On March 23, Zhu Youjian approved the memorial of Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian, and Zhao Yan was comforted by Denglai guerrillas. The officials in the court had too many objections to this.

The guerrilla general is already in the market during the Apocalypse period. According to the current market, it is usually given to the deputy general. It is really rare to be proud of Zhu Dadian's ability to successfully recruit guerrillas at the level of Denglai's guerrillas.

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After the news of the court's approval reached Shandong, Zhao Yan immediately sent people to various garrisons to select craftsmen. Although the seal and documents had not arrived yet, Zhao Yan had reached an agreement with Zhu Dadian.

Zhao Yan's headquarters was located in Huang County, and he was the general to suppress bandits in Denglai. The court was not responsible for the preparation of military weapons needed by Zhao Yan, and allocated 500 craftsmen to build them.

During this period, Zhu Dadian sent people to investigate Huang County, and the suspicion in his heart gradually became relieved. According to the investigation results, the Zhao family did set up porridge sheds in several counties in Dengzhou. Huang County Magistrate Tang Xianming also proved that the Zhao family was relocating refugees. At the same time, the Zhao family did not violate the people, and sent local brave men to suppress bandits everywhere.

In addition, the Zhao family was a scholarly family, and his father Zhao Gui was a juren in the 31st year of Wanli. Zhao Yan was also a scammer, which was different from ordinary vulgar warriors.

And there is also a lot of filial piety, and the last time I took action, I had a thousand taels of gold.

Zhu Dadian's mind became active. If Zhao Yan could use it well, he would be an excellent thug, which would be very helpful to his political achievements.

So Zhao Yan wanted a craftsman, so he just chose it.

When Zhao Yan brought more than fifty riders to Jinan to meet Zhu Dadian, Zhu Dadian was surprised to see Zhao Yan at the government office at the age of seventeen or eighteen.

"Zhao Yan, how many years are you this year?" Zhu Dadian asked incrediblely.

"Sir, I'm eighteen years old." Zhao Yan replied with a bow, feeling a little sweaty. His age is indeed a little scary, but youth is just the capital, which is not bad.

"Eighteen! Very old." Zhu Dadian couldn't help but say enviously, and couldn't help but remember that when he was young, he was still studying hard when he was as old as Zhao Yan. Now, he is already fifty-three.

After a while of melancholy, Zhu Dadian smiled, "The 18-year-old guerrilla general is rare in my Ming Dynasty, do you have any words to say "大天?"

"I haven't taken the word "动" yet." Zhao Yan shook his head and said. The word "动" was taken after Cheng Renli. He had not experienced Cheng Renli before he came, so he probably had to wait for two years.

"Well! How about I get you a word for a word for a letter?" Zhu Dadian said that Zhao Yan had no word for a word for a letter, and he shouted in a bad mood and asked.

"It depends entirely on the sir." Zhao Yan said humbly, not very concerned about the word "大大" and he should take whatever he likes!

"Yan, your mind is firm, you can comfort me this time, and then take the word "Keep Strong"! I hope you can be firm and loyal, so don't do anything against you in the future." Zhu Dadian thought for a while, and said to Zhao Yan earnestly.

"Keep it firm?" Zhao Yan muttered a few words in his heart, and it felt okay! So he shouted a slogan, "Thank you, the lower officials will be loyal to the emperor and the Ming Dynasty."

After shouting the slogan, I thought to myself that this general is loyal to the nation. If Zhu Youjian cannot help him...#@#￥%*%~~~

"The documents in office will probably arrive soon. You will be in the guerrillas in Denglai. Now that the bandits in Denglai are rampant, what are your plans?" Zhu Dadian asked.

"Bandits should send troops to fight, but some local tyrants in Denglai often play as bandits. If they are suppressed, they may be criticized. Do you think..." Zhao Yan asked Zhu Dadian, wanting to get some privileges from him, such as if he suppressed those local tyrants, Zhu Dadian helped him to push the jar.

"This... I can just warn them first and let them regret it. There is no need to pursue the previous incident." Zhu Dadian's answer made Zhao Yan choke to death.

Damn, this old man seems to have no need to think about hoping that he will come to the jar, and he can only go into battle with his own shirtless.

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After leaving the Governor's Office, Zhao Yan took people to stroll on the street. Jinan was close to the canal, so it was more prosperous, and there were still many people on the street. But behind the prosperity, there were many unclothed refugees and beggars on the street.

Some people have opened porridge sheds, but there are too few people who donate porridge after all.

Some people even listed and sold them, and could buy them with just a little money. Last winter, Jinan City probably frozen a lot of people. Previously, Zhao Yan recruited refugees not much, but only in prefectures and counties around Huang County.

Along the way, Zhao Yan wandered around the shops and looked at them, constantly asking about the prices. When he encountered something he was interested in, he paid for it and asked his personal soldiers to carry it.

Zhao Yan's personal soldiers were newly selected and formed, and they were all elite soldiers in the battalion.

When asking about prices, he naturally has his intention. In the late Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is silver! Learn more about the market and understand what can make money.

In the cloth shop, Zhao Yan found that the cotton cloth of this era was weighed by pounds, which was absolutely perfect. The price of a kilogram of cotton cloth was about eight cents.

According to the understanding, the price of cotton varies greatly from north to south.

A tuft of cotton in the south can be sold for about 4 to 5 taels, while a tuft of cotton in the north is usually 1 to 2 taels per tuft, with each tuft of 50 kilograms.

The price of cotton depends on whether there are cloth merchants coming to buy it. If there are not many cloth merchants who have no cloth merchants, the price may fall less than one tael of silver.

The price of cotton cloth can generally be sold for 2 qian per kilogram of silver in the south, which should be related to the more developed economy in the south. The more developed the economy, the higher the prices.

At the same time, there are more silver in the south than in the north, because after the overseas silver flows in, it will first stay in the south, and the south's products are also richer. When the Qing Dynasty went south, it was often found more than 100,000 taels of silver in a wealthy household. Zheng Zhilong's hometown is naturally the richest man.

These silver usually fall into the hands of those Beile, prince, and Qing soldiers.

Whenever foreign tribes invade, the most slaughtered is the south, and the most intense resistance is the south.

From a profit perspective, cotton still has many potentials.

A kilogram of cotton is sold for one ounce of silver, and a pound of cotton is 5 taels, and the profit is more than half. Some of them are to be earned by the sellers, but the profit share is less than five cents. In other words, a pound of cotton is still more than 2 taels of profit. If 5 coins are given to spinning and weaving workers, and freight costs are deducted, the profit of the cloth merchant is also about 1.5 taels.

If it is in the south, the profit of the cloth merchant may be as high as 2 to 3 taels.

If sold overseas, the profit will be higher.

Based on the economic situation in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to purchasing cotton locally, cloth merchants in the south will also purchase lower-priced cotton from the north and overseas.

After weaving these cotton into cotton cloth, the sales locations are generally in developed cities in the north, but in those underdeveloped areas, they are generally self-sufficient and some local small cloth merchants dominate the market. Few cloth chambers in the south will visit. More cotton cloths are sold in the south and sold overseas.

In the late Ming Dynasty, China's cotton cloth had always occupied the overseas market, and the textile industries in countries such as Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands were suppressed.

Not only is their cotton cloth not as expensive as Chinese cotton cloth, but their quality is also not as good as Chinese cotton cloth.

It goes without saying that quality is naturally the case. China has the advantage in contemporary textile technology. As for the price, it is determined by the quantity of silver.

Westerners own a large amount of silver mines in the Americas, which will inevitably lead to rising prices. China's silver is more valuable and has a large amount of cheap labor. Although the textile speed is not necessarily much faster than that of Westerners, the price is naturally lower, which forms the advantage of good quality and low price.

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