The sound of "magi la" was heard continuously, and the thin ring cakes passed through the oil pan and turned golden in an instant - no,
Emerald green.
In fact, the color has become much lighter. The stubble oil used in Gainfang City has a very good texture and has been filtered multiple times. It is no longer that green and oily paste.
Today is April 20th, the fifth day of Luoyang Fang City. Shao Xun brought his queen Yu Wenjun and Shuyuan’s mother Qiu, as well as several princes who had not yet arranged errands, without disturbing the merchants.
We arrived at the top floor of the attic in the northwest corner of Fang City.
I brought Yu Wenjun here just to relax with her.
The reason why I brought my mother Qiu here was because I felt that I had neglected her too much in the past. I felt guilty and wanted to make up for her. This was not because her brother Qiu Lu was a leader in the commercial front in Daliang, nor because her mother Qiu Ao was the governor of Puyi Prefecture.
Badong Supervisory Army.
As for the princes, of course they came to feel the flow of money.
However, the first thing that hit their noses was the aroma of lunch, the fried thin ring pancakes being brought to the table.
Shao Xun lightly sniffed the aroma and asked Yu Wenjun, "Do you still remember the oil press in Xuchang back then?"
"Did your husband invite you from Luoyang Palace?" Yu Wenjun asked.
"Exactly." Shao Xun said: "One of his sons was found to have paid someone to serve on his behalf. Later, he was drafted to transport grain and grass. When he fell into the valley, he was crushed by a car and died. Another son and a daughter died in the year of the war.
He died of illness, and the family business passed to his son-in-law. This person's name
Zheng Qian was not a son of the Zheng family in Xingyang, but a son of Chenliu Bajiaolongfu soldier. Now he is a wealthy businessman in Xuchang. He makes a living by harvesting perilla and perilla oil and selling them. He divides the oil into two grades, A and B, and has good marketing skills
Sichuan, Xiangcheng, Xingyang, Runan and other counties are becoming more and more famous."
"How can your husband recognize this person?" Yu Wenjun said curiously.
"I met him once in Guangchengze." Shao Xun said, "I laughed a lot when talking about old things in the past. He is also here today, right over there."
After saying that, point your finger.
Yu Wenjun looked out of the window and saw a middle-aged man arguing with a few people in front of a shop with a big flag with the word "oil" hanging on it.
From the faint sounds, it could be heard that the two sides were arguing about the price.
Next to the Zheng family's oil shop, there are several shops selling similar products: selling alfalfa oil, sesame oil, and flax oil.
Sesame oil (sesame oil) is produced in small quantities and is expensive.
Flax oil (linseed oil) is produced in large quantities and the price is very cheap.
The oil output is neither large nor small, and the price is moderate.
The latter has suddenly emerged in the past 20 to 30 years and is relatively popular in Henan.
In the past, there were also stubble oils, but the quality was not good. The whole was in the form of a semi-solidified paste and the taste was not good. They were mostly made into hair oil or lamp oil. Now it is very different. The technology spread from the Luoyang Palace is in Yingchuan and Xiangcheng.
, gradually spread in the Luonan area, and flax oil suddenly emerged, eroding the market of flax oil in large quantities.
If we carefully calculate the edible oil production, today's Henan Province must have greatly increased compared to thirty years ago. This is mainly due to the large amount of stubble oil entering the market, which has driven down the prices of other oils.
As for perilla and perilla, no one specializes in planting them, but you can always find a lot of them in front of and behind the house or in the wilderness. You can take them back and take them to the oil shop to change the oil, or sell them directly in the market. They are useful for home use.
The degree is not without small supplements.
It can be said that Shao Xun artificially added an extra cooking oil to the market, greatly increasing the supply side and bringing real benefits to the people.
The debate in front of the oil mill lasted for a while, and finally ended with Zheng Qian's concession "with a face filled with pain."
Several merchants gathered around him and went to the government office to register the transaction.
The martial arts student acted as a recording pen and recorded the entries and exits in several people's account books, and then printed them separately.
Keep one part for the record and give the other part to them to take away.
After completing the transaction, Zheng Qian returned to his oil shop with a smile on his face.
The wives and children came forward one after another, carrying water and wiping sweat, all attentive.
However, before resting long, two more people came over, and a new round of bargaining began.
"Have you seen the faces of the oil dealers next to you?" Shao Xun asked again.
Yu Wenjun glanced at it and smiled.
The noodles are like the bottom of a pot!
Hutou glanced at his head, then grinned and said, "His wife and children didn't bring water to wipe their sweat."
Several other princes also came over and had different expressions after reading it.
Shao Xun looked at his sons and asked, "What do you think they should do?"
Hutou said with a smile: "It's not difficult at all. In the past, my grandfather funded Zheng Qian's uncle to open an oil mill on the condition of taking more apprentices. Now they are scattered in Yingchuan, Xiangcheng County, Luonan, Xingyang, and Chen County. I'm afraid there are also
. Think of a way to learn it. If you don’t learn it, you can’t sell it. His oil is oil, and your oil is ointment. How can you sell it?”
"Pay money to learn." Haruro said.
"Study. After you finish studying, go back and change it. Otherwise, if you come to this market next year, you still won't be able to sell it." Liang Nu said.
This is basically what other people mean.
Shao Xun smiled and said: "Look, if you put them together, it's clear who is good and who is bad. Those who can't sell will have to learn their shame and then be brave. If they don't learn the real skills, they won't do this business in the future. You guys
Tell me, is this good for the whole world?"
"Yes." Everyone nodded, it was obvious.
"But one by one." Shao Xun changed the subject and added: "If you don't learn, you will be able to survive for a while, and the people in the countryside will still buy it, but it will be worse than before.
"My father calls it 'competition'. If there are no merchants going around to resell, but instead the manor harvests and presses its own oil, the oil quality will be uneven, and there will even be no change for decades or hundreds of years. This is true for oil, but for other things
Why not? Without competition among businessmen, it would be difficult to improve many things."
"My father said this, not to ask you to learn to press oil or make clever things. That is the work of craftsmen. If you become an official in the future, what you have to do is to protect the merchants and let them compete. The Zhang family's oil products
It's a good match and it's cheap. The Li family is catching up and making their oils better in quality and cheaper. That's what you have to do."
"Grandpa, what if someone takes advantage of you?" Hutou said, "It's just a businessman. He robs me of my business and cuts off my money. Can't I just accuse him and arrest him?"
Shao Xun smiled and said: "Hu Tou, you can think of this level, it's very good. Liang Nu, do you have a solution?"
Liang Nu thought for a while and said: "Master, if the family that does this business has a family background of two thousand dan, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to find charges, right?"
When Yu Wenjun heard this, he glanced at Liang Nu and then at Shao Xun, with a different meaning on his face.
"Haha." Shao Xun smiled and said, "Liang Nu is right. My father once wanted to eradicate the gentry.
Later it was discovered that this was impossible. In that case, we should adapt measures to local conditions. For example, your two brothers, your mother’s family is the Lu family of Fan Yang, a famous family in Hebei;
They are evenly matched. If their in-laws, the Cui family of Qinghe and the Liu family of Zhongshan, oh, and the Liu family of Zhongshan fail, then what will happen if the big families such as the Pingyuan Liu family, the Pingyuan Hua family, and the Lelingshi family join the competition?"
"Maybe they will divide their territory and sell one or several counties each. But over time, when there are five or six kinds of stubble oil in Hebei, and the quality and price are very different, some people will take risks and sell the good quality and price.
Cheap stubble oil is sold across counties and counties to other places. In the end, the families that produce those low-quality and extremely expensive stubble oil,
Or if you are forced to follow me for face or other reasons, you will improve."
"Of course, the reality may be more complicated. But it is always good to have competition, and progress will gradually be made. It is much better than a pool of stagnant water. This is the use of businessmen, but don't underestimate it. Give them a piece of sky, no one dares
Tell me what the world will be like."
When the elders heard this, they all had their own thoughts.
Yu Wenjun frowned and said, "Husband, you should be careful about what you say about 'eradicating the gentry'."
"I know, I know." Shao Xun said with a smile: "I am still working for the benefit of the nobles. Who dares to say that I want to eradicate the Tu tribe? The whole south has been promised to them, what else? Come, come, eat the cakes."
Shao Xun picked up a piece with chopsticks and brought it to Yu Wenjun's mouth.
Yu Wenjun tilted his head back and glanced at the children.
"Grandpa, I don't want to eat. I'm asking Tong Qianjin to take us for a walk. It's too boring here." Hutou stood up and called the brothers downstairs.
Everyone laughed and walked away together.
Yu Wenjun's face turned red, but he no longer refused, but gently bit into his mouth and started eating.
"Here's a piece of Xuanzhu, too." Shao Xun picked up the stubble cake again and brought it to his mother Qiu's mouth.
Mother Qiu smiled and ate generously.
"Husband, it would be great if you could always be like this." After finishing a piece of cake, Yu Wenjun said softly.
Shao Xun looked at his wife's swollen belly, and his heart softened, and he said, "Husband, you know you made a mistake. How about you change it in the future?"
"Really?" Yu Wenjun's eyes lit up and he said in surprise.
"Really." Shao Xun said: "Then what happened before——"
Mother Qiu covered her mouth and snickered.
Yu Wenjun came to his senses. After a long silence, he sighed and said, "Liang Pushe's grandson is sick again. Let's talk about it later."
17
Shao Xun was a little silent when he saw her like that.
Yu Wenjun is still willing to forgive him, as long as he doesn't mess around in the future. This weak and kind little wife is really easy to be bullied to death.
Some people may think that since he is the lord of the world and has great prestige, what does it matter if his wife forgives him or not? But that is not the case, at least Shao Xun still cares.
But then again, there was only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname. Shao Thief was Shao Thief. His various guilts and emotions were time-limited. Who knows if he would return to his old ways after a while.
After the three of them finished eating the stubble cake, they drank some tea.
The merchants outside gradually dispersed, eating their own meals.
At this time, Shaofu's prisoner Yu was led up by his own soldiers, followed by officials from the city department.
"City Department" is a general term. In fact, there are subdivisions below. For example, the one that manages the city in front of you is called "Luoyang Nan City Department". The chief official of the department is called "Ling", which is Luoyang Nan City Order. There are two assistant officials.
Said "Cheng".
Under Ling, the Prime Minister also has Ling Shi, who records certain events.
The City Department is now under the control of the Shaofu, but that may not be the case in the future.
If the important ministers of Taiwan and the cabinet find that the city tax is increasing, they will never tolerate the Shaofu controlling this financial source, even though they have lived their lives without this financial source in the past.
"Your Majesty, in the five days since the opening of Luoyang Nanshi, one hundred and twenty-seven merchants, large and small, have bought and sold 4,100 dragon coins." Yu said, "Based on twenty taxes, this is - more than two hundred
"Ten thousand dollars." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Yes, Henan West Market should not be much different. Unfortunately, only Luoyang, Bianliang, Yecheng, and Taiyuan have opened five Jiafang Markets this year, and there will be more openings next year."
The transaction demand of businessmen that had been suppressed for many years was suddenly released, which was indeed a dividend of the reform.
In the past, this income was close to nothing, but it will gradually increase in the future.
The world is changing slowly but surely.
Shao Xun used to feel that the historical context was very clear, but now he found that there were forks hidden in the middle!
With the implementation of One Beam, Two Systems, the traveler's prophetic advantage has been greatly weakened, and now he can't figure out which way to turn.
Chapter completed!