Chapter 940： hit out

Fan Zijin couldn't understand Mu Yangling's methods and principles of running the Harvest Grain Shop and Zhuangzi, but that was their own business. He would at most satirize a few words on the side, and would not interfere, just like they would not manage their own property for him. What is the same opinion.

But this workshop is going to be opened by Mu Yangling, and she is obviously responsible for it herself. If he takes a stake, no matter whether it can be done in the end, he will definitely not like the way Mu Yangling manages and manages. He couldn't accept his methods, so in the end, the two of them would definitely have to quarrel, just like when they were children.

But now is not a child, at least Mu Yangling can no longer throw him into the mud just because he can't quarrel, and he can't think of a way to scold people for the sake of winning.

So in order not to let Haoran be caught in the middle and get angry, and in order not to destroy the relationship between the two families, let her do it herself.

Of course, in order not to lose more money, Fan Zijin really had no hope for Mu Yangling to toss these two things.

In his opinion, Daqi is rich in resources, porcelain, tea and satin. Only these three items can continuously earn gold and silver from foreigners. Why take the risk to study glass and clocks?

Qi Haoran returned home and saw the silver ingots piled up in the warehouse, and became happy, "A-Ling, where did our family get the silver? Didn't you say that there are only more than 800 taels left outside our house?"

"Yeah, this was borrowed from He Zijin. Originally, I only wanted to borrow 2,000 taels, but Zijin seemed to distrust my ability, so he gave me 20,000 taels at once."

Qi Haoran was stunned and asked, "Have you and Zijin borrowed money?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "I plan to build two workshops, but the family has no money, so I can only borrow it from Zijin."

Qi Haoran secretly glanced at Mu Yangling's expression and said, "Since you only need two thousand taels, then give me the remaining eighteen thousand taels."

Mu Yangling looked at him curiously, "Why do you want so much money?"

Qi Haoran touched his nose and said, "I'm discussing a business with Andre, and I need some money."

Mu Yangling was even more surprised, "You actually know how to do business? Don't be deceived by Andre, what are you buying from him?"

"Cannon."

Mu Yangling: "..."

Mu Yangling asked him with a face, "Don't tell me you wanted to borrow money from Zijin before."

Qi Haoran nodded, "Didn't you say your family has no money?"

Mu Yangling looked at him without saying a word.

Qi Haoran tried to convince her, "What kind of workshop are you going to do, you can't push it back? I heard that Andre can get their latest cannon from the English foreigners, I want to send one to Beijing for the Ministry of Work and the The officials of the Ministry of War will study and study to see if they can make a cannon."

"Then the treasury should also pay."

"The Minister of the Household said I owe it first, and the master is arguing with him, but don't worry, at most two months, at least one month, I will definitely let the Household allocate money, and the money will be repaid at that time. Go, the key is that Andre is in a hurry to return to his country, he will leave in half a month, I have to pay him a deposit first..."

"Wait," Mu Yangling asked, "How much did he sell you a cannon for?"

"Fifty thousand taels and a deposit of 20,000 taels." Qi Haoran said proudly: "It took a lot of work for me to tell you the price."

Mu Yang was so angry that he beat Qi Haoran out and said, "Do you know how much silver is 50,000 taels? The total investment of my two workshops is only 2,000 taels. Zijin also said that I am a prodigal son. You're a prodigal, go out to me, either keep the price down, or don't buy it."

Mu Yangling was about to go crazy. Silver has a very strong purchasing power. Calculated in terms of the currency of grain, one tael of silver is equivalent to more than 200 yuan in the 1980s and 1990s. A cannon costs more than 10 million, even a cannon. It's rare now, and it can't be so expensive.

50,000 taels can almost help a county in a natural disaster. Andre is like a lion. It's too much.

Qi Haoran was beaten out, he scratched his head, Daqi had never bought a cannon, he had no price to learn from, Andre offered 60,000 taels, he felt that he could beat 10,000 taels was already very powerful, Arling was still not satisfied.

Qi Haoran went to Fan Zijin with a bit of grievance and complained: "This cannon is not jewelry, spices, etc., it is a strategic material. If Andre wants to make a cannon, he must be up and down. If it's me, Daqi, who is it? If you dare to get cannons from the Ministry of War and give it to the foreign barbarians, you will be able to slaughter his entire clan. Since the other party is taking such a big risk, isn't it a matter of course that the price is higher?"

Fan Zijin kicked the man out and said bitterly, "Do you know how much 50,000 taels can actually do? Last time you took 20,000 taels from me, you could support the Guangdong Navy for a year, co-authored In your eyes, fifty thousand taels can only buy one cannon?"

Fan Zijin beat the person out, and said to Yan Mo angrily: "How on earth did Mu Yangling become the mistress of the palace? Let him look like he doesn't know the suffering of the people."

Yanmo coughed lightly and said a fair word for the princess, "The prince has never actually been short of money since he was a child. It's normal for him to be thrifty."

The prince always said that he was short of money, but he was never lenient when using money. He said that he was thrifty, and at most he saved small money such as rewards. The reason why the prince did this was because the emperor and the grandfather were used to it.

In the past, there was no money in the pocket, and the prince would take the initiative to fill it up, and the emperor would also give pocket money to the prince from time to time. Now that there is no money in the pocket, the princess will make it up first. Even if he squeezed from himself, he could squeeze it out, and the emperor also rewarded some gold and silver from time to time.

So it's really no wonder the princess is like this, Yan Mo expresses his thoughts to Fan Zijin with his eyes.

Fan Zijin's anger went to Andre, gritted his teeth and said: "The foreigners are so treacherous, but they are just an artillery piece. Bullying Haoran and raising prices without knowing the price is simply unreasonable."

Fan Zijin flicked his sleeves and pushed Yanmo away and walked out, Yanmo followed with an expression of "as expected".

Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling were sitting in the carriage and were going to have a good talk with Andre.

When he was kicked out by Fan Zijin, Qi Haoran was thinking about whether he should go back on his word and go to Andre to repent, and was caught by Mu Yangling who went out.

Mu Yangling thought about it, but was still afraid that Qi Haoran would suffer, and planned to talk to Andre in person. Fan Zijin stopped the two before the carriage started. With a straight face, he snorted at Qi Haoran, Ask Mu Yangling, "Have you inquired about the price of the cannon?"

"No." Mu Yangling shook his head.

Fan Zijin tapped on his knee and said, "Zhou De inquired about it when he went to the West. Although he didn't find out the exact price, he calculated that the retired cannon was about 5,000 silver, a new-style cannon in England," Fan Zijin said. With a sneer, "Let's not say whether Andre got a new-style cannon. Even if it is, the price can't be so different all of a sudden. Haoran, you are not allowed to talk nonsense when it arrives."