Although this sounds a little unconcerned about Shen Shuofeng's safety, he can't blame her for being cold-hearted, he obviously helped him before, but just for the hundred taels of silver, he can really do it to her, although it didn't work out in the end, there are some ingredients in the middle of him to release water, but he really did it, which can't help but be guarded against.

Xia Mingche heard what she said a little bit of truth, and then thought about it, since he had already agreed to go out, I was afraid that it would not change again, since that Shen Shuofeng claimed to be the owner of Mingyan Tower, the power of Yunfu City Shen Boyan knew best, he inquired, and then thought about how to restrain this person, and then nodded in response.

Chanyi told Xia Mingche about Mrs. Xia's agreement to her to collect rice and grain, and when it came to the silver money, she was a little distressed: "Second brother, we have to find a way to earn some silver money back, just a few months of money is not enough to spend, if something happens in the future, wouldn't we have to stare dryly?"

"There's no rush on this matter," Xia Mingche nodded, and said softly: "Wait until I go to my grandfather's house, and we'll discuss it when I come back." ”

Chan Yi looked at Xia Mingche inexplicably, "What is the second brother doing at my grandfather's house at this time?"

Xia Mingche looked at her funny, "Why is your little head so ineffective? Have you forgotten which yamen your grandfather was on an errand for?" My grandfather was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, although the livelihood of the Ministry of Industry will not let my grandfather manage the big and small, but some of the water conservancy road projects on the big face are always done by my grandfather, we are short of silver naturally to find my grandfather, to see if there is any project where we can invest some silver into the grandfather, I often hear people say that the water conservancy road project is the most profitable, since we have such a way, we naturally have to make good use of it. ”

Chanyi looked at Xia Mingche with wide eyes, this is a profitable business, whether it is dredging the canal or building bridges and paving roads, their participation in it is nothing more than underwriting some stone and timber, although they don't understand it, they can't stand someone who understands, as long as they divide a section of road or river out, it is a big business of hundreds of thousands of taels, no matter which businessman, they will think of a way to set up a relationship with them......

In this way, won't her 10,000 taels come out!

Chanyi looked at Xia Mingche excitedly, "Second brother, can this be done?"

Xia Mingche smiled: "If it can be done, don't you know if you ask your grandfather." ”

"But......" Chanyi hesitated again, "Isn't it often said that the case of greedy ink often comes from these projects, if you are not careful, if you implicate your grandfather, wouldn't it be ......?"

Xia Mingche smiled slightly, "My grandfather has been working in the Ministry of Industry for many years, have you ever seen a case of corruption of ink that will implicate my grandfather?

Chanyi calmed down, nodded and said, "It's good that the second brother has an idea in his heart, and he still has to discuss this matter with his grandfather, but if his grandfather asks, what do we want to do with the silver?"

"This is easy to say," Xia Mingche said softly: "Isn't the family going to collect rice grain, the family's silver balance is not much, we as juniors also want to do our part, so we think about whether we can do some business to make up for the shortfall, if we can make more money, we just want to buy more rice and grain, and wait until the homeless people really pour in Yunfu City, or set up a porridge factory together, which can be regarded as helping the eldest uncle." ”

"That's a good idea," Chanyi smiled and nodded, "Then the second brother should go quickly, and help me talk to Sister Fei by the way, if she has kung fu, let her come to the house to play." ”

Xia Mingche simply cleaned up, and Chanyi sent him out.

When she returned to Lanxin Courtyard, she asked Xiaolan to tell the little maid in the outer courtyard to pass Zhang Shengquan over, and it was better to collect the rice and grain as soon as possible.

Zhang Shengquan hurriedly arrived and greeted Chanyi through the screen.

Looking through the screen, I vaguely saw a man in his thirties standing respectfully behind him, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he could feel that he was a very amiable person, and he smiled first when he spoke, just like the big shopkeeper in her previous shop, a typical businessman.

Chanyi asked, "Shopkeeper Zhang, can grandmother tell you about the collection of rice and grain in our house?"

Zhang Shengquan nodded respectfully, he originally planned to go to the shop today, but halfway through hearing that the old lady passed him, he thought something was wrong, and hurriedly didn't even change his clothes, so he came over wearing the same clothes that he wore to the shop on weekdays.

Later, I learned that the second lady wanted to collect rice grain, and the amount to be collected was still very large, the old lady was afraid that she would be deceived, so she allocated herself to the second lady to call, he couldn't help but have a little headache, the young lady in the house has never taken care of the housework, where will you know a lot of things in the business field, and not all of them have to rely on him to work? This is just spring, he has to take care of the antique shop, and he has to worry about the rice and grain, it is really a head and two big.

Thinking like this, the tone of the words took on a little contempt: "The old lady has explained, let me pay more attention, but the second lady doesn't know, this is the beginning of spring, some big rice grain shops are only afraid that there is not much surplus grain, let's collect a small amount of some can still make up, if you want to collect tens of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid it is not easy to ......"

This Chanyi naturally knew that if it was so easy to collect rice grain, her grandmother would not allocate him to herself, she said: "Although some rice grain shops in Yunfu City do not have much grain in store this season, but rich places like Ningzhou and Wanzhou will harvest two crops of rice every year, and you send people to these places to ask, there should be a lot of grain in such places." ”

"Second Miss, Ningzhou and Wanzhou are rich in indica rice, and the taste and texture are not as good as japonica rice, if we collect more indica rice, I'm afraid it will be difficult to shoot in the future!" Zhang Shengquan couldn't help but remind her.

Chanyi smiled, of course she knew that indica rice was not as good as japonica rice, but it was really a matter of life and death, who could care about the taste and taste, it would be good to be full, she said softly: "Grandmother probably didn't make it clear to you, we don't collect rice grain for our own food or resale, we collect all the rice grain, and our family will set up a porridge factory in a few days, so as long as the rice grain used is good rice and new rice, it will become, as for japonica rice or indica rice, it doesn't matter so much." ”

Zhang Shengquan only understood now, the meaning of the second lady's words turned out to be to collect tens of thousands of taels of silver to run a porridge factory, he has been the shopkeeper of the Xia family for many years, naturally knows the economic situation of the Xia family, he really didn't expect that the second lady would have such a big hand to do good deeds, and the old lady actually agreed, he immediately raised his spirit.

"When the second lady said this, I had a bottom in my heart, so I went to ask and see if I could collect some cheap rice grain. ”

Chanyi instructed: "We must strictly inspect the rice grain, and we must not be greedy for cheap old rice or moldy rice, although our family is a porridge factory, but it must also be good rice." ”

Zhang Shengquan respectfully responded and retreated to Zhang Luo.

In the afternoon, Xia Mingche came back from Xie Mansion and did not go back to the Hidden Autumn Courtyard, but went directly to the Orchid Xin Courtyard.

Seeing Chanyi open her mouth, she asked her, "Wanwan, how much money do you have in your hand?"

Because Chanyi had rummaged through the boxes and cabinets before to check the money she had saved in her hand, she didn't think much about it and said: "One thousand three hundred and eighty-five taels, second brother, what did my grandfather say?"

Xia Mingche smiled: " Coincidentally, when I went over, my grandfather was discussing Quanzhou's affairs with my uncle, most of the floods in Quanzhou were due to the disrepair of the river, and the continuous rain for several months, which would lead to the flooding of the villageand a short of two hundred taels of silver. ”

Chanyi didn't expect it to be so smooth, she thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, I'll go and ask my mother for some money, if my mother knows, she will support the second brother." ”

Xia Mingche didn't think about asking his mother for money, but after all, he was so old, he always felt a little embarrassed to ask his mother for money, listening to Chanyi say this, thinking that she was a girl after all, it was easy to be coquettish with her mother, so he nodded in response.

Xiaolan came in and said, "Miss, Prince An Li is here to find the second master." ”

Xia Mingche's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Sister, you don't have to ask your mother for money, won't someone come to give us money now?"

Chanyi was stunned, Jian Anli didn't look like someone who could come up with two hundred taels of silver.

Xia Mingche asked his subordinates to invite Jian Anli in, and when he saw him carrying a medicine box in his hand, he said, "You are really a doctor, you carry a guy everywhere!"

Jian Anli looked at him inexplicably, "Jinyu asked me to come to the mansion, isn't it for the injuries of those two subordinates?"

Xia Mingche smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I have something good to look for you." ”

Jian Anli was slightly stunned.

I heard Xia Mingche say in a low voice: "Presumably you also know that my uncle Xie Jianning is the prefect of Quanzhou, and Quanzhou is in disrepair because of the disrepair of the river, and this time the emperor intends to dredge the river, and I will also enter this section of the road in Quanzhou, and now it is still less than two hundred taels, are you interested?"

Jian Anli couldn't help but be stunned, he traveled with his master to practice medicine and help the world, although he didn't know about the government, but he also knew that if he could take care of such a thing as dredging the river, it would be a very profitable business.

"Won't this cause you trouble? Otherwise, I'll lend you two hundred taels, don't count my share. Jian Anli stammered.

Xia Mingche looked at him with a smile and said, "What are you still seeing with me?" You have just returned home, and you have to use silver inside and out, where can I borrow it from you, you can say if you want to!"

Jian Anli and Xia Mingche have also known each other for two months, and when they saw him not treating themselves as outsiders like this, they were moved in their hearts, and nodded and said, "Then count me as one!"