care of an underage grandson. He can keep the fourth prince at home, but he can't. I hope that the emperor's grandson will live at home for a long time, because the latter has to bear too much responsibility.

Apart from the matter of the children, the two discussed about making money. Wang Xiujin reminded the fourth prince that the imperial examinations for two consecutive years would increase the housing prices in the capital.The fourth prince, who had not been granted any position, nodded, and casually said that Wang Xiujin would give [-]% of the profits for drawing drawings, plus a house.Wang Xiujinle, "What do I need so many houses for? I can't sleep in different places every day!"

"It also makes sense. They are all in the capital city. Wherever you live is not as comfortable as sleeping in the place you are used to. If you have the opportunity to build a house in other cities in the future, you will get a set in every place. You will have a place to stay wherever you go in the future. , you don’t need to go to the inn to fight with others.”

"I can go out a few times. What do I need so many houses?" Wang Xiujin was helpless. No matter what time it was, people seemed to care about houses very much, and believed that only having their own house was considered a home.