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Chapter 20

After seeing off Feng Sihai, who was grateful, Yu Ping returned to the inner room separated by a curtain. In the inner room, Uncle Lai was also reporting to Yun Xi: "Three Grandma, the group of people sent someone to contact me again. This time I wanted 10,000 iron pots. The price was very urgent, and the price was still one or two per mouth. They also tested the small ones in private, saying that it would not be too late to build an iron pot. It would be better to give iron materials of the same material. The price would be 50% of the iron pot, and the more it would be better."

"Oh?" Yun Xi raised his eyebrows, "So bold. These people want to build weapons? There is still such a large number? Have you found out the way?"

"The little one spent 200 taels to buy one of their servants. They dare not hide it from the third grandma. They should have noticed it secretly, but they didn't react. Maybe they wanted to reveal the news to us through that servant. They were traveling to the sea and were running for the Japanese trade. I heard that the civil war in Japan is breaking out now, and the amount of iron is quite large. A iron pot can be sold in Japan, and it is even crazy, so they don't have to worry about selling it."

"Hmm?" Yun Xi heard something wrong and asked quickly, "Even this is to tell you?" Such commercial secrets must be strictly guarded. Are you not afraid that the He family will send a boat to sea?

Uncle Lai smiled bitterly: "They are not afraid at all. The raw silk and porcelain in Jiangnan are more profitable, and no one wants to take the stupid and heavy iron goods. Moreover, Foshan cannot supply them, so they want to find a new way in our Laizhou. But for a little thought, they mainly want to climb the second master. More than ten kilograms of iron pot and one tael of silver? Where can I get the goods? But they have a requirement, it is best to find a private port for them on the coast of Shandong. They are willing to send our He family four thousand stone ships, and they come all the sailors and guards, so we will wait to receive dividends every year."

Yun Xi smiled slightly, looked at Uncle Lai, and asked with a smile: "Uncle Lai, what do you think?"

Uncle Lai's eyes lit up: "Grandma San, the young one wants to agree to them. It's not the northern barbarians outside the border. Japan can kill each other and cannot hurt our Ming people, let alone any enemy. Moreover, if our He family doesn't make it, the other companies will also sell it. The previous batch of 5,000 iron pots almost missed the deadline. Fortunately, they got more than 2,000 from the Wang family and the Zhou family. Why don't we make this money by ourselves? The craftsmen in the blacksmith shop are not enough? Just give them iron materials directly. It doesn't matter to give them private ports. We have to send people to escort them for a long distance, and we can supply goods in Shandong and wait for the money to be collected. However, we have a small knowledge, so we still have to make an idea for you, Grandma San."

Yun Xi smiled and shook his head: "Uncle Lai, you're thinking a little bit. You can have a cover for selling iron pots, and it's absolutely not good to sell iron materials. The imperial court has just suppressed the Japanese pirates, and it's even worse to have business with Japan on the surface. I won't mention any private ports on board. I'll give you a message, don't make a statement. The late Zhang Xiangye fell out of favor, his gang members were all dismissed, and there were many seats left. My father was in the court, and the Minister of Works had a great hope. At this time, you must not make a mistake at home, and the group of masters in the Censorate were all staring at him."

When Uncle Lai heard that his second master had hope of promotion, he was happy, but then he was a little worried: "Three grandma, what if the other companies get the news?"

Yun Xi sneered: "Our He family can't do it, so it's not easy to ruin the other companies? If those people who traveled around the sea dared to take the goods from other companies, I would ask my father to submit a memorandum. The Denglai Navy is definitely not a decoration, and it will be suppressed by the time."

"Hey." Uncle Lai nodded and agreed.

Yun Xi then instructed: "Uncle Lai, don't talk to them again. When your father has settled down, some things can be discussed again. However, this batch is relatively large, when will the new iron furnace be ignited?"

"The 19th day is the auspicious day of the zodiac. It is ready to be put on that day."

"Very good. We must hurry up the supply of ore and recruit blacksmiths. Don't give out iron but can't ship it. I know it's hard to recruit experienced players, so don't be afraid of spending money. You can also recruit more young and strong apprentices. We must also prepare for the future. Oh, have you been having fun these days?"

"It's pretty good. I arranged a troupe for him yesterday."

"That's good. We will stay until the 19th day to return home. When the fire is lit, let the seventh brother be the main priest."

Uncle Lai was stunned and asked quickly: "Grandma San, aren't you going?"

Yun Xi covered her mouth and smiled: "I am a woman, how can I show up in public? I will be the leader of my family sooner or later. Although I will be a local test in the future, I should know the family affairs."

Uncle Lai nodded with a smile, and suddenly remembered something again: "Grandma Third, Erye asked someone to find you, saying that he wanted a lonely book, and it was a bit inconvenient to make it."

"Oh? How much do you want?"

"Two hundred taels."

"Well. Give him money from my body. Tell him to make him motivated and don't have to save money on buying and studying in the future. I will give you as much as possible."

"Yes, Grandma Three."

“…”

As soon as Uncle Lai left, Yu Ping immediately complained: "Miss, you don't know that the second master is raising a woman outside with this money!"

Yun Xi glanced blankly and laughed, "Do you think I don't know? It's hard to be the head of the country!"

Yuting leaned against Yun Xi and laughed: "Sister is so stupid, but the lady is still awesome."

Yun Xi laughed and scolded: "Bing'er can represent me, but you don't even dare to see someone else? You even said that your sister is unreasonable!"

Yuting immediately defended with a grievance: "You are all amazing! Ting'er has a lady and sister who loves me anyway."

"Let me find my husband to love you in the future!"

"Baoyi, Miss, sister has bullied Ting'er again!"

A lot of laughter...

...

In the teahouse in Jingjiazhuang, I saw Tie Sheng strode into it. The storyteller who had just started stopped performing and waited for Tie Sheng to sit down.

Tie Sheng’s master Zhang Jiuyun turned around, he dressed in a scholarly manner, looked up and down with concern, and asked, “What happened just now is resolved? Are you not injured?”

Tie Sheng sat down next to Zhang Jiuyun with a smile, and then the storyteller continued to perform. Tie Sheng smiled and said, "Master, they are all small messes, and they don't take much effort."

Zhang Jiuyun shook his head helplessly: "I know how to do it all day long. Are all the kids in the martial arts hall dead? Now, when you go to the world, you pay attention to the large number of individuals and many powers."

"But it's so majestic?" Tie Sheng smiled and picked up a few melon seeds and threw them into his mouth.

"Majestic? Then what should you do if a hundred people come to kill you?"

"Don't say a hundred people, I'll run away when I come fifty." While joking, Tiesheng told him what had just happened.
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