Regarding the matter of going out to collect money, Xia Jing felt that it was better to wait and see the situation after the shop opened the day after tomorrow.

Tong Song's servant sent the guests away, and when he came back, he said with a painful expression on his face: "Master, was this Qianwang Mansion born by bandits? If we meet them, we will lose our money, a thousand cattle, a thousand mules and horses." , They are robbery!"

Tong Song put down the teacup, "I don't know if their ancestors were bandits, but the person who rebelled and established the Dayu Dynasty back then, how much kindness and cruelty do you think is in his blood?"

Boy: "...It's not a good stubble anyway!"

Tong Song felt that he didn't read the Huang Li when he went out today, and when he met Princess Qian, he could only be beaten by her willingly.

He still didn't dare to refuse, how aggrieved!
The root of Tong's family is in Lingnan, if he fights against Qian Wangfu, in the end no matter who wins or loses, it will be the result of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.

Looking at the sun outside, Tong Song secretly sighed in his heart, since he can't resist, then lie flat and enjoy the process of being treated with respect by King Qian.

He has also passed the age of impulsiveness, passion, and recklessness, otherwise the elders in the family would not have entrusted him with part of the family business.

Mr. Zhang returned to the government office and separated from Xia Jing, then hurried to King Qian's study.

"My lord, my minister is back."

"You're so happy that you don't want to leave, you're still willing to come back!" Saying that, King Qian threw an account book into his arms.

"Oh, my lord, I rushed all the way back, I'm sweating all over my body, can't you let me rest for a while?"

Like a hot potato, Mr. Zhang threw the account book into the arms of Mr. Yan who was beside him.

Mr. Yan: "."

Bullying honest people, right?
He put the ledger on the table, "Why did you throw it to me? You have always been in charge of the logistics."

Mr. Zhang fanned the wind and wiped the sweat off his face, "I know I'm responsible, let me rest for a while, and you can help Niannian."

Mr. Yan glanced at King Qian, seeing that he hadn't said a word, he had no choice but to pick up the ledger again and turn to the back.

"When I first arrived in Lingnan this month, I received a total of 33 taels of tax. Expenditure: The prince rewarded several lords with 5 taels each, a total of 2000 taels. The guard camp bought 500 taels of summer clothing and 1 taels of food this month. There are 4000 new recruits, 5000 taels of clothing, taels of food this month, and the salaries of officials in the entire yamen for this month."

Mr. Zhang plucked his ears, "Don't read the details, just say the total."

Mr. Yan shook the account book in his hand, "These I read just now are also the total. In the end, the income is 33 taels, and the expenditure is 350 taels."

Mr. Zhang looked at King Qian: "My lord, there is still a balance, don't worry."

Mr. Yan sighed, "This month, there is a balance due to a large amount of income. In the next month, the government has no income. How long do you think this money can last?"

King Qian rubbed his forehead, endured his headache and said: "Nowadays a lot of soldiers and horses have been recruited, the barracks have to be built, the weapons and horses have to be prepared, and this sum of money needs money. How long do you think this money will last?" Expenses?"

There was a moment of silence in the study.

None of them knew how to make a living, and even if they knew, they couldn't afford such a large amount of expenses in a short period of time.

After a long time, King Qian remembered and asked, "Where did you go with the princess today?"

Mr. Zhang explained the matter of leaving the mansion in detail. At the end, "My lord, if my concubine knows how to run a business, would you like to call her over to ask for her opinion?"

"This king has lived with her for more than ten years, and how much she weighs is better than yours!" King Qian snorted coldly.

Mr. Zhang touched his nose: "."

The next day, at the gate of Nancheng, a neatly lined convoy lined up to enter the city. When it was their turn, the leader took out a token. The city guards took a look and hurriedly let them pass.

The people waiting in line to enter the city were full of curiosity about the body of this group of people, and what was in the carriage?
The leader of the team was Fang Ji. He and Hong Fuzhong were appointed by Xia Jing to be in charge of the construction of the salt fields in Linhai Town.

This time Hong Fuzhong stayed in Linhai Town, and he led a team to send the first batch of dried salt to Fucheng as agreed.

This time, due to the short time, six carriages of salt were produced. The shops in the alleys can get one cart of sea salt, and the shops on the other two streets can get two carts of salt.

The quantity is not too much, but it should be enough to sell in the shop for the time being. If not, they accept payment in advance.

"Captain Fang, you are finally here. You have worked hard all the way. Go to the backyard with your brothers to rest for a while. Let me unload the car here."

When Ding Daqiang saw the carriage parked in front of the store, he ran out with an excited expression, patting his thigh.

Make him wait!
Fang Ji asked the brothers who escorted the car together to rest in the backyard.

He politely refused and said: "Shopkeeper Ding, you are busy. The brothers are going to rest in the backyard. Please take care of me. I will go to pay my respects to the princess first, and report to her about the matter at Yantian."

Ding Daqiang smiled: "Okay, you go, see the master and say hello to me."

Xia Jing was calculating the budget for next month, and when she heard that Fang Ji was back, "Oh, invite him in."

Fang Ji followed Hongmei into the small courtyard, saw the shabbyness of the small courtyard, he felt sorry for his master, the dignified first-rank princess actually lived in such a shabby place.

Xia Jing arranged her study in a side room, and Fang Ji, who was tall and tall, had to bow his head when he stepped into the threshold.

"I've been waiting for you for so long. Come and sit down, and Baimei will serve you tea."

"I've seen the princess. Fortunately, my subordinates did not disgrace their mission. This time, they brought back six carts of sea salt and a lot of seafood."

Xia Jing put down her pen, "Seafood? This kind of food doesn't keep fresh at all. You must have spent a lot of thought on bringing it all the way here. In the evening, you should inform the brothers to come to the house for dinner."

Fang Ji was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Xia Jing to be so enthusiastic, so he quickly refused for the brothers, "I only brought some seafood that is easy to feed, which should be enough for the masters to eat. I also brought two wagons of dried kelp."

"My subordinates and my brothers eat seafood every day at the beach. This time, my brothers have been thinking about the delicious food in the city. Why do you want to eat seafood? Princess, please let them go."

"Haha. You're right, I overlooked that." Xia Jing turned her head to Hongmei and said, "Go to the kitchen and tell them to roast a few roast chickens for Captain Fang to bring back and share with the brothers. "

Hongmei took the order and left.

"My subordinates thank the princess for the reward." Fang Ji got up and thanked, then sat back down.

Xia Jing asked, "Is the construction of Yantian going well?"

"Everything is going well, but those bandits tried to escape twice, but we caught them back again and gave them a hard lesson. Now Yantian is pretty smooth."

Xia Jing nodded: "That's good. You should pay more attention to security. If you feel that there is a shortage of personnel, tell Da Zhuang, or write to me. If it is not possible, send more people there. In short, there is no room for loss in Yantian."

On May 28, everything will be fine.

On the main street and the north-south alleys of Fucheng, four shops opened at the same time, and firecrackers were fired, making it very lively.

What attracts the people most is the product in the store-salt!

The refined salt as white as snow is cleaner than the refined salt sold by the government.

It is the refined salt of refined salt!

Such high-quality fine salt, perhaps everyone will think that the price is unattainable, right?
But the prices of these four stores are very close to the people. The official salt costs yuan a catty, while the refined salt sold in this store only sells for yuan a catty.

With such an affordable price, once the sale starts, people flock to it, fearing that if it is too late, such affordable salt will be gone.

Especially the two shops opened in the alleys. The people who live in the alleys in the north and south cities are the people at the bottom.

Some aunts lost one of their shoes in order to grab a catty of salt.

In the tea house opposite the salt shop on the main street, Xia Jing looked at her shop from the window on the second floor, and sighed: "It seems that our salt fields are still too small, Fang Ji will go back and speed up the expansion."

Fang Ji was also taken aback by the enthusiastic people, "Yes, I will take my brothers back today, and let those captives rush to build a large salt field."

Xia Jing gave him advice, "If you really need someone, go to Xiao Wu. He has recruits in his hand, and he can just pull them to Linhai Town for a training camp for a while."

Fang Ji took a sip of his tea to suppress his shock, "Yes, my subordinate, I will discuss it with Master Wu later."

In the same teahouse, not only Xia Jing and her group were paying attention to the salt shop.

Another tea room.

"Young Master Tong, is this shop really owned by the princess?"

The young master of the Lou family has doubts, he has never cared much about the family business, and today he met the young master of the Tong family in a teahouse by chance.

He felt that the princess of the first rank would not compete with the people for profit.

The Tong family opened the fan and shook it slowly, "Do you think I'm lying to you like this?"

The young master of the Chen family raised his eyebrows, and looked away from the window, "Young Master Lou, don't forget that Prince Qian's Mansion only received 11 taels of silver from each of our families this month."

"The 11 taels of silver has something to do with this?" The young master of Lou's family knew that there was blood in the family some time ago, no matter what happened.

The young master of the Chen family shook his head: "When they first arrived in Lingnan, they couldn't wait to find fault and oppress our three families. It can be seen that they are so poor that they urgently need money."

The young master of the Lou family punched the wall, "I don't know when the imperial court will recall them back. With them in Lingnan, it's like wearing a magic spell on their heads. They don't dare to be too presumptuous in doing anything."

Looking at such an innocent man, Tong Song shook his head and reminded them, "Aren't you wondering where the salt on the opposite side comes from?"

Master Lou scratched his head: "That's right, their salt is really as white as snow, so beautiful, where did you get it?"

Tong Song and the young master of the Chen family looked at each other with a lot of unwillingness and worry in their eyes.

Tong, Lou, and Chen, as the three major aristocratic families in Lingnan, all have grocery stores and are also involved in the sale of official salt.

Now that the fine salt on the opposite side only sells for ten yuan a catty, who should they sell their black and yellow 'inferior' salt for fifty yuan a catty?

Mr. Zhang has been paying attention to several shops of Xia Jing. He has been curious about opening a shop and only selling one product. How will the business be better?
After he finished his business in the morning, he ran to the shop to have a look.

"Excuse me! Such a good business, do you want to steal money?"

Mr. Zhang squeezed in and realized that the so-called product was salt!
Still white as snow refined salt!
He wanted to ask the shopkeeper Ding Daqiang what happened to the salt?

It's just that Ding Daqiang is so busy today that he doesn't have time to talk to him.

Mr. Zhang left the shop, took out half a tael of silver and half a catty of salt from a woman, and hurried back to the yamen.

"My lord, my lord!"

Before King Qian could speak, Mr. Yan was afraid of offending King Qian, so before he could speak, he reprimanded him: "It's not proper to shout!"

King Qian leaned on the soft couch and waved his hands, "Don't talk about him, he usually looks serious, but it's rare to see him lose his composure. Tell me, what made you so anxious?"

Mr. Zhang took the handkerchief Anu handed over and wiped his sweat, then sat down and drank two cups of cold tea.

After he recovered his breath, he handed the half pack of salt in his pocket to Anu: "My lord, please take a look at this first."

Anu took it and opened the oiled paper.

"What is it?" King Qian stretched his neck to take a look: "It's as white as snow, what is it?"

At this moment, none of the people in the house thought about the salt, they just thought it was something rare.

"Salt!" Mr. Zhang grinned, not showing off.

"what?!"

King Qian thought he had heard wrong.

Mr. Zhang repeated again, "This is salt!"

"How is it possible?" King Qian turned pale with shock. He was born in the royal family and was born noble. He ate refined salt since he was a child.

But never have I seen such white salt.

Mr. Yan stood up in shock, leaned in front of him, pinched a little, put it in his mouth and tasted it.

Seeing the stunned Mr. Yan, King Qian asked urgently, "How?"

"It's really salty!" Mr. Yan picked up the teacup and drank a big mouthful of tea to dilute the salty taste in his mouth.

Anu tasted a little and nodded to King Qian.

Seeing Anu's confirmation, King Qian pointed to the salt on the table and asked, "Where did it come from? How do you sell such pure salt?"

Mr. Zhang smiled calmly: "You would never have imagined that this salt was bought from Wang Hao's shop. Not only is the salt good and the price is good, it only sells for ten yuan a catty."

"hiss!"

King Qian took a deep breath, and after a while, he slapped the table and cursed: "Prodigal girls!"

Mr. Zhang: "."

King Qian pointed at Mr. Zhang and said angrily: "This is the way you boast about how to run a business? This king sees her as a prodigal, so she is making money at a loss!"

If you buy salt for fifty cents a hand, purify it, and then sell it for ten cents a catty, what is it?
Mr. Zhang: "."

Mr. Yan hesitated for a while, and persuaded: "My lord, I feel that there must be a misunderstanding here, why don't you ask the princess to come and ask?"

How shrewd is Wang Hao, she will lose money and make money?

Anyway, the prince believed it, he didn't believe a word.

King Qian waved his hand, "Don't disturb her yet, I want to see how long she can pay for that little bit of money? Her hair is short and knowledgeable, her face is swollen to look fat, and she has no knowledge and wants to learn from others to get rich!"

Mr. Zhang pursed his lips tightly, trying not to let himself laugh, he wanted to say, if the princess marries you, she won't have to worry about eating and drinking.

just be.
Come to Lingnan and talk about it!

The first batch of salt from Yantian was sold out on the first day.

When the salt field was first built, it couldn't keep up with the sales. Xia Jing found an excuse to put the catties of salt stored in the space in the last days for sale in the store to make up for the shortage of goods in the store in the past few days.

In ancient times, she has always relied on space as little as possible, but she still hesitated when she saw some machines in space.

When searching for materials, she collected a lot of materials into the space, and the whole space was almost full.

Space has unlocked quite a few spaces these days, among them are some mechanical and storage-stable salts.

At this time, Hongmei walked in, "Princess, Captain Ding is here, waiting for you in the flower hall."

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