open sea

Chapter 104
Chen Mu called, Yan Qing came very quickly, and Shao Tingda came from Guangcheng in the afternoon when he went to Guangcheng, which was beyond his expectation.

Hurrying back to the Qianhu yamen, I saw Yan Qing waiting at the door with two young men from the store, who were holding several jars of wine in their hands.

"Shopkeeper Yan came so fast, why didn't you come in the evening?"

Chen Mu let go of the reins, clasped his hands and said with a loud smile, "Chen asked Shopkeeper Yan to come over, but he didn't intend to delay the business of the Gufu Building, please come in!"

Yan Qing has never seen such an easy-going official. Even though he knew Chen Mu was a good-natured person at the Gufu Tower, he never thought that he could talk so well today without drinking. Said: "It's the first time to visit Qianhu Yamen, and Xiaomin has nothing to take. I brought a few jars of wine from the wine shop. I hope you don't dislike it."

"Ms. Chen invited you here. There is no reason to invite you to deliver things. I will pay for the wine." Chen Mu is not willing to accept things for nothing. If he accepts them, he will become like most of the corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty. They became the same person, seeing that Yan Qing was about to shirk, she walked towards the yamen first with a smile, and said: "Today, the soldier who was hooked up by the county has arrived, and there are many things to do, so the shopkeeper has been waiting for a long time."

Xiangshan County Magistrate Zhou Xing was very efficient. In the blink of an eye, before ten days had passed, a hundred households were selected from the Thousand Households Office and sent to the Hundred Households Office that was being built connecting Jiudu Yifang.

Chen Mu asked them to push up two general banners, which were organized under Shi Qi's subordinates. It was considered that they had a new complete hundred households. Zheng Ding began to practice, and Yu Ding joined the work of building houses.

Originally, he wanted to select craftsmen from the army and send them to Qianhu Yamen, but was delayed by the news of Yan Qing's arrival, so he simply handed over the matter to Shi Qi.

Zhou Xing gave the exact words, saying that in another [-] days, all [-] households would be checked out, and Chen Mu was relieved of a worry.

"I'm sorry for Qianhu's concern. The store is fine. Qingyao is watching." Chen Mu didn't let Yan Qing go to the front hall of the yamen, and directly led Yan Qing into the courtyard of Qianhu's house. Well, when Fujian merchants and Huizhou merchants went abroad again, their families were quite wealthy and generous, and the brothels and cottages were full, so they went to Xiaomin's shop to beg for some wine."

"Go wide?"

Chen Mu originally wanted to ask, the way Aunt Xiaoyan looks like, so she can't burn down the house if she manages the shop?But thinking about the lack of relationship, it was too abrupt to say that, so I asked about the new term "Zouguang".

"Qianhu doesn't know? It's just coming to you. Haven't you noticed that there are many more cars and horses parked in Xiangshan these days?"

Yan Qing always had a lingering sense of flattery in his demeanor, and explained to Chen Mu: "Go to Haojing to trade with Fanyi, they come with goods every April and sell them to Haojing Fanyi, and in May Buying some Cantonese local products in Guangcheng and returning to Fujian, using the pretext of going to Guangzhou, is actually smuggling."

Chen Mu thought for a while, and it seemed that the number of pedestrians and merchants he saw on the road had indeed increased in the past few days. If Yan Qing didn't say that he hadn't noticed.

That is to say, under his nose, a large number of Fujian merchants are smuggling to the Fanyi in Haojingao.

"Does Shopkeeper Yan know about the Kaiyue Port in Fujian?" Chen Mu was very puzzled. He would not find it strange if merchants from Fujian came here to smuggle in the name of smuggling in the past, but now?

"Why don't they go out to sea to trade?"

Yan Qing smiled and said: "Qianhu's question is correct. The little people always greet and send off at the restaurant, and they understand it somewhat. There are two types of merchants in Fujian, sea merchants and land merchants."

"Maritime merchants come with a lot of money, and they are earning money with their lives. Therefore, the local big merchants do not go to sea in person. They send their adopted sons who have been raised since childhood to take the ship to the sea to secure the goods, and the parents and children are doing business on land. There are also small maritime merchants. If you don’t have money, you have to go to land merchants and smuggle Xiangshan, and you will have money to buy a boat and recruit people.”

"Besides, not everyone can get boat quotes. Xiaomin heard that Yuegang Shipyard only issues fifty business quotes. Many people want to go to sea and rent a boat from a big family."

Chen Mu understood, and took this matter down in his heart, intending to let Shi Qi go back and lead troops to patrol the county to see how good these Lu merchants are.

He does not object to land, sea, and sea commerce, even if the court decree does not allow it, but he approves it.However, if smuggling occurs freely in the area under his jurisdiction, he can't ignore it.

Get rid of those who do evil and leave behind those who make money to support their families.

"So shopkeeper Yan knows about the opening of Yuegang port? Chen has a business that he wants to discuss with you." Chen Mu bit the dry skin on his upper lip, and said, "Yuegang port opening, merchants will arrive, it must be lively Fanfan, does shopkeeper Yan want to open a restaurant outside of Yuegang City, which is bigger than the Drum Belly Tower, where you can eat, drink, sleep, rent warehouses, buy and sell news, sell charts, and make good contacts?"

"Moon Harbor?"

Yan Qing has a lot of respect for Chen Mu's official status, but it doesn't mean that Chen Mu's words can affect his nearly ten years of experience in business affairs. It’s not that ordinary people don’t want to. Recently, merchants in Fujian have talked a lot about the opening of Yuegang, and the land price is unknown. Even those land merchants are powerless. The price of land outside the city has reached 50 taels. How can such a small merchant be able to buy it? What’s more, even if you have money, no one is willing to sell it.”

50 two?
There was no expression on Chen Mu's face, but he couldn't help swallowing his saliva slowly.

Shao Tingda bought him dozens of acres of land outside the city for less than 200 taels. When he came back, he told him that the land near the roadside was really expensive, and it cost four taels of silver per mu to go to the field.

Nobody wants to sell?It's not that no one is willing to sell, those who are willing to sell are bought by Mr. Chen, and the rest are naturally unwilling to sell!

"Shopkeeper Yan doesn't know, Mr. Chen is a native of Yuegang, and his mother's family is from Yuegang. By coincidence, you know that Mr. Chen owns the land of Yuegang."

Chen Mu smiled, no one is willing to sell, he is willing to sell, must let Shao Tingda return to Yuegang as soon as possible to sell the land.

Only then did he really make up his mind to give some away, share some with Shao Tingda and the elders of the clan, keep some for himself, and sell the rest as soon as possible.

After all, he himself is not in Yuegang, and his clan is not considered a wealthy family in Yuegang. With so many fields and houses in his hands, it is getting hotter and hotter.

Just make quick money with a hammer, get over the current predicament of the Qianhu House in Xiangshan as soon as possible, save some money and wait for the local bandits in Huangliangdu to settle down, choose a place in Xiangshan jurisdiction that is suitable for a port, and build a military village. shipyard.

It's not good to be an official in the imperial court. Although you can get support from the imperial court, you have to report to the higher authorities when you want to do something big.

As for whether the governor of Shangzuo can get approval, who knows?

Let's wait until we have money in hand!
"Ms. Chen went out to find a piece of land suitable for business outside Yuegang, and built a big restaurant, which will be run by shopkeeper Yan. The profit will be shared between you and me. Since Miss Yan can take care of the shop, the drum belly restaurant can continue to open. With Chen in Xiangshan, she should be able to protect her from any danger."

"Shopkeeper Yan, consider it?"

(End of this chapter)