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The warehouse currently rented by Cheng Jinzhou occupies a section of more than a thousand meters long on the side of the Mijiang River in Huangjin County. It is a very suitable place for large ships to dock, and the monthly rent is as high as a thousand taels of silver.

This fee is nothing to him, but for a meeting gift from a warehouse manager, it seems a bit large.

Just when Cheng Jinzhou wanted to politely refuse, Cao Lu immediately said: "Master Star Warlock, let's take a look at the place first. The imperial court has always had a tradition of giving preferential treatment to Star Warlocks. You also have a great reputation, and there are some unused warehouses. You can put your things first." good."

Cheng Jinzhou's heart moved, thinking of the crowds coming in and out nearby, he waved his hand and said, "Do you have a quieter warehouse? I'll still pay for it."

"The original warehouse of Chang Ning Army was very quiet. No one dares to approach the military dock." Cao Lu introduced quickly: "Chang Ning Army is a border guard. After they were brought over, they said they would change it into a forbidden army. This warehouse is naturally It was also built according to the standards of the Forbidden Army. Moreover, at that time, they had a lot of equipment at the original station, many of which were ready to be brought back. They also specially built a dock, prepared a stone road, and independently designated a defense zone. Just a little to the south, the last It’s a good place, and it’s no problem to park a ship hundreds of feet tall. Later, the Privy Council issued a document to abolish the imperial army and drove them back. Haha, this warehouse was left.”

Classmate Xiao Cheng heard the other party's flattery and started thinking.

The household department is said to have four genera, namely Siyuan, Duzhi, Jinbu and Cangbu. Among them, Duzhi has the most authority, which is equivalent to the Ministry of Finance in later generations. All taxes, salaries and wages come from it. Because of this, in the early reforms of Daxia, Duzhi was taken out early and was established separately as Duzhi envoy. This position, Father Cheng is out of reach anyway. In addition, Si Yuan is responsible for the household registration land in the country and has four principals. The Gold Department is responsible for gold, silver, jewelry and mineral affairs, and has three principals. The Warehouse Department is responsible for the national warehousing and transportation, and there are three principals.

Ordinarily, the vacant position would be for Chief Si Yuan, but given Cheng Yun'an's qualifications, it seems very possible to replace him with Cangbu.

If not, Mr. Cao would have been a bit bored running over. After all, he was not directly under his command, so a newly appointed chief didn't seem worthy of even having to fawn over him.

Cheng Jinzhou did not expect that his position as a star warlock was also the main reason for the other party's flattery.

The Changping Army's warehouse is indeed excellent.

Not only are the several warehouses neatly arranged in a row, but they are also built at the official level, including the beams and brick walls. They are naturally much more durable than the cheap ones built by outside merchants.

Drainage channels were carefully built outside the warehouse, and fireproof pool water pipes were built. There was a full 200 meters of open space from the dock to the warehouse. Although it is a standard facility, warehouses outside will not comply with such regulations.

Although Cangdaxia's aristocratic system concentrated a large amount of money in the hands of a few aristocratic families and made the country seem to be stretched thin, in terms of financial revenue, no aristocratic family could match the country's.

Of course, no aristocratic family's expenditure can match that of the country.

These expenditures include warehousing construction.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded with satisfaction and said, "I rented this place, how much does it cost?"

"Eighteen warehouses, 40,000 taels of silver per year. Of course, if Lord Star Warlock wants to rent, we can give you a discount. The court also stipulates this. How about a 30% discount?"

From where you stand, you can see the peaking roof in the distance. The warehouse area stretches at least two kilometers away. If it were in the dock area of ​​later generations, the rent would be considered low by tens of millions.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyebrows and declined: "50% off, 50% off is enough."

20,000 taels of silver is almost the same as the price of the warehouse he rents now. But the area is more than four times larger.

Cao Lu smiled and urged people to go through the formalities. He bent down and tried to be as level as Cheng Jinzhou's little man and said, "If you need anything in Huangjin County from now on, you can come to me."

"Thank you, Mr. Cao. From what you said, he must be famous." Cheng Jinzhou gave him a small compliment. The wharf in Huangjin County is adjacent to the capital, and the local warehouse chief is at least a seventh-grade official, no younger than the county magistrate.

"We were born together with Jinshi in the first year of Emperor Lizong's reign," Cao Lu replied with a smile.

"Disrespectful." Cheng Jinzhou was really surprised. He originally thought that the other party was at most a civil servant, but he did not expect that he was a genuine Jinshi.

Although people say that "people with Jinshi are like wives" and ironically treat people with Jinshi's background as if they were concubines, looking at the entire country, this regime with tens of millions of households only gives birth to 400 wives every three years. Being one of them is proud enough in itself.

But Cheng Jinzhou felt that it was even more incredible and natural for a dignified Jinshi to lower his stature to curry favor with the yamen.

Cao Lu seemed to be more energetic when he talked about the matter of fame. He probably considered that Cheng Jinzhou was also a scholar, so he became more and more formal: "I heard that Lord Cheng came to Beijing, so I wanted to go and greet him..."

Cheng Jinzhou listened with a wry smile, and was about to interrupt him when the ring suddenly glowed, and customer service 010 poked his head out and said, "Don't you have the intention to upgrade the Star Alliance level recently?"

"Of course." Cheng Jinzhou didn't care much and quickly turned his back to the others.

Although Cao Lu was surprised, he obviously didn't see the mystery. He just stretched his neck and stood there.

Customer Service 010 said seriously: "It is recommended that you quickly upgrade the Star Alliance level."

Forget it, the light on the ring dimmed again.

Cheng Jinzhou was at a loss on the spot. Customer service 010 has only appeared once, when he met Zhenmi before, but this time he was urged to do so, but he was very confused - could it be that the transaction volume was really too small, causing the other party to become dissatisfied?

God knows how much trading volume will satisfy the other party. In fact, the current transaction volume is already very large. Fifty thousand taels of silver in two weeks seems to be the limit. I also bought more than 20 books and spent half of the money...

Cao Lu waited behind for a moment, then hesitantly shouted: "Master Star Warlock?"

"I'm going back first." Cheng Jinzhou suddenly turned his head and walked towards the carriage, saying, "I'll have someone handle the formalities later."

"Don't bother your nobles. I'm humble and go to the mansion to handle it myself." Cao Lu smiled, and the beard on his upper lip was like a wild leek.

Cheng Jinzhou glanced at him and became more and more sure that his father was going to Cangbe to take up a position. He just didn't know how the fellow Jinshi knew about it in advance.

Normally, he would have considered rejecting the offer, but now he was a little overwhelmed and said, "Then I'll trouble Mr. Cao."

After saying that, he hurriedly got on the carriage and shouted: "Go to the dock, and then send someone to notify Qin An and ask him to come over quickly. Use the star array to communicate."

Shi Mo didn't know what happened, so he responded and asked after the order: "Third brother, it will take a long time to come from the outer peninsula. By the time Qin An arrives, I'm afraid it will already be night."

"Night is night. Go and call the accountants over and help me clean up a small yard outside the warehouse." Faced with such an important and closely related matter, Cheng Jinzhou also became vigorous and resolute.

God knows when customer service gets impatient.

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From the outer peninsula to Huangjin County, the fastest mode of transportation besides astrology is a 14-seater fast sailing ship.

This kind of sailboat can carry up to 12 rowers and open 3 sails at the same time. It can maintain a very fast speed regardless of the wind direction.

Of course, the price is also quite fast.

Qin An received the message from the Star Warlock Tower, but he rented a fast sailing ship without hesitation.

The communication service of the Star Warlock Tower is discriminatory. If one party is not a Star Warlock, they will charge 10 times more. If both parties are not a Star Warlock, they will charge 100 times more. The purpose is entirely to drive away ordinary people. People use communication star arrays, so except for the military, no matter how big a businessman is, they will not use it. Once received, Qin An knew clearly that there must be an emergency.

The servants of the Cheng Mansion had hired a sedan to wait at the pier for a long time. Ever since Cheng Yun'an came to the capital, whether he was dealing with matters in the mansion or not, the servants had become much more well-behaved.

Qin An trotted into the sedan that only accommodated one person, and asked without opening the curtain, "What happened?"

"Third brother, I need to buy something. It's urgent." The boy said what Shi Mo taught him.

Qin An wanted to ask more details, but the boy didn't know, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Businessmen like and fear chaos the most.

Cheng Jinzhou came to the small courtyard that had been prepared. He didn't care about the book in the ring and started to rub the ring.

He has made almost 50,000 taels of silver these days, especially when he exchanges medicinal materials for star yuan and then exchanges them for food. The profit is huge. He also has nearly 80,000 star yuan saved in the ring. He was planning to snowball on the independent trading platform. , now it seems that it is no longer possible.

Customer service 010 quickly emerged from the ring and said stiffly: "Do you want to buy a book?"

"Only buying books will increase my Covenant points, right?"

"That's it for now."

"I am currently at 127 points, and I still need 863 points to upgrade. Do you have a time limit for my upgrade?"

"Of course it is guided by your wishes." Customer Service 010's voice became much more natural.

Cheng Jinzhou said calmly: "If I buy a 10,000-word book, which is the one with the smallest number of words that you requested, then I still need to buy 8.6 million words, which is 16 million stars... To be honest, I can't achieve this in a short time. Numbers. Unless..."

"Unless?" Customer Service 010 was easily fooled.

"Unless there are materials that are more expensive, smaller, and easier to trade." Cheng Jinzhou told the truth. 16 million star yuan is equivalent to 6 million taels of silver. It is theoretically feasible for him to earn this money, but If you use grain to trade, you will definitely be exhausted.

Customer Service 010's avatar on the ring shook and said: "You have found a lot, and you purchased the "Star Alliance Library Redemption Form"..."

"I don't recognize many of the things inside." Cheng Jinzhou interrupted him: "I will go around the warehouse, and then you scan it and tell me what is valuable. This will also be powerful for you."

"No." Customer Service 010 categorically denied: "I have said before that this is against the regulations and customer service will not interfere with your business activities."

"You just need to tell me the price." Cheng Jinzhou looked confident, but in fact he was also worried.

Since the other party is urging me, it means that there is still a need, but I don't know how strong this need will be.

After at least a few minutes, customer service 010 softened his tone and said, "Okay."

Cheng Jinzhou immediately shouted outside: "Shi Mo, has Qin An arrived?"

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