Glutinous rice? Yang Fu frowned and thought about the inventory in the shop.
But the store had so many varieties of goods that Yang Fu really couldn't remember the item of glutinous rice.
After taking a look at Huo Xi, I felt that Xi'er was still attentive and could discover details that others could not.
"The yield of glutinous rice is low, and its selling price is always a few cents higher than that of rice. Farmers grow less of it," Huo Erhuai said.
"It's okay, let's just ask casually. Mom and dad, you can ask the farmers who share our land. If they are willing to plant it, we will take care of it. The price will follow the market. If the price is low this year, it will not be lower than one or two yuan last year.
receive."
Huo Erhuai nodded in agreement.
Yang asked her with a puzzled look on her face: "Why did the glutinous rice suddenly increase so much?"
Huo Xi still wanted to find out why the price of glutinous rice has continued to rise in the past few months.
The weather has been good in the past few years, and various areas in the south of the Yangtze River have been flooded with fertilizers. The output of various grains has increased year by year, but the price has dropped. However, glutinous rice has quietly increased.
Huo Xi couldn't help but think deeply about the reason.
Glutinous rice played a great role in ancient times. In addition to being used as food, it was also indispensable for wine making. Nowadays, wine is not prohibited in the capital, and breweries can be seen everywhere in the countryside. The demand for glutinous rice is not small.
In addition, in ancient times when there were no adhesives, glutinous rice ash paddles were often used as adhesives. Glutinous rice ash paddles were used to build houses, build city walls, build pagodas, and build mausoleums.
The glutinous rice ash paddle is made from pure glutinous rice, adding lime and alum. Huo Xi has read some documents, saying that to build a section of the city wall that is one thousand meters long, that is, two miles long, fifty tons of glutinous rice, that is, eight hundred
Fifty stones.
Since Emperor Yongkang came to power, he has taken frequent actions.
First, in the first year of Yongkang, Chen Xuan, a close and important minister, Pingjiang Bo, was appointed as the chief water transport soldier and stationed in Huai'an to manage water affairs.
The Commander-in-Chief of Water Transport is in charge of grain transportation along the 3,500-mile waterway of the canal. The seven provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Henan, and Shandong are under his jurisdiction.
At the same time, the Twelve Guards of the Caofu Guards began to be formed.
It is said that the number of canal boats along the canal will reach tens of thousands. The number of canal troops will reach hundreds of thousands, all of which will be dispatched by Ping Jiangbo, a trusted official of Emperor Yongkang.
In recent years, except for the year when Emperor Yongkang first ascended the throne, when all fishermen's boats were recruited to transport grain, the following years were all done on a voluntary basis and were not forced.
Vessels transporting grain are also selected, and not all volunteer fishing boats are recruited.
The Huo family's ship is firstly new and secondly has a large transport capacity. In addition, the Huo family plans to do business along the road. In recent years, it has been transporting grain northward every year.
But I heard that fishermen’s boats will not be used this year.
He Feng also said that he would be transferred. As for which guard he would be transferred to, he did not tell Huo Xi, only that he was still in the capital.
Now that the price of glutinous rice has increased, is there any action from the DPRK and China?
It's a pity that she is just a commoner. She only got the exact information about the court affairs when they were made public.
However, large companies can use some channels to get ahead of others. If others take the lead, they can lay out the plan first. Those who get the news late will have no chance of picking up the slack.
"Uncle, tell shopkeeper Shen and ask him to pay attention to the price of glutinous rice and collect some from various places."
Seeing Yang Fu nodding, he said to Huo Erhuai: "Father, when you and your mother go to the countryside, you also go to the village and ask around. If the farmers have surplus glutinous rice, you and your mother can also collect some."
"Okay, dad knows."
In the following days, Huo Xi, Yang Fu and shopkeeper Shen quietly inquired about prices in the outer city and inner city, and went to the grain store to inquire about the price of glutinous rice.
I was socializing here and there, trying to find out some news.
I heard some news, but there was no useful news. I only heard that a grain store collected glutinous rice and transported it north.
But in previous years, all kinds of grain harvested in Jiangnan were shipped outside. Now she doesn't know whether the grain merchants have increased their shipments. They won't tell her about business opportunities, and they won't show her their account books, so she can't judge.
Yang Fu and I squatted in front of the grain store for several days, but we didn't find anything unusual.
Think about it, this kind of large-volume purchase and sale is not sent to the store, but is only transferred at the dock.
You still need to build an information network and make more connections to get more reliable internal information. If you keep falling behind others, I'm afraid there will really be nothing left to pick up.
Unable to get any information, Huo Xi just asked shopkeeper Shen to pay more attention to it.
My own store also began to quietly stock up on goods.
Apart from that, Huo Xi put the matter aside and only focused on looking for a warehouse in the city.
Shopkeeper Shen and Yang Fu went to the shipyard to place orders.
Huo Xi wanted to add several large boats to Guangfeng Shui. He originally planned to add five boats, but shopkeeper Shen said that there was still money in the account, so he simply added ten boats. One shop would have two boats, one in and one out, so as not to delay thing.
If he had said it a few days earlier, Huo Xi might have nodded.
But now after her research in the past few days, she found that except for glutinous rice, the prices of all building materials have quietly increased.
Huo Xi's heart was pounding, and she always felt that something big was going to happen.
You have to keep some flexible money in your account. If there is a big business opportunity, you have to have enough money to stock up on goods. Fixed assets are not easy to cash out.
Shopkeeper Shen listened, took the banknote and went to the shipyard to order a ship.
One day later, I found Huo Xi, patting my chest and wondering: "I went to several shipyards, and the orders they had were all scheduled for several months."
What's going on here.
Could it be that Dong's analysis is correct and something big is really going to happen in Beijing?
Huo Xi thought for a while: "The shipyard's orders are probably all placed by the Water Transport Department. The seven provinces have to prepare tens of thousands of water ships. We estimate that there are hundreds or even thousands of water ships near the capital. You can send someone to the nearby city. Just place an order. If you have to wait for several months, you might as well go to Fujian to buy it and bring it back. Even if the journey is long, it is better than waiting."
Shopkeeper Shen nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange for people to go to Zhejiang and Fujian right away."
After talking about the ship, let’s talk about the warehouse.
Shen Qianzhong said that a businessman he knew well gave him a message saying that a businessman in the inner city wanted to transfer his warehouse. He went to see it and thought it was a good fit, but the other party asked to buy his two shops together. , not just dismantled and sold.
"what price?"
"Two thousand strings."
"Two thousand guan?" Huo Xi frowned. There was no money in the account, but after spending two thousand guan all at once, money was a little tight.
"The price is twice as expensive as in the outer city, but I've gone to see the store. The location is very good. Even if we don't use it, it's not difficult to rent it out. The warehouse is also big, twice as big as the one we have now. And There is also a cellar below the warehouse, which is a suitable place to store some precious things."
"Where?"
"Sanyuan Alley."
"Sanyuan Alley?" My mother's embroidery shop is located in Sanyuan Alley. The location is good, and the price is not expensive.
"Okay, let's go take a look tomorrow. If it's suitable, I'll buy it."
The next day, the two of them went to see the shop and warehouse.
The warehouse is very large, but the shops are very small. They are only two-bay shops. But in Sanyuan Lane, you can buy two shops and a large warehouse for 2,000 guan, which is not too expensive.
After paying the money and receiving the red deed, Huo Xi asked Shen Qianzhong to arrange for people to clean the warehouse and shop and repair the areas that needed repair.
Neither shop is rented, and is planned to be kept for personal use. Huo Xi plans to open another Guangfeng Shui shop in the inner city. He will select some more expensive and rare goods and sell them in bulk in the inner city.
After buying the shop and warehouse, Huo Xi opened the ledger again.
After deducting the money for five cargo ships, there really isn't much money left in the account, which is really worrying.
She wants to buy land to grow grain and mulberry trees. But where can she get the money?