Chapter 92: Difficulties of the Old Style
These words shocked several people even more than Yuan Qi's words just now. Not to mention Yuan Qi, even Yuan Huan at the back looked at Liang Jinyu in shock.
Five or six pairs of eyes were staring at me. It was not a pleasant feeling, but I had to endure it sooner or later.
"I remember that there is no rule in the Great Zhou law that says divorce is illegal, right?" Liang Jinyu said half-jokingly.
"Hahaha..." Yuan Qi burst into laughter, "Yes, yes, yes, no, there is no such law."
"Cough, cough, cough!" Yuan Shanting coughed a few times, signaling Yuan Qi not to go too far and embarrass him.
The words have been said, Liang Jinyu doesn't care anymore. Besides, such situations will happen more often in the future, so she might as well treat it as practice in advance.
Yuan Shanting saw that he couldn't control Yuan Qi, so he hurriedly said, "Miss Liang, we have something else to do, so we'll go over first."
Jin Laojiu's eyes flashed with shrewdness, and he shouted hurriedly: "Master Yuan Wu, where are you going?"
Yuan Shanting thought he was Liang Jinyu's man, so he replied, "I have to stay in Shaozhou for the time being, and I came here today to see the two brothers off."
Yuanshan Pavilion refers to Yuan Huan and Yuan Qi.
"Such a large ship must be traveling a long distance, right?" Jin Laojiu asked.
Yuan Shanting looked at Liang Jinyu in confusion, not understanding why Jin Laojiu was asking these questions.
"This is Mr. Jin, he's from Chenzhou and he's in the liquor business," Liang Jinyu introduced.
Jin Laojiu cast a grateful look at Liang Jinyu and took the opportunity to promote the rice wine he brought to Yuan Shanting.
Sometimes doing business is all about personal relationships. If Liang Jinyu hadn't been here today, Jin Laojiu wouldn't have had the chance to talk to Yuan Shanting.
However, Jin Laojiu was also a smart man. He did not take up too much of Yuanshan Pavilion's time, but instead asked someone to quickly get two jugs of good wine.
"These are all brewed in my own winery. Master Yuanwu, please take them back and taste them. If you like them, I'll send some to your house tomorrow." After saying this, Jin Lajiu winked at Liang Jinyu, then found an excuse to leave.
Yuan Huan sneered and asked unhappily, "What is his relationship with you? Why are you helping him like this?"
Liang Jinyu smiled and said, "Doing business is all about helping each other. More friends mean more opportunities. Besides, if Boss Yuan wasn't interested, he wouldn't have accepted these two bottles of wine, right?"
Yuan Shanting nodded and smiled. There is a restaurant and inn below their Yuan family, and the demand for drinks is indeed relatively high.
"By the way, that's your passenger ship, right? Can I go over and take a look?" Liang Jinyu asked with interest.
Yuan Shanting naturally did not refuse, and the few of them walked over there chatting.
During the chat, Liang Jinyu learned that Yuan Huan and Yuan Qi's destination was Jiuge, and that the trip would take at least half a year.
At first Liang Jinyu didn't take it seriously, but when she got on board and saw the cabin full of tools, she realized that things were not that simple.
Jiuge is located in the southwest of Dazhou. The climate there is hot, the terrain is steep, and extreme weather often occurs. Except for the local people of Jiuge, almost no one goes there, so few people know about Jiuge.
But a year later, Jiuge will become the biggest topic of conversation among the people after dinner, and even the beggars on the street know that there is such a place.
"What's wrong?" Yuan Shanting saw Liang Jinyu didn't speak for a long time.
Liang Jinyu saw the boatmen transporting supplies into the cabin, and the quantity was so large that they could hardly keep their balance. He was certain that the Yuan family was the cause of the disaster.
"I heard that the terrain of Jiuge is dangerous and landslides occur frequently. The two gentlemen must be careful on this trip." Liang Jinyu reminded.
Yuan Huan suddenly felt unlucky and cursed, "Can you even talk?"
Liang Jinyu looked innocent: "I am telling the truth."
"Boss Yuan, you know what my father does. I heard from him that a few people went to Jiuge to mine. Then there was a heavy rain and the mine cave suddenly collapsed. All those people died inside."
These words were even more ominous. Yuan Huan's face turned black and he cursed but forced himself not to take action.
Yuan Shanting also felt that this was unlucky, but he was too embarrassed to say anything because of Liang Jinyu's identity.
"Mr. Yuan San, I'm saying this for your own good. Rainy days are the most dangerous. You have to be careful no matter where you are, don't you agree?" Liang Jinyu reminded him again in a roundabout way.
Yuan Qi was in a good mood and just focused on watching Yuan Huan's jokes, probably not listening to him.
Liang Jinyu felt helpless. She could only say this much. If she said it too clearly, she would only put herself in danger.
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When we got off the Xie family's boat, Tang Xian had already dealt with everything.
Jin Laojiu was grateful to Liang Jinyu for her help and gave her two pots of good wine.
On the way back, the donkey kept grunting and calling, and wanted to stop and rest after walking for a while, and he wouldn't listen no matter how we urged him to.
Tang Xian had no choice but to let it go.
"By the way, today I heard them say that Weiyang will hold an election. What is that?" Liang Jinyu asked.
Yuan Shanting also mentioned this last time, but was interrupted before he could finish.
Tang Xian explained: "The Weiyang Chamber of Commerce election refers to the Chamber of Commerce election held every three years."
The business of the Great Zhou Dynasty was prosperous. In addition to the Xie, Yuan and Chu families, there were many other merchants. Although they were not as powerful as these three, they were also leaders in their respective industries.
Although more merchants can increase the tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty and fill the treasury, it will also be accompanied by more problems.
In order to unify the management of these merchants, the imperial court came up with a policy to establish chambers of commerce.
Under the leadership of the imperial court, all the top merchants in the country were gathered in Weiyang, and then a president was elected from among them, who was replaced every three years.
The president has great responsibilities and power. Whoever becomes the president will have the best resources in the next two years, and the most profitable of these is selling salt!
Although Liang Jinyu was new to business, he knew how profitable the salt trade was. Even the late emperor once exclaimed, "How rich! Salt merchants are! I can't even compare to them!"
"I remember my father said that smuggling salt is a felony."
"Yes, most of the salt on the market now comes from the Xie family. If ordinary people want to go to the salt field to buy salt, they either spend a huge amount of money to buy salt permits from the government, or buy from the Xie family. The price of salt in the production area is only two or three cents, but in Shaozhou it costs sixty or seventy cents, which is several times more."
Although she was mentally prepared, Liang Jinyu was still shocked by the huge profits.
No wonder so many people throughout history would rather risk their lives to sell illegal salt.
"Then how can one become the president?" Liang Jinyu asked hurriedly.
After hearing this, Tang Xian guessed what Liang Jinyu was thinking: "Girl, if you want to become the president, you must first join the Chamber of Commerce. But the most basic condition for joining the Chamber of Commerce is that we must have more than five shops."
Now they only have a grocery store of less than 50 square meters, which is rented.
Liang Jinyu said optimistically: "Just because it doesn't exist now doesn't mean it won't exist in the future. Maybe it will be available next year."
Although Tang Xian didn't know where Liang Jinyu got her confidence from, she still said, "The Weiyang competition will not start until next year. If the girl really wants to participate, she needs to go to Weiyang in late June."
"To do what?"
"Sign up."