History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

After returning to the mansion, fourth master came back not long after.

"Master..." She looked at him speechlessly.

Fourth master asked her, "You know everything?"

Minning nodded and said dejectedly, "I happened to be there when those people were carrying things and picking people up."

The fourth master patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "Ama Khan is right, those things are not safe to put in your hands, and it is not for nothing. Ama Khan said, I will give you an imperial merchant's money." Name, isn’t the previous problem also solved?”

Minning was depressed, "But these are the masters I have cultivated with great difficulty. It is not the stuff that matters, but the talent!" She emphasized again.

Fourth Master didn't think so, "They're just craftsmen." He didn't care much.

Minning stared, "Craftsman is also useful! There is no useless occupation in this world. You can see that just gathering craftsmen together, with a little encouragement, can transform farm tools that have not been modified for hundreds of years."

Seeing her so excited, Fourth Master asked back, "Then why hasn't anyone reformed it for hundreds of years?"

"Of course there is no financial support. How can I spend a lot of money like me."

"That's not your credit, what's the matter with those craftsmen?"

Minning was praised by him, and immediately didn't know how to answer his words, and then thought of what he said before, and asked: "By the way, Lord, you said just now that Lord Long Live gave me the title of imperial merchant, don't you?" Do you know which imperial businessman you stole?"

The imperial merchants are all radishes and pits. If the emperor wants to add one, the name of the imperial merchant will definitely be erased.

"You can send someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inquire about this matter." Fourth Master would not bother with such trivial matters.

Minning was also curious. After asking such a casual question, he didn't take these things to heart.

In the next few days, she began to think about who to give the name of the imperial merchant to?

If possible, she definitely hopes to hand it over to Zheng Jun.

Minning thought for a while and finally the name fell on Lin Yuan's head, not to mention that Zheng Jun is not in Beijing now, and there is also the prince who is eyeing them now. Lin Yuan has the name of an imperial merchant, so he can calm down a little. People who don't open their eyes.

Besides, Zheng Jun is a scholar, so he probably doesn't want to be called a businessman, unlike Lin Yuan who was originally a businessman.

As for the prince, he will never confront them openly, but he is afraid that some people who pretend to be powerful, have the name of an imperial merchant, and can keep the low-level people out of the door.Some of them can only compete with them in the market.In shopping malls, Min would rather not be afraid of those tricks.

"Master Lin, the wood that the merchants in Shuzhou promised to give us before has passed the time for negotiation and has not yet arrived."

"what's the situation?"

"The businessman in Shuzhou said that because of the heavy rain, the wood was damp, so there is no way to deliver it for the time being."

"Hasn't the contract already been signed?"

"This, this, the other party said that they are willing to compensate us for the lost deposit."

"Go and ask other houses, the wood inventory in the workshop is not much."

"Master Lin, the other families are also in the same situation. They seem to have made an appointment. They would rather pay a deposit than send us wood."

Lin Yuan felt that his head was getting bigger. First, there was a problem with the supply of fabrics in the south of the Yangtze River, which caused the workshop to take a day off. This time, there was a problem with the timber. It was obvious that someone deliberately targeted them.

"My lord, it's not good!" Someone ran in.

Lin Yuan pinched the bridge of his nose wearily, "Tell me, what happened again?"

The visitor replied, "My lord, the iron ore promised to us by the merchants in Hunan has suddenly decreased a lot."

Well, this time it is not cut off directly, but reduced.

If Lin Yuan doesn't know that someone is targeting them, then he is a fool!

Other raw materials can still wait, but iron ore is indispensable in the workshop. Now there is no day in the warehouse that does not withdraw a large amount of iron ore.

Lin Yuan had a headache, but before he could think of a way, someone ran in again.

He immediately frowned and asked, "What happened again?"

"My lord, good news. My lord has been rated as an imperial merchant. Someone from outside asked you to quickly go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a leader."

Lin Yuan's brows loosened, and he couldn't help showing a smile on his face, "Finally, there is good news." With the name of the imperial merchant, most of the previous problems can be resolved.

Lin Yuan changed his clothes and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to hand it over, and received a sign. From now on, he will be responsible for purchasing wood for the imperial court.

As soon as the news came out, the people who had planned to terminate the contract with him soon came to apologize and said that there was no such thing, and they all returned to the supply status.

When this incident was reported to Minning, she felt a sense of crisis. She no longer let Lin Yuan blindly expand Zhuangzi, but contracted it, and stopped recruiting people, trying to digest the existing internal scale.

He also allocated a part of the funds and began to buy land all over the country. He planted cotton, raised silkworms, harvested silk, and produced fabrics by himself.

Supplementing the missing parts of each raw material link before, although it is far from meeting the needs of its current scale, it can guarantee that there will be no shortage of raw materials for a period of time, which is the most important point.

The iron ore side has also increased their orders. Anyway, the iron ore has been piled up for a long time and there will be no problems. They simply replenished at one time, worked overtime and temporarily used those vacant factories as warehouses to fill them up, and bought some other urgently needed ones. The ore stopped.

All the money in Minning's hands was spent at once, and she had no plans to expand in a year or two. She was going to shrink the business and then shrink it. First, she digested the existing business and began to vigorously investigate. Some spies planted in by others All kicked out.

Always keep the inside clean to really speed up the shrinking plan.

During this period, she opened two schools in a row, enlightening children during the day and literacy for adults at night, which quickly stabilized people's hearts.

In Yuqing Palace, the prince kicked the doorman in front of him fiercely, and said angrily, "Didn't you say it is the business of the fourth brother? Why is it a business in his backyard?" The doorman came to tell him earlier, saying that he found the fourth brother in the house. The folks have a lot of private wealth, and the prince thought that the fourth child had ulterior motives, so he agreed with his disciples to suppress his business and warned him.

Yesterday Khan Ama bestowed the name of the fourth son of an imperial merchant, and it spread to his ears. He felt that something was wrong. He sent someone to investigate and found out that it was not the fourth son's business at all, but a dowry in the fourth son's backyard. , or hang up the number in front of Khan Ama.

No wonder he felt that something was wrong, if the fourth brother had his own business, he wouldn't need the title of imperial merchant at all.

He is a dignified prince, but in the end he is a concubine of his younger brother, why doesn't this make the prince angry?

The doorman was kicked, and his head hit the table beside him. He didn't dare to wipe the blood, but kept kowtow, "Prince, the servant is sincere to the prince. The money earned by the concubine Zhen Baylor is not worth it." Isn't it Zhenbei Le?"

The prince was even more annoyed, "Do you think that our princes and grandsons have such shallow eyelids? Will you covet your own woman's dowry?"

This is simply the greatest insult to them, not to mention that the fourth child is so noble, even if the house starves to death, he will not touch his own woman's money.

"Okay, stop this matter quickly." The prince shook his sleeves and left angrily.

After the prince left, the disciple got up slowly. He didn't dare to resent the prince and the fourth prince, so he could only direct his resentment at Ge Ge, looking northeast, his eyes glistened with hatred.

Since Lin Yuan got the title of Imperial Merchant, his business has been smoother, and since he took over the job of purchasing wood for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he doesn't need to worry about the lack of wood in the workshop now.

It's just that the grown-up elder brothers in the capital are going out of the palace to build a mansion one after another recently, so there is a shortage of wood for a while, so he can only step up contact with businessmen from other places to bring a batch of wood to Beijing.

On this day, a businessman came to the capital who claimed to be a timber merchant. He had a large amount of timber in his hands when he came to Beijing for the first time.

The news that a timber merchant with a large amount of timber came to Beijing soon spread to Lin Yuan's ears.

He was very happy. If he got a batch of wood, it would not only meet the needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also solve the shortage of wood in his workshop.

So he found this man, who had a good temper and very enthusiastically took him to see the place where the timber was temporarily stored.

Lin Yuan inspected the wood and found that the materials were all top grade. He was very satisfied and wanted to eat it in one sitting.

When he proposed to buy this batch of lumber, this person hesitated a little, and finally said with embarrassment on his face: "Someone has already paid a deposit for these lumber, so..."

Lin Yuan was a little surprised, but it's normal to think about this kind of thing. After all, the material of this batch of wood is really good, and it is possible to be preempted.

Then he asked about the price, and it turned out that it was only [-]% of the wood he usually bought. Lin Yuan was deeply shocked by the price, and couldn't help asking him, "Then can I resell the extra layer I have?"

The other party still refused.

Lin Yuan felt a little regretful, but still expressed his understanding.

He was just hoarding the goods originally, even if the goods were missing, it would be nothing.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, there would be good news. The timber merchant told Lin Yuan that there was still discussion on the matter.

Lin Yuan remembered that the quality of the wood was really good and the price was very low, so he agreed to go and have a look.

After seeing Lin Yuan, the timber dealer said, "My lord, I didn't know that the price of the timber was too low before, so if I want to resell the timber to you, I just need you to pay a part of the deposit and pay to others for breach of contract." Gold. The rest will be calculated according to the price you mentioned last time."

Lin Yuan asked how much, and the man reported a number.

"3 taels?" Lin Yuan rubbed his chin, and then quickly calculated in his mind, so that the total price added up is still much less than his original purchase price.

In general, it was not bad, Lin Yuan readily agreed.

However, the price still needs to be lowered, that is to say, it will take half a year for the later payment to be settled.

The man thought about it awkwardly, and finally agreed.

Lin Yuan led people to inspect the timber, and after confirming that it was still the same batch of timber, he signed a contract with the timber merchant and paid the payment.

The businessman said with a smile, "This space is half a month away, please ask Brother Lin to move the timber before the lease expires."

Lin Yuan nodded immediately, "Of course."

Lin Yuan didn't wait long, and sent someone to pull the wood back two days later, but he didn't expect to receive a shocking news.

"What, are those timbers stored there by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"