Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 32 0031 [There is a smell on the body]

"Master, Zhu's father and son asked to see him, and brought money to buy the land."

"Ask them to go to the side hall."

"Yes."

The main hall is for receiving distinguished guests, and the father and son are not qualified enough to be able to enter the side hall.

Zhu Ming walked along with his servants, observed the buildings and decorations along the way, and quickly said in a low voice in Mandarin: "The wealthy landowners in the Song Dynasty seem to be shabby, and they occupy a large area from the outside, but it is very simple to enter. The house in the TV series is not as good as it.”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Maybe it's too poor here to afford good repairs."

Both father and son carried a basket with iron money in it, which together weighed more than 70 catties.

Ten acres of mountain land, depending on the situation and the distance from the stream, the price ranges from 800 to 1300 wen per mu.Ten acres of mountain forests are all counted as 200 Wen per mu.Total price: 12 Wen for 600 pieces.

"The two of you, please."

"Thank you for leading the way."

The old white man had already sat down in the side hall, and because his legs and feet were inconvenient, he was carried by the servant.

On such an occasion, as a son, Zhu Ming could not talk too much, and Zhu Guoxiang had to be in charge of negotiating the whole process, so as to be more convincing and credible.

Zhu Guoxiang cupped his hands and bowed: "My humble Zhu Guoxiang, I have met the old man. Thanks to the old man's kindness, I sold [-] acres of mountain firewood forest, and I will send the land purchase money today."

"I can't move this leg, it's really rude," the old white member said as he sat and cupped his hands, "Please sit down quickly, both of you, just put down the money."

The father and son raised their hands in thanks, and then put down the basket.

"Look at the tea!"

The old white man called the servants outside, and without counting the money, he just carried it away.

The tea is loose tea, which is convenient, and the lump tea has to be ground slowly.

Of course, in order to show the way of hospitality, this loose tea is not inferior, at least it is better than what the villagers drink.

Ju Ming took a sip, it was still bitter, but the astringency was lighter.

He suddenly discovered a new fried tea market, which is "tea for hospitality".There are always some guests who come and go in a hurry and can't wait to order tea slowly, so they have to brew directly with loose tea, and the taste of fried loose tea is far better than steamed loose tea.

Zhu Guoxiang and the old white member were watching each other while talking and chatting.

They can vaguely smell each other's scent!
In Zhu Guoxiang's eyes, the old white member gave him the feeling that he is the kind of old fritters with real power in the department.He has met many people like this, but they have no close acquaintances.

In the eyes of the old white members, Zhu Guoxiang's manner of speaking is a bit like a magistrate he once served.

The county magistrate, who was born as a Jinshi, likes to do things by himself, and treats his subordinates politely.However, it took two full years to tidy up the officials of the county government. The old white man was forced to resign and return to the countryside. If he didn't leave, he should go to jail.

Can you detect these in a short time?
It may sound mysterious, but it is actually very simple.There are so many people or things that have been through, unless the other party is deliberately pretending, you can tell the clues at a glance, mainly by observing expressions, eyes, tone of voice and body movements.

Of course, many people have spent their entire lives without knowing how to observe words and emotions.

Zhu Guoxiang didn't know it when he was young, he just knew how to work hard.Later, I suffered too much. In order to grab the project, I was forced to live a life that I hated.

The old white member asked tentatively: "I heard that Mr. Zhu has gone to sea and led a fleet to fight against pirates?"

His son has already blown his mind, Zhu Guoxiang can only wipe his ass: "Old things, don't need to mention it again. A total of eight seagoing ships were hit by a hurricane and all sank to the bottom of the sea. Hundreds of crew members died in the belly of the fish. I I managed to escape by holding a mast. Alas, even the ship and its cargo, 10,000+ guns, were all in vain, and it turned into what it is today.”

10,000+pass...

The old Bai Yuanwai couldn't help being speechless, his family's savings of several generations, including the house, land and shop, barely had a family fortune of ten thousand.

No wonder this person has a calm demeanor and an extraordinary bearing, and he is actually a bankrupt big merchant.I can understand the official air on him. It can't be said to be official air, but the air of power and position. After all, he once managed hundreds of crew members, and even fought with pirates with real swords and guns.

The old white member didn't believe it completely, and continued to ask: "I know there are maritime merchants in Hangzhou, and your honor is also going to sea in Hangzhou?"

The father and son had a serious discussion about this matter last night, and the farther the sea location was, the better.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I am originally from Liuzhou. Since my great-grandfather's generation, I have been doing business in Guangzhou. Two or three generations have gradually accumulated some family wealth. At first, I went to and from the Jiaozhi trade. The Jiaozhi bandits plundered Guangnan, and my family's seagoing ships were also robbed twice. Later, they simply went to Southeast Asia and sailed to Borneo and Java. These two places are rich in spices, and once they are shipped back to Guangzhou, they will definitely make ten times the profit.”

"Ten times the profit?" The old white man couldn't imagine it.

The ethnic minorities on the other side of Hehuang like to drink the famous camellia in Yazhou.But transporting it all the way from Sichuan is only three or four times the profit. How can there be a business with ten times the profit in the world?

Zhu Guoxiang shook his head and smiled wryly: "Although there are huge profits, they are earned by sacrificing their lives. The old man lives in the interior, so he may not know the power of the sea. If there is a storm, the waves will rise several feet high, and it can smash the big ship on the spot. People and goods are all gone. There are many hurricanes in summer, do veterans know what hurricanes are?"

"I've heard of it a little bit." The old white member had never heard of it.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The hurricane blows from the sea and blows all the way to the land. The coastal residents all say that the hurricane is the anger of the Dragon King. Once the hurricane blows, accompanied by heavy rain, it can uproot the trees that surround each other."

The old white member said, "It's hard to imagine."

Zhu Guoxiang said with emotion: "In this maritime business, there are many people who get rich overnight and many who lose their homes overnight. Our Zhu family was ruined because of a hurricane. The elders in the family warned that the children and grandchildren can do anything in the future, but they are not allowed to do anything." Then go to sea and fight for your life."

The old white member asked again: "Are those overseas stories that Zhu Dalang told are true?"

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "Half-truth and half-false. It is true when you meet a savage, but it is fake when you meet the daughter country. Where in the world is the daughter country?"

The old white member continued to ask: "I heard that sailing out to sea can reach Tianzhu and Persia?"

Zhu Guoxiang suddenly stood up with his teacup in hand, dragged his chair and walked outside to the old white man.

He dipped his fingers in tea, drew a few curved lines on the wooden board of the chair, and said, "Old man, let's see, this is Guangzhou, and sailing southwest is Cochin. After crossing this strait, you can go west to reach Tianzhu. As for Persia, That’s farther away. I also wanted to go to Tianzhu for trade, but there are a lot of pirates entrenched near the strait. If you have many ships and powerful ships, you have to pay for the way. If you have few ships and weak ships, the pirates will kill and steal.”

The old white man was surprised, not by the pirates, but by Zhu Guoxiang's ability to draw charts at will.

I just don't know if this chart is true.

Talking to this point, the old white members already believed that Zhu Guoxiang had indeed been a maritime merchant before.He pretended to be calm, nodded and said, "It's the same as the water bandits on the Han River."

But Zhu Guoxiang shook his head: "When you meet water bandits in the Han River, you can dive into the water and swim to the shore. When you meet pirates in the sea, you can't escape. If you jump into the sea, you are close to death. You can only take up a knife and gun and fight the pirates for your life."

The old white man began to imagine that scene, and suddenly felt that it was extremely terrifying. Even if the benefits were a hundredfold, he would not take the risk.

Zhu Ming suddenly interjected: "As far as the veterans are concerned, there is a rascal in Baishitou. His name is Bai Sheng, and his nickname is Bai Erhu."

"I've heard it a little bit," said the old white member.

Zhu Ming sneered disdainfully: "We, father and son, picked up a horse downstream. The white two tigers saw the money and came to rob it at night. But what kind of person is my father? My father sailed on the sea and encountered pirates no less than five times. The pirates he killed with his own hands numbered at least 20 people, and a few country thugs were not enough to see, and they were all subdued in three or two strokes."

The old white member shrank his pupils and looked at Zhu Guoxiang again, but Zhu Guoxiang just smiled, which made him feel even more unpredictable.

These two foreigners have their lives on their hands!
Zhu Guoxiang said at the right time: "Don't worry about veterans. Fighting with pirates is a desperate attempt to survive. Once we land on shore, we are all good people, and we will not easily use knives or guns."

I believe you ghost!
The old white member regretted selling the land, and the squire was afraid of such desperadoes, so he smiled immediately: "You little bandit, you really deserve to be killed."

This set of rhetoric has been discussed repeatedly by the father and son.

Because Zhang Guangdao once said that no matter whether it is an old white member or a young white member, neither is a good person, it is nothing more than which one is more shameful.

Once sweet potatoes and corn show amazing yields, the value of those useless slopes in the mountains will increase rapidly.

At that time, the Bai family will inevitably have the desire to annex and hold more barren mountainous land in their hands.

You have to pull a tiger skin and pretend to be a desperado, so that the old white people will be afraid.

Of course, this is just one way.

At the same time, more villagers should be allowed to grow corn and sweet potatoes to enhance the prestige of the father and son in the countryside.

This prestige may also make the old white members fearful.

In addition, it is to make good friends with Li Hanzhang and Zheng Hong, and use all means to make connections.

Blindly demonstrating will not last long, and some softness must be brought, and the right way is to give both kindness and strength.

So Zhu Guoxiang said again: "Others may not believe it, but I have a method to increase rice production and reduce the labor required for planting rotation."

"Really?" The old white member was dubious.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "If the old man dares to take the risk, he can pick out a paddy field and let me direct the tenants to cultivate it. I don't take a grain of rice for the increased harvest, and I don't want a penny. I only want to repay the kindness of the old man. "

The old white member thought carefully and thought he could try it.

Pick a small field to do the experiment, even if the pellets are not collected, it will not lose a lot of money.

"Then choose a paddy field." The old white member said.

Zhu Guoxiang still had a smile on his face, but he smiled even more happily in his heart. Isn't there a free experimental field?
Seeing that the Bai family has made a profit, the villagers will definitely follow suit next year.

When the whole village has adopted Zhu Guoxiang's farming method, he, Dean Zhu, is a farming expert trusted by everyone, and he can say nothing about farming.

If it is extended to other villages, it may even alarm the county magistrate!
At that time, even if there is no Ganoderma lucidum that is as big as a millstone, the father and son will be able to gain a firm foothold in Xixiang County.

There will be many big landlords one after another, sincerely invite him to guide the cultivation, and take the opportunity to establish contacts with the powerful gentry in the county.

(End of this chapter)