In the Song Dynasty, buying ore veins was like a modern gambling stone, which was cut open, and there was beautiful jade in it, so it became rich overnight; Of course, Cao Yunju knows this. He saw that Master Cao Helm was crying at him vigorously, very pitiful, and knew that he would have something to ask, but he was not in a hurry to ask, but nodded sympathetically and frequently, waiting for him to say it himself.

The master of the Cao Helm talked for a long time, as if he had finally finished pouring the bitter water, and then he got to the point: "I came here this time mainly to ask you for something." ”

"If you say something, as long as you can do it, it's absolutely fine. ”

Although Cao Yun was born as a court official Jinshi, he had some heroic atmosphere, and after following Cao Duo and the two brothers to worship, he also learned some of his Jianghu tones, and was no longer polite.

Lord Cao Helm sighed and said: "It's really hard to speak, but there is no way, just now I said a lot of difficulties, but I don't think about anything else, it's the tax money, can you give me a little more relief, until the end of the year? It's nothing else, my brothers, as well as coolies and boatmen, are waiting for the money to go home for the New Year, and I give them the money, but there is no more money to pay taxes, and you know that you didn't give me anything cheap about this tax. I've always paid a real deal, and now I can't get such a large amount of money for a while. The shipping business is getting worse and worse. ”

Cao Yunju waved his hand and said, "Don't say these words about my brother, I already understand what you mean." Don't worry, I'll say hello to them again, first embezzle other money to help you make up, and wait until the next year, you give me the tax, and I will fill in the embezzled money. I can tell you, if you don't give me money in the next year, I won't be able to fill this hole, but I will be harmed immediately, you know what's at stake, right?"

Master Cao couldn't help but be ecstatic when he heard this, and quickly got up and bowed and said, "Thank you, big brother, you are really my good big brother, but you have helped me a lot." ”

Cao Yun arched his hand and said: "You don't have to be polite, you are also for your brothers to have money to go home for the New Year, I have to help you do this, you have to do this good thing." Otherwise, a large group of people will gather around your door to ask for money, this is a big New Year, your life is not good, and I can't look past it!"

"Hey, yes, if you can have a big business to do here, and make another amount of money at the end of the year, maybe you can ease up. But a few days ago, most of the ships were empty, which is also strange, this God doesn't know what to think, why suddenly I don't need to ship things, so that hundreds of ships here are empty, I am really angry. ”

Cao Yunju looked out the window and said, "I won't keep you if I have nothing else to do, I still have something urgent to visit a gentleman." ”

Master Cao Helm hurriedly got up and said, "Okay, then you're busy, I'll go." ”

Cao Yun sent him out, and on the way out, Master Cao Helm asked casually: "Big brother, who are you visiting?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this matter, Cao Yunju suddenly had some eyebrows fluttering, and he was triumphant, after all, it was his son's appearance that mattered, and said: "My son, you know, he is studying in the library, preparing to take the Taiyi Academy, this kid is not a reading material, and he always makes me angry." But somehow, these days he suddenly found a very famous doctor, and he was instructed by the teacher. The homework he did for several days in a row was praised by Dr. Fei, and Dr. Fei even said that the famous teacher could not answer the content of his guidance, and the praise was undisguised, which showed his admiration for him. I knew I was going to be very happy, so I was going to pay a visit. ”

"Oh, it turns out that there are such good things, hey, let's marry Jin Lan, of course your son is also my child, since I have met a famous teacher, I can't help but go to pay a visit, let's go together." ”

Hearing this, Cao Yunju nodded and said, "Okay, if you want to be fine, come with me, and by the way, meet this person who is admired by Doctor Fei, this is a rare opportunity." ”

As the two spoke, they immediately ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair and bring a lot of gifts.

Lord Cao Helm is naturally also dozens of people who are hugging each other. At the same time, he instructed people to hurry back and prepare some gifts to pick up, and send them together, so that there would be no delay on the way. Counting the hours, they can arrive almost at the same time

The two of them estimated really well, and Cao Yunju's subordinates were also very neat, and when they brought the gift to Yang Xianmao's pharmacy, Cao Duo's gift box was also picked up. At the moment, the two sisters and brothers led the way in front of Hua Youying and Hua Wuxiang, and handed over the worship post. Yang Xianmao personally came out to greet him.

As soon as Cao Yunju and Cao Duo saw that it was actually an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy who came out to greet them, they couldn't help but look at each other, a little incredulous, and looked at the flowers and shadows around them.

Hua Youying hurriedly made an introduction, and Cao Yunju and Master Cao Duo believed that the young man in front of him was the famous doctor who pointed out his son.

To a certain extent, Chinese medicine is a kind of empirical medicine, which requires the accumulation of a large amount of clinical treatment experience in order to obtain rich knowledge and technology to be more sophisticated than others. And it is almost unimaginable for an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy to become a divine doctor who is admired by an old lady like Doctor Fei, but in fact, it is so, and these two people can't help but be shocked.

When Yang Xianmao saw their expressions, he couldn't help but smile and gestured to invite them to the house. So he invited them to the living room of the inner house to speak.

Liu Dongyan told the old lady Tang about the visit of Cao Yunju and Master Cao Duo, and Tang didn't know what to do. She has never seen such a big official since she was a child, and people still visit her in person, which makes her even more flattered, and she doesn't know whether to go out to meet guests.

It was Liu Dongyan who told him: "They are here to talk to the young master, and the old lady has nothing to do, so there is no need to see them." ”

The Tang family didn't know that this was the rule of a big family. In ordinary people's homes, because the rooms are not big, there are only one or two rooms, everyone is together, and the guests who come are naturally seen by the family, and the family comes out to see each other, unlike the houses of large families, how far away they are, so if they don't really come to visit on purpose, there is no need to come out to meet, so after hearing Liu Dongyan say this, this heart was put down.

After the guests and hosts sat down, Cao Yunenvoy praised Yang Xianmao and said: "Doctor Fei Shen admires Yang Gongzi very much, before we came, we thought that you must be a white-haired old man who has been practicing medicine for decades, but we didn't expect to be so young. It's really amazing to have ambition and no longer be old, and to live a hundred years without ambition. ”

Lord Cao Duo also smiled and said: "Who are you scared? There are hundreds of shops, pharmacies, and medical halls in Bianliang City, but among those who sit in the hall, there are no people who are not over thirty or forty years old, and there are countless white-haired old men. These people can't be called miracle doctors, I heard that the magic doctor's eyes are higher than the top, and generally Lang Zhong can't enter his magic eyes at all, but Yang Gongzi can get so praise from him, which shows that Gongzi's medical skills are high, which is really admirable. ”

Yang Xianmao smiled and said: "The two of you have praised it, there is no end to learning, I still need a lot of room for improvement, and if I continue to praise it like this, I will be proud." Several people laughed.

Cao Yun said: "We are here today, first, to express our gratitude, and secondly, I heard from the little girl that we have reached an agreement with you. After listening to this agreement, I felt that it would be too little to meet a famous teacher like Mr. Therefore, I have come to the door today to tell my husband that if he can really get what he wants, he is willing to give double the honorarium agreed upon before. The first hundred taels are not enough, so I prepared another hundred taels and doubled it for you, sir. Please also smile. ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the housekeeper who came with him hurriedly opened the gift box, revealing a large pile of white flowers inside, Yang Xianmao smiled and waved his hand and said: "This is not necessary, since it has been agreed, why do you want to sit on the ground and start the price?" Although you want to express your heart more for my good, but if this is passed out, then I will be a little embarrassed." This agreement is to open the bow and there is no turning back. ”

Cao Yunju and Cao Duo both persuaded Yang Xianmao and said: "Sir is so clever in art and talent, this money is really not enough to show our intentions, please accept it." ”

Listening to the sincerity of what the two of them said, Yang Xianmao thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, then I will make a suggestion, and see if the two of them think it will work." ”

After that, he looked at Cao Yunju and Cao Duo.

Both Master Cao and Cao Yunju hurriedly nodded and looked at Yang Xianmao.

Yang Xianmao said: "That's the case, I asked someone to explore a mineral, after confirmation, it is next to a village a hundred miles away from here, in a mountain, it is an iron ore, I want to apply to the imperial court for mining rights, but I have never done this kind of thing, so I don't know how to do it, I don't know if the two of you can help me with this, help me declare it, and I will say the specific scope when the time comes." ”

Cao Yun understood a little bit of judgment, and said: "Okay, this is no problem, wrap it up on me, I will keep it for you properly, at most one day, and I will do it tomorrow." ”

According to the regulations of the imperial court, if you declare a mining right, in addition to the handling fee, you must pay a deposit of 100 taels of silver to ensure that the construction can start within a year. If there is no movement within a year, the mining license will be withdrawn, and the deposit of one hundred taels of silver will be confiscated.

Of course, Cao Yunju understood this regulation, but he didn't tell Yang Xianmao, he had already made up his mind and helped him pay the deposit. Because this deposit can be deducted from the 20% of the ore conversion price handed over to the imperial court after the construction starts in the future. If Yang Xianmao really opened the mine and made money, he could also take it back. But if Yang Xianmao failed to open the mine for various reasons, he posted the money for him, and it could be regarded as repaying his friendship for teaching his son medical skills.

Hearing Cao Yun's promise, Master Cao Duo suddenly rolled his eyes, thought of one thing, and immediately became excited, and said: "The village that Yang Gongzi said is by the Bianliang River, right? If you develop iron ore, will you need a large number of ships to transport it? Will Gongzi give me this transportation task? I will definitely give you the best price." Moreover, it is also completely guaranteed. Because I'm the helmsman of the dock boats, I have hundreds of ships under my command. Now there are more than 100 empty ships that have not yet been worked, I don't know if Yang Gongzi is willing to hand over this job to me? The price is negotiable. ”