In order to save Yao Xishui and the others from having to learn everything from Li Zhigao and Su Hongyu's reports after they returned, Han Qian simply asked Xi Rong to sit down and tell the two women everything that happened in Xuzhou in detail.
Han Qian drank tea and saw Yao Xishui secretly. At this time, Chun Shisanniang and the two girls looked at Xi Rong with a sudden relief. Thinking about the way Chun Shisanniang pulled Xi Rong to talk when he first entered the yard, they confirmed that they
He already knew Xi Yin's identity before this, but it was not confirmed that his purpose of keeping Xi Yin by his side was to gather the remnants of the Xi family.
In the previous letter sent to Jinling, Han Qian only mentioned that Xi Rong was Feng Changyu's ninth concubine, and she was treated as a hot potato by Feng Changyu because of the assassination.
Although he had just met Xi Rong with the third prince of Linjiang Hou Mansion, it was obvious that Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang could not know this from Li Zhigao, Chai Jian and others so quickly.
Looking at Yao Xishui, Chun Shisanniang's reaction only confirmed his previous guess, that is, Wan Honglou could not wait to send people to Xuzhou to keep an eye on his father and son's every move in Xuzhou.
Han Qian sighed softly in his heart, but he did not dwell on this matter and asked about the progress of Rouge Shop.
Although it was inconvenient for Chun Shisanniang to appear in public, after Han Qian left Jinling, he handed over the Rouge Shop to her to manage secretly, and also handed over to her the training of more than 20 female relatives recruited from the camp military mansion.
In any case, since Chun Shisanniang has been incorporated into the Zuo Division and is under the jurisdiction of Han Qian, she still dare not be careless in the affairs assigned by Han Qian. She will tell Han Qian one by one what she has done in the past four months.
Know.
In the chaos of that day, the Ningxianglou Rouge Shop was set on fire by Chun Shisanniang and destroyed many goods. After that, the owner of the shop was questioned by the Chief of Staff who made excuses.
Although Yao Xishui and the others were one step ahead and detained the clerks and female shopkeepers who had been in contact with them that day and classified them as missing persons, which made no progress in the subsequent investigation of the Department of Staff, the owner of Ningxiang Building spent a lot of money to get the goods.
After getting away, she had no intention of running the Ningxiang Building anymore. Only then did Chun Shisanniang order someone to take over the Ningxiang Building, reorganize it, and reopen it a month ago.
Under the secret auspices of Chun Shisanniang, there were more than a dozen female family members who were recruited from the Tunying Military Mansion and were fully responsible for the management of Ningxianglou Rouge Shop.
The only problem is that when Han Qian left Jinling, he left Fan Dahei, Lin Haizheng and the others with extremely limited money. Even if the lime kiln continued to generate money every month, they still had to build warehouses, brick kilns and coal mines.
Continuous investment of money and food, in addition to the construction of the inspection room and the military depot, more than 20 elite scouts stayed in Jinling to obey Lin Haizheng and Fan Dahei's dispatches, and there was no need to spend huge sums of money. During this period, the army
Fu Cang Cao transferred only one million yuan to Lin Haizheng and Fan Dahei.
To be honest, it was quite difficult for Lin Haizheng and Fan Dahei to last until Han Qian came back and accomplish a lot of things. As for Ningxiang Tower, Chun Shisanniang had to go in first.
More than 1.2 million yuan.
At present, since Han Qian wants to create a Zuosi system for the third prince under his leadership, it is naturally impossible for this money and food to be transferred in vain from Wanhonglou or Xinchang Houfu; Chun Shisanniang is even less likely to transfer this money herself.
money.
"This is the slave's private money that he has saved over the years by selling jokes. Your Excellency probably won't have the heart to indulge in the slave's private money, right?" Chun Shisanniang glanced over with her spring eyes rippling, seeming to encourage Han Qian to have sex with her.
This money.
Money and food, money and food!
When Han Qian heard these two words, he went crazy.
He got five hundred loaves of gold from Tanzhou, but Ji Xiyao, Yang Qin's wife Zhou Rong, and some of their men wanted to stay in Xuzhou to rebuild Yangtan Water Village, build shipyards, warehouses, weaving yards, and reclaim fields.
Need to spread your money out like water?
Han Qian took into consideration that Feng Xuan, Gao Bao and the others secretly redeemed the Xi clan, as well as the necessary emergencies, so he left two hundred cakes of gold for Xuzhou.
However, the two hundred loaves of gold could only be sustained by Xuzhou until the end of the year; and his father's annual share of three million dollars, he had to bite the bullet and ignore this year's debt.
Han Qian exchanged the remaining portion for tea, medicinal materials, cinnabar, tung oil, gold and silverware, jade, ivory and rhinoceros horns, etc., and transported them back to Jinling.
Even if this batch of goods was successfully sold out in Jinling, Han Qian could recover five to six million yuan, but he had just promised to the third prince to deliver four million yuan worth of grain, bacon, homespun cloth, iron materials, leather, etc.
Camp Army Mansion.
However, grain, bacon, iron materials, leather and other goods were mainly transported into Jinling by the four surnames. Naturally, Han Qian had to put in corresponding money before he could send this batch of goods to the camp military government.
He must do the same.
He did not use most of the money and food obtained from private transactions with Tanzhou to directly pass it on to the camp military government. Why did he let the third prince and Li Zhigao support him? Why did he let Xinchang Hou Li Pu, Chen De, Chai Jian, and Li Chong
Do they admit this?
In other words, if everything goes well, Han Qian will have a little more than two million yuan in his hands when he comes back this time.
He didn't expect that Chun Shisanniang would now have a deficit of 1.2 million yuan waiting for him to fill it.
In addition to being involved with Kong Zhou, Chun Shisanniang was also involved with Feng Yi and Kong Xirong. There was no lower limit for many things, and Han Qian really didn't want to spend her money.
"I'm serious, if I let you live in this house, how much dowry can you bring?" Han Qian asked, staring at Yao Xishui.
Yao Xishui had no intention of joking with Han Qian and gave him a cold look with a frosty face.
Seeing that Yao Xishui had become so boring when she came back this time, Han Qian stopped joking with her, took out a book from his arms and handed it to Chun Thirteenth Niang and Yao Xishui, and said: "Except for Thirteenth Niang, I am here.
I have to collect four million yuan to give to the four surnames every day, and then give the grain they brought to the camp military government, but I have no way to make money. At present, the wealth that Zuo Si can get away with is this batch of property that I have brought from
From the goods shipped back from Xuzhou, you can collect 1.2 million yuan and take away the goods, which will be considered as clearing the balance. I will have to find another way for the rest."
"Then let me take these twenty tusks!" Chun Shisanniang read the freight list from beginning to end, but she was rude and wanted to transport Han Qian back to Jinling. Among the goods, the most valuable
Take away the twenty tusks of the thread.
"Ten ivory tusks are worth 1.2 million yuan in Jinling."
At that time, the elephants in the Wuling Mountains and Xuefeng Mountains were almost extinct. It was necessary to go deep into the jungles thousands of miles away in the south to hunt elephants. Throughout the dynasties, the Yue people in the south served as tribute, and only a small amount flowed into the Jianghuai and Central Plains.
area.
Now the situation in Jianghuai is generally stabilizing. Coral ivory and other treasures are increasingly pursued by the powerful. Han Qian spent one million yuan to acquire these twenty ivory tusks in Xuzhou. He didn't want to just add 20% to the price.
Convert it to Chun Shisanniang.
Shitanghe Warehouse can only do first-level wholesale. Bulk goods such as medicinal materials and tea must be sold to tea merchants and medicinal material shops at relatively low prices in order to withdraw funds as quickly as possible, and the actual profits can be quite considerable.
limited.
If Han Qian gave twenty pieces of ivory at a low price to Chun Shisanniang, he would eventually be unable to make enough money.
However, Chun Shisanniang didn’t think that she had to tolerate him since he was in charge of Zuosi, and said: "My lord must extort money from the slave family. The slave family has thin arms and legs, but they can’t squeeze the lord’s thigh, and they don’t dare to invite Mr. Li."
, please come out and uphold justice..."
"Okay, if you have any strings attached, don't hide them." Han Qian thought to himself that Yao Xishui and Chun Shisanniang came to the door, and they couldn't just focus on the one hundred and eighty taels of gold. They probably had something to say.
Marquis of Xinchang, Li Pu, and others were unable to tell the truth in front of the third prince, so he sent them to reveal it in his house at midnight.
"I heard that the miasma dispelling wine made by your Excellency is very effective in curing miasma poisons?" Chun Shisanniang asked.
Han Qian tapped his fingers on the stone table.
The world did not realize that the so-called miasma is actually falciparum malaria transmitted by mosquitoes, but it has long been known that it occurs mostly in hot and humid southern Fujian, southern Hunan, Lingnan and even in tropical areas further south close to the equator; in comparison, in recent years,
In the Jianghuai region, which has been fully developed over the past century, the spread of falciparum malaria is much less severe.
Han Qian has been speculating on what kind of mysterious organization Wanhonglou is and what secrets are hidden behind the scenes.
If getting rid of miasma is something that is urgently needed for Wan Honglou, Han Qian has to readjust his previous speculations about Wan Honglou.
Is Wanhonglou still lurking a strong force in the area south of Jianghuai?
Or maybe it is said that Wan Honglou helped the third prince fight for the heir through the Xinchang Hou Mansion, which was just one of their many plans. Among other separatist forces besides Da Chu, there was also Wan Honglou lurking and infiltrating?
"I thought it was a big deal. If Marquis Li asked me about it just now in His Highness's residence, I would not refuse to tell him." Han Qian smiled slightly and said, "Ge Hong's "Emergency Prescription"
, there are recorded prescriptions for treating miasma. When I was young, I had a fever in Chuzhou and was infected with miasma. My master used this prescription to treat me."
"Ge Hong prepared an emergency prescription, but it didn't have such a miraculous effect..." Chun Shisanniang blurted out, but asked Yao Xishui to lightly kick her under the table to prevent her from letting some things slip, and it was already too late to change her mind.
Han Qian reached out and scratched the back of his head, thinking to himself, whose hands did some of the bottles of Miasma Clearing Wine he sold in Xuzhou fall into Wan Honglou's hands?
At that time, he thought that Tanzhou might have noticed the efficacy of Miasma Clearing Wine and would arrange for people to contact him, but he did not expect that among them there would be people arranged by Wan Honglou.
"Yes, my master has improved the prescription, but since you have obtained the miasma-removing wine and can discern the taste by looking at the color, you should also know that the prescription is pretty much the same." Han Qian said calmly.
When Han Qian was in Chuzhou with his father when he was young, he was indeed taught Shi Gongquan and archery by Taoists who traveled there. At this time, he naturally assumed that he was taught by strangers when he was young, such as the wine for removing miasma.
Don't let Yao Xishui and the others not believe it.
Of course, Han Qian didn't care whether Yao Xishui or the others believed it or not, he would not easily reveal the real method of preparing the miasma-removing wine, and said: "The improved method of treating miasma is a backup method for emergency use.
I'm afraid I won't be able to copy the secret to you two tonight, but in addition to the ten ivory tusks, I can also copy down the method of improving the superior rouge. I'll call Miss Yao and Thirteenth Niang to take it back, hoping to give it to Wan Honglou.
