Liu Jing thought about her talents, she could read, count, and write well. In addition, he is proficient in the five elements of the lunisolar calendar, good at identifying jade calligraphy and painting, good at painting, good at playing the piano, drumming,, embroidery, and all kinds of silk.

You must know that Liu Jing has been smart since she was a child, and she has the ability to never forget, and she was once a famous prodigy in the local area. After the age of eleven, although his parents suppressed him in every way. But a copy of Ban Zhao's "Female Commandments", she was able to recite it backwards in less than an hour. Although her father wanted to restrain her sexuality, he was afraid of suffocating this precious daughter by only embroidering and reading books all day long, so he made up his mind to cultivate his daughter on the road of both virtue and ability. After raising it for so many years, it seems that virtue has it, and it is even earlier. If it weren't for this accident, maybe she Liu Jing would have become the second Ban Zhao.

Liu Jing thought about it, just by virtue of her ability to read and count and write a subordinate income, if she asks for a clerical job in the yamen, she may be favored, even if it is difficult to enter the yamen, it is extremely simple to be a guest to a wealthy businessman.

However, how much money can a doorman earn in a day? If you can earn three or four gold medals a month, it's a good income, right? But what she needs now is a way to earn three or four hundred gold a month.

On the evening of the tenth day, after Liu Jing finished copying the miscellaneous conversations of the prodigals, she tilted her head and thought: A good ** is worth 100 gold? It's a lot of money, but it's a pity that it's too shameful to do it.

In a blink of an eye, she saw another one and thought: Forging the jade of this dynasty into the jade of the first dynasty can make a hundred times the profit? This requires enough high-grade jade, as well as samples of jade from the previous dynasties, to be made, and there must be special tools, and there are only two or three years for fear that they will not be able to become a teacher.

It didn't work, she didn't have the time and money to do it. Moreover, his father has always been upright, and if he still wants to rely on this method to make a profit, he will definitely rather die in prison.

There is another article below, if there is an outbreak of epidemic in the southwest, if there are talented people who are willing to impersonate the people appointed by the government to go to the epidemic area as officials, Li Mansion Yang Mansion and Xiao Mansion are willing to take out 2,000 taels of gold as a reward, pay 30% first, and then pay the remaining 70% after staying in the epidemic area for three months. This one doesn't work, she's still the head of the family, and she can't do without it.

She looked at it, sighed secretly when she saw it, and put away the scroll.

On the twentieth day, there was little money left in the house. Originally, after the last time the gold was dotted with the jailers, there were still thirty-five taels left, but the thirty-five taels of gold were used by Liu Jing for fifteen taels, and Uncle Wu and Uncle Wang and others each took ten taels of gold for travel expenses, and now the family is stretched to the point of being stretched again. Liu's mother waited for the money from the sale of the house and shop in her hometown to save the emergency.

However, all Liu Jing's anxiety disappeared strangely on the evening of the twenty-third day, after listening to the narration of the prodigals.

On the twenty-fourth day, it was a sunny day.

Just after the New Year's Festival, the sun's rays are also yellowish and weak, but today's sun is particularly bright and bright, shining on people's bodies in white, until people warm their heads to their feet, but the cold of early spring is all driven away.

Liu Jing stayed closed all day until the evening, when she took a carriage and came to the dock.

As one of the thirteen counties in Yangzhou, Wu County has a lot of freight ships coming and going, and the wharf is always busy.

After Liu Jing's ox cart stopped for a while, she squinted at the sun, and said gently: "You are waiting here, you must wait until I come back before leaving." ”

"Yes, Lord."

After getting off the ox cart, Liu Jing, who walked towards the wharf on the west side, was calm and quiet. This Confucian elegance seemed out of place with the sweaty and busy people on the docks, especially when she appeared outside a makeshift grass hut.

At that moment, a big man walked over. He looked Liu Jing up and down, spit out the grass stalks in his mouth to the ground, and asked with yellow teeth, "You scholar, what are you doing here?" ”

After Liu Jing looked at the big man in a decent manner, she said: "Please also report to Xia Jun, Liu Wenjing, a Confucian student in Yanghe County, has a big matter to ask to see." ”

As soon as the word Xia Gong came out, the big man immediately put away the indifference on his face. Whoever mixes on this dock, who doesn't know the name of Lu Dao Xia Jun? The prodigal son of the entire Wu County, who dares not to give Xia Jun three points of face?

However, what did this weak Confucian in front of him do when he came to Xia Jun? And he wants to find Xia Jun, what is he doing on this dock if he is not in Xia Jun's residence?

After glaring at Liu Jing for a while, out of awe of Xia Jun, he spat on the ground and snorted, "The kid is good." Okay, I'll report it now, don't blame me for reminding you kid, if you have nothing to do, but you make fun of Xia Jun, then you have to think about the consequences. ”

It was Liu Jing who answered him and bowed her head again.

Seeing her resolute attitude, the big man turned around and walked away.

About a quarter of an hour later, the big man walked over, "Boy, Xia Jun wants to see you." ”

"Thank you." Liu Jing gave a salute, followed behind the big man, and walked forward.

The two of them walked towards the grass hut in front of them.

The straw shed is not wide, but it is very deep, Liu Jing followed the aisle on the left side of the straw shed, until four rooms passed, and the big man stopped. At this time, his voice was also lowered, and the whole person was a little more gentle, pointing towards the fifth room, and the big man whispered: "Xia Jun is inside, you can go in." ”

"Thank you."

After Liu Jing greeted the big man, she stepped forward slowly, pushed open the brief wooden door and walked in.

In a room made of bamboo and grass, a man in his forties with a full beard was resting his legs on a table, holding a scroll in his hand.

…… In this era, being able to read is a status symbol in itself. Therefore, in the hearts of Liu Jing and most people at the time, the reader is decent, like the big man in front of him, who acts rudely and casually, and looks at it with a scroll without paying attention to it, which is extremely rare.

For a moment, Liu Jing was stunned. However, she had something in her heart, so she quickly retracted her emotions, stepped forward and gave Xia Jun a deep look, and said loudly: "Liu Wenjing, a Confucian student in Yanghe County, has seen Xia Jun. ”

Xia Jun's legs on the table swayed, his eyes stared at the curly silk, and he didn't raise his eyes, "Just say it, what is the matter with me?" The man's voice was surprisingly clear.

Liu Jing glanced at him, and saw that this Xia Jun didn't take himself in his eyes at all, and after thinking about it, he said directly: "I overheard a news that someone will be unfavorable to Xia Jun tonight......"

Before she finished her sentence, Xia Jun had already put away the scroll in his hand, he raised his head, a pair of white beads were yellow, and he stared at Liu Jing with fierce eyes.

Such a look is too terrifying, Liu Jingrao is already prepared in her heart, and her face is still a little pale when she sees this.

"You Confucian student, do you know what you're talking about?" Xia Jun didn't get angry, but his tone was gloomy, and his eyes staring at her were more like wolves.

Liu Jing plucked up the courage to look him directly into the eyes, and said as calmly as possible: "Xia Jun's name has been heard a long time ago. For people like you, I am a Confucian and dare not tease. ”

Her words were very convincing.

Xia Jun retracted his legs and stood up, his tower-like figure was pestle there like a mountain, glaring at Liu Jing, he shouted, "Say, who is not good for me!" ”

This shout is like a muffled thunder, which can make the legs of the timid weak.

Liu Jing's face turned white again, she took a few deep breaths, lowered her eyes to avoid Xia Jun's gaze, and tried to let herself spit out her voice peacefully, "I'm here for money." Liu Jing said gently: "This news, sell for 100 gold!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xia Jun grinned, "It's really a rare thing, someone actually ran to my head to make money." The tone was tough and unkind, which made Liu Jing's face whiter and whiter.

At that moment, she smiled reluctantly, and sighed at the end: "I am also short of money...... If it weren't for the fact that Xia Jun was benevolent and righteous, this news would have made it rotten in the stomach! As for who lost the goods at this Wujun wharf, who offended the above, and what does it have to do with me, a scholar? ”

The little white face in front of him, his voice was loud and his legs were weak, but now this sentence moved him.

Xia Jun frowned and sat back on the collapse, and after staring at Liu Jing for a while, he closed his hands and shouted, "Take a hundred taels of gold." ”

"Yes." A thin man answered, and in a few moments the man came in with a tray, on which ten pieces of gold shone brightly.

The tray was placed on a few sides, and after Xia Jun signaled the person to step back, he turned to Liu Jing and glared, "Say!" The sound was like thunder, and Liu Jing's ears were still buzzing after a long time.

Liu Jing took a few deep breaths again, until her heartbeat calmed down, and then she suppressed her voice and said, "At three o'clock tonight, there is a shipload of goods from Jian'an County here, it is Xia Jun who received the goods, right?" ”

Xia Jun's expression became serious, he stared at the copper bell, and said in a deep voice: "Exactly." ”

"Someone below Lang Jun wants to move that batch of goods. I heard that at that time, someone from the government might come over......"

Although Liu Jing didn't say it very clearly, it was enough to know so much about this kind of thing. Turning his head to look at the hourglass, Xia Jun stood up suddenly. He pushed the tray towards Liu Jing, glared at the fierce eyes and said murderously: "The time will come soon, and Lang Jun will not be busy going back." And he put away the gold, and stayed on this straw hut until three o'clock. Everything is just as Xiaolang said, if you dare to lie to me......" His words did not continue, but the undisguised ferocity was more terrifying than any words.

Liu Jing took the tray with a white face, and walked to the corner table without saying a word and sat down. When she put the gold in her sleeve, she gritted her teeth and thought: If I go back safely this time, I must think of a safe way to make money.