The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The servants hurriedly fished Zhang Yanling out of the lake.

In the middle of winter, he even choked on a few mouthfuls of lake water.

"Hey, my nephew is here?"

On the tree, Zhang Heling saw Yan Chengjin in the crowd and climbed down from the tree.

Yan Chengjin asked: "Why did Sir Alex jump into the lake?"

"The prices of raw silk, tea, cloth, and porcelain from Jiangnan have all dropped!" Zhang Heling wiped away tears.

The steward from Jiangnan came back to report that the price of raw silk and silk had plummeted.

After the imperial court defeated the Japanese pirates and seized five large ships, the price of overseas and domestic silk changed dramatically.

Overseas trade relied on Japanese merchants to bring goods out.

Nowadays, Japanese merchants do not dare to appear, resulting in a large backlog of silk that was originally intended to be sold overseas. Jiangnan silk has dropped a lot of money.

In addition, there are porcelain and tea.

What was even more unlucky for the Zhang brothers was that the Japanese pirates were caught. They had a whole boatload of silk seized by the court. They suffered heavy losses and did not dare to report it to the official.

"How much money have you lost in seeking death and survival?"

Yan Chengjin wondered secretly.

Overseas trade relied on Japanese merchants to bring goods to other countries. Jiangnan was the production base of silk, tea and porcelain.

I'm afraid that in the short term, there is no way to sell short, and it will only accumulate more and more.

If it is shipped to Guangdong for sale, the freight cost will be high, and it will not be able to compete with local Cantonese businessmen.

Others can make money by selling it for one tael of silver, but you have to sell it for two taels of silver to make money. Who will buy it?

"How much money did it fall to?"

"Less than half a tael of silver per horse..."

Yan Chengjin said calmly: "I'm afraid that the price of raw silk will drop in the short term. Sell them all to me. I want as many as I want."

"You...want them all?" Zhang Heling was slightly startled, then showed an ecstatic smile: "Do you want tea? Do you want porcelain?"

Yan Chengjin shook his head: "As long as raw silk."

"That's it..." Zhang Heling lowered his head and thought for a moment.

The price of raw silk varies. Raw silk with good quality can be sold for one or two taels of silver, which is even more expensive than colored silk.

Zhang Heling had a large amount of raw silk in his hands. The price of silk had dropped, and he was worried about whether to make it into silk.

Zhang Yanling came over wearing a quilt and muttered: "Brother, this guy is a good guy. Silk can no longer be sold, and he still wants to buy our raw silk."

Zhang Heling slapped him in the face, and Zhang Yanling shut up in pain. Then he turned to Yan Chengjin with a smile and said: "I'll sell them all to you. I won't keep any of them. How about just paying the original price?"

Dear nephew, we are the only ones in Jiangnan who have raw silk, and no one else can produce ten thousand pieces. "

"Deal, you two will go to Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce to exchange money later."

Yan Chengjin asked his two brothers to sign and write down the documents to prevent Hao from raising the price.

After coming out of Zhang Mansion, Yan Chengjin came to Liangxiang and ordered someone to give the written receipt to Xie Yu.

Among the businesses Xie Yu ran was the raw silk business, and ordinary methods could not deceive him.

"Sir, isn't this a loom?"

Song Jing looked at the sketch and recognized it at a glance.

In Fengxin's hometown in Nanchang, there were many silkworms, and there was a small loom at home to make a living by weaving silk and satin.

Yan Chengjin pointed to the chute: "Look carefully here, this is the difference."

Song Jing looked carefully and saw that there was an extra groove on both sides of the loom.

"Students try it."

He was already familiar with looms, and the modification of looms was easy, so he knew it at a glance.

Xie Pi and others gathered around, and it turned out that the various drawings of Liangxiang were drawn by Master Yan.

"Xie Pi, this project is up to you. If it can be completed, the monthly salary will be increased to ten taels of silver." Yan Chengjin suddenly changed his mind.

Xie Pi's eyes were shining with tears and he said gratefully: "Thank you sir, I will definitely make it."

The important thing is not money, but the level of an engineer.

At present, Liangxiang only has two chief engineers.

This time I will add ten taels of silver, next time it will be twenty taels, and sooner or later I will increase it to one hundred taels and be promoted to chief engineer.

"Congratulations, Brother Xie, for being able to take charge of the project independently." An engineer said sincerely.

"Brother Xie was admitted to Jieyuan and his science studies are better than mine." Another engineer sighed to himself.

After Xie Pi got off work, he would give lectures in his dormitory, answer questions and answer questions for subordinate subordinates who were about to take exams.

Therefore, except for Song Jing and another unknown chief engineer Wang Ji, they were vaguely respected as seniors.

Song Jingdao: "You do it first, and I'll take a look after it's done."

Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce,

Xie Yu received a note that the Yamen had bought a large amount of raw silk in Jiangnan and wanted to transport it back to Liangxiang workshop for production.

He quickly came to the Yamen and said hurriedly: "Sir, you can't buy this raw silk!"

Zhang Xian was confused: "Why?"

"The raw silk in Jiangnan is about to turn into cabbage. The silk cannot be sold at all. If you buy such a large amount of raw silk, the trading house will lose money!" Xie Yu dissuaded.

There is no need to doubt Xie Yu's ability to do business. He has a ruthless vision and helped the Chamber of Commerce make a lot of money by reselling refined salt.

Zhang Xian believed in his vision.

However, this batch of raw silk was bought by Yan Chengjin. Mr. Yan has a higher vision than Xie Yu, so there must be something unspeakable.

After a while, he came to Liangxiang College of Science to find Yan Chengjin.

"Master Yan, the price of raw silk in Jiangnan has dropped. If you buy it in large quantities, even if it is made into silk, you won't be able to sell it."

"I thought about the market before I bought it, so don't worry." Yan Chengjin asked Xie Yu to hurry up.

It would take more than a month to transport raw silk to the capital.

………

Xie Mansion,

Xie Pi was tinkering with the loom in the house. Chuanshi Academy of Sciences was on vacation, so he moved back to Beijing.

"If you keep messing around like this, I think you will fail the exam next spring!"

"What a disgrace! You don't look like a top scholar!"

"After the spring exam, there will be the palace exam. Why aren't you in a hurry? Dad is almost dying of anxiety."

Xie Qian paced back and forth in the house, muttering to himself at the loom in front of him.

Xie Pi crawled under the jacquard loom and looked for the place to make a groove and install the wooden trough.

"If you don't answer, Dad will have the loom thrown away!"

"Dad, I will definitely pass the exam." Xie Pi responded as if he was handing in a task.

Xie Qian sighed as he looked at the loom. Looms are women's work. Why are you, a top scholar, bothering with this?

He was so angry that he kicked the loom twice.

"Dad, can you act like an adult?" Xie Pi said unhappily.

Xie Qian snorted coldly: "I'm almost mad at you. You made it, but what can it do!"

"Master Yan said that it can be used to weave a lot of cloth and silk." Xie Pi said.

Xie Qian gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger, so he didn't vent his anger.

At this time, the servant came to report: "Master, Master Li came to play chess in the mansion."

Xie Qian's face relaxed, and he went to the main hall with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Li Zhaofan, he smiled: "Are you Brother Binzhi's adopted son?"

Li Zhaofan bowed: "Zhaofan greets uncle."

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "Go find Xie Pi, he is the champion of Shuntian Prefecture, you can ask him for advice."

Xie Qian shook his head helplessly: "I'm afraid he has no time to deal with you,

Yan Chengjin harmed my son! After Xie Pi returned home, he lost his appetite and guarded the loom day and night."

Li Dongyang took the opportunity to warn his son: "Look, this is the end of getting close to Yan Chengjin, you must never get close to him!"

Li Zhaofan was a little puzzled.

Xie Qian explained: "In addition to being the champion of Shuntian Prefecture, my son is also an engineer in Liangxiang. Hey, what can he do with a loom!"

Li Zhaofan's eyes lit up slightly, and he said: "My nephew will not disturb my uncle and my father playing chess. May I ask where Brother Xie is?"

"You can go and see, and learn from him!" Li Dongyang said.

Li Zhaofan followed the maid to the backyard wing room and saw a man lying under a large loom. His eyes lit up and he asked, "Thank you, brother?"