After leaving the people's market, Huang Shouren took Zhou Shixiong to stroll around several commercial streets in Xicheng. Zhou Shixiong had nothing to do with him, but bought a bunch of books from several book stalls and sent them back to the inn. When they returned to the inn, two hundred and ten teenagers had already been delivered, and Guo Renya was waiting for Zhou Shixiong to pay the reward.

"Zhou Er, give it to him." Zhou Shixiong asked Zhou Er to give money without even looking at it. Originally, he wanted this man to help him continue to buy people, but now with Fatty Liang, there is no need to waste time on this man.

He ordered Zhou Er and other servants to arrange the children. Zhou Shixiong and Huang Shouren rode out of the city and rushed to discuss the iron materials with Huang Chengen.

"So that's the case, no wonder the Lei family is willing to spend money to save their lives. Second brother, do you think we should ask the Lei family to sell this batch of goods to them directly?" Huang Chengen was a little moved. In addition to getting greater benefits, he could also get favors from the Lei family. If the Lei family survived this hurdle, Xiangzhou would have another foreign aid.

"Brother, I think it should be sold to Fang Dafu. Brother Chenghui can contact the Lei family. Our next batch of freight is shipped to Xinning Prefecture and let them go to Xinning Prefecture to pick up the goods." Zhou Shixiong's idea was more radical. If you give some face to the eunuch this time, Huang Shouren from the province will not be able to live in Nanning Prefecture. Next time, he will go around Nanning Prefecture and trade outside. Even if the eunuch knows, there is no way.

"This idea is good. Chenghui, Shouren, and the matters in Nanning Mansion will be left to you, and Xinningzhou will be left to you. By the way, second brother, should we go back empty-handed or buy some goods?" Huang Chengen was a little embarrassed. He wanted to go back quickly to organize the next batch of goods, but also wanted to make more money without failing to make a fortune.

"Brother, Shouren and the others have not organized the goods. We are just starting to handle goods now. I'm afraid it will take a long time. Besides, the crisis in Hengzhou will not last long, and the high price of iron materials will not last for too long. Do you think there is more suitable there?" Zhou Shixiong really didn't give Huang Chengen face, so he just pointed at his nose and said that he lost the big picture.

"Since that's the case, let's set off tomorrow. In addition, you will start organizing the goods immediately. You can load them back immediately after delivery. Second brother, what else can you ask them to pay attention?" Huang Chengen did not feel embarrassed at all. He admired Zhou Shixiong's eyes and methods very much, and hoped that Zhou Shixiong could give him more ideas.

"Create a batch of boxes, the same size as what I brought this time. After I get the goods, put them in the boxes, which is both convenient to store and load and load. In addition, I will leave a pair of shelves and leather goods. You can make a few more pairs according to the style to prevent damage and replace them." Zhou Shixiong said, Huang Chenghui recorded them while recording them. You can understand the words of the toast. You must remember the words of this second master clearly. If you don't do it well, you will be disgraced.

"Shouren, you ask someone to send that batch of children over. I'll see if I can take one batch away tomorrow. Let's talk about the rest next time. I'll find someone to make ten long boards, which is useful."

That night, two hundred and fifty-five young men and women were sent outside the city. Zhou Shixiong helped them check their bodies one by one, and left a hundred robots on each person to adjust their genes. These are Zhou Shixiong's team, and they will rely on them to work for themselves in the future. Therefore, Zhou Shixiong didn't mind being nice to them. The five older women, Zhou Shixiong, arranged for them to take care of themselves and wait for them to learn to write as secrets.

"What are your names?" The five women's names are all orchids, flowers, etc. Zhou Shixiong decided to rename them, and was named after peony, crabapple, magnolia, wooden pen, and brucelet. The appearance of the five women is only average, and Zhou Shixiong did not intend to waste energy on them, and told them to do things according to the rules.

Early the next morning, Zhou Shixiong left the shelves of the smallest elephant, then laid long boards on the shelves of the other four elephants, and selected the youngest group to sit on them. Each elephant carried ten people. Zhou Shixiong asked Huang Chengen to leave first, "Brother, when you go back, you should get more elephants, and you should also make boxes to pack iron materials, as well as shelves and leather goods, so try to get time."

"Second brother, how much does an elephant want?"

"I'll need as much as you can." Zhou Shixiong's awesome response made Huang Chengen very happy, thinking to himself, I can't tame so much when you come back and see how you step down.

Huang Chengen and his servants rushed back to Pingxiangzhou. Zhou Shixiong and his three brothers walked back slowly with the elephant team. Forty children learned to set up tents and cook under the care of the three brothers, and prepared feed for the elephants. Zhou Shixiong taught these children to memorize the Three Character Classic during the day, teaching them while walking. It took ten days to return to Pingxiangzhou City.

"Wow!" Before entering the city, Zhou Shixiong was stunned by the huge elephant railing outside the city. He thought it would be nice to have a hundred elephants in Xiangzhou. It was impossible to transfer them all to form a transportation team, but the facts in front of him broke his guess. It was roughly estimated that two hundred elephants gathered outside the city.

"Second brother, there are 185 elephants here, which is enough." In order to achieve the purpose of attacking Zhou Shixiong, Huang Chengen gathered all the elephants in Pingxiangzhou. His idea was to let the second brother, who had always been alive, suffer a defeat, and then leave the strongest elephant behind, and the rest would be sent back to the mountains and forests to transport wood.

"It's enough, but I'm afraid there's a problem with providing feed along the way. An elephant eats 300 kilograms of forage a day, and one hundred kilograms is 30,000 kilograms. Brother, how many people need to use to supply it?" Zhou Shixiong's animal taming technique has no limit on the number of animals. As long as you take a few days to get familiar with these elephants, one hundred kilograms will be released, and there is no difference.

"Oh!" Huang Chengen didn't expect Zhou Shixiong to use this reason to fight back. After thinking, he had a problem. Even if Zhou Shixiong could take all the elephants on the road, he would not be able to supply so much grass. Of course, there is no problem within Pingxiangzhou, but after leaving Pingxiangzhou, even if there are enough people, other toasts may not be able to promise you to harvest the grass and leaves at will. Of course, no one cares about the five elephants, but they can eat them all the way, which will hurt anyone.

"Second brother, what do you think you should do?" Huang Chengen immediately thought of a solution, which was to hand it over to Zhou Shixiong for treatment.

"Brother, I think the account should be settled in this way. First of all, how much iron ore we have in stock, and secondly, how much iron ore can be produced in a month. After estimating these numbers, then calculate how many elephants can be maintained at the station every day. Only by solving these problems can we know the number of elephants in the elephant team." Zhou Shixiong used basic statistics, demand and supply balance method. For barbarian chief Huang Chengen, this problem has never been thought of.

"Haha, second brother, I really don't know what you are saying. I only know that a lot of iron ore has been piled up. Why don't you go to the mine to get the numbers out?" Huang Chengen didn't see Zhou Shixiong's cripple, but he ate several times in a row. He was very embarrassed to let Zhou Shixiong take responsibility.

"Brother, how can I manage so many things by myself? You ask Huangyu to go to the mine. Don't worry about the ore you have already mined. From now on, you have to weigh the amount of ore you have mined every day. After accumulating for a while, you will know how many ore will be produced every month. The most important thing now is the issue of the post station. I think it's better for the eldest brother to go out in person. Let's discuss with the toasts along the road. Let's work together to build this post station. If we don't have the ability to eat alone, we can get the benefits of getting the same."

"Well, the second brother's statement makes sense, but second brother, you see, all the people I can use have been sent out. Why don't you send your scholar to be responsible for the post station? I'm not at ease to leave it to others." Although Huang Chengen has not studied modern economics, how to win over people is very professional. He handed over the post station to Zhou Shixiong's people, in addition to expressing trust, he also allowed Zhou Shixiong to participate in the transportation business. I hope he can take this matter as his own business.

"Okay, I will tell him." Zhou Shixiong really wanted to bring nearly 200 elephants to the market at one time, but everything was not straightened out, and he couldn't hurry. "By the way, brother, I have bought so many people and can't put them down in Zhoujia Village. You can find me a place to settle it."

"If you look for something, just live in the city. The place will be marked for you long ago." Huang Chengen hoped that Zhou Shixiong would make this request, so he agreed immediately.

Zhou Shixiong shook his head, "Brother, besides people, there are elephants, how can I place it in the city? You should help me find a place near the water and the mountains."

"Yes, then let's go to Baiyu Mountain opposite, it's the beach there. Although you can't grow things, it's okay to get a plug." Huang Chengen pointed to a mountain ridge across the river in Baiyun City. Zhou Shixiong followed the direction he pointed to observe. The water on the back mountain was good. The reason why no one built a village there was probably because there was no arable land.

When Zhou Shixiong thought of the arable land, he realized that he was in trouble. Without arable land, there would be no food. It became a big problem to buy so many people to eat. The money he had in hand is still a lot, and the income in Zhoujia Village should be able to support it, but the food was completely unreliable in this era. Once there is a famine, how can he sell it to you if others don’t have enough food?

Then I thought, now that Huang has a need for him, I just need to ask Huang for it for the time being. I will find other ways when the trade route is settled.

In the next five days, with Xiangzhou being tossed by the Huang family, Zhou Shixiong selected elephants to form a team, and he had to separate the appropriate elephants from their original tribes and adapt them to the new group. The elephant chirping never stopped all day long. Huang Chengen took Liu Xiucai and a large group of people to Xiashi Xizhou, Simingzhou and Chongshancheng Xinningzhou and other places to discuss the joint establishment of the post station.

Huang Bao led a brigade of craftsmen to tailor-made shelves according to the elephant body size selected by Zhou Shixiong to ensure that each elephant could use the most suitable shelves. Originally, the population of Xingzhou was small, and the number of various craftsmen was even smaller. This time, almost all of them were concentrated to do things, disrupting other work in Xingzhou.
Chapter completed!