Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 672 Nautical Business
Now Du Jinning is not short of money. The flower shop business that Zhuang Yue described just now is so prosperous, and there are many people who make money. What's more, the daily turnover of the newly opened bookstore may catch up with that of flowers due to the appearance of "Chang Tian Ji". shop.After those people bought "Chang Tian Ji", they would also buy a lot of books in the store.Following the ideas given by Du Jinning, Zhuang Yue trained many down-and-out scholars to write story books.With a monthly salary and guidance, the books written by those scholars are very popular among readers.

They were originally just a few small bookstores, not half the size of other bookstores, but their ability to make money every day was very scary.

Not to mention the benefits of tea, as well as the garden and furniture business that he cooperated with the Liang family.

So Du Jinning should have a lot of spare money on hand.

He didn't buy more mountain tea gardens when he had spare money, but asked him to buy them. Why didn't he feel panic?

He wasn't worried that Du Jinning would harm him, but he was worried that Du Jinning would not do the profitable business, but gave it to himself to make up for the loss of the Champa rice seeds - but the Champa rice was actually Du Jinning himself If she brought it up, even if she didn't say it, it's impossible for him to blame her.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaobei felt very uneasy, and couldn't help asking: "Why did Jinning give up his own business to me? Although my wealth is not as good as those wealthy businessmen, I still have a lot of money and a lot of money. If Jin Ning takes care of me again, won't he treat me as an outsider? How can I feel safe?"

Zhuang Yue could also feel Lu Xiaobei's panic.

He looked around and saw the servants of the Lu family waiting not far away. Although they might not be able to hear their conversation, it would not hurt to be cautious.

Lu Xiaobei is a clever man, seeing Zhuang Yue's expression, he knew that there were some words that were inconvenient for others to know.

He stood up and said: "The early spring is coming, some flowers are blooming in my garden, and the scenery is not bad, why don't we go outside for a walk?"

Zhuang Yue understood and followed him out the door.

Lu Xiaobei didn't want anyone to follow, and brought Zhuang Yue to the pavilion in the middle of the pond.It is surrounded by water on all sides, and only one side is connected by a crooked wooden bridge.Talk here without anyone overhearing.

Zhuang Yue then said: "The young master said that the emperor intends to go on a long sea voyage. When he finds a new country, he will definitely conduct a lot of trade; and the trade between Silla and Dashi will also strengthen. Our most famous Song Dynasty In addition to porcelain and silk, tea is the only thing. Now the planting area of ​​tea can barely meet the domestic demand, and trade with Xixia and other countries; it will be difficult to meet the navigation trade in a short time."

"And you also know that it will take three years for tea to be harvested in large quantities. When everyone knows the news of the voyage and a large amount of tea is needed to go to sea for trade, it will be too late to plant. The young master said that this is called time lag. Who is qualified to participate in the voyage Yes, we have little power and cannot compete with others, so we can only make time difference. At that time, those aristocratic families who want to start the tea business but have no tea to sell, we will have a chance. Once we participate in the sailing business for the first time, the second The second time you have the qualifications to compete with others. One step ahead, one step at a time, this is called seizing business opportunities."

When Lu Xiaobei heard this, his blood boiled all over.

After traveling around for several years, he also knows that the most profitable is not at home, but abroad.Therefore, despite knowing that the frontier is not peaceful, there are still many traveling merchants who transport tea and other commodities to the nomadic peoples in the southwest and northwest in order to seek huge profits.This is how wealth and wealth are sought in insurance.

For the nomadic peoples in the southwest and northwest, because they were often restless, the Song Dynasty set up a tea-horse exchange market in the frontier, and also set up a special agency such as the "Tea Supervision Department for Prosecution" to manage the tea-horse trade.Due to many restrictions and heavy taxes, profits are not particularly high.

But if you open up overseas markets, it will be different.Because those countries do not border on the territory of Da Song, Da Song will only trade with them without suppressing them. Although they have to take some risks of maritime shipping, the profits are huge.

Lu Xiaobei's net worth is not even considered a rich businessman in the capital, at most he can be regarded as a wealthy family with a little money.But if he can participate in overseas trade, he will become a wealthy businessman in no time.

Why doesn't this make Lu Xiaobei's heart skip a beat?

"Then you also want to buy mountain land?" He asked.

Zhuang Yue nodded: "Yes. However, this matter has to be done secretly. It's a little late to plant tea trees this year, so you don't have to worry. You will buy the mountain land in several batches this year and plant it in winter, so that you won't have to worry about it. So compelling."

Worrying about Lu Xiaobei's misunderstanding, he said again: "Young master guessed this matter from the policy questions given by the emperor in the palace examination. Later, when the champion was awarded too much attention, and the incident of Shen Langzhong happened, the young master decided This matter has been put aside for the time being. Now that he has entered the Hanlin Academy, he asked me to mention it to you. But you still have to be careful, so as not to cause trouble. After all, you and the young master are relatives, maybe someone will follow you. In your case If you do some tricks when buying and selling land, you will suffer a loss and have no place to reason."

"I see." Lu Xiaobei nodded, "If it's inconvenient for you, I can come forward and buy it. When the rumors calm down, I will transfer the ownership to Jinning or my mother-in-law."

Zhuang Yue thought for a while and said, "That's fine."

There are many smart people in the court. If Du Jinning can guess that the emperor is going to open up overseas markets, everyone else will also be able to guess. When the time comes, everyone will rob the mountain land, and the land price will be high.

Rather than waiting for a while, it is better to act first.

In fact, some time ago, Du Jinning asked Zhuang Yue to buy a field.But at that time, there was not much spare money, and it was not much to replace it with fields.During this period of time, I have made so much money, it is neither safe nor cost-effective to leave it idle.Therefore, we must buy some more land, and buy as much as we can.

"Then you look at it first, and send someone to tell me which piece of land you like, and I will eat it directly." Lu Xiaobei said.

"The land near the capital is expensive, and there are many wealthy families. Someone sold the land and was bought immediately. It's better to go to Huizhou to buy it. The eldest son-in-law will soon be the county magistrate there, and the young master asked me to go to Huizhou to buy some. Shandi, do you want to come together?"

"Okay, okay, let's go together." Lu Xiaobei's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed.

The two made an appointment, and Zhuang Yue left.

There is a one-month deadline for Xu Chengyuan to take office.Huizhou is not far from the capital, and Xu Chengyuan will have time to leave after half a month.

Therefore, Zhuang Yue and Lu Xiaobei planned to make a time difference and buy land before Xu Chengyuan took office, so as not to be criticized in the future, saying that Du Jinning and Lu Xiaobei relied on being Xu Chengyuan's relatives to rob others by force. sell land.With the time and witnesses registered in the yamen when buying the land, and the time when Xu Chengyuan took office, even if these people wanted to make a fuss about it, there was nothing they could do.

Of course, in order to avoid this, Zhuang Yue didn't plan to buy all of them in the county where Xu Chengyuan was located, but to see where there was a suitable mountain to buy them.Du Jinning was editing in the Hanlin Academy, no matter where the county magistrate or prefect had to give some face.As long as the aristocratic family is not given the opportunity to criticize Du Jinning, it doesn't matter where they buy the land.

Here Zhuang Yue planned to go to Huizhou to buy land according to Du Jinning's instructions, but Du Jinning was busy with another matter, which was the whereabouts of the children raised by Qin Laoliu's men.

(End of this chapter)