After the villains heard my voice, they all lost their composure.

"This donation raised a total of more than 330 million taels of silver. The money that was paid out by the Chengxi Hot Tent earlier has been deducted. During the Chinese New Year, we still improve the food for the people living in the hot tent and provide a meal of meat porridge every day. I even prepared some more charcoal fires, and at the same time I found a few cloth shops, and bought a batch of coarse cloths that they packed at the bottom of the box at a cheap price. The food and meat promised to be sent to the military camp have been contacted, and the other party promised to deliver everything around the tenth day of the lunar month. , According to what was said before, the things will be sent to the camp on the fifteenth day of the new year."

"On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we will distribute the prizes for this ice sculpture. All the things have been purchased."

Yan Huailin talked about the harvest of the month and the things to be done one by one. Yan Muan listened carefully. Yongchang's expression was calm. Since the princess started to work hard, the recent income has been too great. The money raised this time is enough to do a lot of things. thing.

Yan Huailin took a brochure and sent it to Yong Chang, "These are the three merchants we selected. Most of Xuande Town in Mingzhou make porcelain for a living. There are more than 20 large and small porcelain merchants in the town. The Huang family He is a leader and has been sitting on the top spot for many years. The current head of the Huang family is called Huang Qingkong, and he is willing to offer [-] taels of silver every year in order to seek the prince's protection."

"The Yao family in the southwest has been engaged in the business of planting mulberry, raising silkworms and weaving brocades for hundreds of years. It has a good reputation in the local area. Unfortunately, it has been cannibalized by the relatives of local officials in the past few years. The Yao family is in danger. The head of the Yao family, Yao Jin, is willing to pay 20 yuan of silver to the prince every year. Two, to seek protection from the prince."

"The Wen family in Beijing."

He was introducing, and Yongchang was also reading the brochure. In other words, he just said a few words in an understatement and these three families would send him 60 taels of silver every year?

"Just do as you wish. If you have any needs, please contact the princess."

The Yan family was very happy. Even though they didn't seem to get any apparent benefits from this job, the actual benefits were huge. The Yan family only needed half a year to take the top spot among Nanqi merchants. In the future, they can easily get involved in any business they like, and making money will become easier.

And as long as the emperor and prince remain in power for a day, they can continue to be like this.

Yan Huailin handed over his hand, "We will eventually select five companies from different industries. We know these three companies well, and the other two need Mr. Yu to decide."

The Mr. Yu they call is Yong Yu, and he is now with them.

Yong Chang doesn't care about who you choose at all, he only cares about how much money he can see. Seeing that the Yan family is still talking, Yong Chang suddenly says, "There are many ways for merchants to travel here and there. Is there any way to get it?" Fine iron?"

He needs iron, lots of iron.

"The prince wants iron."

Yan Huailin stopped talking as soon as he finished speaking, "How much does the prince want?"

"The more the better."

It was just a casual question, but Yan Huailin nodded, "As long as the money is in place, the prince can designate iron tools from any iron mine."

Yan Mu'an raised his eyebrows, [I am saying this like an unscrupulous merchant, but it's really not that difficult. 】

When Yong Chang saw that the room was full of people from the Yan family, he didn't have much scruples, "How to get here?"

Yan Huailin lowered his voice, "It's hard to mine, but for those who mine, there's a lot of money to be made. You have the final say on how much you mine. If you say you have it, you can say it or not. As long as the money is in place, you can get the goods."

This is how private salt and private iron work came about. To put it simply, they were just guarding and stealing.Yongchang understood, and there were indeed many ways to secretly tell the merchants, "Find a way to get refined iron, and keep 100 million of the donated money in your own hands, and arrange it by yourself, just a little bit, and don't let anyone know that it is what I want."

Even if he didn't warn Yan Huailin, he wouldn't be so stupid. Of course, this kind of thing has to be subcontracted at different levels. Even if the people below are caught, even if they are tortured, he can't tell who the people above are. They must be able to find out who they are. check.

With Tie Yongchang talking about war horses, Southern Qi also lacks war horses, and elite war horses are even harder to find. The tribes in the east have them, but they are not easy to buy.

Yan Huailin was a little embarrassed. Yan Muan suggested that we buy them separately. You buy two horses and I buy two horses. "The goal is small, and the little things add up."

Yan Huailin nodded, and the prince entrusted him with the important task. In this way, the Yan family must develop rapidly. It seems that the adoption of orphans must be accelerated.

The lunch was very lively. Maybe it was because they had met the widowed king a few more times, or maybe because they were now entrusted with important responsibilities by the widowed king. The Yan family members relaxed a lot and dared to talk at the dinner table. Mrs. Guo also said that they had nothing to do in the afternoon. "Just touch the cards. I haven't touched them for a long time and my hands are itchy."

Yan Muan smiled and nodded, she didn't know how, but she could learn.

After the meal, everyone sat together and had tea, and the card-playing stall was set up. Knowing that Yan Muan didn't know how to do it, Guo taught her seriously twice and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't know much, just lose two more times." Got it."

Yan Mu'an touched the row and said with a smile: "I understand, this means paying tuition."

All the female family members at the table laughed, "Why don't you tell me that Xiao An is smart? It's easy to understand."

Yan Mu'an was happy, but Yongchang was as bored as most people who accompanied their wives back to their parents' home. But what were the Yan family doing?
What businessmen are best at is to serve big customers properly, and they go to many places and know a lot. Yongchang soon felt the fun, "How come there is such a custom in the local area?"

"Customs are different in every place."

Yan Mude, who had never had a chance to speak, said, "If the prince wants to select soldiers, he can choose people from Qingyun Mansion. The folk customs in that place are strong, and many traveling merchants and escorts are from Qingyun Mansion. I heard that the most popular martial arts schools there are. Many businessmen like to hire talented people from Qingzhou Prefecture."

"It's just that some people see that the people in Qingyun Mansion are doing well and pretend to be them."

This Yongchang didn't know, so he asked carefully, thinking that he had been so focused on fighting and training for the past few years that he had neglected many things.

Seeing that he liked to hear it, the Yan family members picked out interesting things from various places and told them. However, thinking about the Chinese New Year, they did not talk about where the people were doing poorly, and where the people were in dire straits, they picked out the happy ones. .

Yong Chang wanted to know if there were any merchants who would go to the chaotic land to do business. Yan Huaiqing became more energetic and said, "Why not? There are more. The chaotic land needs too many things. The key is that they still have money. Normal things have to increase by three cents." Sell ​​it to them times.”

"But those who can do business with those in the Land of Chaos are ruthless people and they also have a certain amount of power in their hands. Businessmen like us can't get in."

Yongchang gave him a meaningful look. He could get fine iron and know everything about it. Is that what he was called a businessman?

He understands, but he doesn’t expose it! (End of chapter)