Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 211 Mutual Market Trade
After suffering for so long, Song Qingshu felt that he was really lucky.

Even if it is a high-yield plant, it is too late to plant in June, but these days when the wasteland was planted, the Xinding Basin, which had been dry for a spring, ushered in a rare heavy rain, and it rained for half a month continuously. Opening wasteland in the rain became a test for the beggar army, but even though they were drenched all over, the elderly farmers were still cheerful.

The human spring rain is as expensive as oil, and the seedlings can only grow when there is enough rain when planting!

One month later, the originally barren west foot of Mount Wutai started from the inner side of the first mountain ridge, and several consecutive mountains were already densely packed with greenery. Potato stalks and sweet potato stalks spread out from the ground, and corn stalks also grew old and long. Cut, there are still dense peanut fields, and on the most fertile mountain field, the dense peppers have already spread their branches. After a while, the red peppers all over the mountains and fields will come to the world like a hot Sichuan girl Come on!
Although the Qihuo army is still digging along the mountain, people's hearts have stabilized a lot. I used to watch "Da Ming Jie", where Sun Chuanting said the truth, the world is won by people who win people's hearts!What is human heart?Food is people's hearts!As long as there is food, there is hope!

And not only agriculture, Song Qingshu's begging army developed the three major industries together. After cultivating the mountain fields that can guarantee the basic survival of the entire village, Song Qingshu ordered the women to be called together, and opened a textile factory again, just like when he was in Shaanxi. .

It all shows that China's capitalism sprouted in the middle and late dynasties. In Suzhou, large workshop owners hired weavers to weave silk. However, even Suzhou weavers were mostly men. Women these days still tend to be attached to the home. Husband and child, Song Qingshu gathered so many female workers, if it is recorded in history, it will definitely be recorded in history.

I don't know if the feminism of later generations will also hang Song Qingshu's profile picture.

Just entering the beginning of July, it really made Song Qingshu nervous for a while. From Datong in the north, a frontier army of as many as 5000 people was mobilized and passed through Yanmen Pass. The large team walked for two full days, and Song Qingshu got all the troops. He shrank into the mountains and did not dare to move, but then Qiu Ming sent news that this army was going west to support the bandits in Shaanxi, and to wipe out Shen Yikui's rebels, he was relieved and happy at the same time.

In this way, Shanxi will be even more empty!He is also safer.

On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, on the fifth day after the Datong officers and soldiers left, a grocery store opened in a low-key manner in Dai County.

Covered in red silk, it is all concealed, as if afraid of being recognized by others, and the signboard of Shiji grocery store is also a circle smaller than the normal signboard. Others have gold signboards, and he has a red letter on a black background, which is blurred It was almost impossible to see clearly, and even the door was half closed.

But in such a small grocery store that cannot be smaller, the people gathered together are incredible, the parent official of the Dai County Hu Dadian, the general guarding the Yanmen Pass Qiu Ming, the rich man Shi Tianfu of the original county, and the leader of the begging army Song Qingshu , it turns out that Jiao Dalin, the eunuch in charge of Prince Qin's mansion, and two rather strong and handsome guys who don't look like good people at first sight are spooky, hiding in the room and looking out cautiously, and the last four are fat and thin, Businessmen dressed in dusty clothes.

He seemed to be very familiar with Shi Tianfu, and he sneaked in through the back door so sneakily, and put some gifts on the table. The old man in the lead first hugged Shi Tianfu and smiled: "Congratulations, Boss Shi, for getting out of the shadows, old man!" Let’s just say, Boss Shi is not the kind of person who breaks off easily!”

"Yes, yes!" The other three merchants followed suit and nodded.

However, Shi Tianfu himself was still listless. Although Song Qingshu persuaded him to cheer up a little bit, he also knew in his heart how powerful the Chou family and his mother-in-law were, and there was no hope for revenge, so even if he came out to do business again , he is also quite listless.

"Thank you Boss Cao, all the bosses have a good word, my boss, this is Cao Sanxi from Taigu, Boss Cao, this is Boss Kangsi Dingkang in Pingyang, Boss Ji Tianli Ji, this is Zhang Shiding from the Zhang Family in Puzhou! "

"This is my boss, Song Qingshu, Boss Song!"

The level of Shanxi merchants that Shi Tianfu associates with is not high, so the Zhang family in Puzhou is considered a big family, and they are still called shopkeepers, not bosses. The other three are unknown figures at the time, but even so, the four Seeing that Song Qingshu was still taken aback, the businessman immediately contemptuously appeared.

"Hehe, the Song Dong family is really young and promising! This old man admires it. I don't know where the Song Dong family is from, and what is the connection with the Song family in Shangqiu?"

"Don't dare to be, the boy is born and raised with mud legs, and he can't climb into a famous family!"

As soon as these words came out, the four merchants despised them even more, but at this moment, Qiu Ming, who was behind, saw that the merchants dared to yell in front of him, and immediately coughed in dissatisfaction.

Seeing that he was dressed in an ordinary military household, Cao San turned his head displeased and asked, "Song Dong's family, who is this?"

"Oh, this is the general guarding Yanmen Pass, General Qiu Mingqiu!"

Song Qingshu casually waved his hand to introduce, seeing Qiu Ming nodding arrogantly, Cao Sanxi and the four businessmen almost cried.

The seven major basins in Shanxi occupy the essence of the entire Shanxi. If you want to leave Shanxi, this Yanmen Pass can be regarded as the first Hades Pass.In the past, it was hard to spend money to take care of General Chen, but now there is a replacement from above, they haven't found an entry point to take care of Qiu Ming, this one is good, they came to show their face to others!

"Hey, I don't know Taishan with my eyes. I met General Qiu and met for the first time. This is just a little meaning of the old man, and it is not a respect!"

As he said that, Cao Sanxi quickly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over. Looking at the 500 tael size of a certain bank on it, Song Qingshu couldn't help being confused for a while.

Isn't this ticket number unique to the Qing Dynasty?How come there are bank notes at this time?

"This time, Song Dong's family is sitting in the manor, and they are here to discuss business. Keep your money!"

Song Qingshu is here, his precious son, as well as his wealth and life are in his hands, how dare Qiu Ming accept it?Pushing it back directly made Cao Sanxi break out in cold sweat again. I really don't know why this Song Mou came from, and even the dignified general gave him face like this.

"And this one is our parent's officer, acting county magistrate Mr. Hu!" Song Qingshu stretched out his hand to introduce again, seeing Hu Dadian with an unnatural expression on board the thief boat, the four Shanxi merchants didn't know why, but felt uncomfortable Strange.

Wiping the cold sweat off his brow, Cao Sanxi bowed his fist to Song Qingshu respectfully, and said with a cautious smile: "Song Dong's family, you are looking for the younger four, what kind of business do you want to talk about?"

"In this Shanxi, is there anything better to talk about than business outside the mouth?" Song Qingshu nodded with a light smile, and the four businessmen who heard it were sad again, it's bitter!

Now that Song Qingshu is holding Yanmen Pass, it seems that he is going to sit on the ground and pick his skin. Zhang Shiding is not bad. Zhang Siwei, a former college student, came from his family and has many connections in the court. People are different, Yanmen Pass is the throat of their trade routes, and they are just start-up merchants who can't resist choking their throats.

Seeing that the four of them stopped talking, Song Qingshu himself was still at a loss, what's wrong?Look down on Lao Tzu and don't want to do business with me?Feeling depressed, Song Qingshu helplessly poked Shi Tianfu.

With a bitter face, Shi Tianfu opened his mouth to straighten out as if he couldn't afford to live.

"In the early years, Boss Cao ran to Liaodong. He opened a tofu shop in the three towers, and he also raised pigs to make wine. He was quite well-connected in the grassland. The other family is big, but they can get extra private salt, while shopkeeper Zhang is mainly in charge of iron, and iron pots are something that is in short supply."

"My boss produces soap, homemade cloth, and ready-made clothes. My boss hopes that the five of us will unite. The boss will give out 2 taels of silver, and the four of us will give 2 taels of silver. We will jointly handle the goods and sell them to Guihua City through Baiyangkou. The returned sheep, horses, mules, donkeys, furs and other goods will be distributed by shopkeeper Zhang to the mainland, and the profits will be shared by the five of us according to the investment!"

In order to show his sincerity, Shi Tianfu turned around and lifted the box behind him. Several businessmen immediately gasped. The 1 taels of silver were neatly stacked in the box. Song Qingshu ran and robbed a house in succession. A county across Shanshan and Shanxi, although he has spent a lot recently, he still has savings of 6 to [-] taels of silver, especially since he has human resources under his hands, and the output of goods is constantly flowing.

He opened the other two boxes. Even the sophisticated Cao Sanxi couldn't sit still. He reached into the box and took out a piece of yellow solid. The Grassland batch, Tumed, Chahar, and Ujimqin nobles are very fond of it, but just that batch will be out of stock soon, I didn’t expect Boss Song to have it!”

"But it's not easy to go to Baiyangkou!" Kang Siding behind him, the guy in his forties with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, shook his head solemnly.

"The Mongolian side has not been peaceful recently. The Khan of the Chahar tribe was beaten away by the Donglu. In the winter of last year, the Donglu broke in from the Xifeng Pass. Many Mongolian cavalry followed. Now Datong is very strict. , it’s better to go and kill Hukou Mutual Market to be safer!”

"Song Dong's family is joking, the little one has something to do with killing the tiger, but it costs money, how about the distribution of benefits?"

Kang Siding was negotiating the price, but Shi Tianfu was most proud of this matter, he turned around with a smile on his face, and Shi Tianfu bowed respectfully to the two sneaky looking soldiers.

"These two are Lord Jiang, Lord Lu, and the Yebushu team leader from Baiyangkou!"

Looking at the two unremarkable, even a little wretched guys, the four businessmen gasped again...

(End of this chapter)