Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

I don’t know if it’s a little knot in my heart. The three of them talked a lot about the past, the things about selling buns early in the morning, going to the fields to farm, and the parents in the neighborhood. The most talked about is that the father almost set the house on fire In retrospect, it wasn't all bitterness at that time. The three of them tacitly didn't mention what happened all the way back to the village from the capital. That period of time was really bitter, and no one wanted to reveal it.

Where can the children stay up all night, seeing the three children nodding non-stop, they send the three children to the back to sleep.Wang Xiujin and the eldest sister burned some paper, and the servants brought over some vegetarian meals, but they didn't feel like eating. Wang Xiubai asked his younger siblings to rest. Wang Xiujin thought about it and wanted the eldest sister to sleep. Men are better than women.Wang Xiuyun was really tired, so she didn't force her to stay longer, and asked her husband to stay with her, but was rejected by Wang Xiubo. Song Hongyi didn't stay with his daughter-in-law to rest, thinking about his embarrassing status.

In the mourning hall, neither of the two brothers spoke. They just sat quietly. When they were tired, they would burn some paper or walk around. The first night passed like this. The people came to the mourning hall and followed them all the time. Wang Xiujin took time to squint for a while. After the morning court, many people sent people to go through the scene. Li Sushan brought Yachang to kowtow and burn paper. He patted the younger brothers on the shoulders and said several times, "Don't cry, Yachang will accompany you from now on".Wang Xiubai's nose was sore, and after talking to Li Sushan a few words, he asked him to take the child to find Yindi.

Wang Xiujin didn't sleep well. In the past two days, there were many people coming and going, and the servants were also busy, coming in and out. Who can guarantee that someone will come in and do something else? When he heard the door of the house, Wang Xiujin Then he opened his eyes, and then he heard the familiar sound of footsteps, and closed his eyes again. He was really tired, staying up all night while guarding the spirit was very different from staying up all night thinking about things, he felt like his body was rusted. I'm not feeling well, I just want to sleep a little longer.

Seeing his little dad sleeping, Yachang lightened his steps, and when he got to the bed, he wanted to climb into bed again. He wanted to sleep with his little dad.Li Sushan picked up his son and didn't let him disturb Wang Xiujin's sleep. Seeing the tiredness on Wang Xiujin's face, Li Sushan felt very distressed.Sitting on the edge of the bed and watching the sleeping person quietly, if it wasn't for fear of waking him up, Li Sushan would have wanted to hold Wang Xiujin's hand without doing anything, just holding it.

Wang Xiujin hadn't fallen asleep at all, and was stared at by Li Sushan, feeling awkward, so he simply sat up, and before he could speak, Yachang said, "Daddy is awake, hug me."

"Did you sleep yesterday?" Wang Xiujin stretched out his hand to his son, and then looked at Li Sushan. His father hadn't returned home all night, so he didn't know if Li Sushan had left the palace.

"I went back to the mansion this morning, and I have to go to the barracks later, and I have to deal with some things." The emperor entrusted him with the training of sailors, and his military rank was also promoted, from chief soldier to general. Admiral, it's not easy to talk about this situation now, and it's not too late to talk about it when you get home. "You rest for a while, I will take Yachang to salute my mother."

"I'll go with you too! I still have things to do today." Wang Xiujin patted his son, and Yachang climbed off the little daddy very obediently, and stood honestly beside his father, watching the little dad rushing towards him I wrapped my clothes, and I put them very neatly in a short while.After finishing his clothes, Wang Xiujin casually tied up his hair, then looked at Li Sushan and Yachang, "Have you eaten in the morning?"

"I've eaten." Li Sushan pulled Wang Xiujin's skirt.

Wang Xiujin nodded, he hasn't eaten yet, he will ask the servants to bring some food to his mother later, he will go around the mourning hall to talk to his eldest brother, then go to his mother's side, and come to have a look at it in the evening.I originally planned to go to the new building today to meet with the account clearing staff who came back. I originally planned to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to talk to my father about the boat workshop. This can be discussed when I come over in the evening. There are still some bits and pieces It seems that things can be postponed, but after postponement and postponement, they still have to be done, and things will only accumulate more and more. It is better to do it earlier.

Li Sushan first took Yachang to salute Mrs. Wang, and then sent Yachang to the Metropolitan Procuratorate before going to work on his own affairs.Wang Xiujin came out a little later than Li Sushan, went to Xinlou School first, had a brief meeting with the account clearing staff, calculated the profit for this year, and handed over the bank notes brought back to Wang Xiujin.

"There was a store in Liangzhou that had a strange account. I checked it several times and couldn't find anything wrong with it, but I just thought it was wrong, so I took the account back."

Wang Xiujin frowned. He never doubted the wisdom of the ancients. It was only a short time since the new bookkeeping method was found out to be a fake method. It is not good to use cleverness.Flipping through the ledger, Wang Xiujin asked for a pen and paper, and a straight board as a ruler by the way, and a gentleman handed over the abacus.Wang Xiujin began to calculate each page, and in the middle section, a sneer appeared, "Here, there may be more later, pay attention to check." The price of the collected beans was ten times higher , but there is no difference between the upper and lower settlements, and the bid for even the loss is very vague. Even if you look carefully, you may not notice it. It is really done in a very secretive way. , allowing for a price difference, but like this, the difference is ten times..."

"Boss, we are not careful enough, please punish us."

"It's just a loophole. If you don't understand the market, no one will notice, but you still have to be punished. For those who go to this shop, this year's bonus will be halved, and the business of this shop will be cleaned up before the end of the year." Wang Xiujin has already He decided to close all the shops and crab fields in Liangzhou. Although it will affect some people's income, they have not lost money in the past few years. All the villages that signed the contract stopped, and the grain shops were integrated, and the crab field rice in Wangcun was gradually turned into high-quality grain.He will not prevent other people from planting crab-field rice, and he will not stop anyone who sells the rice, and the price of rice he collects from retail investors will not be the same as before. He will keep the price down, and the price of crab-field rice will decrease, but It will still be more expensive than ordinary rice.Of course, this is just his idea, and he still has to discuss it with shopkeeper Wang before making a decision.

Wang Xiujin sat on the side of the new building for a while, then went to the textile side, and then went to the nearby workshop to have a look. When the gatekeeper saw Wang Xiu, he immediately opened the door and invited him into the workshop.Wang Xiujin still made a registration with great interest, and then walked in. The workshop was quite busy with people coming and going, despite the fact that there were many female workers, but no one would talk and talk, and each of them couldn't do one more job. Earnings of one cent.Then I turned to the cloth dyeing side. The big workshop was bustling with activity. The newly dyed cloth was hanging high, and the colorful ones looked very beautiful.

When the steward heard that Wang Xiujin was coming, he hurried over to say hello and asked the boss if he had any orders.Wang Xiujin checked the receipts transferred from the shop, and then looked at the ones that have already been issued, "At the end of the year, although there are many orders, we can't ignore the materials just to catch up with the work, and we must not let the workers stay in the same shift. It’s not good, the wages cannot be reduced, and the food cannot be deducted.”

"Yes, yes, yes." The steward responded repeatedly.

Wang Xiujin didn't stay here for long, the servant whispered after leaving the door, the steward of the military workshop sent someone to invite, and Wang Xiujin got into the carriage and went straight there.Seeing the steward and seeing the smile on his face, Wang Xiujin hurried forward, "What good happened to Xiao Qinsu?"

"A good thing, a good thing, a great thing, the cannon has been done." Xiao Qinsui couldn't hide the pride on his face, "Old General Li and a few other generals will come over soon, and we will try it at the back mountain later." gun."

Wang Xiujin raised his eyebrows. He had only seen the blueprints yesterday, but today he learned that the cannon was out, and he was looking forward to it.Busily following a guide in the workshop to the back of the mountain, Wang Xiujin asked the guide who had already arrived while walking.

"Fourth prince." The guide had met Wang Xiujin a few times. Although he didn't deal with him often, he knew that he was a friendly and generous master. The handymen in the workshop were all relatives from the palace. The relatives who are not reused will basically be sent out of the palace, because most of them died alone without children, even if they entered the palace at the beginning to exchange money, the family members were unwilling to provide for them after they left the palace.

Hearing the fourth prince, Wang Xiujin paused, and then walked forward calmly.Arriving at the place where he wanted to test the cannon in Houshan, Wang Xiujin first saluted the fourth prince, who hurriedly waved his hand and called him to his side, "I happened to be here, and I just heard that there was a cannon test, so I stayed and took a look. Go back so I can report the progress to my father." The fourth prince was very happy when he saw Wang Xiujin, "I went out in a hurry this time, and I didn't stop here. I didn't bring you anything. When you are free, go to the Zhuangzi to cook pot?"

Wang Xiujin hurriedly responded, but he was muttering in his heart, the fourth prince didn't bring anything, so he had to treat the guests instead, what kind of courtesy is this, but the fourth prince asked, how could he refuse, thinking that he was really exhausted recently, he should make up for it.

The fourth prince knew what was going on in the Wang family, so it was impossible to set it in the next few days, so he turned the conversation away and talked about other things, "After I came back, I heard that the boat workshop was entrusted to you, so it should be so, the previous one I haven't seen a single ship go into the sea in the past few years, so when I asked for money, I was confident." The fourth prince didn't say that the steward was taken into prison by the Ministry of Criminal Justice yesterday, and several boxes of silver and dozens of bank notes were moved out of his house. Not to mention the number of treasures.

Wang Xiujin didn't dare to answer the fourth prince's words, but just listened obediently.Being in a different position, it is impossible to go back to the previous Wuji conversation.

Not long after, several generals rushed over and saluted the fourth prince one after another. Wang Xiujin retreated to the back position before the crowd arrived. After the generals saluted, he saluted several old generals who were higher in rank than him. They waved their hands and asked the steward to start quickly.Naturally, the steward did not dare to delay and let people start.

When the cannon is pushed out, it looks very bulky.The steward hurriedly began to talk about what the gun body was made of, how many people knocked it out, and how much gunpowder the shell contained.A big man with a torch lit the hemp rope that started the fire, and watched the hemp rope burn little by little. All the people watching held their breath, for fear that a heavy breath would blow out the fire.

Wang Xiujin looked at the cannon. Although he had never heard of the material of the cannon body, he had to say that the appearance of the cannon was somewhat similar to the original cannon he had read in history books.There are two racks under the gun body, which are used to fix the cannon. They are supported by two strong men. At the moment when the shell was fired, the two strong men were kicked by the recoil of the gun body and flew out. After the cannonball hit the ground, it bloomed at the moment it hit the ground, blasting the frozen soil and clods flying around.

I calculated the distance from the cannon to the pit where the blast was made, and it was about a few hundred meters. This distance is not too much, but it is quite remarkable for the first test bombing.The generals walked quickly to look at the pit, and Wang Xiujin followed him to have a look. The pit was very deep and large. "Are there any shells?"

"It's gone, just make this one." The manager looked at Wang Xiujin in confusion.

"The next time you test the gun, you can make some objects that are about the same weight as a person and place them somewhere to see how much they can blow up." Wang Xiujin put forward his own opinion, "Xiao Guan measured the distance in advance and made a record. There will also be a comparison in the next test of the gun."

"Yes, yes, yes." Xiao Qin hurriedly asked people to start measuring the distance.Wang Xiujin walked towards the cannon, touched the cannon body, and raised his eyebrows. It was not hot. Although the material of the cannon body had never been heard of before, it was really surprising. You must know the friction when firing the cannonball. The force is quite strong, touching his chin, Wang Xiujin was considering the feasibility of carrying this cannon on the ship.The premise is that the cannon can explode when it falls in the water, instead of misfiring.

After watching the cannon test, Wang Xiujin naturally couldn't leave early, he had to wait until the people who were higher than him left before he could escape, otherwise he would fall into the ears of some people, and he wouldn't want to stop.The fourth prince didn't stay for long. After reading it, he said hello, and after getting a few data, he took people away.Wang Xiujin accompanied several old generals around the workshop, and tried a few small items. After these people left, he wanted to leave too, but he didn't want to be stopped by Xiao Qin.Xiao Qinsui has nothing else to do, he just wants to express his gratitude to Wang Xiujin. If Wang Xiujin hadn't reminded him to record the data, he would have succeeded today, but he would have been accused of not doing his job well. There are many people staring at his position. with.

Wang Xiujin waved his hands hurriedly. Such a trivial matter is not worthy of thanks, "If it is possible, I would like to ask Manager Xiao to do a little favor. If I have a chance, can I try firing a cannon into the water and see if it can explode."

Xiao Qinsui immediately agreed, even if Wang Xiujin didn't make this request, they still have to try, but it's just a matter of time, and next time they can try more, taking all the terrain and terrain into consideration.

Wang Xiujin looked at the sky, calculated the time, and couldn't stay any longer, so he got up and said goodbye.Knowing that Wang Xiujin was busy, Xiao Qin didn't stop anyone, and personally sent him to the door, watching Wang Xiujin leave before turning around.