The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 487 Iron Trade
"Jurchen..." Seeing these two words, Song Qingyue raised her eyebrows slightly.

The Da Zhou in the novel is not Da Ming, but there are some connections in the dark.

Will the current Great Zhou eventually be destroyed by the Jurchen iron cavalry that they despised in the past?
Song Qingyue stopped thinking about it so much, and Li Zhao made it clear in the telegram that although Da Zhou had firearms, he still lacked horses. The most important purpose of cooperating with Jurchen this time was that Da Zhou needed to buy from Jurchen There are a large number of horses that can be used for combat. At this point in time, compared to Mongolia, the Jurchens are much weaker and much more obedient.

Just as Song Qingyue was busy collecting tea, cotton cloth, and food, which were just needed by the ethnic minority tribes, Li Zhao sent another telegram from the capital, saying that most of the food, tea, and cotton cloth would be transported by sea from Jiangnan or Shandong to the Great Liaodong. , and then export to Jurchen from Liaodong is the most economical.

If the Jurchen merchants went to Shanxi, they were most likely to buy iron.

"What does this mean? Whether it is for sale or not! I don't know clearly!" Song Qingyue looked at the telegram and muttered, frowning.

She scratched her hair, glanced at the little girl beside her who was in charge of sending telegrams, and said, "Reply a letter and ask him if he wants me to sell it or not. If he sells it, how much and how to sell it?" ! Speak clearly at once!"

The little girl nodded in response, lowered her head to convert the telegram into code, and then began to knock on the telegraph machine.

After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, the other party finally sent a reply.

Li Zhao said to let her sell.She doesn't sell it here, someone will definitely smuggle it.

"Let me take out all the inventory and sell it to the Jurchens at the lowest price possible?"

Song Qingyue was quite confused when she saw this instruction. She originally thought that the price should be raised as much as possible and the quantity should be limited, but now she is asked to take out all the inventory in the arsenal and sell it to the Jurchens at the lowest possible price?But since Li Zhao said so, out of trust in him, she planned to follow Li Zhao's instructions.

He must have thought it through carefully.

In the future, the three eastern provinces will be included in the territory, immigrated first, and then the primary school will be opened there, and the Jurchens there will be Sinicized as much as possible.

This kind of thing can be done while Li Zhao is alive, right?If Li Zhao can't finish it, there will be his son Li Kun.

With hard work, three generations can always get this done.

While thinking wildly, Song Qingyue asked Zeng Maozhi to go to the arsenal to check the inventory.

"Ma'am, should we try selling aluminum pots to those real barbarians? Aluminum is light and soft, so it can't be used to make weapons at all."

Song Qingyue shook her head: "Aluminum will become as brittle as paper in a cold place. Once the Jurchens have been fooled by us once, what will happen if they don't do business with us again? Your Highness will still buy horses from the Jurchens. In business, once one of the two parties is dishonest, there will be no second time for this business. Originally, the Jurchen had decided to join forces with Da Zhou to fight the Tartars together. If we cheat others here first, wouldn’t it ruin the court’s arrangement? ?”

"But, it's not like those Zhenyi never sold sick horses to us before!" Zeng Maozhi seemed to know something, and said with some righteous indignation.

Song Qingyue chuckled: "That means there are loopholes in the trading rules formulated by the imperial court, or someone took advantage of it. Could it be that the group of veterinarians in the horse administration are all dry? Besides, they won't wait half a month to confirm the horses. If there is no problem, then pay the final payment? A solution that businessmen in the market can think of, but so many smart people in the court can't think of it? I don't believe it!"

When the princess said this, Zeng Maozhi was speechless.

If the person presiding over the horse transaction this time is His Royal Highness, there must be no mistakes.

What does His Royal Highness's headquarters need to ask for more ink.

On the tenth day of May, the war on the northern grasslands had already begun, and the final exam in the elite schools in Taiyuan was over.

In the entire Shanxi officialdom, there are actually more people who care about the results of this exam than those who care about the emperor's personal conquest.

If the old emperor knew about it, would he be so angry that he would not want to eat meat for two days?

Two days later, the test papers were basically corrected. Song Qingyue looked at the "must stay" list given by Li Zhao, and then checked the results of these children against the report card. She breathed a long sigh of relief.

It's not bad, there are no ignorant people, even the three children sent by Boss Dong's family are also good.

Sure enough, it was right not to give those people any promises at the beginning.

In this way, she selected fifty boys and thirty girls.

At that time, the elementary school prepared for Li Xiaokun will be a coeducational school.

Maybe Li Xiaokun's future princess will be his classmate.

Song Qingyue didn't want Li Kun to find a traditional virtuous woman as his wife, nor did she want an ambitious and unscrupulous female politician as his wife.Ideally, it is best to find someone who is similar to yourself, smarter, and understands more modern knowledge. It is best to have a common language with Li Kun, so that he likes and loves him from the bottom of his heart, and can be like her. A mother-in-law with a similar taste is a daughter-in-law.

However, such girls cannot be raised by other families. It is better to run a school and train them by yourself.

These girls will be her potential daughters-in-law in the future, and she will design a particularly beautiful set of school uniforms for girls, and dress up these girls beautifully and beautifully.

Li Xiaokun had to get used to looking at beauties since he was a child, until he felt numb when he saw them, don't be like Zhang Wuji in Yi Tian Tu Long Ji, who couldn't walk when seeing beauties, and was fooled around.

The final admission list will be announced on May [-]th.

Song Qingyue asked Nanny Bai to design a beautiful admission letter for herself, and told Nanny not to worry, but to make it slowly. She planned to send out the school uniform and the admission letter together.

This time, more than half of the parents of the students are rich in financial resources, so this time the school uniforms will be charged, and those students from ordinary families will ensure that they and their families have no worries about food and clothing, so that they can live well in school. Study in peace.

The school uniform this time will be a complete set from head to toe, including belts, sachets, fans and other pretentious weapons, and girls' hairpins and flowers will also be made by Baoyue Pavilion.It will be written in the new school rules that it is forbidden to wear jade pendants and any decorations that do not belong to the school uniform, mainly to prohibit comparisons within the school.

The style of school uniform is brand new, especially for girls. It is a dress with wide suspenders, worn with a simple narrow-sleeved shirt, with pockets on the side of the skirt, and the length only reaches the calf. Leather shoes with round toe and rubber sole.

In fact, this era is quite tolerant of clothing. Although it is not as tolerant as the Tang and Song Dynasties, it is much better than the late Qing Dynasty when no flesh can be exposed.

If the parents of those daughters-in-law can accept this dress, this style of ready-to-wear will quickly become popular.Song Qingyue had even placed an order in advance for Qingzhi's dyeing workshop.

Madoka proposed that she wanted to open a clothing store, and she would help sell the clothes made by the students in Zhaoyue Elementary School for free in the future, and the iconic products of the new store were all kinds of new dresses.

Song Qingyue agreed and asked her to write a business plan by herself and hand it over to Zhaoyue Bank for approval, signing of contracts and appropriation of funds. Anyone who needs help can be picked and taken away from Wufangzhai.

After Xiaoyuan officially opened a shop outside the mansion in the future, all the first-class maids like Dongping will leave the mansion.

Another batch of newcomers are coming up.

It is inevitable to feel a little sad when seeing off the old man, but it is precisely because the first-class maids around Song Qingyue are always leaving the house, the chances of the little girls below to be promoted are more than those of other places, and the hopes of the little girls are also high. more than anywhere else.Everyone is full of hope for the future, and the centripetal force and cohesion of Wufangzhai will increase.

So Song Qingyue is not as cautious as before when picking girls. She chooses girls as long as she has a good eye. Anyway, whether she can leave the house in the future depends on her own ability. These little girls have gradually learned to find opportunities by themselves.
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In June, the first group of Jurchen merchants arrived in Shanxi.

Many merchants who wanted to smuggle ironware appeared near Datong Mansion, but they all sold them at a higher price, because the iron in Shanxi was basically covered by Li Zhao's arsenal.

There is no way, the production efficiency is too high, and the supply of raw materials cannot even keep up with the speed of shipment.

Therefore, the ironware in the hands of those smugglers with a background is basically shipped from other places.

Those Jurchen merchants bought some more cautiously at first, but they regretted it when they went south to Taiyuan Mansion!

The reason is that the iron pots and iron agricultural tools in Taiyuan Prefecture are sold too cheaply!The price turned out to be only [-]% to [-]% of the price of the ironware in the hands of those smugglers!
Those Jurchen merchants quickly passed the news to their companions behind, telling them not to rush to buy from those smugglers when they arrive in Datong, and hurry to Taiyuan!
The ironware factory with Jinwangfu as the backing is the real cheap and good quality!

Soon, those iron smugglers gathered in Datong Mansion were out of business.

Some of these smugglers were simply officers of the guards, and some were either related to the dignitaries in the capital, or they were related to some local feudal lords.

For example, there are several smugglers in Datong who have done relatively large businesses, all of which are related to the Daiwangfu.

The Dai Wang Mansion is the royal mansion conferred during the Taizu period. The first generation of the Wang Mansion has the highest regulations, the largest and most luxurious palace, and the largest number of soldiers in the mansion.

The Daiwangfu is located in an important border town like Datong, so during the Taizu period, the Daiwangfu was given a total of 3000 soldiers, plus these years of operation, according to the urinating nature of those vassals, it is impossible to be honest Only [-] people are raised.

It is conservatively estimated that the military strength of Daiwangfu may be as high as 5000.

This is also one of the reasons why the imperial court and Li Zhao dared not take action against the Dai Palace.

The palace maintains [-] soldiers, and the imperial court has reduced the vassal's salary over the years, and even adopted a policy of "not paying wages" to some less powerful vassals. Daiwangfu is one of the victims.

If the acting prince is unwilling to take the initiative to cut "expenditures", he can only find ways to make money.

However, after Li Zhao came to Shanxi, at least many business outlets in Taiyuan Mansion and the areas south of Taiyuan were cut off by Li Zhao. If the Dai Wang is still unwilling to reduce the number of soldiers in the mansion, he can only smuggle salt and iron.

This time the Jurchen merchants came to the customs, they would want to make a lot of money.

Who would have thought that the price of ironware in Taiyuan would be so low that even the government-run iron shop in Datong Prefecture went to Taiyuan to buy goods.

If Li Zhao brings the iron shop to Datong Mansion in the future, both sides are government-run, and the iron shop with the background of the Daiwang Mansion will close down.

"What are you doing! What the hell is Li Zhao trying to do! Could it be that he wants to force this old man to death?"

The acting prince became irritable, throwing things and swearing at people in the palace.

In June this year, the rain was a bit pitiful, and it was also a bit too hot.

It seems that this year Datong Mansion will be in debt again!

The autumn grains could not be harvested, and the business was snatched away by Li Zhao's thieves. Even Li Zhao's beautiful woman was so powerful that she actually lowered the price of ironware so low. Could it be possible to force him to sell weapons directly to the Jurchens?
Dai Wangye was anxious to get angry, and the corners of his mouth were full of bubbles.

"Prince, calm down! Calm down!" The young and beautiful woman held a fan and desperately fanned the cool breeze on Dai Wang.

boom!
Dai Wang kicked over the desk table: "Calm your anger? How can I calm my anger?" He turned his head and saw the glittering jewelry on the beauty's head, which seemed to be the work of Zhenbaoge.

Only the jewelry of Zhenbao Pavilion can polish the gemstones into a special shape, which dazzles the eyes!A burst of urgency suddenly surged into my heart, and I raised my hand and slapped the beauty hard.

"You prodigal bitch! Prodigal bitch! I spend so much money in vain, what use are you! What use are you! Call the princess to this king! From today on, everyone will cut expenses for this king!"

"Yes! Concubine, I'll go now, I'll go now! Don't be angry, my lord! Don't be so angry!" The beauty ran out rolling and crawling.

After a while, a young beauty with a cold face walked in.

This is the acting prince's second concubine, Deng Shi, who is only 20 years old this year.

The old princess died three years ago.

Deng's father forced her to marry the 17-year-old to this licentious and violent old man who was over fifty years old for the sake of prosperity and wealth.

This second princess hated her very much, so since she got married, she never gave the old prince any good looks.

This old prince is also not used to her, and rarely goes to her room on weekdays.

"My lord summoned my concubine, what's the matter?"

"What are you talking about? It has been said many times before that the government needs to cut at least [-]% of its expenses. Do you not understand what I mean?" The old king yelled at his cold-faced little wife angrily.

The concubine sneered at him: "Isn't the prince very clear about it? You keep those soldiers. No matter how much the government cuts expenses, it will plug the hole for you to raise soldiers. Why don't you cut down 2000 people first?"

"A woman of Taoism, what do you know! If this king really reduces the government soldiers, this king will fall right into the arms of Li Da's father and son, and this king will be the second Taiyuan king! Our whole family, young and old, will be in trouble!"
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In Taiyuan Mansion, before the building of the comprehensive market was completed, Song Qingyue first encircled a piece of land outside the city for the comprehensive trading market.

Song Qingyue bought a large amount of furs and medicinal materials from the group of Jurchen merchants. That kind of tall and strong horses must not be available anymore. They were rounded up by Li Zhao when they were in the capital, but Mongolian ponies can still be sold. to some.

It just so happens that Shanxi's commercial trade is getting more and more developed, and the demand for transportation has also increased. Mongolian pony horses are Mongolian horses, which are better than donkeys and cattle.

(End of this chapter)