Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4935 Bargaining
Yin Hongyong said decisively: "Absolutely impossible!"

Five hundred thousand dollars?

It would be better to duel!
An Yuanshou nodded, half-crouched in a horse stance, holding the knife in both hands, and made an attacking gesture: "Then take out your weapons. Today you and I will fight for our lives. Regardless of life or death, the debt of favor will be written off!"

Yin Hongyong was quite resolute: "Although you are brave, I am not powerless either. I am willing to fight you even at the risk of my life!"

Then he changed the subject: "But our two families have been friends for a hundred years, why would we risk our lives? Fifty thousand strings of cash! No more."

The people watching said: "..."

You are so tough...

An Yuanshou was so angry that he laughed: "Do you think I'm a small trader bargaining with you? Three hundred thousand strings of cash! Not a penny less!"

Yin Hongyong's eyes lit up and he breathed a sigh of relief. He could bargain, that would be easy...

"Brother is a wise man. He knows that I didn't get a penny of the money, so why do you force me like this? But even so, I am willing to help you a little. After all, our two families have been friends for a hundred years. Your future is uncertain and your situation is difficult. One hundred thousand strings of cash is no more."

The onlookers also saw it clearly, so what was the duel?
An Yuanshou was helpless. Although he acted like he was ready to fight to the death, how could he really burn his boats and move forward?

One hundred thousand strings of cash is not a lot, but it would probably be difficult to squeeze more out of Yin Hongyong. The land in Guanzhong will be measured soon, and a large amount of occupied land will be sold. Buying several thousand acres will be enough to use as clan land to ensure food for the family.

"Take the money now and I'll leave immediately."

Yin Hongyong said simply: "Brother, wait a moment!"

He went back to his house to make arrangements. One hundred thousand strings of cash was not a small sum, especially when it came to preparing cash. It was not easy. Not only did he need to empty the warehouse of his shop, he even had to borrow some from others...

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In the evening, Yin Hongyong personally arranged for the carriage full of money and silk to be sent out of the city gate. In front of the post station outside the city, he clasped his fists and said goodbye: "Brother, you are going to Guanzhong. The future is unpredictable and the situation is difficult. I hope you will be careful everywhere."

An Yuanshou also did not have the attitude of forgetting each other after we die as he did during the day. He sighed and returned the greeting, "Life is long and full of ups and downs. Who can predict the fortunes and disasters? After we part here, we will probably never meet again. The past grudges between our two families are now written off."

His hatred for Yin Hongyong was like an endless stream of water, but he understood his current situation. Not only did he lack money to support his family business, he was also afraid of anyone trying to trip him up or play dirty tricks on him. Yin also had a concubine and a prince in the court. If they deliberately tried to cause trouble for An, it would be a headache. It would be nice if they could settle their grudges and part ways with each other.

As for the hatred that Yin Clan had for framing An Clan, they could only wait until their descendants achieved great success in the future to seek revenge...

Yin Hongyong was also unwilling to get entangled with the An family. After all, he was the one who made the mistake first and felt somewhat guilty. Naturally, he agreed with An Yuanshou's words.

If this matter cannot be resolved, the Yin family's already bad reputation will be further damaged...

After Yin Hongyong left, An Zhongjing knelt in front of An Yuanshou, ashamed: "It was all because of my stupidity and incompetence that I trusted Yin Hongyong, which led to the family's wealth being embezzled by the villains. I am ashamed to live up to my brother's trust, and I am ashamed to see my ancestors!"

An Yuanshou patted his shoulder and said soothingly, "They may have done it on purpose, but how can we avoid it? Don't worry about it. Compared to losing those treasures, the most difficult thing is that we are about to settle down in Guanzhong. Cheer up, there are many opportunities for you to atone for your sins."

"Here."

The rest of the An family members were shocked. It turned out that these vehicles were full of money?
The master of the family is really amazing. After entering Guzang City, he was able to get money out of thieves like Cheng Yaojin and Yin Hongyong...

"Rest here tonight and set off early tomorrow morning. Take turns sleeping at night. Everyone, be alert. Don't let the thieves steal your money in the middle of the night!"

Losing the money accumulated over a hundred years is embarrassing enough. If I lose even these 100,000 strings of cash, I'm afraid people all over the world will laugh at me...

*****
During every festival, the imperial city would be open, and the people of Chang'an would enter through the Yanxi Gate and Anfu Gate on both sides of Tianjie, gather on Tianjie, and the whole city would celebrate. If it was an important festival, the emperor would also appear on the Chengtian Gate tower to celebrate with the people.

Every year on New Year’s Eve, the royal family’s close relatives would gather at the Taiji Palace. This is a tradition of the Li Tang royal family, and this year is no exception.

As soon as it got dark, the crown prince, prince, princess and prince consort arrived at the Taiji Palace one after another.

The banquet was held in Liangyi Hall. Fang Jun arrived early and was pulled by Dugu Mou to sit in a side hall, where they chatted while drinking tea.

Dugu Mou was very interested in cotton planting and could not wait to ask, "There are some children in my family who followed Hou Junji to destroy Gaochang. They know a little about cotton. It is said that it is called 'Bai Die Zi' in the Western Regions. Its cotton is white, soft and dense, but it is mixed with many seeds and is difficult to remove, so it is not valued. Now that the foundry has developed a seed remover, does it mean that the value of the cotton has greatly increased?"

Therefore, it is a long-term and arduous task to support the poor and common people to fight against the aristocratic families. Baidiezi has been planted in the Western Regions for a long time, but it is unknown to the world. The poor and common people in the Central Plains have never heard of it, but Dugu Mou knows its advantages and disadvantages.

Moreover, the successful development of the seed remover indicates that cotton will soon become popular and extremely valuable. How can the family heritage, ability and vision be compared with those of poor families or ordinary people?
Fang Jun took a sip of tea and asked with a smile, "The Dugu family is a powerful family, and they actually care about such business matters?"

Dugu Mou sighed and said, "Being too high-ranking is sometimes not a good thing. You can't let go of your high position. There are too many rules, too many etiquettes, and too many requirements. You live a luxurious life with bells and drums all day long, and waste money like water. Who can afford it? During the New Year, I almost spent more than 100,000 strings of cash... Since I can't stop the flow, I can only increase it."

Although the output of the land is stable, it is too little after all. If you want to support your extravagant enjoyment, you still have to rely on business. Although the Dugu family has shares in the "Eastern Tang Business Company" and has also paid to buy several ships for sea trade, they are after all a mainland gentry who have been digging for food from the land for generations. They are not only completely ignorant of sea trade, but also reject it because of the unknown.

Fang Jun's ability to make money is unparalleled in the world. Anything he tinkers with is ultimately proven to make a lot of money. So when they heard that cotton would be widely planted in Hexi and the Western Regions in the early spring of next year, many families became interested.

Cotton is a new crop, and its habits and planting methods are unknown. If you want to make money from it, you naturally need the full support of Fang Jun or Sinong Temple.

Although Sinong Temple can help with planting, the subsequent seed removal, weaving and sales are all controlled by Fang Jun...

Fang Jun didn't mind taking the Dugu family with him. He had always had a good relationship with Dugu Mou, so he reminded them, "It is absolutely not allowed to plant cotton on the land used for growing grain, so you might as well go to Hexi or the Western Regions to reclaim some wasteland after the spring. Then go to the Sinong Temple to get seeds. The officials of the Sinong Temple will be responsible for training on planting methods."

It can be imagined that once the cotton harvest is good, spinning and weaving will inevitably make huge profits. In this era, the economic value is far greater than growing grain. If every household is eyeing the profits from cotton and invades and occupies farmland, it will lead to a large reduction in grain production.

Therefore, using good farmland to grow cotton is absolutely not allowed.

Dugu Mou smiled brightly upon hearing this: "So, the profits from cotton are extremely huge? Haha, I don't need Erlang's help to grow cotton. I will go find the officials from Sinong Temple myself, but after the harvest, I will have to ask Erlang for help."

"The function of cotton is to spin yarn and weave cloth. You must have seen cotton cloth before, right? So after the cotton is harvested, you can either directly buy it from my spinning mill, or you can open a spinning mill and weave and sell the cloth yourself."

"Well... to be honest, I know nothing about this spinning mill!"

Dugu Mou was somewhat tempted. Since Fang Jun had opened a spinning mill, it must be able to make a lot of money. However, he was not an expert in this field and did not dare to try it rashly.

"How difficult is that? It's just a matter of purchasing a few seed threshers and recruiting some personnel for training. If the Prince Consort is interested, I'll call Liu Shi later and ask him to move those in line to the back so I can squeeze out a few machines for you first."

Dugu Mou was a man who was decisive in killing, or perhaps he had made the decision before coming, so he was very happy: "In that case, let's do it in the spring!"

He personally poured a cup of tea for Fang Jun, and suddenly asked, "How much is that seed-removing machine?"

Fang Jun politely took the teacup and said indifferently, "It's not expensive, five hundred kan per set."

Dugu Mou was stunned for a moment, then asked, "How many of these seed-removing machines does a spinning mill need?"

"That depends on the size of the spinning mill. There can be as few as 30 to 50 machines, or as many as 200 to 300."

Although the Foundry developed a seed remover, this simple human-powered machine had extremely low efficiency and was not much better than human power. Its only advantage was that it was cleaner than manual picking.

The reason why a hydraulic deseeding machine was not developed was because there was no need for it. Cotton cloth was not a necessity in life, so the first purpose of growing cotton, spinning and weaving was to "enrich the people" and provide more ordinary people with an additional source of income, rather than cultivating a large number of "capitalists" to suck the blood of the people.

Although the final result is that the scale of the spinning mills will become larger and larger and gradually evolve into capitalism, the longer this process takes, the more civilians will benefit from it. This is the original intention of Fang Jun to join hands with Sinong Temple to cultivate cotton.

As for the seed remover, it is just made of iron, so why is the price so outrageous?
Naturally, Fang Jun was planning to collect a batch of "patent fees". The principle of this thing was simple, and it was easy to make it through reverse research and development after buying it back, so it could only be a one-time deal, so naturally he would hit it hard...