The Ming Dynasty started with caution

At night,

Xie Yu stayed overnight in Liangxiang, and he and his assistant found a collapsed house to store valuable goods.

The so-called collapsed house is not a collapsed house, but a place to store goods.

It is also called a store or a house.

There is a store at the end of the alley in Liangxiang Street, which was recently opened. It can not only store valuables, but also merchants' goods and carriages.

There are boxes of various sizes and horses stored inside.

After storing the valuable goods, Xie Yu felt relaxed and prepared to sleep on the street tonight with two assistants.

He came to Liangxiang with little silver. Who knew that Liangxiang had so many good things? He used all of it to purchase goods.

He had to keep some silver for the return trip.

Lying on the street in Liangxiang, there was no ghost, and the street was deserted. He was one of the first merchants to come to Liangxiang.

Xie Qian secretly rejoiced that the first batch of merchants who came here did not make money.

"Boss, shall we stay here tonight?" the clerk asked worriedly. In the past, there was a firewood room to sleep in, but now there is no firewood room. He is not afraid of refugees, but afraid of being taken away by wild dogs.

"What are you afraid of? Let's have a good meal tomorrow and go back to Jiangnan."

Xie Yu lay down with the package as a pillow. This is an opportunity to make a fortune. Money is spent on the right things. Next time, bring more money and you can stay in a hotel.

There are few timid businessmen.

The next morning, the golden sun hit the streets of Liangxiang, and it was a little cold.

Xie Yu came out of the collapsed house to get the goods, and suddenly heard someone asking about the tooth shop.

It was like a revelation. This is another opportunity to make a fortune!

"You guys wait and see, I'll go ask."

It turned out that there was no tooth shop in Liangxiang. Xie Yu was very excited. After asking around, he finally found Zhang Xian, the magistrate of Liangxiang.

"Sir, I want to open a brokerage in Liangxiang. As far as I know, many shops in Liangxiang have been bought. Can you help me find out where there is land?" Xie Yu asked.

Yan Chengjin was stunned. This man's business talent is even better than Wang Bushui!

Liangxiang has many workshops, and it will surely become a righteous bird of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

A brokerage is an intermediary agency that can hire sedan chairs, porters, rent carriages, accommodation, etc. To put it bluntly, it is a car rental company + Didi + hotel + brokerage + travel company.

Only in the prosperous cities of Jiangnan.

Many merchants who came to Liangxiang for the first time came empty-handed with the purpose of testing, and then purchased a large number of goods.

But there were no carriages and men to transport them away.

Now there are less than a hundred merchants coming to Liangxiang every day.

This man can see at a glance that he can make money in the future, and his vision is better than Wang Bushui.

Zhang Xian was happy to help. Liangxiang could earn more money if there were more merchants. He promised, "I'll help you find out."

Xie Yu was very happy. The county magistrate of Liangxiang was really nice.

After walking out of the government office for a few steps, he was stopped by someone: "Wait, do you have money to open a dental market?"

Xie Yu saw him coming out of the government office and thought it was Zhang Xian who asked, so he said, "Not yet."

"Our young master invested in this project and will give you money." He Neng said.

Xie Yu was a little confused: "May I ask who your young master is?"

"An angel investor in Liangxiang."

He Neng handed over a deed: "This is an angel deed. If you sign it, you can get money, land, shops and sedan chairs."

Xie Yu opened his mouth slightly. What is an angel investor? Is there such a good thing in the world?

He quickly glanced at the contract. Except for the money earned in the future, half of it would be given to the angel investor, and the rest seemed to have no impact.

No need to pay money and land.

Did he make money?

"This is...given by County Magistrate Zhang?"

At this time, Zhang Xian came out of the yamen with a strange look on his face: "I will guarantee it, just sign it."

With the county magistrate as a guarantor, what else can be said.

Xie Yu signed it quickly.

Not long after, someone came to take him to see the place. There was a large empty yard and several shops on the corner of Liangxiang Street.

He Neng took the deed back to Yan Chengjin and said with a sad face: "Master, we are giving him silver and shops for nothing?"

"Ideas are priceless."

Once the rumor was broken, more and more merchants and people in Liangxiang came in a month.

On the streets of Liangxiang, an oil mill opened.

When Chen Shou heard that refugees came to Liangxiang, he was afraid of being robbed, so he took his family to hide in the countryside and came back only now.

Who knew that after returning to Liangxiang, there were more people than before.

"Dad, it's a good thing I didn't sell it at that time. Do you know how much silver a door shop can sell now?" Chen Shou and his son sold oil in the city and earned a few taels of silver to make a living.

Old man Chen sighed, why are there so many merchants in Liangxiang?

There are also many more workshops.

Now every now and then someone comes to ask "Do you sell the door shop?"

"I heard that at the workshop, you can order goods to sell after paying silver." Chen Shou wanted to ask the old man for some silver. Many shopkeepers made their fortunes from this.

There are many novel small commodities, cotton swabs, toothbrushes, towels, toothpaste, I haven't heard of them, but rich families like them.

You can make money by reselling them.

Old man Chen is a little conservative. He has been selling oil for most of his life. It's not easy to save some money, so he doesn't dare to mess around.

In early July, the weather was hot.

Yan Chengjin asked the craftsman to make a big ice jar, put the watermelon in it, and freeze it for an hour. It tastes cool and cool, which is very refreshing.

Summer is here, so the sedan chair must be equipped with air conditioner.

Especially when going to Liangxiang County, without air conditioner, the sedan chair would be so hot that people would die.

Yan Chengjin asked the craftsmen to install tiny ice mirrors at the four corners of the sedan, so that cold air would constantly spurt out.

What’s inside the Bingjian is ice.

During the Tang Dynasty, someone discovered that saltpeter would absorb a lot of heat and form ice cubes when put into water, and was used to make ice.

But there is a disadvantage of being installed in a sedan chair, that is, water keeps flowing out...

After getting off duty, some ministers were waiting for the sedan chair at the Meridian Gate.

I saw a very strange sedan, it was in tatters, and water kept leaking from the bottom. After stopping for a while, the ground was wet.

A sedan that can pee?

The ministers have learned a lot.

He watched helplessly as Yan Chengjin raised his feet, opened the curtain of the sedan chair, and sat in leisurely.

Yan Chengjin was a little embarrassed when he inadvertently made the headlines on the Xiama Monument topic list.

Passing by Qianmen Street, I heard many scholars arguing for Liangxiang County. The melon of refugees was finally eaten up.

A few days passed by, and more and more people in the capital were talking about Liangxiang. It had reached the point where everyone knew about it, and Li Dongyang also wanted to visit Liangxiang.

I took a day off specially and took my servant to Liangxiang County.

On the official road leading from the capital to Liangxiang County, I saw many small caravans escorting goods.

When Li Dongyang was sitting on a stone on the side of the road to rest, someone greeted him.

"Hey, brother, are you also going to Liangxiang to look for goods?"

"Hey... I want to visit Liangxiang." Li Dongyang smiled awkwardly.

Going forward, there is a tea shop selling food on the official road.

The waiter waved the bar and shouted: "Master Objective, do you want some tea?"

"Well, have a rest!" Li Dongyang got off the sedan chair and asked the bearer to drink some tea.

"What kind of tea is this?"

"Riding donkey tea is very refreshing. You won't feel tired even after walking for a long time." The waiter boasted.

When he arrived in Liangxiang, Li Dongyang was surprised. It was actually more lively than the capital city. Because the streets were narrow, people were crowded, trucks took up most of the streets, and there was a lot of traffic.

Many vendors simply put their goods on the ground and shouted.

"Sir, where have the refugees gone?" the servant wondered.

Li Dongyang also wanted to know. It seemed that they were all gentry and common people. He walked down the street and looked around, but he didn't find a single refugee.

He only cares about the refugees and has no interest in the goods of Liangxiang.

"Let's go back."

His Majesty must be delighted with such a grand occasion, yet Yan Chengjin did not report it to the court.

This cautious guy doesn't know when to observe.

When we returned to the capital, it was already dark, so we had to enter the palace the next day.

Early in the morning, the sky just turned red.

Fengtian Temple,

Emperor Hongzhi received a memorial from Yan Chengjin. To his disappointment, it was not an impeachment memorial.

But after reading the content of Shu Zuo, he was shocked.

"Yan Chengjin requested me to ban the imperial government's relief to Liangxiang."

Have tens of thousands of refugees been resettled?

When Emperor Hongzhi was lost in thought, Li Dongyang strode into the palace: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"Li Qing's family said."

"I went to Liangxiang yesterday. I didn't see any refugees. Instead, I saw many merchants. It was very lively. Is that strange?"

"I want to go to Liangxiang to see it myself."

Emperor Hongzhi ordered Mou Bin and Xiao Jing to prepare and draw up a decree that there would be no morning court today and the cabinet would temporarily take charge.

Emperor Hongzhi put on casual clothes and left the palace, accompanied by Li Dongyang, Xiao Jing and others. Only Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang rode in a sedan, and the others followed.

It was very hot inside the sedan, and Emperor Hongzhi was sweating profusely even before he left the capital. He had to take a break after walking for a while.

When they arrived at the big stone yesterday, Li Dongyang ordered people to stop the sedan chair and walked to the sedan chair of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Master Zhu, come down and take a rest first."

"It's so hot, it would be nice to have a watermelon." Emperor Hongzhi sighed.

Xiao Jing secretly blamed himself for not doing things well and fanned Emperor Hongzhi wildly.

Li Dongyang said: "Further forward, there will be a teahouse."

At this moment, a tattered sedan slowly passed by in front of a few people. The windows were covered with glass and the bottom of the sedan was leaking.

Emperor Hongzhi stared straight ahead and wondered: "Is there such a sedan?"

Xiao Jing recognized it: "It's Yan Chengjin's sedan!"

Yan Chengjin was sitting on the sedan. When he heard his name, he opened the curtain of the sedan and looked in the rearview mirror. Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang were sitting on the roadside enjoying the cool air.

He quickly ordered people to stop the sedan, got off the sedan and saluted: "I have seen Master Zhu, why is Master Zhu here?"

"Come and see Liangxiang."

Xiao Jing went up to see why the sedan was leaking. He came close to Yan Chengjin's sedan, took a curious look, and was pleasantly surprised: "Your Majesty! This sedan is cool! There is also watermelon!"

Emperor Hongzhi became interested, walked to Yan Chengjin's sedan, put his hand in, and felt the coolness coming from his hands.

"I will sit in your sedan chair."

Yan Chengjin shook his head resolutely: "Your Majesty is a noble person, how can you sit in such a broken sedan chair?"

It's not that I don't want Emperor Hongzhi to sit, but there are many doorways inside. After touching it, a few darts may be shot out.

I'm really afraid of being shot to death by Emperor Hongzhi...

Well, actually I don’t want to let Emperor Hongzhi sit.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said: "Today is a small visit, so I won't be too particular about it. I will exchange a sedan chair with you."

"It's okay for Master Zhu to sit down. Master Zhu, please don't touch the things in the sedan chair. Don't touch the things in the sedan chair. Don't touch the things in the sedan chair. Don't touch the things in the sedan chair."

"Why did you say it four times?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

"Important things need to be said four times."