Mr. Wen personally entered the city and stayed for more than a day. He returned to Wisteria Villa the next evening.

When Li Tong brought Madam Wan and Shopkeeper Ning to the flower hall, Mr. Wen was already waiting, and his eyes fell on Madam Wan and Shou Dundu and Shopkeeper Ning who were following Li Tong.

"In this case, Madam Wan is the head of the inner throne. This is the shopkeeper Ning Da, and the shopkeeper Ning Da is the head of the outer throne." Li Tongxian introduced, "Shopkeeper Ning Da has always been in charge of the business of several roads in the south. The day before yesterday, he happened to go to Beijing to check the accounts in the middle of the year, so my mother asked him to stay for a while and do this before leaving."

"Ning? Ninghai?" When Master Wen heard the word Ning, he thought of Ninghai. Manager Ning Da smiled and replied, "Ninghai is my nephew. I am an orphan. When I was still in my infancy, my father picked it up and adopted it, so he looked different from Ninghai." Before Master Wen's second question, Manager Ning Da explained first.

Master Wen was a little surprised, and even more amazing.

This shopkeeper Ning seems to be a very smart person, and he must be smart and trustworthy to be pointed out by Mrs. Zhang to do this big thing.

Several people sat down, and Master Wen drank the tea in a cup in one sip. Madam Wan hurriedly stood up and made tea again.

"Let me talk about it first. The eldest prince's business has not been in operation for a few years. When he was seventeen, he started to take the mission and chose the official to act as an agent."

Mr. Wen twisted his beard and showed a little ridiculous sneer, "I'm too impatient. In two or three months, dozens of trusted disciples were placed in various departments and local officials. But these people could do almost nothing, and they all went with the idea of ​​wealth. In less than half a year, smoke from the emperor had to transfer him from the Ministry of Personnel. After half a year of idleness, he arranged for him to go to the Ministry of Rites. In the year when he arrived at the Ministry of Rites, Concubine Zhou began to select a princess for him. That year, he accepted a beauty named Wang. In order to set up a house outside to raise beauties, he reached into the Vehicle and Driving Office of the Ministry of Rites.

I was too greedy. During the suburbs of the year, several cars broke out from the chariot department halfway through the road. This was something I had never seen before. However, the emperor suppressed this matter, and the eldest prince still commanded the Ministry of Rites, but he could only ask about it and could not deal with it. Until now, it is still the case."

Madam Wan shook her head while listening. This was really ineffective!

"Four years ago, the eldest prince got married and opened a government office to build a yamen. He used more money, but he finally found a fairly serious way to do business. First, the prince of the Duke Zhou Yuhai came forward and recommended his subordinate Zhao Peisheng to Hanyuan to become the prefect and started the business of pepper. This year, it was the third year. I heard from the Ministry of Personnel that the Duke Sui wanted to recommend his subordinate to Jinchuan Mansion for five years. It seemed that the business of the Kuokaku made a lot of money."

"Well, let's talk about the shopkeeper Ning." Li Tong signaled to the shopkeeper Ning.

"Yes." The shopkeeper Ning first bowed to Li Tong and Wen Erye, and then spoke: "The business of Hanyuan Pepper was originally a business of several large merchants in Shu, and the rest of the retail investors accounted for 30%. As long as our ship enters Sichuan, we will bring one or two ships of pepper back. It was indeed three years ago that in Hanyuan Mansion, the pepper was only allowed to be sold to Maochang Business. From the beginning, Maochang Business has launched the brand of Suiguo Mansion. Anyone with a better knowledge knows that this is the business of the eldest prince, and no one dares to extend his hand."

Master Wen raised his eyebrows slightly and then smiled. It was true that the business people knew the most about business matters.

"The pepper business is indeed small and profitable. The source of Han is extremely poor. One tael of silver is enough for a family of seven or eight to eat and wear and warm up for a year. Many families have planted pepper trees in the middle of the mountain and collected peppercorns for hundreds of pounds and hundreds of pounds. If they can sell one tael or two taels of silver, it is very festive."

The shopkeeper Ning Da paused, "I heard that Hanyuan Mansion issued a notice that those who can sell 500 kilograms of peppercorns a year can be exempted from labor for one year, and those who can sell 100 kilograms of peppercorns to Maochang are red. Because of these, although the price given by Maochang merchants is much lower than before, the collection is still very smooth, but."

Manager Ning Da smiled bitterly, "Now in Hanyuan Mansion, only Maochang is the only one who has listed the list to collect peppercorns. Hanyuan Mansion has set up checkpoints on Shuilu Road 6, and it is strictly forbidden to transport peppercorns from the outbound transportation."

"One prefect of Hanyuan Huajiao is enough." Master Wen Ershen snorted softly.

"Last autumn, Hanyuan's peppercorn harvest was a good harvest. The peppercorn boats of Maochang Stores were only in the past few days. The Jinhe Pier has cleared four warehouses to wait for the peppercorns of Maochang Stores."

Master Wen frowned and looked at Li Tong, but Li Tong signaled to Manager Ning, "You continue."

"Yes, the president of the Maochang business is Mr. He." The shopkeeper Ning looked at Mr. Wen, "I heard that he was the elder brother of the wife of the Prince of Suiguo."

"Well, He Zongxiu, he is a little shrewd and a little skillful."

"Since last year, Mr. He has been looking for business. I heard that he has a crush on Nanyang goods. This spring, Mr. He personally went to Yangzhou Prefecture and visited several major businesses that specialize in sea goods business. I have asked someone to inquire about the negotiations."

"It's hard to start the business of Huajiao. What we have to do is to make them lose a lot of money. What I mean is to see if there is a chance in the business of this sea goods."

Li Tong looked at Master Wen and said. Master Wen and Er said, "Well, the pepper boat?" Master Wen waved his hand, Li Tong shook his head, "I said that I used the means of a businessman. Master Er is a means of a robber, which is not appropriate."

Mr. Wen laughed a few times, "That's right, that's the sea goods business, too?"

"Yeah." Li Tong said softly, and the shopkeeper Ning smiled and said, "The best pearls, sapphires, rubies, diamonds, cat's eye stones, these gems and spices are all seafood. Even if we don't specialize in these businesses, our business, medicine shops, garment shops, and embroidery shops are used a lot every year."

"There is a small fleet at home running to Nanyang." Li Tong continued calmly.

Master Wen was stunned, "Madam is admirable."

"The fleet is in my grandmother's hands, but not many people know it." Li Tong was a little stunned. The fleet later transferred to her and became two or three... Until the end, she never told anyone. At first, that was the way she left for the Jiang family, and later, she didn't want to say anything...

"This is a way out, you have a clear idea in your mind." Li Tong turned to look at Master Wen Er, who nodded quickly.

"The shopkeeper Fanning was bothering to inquire more. Also, I discussed with Ah Niang that the Hanyuan peppers on the two routes of Jiangnan will be added to 20% of the price. Now I will pay 50% of the cash bank. We will take all of them."

"Yes." A bright light flashed in the eyes of the shopkeeper Ning Da's eyes, and he hurriedly agreed.

Master Wen was stunned and then suddenly realized that this was to set up a son for the next step. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!