Speaking of Nanzhong and the flower garden, Feng Yong suddenly remembered something.

 I immediately called Wei Rong over:

“Nan Middle School is going to build a new school. Students who graduate next year will have their internship at Nan Middle School. They will have priority to pass the Liangzhou exam when they come back.”

Wei Rong was slightly startled after hearing this:

“But I don’t know who the disciple is going to contact about this matter?”

 “Flower Lady, do you know?”

As soon as these words came out, before Wei Rong could speak, Li Yi on the side showed a meaningful look.

“Wenxuan, I’m afraid this matter will also trouble you. You have roots in Nanzhong, so I ask you to write a letter to Nanzhong to ask the big families there to cooperate.”

 The Li family and the Cuan family in Nanzhong were both wealthy families and related by marriage.

Cuan Xi, the current prefect of Xinggu County, is Li Hui's uncle.

 With their cooperation, this matter will be much easier.

 “Save it for me, little brother.”

 In February of the 11th year of Jianxing, the Shangshutai of the Han Dynasty submitted a decree to the Prime Minister's Office:

 In view of the increasingly frequent exchanges of materials between the Han Dynasty and the State of Wu, it is recommended to establish an easy market in Yong'an to specifically manage the mutual trade with the State of Wu.

The Prime Minister’s Office quickly replied with one word: accurate.

 After the beginning of spring, the main work of the government is spring plowing.

 After the spring plowing, it is time to prepare to harvest wool again.

 The so-called plan for a year begins in spring.

 Whether you are farming or working in a workshop, the most important time of the year is spring.

 Compared with these two tasks, the establishment of Yongan Yishi seems to be relatively low-key.

But this is also a matter of course.

 After all, it is impossible for the Han Dynasty to spread the word all over the world that the Yong'an Yi Market was designed to destroy Jingzhou's grain output.

And the main targets of Yongan Yishi are bulk materials and huge profit materials.

 These have little relevance to ordinary people.

 Even for the price of grain, which is most closely related to ordinary people, the imperial court has always had a protective price over the years.

 You don’t have to worry about food prices being manipulated by aristocratic families, selling low and buying high, like in previous years.

Coupled with the plows and the oxen lent by the government, as long as small landowners and farmers are content with what they have, their lives will be relatively comfortable.

 Compared to the fact that Yong'an Yi City remained calm in the Han Dynasty, it attracted some people's attention in Wu State.

 The Zhang family, one of the four surnames in Wu County, sent Zhang Wen's younger brother Zhang Bai to Jingzhou.

 It’s not possible if you don’t come.

 Because there are rumors that the price of jaggery may increase again this year.

 The Zhang family is now the largest brown sugar agent in Soochow.

 Of course, this is a rather euphemistic way of saying it.

 To put it less euphemistically, it is the comprador family of Wu State.

 This cannot be blamed on the Zhang family.

 In addition to the fact that Shu gave too much money, another more important reason is:

Who told Sun Quan to be so cruel to the Zhang family during the Jianyan Incident?

 I also want to be loyal, but Emperor Sun won’t allow it!

 Members of the Zhang family cannot become officials in the state of Wu.

 So I had to sell some brown sugar and become a rich man or something.

As soon as Zhang Bai arrived in Jingzhou, someone came to his door.

“Zhang Langjun, are the prices really going up?”

These days, those who are qualified to grow sugar cane in Jingzhou and get the share of brown sugar are either the military generals stationed in Jingzhou or the big families in Jingzhou.

No less wealthy family is qualified.

 The most typical representatives are naturally the Zhuge family, the Kuai family, and the Cai family.

 Zhuge Jin is now a general, a protector of the left, the pastor of Yuzhou, and a Marquis of Wanling. He is one of the top dignitaries in the Wu Kingdom.

 The Kuai family and the Cai family are the most typical representatives of Jingzhou aristocratic families.

 Cao Cao went to the south of the Yangtze River and conquered Jingzhou. Representatives of the Kuai family, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao of the Cai family and others defected to the Cao family.

Who would have known that the battle at Chibi would change.

 Liu Bei took over the four southern counties of Jingzhou and borrowed the southern county from Wu.

Representatives of the Kuai and Cai families followed Cao Cao to the north to serve as officials.

Both families are prominent families in Nanjun, so most of the clan members still stay in Nanjun.

 Because of Zhuge Liang's relationship, the Kuai family in Nanjun was not attacked for taking refuge with Cao Cao.

Then Wu State attacked Jingzhou secretly, and because of Zhuge Jin's relationship, the Kuai family in Jingzhou was still prosperous.

 This is why the aristocratic families like to split their bets.

No matter which company in the world wins, it will not lose.

 The person who came to ask Zhang Bai was none other than the Kuai family, Zhuge Jin’s in-law family.

“That’s why I came here this time.”

As the largest brown sugar agent in Wu State, the Zhang family was naturally the first to know about the increase in the price of jaggery.

When the visitors from the Kuai family heard this, they were immediately happy.

 The price of jaggery has increased. If you sell jaggery, you can still get a share of brown sugar.

Every time you go in or out, there are bonuses, which is really great.

"This Shu people are willing to spend money. The price of jaggery has been rising in the past two years."

“It’s understandable that we won Liangzhou.” Zhang Bai’s face was indifferent, as if he already knew the reason, “After all, Liangzhou leads directly to the Western Regions.”

Who doesn’t know that traveling from Liangzhou to the Western Regions is a golden road?

 otherwise why did the two dynasties of the Early Han and Later Han Dynasties try their best to control the Western Regions even though they were separated by a large expanses of quicksand?

If something like brown sugar could really be sold to the Western Regions, I don’t know how many people would go crazy.

When the visitor from the Kuai family thought of this, he couldn't help but become a little jealous.

Zhang Bai just glanced at the other person and already understood what the other person was thinking.

 He has seen this look too many times over the years.

 Brown sugar and woolen cloth, two bulk commodities, are really too profitable.

Even Zhang Bai knew that the Wei people in the north wanted to buy these two things from Jingzhou at a high price last year.

 After all, although Xiangyang and Nanjun belong to the Wei State and the Wu State respectively, the Kuai family and the Cai family who serve in the two countries have broken off their relationship without saying anything.

 I saw him continue:

“Kuai Jun, I came here this time to ask everyone if they want to expand sugarcane planting. After all, the opportunity is rare!”

"Is this a rare opportunity?" Kuai's visitor was a little confused for a moment and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

 Zhang Bai said "tsk":

“Kuai Jun, the Shu people are not fools. I heard that they have built many plantations in Nanzhong. I can’t tell what the price of this coarse sugar will be in the future.”

The Shu people captured Liangzhou and took control of the road to the Western Regions. The demand for brown sugar suddenly increased greatly, so the price of coarse sugar also increased. This is easy to understand.

But the Shu people have been opening plantations in Nanzhong, which is not a secret.

 It's just because the Shu people have been fighting wars with the Wei people in recent years, and they don't have enough money and food. In addition, they have the source of raw sugar from the Wu State.

  So the sugar cane plantations in Nanzhong are not very urgent for the Shu people.

 But things are different now.

  Shu people took control of Liangzhou, and the demand for brown sugar increased greatly, so the price of coarse sugar increased accordingly.

 But who knows that the Shu people will also increase the development of Nanzhong in the future?

You can’t just go and tell the Shu people that you don’t want to plant sugar cane and let us plant it, right?

 Sugar cane is a good thing.

 With it, there is one more way to appease the barbarians.
To be continued...