Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Chapter 278

The shipyard has always been in his plan, even in the five-year plan.

Because the agreement between Qi State and Northern Wei Dynasty is that there will be no war within five years, then it is very likely to start after five years, after all, both sides have accumulated strength.

Of course, it is also possible that Yuan Ke couldn't help it in advance, but it doesn't matter. Since the firecrackers and artillery have been put on the agenda, Xiao Zirong is very optimistic about the war. The only thing to worry about is the production capacity of firecrackers and artillery, as well as food and grass. question.

Xiao Zirong put these aside for now, and planned to develop fishing boats first. Among other things, dry goods can be stored for a long time, so they can be used as military rations in the future.

It can’t be done now because the output is not high enough. As for overfishing, there is no need to worry about it now, and if you are really worried, you can take the opportunity to develop the farm.

Xiao Zirong's plan was well planned. As for the shipyard, because the finished product has not yet been produced, the shipyard can plan slowly. Both the shipyard and the port have to be planned. He calculated that it would be good if it can be completed within two years.

Within these two years, the current transaction scale can only be maintained.

However, the matter of road construction can be put on the agenda. Xiao Zirong glanced at the map and chose a road that passes through Xuancheng and then Bashan. This is not the shortest route, but it can ensure that his road can be repaired safely. Going down, no local officials will take the opportunity to find work.

So what if he is the King of Jinling?The county magistrate is not as good as he is now, Qianglong still doesn't suppress the local snake, what can he do if he is a hundred miles away and obstructs him?Not to mention that because of the caravan, too many people disliked him.

There's nothing to do about it. Some people were very happy when they secretly organized a caravan, especially when they brought back yaks and spirits.

They even gave very little money to those caravans. It was just a group of women. What else could they cause?

However, how many young ladies who have the courage to travel north and south and are very successful are submissive?

I really couldn't get rid of it and had no choice but to endure it, but all the little ladies with a little ability quit, and some even ran to Jinling with their families.

Since they came, Xiao Zirong couldn't drive them back, but he didn't absorb them into the caravan either.

After all, some of these people are related to Xiao Yan and the others, and who knows if these people came here as undercover agents.

But Xiao Zirong didn't care about them forming their own caravan.

In the beginning, everyone was waiting to see Xiao Zirong's joke, ready to see him shoot himself in the foot.

Some people would rather sell at a lower price than destroy Xiao Zirong's caravan.

However, they soon discovered that Xiao Zirong's Yuxu firm started selling musk.

Musk is regarded as a precious medicine in Qi State, and the most important thing may even be used as a spice.

Even more is consumed in terms of spices.

It was not a big deal for Yuxu Trading Company to sell musk, but the problem was that the musk he sold was slightly lower than the market price.

This price is even cheaper than the purchase price of many pharmacies and other places. At first, everyone thought that he was making a profit at a loss, but the name of Yuxu Trading Company has already been branded, so there is no need to do so.

Everyone waited for a while, and found that Yuxu Trading Company was not trying to attract attention at all, it was only at this price!

Many people began to wonder where the king of Jinling got so much musk.

Of course, Xiao Zirong didn't keep it a secret either. This kind of thing doesn't need to be kept a secret. Why did he insist on lowering the price a little, just to slap his face.

How does it feel to have money but not make it?Are you happy?Are you happy?

After knowing the source of musk, some bigwigs in the court began to find ways to get their caravans to contact.

But ordinary caravans can at most communicate with the people, while Xiao Zirong's caravan trades directly with the princess's subordinates, which means it is considered an official relationship.

In fact, Chaihe was not very opposed to the matter of the female officer at the beginning. He has always been like this. He has no particularly strong emotions. He does not strongly oppose but also agrees.

Originally, he thought that the King of Jinling would definitely not let it go, but he didn't expect that the King of Jinling retreated very quickly this time. It felt like he just mentioned it casually, and it was fine if he could live or not.

But this is not the same as the Jinling King he knew.

Although Chai He was puzzled at the time, he didn't think too much about it, but now... he felt that he had figured it out.

After the Xiaochaohui ended, Xiao Yan approached him and asked, "How is your caravan doing?"

Chai He said very salty: "It's okay, but there are more and more caravans, and the price of wine is getting lower and lower."

Xiao Yan couldn't help but wanted to sigh, right? If the profit was high enough, they wouldn't turn their attention to Musk.

But they can form a caravan, so can others?

In the past, the price of wine in Women's Country was high because rare things were more expensive, and medicinal materials that were not available here were indeed added to make the wine more mellow.

Even though baijiu is popular among the upper class nobles, they are not the only ones to drink.

However, as more and more wines flow into the market, the price has been gradually reduced, and now the profits have basically been cut in half.

Although he is still making money, but in Xiao Yan's position, he already looks down on such a little profit.

Xiao Yan said helplessly: "Yeah, it's not easy to run a caravan once. It's really not worth the money now."

Chai He looked at Xiao Yan and smiled kindly: "Prime Minister is getting older, and his heart has softened."

Xiao Yan took a look at him and knew what Chai He meant. In fact, he had encountered such a thing back then. However, at that time, his method was to directly engage in monopoly, and those who sold the same things as him were forced by him to sell their property. It's not a big deal to sell it off or directly force it to death.

In fact, they didn't care too much about it. He looked at Chai He with a blank expression and said, "Isn't there nothing Shang Shuling can do about each other?"

Chai He said: "There is no solution to this matter."

Yes, there is no solution to this matter, although there is still a King of Jinling?If they dare to monopolize here, King Jinling dares to ruin their business.

Xiao Yan asked: "Your family's young gentleman is now Jinling King's right-hand man."

Chai He felt a toothache when he heard it: "Now this kid only has his master, without me as a father."

Xiao Yan stopped saying anything immediately, just now he was just trying to ask if Chai Shuren could help him, but Chai He refused him.

Chai He has a clear mind, and those who don't know can't be a minister. Compared with his son's future, the money in front of him is nothing.

It's just that... Chai Shuren can also ask if he can ask the King of Jinling to help build a bridge, as long as the people in the caravan can see the person in charge, and he doesn't care about the rest.

If so, it might be possible.

So Xiao Zirong had several more letters like this, and those who were familiar with him and those who were not familiar with him came to him.

On the contrary, Chai Shuren is really more tolerant. Xiao Zirong has rejected many people here, and there is no movement on the other side.

Xiao Zirong couldn't help but asked directly: "Is there no explanation in your family?"

Chai Shuren seemed a little embarrassed: "I... my father said it, but I think the women's country should not want to do business with them."

In other words, the Kingdom of Women recognizes the gold-lettered signboard of King Jinling!

Xiao Zirong smiled and said, "It's okay, just give them a chance."

Chai Shuren was a little surprised, His Royal Highness didn't act in the style of repaying grievances with kindness.

Seeing his rarely surprised look, Xiao Zirong said, "It just so happens that I want to help the general get married, so we'll just go together."

Chai Shuren immediately saluted Xiao Zirong very gratefully. He knew that the King of Jinling had always had a good impression of the military, especially those with outstanding military achievements.

And King Jinling's factory has even arranged for disabled soldiers under Xueziying's command.

Therefore, recruiting soldiers in Jinling is different from other places. It can be said that there are a large number of applicants. After all, everyone knows that even if the king of Jinling is injured or disabled, he will be settled. Lingwei soared even higher.

Xiao Zirong patted him on the shoulder and said: "In the future, if you have anything to tell me directly, don't be embarrassed. I won't be unhappy because of this. I will answer if I can, and I won't be perfunctory if I can't."

Chai Shuren nodded seriously, which is also the reason why he is willing to follow Xiao Zirong. It is the rarest thing for a monarch and ministers to be honest with each other.

There is no need for Xiao Zirong to come forward in person to make a match, as long as the people in the caravan under him take it to meet and have a meal.

Liu Cainiang looked at Xiao Zirong and asked, "Your Highness, aren't you worried that they can also buy musk?"

Xiao Zirong said lazily: "Not everyone has the opportunity, buy it as soon as you buy it, and they will be fine if they eat alone food at first, but if they eat alone food for a long time, problems will easily occur."

It is easy to be attacked by groups. Now everyone is patient for various complicated reasons, but it is hard to say after a long time.

Jinling is not independent anymore. Even if it is independent, it still needs to have trade relations with other places. What if someone tampers with it?

The imperial court...it is still the imperial court of the aristocratic family.

Xiao Zirong made it very clear to others that he indeed had a mature and stable monarchy, but when he turned around to write a letter to Xiao Xuexing, he began to complain about all kinds of grievances, suing those people for stealing business from him.

So those people who came to Xiao Zirong and made it difficult for him to refuse, except for the general and others, had a difficult time for the next period of time, and they were picked on by the regent one by one.

A small mistake is okay, but it is just that the document was sent back and asked to write a new one.

When the problem was a little bigger, the regent scolded him bloody, which made everyone confused: why is the regent so irritable recently?