Honglouchun

Because the surroundings are spacious, there are five or six steps away from each other, so keep your voice down so that no one else can hear it.

Jia Qiang said: "I have an ancient prescription from the Song Dynasty in my hand. I can use saltpeter to make ice. The yield and the purity of the ice are no worse than the ice you mined. How about it? Are you interested in cooperating?"

Hearing this, Xu Zhen's hand holding the wine cup trembled, and half the glass of wine spilled out. He didn't care about it, but looked at Jia Qiang in disbelief and said, "An ancient recipe for making ice with saltpeter? How is it possible?!"

Jia Qiang looked at him indifferently, and said, "Is there anything in the Xu family that I can lie to?"

When Xu Zhen heard this, her breathing gradually became thicker, and her brows were tightly frowned.

The three generations of the Xu family are in charge of the management of households and houses in Yangzhou Prefecture, household registration management, taxation and food collection, famine relief and other matters. The position is not high, but the actual power is no less than that of those running seal officials.

With such an important position, how could the Xu family have been able to sit in charge for nearly a year?

It depends on not being greedy! !

It seems absurd to say that guarding the treasury of Yangzhou Prefecture, although the land of one prefecture is not as rich as the wealth of a poor province, yet the Xu family is not greedy?

The Xu family is not greedy, the Xu family guards this position for the status, influence and power brought by this position!

With this location, Xu's ice room can make a fortune in a low-key way!

Yangzhou salt merchants and other wealthy businessmen may not really be so willing to drink ice wine, but they still order ice wine all year round in order to have a good relationship with a powerful local village like the Xu family.

This also makes the Xu family do not need to be corrupt at all, and can live nourishingly only by selling ice.

You know, a piece of ice five feet square is only five taels of silver in the capital, but in Yangzhou, it costs 15 taels!

In what year will the Xu family not sell tens of thousands of pieces of ice?

15 taels of silver, no matter where it is placed, is considered a huge sum of money.

but……

If Jia Qiang really has a recipe that can make ice without much effort, the price of ice cubes in Yangzhou Prefecture will drop rapidly.

The Xu family can't afford to fight only on price.

Maybe they can still make some money, but the Xu family is prosperous now, with hundreds of members, and their annual expenses are increasing. If there is a problem with the ice room business, then the Xu family will also have big problems !

At this point, Xu Zhen no longer had the heart to think about Meijiao Niang in Mingyue Tower. He looked at Jia Qiang seriously and asked, "Second Master Qiang, in your opinion, how should we cooperate?"

Jia Qiang sipped a glass of Western wine with ice, and the taste made him a little disappointed... After a pause, he said: "Originally, I can take over the Feng family's ice cellar and ice room. I have prescriptions and ice rooms in my hand. People... The Feng family's ice picking people are ready-made, and they can make money at any time. Come to think of it, every family in Yangzhou Prefecture will not give me this face, what do you think?"

Xu Zhen nodded, and said: "When the Yanyuan Yamen is open for a day, Second Master Qiang's business will not worry about being patronized."

Jia Qiang sneered, and said, "My aunt and the new governor of Liangjiang, Han Bin and Han Banshan, have a very close personal relationship. Governor Han just came to Jiangnan to receive the seal, and he rushed to Yangzhou Mansion overnight to see my aunt. With friendship, so what if my aunt returns to Beijing? You local snakes, dare to make trouble for me?"

When Xu Zhen heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said with a dry smile: "Where is the second master Qiang? Even if you don't have the relationship with the new governor, who can do anything to you just because of your status as the great-great-great-great-grandson of Duke Ning? Okay, okay, you old man will say , how do you want to cooperate? My Xu family will follow suit!"

Jia Qiang snorted, and said, "Don't think that I'm going to bully others and take advantage of Xu's family. I'm going to give your family a fortune. With this recipe in hand, the icehouse business in the entire Jiangnan can be started. You It is not a problem for the Xu family to build a golden mountain every year."

Hearing this, Xu Zhen opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes turned red, and he even held his breath, but then, he let out a long breath, returned to his laziness, and said with a wry smile: "Second Lord Qiang, don't make fun of others. The Xu family, the Xu family can barely be considered number one in Yangzhou Mansion, but outside of Yangzhou Mansion, who would recognize the Xu family? To be honest, your Jia family and the Jiangning Zhen family are the first-rate in the southern province. Family. It’s just that your family went to the capital... It’s funny to say that those idiots of the Mei family dare to neglect you like this. With the relationship between your Jia family and the Zhen family, even if there is no Yanyuan yamen, the Mei family can’t belittle you! Hey, by the way, Second Master Qiang, why don't you go find the Zhen family to cooperate?"

Looking at Xu Zhen, who is sharp-minded and able to restrain his greed in the face of such a huge temptation, Jia Qiang only has four words in his mind:

Talent is rare!

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Chapter 171 Familiarity (Congratulations to the Dust Alliance Beyond the Great Wall!!)

On the winding Slender West Lake, there are dozens of cruise ships decorated with colorful lights.

There are celebrities who are free and unrestrained, watching prostitutes dance, beating pots and singing.

There are knights in the rivers and lakes who use swords as pens to dance freely.

There are weak scholars who wrote colorful chapters and spread them all over the world.

There are also...

It's not very elegant!

Not far from the Mingyue Building in the center is a smaller, but equally magnificent, three-story boat named Pearl Pavilion.

Tonight is not chartered like the Moon Boat, so there are many people.

There is a seat in the veranda on the third floor, a big-headed young man is hugging an oiran, laughing unceasingly, how can he describe it wantonly!

Floating on the canal for a full 20 days, the young man felt that the birds were going to be moldy.

Therefore, when I arrived at Yangzhou Mansion today, I came to the Slender West Lake first.

It's a pity that the best Mingyue Tower was reserved first, so we can only come to the first-level Pearl Pavilion this time.

Originally, I also wanted to book the venue, but unfortunately it is no longer what it used to be, and I am ashamed...

The big-headed boy hugged Jinyue, the number one oiran of the Pearl Pavilion, and laughed wantonly, but at the same time, he was also a little depressed, as if he was lonely in Pingyang, because he didn't have enough money.

But this trace of loneliness is fleeting, his family also has a business in Yangzhou Prefecture, and when the money is spent, just go and get some tomorrow.

With this in mind, the young man indulged in pleasure again.

Back then he was more stubborn on the Qinhuai River, and he didn't come to Slender West Lake a few times, but he was no longer a stranger.

On the tables in front of you, there are Yangzhou delicacies such as "boiled dried shredded silk", "salted osmanthus duck", "cooked lion head with crab powder", "Pingqiao tofu", "seared mandarin fish in vinegar" and other Yangzhou delicacies. Hand up and down, eat with one hand.

In the capital, the depression of facing the peerless beauty's inaction has long been forgotten...

The number one oiran of the Pearl Pavilion, Miss Jinyue, in his arms obviously imitated the name of Mingyue, the number one oiran of the Mingyue Tower, and the Pearl Pavilion's painting boat was only one point worse than that of Mingyue Tower.

It is conceivable that Jin Yue's beauty is not ordinary, and her reputation is not shallow.

However, the real celebrities of Yangzhou Mansion seldom visit this Pearl Pavilion openly.

If it weren't for the fact that Jinyue and Mingyue were [-]% similar in appearance, this low-level painter who made a living by selling flesh and blood would not have been able to make it so big.

Many people who are destined not to get the real No. [-] oiran of the Slender West Lake, but also covet its beauty, choose to come to the Pearl Pavilion and spend a lot of money to taste the golden moon that is six points similar to the bright moon.

If it weren't for the Jiangnan Admiral's Mansion standing behind the Pearl Pavilion, making Mingyuelou's backstage helpless, Mingyuelou would have asked someone to set fire to this shit-like chicken coop.

But even if it is a chicken coop, Jin Yue, the top oiran, still needs face.

As the saying goes, it is necessary not only to be a good watch, but also to set up a memorial archway.