Lu Laohu was not surprised by this answer, and laughed: "Happy cooperation." ”

Both parties to this negotiation were very happy, but Lu Laohu did not get the cooperation of the four-wheeled carriage and expressed regret.

Nie Shuyao said, "What's there to regret about this? It is more than enough to build a team with Mr. Lu's means. At that time, just bringing the agricultural products from the south to the north is several times the profit, and then bringing the special products of the north to the south on the return trip, and at this time, you can also buy them for those who want four-wheeled carriages. ”

"Oh? Girl, please tell me? Lu Laohu's eyes lit up, and he said again: "What is Mr. Shi, I seem to be a teacher, how inappropriate is this." My old Lu is a rough person, why don't you just call me Uncle Lu, so kind. ”

The sisters and brothers looked at each other and smiled, this Lu Laohu really regarded them as his own at this time.

Nie Shuyao said: "Then it's better to be respectful, Uncle Lu." ”

"Oh, good! When you have time to go to my house, I will ask my mother-in-law to cook a good meal for you. Lu Laohu said with a smile.

"In that case, then we'll go and disturb Madame in two days." Nie Shuyao said again.

The three of them drank tea while talking, and before they knew it, the tea was tasteless.

But Lu Laohu felt that he had benefited a lot, and he no longer regarded them as stunned young people who had just come out. Perhaps they chose themselves not because of their financial resources, but because of their relationships.

He Lu Laohu has worked hard for so many years, and the white and black roads have given him some face. If he organized the convoy, it would really be twice the result with half the effort. However, this is also the difference between him and others, and the advantages must be retained.

It was close to noon that the three of them finished their business.

After Nie Shuyao's sister and brother returned to Wenqu Building, Lu Laohu was anxious to form his team. The old brothers who used to go around the rivers and lakes with rusty knives to sell illicit salt are afraid that they are so idle that they are about to rust. This fleet was built at the right time.

With Lu Laohu's cooperation, Nie Shuyao is very satisfied.

Although Xu's firm has semicolons in various places, it is precisely because of their long-formed commercial organization that the cooperation between Nie Shuyao and the Xu family can only be pure business, which is still based on the fact that Xu Guangfa once saved his life. So it's not going to be a reciprocal relationship.

But cooperating with Lu Laohu is different, Lu Laohu quit the salt business and is thinking about entering the formal business, and their Nie family's intervention at this time can be said to have given Lu Laohu strong cargo support. It's all about the pips. There are also four-wheeled carriages.

There are a lot of rich people in Nanzhili. The four-wheeled carriage alone can make a lot of money, and how much silver this carriage can sell depends on Lu Laohu's means.

After lunch, everyone went out to see the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou in twos and threes. But Nie Shuyao called Nie Tianxi into the room. The siblings whispered.

When Nie Shuyao finished saying what Xun Ze said yesterday, Nie Tianxi was also silent, and he learned Nie Shuyao's small action of tapping his fingers on the table.

In the inner room, only the sound of "knock" was heard.

Long. Nie Tianxi said: "Sister, let's go check the former richest man in Yangzhou, right?" Isn't it surnamed Nie? ”

The sister and brother are also surnamed Nie. I don't know what their original surname is, but is this Nie the Nie of the Nie family? If so, maybe you can know the true identity of the Nie family.

"Hmm. Yangzhou? Xi'er, do you think the stepmother will be from Yangzhou? Nie Shuyao frowned and asked.

"I don't know. If the stepmother is the little sister of Mr. Yan Qing. Then the stepmother may be from Yangzhou. Nie Tianxi guessed.

Nie Shuyao sighed and said, "I think Mr. Yan will be dead soon, I hope Xun Ze can say a little more." ”

Nie Tianxi smiled: "Sister, Xun Ze is very good. In the future, if I become Bao Qingtian of the Ming Dynasty. Then he will definitely be Gongsun Ce of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Nie Shuyao also smiled, touched his head and said, "That's what sister means!" You're going to have to give me a good try. Strive to finish in the top three. ”

Speaking of this, the heavy topic changed its taste, Nie Tianxi turned his head and dodged and asked, "Which of the top three does my sister like?" ”

"Well, it seems a bit difficult to be the champion, and the list is not good. It's better to have a Tanhua, Tanhua Lang is all handsome and chic! ”

In fact, Nie Shuyao thought of Xiao Li Feidao in the novel, he is the most legendary Tanhualang, and she also wants her younger brother to become a legend of the Ming Dynasty.

"Good! I will definitely try my best to become a Tanhua! Who knew that Nie Tianxi solemnly agreed.

The sisters and brothers looked at each other and smiled, and Nie Shuyao said: "Let's go and check the former richest man in Yangzhou surnamed Nie." ”

"Good!"

After a short rest, they went to the county government under the leadership of Da Niu.

Yangzhou, the land of fishing and rice, a rich land, and merchants gather.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many rich and noble families have appeared, and I don't know how many such families have been buried in history.

Rich for only three generations, this is very reasonable, in addition to the big family that has been inherited for a hundred years and has a great heritage, three generations are enough for the losers to squander.

When he came to the county office, Yang Xuewen felt guilty for wronging them, and when he heard that they wanted to find the information of the rich families in Yangzhou twenty years ago, he diligently asked the master to take them to the data room to inspect it personally. It's kind of a back door for them.

The attitude of the county order is the standard of the master's work, and he brought them to the information shelf that specially checked the household registration, and said with a smile: "Twenty years ago, it was long enough, and I was a young man who had just won the show." How about I find two handymen to help the two of you? ”

Nie Shuyao smiled: "Thank you, master." However, we just wanted to check the information of the year on a whim. Don't bother the master, it's already good. ”

This master is chubby, and he can't look at his eyes when he laughs, he is just polite. If Nie Shuyao agreed, it would be a bit excessive. Then he said: "In this case, the old man will bring some tea to the two of you." ”

"Thank you for bothering." The siblings saluted him politely.

It has been registered for 20 years, and in recent years it has been neatly arranged, and the rest of the place is basically covered with thick dust and cobwebs.

The big cow went out to ask for some water, and first cleaned up the dust a little, and the sister and brother began to check it.

Nie Shuyao felt that he should be able to understand almost the same by looking at the household registration, because the household registration of the Ming Dynasty was divided into high and low, and although the merchant was a squire, his status was not very high if he was mainly engaged in business. They started with the squires of Yangzhou.

A stack of materials was brought over by Da Niu, and Nie Shuyao's sister and brother also read it quickly.

Before I knew it, it was almost dusk, and after closing the thick household registration, the two twisted their necks and looked at each other, but they gained nothing.

The big cow was also too tired, both cleaning and moving up and down a stinky sweat, lifting the big teapot to pour some water to drink, but found that the water in it was empty.

"I'll go out and get some water." He took the teapot and walked out.

Nie Shuyao hurriedly said, "No need, Brother Niu." It's getting late, and it's time for us to go back. ”

Nie Tianxi also said: "Maybe something happened to the Nie family, everything about them was destroyed." ”

Nie Shuyao nodded lightly, there is this possibility. This is an authoritarian society, and if there is such an order from above, the people below will not dare to do it.

"Let's go back." Nie Shuyao got up, "Sometimes the information is not as accurate as anyone's memory. ”

Nie Tianxi's eyes lit up and said, "What does my sister mean, let's go and ask the older people in Yangzhou City?" ”

"Hmm."

At this point, the county government and his party ended here, if there was no accident, they didn't want to come to the county government again.

As the sun sets, the sisters and brothers walk on the streets of Yangzhou, and the road is full of people.

Nie Shuyao wore men's clothes, so she could enjoy the roadside stalls openly, stop from time to time to buy some snacks and taste Jiangnan snacks.

They saw the stall of fried chestnuts and walked over. It's been a few months since I think about it, and now it's the end of August, and even the Mid-Autumn Festival is on the road.

This is a new chestnut on the market, and many people buy it. Nie Shuyao and the three of them also automatically lined up.

In front of them was a middle-aged woman who was quite wealthy, with meticulously combed hair, not wearing cloth clothes, and looking to be living in a well-off situation.

When she pulled her hair, she accidentally bumped into Nie Shuyao behind her, and turned around and bowed to her to apologize, "Oh, this little brother is really sorry." ”

Nie Shuyao was wearing an ordinary long robe, and she didn't want to talk in order not to cause trouble, and she knew that she was a woman as soon as the words came out. He pulled Nie Tianxi, who was behind him.

Nie Tianxi smiled slightly, then stepped forward and said, "This aunt doesn't have to be polite, it's okay." ”

"This, I'm really embarrassed." The middle-aged woman looked up with a smile.

This look froze the smile on her face, and the thing she was holding in her hand almost fell to the ground.

"Next!" At that moment, the chestnut seller screamed.

But the middle-aged woman seemed to have been pointed, motionless, and her face became worse and worse.

Nie Shuyao felt strange, so she touched her carefully, and said in a thick voice, "Auntie, it's your turn." ”

"Huh? Yes! Okay, here it is! She hurriedly turned around, hurriedly reached for the money bag and grabbed the copper plate, and said, "Here, bring me five catties." ”

She was so flustered that Nie Shuyao's sister and brother felt inexplicable.

"Dingding!" The middle-aged woman's hands shook so hard that several copper plates fell to the ground.

Nie Shuyao shook her head and said nothing, squatting down to help her pick up the copper plate.

At this time, a young man in his early twenties came from behind, looked at the woman and said loudly: "Mother, didn't you say that you were going to the pawnshop to make this golden lock, why are you still here?" When is this all the time, the pawnshop is going to close. Alas, I knew that you were buying chestnuts here, and I was going to take the golden locks. ”

The woman did not come back to her senses for a moment, and when she saw that the golden lock wrapped in cloth was snatched away by the young man, she cried out, "No, you can't be it! ”

She went up and pulled the young man, and with too much force pulled the young man to a stumble, and the golden lock fell to the ground.

The place where it fell was right at Nie Tianxi's feet.

Nie Tianxi quickly took the golden lock in his hand, looked left and right, seemed to remember something in his mind, raised his head and asked coldly, "Where did this golden lock come from?" (To be continued) R655