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Chapter 47
Chapter Forty Seven
banned book
Aunt Liu strode in with her skirt in her hands. She looked about 30 years old and well-maintained. When she entered the room, she looked at Qin Jun and Ji Si, "From Yanyun Villa?"
Qin Jun nodded and called, "Steward."
Aunt Liu looked suspicious: "Why are you still covering your face, what's your surname?"
Qin Jun said softly, "The He family is at the gate of the mansion."
Aunt Liu: "My surname is Liu, please sit down, girls, what's the matter, Mother Tian sold the villa?"
Qin Jun smiled and said, "No." She motioned to Ji Si to take out the IOU.
Aunt Liu stared at Qin Jun's eyes and examined: "Girl, why don't you take off the veil on your face?"
Qin Jun: "..."
Aunt Liu didn't force her, she turned her head and told the boy, "Go and get the account book."
As soon as the words fell, Aunt Liu turned around suddenly, her five fingers turned into eagle claws, and she reached for Qin Jun's veil!
Qin Jun stared slightly, unable to dodge, Ji Si dragged her back, and blocked Aunt Liu's moves with one hand, and the palm wind carried her internal force to force Aunt Liu back.
Aunt Liu pressed her trembling right arm with her left hand, and her right arm was paralyzed by Ji Si's internal force.
The veil fell off, and Ji Si covered Qin Jun's face with her sleeves, narrowing her eyes slightly: "What do you mean?"
Qin Jun: "..."
Qin Jun sighed, and gently pushed Ji Si's hand away, revealing a face somewhat similar to that of the previous empress, and said: "Back then, there were five maidservants under my mother's hands, Jin Xiu was the head, and Taoli Xingliu was the leader, and Liuli and Yingliu were two of them.Guanshi Liu is about the same age."
Aunt Liu's eyes turned red instantly, and she immediately knelt down to bow to Qin Jun, "Princess, this servant is rude, just because I was worried that someone would pretend to be the name of the villa, so I didn't dare to ask rashly and disturb the nobleman."
Qin Jun helped him up, but Ji Si still had an unfriendly expression on her face, and she curled her lips: "Shengping Bank is willing to lend six hundred taels a year to an old woman who has no children and grandchildren. She used to serve the old master together."
The boy who went to fetch the ledger came back, saw the atmosphere in the hall, put down the ledger and left cleverly.
Aunt Liu handed the account to Qin Jun, and sighed: "I was old enough to leave the palace. When I left the palace, my mother hadn't conceived a princess. Later... After I returned to my hometown in Yangzhou to get married, I married with my husband's family.This bank."
Qin Jun nodded, and after checking the accounts and the IOU, "The silver is too heavy, we didn't bring it with us, you can send someone to pull a cart to Yanyun Villa to get it."
Aunt Liu: "This money is nothing! It doesn't matter if you don't pay it back!"
Qin Jun smiled and shook her head, "I'm here to settle accounts."
Aunt Liu suddenly interrupted Qin Jun, "Princess hasn't eaten yet, so I'll go ask someone to set lunch! Your Majesty loved my cooking the most that yearβ"
"Mother!" A small figure rushed over, hugged Aunt Liu's waist, Nuo Nuo coquettishly, combing a bun, "Mother, the nurse who taught me scolded me again."
It was a girl, Aunt Liu's brows softened, she straightened the child's temple hair, pushed her face to Qin Jun, patted the child's buttocks, and said, "Kowtow to the nobleman!"
"No need to kneel. I ate at the inn before I came here," Qin Jun pondered for a moment, and said seriously, "My identity should be kept secret."
Aunt Liu was puzzled and said loudly, "Why?"
Ji Si said: "It's business, and I have some things to ask you."
Aunt Liu motioned for the boy to go out, and the girl hid behind her mother and peeked at the two of them by holding her thigh.
so cute!Qin Jun pursed her lips and looked at the girl, thinking that she really wanted to pinch her round face.
"Be good, baby, go out first and find the second brother!" Aunt Liu shouted, "Come here."
The servant came in and took the girl away, while the girl hugged the servant's neck and kept looking at Qin Jun and Ji Si.
Ji Si pursed her lips, and stared at the girl lightly with her phoenix eyes.
"Ah!" The child suddenly covered his eyes, turned and avoided.
Qin Jun: "..."
"Don't bully her." Qin Jun smiled.
Ji Si's eyes were slightly bent, "Look at the pink and jade carvings, which are somewhat similar to the princess."
Qin Jun: "..."
Aunt Liu: "..."
After lunch, Qin Jun explained his purpose of coming to Yangzhou in a few words.
Aunt Liu was shocked: "...the princess wants to do business?!"
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are inferior. The dignified princess does not enjoy the blessings in the golden and jade palace in Shangjingcheng. What business does she come to Yangzhou City for?
"Yes..." Aunt Liu asked in a low voice, "Not enough money?"
Qin Jun: "..."
In the past, Aunt Liu worked under the Queen's hand. She must never have imagined that Qin Jun would be in such a situation, borrowing money from servants, and asking the servants how to do business.
Qin Jun blushed slightly: "..."
"Talking about you, don't ask too much." Ji Si said.
Aunt Liu looked at Ji Si suspiciously. She was in charge of the bank, and she was also a fine person. She usually dealt with money with a sharp eye and a sharp tongue. Now, she didn't care too much about Ji Si for Qin Jun's sake, and said, "It's not easy to make money and food.", Miss, have you visited Yangzhou? What are your plans?"
Qin Jun pondered, and said: "It seems that there is nothing missing along the way. The goods are cheap and cheap, and I can't think of any novelties."
Aunt Liu nodded: "Yangzhou is not short of many goods that Capital does not have. Although it is not as exquisite as Yugong, Yangzhou is not under the feet of the emperor, and the regulations used are not as restrictive as Capital. Business is easier to do than in Capital."
Therefore, there are many wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, and they usually wear gold and silver, while Capital civilians and official merchants have regulations on various expenses. If you wear too much gold, silver and jewelry, it is against the rules, so many wealthy people do not like to settle in Capital.The prosperity of Capital is only because the emperor's feet are safe and sound.
Qin Jun pondered: "How is the sale of goods outside the customs here?"
"Miss is talking about fur goods. Some of them are worth a fortune. There is no shortage of rich people in Yangzhou. Naturally, they are in great demand in Yangzhou. However, fur goods have to be transported thousands of miles away from the Great Wall or the Eternal Border. Robbers on the road will not be afraid of them."Having said that, it's not easy to get through with the government, does Miss have connections?" Aunt Liu asked.
Qin Jun smiled and didn't deny it, but his document was only valid for one year, and he could only leave the customs twice.I don't know if it will be convenient to do it later.
Aunt Liu of Qin Jun chatted for a long time, talked about the value of fox fur goods, and said that if the goods from outside the customs want to enter Yangzhou, what channel should be used, those joints should be cleared with money, what government to go to do what documents.It is the most cost-effective to sell the goods from the Central Plains outside the customs, and where to receive the goods.
Receiving goods is also particular. Sellers are not fools. When they see that the accent of the visitor is not local, they will lead a village or even hundreds of households, headed by the village head, to unite to suppress the merchants who receive the goods at high prices.
Goods received at a high price will naturally be sold at a high price, but if you meet your peers and the two parties bid, if your price cannot be lowered, you will easily suffer a loss, and if your price is lowered, you will lose money.
Qin Jun was dumbfounded when he heard this, he had only heard about profiteers, not traitors.
After talking about the most important thing, Qin Jun just asked about the villa.
"There are thousands of hectares of empty land in the villa, and I want to cut down some trees and grow some food for food."
Aunt Liu nodded and said, "It takes a hundred years for a tree to grow, and people don't know if they can live until then. Let's cut down the land first. The timber can be transported to build the state and ship, which is also a big income..β
Qin Jun immediately shook her head again, and said, "If you cut too much, you won't be able to hold the water and soil. The land on the mountain is not suitable for a large amount of farming, so you can open a few hundred acres and plant it for your own farm."
Aunt Liu thought about it and asked, "How many people are there in Yanyun Villa now?"
Ji Si: "One hundred and fifty people, in addition to their own use, must also be able to save a million catties of grain and rice every year to deal with disaster years."
Aunt Liu: "That's the reason. The big households in Jiangnan love to store rice. It's because of the drought and floods decades ago. They don't panic when they have surplus grain. But it's past the spring plowing. If we plant millet at this time, I'm afraid we'll get a good harvest."not good."
Qin Jun didn't understand farming either, and the sixth princess didn't have any knowledge about farming in her memory, so she hesitated: "...that."
Ji Si poured another cup of tea for Qin Jun, and said, "How many crops of rice are planted in Jiangnan?"
Aunt Liu: "The water is abundant and the soil is fertile. Even in winter, the river does not freeze. Jiangnan has always planted three crops of rice."
Qin Jun nodded: "Don't worry, this season's rice is not counted as a harvest, it will be used as fertile soil, but there is no grain in the village, and the cultivated land needs..."
Aunt Liu immediately waved her hand, "I know, it's easy to drag two carts of grain seeds to the villa in the future!"
Ji Si smiled and didn't speak.
Qin Jun: "The crops are alright, but what I need now is farm tools for farming. Salt and iron are not bought and sold by ordinary people. I want to ask Aunt Liu that spring plowing is over in Jiangnan, so I can borrow some farm tools.Go back and dig the soil."
Aunt Liu suddenly laughed out loud, "Miss is thoughtful, I will handle all the grain seeds and farm tools!"
Qin Jun was immediately relieved, and beckoned to Ji Si, took out a tea cake, and presented it to Aunt Liu as a favor.
Aunt Liu had mixed feelings, and sighed, "Miss, this is the birth of a slave."
Qin Jun said: "You are released from the palace at the end of the day, how can you and your mother be so clear about master and servant? Mother and Aunt Liu are sisters, and this tea cake was originally prepared for the steward of Shengping Villa.Aunt Liu doesn't have to be disappointed, Aunt Xiu is also at Zhuangzi, so I can come to catch up on the old days someday."
Aunt Liu's complexion improved now, she took the teacup and sniffed it through the tea bag, "Beautiful! This is for the imperial use this year!"
"Last year," Qin Jun said with a smile, "when I left Beijing, Spring Tea hadn't arrived in Beijing yet."
Aunt Liu was overjoyed, she knew that one cake of imperial tea cost dozens or even hundreds of taels, and the supply of the tea was in short supply among the people.
Waiting for something, chatting for two hours, Qin Jun spoke dryly, memorizing it in his heart while talking, and finally made an appointment with him to pick up the silver, and got up with Ji Si to leave.
Aunt Liu sent Qin Jun to the door and said, "Miss, I will send a car to see you off."
Qin Jun waved her hand: "I haven't walked around enough yet, I'll go around again."
Aunt Liu held up her skirt and was about to follow: "I know Yangzhou well, let me lead the way!"
"No need!" Qin Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but felt that Aunt Liu was too enthusiastic, "Come back quickly, isn't the child still waiting?"
After several evasions, Qin Jun and Ji Si were able to escape.
On the way, Qin Jun complained: "Have you seen that, Mrs. Liu is using an abacus with gold beads."
Ji Si smiled and nodded, "I see."
Qin Jun murmured: "If it wasn't me who came today, the abacus would have already been dialed, and I forgot about the interest rate!"
Ji Si smiled deeper, and asked Qin Jun, "Why don't you ask about the salt?"
"Don't dare to ask," Qin Jun thought, "She has been away from my mother for more than ten years, and her family has a big business, so why bother to get into this muddy water."
"Ready to sell salt?" Ji Si asked suddenly.
Qin Jun was startled, then slightly surprised: "Okay! Let's talk about Miss Ben's words!"
Ji Si asked, "Can we do it?"
Qin Jun: "Don't rush, the horoscope hasn't been written yet."
Ji Si said: "I made money. Make a pure gold calculation for Xiaotao."
Qin Jun immediately had a picture in his mind, Xiao Taozi was holding a golden abacus, and was bossing around, and would definitely sleep with the abacus on his pillow at night, "Hahahaha!"
Qin Jun couldn't help laughing: "Does the golden abacus hurt your hands?"
"Is there a bookstore nearby? Go and have a look, buy a few books, and then go back after inquiring about something." Qin Jun said.
Leaving the bank, he walked around and asked questions. The small bookstore, Qin Jun, didn't think about it. He asked a few shopkeepers, and after walking for a quarter of an hour, he saw a large four-storey bookstore with the word "Bo" written on the door.
Qin Jun walked in with her skirt in her hand. Seeing that there was no one in the bookstore, she stepped on her feet to wake up the shopkeeper who was dozing off behind the counter.
"How many books do you have?" Ji Si asked.
The shopkeeper had a blessed face, kind eyebrows and good intentions, and said: "My ancestors are from a family that the Emperor Taizeng bestowed the iron scrolls of alchemy books in the past. I don't have the book you want in Yangzhou City, so you don't have to go to the second place to look for it..β
Qin Jun's face brightened, and regardless of the waiter's hospitality, she went directly to the book collection on the second floor to search carefully.
Ji Si signaled the waiter to wait downstairs, and she accompanied Qin Jun. The library on the second floor was closed, and the shopkeeper was not afraid of them running away, so the waiter brought tea and let the two find books by themselves.
"What are you looking for?" Ji Si asked, holding the teacup with her slender fingers, drank half of it by herself, and fed the other half to Qin Jun.
Qin Jun swallowed without thinking, "Heavenly creations."
Ji Si nodded and searched with her for a long time, "No."
Qin Jun frowned, "Maybe this book hasn't been published yet, so look for books on salt and salt making, and see if there are any."
Ji Si nodded, and looked for it together with Qin Jun. Finally, when Qin Jun almost gave up, Ji Si suddenly stretched out her hand and separated her middle and middle fingers.pages of book.
"Look." Ji Si gestured to Qin Jun.
Qin Jun took it, and when she saw the words "Salt Classic", she couldn't wait to open it, and read it together with Ji Si.
The record of the author of the Salt Classic is unknown, but the thesis is as envisioned by Qin Jun. The Qin and Zhou Dynasties have a vast land and abundant resources, and most of the salt that people eat comes from sea salt.Entering the middle soil often leads to high salt prices, which are more than worth the money.
But the world is so big, just like the antidote will be produced within five steps of every hundred poisons in the world, since the deep belly of the Central Plains lacks salt, it should also be the same as the breeding of poisons.
In Qin Jun's memory, besides sea salt, there are pond salt, rock salt, well salt, etc. in the present world, but he just doesn't remember the digging process.There are some sea salt production methods recorded in the book, but they are not detailed enough, and there is no sea in Jiangnan Jiangbei. I am afraid that we need to find a salt-making expert and try rock salt and well salt.
Qin Jun closed the book, ready to go back and study it carefully, after much deliberation, she stuffed the volume of the thin book into Ji Si's arms.
Ji Si smiled and asked, "Want to steal?"
Qin Jun motioned her to whisper, "Salt making is a banned book, don't be found out and hide it quickly, let's pick some more books to cover people's eyes and ears, and give some reward money to quietly take it away."
Ji Si raised her eyebrows, "After searching for so long, I'm afraid the shopkeeper has already become suspicious."
Qin Jun was taken aback, "Then what should I do?"
Ji Si smiled, turned around, pulled out two books with colorful covers from the side, and led Qin Jun downstairs.
Qin Jun: "What did you take?"
"Books that cover people's ears." Ji Si said in a low voice, her warm breath almost blew into Qin Jun's ears, scratching her very itchyly, making Qin Jun clamp her shoulders and ears, and her face became hot.
Ji Si took the book to check out, while Qin Jun was waiting for her with a pen and paper.
Boy: "What do you want, Miss?"
Qin Jun said: "There are some children in my village who want to read and write. They need a carload of paper and half a carload of pens, inks and inkstones, and send them to Yanyun Villa in the upper reaches of the Yanjiang River."
Ji Si settled the bill at the same time. Suddenly, the shopkeeper, looking at Qin Jun with an ambiguous expression, tore apart two rolls of paper, wrapped up the two books that Ji Si had chosen, and handed them to her.
The shopkeeper blinked, and said in a low voice: "Since the story of Princess Six of Capital's affair with a slave has spread, I have long been familiar with such friends with young ladies."
Ji Si smiled, took an extra piece of silver from her sleeve, put her finger on the counter and pushed it to the shopkeeper, "I want to keep it a secret."
Shopkeeper: "Of course!"
Qin Jun: "?"
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