After several expansions, the Weishui Wharf has been able to accommodate hundreds of ships at the same time. Every day, a bunch of trackers and coolies work here to earn a living.

"Dali, have you earned at least this amount this month?"

During the lunch break, Anan sat next to Dali and started chatting.

"Hey, it's almost the same. There are a lot more ships on the pier this year than in previous years. As long as you come early and leave late, you can make the same money as you did in the past two days."

Dali's face was tanned by the sun, and although his body was not very strong, his arms looked very powerful.

Anan: "You are still very good. In this month, you will earn much more than the subordinate officials in Chang'an County."

Anan and Dali both came from the same village and came to Chang'an City to seek life, so they dared to say anything.

Dali: "How can I compare with them? Although the salaries of these subordinate officials are not very high, there are so many businessmen in Chang'an City. As long as you give them a little help, they can earn more than we can after working for several months. So it's better to

You have to know how to order something, you can't just rely on your physical strength to make a living like us."

Anan: "Is this why you support your elder son to study at Guanshishan Academy? Let me tell you, he has been studying for so many years. At the age of ten, he can definitely come out to help make money. That's it.

With the speed of making money at this dock, what kind of books should I study? Even if I could work as a subordinate anywhere, it would not be in Chang'an."

Anan's idea represents the ideas of some trackers at the Weishui Pier.

However, most of them are like Dali, who support their children to go to elementary schools, primary schools, and even colleges.

Influenced by the Chu Palace, each large workshop in Chang'an City will build its own elementary school and primary school, and will also recruit students from outside the school appropriately.

It can be said that in Chang'an City, as long as you want to study, the threshold has been lowered than it was more than ten years ago.

If Dali and the others were in their teens, even a small landowner in an ordinary village would have been under a lot of pressure to raise a scholar, let alone a tracker like this.

Reading is basically something that has nothing to do with ordinary people.

"Anan, it's different. My elder brother will be a student who graduated from Guanshishan Academy. Even if he comes to the dock to work as a tracker like me after graduation, his life will be better than ours. Don't talk about other things, just him

Those classmates of his are destined to not be easily bullied in this life. Unlike us, from time to time there are naughty people who want to get our ideas. Let me tell you, your Erlang still has a chance now, let him

I will go back to elementary school for a few years, and then I will also go to Guanshishan Academy."

Dali himself cannot read a word, but he is very supportive of his children's study.

Not to mention that the income level has improved a lot in the past two years, even when the income was poor a few years ago, he gritted his teeth and sent several children at home to school.

The elementary schools and elementary schools in Chang'an City charge very cheap fees for workshop students, but for unrelated personnel, the fees are normal.

"Is it as mysterious as you said? Forget it, there is another big job coming. I will talk to you another day when I have a drink. I just heard that Chang'an City has recently built a lot of brewing workshops, and some new ones have been launched.

The wine is very affordable and we also find opportunities to indulge in it.”

While Anan was speaking, several ships slowly approached the dock from the Weishui River.

You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery,

People watching the scenery are watching you upstairs.

While Anan and Dali were looking at the boats docking, Xu Ang was also standing on the bow of the boat with high spirits, looking at the dock getting closer and closer, with a proud smile on his face.

It took almost a year to leave Chang'an City this time.

I originally thought that in order to show my loyalty, I even risked my son's future and life and had to go to Lingnan to be responsible for sugar cane planting.

Lingnan?

I had a good stay in Chang'an City, but I was allowed to go to a place like that.

If he hadn't thought that his daughter would also marry into the Feng family in Lingnan, Xu Ang would have wanted to refuse the arrangement of his Aye.

Who would have thought that after spending this year, I would find that Lingnan is different from the legend.

Especially as the capital of Lingnan Road, Guangzhou is not much worse than Chang'an City except that the weather is a bit hotter.

Of course, it is true that the girls in the brothel are a little off in shape and have a little dark skin.

"Shopkeeper Xu, this time we are back with two ships of icing sugar. The palace's sugar workshop no longer has to worry about not having enough icing sugar."

There was a guy next to him who was trusted by Xu Ang, so when he returned to Chang'an this time, Xu Ang took him with him.

"Yeah, but I heard that sweets are popular in Chang'an City now. These two shipments of frosting will probably be sold out soon. Fortunately, there are still a few more shipments of frosting, which will arrive soon. We will wait until next year to increase the sugar cane planting area.

If you expand it several times, you don’t have to worry about not having enough frosting.”

Xu Ang now has no resistance to continuing to go to Guangzhou.

If Guangzhou could really be built into the sugar production center of the Tang Dynasty and manage hundreds of thousands of acres of sugar cane land, Xu Ang would definitely be able to live a very comfortable life in Guangzhou.

Anyway, with the launch of this new type of clipper ship, the time required for the waterway from Chang'an City to Guangzhou has been greatly shortened. If the return trip is made once a year, it does not take a particularly long time.

"Yeah, I remember that people used to buy icing in a few taels because it was too expensive. In the future, there will be more icing... Shopkeeper Xu, if there is too much icing, will the price also fall?

"

The guy suddenly thought of something and had a worried expression on his face.

"You just thought of it now?"

Xu Ang was not surprised at all.

For anything, as long as the supply suddenly increases, the price will almost inevitably fall.

Xu Ang knew that the price of sugar in Chang'an City was going to fall when he saw bundles of sugar cane being refined into sugar frosting in the crushing workshop.

But this did not prevent the Chu Palace from continuing to promote the cultivation of sugar cane.

You know, according to the current price of icing sugar, the harvest of this acre of sugar cane field can match dozens of acres of corn field.

This is obviously abnormal behavior.

According to Xu Ang's understanding, if one acre of sugar cane land could equal the harvest of five or six acres of corn land, it would be enough to attract countless Guanlong nobles to arrange for their families to buy land in Lingnan to grow sugar cane.

"Then...what should we do?"

"There is nothing to do. The cost of the icing on our ship is much lower than that of the Tianzhu merchants. No matter how low it is, there is no need to worry about losing money. His Highness the King of Chu had already anticipated this day when he arranged for me to go to Lingnan."

"Bang!"

As soon as Xu Ang finished speaking, there was a slight collision sound, and the ship docked.

…

Five residences.

In the end, Pan Wang couldn't hold back and raised the prices of several new sweet dishes such as sweet and sour pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, and various desserts by 20%.

Needless to say, this will definitely lead to dissatisfaction among some customers.

However, considering that the prices of frosting and white sugar in the West Market have more than doubled compared to last year, Pan Wang felt that he could not just absorb this cost increase.

If it continues to rise, I really can't stand it.

Especially in Wuhe Zhongzhong recently, these dishes have the best sales. The icing sugar that was originally intended to be used for a month was used up in less than ten days, causing Pan Wang to ask his staff to stock up on hundreds of kilograms of icing sugar again.

This time, the price has increased by a full 20% compared to last time. Even if the five-family residence business is booming, Pan Wang can't help but frown.

"Manager Pan, I went to Doudou and Ajinomoto today and asked about it. The prices of their various dishes have not changed. And I heard that their chefs are complaining that they use both icing sugar and sugar in the kitchen.

It’s all gone. Hehe, now the icing sugar and sugar in Chang’an City are not so easy to buy even if you have money. It will definitely be enough for them to drink a pot by then.”

In the center of Wuhe, Pan Wei, the clerk in charge of purchasing, is a cousin of Pan Wang's family. Now he is showing off the information he has learned in front of Pan Wang.

"Oh? Diantou De and Ajinomoto are not in a hurry? Didn't you say that the largest icing shop in the West City has started to restrict purchases today? These Tianzhu merchants are actually playing tricks."

"Yeah, so it's not easy to buy even if you have money. Although white sugar is produced by the Prince of Chu's Mansion, the price of one pound of white sugar is worth many pounds of icing sugar. Most dishes can be made with icing sugar. Point Do De

If Wajinomoto uses white sugar instead of icing sugar, this business will probably not be profitable."

"Maybe people can get sugar at a more favorable price. No matter what, as long as we in Wuheju can have enough sugar to use, it will be fine."

…

Gan Di left the house of Wang Jinsheng, the owner of the Chu Prince's sugar workshop, a little depressed.

I originally thought that after waiting for so long, Wang Jinsheng would accept his request for a price increase.

Who knew that the other party's attitude was particularly tough and they only agreed to continue purchasing icing sugar at the price at the beginning of the year without a penny increase.

Of course Gandy was not happy!

"Shopkeeper, you are finally back."

Just when Gandy got out of the carriage and appeared in front of the icing shop, Waharal ran up to him with a nervous look on his face.

"What are you doing in such a hurry? What do you think? I told you, you have to be calm when doing things, don't panic."

Gandi was already in a bad mood, and when he saw Waharlal's appearance, his face became even more unhappy.

"No, I...I..."

Waharal was so anxious that he couldn't even speak.

"Stop me, mine, come to me again when you have thought about what to say."

After Gandy finished speaking, he walked directly to the backyard.

"No, Shopkeeper Gan, something... has happened. I heard that a lot of frosting has been shipped from the Weishui Pier. Those who got the news have come to us to refund their deposits."
To be continued...