The merchants stared at the fruit, and their eyes slowly turned red.

"I'll give you five thousand taels!" The fat businessman from before was the first to jump up and shout the price.

Immediately, someone opened his mouth and cursed, "Zhu Dafu, your brain has been struck by thunder!" Five thousand taels want to invite Xiangrui, you dream! I'll give eight thousand taels! ”

"You've just been struck by lightning! Fang Cai's auspicious Ruyi also shouted 10,000 taels, and you only shouted 8,000 miles when this wealth is widespread, stupid! ”

Everyone listened to the two shouting and scolding, they all rolled their eyes fiercely, and they were very puzzled how the Jin family let such a fool in, and one of the middle-aged men who usually had some prestige stroked his beard and said, "This set of auspicious fruits is very rare, I think it is better to start at 10,000 taels." ”

"I agree!"

"Okay."

In an instant, everyone negotiated the starting price, and then nervously began to bid. The price increased from 10,000 all the way, and finally stopped at 21,000 taels, and the second set of auspicious fruits fell into the hands of the shopkeeper Zhao of the foreign goods store.

Shopkeeper Zhao stretched out his hand and took out a pile of silver tickets and stuffed them to Jin Beiwang without counting them, and everyone praised them sourly, "Brother Zhao is wealthy, and he actually carries more than 20,000 silver tickets with him, and he is not afraid of being robbed when he walks." ”

Shopkeeper Zhao took the fruit box, smiled like a Buddha, and said, "Our people are simple and simple, how can there be so many bad people?" Today, I really want to let you guys, and I'll be drinking in the cyclamen building another day. ”

"Definitely, definitely." Shopkeeper Zhao was so polite, and then thought of the many royal relatives and high-ranking officials and shareholders behind him, everyone bowed their hands and politely.

Seeing this, Jin Bei hurriedly waved his hand to signal the servants to change the banquet, and the singers were like water snakes wrapped around everyone's bodies again, the songs were more cheerful, the dances were more enthusiastic, and the banquet was more hearty.

In this way, it was not until the middle of the night that the sound of silk and bamboo stopped. Zhu Dafu seemed to be so drunk that he hung on the beautiful singer, almost pressing the little woman to the ground. Everyone canceled him and hugged the singer and went to the guest room, and no one saw the corners of Zhu Dafu's slightly curled lips, as well as a touch of gratitude in Jin Beiwang's eyes.

instructed the little stewards to clean up the mess with the embarrassed maids and servants, and Jin Beiwang walked slowly to a flower hall in the main courtyard. Steward Zhang had a miscellaneous book in his hand, and was drinking tea while reading, and quickly got up when he saw him come in. Jin Beiwang said with a smile, "Why is Steward Zhang so leisurely, aren't you curious about how much silver the two sets of fruits were sold for?" ”

Steward Zhang replied unhurriedly, "The little one is naturally curious, but with the Jin Dongjia here, I guess I will never sell it at a cheap price." ”

Jin Beiwang laughed, and finally asked Steward Zhang to sit together. Then he took out the silver ticket and threw it on the table, saying, "Two sets of fruits sold for thirty-one thousand taels!" ”

"So much!" A look of surprise flashed in Steward Zhang's eyes, but the next moment he regained his calm. After counting the silver tickets, he began to calculate the number of dues for the two of them, "One thousand taels is enough for the Jin Dong family to buy what this banquet needs, and the remaining 30,000 taels, the Jin Dong family divides the two achievements into six thousand taels, and I will bring the remaining 24,000 taels back to the master." ”

As he spoke, he calmly pushed the silver ticket to Jin Beiwang, and then carefully counted what was in front of him, and then put it in his arms.

Jin Beiwang casually stuffed the silver ticket back into his arms, and still couldn't help asking, "Is the Dong family really an ordinary peasant family, not a wealthy family that has been rich for generations?" ”

Steward Zhang raised his head in confusion and responded, "Our lord's family lives in a mountain village, with no acres of land and no roof of houses, how can it be a wealthy family?" Jin Dongjia is too careful. ”

Jin Beiwang's eyes were even more suspicious, and he pointed to Steward Zhang's chest and said, "If ordinary people get a huge amount of silver, they will be happy, but Steward Zhang is so calm, as if he is very accustomed to being so general on weekdays." To be honest, I just took the silver ticket in the buyer's hand, and my fingers trembled with excitement, compared to the atmosphere of Steward Zhang, it was really embarrassing. ”

Steward Zhang knew that he was too calm to arouse suspicion, so he hurriedly put on a very loyal appearance and saluted to the north, and finally said, "Whether it is twenty taels or twenty thousand taels of silver, it is our master's silver, I just want to send it back to the master, and I don't care about anything else at all." Unexpectedly, it bothered the Jin Dongjia. ”

Jin Beiwang raised his eyebrows, obviously not believing this statement, but he didn't press any further. Steward Zhang hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and under the cover of the night, he escaped the soldiers patrolling the city all the way back to the inn.

Kiko was napping against the back door of the inn with her hands in her sleeves, when she suddenly jumped up when she heard someone knocking on the door. At the end, he quietly remembered where he was, so he quickly asked in a low voice, "But Uncle Zhang?" ”

"Kiko open the door quickly, the patrol will be over in a moment."

Kiko's familiar voice immediately carefully removed the latch and let the steward in, and he had the heart to ask how much silver the fruit had sold, but remembering the punishment he had received, he immediately shut up again, and stretched out his hand to the room upstairs where the lights were still on.

Steward Zhang smiled and patted his little head, and instructed, "Go to my room and go to bed early, tomorrow you should prepare your luggage and go home." ”

"Really? That's great. Kiko smiled happily and jumped upstairs to pick up her package.

Dong Ping heard that there was movement in the corridor, so he impatiently opened the door and just welcomed Steward Zhang into the door. Steward Zhang laughed in a low voice, "The second son is in a hurry, right?" ”

"No hurry, no hurry. It made Uncle Zhang suffer. Dong Ping let Steward Zhang into the room, and threw down the book to pour tea for him to moisten his throat. For those who are busy at home and have the ability, a salutation is the least respect and reward. Sure enough, when Steward Zhang heard this, he smiled even more happily.

He reached out and took out the silver ticket neatly wrapped in oiled paper in his arms and held it to Dong Ping with both hands, and then picked up the tea and drank it slowly.

With the previous three thousand taels of foundation, Dong Ping was already prepared in his heart, but when he saw such a thick pile of silver tickets, he was still shocked and gasped. He tried his best to control his hands and slowly counted them over and over again, and finally asked in a trembling voice, "Uncle Zhang, the fruit... The fruit was sold for 30,000 taels? ”

"No, it's thirty-one thousand taels!" Steward Zhang replied with a smile, "The Jin Dong family held a very luxurious banquet and invited friends to help. This is a business between two families, so naturally I can't let him pay the capital alone, so I made the decision in private and gave him an extra 1,000 taels. ”

"It's the right thing to do, Uncle Zhang. Brothers settle accounts, and improper disposal of money may ruin the friendship. ”

"Gongzi Xie understands, we are now carrying a huge amount of silver, and it is not appropriate to stay in Kyoto for a long time. Tomorrow I will inquire about the caravan that will go north to collect the leather goods, and let's go home with our companions. ”

"It's good that Uncle Zhang has full control over this matter, I will also go to buy things tomorrow, once the caravan is contacted, we will set off immediately."

The master and servant discussed it and went to sleep separately, only himself was left in the room, Dong Ping finally didn't have to worry about being looked at ugly, he clenched his fist and stuffed it in his mouth and shouted silently for a long time.

Twenty-seven thousand taels! How much silver is this? Enough to build hundreds of brick houses, enough to buy hundreds of orchards, enough to buy countless exquisite silks, enough to buy countless sets of golden jewelry...

His sister no longer has to wear gray cloth shoes with leaky toes, and she doesn't have to leave pancakes for him to eat when she is hungry all her life, even if her brother-in-law is stupid and will not leave an heir, then she can honor her sister well if she finds a smart child to pass on. The sky has eyes, and his sister finally doesn't have to suffer...

Dong Ping fell on the bed and let the tears crackle and wet the pillow towel, for many years, seeing his sister suffer too much for him, his heart was always looking forward to his sister to live a good life. Now, although his sister has obtained such a large fortune by relying on his own ingenuity, not by his own strength, he is still very happy. It would be better if he won the championship in the future, and then earned a life for his sister.

Thinking like this, he slowly fell asleep, in the dream he and his sister sat in front of the blue brick house and basked in the sun and ate watermelon, and his brother-in-law was frowning and checking the account book, and the days were extraordinarily happy and happy...

Early the next morning, everyone got up as usual in the loud singing and drinking of the vendors, and Kiko took advantage of the master's joy to buy three more meat sandwich cakes, and ate them so much that she had a round stomach and shouted that her stomach hurt when she walked. Dong Ping hated that iron could not be made of steel, and knocked him a few times, so he had no choice but to go downstairs and call a guy to go with him to buy.

Steward Zhang whispered to the white shopkeeper for a while, and went to inquire which caravan went north to Qingxian, late autumn and early winter is a good time to collect mountain goods, there are many caravans going north, he only asked for half an hour to find a tomorrow departure. So he hurriedly ran to the commercial street to report to Dong Ping, Dong Ping was looking at the colorful silk of the cloth village and was worried, and when he saw that Steward Zhang was looking for him, he grabbed him and picked him together.

Steward Zhang is an experienced one, thinking of his master's generous and thoughtful temperament, he chose a few brightly colored, a few plain, a few stable and noble, and bought more than 30 horses. The shopkeeper of Xide Cloth Village called the young man to deliver the goods, and at the same time put on a fine muslin cloth, clearly hoping that Dong Ping, the big customer, would come again next time.

Dong Ping thanked him and then entered the silver building, picked up the delicate and unobtrusive jewelry and bought four or five sets, and finally bought some small objects unique to Kyoto on the street, and finally plunged into the calligraphy and painting shop and selected dozens of books before stopping...

When Jin Beiwang finished some chores and shook his fan to find the inn, Dong Ping and the others had already left Kyoto for two days. The white shopkeeper took out Dong Ping's letter with both hands and said with a smile, "If the Jin Dongjia doesn't go to the door of the shop again, the little old man plans to send the letter to Xiangmanyuan." When Dong Gongzi left, he told him to send the letter to Jin Dong's family. ”

"Brother Dong Xian is gone?" Jin Beiwang frowned, and when he unfolded the letter paper to take a closer look, he laughed out loud at the end, and praised, "Brother Dong Xian is a sincere person, it's just that we will meet again in the future." ”