Ning Zhongze finally took the method that the housekeeper was not a solution, and he started to shrink his business outside. As for how much he would lose in the end, he didn't know now. In short, he would lose money for one day when he was put outside.

Zhang Xiaobao has never regarded the Ning family as an opponent since the beginning. Such a family has become old, and the change of dynasties has changed many aristocratic families.

If you take out the third-rank official in the court, you may still have the interest in fighting. Those kinds of people are so good, just like Old Man Bi. If he doesn't want to fall into the trap, it will be useless for you to lie to him. He can tolerate it, and it will be unsuccessful for ten or eight years.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan made a lot of things for their younger brothers and sisters, and they can basically be used until they are four years old. What to do later depends on the hobbies shown by the four little guys.

Hobbies do not appear out of thin air, but let children see all kinds of amazing things. They can choose one of them. If they are very forced to cultivate and simple, they will only get in touch with one type of person when they are playing since childhood. There is a high probability that the child will choose this one as the thing they are most interested in.

Zhang Xiaobao and the others who put down the things to make the matter, got the news that the fleet had returned. Six ships came back, and the rest of the ships were still on the island.

The sent people seemed very relaxed when they came back, and they seemed to have good results and no casualties were required.

The Zhang family and the manager who went there were called Zhang Xingjia. When they saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, they put the package on their backs on the table. Just as they were about to speak, Li Xun, who had received the news, hurried in and asked as soon as they met:

"How are you? How many people were killed? Have you promoted the national prestige of my Tang Dynasty? What are the casualties?"

Zhang Xing's family was stunned by Li Xun's series of questions. Until Li Xun ran over and was thirsty, he poured water from the tea bowl, and then said: "Young master, little lady, Mr. Li, haven't killed anyone, and the person who went there last time never saw the person he met that time.

Maybe I was hiding somewhere and ran away when I saw that there were too many people in us. The remaining locals were very stable and were happy to exchange things with us. A fishing net made of cotton thread was replaced by five stones of ore they found, which was this."

Zhang Xingjia said, while taking out a piece of ore from the package, thinking about it, and then took out another one.

Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, and Li Xun stared at each other, and didn't know what kind of mine the two stones belonged to.

"This is..." Li Xun reached out to take the ore and weighed it a few times, and asked in a long voice.

"The other type is copper mine. It seems that they can easily take it out. Obviously, there are more mines on the island and it is easy to mine. I don't know how many it can be refined, and a fishing net can be exchanged for so many."

Zhang Xingjia explained that he only found someone to ask for it after he came back and got off the boat.

Li Xun was not afraid of poisoning, so he kissed the gold mine with his mouth and said excitedly to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan: "Xiaobao, Juanjuan, we sent it. A fishing net woven with cotton thread and twine can be replaced so many times. Look at the weight, how can Changshi be so heavy."

Zhang Xiaobao really doesn't care about gold mines. It's useless now. It's usually used to make jewelry. The copper mine is not bad. As long as there are too many, you won't worry about the emergence of any other coins that mess up the economy. To ensure the purchasing power of copper coins, no one will destroy copper coins and cast copper ware.

This is not what he cares about the most. It doesn’t matter whether he has money or not. The main thing is food. It was not until the Kaiyuan period that it was a prosperous era. Before new grain seeds were cultivated and large-scale planting, obtaining food from other places was a good way to solve people’s livelihood. Otherwise, those who have money but don’t have food will suffer from poverty.

The high-yield grains grown by my family in Sanshui County are not sure whether the yield will be lower or higher after making seeds. I think people from the imperial court's Sinong Temple have paid attention and hope they can find more ways to increase the yield.

Zhang Xingjia seemed to know what the young master and the young lady were most concerned about. Seeing that they didn’t pay much attention to ore, they immediately said:

"Little young master, little lady, there is a lot of food on the island. They also know that they are not always on the mountain, there is a lot of flat land, they don't know how to cultivate the land, they just plant it directly. But for some reason, the rice yield in the land they planted is no less than the seeds sold by the Zhang family.

It's hot, look, the little ones are all tanned, and it's probably okay to plant three times a year. The taste may be almost the same, but I can always eat it. On the boat I came back, there were two ships in it. Later, you two, you two, will come and take a look."

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are now satisfied.

"Even if it's bad, people don't like to eat it. They can feed pigs, cattle and sheep, especially pigs. It's very good. With too much oil and water, people will not be as expensive as food. It's good. Next time I go to the local area to find grass and trees that we haven't seen before, and take it back to take a look. Maybe you can find good herbs or good wood."

Only then did Wang Juan have the leisure to pick up another piece of copper ore and weigh it in his hand. If there is good grass there, it will be even better if it grows fast and can feed cattle and sheep. It is not to bring the grass back, but to bring the cattle and sheep over to raise it, and then kill it and transport the meat and skin back.

If you really encounter good grass, and there is no place to plant it, you will be transported back and shipped to specialize in cultivating cows, or directly for children to drink, or make milk slices and coax them into milk powder that tastes badly, and transport them to further places.

Zhang Xiaobao was considering another thing. Seeing that Wang Juan and Li Xun were thinking about different things, they asked: "Have you found a suitable place to build a dock? Can local people communicate well?"

"If you go back to the young master, the pier is simple. It's a small sight to see that the surrounding coast can be built. Does the young master want to hire locals to help you do things there?"

Zhang Xingjia was able to understand it at a glance. When he saw the young master nodding, he said, "But it is not very convenient to communicate with the locals. They can't understand what we say, and we can't understand what they say.

When exchanging things, we use comparison drawings. We first put the fishing net on the ground and give it up. They come over to watch it, and then happily let people take ore. The young master and the young man feel that it is okay to let them get the aroma of aphrodisiacs, tortoiseshells and corals in the sea, and there is no need to give them something better."

"Oh, yes, I'll find a way to learn the local language. Cotton is still valuable now. I can't give it that way, what should I pay it back? How about pottery? You brought a lot of them, have you changed it to good things?"

Zhang Xiaobao's eyes lit up. The people on the island are poor. If you give something, you will feel good. You can't tell the value at all. It's easy to bully. In fact, it's not considered bullying, but everyone takes what they need.

When Zhang Xingjia heard the pottery, he immediately replied: "Young master, you don't know. Pottery is easy to use. I didn't change it anymore, but I changed ten of them. As a result, I got two boats of rice, five of them were in one boat. After I was sent, the boat stopped there and I wouldn't replace the pottery at once."

"Okay, it's true that you're doing things that make people feel relieved. With pottery, they can cook food. Do you have to add oil? Next time you go there, bring some soybean oil, and you can give them a demonstration, let them see, and let them taste it, and then change the oil. The pottery can't be exchanged for them too much."

Zhang Xiaobao was satisfied, not because of how many things he changed, but because the people who went there knew how to control it.

But when Zhang Xiaobao thought of exchange, he began to worry. If the merchants from Jiangnan Dongdao saw this situation, would they disrupt the market? Scarcity is precious. In order to get more gold and copper, they are likely to exchange it for others regardless of the commercial value of the materials.

"No, merchants are absolutely not allowed to bring any non-consumables over there. They can bring some spices. They smell good and can also make delicious foods. Especially MSG, they can be sold to merchants first and let them go over and exchange them."

Zhang Xiaobao, who was originally planning to let the businessman perform himself, now regretted it and did not plan to follow the original method. ***, it must be ***.

Spices are good things. Some Europeans once put spices on them to show their identity, which shows how precious spices are.

Wang Juan put down the ore, thought for a while, pulled Zhang Xiaobao and left.

"Go to find Grandpa Zhang and Grandpa Bi and ask them to help. As you said, non-consumables must not appear on the island in large quantities. I think they will use pottery very carefully. It is too difficult to break one. When they save too much, they will not need it."

Zhang Xiaobao turned around and held the two ores in his hand.

Old Man Zhang and Old Man Bi were idle and were playing billiards with a group of old men. Ten people surrounded a case and divided them into two groups. They didn’t feel that they had been waiting for a long time. They were very excited and were difficult to understand.

"Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Bi, are you playing?" Zhang Xiaobao greeted with a smile.

When Old Man Zhang and Old Man Bi saw Xiaobao and Juanjuan came to him, they knew that the two had something to discuss and gave the opportunity to others, and led Zhang Xiaobao and the others to a secluded place next to them to rest.

Old man Zhang picked up a small abalone specially used for snacks from Yu Xiaoji, threw it into his mouth, chewed it lightly, and asked, "Xiaobao, is there something difficult to deal with? Well, this abalone is good."

Zhang Xiaobao curled his lips, of course it was good. Except for nursing homes, other places could not enjoy such treatment. He put the two ores on his hand and said:

"There should be many gold and copper mines there, and there are several things to exchange, such as pottery and porcelain, cotton thread nets, and spices and soybean oil that I thought of. Grandpa Zhang, which one do you think of to exchange for it?"

"Does this still need to be asked? Of course it is spices and soybean oil. Things that can be grown will not be eaten. How long does it take for pottery and porcelain to take? Oh~! I understand, are you afraid that someone will bring a lot of pottery and porcelain? It seems that the court has to order it, so I will write a letter immediately."

Before Old Man Zhang could speak, Old Man Bi opened his mouth and lit the things out, and at the same time he also knew about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan’s concerns.
Chapter completed!