Chapter 40: Confessions
“…”
Zhang Jing was a little angry.
Before coming, he had thought about various possibilities, such as starting prices for Yang's home, such as...
But I never expected that what really angered him was that people thought he was vulgar.
Yang Wen seemed to feel that he was speechless, and actually laughed again, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Yang's words are absurd, so please don't blame Zhang Baihu. The gentleman doesn't speak bad words, hey... it's Yang's fault. If you want to buy land, it's easy... just follow the market price. I'll let the butler negotiate, pay the money with one hand and the land with the other hand."
Zhang Jing couldn't hold back her face. After taking a deep breath, she reluctantly said: "It's just that I haven't raised this money yet, but please don't worry, Master Yang. Our Zhang family is trustworthy. Can you owe credit? "
Credit...
Yang Wen looked at Zhang Jingyi in surprise and immediately pulled down his face: "No credit!"
I thought this guy really didn't like money, but it turned out... he was also a barren guy.
Zhang Jingyi had no choice but to say, "There is interest."
Yang Wen was moved and raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean is that the boy Shangqing can still give birth to a little Shangqing boy?"
Zhang Jing nodded with a little chicken pecking at the rice: "The little Shangqing boy born is not that big, probably... he only gives 30% of the profit a year, he is a little Shangqing boy."
If the interest is lending, it will definitely be considered low. After all, in the countryside, people are all debts that are profitable and donkeys roll.
But if you have a large amount of debt and such interest will be quite good, you will earn 30% in vain in a year.
Zhang Jingyi said again: "Master Yang knows the situation of the Zhang family. Our Zhang family is also a well-known family. If we dare to refute the debt, the Zhang family will not dare to deny the lawsuit to the court. In the end, they will still pay it back as much as possible. If Mr. Yang refuses, then... he will simply go to someone else to borrow money and use real money and silver. No, no, no, use this Shangqing boy to buy land."
Yang Wen suddenly stood up: "Why do you have to go through such a big trouble? Of course I can trust the Zhang family. This matter... I will do it like this. You can go to the housekeeper to get the payment... I don't care about ordinary things, don't be surprised."
Zhang Jingyi was overjoyed and went to the accountant with the Yang family manager, calculated the land price, converted the gold and silver, and finally... he calculated that the nine hundred acres of land was worth more than 47,000 taels.
Of course, it is unimaginable to buy 900 acres of land in the capital for 50,000 taels of silver. It is also a blessing that Qingpingfang is dirty and messy, and it is not profitable at all, and no one cares about it.
When Zhang Jing left one by one, the manager would go to repay Yang Wen.
Yang Wen drank tea slowly, looking happy.
"Master, it's already done."
Yang Wendao: "Which people actually buy land in places like Qingpingfang?"
"The villain is also strange and finds it incredible. That place... was bought by the master when he first entered Beijing. He originally wanted to buy a house there, but later he realized that the Feng Shui and location of the place were very bad, so this place has been idle there. Today, the sun is coming out to the west, and someone is going to buy this place...."
Yang Wen smiled and cheered up: "If he hadn't bought this land, I wouldn't have let him take credit. The hot potato was finally thrown out, and I felt much more happy."
Yang Wen was very happy and stood up immediately: "Okay, I don't care about ordinary things..."
As he said that, he went to the back house to find the three newly bought maids and concubines.
………
Emperor Tianqi was in a bad mood. He was convinced by these ministers, and he had a different approach to ask for money.
The past few days, when Zhang Jing was worried, Emperor Tianqi noticed him: "Zhang Qing, why are you worried too?"
Zhang Jingyi said: "I am thinking about buying and selling things."
Emperor Tianqi smiled faintly: "Has the deal been made?"
Zhang Jingyi said: "It's done."
Emperor Tianqi asked again: "How much profit is?"
Zhang Jingyi replied honestly: "A few hundred documents a day."
"Oh." Emperor Aoki nodded, then ignored Zhang Jingyi.
Zhang Jingyi: “…”
After asking for something boring, Zhang Jingyi was so open-minded that a few hundred mins were also money.
In the evening, Emperor Aoki finally finished reviewing the memorial and said lightly: "Oh, there is one more thing."
"Please give advice to you."
Emperor Tianqi said carelessly: "Yesterday I remembered another method to improve the loom. I will give you the drawings later, and you will let the craftsman do it according to the top."
"Ah..." Zhang Jing opened her mouth wide and couldn't close it.
Emperor Tianqi seemed to be in his heart. Seeing Zhang Jingyi's surprised and admired expression, he felt a sense of accomplishment, so he said again: "But I want to practice martial arts and take charge of national affairs, but I don't have the heart to spend my time on this. It's just a small transformation. Yes, I heard that you owe a lot of money on credit?"
The factory guards are still amazing, and they can find out everything.
Zhang Jing became alert in her heart: "I owe some."
“How many are some?”
"It's almost fifty or sixty thousand taels."
Emperor Tianqi was stunned. Obviously he didn't expect so many, and then looked at Zhang Jingyi with a strange look: "You are quite brave."
Zhang Jing said: "Don't worry, your Majesty, you'll have to live some time."
Emperor Tianqi shook his head. To be honest, he felt that Zhang Jingyi was a little too far, so he said, "I have nothing to do here today. You can go back and rest earlier."
"Abide by the order."
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The business of Zhangjiapuzi is getting hotter and hotter.
Other cotton shops in Beijing are increasingly deserted. Now everyone in the capital knows that the Zhang family has low-priced and good-quality fabrics.
Although there are still some days before the end of the year, many people are coming to the scene with the idea of buying it as a profit.
The Zhang family naturally kept buying cotton and then kept weaving.
Sales volumes naturally began to rise step by step.
The reason why the Zhang family has sufficient supply is due to these textile households in Qingpingfang.
There are many orphans here, mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. After Zhang Jing made a textile machine, he began to cooperate with each company by signing an agreement.
The Zhang family provides cotton and textile machines. Each family draws women to weave them, and then pays wages based on the amount of fabric they get.
Now every family in Qingpingfang is weaving, which is very lively.
At the beginning, these orphans were actually a little clumsy and had a high waste rate, but slowly they became more skillful.
Deng Jian was so dissatisfied that God knew why this textile machine was better than other looms. Compared with ordinary looms, the efficiency of their textile machine was directly increased by eight times.
In other words, one person and a loom could spin a piece of cloth, but now this new loom could actually weave eight pieces.
This is definitely an unheard of number.
Deng Jian didn't know that this kind of textile machine driven by spinning wheels was called Jenny Textile Machine in his previous life. As soon as this thing came out, it directly brought about the prosperity and development of the entire textile industry.
These textile households all calculate money by quantity. If a piece of cloth is given ten yuan, the income will be quite high in one day.
In the past, many people were hungry and didn’t even have rice in the rice jar. Life was hard, but now, the family suddenly had a considerable income to subsidize the household income, so they naturally couldn’t find it.
However, Zhang Jingyi was not satisfied. He not only asked everyone to cooperate in textiles, but also asked Deng Jian and Wang Cheng to conduct a survey on the situation in Qingpingfang. How many orphans are there, how many males and women and children are there in each household, which homes have textile machines, how much cotton is used and how much output is available, all of them must be recorded.
This has made Deng Jian and Wang Cheng very busy. They were originally orphans, so they are very familiar with this area. They can find something to do, but...
When they think of Zhang's shop selling cotton cloth along the profit line, they feel more or less unhappy.
What's more, the Zhang family is now carrying such a huge debt, which makes people shudder when they think about it.
Zhang Jingyi is fine.
It's still time to be on duty.
A few days later, in Qinzheng Hall... Emperor Tianqi read a memorial and couldn't help but look up at Wei Zhongxian standing beside him.
Wei Zhongxian was very strange today and kept smiling at Zhang Jing, which made Zhang Jingyi's hair stand up.
"There is a memorial here, which was sent by Yuan Chonghuan. He said that many soldiers who were killed and injured in Liaodong were killed in battle. His family members were deducted from the court's pensions. Many people had no choice but to live, and many people starved to death. These things... have you heard of them?"
Wei Zhongxian quickly cheered up: "Your Majesty, the court can no longer expose the blame..."
Emperor Tianqi suddenly turned cold and said sternly: "What do you mean? No matter how difficult the court is, no matter how difficult it is, those rich people will not eat less meat! Why did they become like this when they arrive at these orphans? Last month, a hundred households bullied the orphans of the Jinyiwei, causing trouble. If the wives and children of the soldiers who died in Liaodong starve to death, the world will be in chaos."
Wei Zhongxian was scolded for being so bloody, but he hurriedly changed the subject: "Your Majesty, speaking of it... the Censor Han Lin reported something, and I was wondering whether Your Majesty needs to be looked at, this matter... After all, it is related to Zhang Baihu."
Chapter completed!