From the end of the first month to the end of February, in a short period of time, the Qian family shop can be called a daily profit, after all, the price difference between brown sugar and foreign sugar is too big, and this business is simply an empty glove white wolf.

There is not even less than the merchants who sell goods between various cities to earn the difference in price to purchase white sugar and sell it to Ningbo, Suzhou, Huizhou, and Shaoxing, which makes the reputation of "money sugar" resounding all over Zhejiang for a while, and even Nanzhili and Fujian have been mentioned.

However, this also brought a lot of troubles, such as the horse steward was very worried about the increasing amount of silver in the treasury, which made him afraid and unable to sleep.

As a result, one night, someone really broke into the backyard, and Zhang San, who was patrolling the night, found out and struck the gong to scare the thief away, and found that the silver vault was fine, but it was stolen in the small workshop that was built.

Qian Yuan looked down at the activated carbon scattered on the ground, pouted and smiled, "I really hope you don't be too disappointed." ”

In the eyes of modern people, it is a bit strange to use yellow mud water to decolor brown sugar, but in the eyes of Ming people, it may be even more fantastical to use charcoal to decolor brown sugar.

Turning his head to look at the frustrated Zhang San, Qian Yuan smiled and said, "It's nothing, you did the right thing, just scare away the thief, there's no need to catch a live." ”

Li Si is the son of the Qian family, and Zhang San is the tenant of the Qian family...... He thinks he's a master, but he's actually just a thug.

However, Qian Yuan did not underestimate him, because this is the predecessor of the famous gangster in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, but now they do not have the nature of the later underworld gang, and now they regard themselves as good men who "do the right thing for heaven......

When Qian Yuan first came to recuperate in Zhuangzi, the doctor he invited rescued several farmers who accidentally ate poisonous weeds, including Zhang San's father, it was because of this origin that he became Qian Yuan's long-term follower, and this trip also specially recruited a group of former brothers, so Li Si was not very convinced.

"I don't know who sent it......" Li Si muttered on the side.

Qian Yuan picked up the activated charcoal and threw it back into the bag, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter who it is." ”

Of course, it doesn't matter, in Songjiang Qianyuan has successfully tried to replicate the yellow mud water decolorization method, but in Hangzhou has always used activated carbon decolorization, this era someone can imitate activated carbon?

But after a few days, Qian Yuan no longer felt indifferent.

It seems that the other party has figured out the habits of the guards of the Qian Mansion, and basically comes in every night for a turn, and then is sent out by Zhang San and Li Si's gong salute, and even comes in the first half of the night, and then comes in the second half of the night.

Qian Yuan, who was woken up three or four times a night, was powerless to complain, and he couldn't wait to raise a loudspeaker and shout at them, "Come and go freely, but can you move smaller, don't disturb my sleep!" ”

After some statistics, the stolen brown sugar, foreign sugar, iron pots, eggs, activated charcoal, and even half a pot of chicken soup left over from Qian Yuan's supper one night were taken away, but the silver in the treasury was never less.

Uh, not stolen to be exact, less ...... It's been less.

For this reason, the horse steward is muttering every day, this young master Yuan is really a loser, he takes people to hang out every day, buys a set of four treasures of the study room today, and buys a painting and calligraphy tomorrow, if it is not still in the filial piety period, it is estimated that he wants to go to the painting boat on the West Lake.

However, Qian Yuan never dared to go too far, he has been wandering around the inner city, and he is really afraid of accidents when he goes out of the city, although Zhang San's brothers know some fists and feet, and they have also seen the world in the fighting industry, but after all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake.

On this day, Qian Yuan walked around the West Lake for a whole day, and did not come back until the sun went down, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Boss Jin Hongjin, who had not been seen for a long time, greeted him with a smiling face.

"Hey, when did Uncle Jin come, and he didn't let people call me." Qian Yuan smiled and saluted, "Today I will meet in Songhe Tower, and I am too late to return." ”

Ma Guan and Jin Hong, who are very familiar with Hangzhou, both looked stiff, Songhe Tower is a restaurant by the West Lake, and the signboard is a daily storytelling, what kind of literati will run there to meet the literature......

"Hahaha, the virtuous nephew is a talented man in Songjiang, but I didn't expect it to be the current Tao Zhu Gong." Jin Hong laughed so hard that the fat on his fat face trembled, "The batch of foreign candy at the end of last year was the handiwork of the virtuous nephew." ”

"Yes." Qian Yuan smiled shyly, "I was seriously ill on the way to the township test last year, and I found it from an ancient book to recuperate in Zhuangzi, it is complicated to say, but it is also simple......"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it." Jin Hong waved his hands in front of his chest, "This kind of heirloom secret recipe should be kept alive, and you can't just say it casually." ”

Qian Yuan shook his head disapprerovingly, ignoring the steward Ma who was glaring at him, and said with a smile: "Uncle Jin is not an outsider, come here, change the tea, just use the pineapple tea I just bought today." ”

"Nephew likes pineapple tea?"

"I'm just used to it, in the past two years, the second uncle has sent people to send some Huizhou specialties from time to time......" Qian Yuan explained with a smile, pineapple tea is the predecessor of Huangshan Maofeng in later generations, and it is already a well-known tea in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The three of them sat down to drink tea in the living room, Qian Yuan commented on the world's famous tea, and the talk was endless, so that people couldn't interject, Ma Steward only knew how to bow his head and drink tea, and Jin Hong echoed a few words from time to time but was a little restless...... I just talked about the key point, but changed the subject.

It wasn't until Qian Yuan finished talking about the difference between Tang and Song tea cakes and Ming Dynasty tea that Jin Hong finally found an opportunity to get down to business.

"Debts?" Qian Yuan looked at Jin Hong with a sincere face in surprise, "How much silver?" Uncle Kim, do you have an IOU? ”

"Of course, yes, that's it." Jin Hong smiled bitterly and said: "At the end of last year, I was also in Zhoushan Ligang, when your father borrowed five hundred taels of silver from me to buy goods. ”

Qian Yuan took the IOU and glanced at it, turned his head and handed it to Zhang San, "Go and bring out five hundred taels of silver, by the way, let Li Si calculate the interest." ”

"Forget the interest."

"Yes, yes." The smile on Qian Yuan's face became thicker, "At the end of last year, Uncle Jin hired people to salvage on the sea, and after no result, he went to Huating to report the funeral in the snow, and the little nephew came to help as soon as he arrived in Hangzhou, what is the interest of this point?" ”

"Virtuous nephew, today is really ......" Jin Hong sighed.

Sending Jin Hong out of the door, Qian Yuan asked people to take two small tubes of pineapple tea out, and apologized vigorously, it was really inconvenient to visit during the filial piety period.

Closing the door and returning to the main hall, Steward Ma blurted out with a face, "Young Master Yuan, you...... Then you don't look at the signature, don't look at the drawing, don't look at the secret note, just give the money?! ”

"It's only natural to pay back debts." Qian Yuan said casually: "By the way, Zhang San, you have collected the IOU, and you can use it in the future!" ”

Steward Ma was so angry that his face turned blue and he didn't look back and left, Qian Yuan poured the residual tea on the patio in front of the hall with an indifferent face, and sneered: "Let him eat, the meat buns that the master fed the dog have seven steps of broken intestines hidden in them!" ”