After the banquet in the Zhao Mansion was dispersed, Xu Boyan, who was full of alcohol, returned home and did not take a bath and change clothes, so he hurriedly came to the main room to discuss with his mother the information he had just obtained in the Zhao Mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"You mean, the Zhao family invited us to do overseas trade together?" asked Mrs. Xu as she sat on a chair, holding a string of Buddhist beads in her right hand and slowly twisting it.

Xu Boyan stood down excitedly and replied to his mother: "Exactly, Zhao Sanye went to sea this time on the ship of the Haigang, according to him, in addition to the imperial court tax and the share of the Haigang, he earned double the profit. ”

"Since it's so easy to earn, why did the Zhao Mansion still find us?" Mrs. Xu intuitively felt that this matter was not so simple, so she asked cautiously.

"Zhao Sanye said that if you take the boat of the sea gang, you need to pay 30% of the profit silver after you come back, so Zhao Fu wants to gather all the merchants in our county and buy a boat together, so that you can earn more money when you go to sea. ”

"Is this safe?" asked Mrs. Xu worriedly.

"Maritime merchants go to sea, they all travel together, and I heard Zhao Sanye say that his way is very smooth, although there are pirates, but as long as you pay the toll, you will be fine. Mother, the child thinks this is an excellent opportunity, our family has been in the past few years-" Xu Boyan said this, thinking of the eldest daughter who had embarrassed the family, he paused, and then said: "Not to mention before, even now, the Li Mansion has blocked the business of our silk village three times and twice, obviously trying to swallow us, why don't we go overseas to find a handful!" Xu Boyan said with great interest.

Mrs. Xu hesitated for a moment before asking, "How much does it cost?"

Zhao Sanye said that when he came back, he had seen a ship of 1,000 materials in the shipyard, which required 150,000 taels, and the people who went to the banquet today have expressed their willingness to partner, and a few need to go back to discuss with the owner of the family, and the child thinks that they will probably agree, and it is expected that each family only needs to pay about 10,000 yuan to buy a ship, and the goods, Mrs. Zhao said, according to the purchase fee of each household to distribute the weight of the goods that can be on the ship. Mother, the child estimated that if our family participated, it would only cost 30,000 taels of silver. ”

"Thirty thousand!" Mrs. Xu paused, and after thinking for a long time, she said: "We don't even have 5,000 taels in our account now, how can we get 30,000 taels?" Forget it, let's give them this kind of good thing, we won't participate." ”

Xu Boyan said anxiously: "Mother, how can we miss such a good opportunity? If we don't have money, we can borrow some from our family, and no matter how bad it is, we can also find a merchant to borrow it!"

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she immediately became angry, slapped the table several times and said: "Find your own family to borrow? Have you forgotten how I reminded you before? Our family is so poor that we can't borrow money from that family, do you think they are all good men and women? How many times have I told you, don't be in front of me, you take my words as wind in your ears!"

"Mother is angry, the child is anxious for a while, so he said the wrong thing, mother, we can find other merchants to borrow money if we don't have money, many people in Fucheng start by borrowing money to do this kind of business, I heard that there are people in Anwang's Mansion who put money in print, and the Zhao family didn't have enough money at first, so they also looked for someone to borrow!" Master Xu told all the rumors he had heard, hoping to persuade Mrs. Xu.

"If you find someone to borrow money, you have to mortgage it, and if you borrow it or more than 20,000 taels, what do you use to mortgage it? The land, the shop, or this mansion? Even if you take all these as collateral, what if you can exchange them for 20,000 taels?" Mrs. Xu slapped the table angrily.

Xu Boyan didn't want to give up yet, and said, "Mother, how can you know if you don't ask?"

"Ha," Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "If you really want to borrow so much money, how many traps that harm people and bankrupt people are set up in this way, and your own family property knows that even if you sell it all, it is only 8,000 taels, if someone is really willing to lend you so much money, you also have to think about whether the pie falling from the sky will kill people!"

"Mother—"

Xu Boyan also wanted to persuade his mother, but Mrs. Xu had made up her mind, and waved her hand to him again and again: "This matter is so decided, it's night, you should go back to the room to rest first." ”

Xu Boyan had no choice but to give up and return to the main room, Grandma Xu heard him sigh and asked him what was the matter, Xu Boyan told his wife about today's events, but Xu Mingshi said: "Lang Jun, the concubine feels that her mother's worries are very reasonable, our family is not a rich family, plus the Grange has not produced well in the past two years, and the shop is always unsalable, to take out this money, it is really a big risk, plus the interest rate of the borrowed money is also extremely high, if there is a case for the goods to go to sea, then our house will really be over!"

"You, an ignorant woman!" didn't expect his wife to pour cold water like this, Xu Boyan was so angry that he slammed the door and went out, and stayed in Aunt Lin's room that night.

On the second day, the news of Zhao's invitation to partners gradually spread through the family attending the banquet, and Mama Li also received a lot of information.

"Mama, is this proposal of the Zhao Mansion really even said by the county magistrate?" asked the fourth lady while embroidering a handkerchief.

Eleventh Niang didn't have to listen to classes in the afternoon, the fourth lady always came to chat with her at this hour, and then she heard Mama Li talking about the banquet in Zhaofu last night.

"That's natural, now the court is encouraging to go to sea, if this proposal of the Zhao Mansion is successful, Zhang County's political performance in the past few years will look much better, how can he not support it?"

Eleven Niang was originally practicing calligraphy, but when she heard what they said, her mind became active, and she stopped her pen and asked, "Mama, how many houses were seconded yesterday?"

What she wanted to ask was whether her own government would participate.

"The Li Mansion has been cooperating with several big businessmen in Jiangning Mansion, so it is a clear refusal, Xie Mansion Liufu and a few others, the head of the family personally went to the banquet, and agreed to cooperate on the spot, and the other few mansions are not in charge, saying that they have to go back and ask the master to make a good decision, however, I think, such a lucrative opportunity, most of the mansions will not miss it. Mama Li was in a good mood today, and said with a smile.

"Alas," Siniang patted her thigh and said, "I remember, my father also went to the banquet yesterday, do you think our family will also do this business?"

Mama Li said: "The old slave is not clear, this is a big deal, I don't know how the uncle and Mrs. Tai decide." ”

Siniang said happily: "If I were my grandmother, I would definitely do this business." ”

After speaking, he turned to Eleven Niang and said, "Sister, do you say yes, if our family also goes to sea, then our family will have a lot of strange things in the future." ”

Eleven Niang just smiled and didn't answer.