Zhang Mansion, Yan County.

After hearing the news handed back by the slave, Zhang Qian showed a look of shock.

"He really turned the water into ice?"

"Master, it's true. The young man saw it with his own eyes. It took him less than a quarter of an hour to get a basin of ice." The young servant couldn't believe it now.

Zhang Qian was stunned and forgot that he was still holding a teacup in his hand.

He did not come to his senses until the tea cup tilted and the tea burned his hands.

Then, he jumped up from the chair like a spring, "Go to the Yan Prince's Mansion."

As the first wealthy family in Yan County, Zhang Qian was naturally not a fool who could make the family business passed down by his ancestors so big.

The price of ice is the same as gold.

In Jiangnan, the richest place in Dasong, this thing is missing.

If there is a constant stream of ice, it will be a constant stream of silver.

He hated the Yan Prince's Mansion in his heart. Zhang Han was arrested, and he hated him even more. After all, Zhang Han and his Zhang family had many secret deals.

When the King of Yan touched Zhang Han, he slapped him in the face, so he was thinking about how to kill the Prince of Yan's mansion.

But now he decided to ease his mind for the time being.

What's more, the Dong family, Yang family, and Lu family sent out either the head of the family or the eldest son.

These three families have always been in harmony with themselves and are disobedient and disobedient.

Of course he could not take this good thing for them, otherwise he would not be able to sit firmly in the seat of the No. 1 rich clan in Yan County.

At that time, several of their families would have to give up the positions of important officials in Yan County.

Therefore, even if he pretends today, he still has to pretend to be intimate with the Yan Prince's Mansion. As for how to deal with the Yan Prince's Mansion in the future, he will first get the ice-making technique.

"Master, do you want to call the Huang family and the Du family?" asked the servant.

"You still need to call? They must run faster than us." Zhang Qian ran away.

When we arrived at the Yan Prince's Mansion, it turned out that Huang Yu, the head of the Huang family, and Du Ming, the head of the Du family, were all there.

The Dong family, Lu family, and Yang family not only have the eldest son, but the head of the family also came.

"Oh, isn't Zhang Yuanwai feeling unwell?" Liu Fu raised his eyes and saw Zhang Qian coming, deliberately sarcastic.

Zhang Qian was extremely angry. He had never been humiliated by a servant. However, although he was annoyed, he smiled on his face, "I felt a little uncomfortable in the morning, but I came after getting better in the afternoon. After all, who dared not to obey the will of the King of Yan?"

He looked at Huang Yu and Du Ming, and the two old guys shook their heads at him at the same time. It was obvious that they had also been ridiculed by Liu Fu.

So I thought to myself, in order to make ice-making techniques, I will make your Yan Prince's Mansion proud for a few days, and then I will make you cry later.

Liu Fu sneered in his heart, and he saw the viciousness flashing through Zhang Qian's eyes.

But he was not a coward, otherwise he would not have risked his life to save the King of Yan.

Turning around, he came to Zhao Xu and said, "Your Highness, the heads of the thirty-eight well-known wealthy families in Yan County have arrived."

Zhao Xu nodded.

He did not reply to the question just now how much money was worth of ice making, just to wait for everyone to arrive.

He did not refuse the Zhang family, who had a bad attitude towards the royal family.

Emperor Zhao Heng sent him to Yan County, which was actually not much different from exile.

There was no generous money given to other princes, and there were many arrangements in the fiefdom.

Therefore, he can only rely on himself to earn money and food to build his own foundation.

The Zhang family and others had a bad attitude towards him, and he knew it, but he didn't need to be unable to get along with the money.

After all, if he refused to participate in the Zhang family, he could not take out the folk paste that the Zhang family had plundered. The Zhang family would do everything possible to obstruct them, and even try to steal the ice-making method.

The method of making ice is very simple and can easily be leaked, and that will be less than worth the effort.

After thinking about this section, he said, "For the past three years, I have been crazy and stupid. I have never met you after coming to Yan County. However, last night, I met a master in my dream. Not only did he wake me up, but he also taught me a lot of skills. This ice-making technique is one of them."

The ancients were very superstitious because of their lack of scientific literacy.

Contemporary historical books record that the birth of an emperor will write about strange phenomena in heaven and earth, with the purpose of making people believe that the emperor is the chosen one.

The same is true in this world, so he said this on purpose just to make them unable to distinguish between true and false, and to shock them.

They were afraid of being targeted by the Yan Prince's Mansion.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, everyone was talking about it, and many people showed a look of surprise.

He continued, "Of course, I asked you to come here not to talk about this, but to make ice-making techniques. Now I can say how much money this method of making ice has sold."

When we arrived at the key part, everyone raised their ears.

Zhao Xu said slowly: "One million taels."

"One million taels!" Everyone took a breath.

"Your Highness, this... this is too expensive. We don't have that much of our family's assets." A rich man shouted.

"Yes, even if you learn this ice-making technique, it will take several years to earn it back." Someone said again.

Zhao Xu had expected this to happen long ago.

One million taels is indeed a considerable amount.

After all, Dasong's annual tax revenue is said to be only 60 to 70 million taels.

However, taxes are taxes, and he knew very well that most of Dasong's wealth was in these wealthy families.

After all, they extremely exploited the people and concentrated social wealth.

It can be said that they are all equivalent to contemporary billionaires, billionaires, and billionaires.

They are even richer than them, because the land and trade in Yan County are almost monopolized by these 38 companies.

Yan County is equivalent to a contemporary prefecture-level city.

Imagine a situation where land, minerals, transportation, and various commercial operations in a contemporary prefecture-level city are monopolized by 38 companies.

In addition, they controlled the officialdom of Yan County and basically did not pay taxes, so they would definitely be rich.

So, it's not unreasonable for him to ask for this price.

It is to bring back the wealth belonging to Yan County from them.

"In Jinling City, one pound of ice is sold for one ounce of silver. In a summer, it is common to consume hundreds of thousands of pounds of ice. Looking at the entire Jiangnan, it is not just a few million pounds. If you are lucky, you can earn it back in two or three years." Zhao Xu said lightly.

In Dasong, you can buy a stone of rice for one tael of silver, which is about one hundred and twenty kilograms.

If we compare the price of contemporary rice, one tael of silver is equivalent to more than three hundred yuan.

A penny of silver is only about thirty yuan, and ice is not very expensive, so it is definitely a market.

Zhao Xu settled the accounts so clearly that the voices of the rich men became weaker.

However, although they have a lot of property, they are not able to take out so much cash at once.

Because their assets mostly exist in food, cloth, land, minerals, etc.

Even so, using so many properties to fight for this business will have to take great risks.

They were still very unhappy.

Zhao Xu has been observing the expressions of the rich.

He had already realized this and said, "I understand that it is not easy for a family to take out a million taels, so he called your thirty-eight families to make a fortune together."
Chapter completed!