"Runzhou?" He said these two words softly, and Xiao Han's originally lazy eyes suddenly became sharp!
"Yes! It's Runzhou!"
Unfortunately, the old man on the side didn't notice anything strange about Xiao Han. He still looked at the map on the wall and said with a slightly excited tone: "Look, is the location of Runzhou on the map exactly the same as my Guizhou? And? , it also started by relying on river shipping! In terms of shipping resources, my Guizhou is surrounded by the Li River, the Xiang River, and the Lingqu Canal! It is definitely no less than it!"
"Ahem, you just want to learn from Runzhou to develop shipping?" After hearing this, Xiao Han's sharp eyes dimmed instantly. After coughing twice, he looked at the old man strangely and said, "In that case, old man Sir, you can just do it yourself, why do you need to find a kid?"
"Why are you looking for me? I don't have any money?!" The old man stared at Xiao Han, wanting to jump up and yell in his ears! But thinking about the golden pig in front of him that he had been waiting for for several years, he could only put on a more kind smile on his face, just like the strange man who kidnapped the little girl.
"Ahem, dredging waterways and attracting businessmen all require money! And as you can see here, I really can't afford so much money! I also reported to the Ministry of Accounts to allocate silver, but they were all rejected."
Having said this, the old man swallowed, glanced at Xiao Han guiltily, and then continued: "Later, Brother Xiao Yu said to me: My nephew, you are the best business person in this world! The richest man in the world!
If my nephew is willing to pay, we can rehabilitate the Lingqu Canal, and we can also open up the channel between Lingnan and Jiangnan, and Chang'an. From now on, if we can communicate with each other, I, Guizhou Prefecture, and even the entire Lingnan can follow. Be rich? ! "
"Well, if you call me a wise nephew, then you will treat the old nephew as an enemy?"
Xiao Han looked at the old man who looked a little guilty, and was completely speechless. He rolled his eyes several times, and then said: "The old man is joking. I did some business at home, but you also know that I started from scratch." ! Even if the boy can make money again, how much can he make in the past two years? I'm afraid it won't even be enough for a big family, right?"
"That's richer than me!" The old man murmured in a low voice. When he realized that Xiao Han was looking at him, he quickly changed his words: "My nephew doesn't have to be humble. Compared to money and other external things, my nephew's ability is the most inferior. I admire you! Wasn’t it your nephew who was the first to organize the grain and grass transportation business in Runzhou? Now look at Guizhou, it’s no worse than Runzhou! As long as you take action, the 100,000 people in Guizhou will I will definitely offer you as a living Bodhisattva!"
"Living Bodhisattva? It's hard to tell whether people here believe in Bodhisattva or not!" Xiao Han rolled his eyes again and sighed: "The old man wants to serve as an official and benefit the country. I deeply admire him, but it's like doing business. This kind of thing is not something you and the boy can accomplish just by wishful thinking!
Yes, Runzhou is getting rich now, but old man, don’t forget that Runzhou started by transporting food. Do you have food here? "
"Well……"
Hearing Xiao Han ask this, the excited old man was immediately stunned.
food? Such precious things are in short supply not only in Guizhou, which doesn’t even have a flat road, but also in Lingnan as a whole!
"Well, no!" He shook his head in embarrassment, but the old man proudly said to Xiao Han: "But we in Lingnan have all kinds of leather goods, mountain goods, fresh fruits, and..."
The old man's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end, it was even more inaudible! It wasn't that the old man suddenly became hoarse, but that opposite him, Xiao Han was staring at him with a joking look.
"Father goods? Are those produced in the north good? Mountain goods? Can they be sold? Fresh fruit? Are you sure it will still be fresh after it is shipped out?" Seeing that the old man stopped talking, Xiao Han asked slowly.
"this……"
The old man was speechless by these three consecutive questions, his lips trembled several times, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "I still produce jade here!"
"Lingnan also produces jade?" Xiao Han frowned. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any famous jade mines in Lingnan.
But that doesn't matter, even if it can produce stones like Hetian Meiyu, so what? I really thought that people outside were all rich, and anyone could afford high-end goods like jade.
"Old Mr. Jade, it's better not to think about it. Not many people will buy that thing! For a few stones, no businessman will come here at all!
You must know that the bustling world is all for the benefit of coming, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for the benefit of the going! Those businessmen are the purest people in the world. If you want to attract them, you must make them make money! I just don’t know whether the old gentleman’s place has goods suitable for large-volume transportation? Even silk or porcelain will do! "
Really unable to bear to dampen the old man's enthusiasm, Xiao Han could only ask him in a tactful tone.
"Silk, porcelain?"
Unexpectedly, it was okay for Xiao Han not to ask. After asking, the old man's face turned even greener!
The rough guys in the surrounding villages can sew three holes in linen clothes, but they still get silk? There is no telling whether the silkworm cocoon can be grown!
As for porcelain, don’t even think about it! Nowadays, there is only one pottery maker in Guizhou Prefecture, and the pottery is so black that even making a urinal is disgusting.
"Is there nothing useful in this huge Lingnan area?" After shaking for a long time, the old man weakly held the map and asked Xiao Han.
When Xiao Han saw this, he could only smile bitterly.
In such a large Lingnan, there are naturally countless things that can be used, but it is not suitable for the present!
For example, the famous saying "When a concubine rides on Juechen and laughs, no one knows it's a lychee." It's okay to do this to Li Longji, but to expect his great-grandfather Xiao Lizi is a fool's errand!
For an emperor who couldn't finish a portion of porridge and had to save it for the next meal, how could he still deliver lychees on horseback? It hurt his body even if it was delivered from ten miles away. I'm afraid Xiao Lizi would rather not eat it than do this stupid thing that seems to waste people and money, even if this stupid thing is a genius marketing technique in Xiao Han's opinion.
"Old sir, really want to be rich?" After a while, Xiao Han asked again after looking at the frustrated old man.
"Xiao Hou, do you have a way?" When the old man, who had been beaten to pieces, heard this, he immediately raised his head and looked at Xiao Han intently.
"Is there any way?" Xiao Han rubbed his chin and said slowly: "Actually, it's not impossible! However, I feel that the old gentleman needs to take a long-term view and not stick to one place!"
"Not sticking to one place? What do you mean?"
