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Chapter 138 Urging
The warehouse currently rented by Cheng Jinzhou occupies an area of ​​more than [-] meters in Huangjin County near the side of the Mi River. It is a very suitable place for large ships to dock, and the monthly rent is as high as thousands of taels of silver.

This fee is nothing to him, but it seems a bit big for a warehouse secretary's meeting ceremony.

Just as Cheng Jinzhou wanted to politely refuse, Cao Lu immediately said: "My lord Star Warlock, let's take a look at the place first. The imperial court has always had a tradition of giving preferential treatment to Star Warlocks. You have fame and fame. There are some warehouses that you don't need. It's okay if you put things first." good."

Cheng Jinzhou's heart moved, thinking of the crowds coming and going nearby, he waved his hands and said, "You have a quieter warehouse, and I'll still pay for it."

"The original warehouse of the Chang Ning Army was very quiet. Who dares to approach the pier on the army." Cao Lu hurriedly introduced: "The Chang Ning Army is a frontier guard. It was also built according to the standards of the Forbidden Army. Moreover, they had a lot of equipment in the original station back then, and many of them were going to be brought back. They also specially built a pier, prepared stone roads, and independently marked out a defense zone. Just a little to the south, the last It’s a good place, and it’s no problem to park a hundred-foot boat. Later, the Privy Council issued a document to abolish the imperial army, and drove them back. Hehe, this warehouse was left.”

Xiao Cheng heard the other party's flattery, and turned his head.

The household department is said to have four genus, namely Siyuan, Duzhi, Jinbu, and Cangbu.Among them, Duzhi has the most authority, which is equivalent to the Ministry of Finance of later generations, and all taxes, salaries and salaries come from it. Because of this, Duzhi was already taken out in the early reforms of the Great Xia, and Duzhi was established separately. This position, Father Cheng couldn't reach it anyway.In addition, Siyuan is in charge of the national household registration land, with 4 principals, the Ministry of Gold is responsible for gold, silver, jewelry and mineral affairs, with three principals, and the Warehouse Department is in charge of national storage and transportation, with three principals.

Ordinarily, the vacant position would be for Chief Si Yuan, but given Cheng Yun'an's qualifications, it seems very possible to replace him with Cangbu.

If it weren't for this, it would be a bit boring for Mr. Cao to rush over.After all, he is not directly under the chief, a new chief, it seems that it is not worth him to curry favor with the yamen.

However, Cheng Jinzhou did not expect that his position as a star warlock was also the main reason for the other party's fawning.

Chang Ping Army's warehouse is indeed excellent.

Not only are the several warehouses in a row neat and orderly, but they are all built at the level of government offices, including the beams and brick walls, which are naturally much more durable than the cheap ones built by merchants outside.

Drainage canals have been repaired outside the warehouse, and fireproof pool water pipes have been built. From the dock to the warehouse, a full 200 meters of open space has been vacated.Although it is a standard facility, the warehouse outside will not abide by such regulations.

Although Cang Daxia's aristocratic system concentrated a large amount of money in the hands of a few families and made the country look stretched, in terms of financial revenue, no family could match the country.

Of course, no aristocratic family can match the country's expenditure.

These expenditures include warehouse construction.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I rented this place, how much is it?"

"18 warehouses, 4 taels of silver per year. Of course, if Master Astrologist wants to rent them, we can give you a discount, and the imperial court also stipulates the same. How about a [-]% discount?"

From where we stand, we can see the pointed roof from a distance.The warehouse area stretches at least two kilometers away. If it is in the dock area of ​​later generations, the rent will be considered low.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyebrows, declined and said: "[-]% off, [-]% off is enough."

2 taels of silver is about the same as the price of the warehouse he rents now.But the area is more than four times larger.

Cao Lu smiled and urged people to go through the formalities, bent down and tried to be as equal as Cheng Jinzhou's little man said: "In Huangjin County, if you need anything, you can find me."

"Thank you, Mr. Cao. Listening to what you said, you should be famous." Cheng Jinzhou gave him a small compliment. The wharf in Huangjin County is adjacent to the capital, and the local warehouse secretary is at least a seventh-rank official, not younger than the county magistrate.

"In the first year of Lizong, he was born as a Jinshi." Cao Lu replied with a smile.

"Disrespectful." Cheng Jinzhou was really surprised.He originally thought that the other party was at most a civil servant, but he did not expect that he was a genuine Jinshi.

Don't look at people who say "Tongjinshi is like a wife" and irony that Tongjinshi's background is like a concubine, but from the perspective of the whole country, this regime with tens of millions of households only gives birth to 400 wives every three years. To be one of them is enough pride in itself.

But Cheng Jinzhou felt that it was even more inconceivable and reasonable for a dignified Jinshi to lower his figure to curry favor with the yamen.

Cao Lu seemed to be more energetic when he talked about the matter of fame. He probably considered that Cheng Jinzhou was also a scholar, so he became more and more formal: "I heard that Lord Cheng came to Beijing, so I wanted to go and greet him..."

Cheng Jinzhou listened with a wry smile, and wanted to interrupt him, when the ring suddenly glowed, customer service 010 poked his head out, and said, "Are you not willing to upgrade the Star Alliance recently?"

"Of course." Cheng Jinzhou didn't care too much, and quickly turned his back to the others.

Although Cao Lu was surprised, he obviously didn't see the mystery. He just stretched his neck and stood where he was.

Customer service 010 said seriously: "It is recommended that you quickly upgrade the Star Alliance level."

Forget it, the light on the ring dimmed again.

Cheng Jinzhou was at a loss on the spot.Customer service 010 himself only showed up once, that is, when he met Zhenmi before, but this time he was urged to make him very surprised-could it be that the transaction volume was so small that the other party was dissatisfied?

God knows how much transaction volume will satisfy the other party.In fact, the current transaction volume is already very large, and 5 taels of silver in two weeks seems to be the limit.I also bought more than [-] books, and spent half of the money...

Cao Lu waited behind for a moment, then hesitantly shouted: "Master Star Warlock?"

"I'll go back first." Cheng Jinzhou turned his head abruptly, walked towards the position of the carriage, and said, "I'll let someone handle the formalities later."

"Don't bother your nobles, I'll go to the mansion to handle it myself." Cao Lu smiled, the beard on his upper lip was like a wild leek.

Cheng Jinzhou glanced at him, more and more sure that his father was going to work in Cangbu, but he didn't know how this fellow Jinshi knew in advance.

Normally, he would have considered and rejected the matter, but now he is a little too busy and said: "Then please trouble Mr. Cao."

After finishing speaking, he hurried into the carriage and shouted: "Go to the pier, and then send someone to inform Qin An to come quickly. Use star array communication."

Shi Mo didn't know what happened, so he responded, and then asked: "Third brother, it will take half a day to come from the outer peninsula. When Qin An arrives, it may already be night."

"Night is night. You go and call those accountants over, and clean up a small yard outside the warehouse." Faced with such an important and closely related matter, Cheng Jinzhou also became vigorous and resolute.

God knows when customer service will get impatient.

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From the outer peninsula to Huangjin County, the fastest transportation method other than Xingshu is a 14-seater fast sailing boat.

This type of sailing boat can carry up to 12 oarsmen on board, open 3 sails at the same time, and can maintain a fairly fast speed regardless of the direction of the wind.

Of course, the price is also quite fast.

Qin An received the information from the Star Warlock Tower, but rented a fast sailboat without hesitation.

The communication service of the Star Warlock Tower is a discriminatory charge. If one party is not a Star Warlock, they will charge 10 times more money. If both parties are not Star Warlocks, they will charge 100 times more. People use the communication star array, so except for the army, no matter how big a businessman is, they will not use it.But once it was received, Qin An knew in his heart that it must be an emergency.

The servants of the Cheng Mansion had hired a sedan to wait at the pier for a long time. Ever since Cheng Yun'an came to the capital, whether he was dealing with matters in the mansion or not, the servants had become much more well-behaved.

Qin An trotted into the sedan chair that could only accommodate one person, without pulling the curtain, he asked, "What happened?"

"Third brother needs to buy something, it's urgent." What the servant said was also taught by Shi Mo.

Qin An wanted to ask more detailed questions, but the servant didn't know, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Businessmen like chaos the most, and they are most afraid of chaos.

Cheng Jinzhou came to the prepared small courtyard, regardless of the books stored in the ring, and started rubbing the ring first.

These days, he has earned almost 5 taels of silver, especially the use of medicinal materials to exchange for star dollars, and then exchange them for food. The profit is huge, and he has saved nearly 8 star dollars in the ring. He was planning to snowball on the independent trading platform , now it seems that it is not working.

Customer service 010 quickly got out of the ring and said bluntly, "Do you want to buy books?"

"Only buying books will increase my Star Alliance points, right?"

"That's how it is at the moment."

"I am currently at 127 points, and I still need 863 points to upgrade. Do you have a time limit for my upgrade?"

"Of course it is guided by your wishes." Customer Service 010's voice became much more natural.

Cheng Jinzhou said calmly: "If I buy a book with 1 words, which is the one you asked for with the least number of words, then I still need to buy 860 million words, which is 1600 million stars... To be honest, I can't reach this in a short time. Numbers. Unless..."

"Unless?" Customer service 010 was easily fooled.

"Unless there are materials that are more expensive, smaller, and easier to trade." Cheng Jinzhou told the truth. 1600 million star yuan is equivalent to 600 million taels of silver. It is theoretically feasible for him to earn this money, but If you use grain to trade, you will definitely be exhausted.

Customer service 010 shook his avatar on the ring and said, "You have found a lot, and you bought the "Star Alliance Library Exchange Form"..."

"I don't recognize many of the things inside." Cheng Jinzhou interrupted him: "I will go around the warehouse, and then you scan it and tell me what is valuable. This will also be powerful for you."

"No." Customer service 010 flatly denied: "I said before that this is against the regulations, and customer service will not interfere with your business activities."

"You just need to tell me the price." Cheng Jinzhou has a confident face, but he is also worried.

Since the other party is urging, it means that there is still a demand, but they don't know how strong this demand will be.

After at least a few minutes, customer service 010 softened his tone and said, "Okay."

Cheng Jinzhou immediately yelled outside: "Shi Mo, is Qin An here?"

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(End of this chapter)