In the years of ancient traders

Three years later, at the border of the North Sea.

"I'll leave this to you." Song Anan was dressed in a military uniform, and his voice had passed the period of changing his voice.

"Don't worry, general, the subordinates will live up to the general's entrustment and swear to guard the Beihai border." Song Anan's deputy general said.

Song Anan nodded, patted his shoulder, and got on his horse.

A group of more than ten riders followed Song Anan out of the camp, instead of going to Hengzhou in the west, they went all the way to the south.

Three years ago, the imperial court and the three envoys came to attack at the same time, and Song Anan led a large army to meet Zhonghua's three armies.The territory of these three people is not large, and their military strength is not comparable to Yicheng's. It's just that the three armies attacked from three directions at the same time, and even Anan was a bit lacking in skills.

Fortunately, in the end, it was resisted by virtue of the terrain, and Yin Heng took the opportunity to use tricks to disturb its interior.

After breaking their alliance, Song Anan headed east all the way to Beihai, annexing dozens of large and small Jiedu envoy territories along the way, expanding Yicheng's area by more than four or five times.

Today, the situation is stabilizing.

To the west of Hengzhou, a large amount of land that originally belonged to the imperial court was taken by Yin Rong, and now the imperial court has only a tiny piece of land left, which can only be defended by natural dangers.And Yicheng annexed all Jiedushi and further expanded.

The Jianghuai area was not affected by the war, and it still belongs to the imperial court in name, and pays tribute and taxes every year to support the imperial court's finances.

More than a year ago, Song Anan received a letter from Song Shu, saying that he had gone to Jianghuai.

Later, several letters came one after another. In the last letter, I lost my temper a lot. After that, I didn’t hear from him for nearly four months.

Song Anan took out the letter paper in his arms.

That was Song Shu's last letter from four months ago. It was written in a hurry and filled three pages, all complaining about him.

Song Shu has always been gentle, except for the time when he sneaked out without reporting, he has never lost such a big temper, and this time, it was really caused by himself again.

Things are simple.

After Song Shu arrived in Linzhou, he showed his strengths and his business was booming.He was very happy, and often shared it with Anan, and congratulated him every time he received a good news.Each letter can take two or three pages.

But Song Anan is not talkative.

Song Shu wrote two or three pages, but he only wrote back a few words.

It was like this every time, no wonder Song Shu broke out.

After that, Song Anan sent two more letters, but they all fell into the sea.

Fortunately, the war finally ended, and Yin Rong asked his troops to return to Hengzhou.He sent back the soldiers from the northern battalion with a letter in his own handwriting, while he took only a few of them and rushed to Linzhou City.

He has been angry for four months, if he procrastinates, maybe Song Shu will really ignore him again.

On the outskirts of Linzhou, Song Kee Cotton Square.

In the workshop, more than 20 cotton gins are neatly arranged, and a worker sits in front of each machine, processing the newly harvested cotton.

The first batch of cotton gins developed in Xianghe Village required the cooperation of three people, but today's new cotton gins can be completed by only one person.The work efficiency has been more than three times higher.

Workers crank the crank with one hand, feed cotton with the other, and step on the pedal at the same time. The iron shaft and wooden shaft on the machine can rotate in opposite directions, bringing out the cotton and dropping the cotton seeds into the bucket, which is very convenient.

Several other workshops in the workshop are used for cotton playing, spinning and weaving, as well as for sewing cotton blankets and making towels.

The original Songji Paper Workshop was already one of the largest workshops in Hengzhou City, but today's Cotton Workshop is more than three times larger than that at that time.The daily production capacity is unimaginable even for Song Shu more than a year ago.

Three years ago, after Song Anan went to war, Hengzhou was in turmoil for a few days. Afterwards, the people found that there was nothing wrong with their lives, and they gradually calmed down.

After the cotton matured in July of that year, Song Shu's cotton workshop opened.

The cotton clothes are soft and skin-friendly, have good air permeability, and are not expensive, so they are very popular among the people in the city.

Later, Song Shu launched cotton quilt covers, pillowcases, bed sheets one after another, and also made towels, cotton blankets, etc., and the sales were also very good.It's just that the cotton production is limited, so he discussed with Bai Yicheng, who came to sell kapok again, and asked him to bring a lot of seeds back to the south, which is more suitable for growing cotton.

Later, Song Shu simply came to Jianghuai.

Linzhou is not far from Bai Yicheng's hometown, and many people in that area are now growing cotton, which has become an important source of raw materials for Songji Cotton Factory.

In addition to Hengzhou and Linzhou, this workshop has also settled in several other relatively affluent counties and counties, and they are all loved.

In the process of expanding the Cotton Factory, Song Shu followed suit and issued a lot of stocks.This time, not only Hengzhou, but also wealthy households and big families from Linzhou and adjacent areas came to invest money.

Song Shu had ample funds. In addition to Mianmianfang, he also opened hot pot restaurants in various places in Jianghuai.

Last year when Yan Zhuo married San Niang, Song Shu returned some shares as a dowry.At the same time, some were distributed to Song He and his wife.

Now Sanniang and Yan Zhuo have returned to Cangzhou, and are in charge of Songji's business in that area.The eldest daughter of Song He and Cheng Erniang has turned one year old, and it is heard that she is pregnant again recently. During this time, Song He has been staying in Hengzhou to manage the business there.

Liu Niang and Wu Niang grew up a lot, Song Shu also allocated some shops for them to manage, and sent capable assistants.

Qilang was eight years old, and was forcibly sent to school by Liu Niang, who didn't like reading. He was stared at by his elder sister to study every day, and he often wrote letters to Song Shu crying.

Even Qilang can write a serious letter. What's wrong with Song Anan, who dismissed him with ten words?

Song Shu crumpled the crumpled and flattened letter again, and threw it to the corner of the room.

It's been four months.

Four months ago, three new hot pot restaurants opened in three places at the same time. Song Shu was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, and he was very angry. Song Anan's Cross Heaven Book was delivered again. Song Shu couldn't bear it anymore and sent him a letter What a big temper.

Later, Song Anan sent two more letters.

Ten characters became thirty characters, and I don't know how long the kid held it in, even the ink marks were of different shades.

Song Shu put the letter away and decided to let the all-powerful little general hang out for another two months.

"Boss." The housekeeper of the Song residence ran in, "Lord Zhou Mu is here."

Song Shu picked up the ball of paper that was thrown to the corner of the room, and stuffed it into a drawer: "Understood, invite him to sit in the front hall, I will come soon."

He adjusted his neckline in the mirror.

In the mirror, he has grown up a lot. In the past, the workers in the workshop were all taller than him, but now they are not. I don't know how tall Song Anan is now.

In the front hall, Mu Linyuan of Linzhou State sat down under the guidance of the housekeeper.

He has been to the Song House a few times. The house has three fronts and three fronts. It is not particularly big, but it is very uniquely furnished.There is a room in the main courtyard, and there is something called a sofa in it, which is very soft, and after he tried it once, he couldn't forget it.

It's a pity that Song Silang said that there is still room for improvement. He asked many times but refused to sell.

This Song Silang was originally a native of Hengzhou, born in a farming family, and it is said that he was an adopted orphan.

It was winter when he first arrived in Linzhou, and for some reason it was extremely cold that year. Many poor households could not afford charcoal fires, and they froze to death every day.

Although Song Silang is a merchant, he has a compassionate heart.

Hot porridge and hot water are distributed outside the city every day, and charcoal fire and cotton-padded clothes are distributed.If it weren't for him, how many people in and around Linzhou would freeze to death.

After that incident, Lin Zhoumu paid attention to him.

Later, he issued stocks and attracted many large and small merchants and wealthy households in Linzhou to join in. Lin Yuan had never heard of such a thing. If you do something outrageous, just let him go.

After the stock was issued, Songji began to expand aggressively. Songji Hot Pot Restaurant, Zhifang and Cotton Factory gradually gained fame in the Jianghuai area.After Lin Zhoumu thought about it carefully, it must be the stock's credit.

This stock is really a good way to raise money.

"Lord Zhou Mu, why come here to visit when you have time?" Song Shu strode into the door, cupped his hands naturally, and sat down on the main seat.

"Today is my wife's birthday, I went to your Songji hot pot restaurant for a meal, and I remembered that I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came to visit you." Linzhou Mu said.

"Lord Laozhou Shepherd is pregnant." Song Shu said.Talk to Zhou Mu to start a family life.

This Linzhou shepherd in his forties was also from a wealthy family, but he didn't have the arrogance of a wealthy family. He was quite comfortable to get along with, so Song Shu had a lot of contacts with him.

After all, he is the head of a state, so he can win his favor, and it will be much more convenient for him to do things on weekdays.

"By the way, I heard that you are issuing Song Ji's shares again recently?" Lin Zhoumu asked.

"Indeed." The people Song Shu sent out to investigate came back and found a few places suitable for opening hot pot restaurants, so they planned to issue some more stocks so that they could open stores. "Master Zhou Mu is also interested?"

"No, no, no." Lin Zhoumu waved his hands quickly. Although he admired Song Shu's character, he was born in a family, so he inevitably had some prejudice against merchants.Some contacts on weekdays are acceptable, but if he really wants to do business and other profit-making things, he still can't hold back his face.

"Then how do you mention it?" Song Shu asked.

"That's right. There was a Book Collection Pavilion on the mountain outside Linzhou City, and there were many rare books in it. It's also elegant for scholars who come and go to visit. But last year, it was destroyed by heavy rain, and some books were rescued. But the building is gone. I wanted to build it many times, but I really couldn’t afford the money, so I just thought about whether your stock method can be used to raise money?” Linzhou Mu said.

Based on these words, Song Shu knew that Lin Zhoumu knew nothing about business, and his understanding was not as good as his Liu Niang.

The reason why Song Ji's stock is attractive is because it can bring dividends. Who would buy the stock of a non-profitable thing like Zangshuge?

Of course Song Shu couldn't let Lin Zhoumu do this, but it wasn't difficult to raise money to build Zangshu Pavilion.

"You set up a monument in front of the Library Pavilion, and anyone who has paid for anything can engrave their names on it for future generations to look up to. Since it is an elegant thing, many people must be generous." Song Shu said.

After hearing this, Lin Zhoumu thought for a moment, his eyes lit up.

"Song Silang is really quick-witted!"

"Thank you, thank you." Song Shu picked up the juice and took a sip.

"That's what this official will do. As the largest merchant in Linzhou, Song Silang will naturally be among them." Linzhou Mu said.

Song Shu choked, this Linzhou Mu usually looked quite honest, why did he suddenly become enlightened?Song Shu didn't want to get involved in such a nonsense and elegant thing, if he really followed his own temperament.

However, Linzhou Mu smiled too sincerely, and Song Shu was really embarrassed by him, so he had to donate ten pennies.

Lin Zhoumu happily left with his arms in his arms.

Before leaving, he specifically said that Song Shu's name must be placed in the most recognizable position in the middle for future generations to look up to.

Song Shu smiled awkwardly, he preferred the [-] copper coins to being admired by later generations.

After sending Lin Yuan away, Song Shu stretched.

It's evening, it's time to eat.

However, before he could sit down, the butler rushed in anxiously.

"What's wrong?" Song Shu picked up his chopsticks to eat.

"Boss, just now Chief Wu sent someone to report that they had found the limestone that the boss wanted, but when they passed by the local tribe, they were forcibly confiscated, and only one person escaped desperately."

The author has something to say:

Song Shu: You can't even write a letter, so what's the use of you!

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