The concubine riding on the world of the world laughed, no one knew that it was the lychee.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival was reached, premature lychees appeared in the streets and alleys of Guangzhou.

This year is a bumper year for lychees.

In previous years, the yield of this precocious variety would not be very high.

But this year it was full of branches.

"Brother Xu, I heard that you have been arranging your servants to buy lychees crazy these days. The lychees that were originally priced have been falling all the way, but now they are not going to continue to fall, but they are a bit of a price increase. What's the situation?"

In the city of Guangzhou, in Fang Town, Cheng Gang and Xu Ang were drinking wine at the Guangzhou restaurant, looking at the river view outside, while talking about what happened in Guangzhou city.

Gatherings like this are basically held once a week, and have become a fixed communication method for the Fang family, Cheng family and the Chu Prince's Mansion in Guangzhou.

"Brother Fang, in Guangzhou, we can eat as much as we want, but in Chang'an City or further away, it will be very difficult for them to eat lychees.

So His Highness, the King of Chu, wrote a special letter last month, asking me to build a canned workshop here. Now that it has been completed, I am preparing to make canned lychees, so I naturally have to buy more."

The canned workshop of the King of Chu Mansion in Guangzhou is not very large.

Therefore, when Xu Ang arranged for people to build it, there was no major noise.

However, now it is difficult to acquire lychees on a large scale without attracting everyone’s attention.

"Now that the sugarcane has been planted, the people in the house are not that busy. Arrangements to go to the workshop to do things is considered to be the only one who can do it."

Fang Town is not very interested in canning workshops, so there is no question to ask.

"I know this canned workshop. However, it seems that since it was launched, the scale has not been very large. The canned food made from glass is also inconvenient to transport it. Many businesses are reluctant to transport them everywhere because the risks are a bit high."

Cheng Gang obviously has some knowledge of the canning workshop.

It is very easy for merchants these days to make money.

Even if many cement roads are built today, there is still no way to compare with those of later generations.

Things that are easily damaged during transportation are not willing to sell them unless they are small but valuable, such as mirrors.

No one wants the goods they purchased at high prices to break even before they can be sold for a penny.

"There is indeed this problem for canned glass, and in Guangzhou, there are basically few people who buy it. But this time, our canning workshop no longer uses glass bottles, but specially transported tin-plated iron sheets from Chang'an City to make canned food. At that time, the transportation problem will basically be solved."

Xu Ang naturally knew the problem Cheng Gang said.

However, this time, the Chu Prince's Mansion obviously made sufficient preparations.

"Tin-plated iron sheet?"

Fangzhen seemed to have thought of something.

"Yes, if you use pure iron to make cans, it will definitely rust inside, but after tinting on it, you can save the fruit well."

Xu Angzhi introduced the information in his workshop to Fang Town in endlessly.

Anyway, the two companies have a very close cooperative relationship in Guangzhou City.

The Fang family will never compete with the Chu King’s Mansion for a small canning workshop.

"If I remember correctly, the Feng family has a huge tin mine to the west of Guangzhou. The tin used in the entire Tang Dynasty is basically produced by the Feng family, right?"

Xu Ang is the son-in-law of the Feng family. He is naturally very clear about what Fang Zhen said.

"That's right, the tin used in the iron smelting workshop of our King of Chu Mansion is also purchased directly from the Feng family. What's wrong? Brother Fang, have you heard any news?"

"A few days ago, a ship returning from Nanyang was docked at Guangta Pier. I accidentally heard a message, I don't know if it's true or not."

Fang Zhen did not hesitate and expressed the information he knew.

"What news?"

"Ping An Trade discovered a very huge tin mine on Suma Island near Puluo, Nanyang. It is said that Ping An Trade has gathered all its forces in the entire Nanyang to develop this tin mine.

To this end, Ping An Trade also specially arranged people to return to the Tang Dynasty and mobilized more manpower and resources to go to Nanyang."

After Fang Zhen said this, he felt a little envious of Ping An Trade.

The giant crocodile, second only to the East China Sea fishery, can be called a huge tin mine by Ping An Trade, which is definitely a large mineral that is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Now that the iron smelting workshop in the King of Chu Mansion has begun to produce tin-plated iron sheets, the demand for tin will definitely continue to increase in the future.

Ping An Trade has found a big gold mine for itself.

"Such coincidence? The Cui family and Xiao family are so lucky, right? Didn't someone say that there are no minerals in the Nanyang except trees?"

Xu Ang was stunned for a moment, obviously quite surprised.

"Who knows! If this news is true, then the Feng family will probably be depressed. Originally, they occupied more than 90% of the tin mines in the Tang Dynasty, but now this situation will definitely be broken by Ping An Trade.

If this tin mine was in Lingnan Road, the Feng family might have a share of the pie with their local advantages, but in Nanyang, there would be nothing we can do."

It doesn’t matter to you, Fangzhen can express his opinions there very leisurely.

"For the Feng family, it may not be a good thing, but for the Chu Prince's Mansion, this is good news. I saw the canned food made in the canning workshop, which is lower than that of glass canned food, and is very convenient to transport. It will definitely be sold in large quantities at that time.

Lingnan is the least short of all kinds of fruits. In the north of the Tang Dynasty, many people have never eaten the fruits here. As long as the price of canned fruits is not too exaggerated, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell them.

As the sales of canned foods increase, the demand for tin plated iron sheets will definitely increase rapidly, which will lead to the continuous increase in the price of tin.

Now Ping An Trade has created such a large tin mine, which is a good thing."

Although Xu Ang is the son-in-law of the Feng family, first of all, he is the person in charge of the Chu Prince's Mansion in Guangzhou, so he must give priority to the interests of the Chu Prince's Mansion.

"It's good that you can think of it! If the canned food is really what you said, the nobles and people in Chang'an City will definitely think of buying some canned lychees and trying them out."

? "Not only canned lychees, but the Chu Palace also arranged for people to go to Puluo to build a canned workshop. At that time, fruits from Nanyang can also appear on the dining tables of the people of the Tang Dynasty, which will definitely cause a different trend."

In this era of shortage of supplies, Xu Ang felt that canned fruits were expected to become a beautiful landscape on the dining tables of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Especially in winter, eating vegetables is a luxury.

At that time, the sales of canned fruits will definitely usher in an explosive growth.

"In the Guangzhou Prefecture, thanks to the development of commerce in recent years, the living standards of the people have been significantly improved. People from nearby prefectures and counties are also willing to come to work in the city, which is also very beneficial to stabilizing the rule of Lingnan Road.

I heard that Governor Feng is now preparing to build a cement road leading to several prefectures in the east and west and north. At that time, Guangzhou will no longer be the place where everyone can feel dissatisfied."

Cheng Gang, who was standing by, was obviously quite looking forward to Guangzhou's future.

Nowadays, the three of them are the heads of their respective companies in Guangzhou.

The higher the status of Guangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, the higher they will increase their status in the mansion.

"Brother Cheng is right. Commerce and sugarcane cultivation are now two of the most important business projects in Guangzhou. In the future, with the prosperity of canned workshops, it is estimated that fruit cultivation will become very promising.

Here are all seasons like spring, and the winter time is particularly short. Basically, fruits can be used in canned food in every season."

Fangzhen suddenly felt that the canned industry seemed to be expected to become an emerging industry in the Tang Dynasty.

Not only does Guangzhou have fruits, but also Jiangnan Road, let alone Nanyang.

Even in Guanzhong, there are fruits such as yellow peaches that can be used to make them into canned food.

This will be a big industry.

After Fang Town was about to finish his meal, he wrote a letter back and reported his views on the canned industry to his family.

Anyway, they wouldn't mind anyone else entering the Chu Prince's Mansion with the means of doing things like canned food.

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The Workshop City is now full of busy figures.

After the beginning of spring, all walks of life in the Tang Dynasty burst into great vitality.

The construction of the railway from Chang'an City to Luoyang has stimulated the development of many industries at once.

The influence of infrastructure is very huge, otherwise the world will not use infrastructure means to stimulate economic development at any time.

The steel output of the Tang Dynasty doubled in the 18th year of Zhenguan, and this year it will continue to develop at a growth rate of several%.

However, in the Datang Trading Center, the price of steel not only did not decline due to the increase in output, but instead rose steadily.

There is no way, the demand is too strong.

If the Chu Prince's Mansion had not been desperately expanding its steel production capacity, it would have probably doubled the steel price as soon as the railway started.

Fortunately, the large iron smelting workshop in Zhenbeidao has started operations at full capacity and is considering continuing to expand production.

The iron smelting workshop of the King of Chu Mansion in Jiangnan Road has also been successfully put into production.

Nowadays, a new iron smelting workshop in the King of Chu Mansion in Youzhou is also under construction.

To be honest, the steel production of Datang at this time had already accounted for 90% of the world's steel production.

This is definitely a scary number.

The data is published every year in the Datang Daily, so there is no need to worry about leaking secrets.

Because such a huge number has been spread to some distant countries, people will not believe it at all.

In the countries around the Tang Dynasty, everyone knows the differences in strength between the two sides and will not provoke the Tang Dynasty at any time.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the iron smelting workshop of Changsun's family has successfully mastered a new technology that can greatly reduce costs. Now they will not lose money when selling steel.
To be continued...