Chapter 12 The Big Shopkeeper's
"What is Guizhou most lacking?" Ma Mingfeng carefully searched his childhood memories and wanted to answer this question.
But he couldn't answer this question, because Ma Luan had been following Ma Shiying since she was a child and rarely had time to be from her hometown.
However, the little servant Chunwang, who followed him, was deeply touched and opened his mouth to say it, but due to the limitations of etiquette and law, the master did not ask, but did not dare to say it directly.
"Chunwang, what do you have to say?" Ma Mingfeng asked quickly when he saw this scene.
Chunwang hurriedly said, "Uncle, I know what my hometown lacks the most."
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Based on Ma Luan's memory, Ma Mingfeng knew that Chunwang was originally from Guizhou. His father was a slave of the Ma family. It can be said that Chunwang was a slave of the Ma family. As a low-level background, he must be clearer about what the locals lack.
Chunwang immediately said, "My uncle, our Guizhou has abundant rainfall and food is not poor, but the most scarce is salt. There are very few large salt mines in Guizhou. Not to mention ordinary people, even the nobles and nobles eat salt. These noble families only put a very small amount of salt in the dishes, so they can't feel the saltiness. Ordinary people can only use fern root ash to replace salt, or use sour and spicy flavors to replace salt. In our Guizhou, even the best place, that is, our Guiyang Prefecture, the salt price is extremely high, and a pound of salt can be exchanged for a bucket of rice."
"So that's the case. Then we sell salt and transport it to Guizhou to sell it. Not only do we make money, but we can also benefit the people. This is a good thing that can kill multiple deaths."
Ma Mingfeng was very happy. He looked at Mr. Wu and wanted Mr. Wu to help make a decision.
But Mr. Wu shook his head and said, "Although Guizhou lacks salt, it is not so easy to transport it in. Although I have never been to the south, I have heard that Guizhou is mountainous and the road is difficult. Although the young master has ambitions, it is extremely difficult to transport the salt."
After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng thought for a moment, and then said, "Nevertheless, our business must be done as usual. How many difficult things are in this world? They are all done by those who do business? How difficult the Silk Road was so difficult back then? Didn't anyone succeed in developing it? Didn't Zheng He successfully open up a business road when he voyages to the West seven times? There is no flat road in business. Only those who climb along the steep road without fear of hardships can have the hope of reaching the peak of glory."
When Mr. Wu heard this, his eyes lit up and said respectfully to Ma Mingfeng: "The eldest young master's words have reached a critical point. We business people never know what hardship is. The more difficult the place is, the more business opportunities arise. Wansheng's words just now just depend on how determined the eldest young master is. Since you have made such a determination, Wansheng is very pleased. If the eldest young master does not dislike him this time, Wansheng is willing to follow the eldest young master."
Ma Mingfeng was overjoyed after hearing this and bowed and said, "If Mr. Wu's advice is taken, I will definitely be extremely smooth this time. If Mr. Wu does not abandon him, he will be the boss of my caravan in the future. In terms of business operations, no matter what decisions the teacher makes, I will fully support it!"
"Thank you, no, I should say thank you to the boss. The boss trusts so much for the young master. The young master will do his best to help the boss plan. In fact, if the boss really wants to transport salt, the first thing we have to do is to get the salt induction. This is the official certificate for salt trading. If it is not available, we will sell private salt. The court has formulated a very strict criminal law on this. Of course, the enforcement of this law is not so strict, but the boss is a person who is on the right path of the CS A. It cannot be exploited and attacked by those who are interested because of this."
"I know this, but where did I know the officials who issued salt quotas?" Ma Mingfeng suddenly felt a little overwhelmed. It seemed that doing business was not that easy in ancient times, and even if he got a business license, he had to go through the relationship.
But when he saw Mr. Wu laughing, he said, "The boss doesn't have to worry about this. The master has a good relationship with Liu Kongzhao, the admiral of the Right Prefecture of Nanjing, and Liu Kongzhao, and Liu Kongzhao has a good relationship with the Yan Censor of the Lianghuai, so this matter only needs to say hello to operate easily."
"Liu Kongzhao?" Ma Mingfeng felt a little impressed when he heard this name. He was an important member of the support of King Fu with Ma Shiying. Later, after being captured in Nanjing, he led his army to escape. Emperor Hongguang ran to him for refuge, but he kept his door and refused to accept it, which eventually led to Emperor Hongguang being captured.
Mr. Wu did not know that Ma Mingfeng was thinking about the records of later history books, and thought that Ma Mingfeng was not familiar with the character Liu Kongzhao, so he introduced: "This person is a descendant of the Chengyi Bo Liu Ji. He now inherited the title of Chengyi Bo, but his character is far inferior to the first generation Chengyi Bo. For the position of Admiral Cao Jiang, he tried his best to curry favor with Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet. He first impeached Hou Xun, the Minister of Revenue, and caused Hou Shangshu to be imprisoned. He has not yet been rehabilitated. He also attacked the Imperial College Priest Ni Yuanlu, causing Ni Yuanlu to be unemployed. There is a saying that Wansheng should not say that the master is a clean and upright official, and although he is a false accusation, the Qing people are from the Qing Dynasty, so why did they make friends with villains such as Ruan Dacheng and Liu Kongzhao? It really makes Wansheng puzzled."
When Ma Mingfeng heard this, he immediately understood why Mr. Wu was not doing the stable accountant, but was willing to follow him to do business. It turned out that he couldn't stand the behavior of making friends with evil fathers. But Mr. Wu had great kindness to Mr. Wu, and he could not refuse to repay him, so he could not leave. Following him was able to seek peace in front of him and repay his kindness, which was a matter of killing two birds with one stone.
Ma Mingfeng doesn't care about these things, as long as Mr. Wu can help him do things. He doesn't care about the affairs of the cheap father making friends with evil, because he knows that these people will be the boosters of the cheap father's power in the future. Even if they want to deal with them, they have to wait until the cheap father really takes over the power.
So Ma Mingfeng said, "I don't understand the things in the court, and don't worry about it. I believe my father will be responsible for his work. Since the husband proposed the matter of Liu Kongzhao, I will go to my father now. I believe my father is willing to see us make contributions to improving the lives of the people in my hometown. As the return date is approaching, everything needs to be processed in a step-by-step manner. Mr. also needs to prepare early. As for the matter of Mr. returning home with me, I will tell my father. I believe that with an elderly person with rich experience in travel, my father will definitely not refuse. By the way, Mr.'s name is, and he needs to use his identity when handling salt intake."
Chapter completed!