Bao Qing Sheng North Inn.

Xiaobao sat on the main seat, and Zhuo Yao poured him wolfberry and hawthorn water.

The whip marks on Xiri Ahong's face have not yet healed, and they are covered with gauze. They look a little pitiful.

Now that he was holding the tea in his hand, he could no longer taste the good taste it had at the beginning.

However, the person negotiating with him on the other side turned out to be a child, which gave him some confidence. It would be nice if the young man who was not stingy from last time was not here.

In fact, Chu Yuan was here, leaning against the door with Lao Yu to watch the excitement.

If Xiaobao is coming, can Chu Qing not follow him? If Chu Qing is coming, can they not follow him?

"Young Master Chu," Xiri Ahong saw that he didn't speak and the child drank water seriously and ignored him, so he had to speak first.

Originally, it was the uncle who paid for it!

"I came here this time to talk about cotton. We still have more than five million kilograms left, but it may be gone in a few days. Look..."

"You only sold so much? I thought you had sold out all of them after such a long time!" Xiaobao said, and then expressed concern: "Sell it quickly, or dry it in the sun quickly, otherwise it will rot easily."

If you are not afraid of death, why would you want to do this to you? The kid opposite was so irritating that Xiri Ahong wanted to scold him, but he didn’t dare.

"Hahaha," Xiri Ahong said with an awkward smile: "This is not because our prince cooperated very well with your Master Chu last year. Our prince is very sincere. He thinks..."

"Does the prince want to get rid of it at a low price? Alas, every family has difficult times to recite, I can understand! Our family is also in difficulty now, there is too much business at home, and now my mother is recruiting workers all over the county, and there are not enough people. They have started to recruit people from outside the county." Xiaobao looked very worried.

"This... can you tell me why a business requires so many people? I wonder if I can help?" Xiri Ahong didn't believe it but didn't say it directly.

"Did you know that our family has an iron pot business? As the end of the year approaches, the number of orders increases, and we have added thirty more furnaces!

Did you know that my family makes wool underwear? There are not enough workers in the five nearby villages, and now we are recruiting workers all over the county!

Did you know that my family sells soybean oil? In the past, I was only responsible for supplying the imperial palace. Now, even the prefectures and cities near us come to place orders. The latest order is already on the 15th day of the first lunar month!

Our family also has…”

Chu Yuan and Lao Yu were outside the door biting the backs of their hands and listening. They couldn't help but laugh out loud. This kid can brag better than them!

Xiri Ahong didn't want to hear it anymore. If their prince had so many orders, he probably wouldn't have to wait for King Vos to ascend to the throne and could enter the palace now.

But now I can’t even make cotton money!

"Hahaha..." He laughed awkwardly again, and Xiri Ahong had to go back to the original topic: "Do you think more than five million kilograms of cotton are enough? Our prince said it is not enough, and I can help you raise more. , we should still follow the original price of seven cents per catty."

"Ah? Enough? No, no, no, no!" Xiaobao waved his hand and shook his head quickly: "No, no, no, we have enough cotton this year, we don't need it anymore."

Zhuo Yao took the opportunity to refill Xiaobao's water and reminded him with his eyes: "Don't refuse so completely. Why are you here if I really don't need you?"

Xiaobao muttered: "If mother hadn't thought that King Guli was a nice person and insisted on me telling her how to be polite and courteous, I would have helped my mother! There are so many things that my mother can't do now. It’s time to get started!”

The sound was neither too loud nor too quiet, just enough for King Guli to hear clearly.

"I came here out of courtesy and didn't want to buy cotton at all!" Xiri Ahong was depressed.

I kept trying to go back and save my face, but they didn't give me any chance! What should we talk about next?

"Uh... look, how about six cents per catty?" Xiri Ahong gritted his teeth and lowered the price. He even used "you" to even a kid!

The seven cents was allowed by the prince, but it was not allowed to go any lower.

"It's not about the price, it's about our family..." Xiaobao looked like "Why don't you understand?"

"It's a good thing that Mr. Chu's business is booming. If the business is so good that we sell out, you will also need to restock, right?" Xiri Ahong said with a smile on his face.

"That's not the case. We already have a lot of our own cotton and the cotton purchased by the caravan this year. Even if it is out of stock, it doesn't matter. You must know that business must be done one by one and key transactions must be guaranteed..." Xiaobao wanted to break up again.

Use your fingers to calculate for him the key items of his home.

"Five articles!" Xiri Ahong was already gritting his teeth!

It has to be sold, even if it costs less, it is better than losing it!

Everything else is easy to say, but there is no money on the grassland!

"Aren't you making things difficult for me?" Xiaobao began to mumble again.

Zhuo Yao quickly spoke up: "Master, the master has said that King Guli has made an agreement with us, and we cannot go back on our word!"

Xiri Ahong could hardly lift his head, and people said he "didn't keep his word".

"Okay then, five coins will be five coins, alas." Xiaobao's "reluctance" was clearly expressed: "It's a matter of how much money!"

Then he said to Xiri Ahong: "Then transport it to Bao Qingsheng and settle the settlement, otherwise where can I put it?"

Yes, five cents per pound, free shipping, and cash on delivery!

Xiri Ahong went back anxiously.

I wonder if the prince is going to whip him again? He won’t chop off his head, right?

Chu Yuan and Lao Yu hugged Xiaobao and praised him: "Okay, Xiaobao! He is much better than your mother!"

"How to speak? My mother taught me how to speak!" Xiaobao was not happy.

"Yes, yes, the best comes from the blue, the green comes from the blue!" Lao Yu agreed.

"She's just better than your mother!" Chu Yuan told the truth. He was a discerning person and could tell that Xiaobao's mother was usually deficient most of the time.

"I told mother to go!" Xiaobao pulled Chu Yuan's ears to both sides with his hands.

"Tell me what?" Chu Qing walked towards them.

There will always be someone faster than Cao Cao, right? Chu Yuan put down Xiaobao and ran away.

…………

Kyoto, Imperial Study Room.

Hu Hengqiu came to "concern the leader" when he had nothing to do: "Your Majesty, you need to open the window for ventilation. Although there is less smoke from Yinshuang Charcoal, there is still some smoke."

Eunuch Li changed the tea for the emperor and said nothing with his eyelids lowered.

This Mr. Hu always looks like he's trying to steal his job every time he comes here. It's annoying!

Why don't we switch, you have a knife too, and I give up my position to you?

"What's wrong with you?" The emperor continued to tap on the memorial with a cinnabar pen.

"Your Majesty, if the people of Kyoto can stay warm this year, there are cotton robes and sweaters to choose from!"

"What on earth are you going to say?"

"I am saying that when the weather gets cold, people have a choice of winter clothes. They can wear cotton or wool. If you have more money, you can wear fur."

"Nonsense! Talk about something!"

"I obey the order! Report to the Emperor, Chu Qing harvested 20 million jins of cotton in Juntun this year, and purchased another 5.8 million jins from the Voss Kingdom. If they can all be sold, it will be a huge amount of income...

But that... the expenses of the Secret Investigation Department have been used up this year, and I may not have to wait until after the new year to get my share, and now I have no money, Your Majesty!"

"Didn't I ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to grant you ten thousand taels last month?"

"Your Majesty, how can ten thousand taels be enough? If you buy all the firewood and charcoal, you have to save money! Just issuing the 'firewood direct silver' is..."

"Okay, okay! Are you a commander or a debt collector?"

"Your Majesty!" Hu Hengqiu looked aggrieved: "Chu Qing has not paid taxes before the end of the year, and there is nothing I can do!"

The emperor finally put down his imperial pen. He was particularly displeased with Hu Hengqiu today. No, whenever Hu Hengqiu asked for money, he was displeased with him!

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Chapter completed!