Hearing Lu Shaobei say this, Shang Yu took off his cotton robe and draped the old leather robe on his body, but still said: "Mr. Lu, I will return this leather robe to you later, my father has told me many times not to accept gifts from others at will, and I dare not disobey!" ”

Lu Shaobei took the cotton clothes, looked at Shang Yu and said: "You kid is stubborn, wait for me in the house, I went to the door to call the guy to take out this cotton clothes and dry it, and later I want to listen to you talk to me about Mr. Liu, there is such a strange person in Lijia Village, where there are only more than ten households left, why have I never heard of this person?" He has such a deep knowledge of mathematics that he has actually created a new way to calculate accounts that has never been done before! What a business wizard! ”

While talking, he walked to the door, took the cotton coat and shouted outside: "Three donkeys, come here, I have something for you to do!" ”

The man's voice in the distance agreed: "I heard, Mr. Lu, I'll come over immediately!" ”

Shang Yu thought in his heart: "Mr. Liu, only we children think that what he said is true, and other adults think he is crazy!" Last month, I just happened to talk to Mr. Lu about that kind of bookkeeping method, I didn't expect to be so surprised by Mr. Lu, it's really a bit strange! Could it be that Mr. Liu said that all those things are true? I couldn't help but feel a sense of curiosity in my heart, and I couldn't wait to return to the village immediately and ask Mr. Liu for an understanding.

When Lu Shaobei walked back into the house, he saw that Shang Yu had already put on his leather robe, and he was still looking at a painting in the room.

"Xiao Yu! This is the ancestor of our merchants, but it also happens that his old man is also surnamed Shang like you, and he is the descendant of the widow of the king of the Shang Dynasty, named Shang Xing, who single-handedly founded the rules of commerce and created a commercial era in ancient times. ”

"The best thing is that he was actually divided by the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty and became a prince without a fief! Later generations called him Shang Zu, and now there are not many people who know this allusion! Do you know this allusion? Lu Shaobei saw that Shang Yu was very interested in this painting, and couldn't help but say to him.

"Mr. Lu, I just looked at this person's resemblance to my father, and I was able to see it! I didn't expect this to be a business man, why haven't I seen you take it out and hang it here before? Shang Yu was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect the person in this painting to be so famous.

"Hey! Recently, the new commander who has been here for less than half a year does not know what benefits he has received from the Zhao family, so he actually instructed the city department everywhere to make things difficult for the Lu family's warehouse business, and the tax has not only risen, but also often delays for several days in approving the delivery of bulk materials, and many goods are rotten in the warehouse. ”

"The old man is also sick because of this, and the second master is not a businessman! Now rely on me, the bookkeeper, to run to the official mansion to give gifts, the eldest lady has married to the south, and the second lady is so stubborn now, the basin of water just now is obviously what she was willing to splash on you. In this case, I can only invite the ancestor out and worship three times a day, begging his old man to bless the Lu family from being squeezed! ”

When Lu Shaobei said this, he sighed, and then continued: "Oh! I shouldn't have talked about these places with you, a kid, some things have been a bit tricky lately, and that's why this portrait is being hung! ”

After hearing this, Shang Yu immediately remembered what he had encountered in the market not long ago, and couldn't help but say, "Mr. Lu, I just encountered such a thing in the market...... The county lord almost killed the officers and soldiers, but the Red Turban Army rescued her. ”

After hearing this, Lu Shaobei couldn't help but have a look of surprise in his eyes, and said, "Red Turban Army? Are they really coming? ”

Shang Yu couldn't help but feel a little strange, when ordinary people heard the news of the Red Turban Army, they would immediately stop talking and refuse to talk about it anymore, but Lu Shaobei behaved abnormally after hearing it.

"Mr. Lu, you seem to be glad to hear the news of the Red Turban Army?" Shang Yu couldn't help asking.

"Ahem! What's the matter? I just heard that this kind of strange thing feels a little weird, where will I be happy, the Red Turban Army is a thief, don't talk nonsense! Do not mention it to anyone else when you go outside, lest you invite trouble." Lu Shaobei immediately said in disguise.

Shang Yu didn't doubt him, so he continued: "Could it be that the prefect can't take care of this matter? Lu's Warehouse is the largest business in Quanzhou, and he should be able to help you! ”

Most of the young Dingkou in Lijia Village will enter Lu's business to work, because Lu's reputation is the best, and he treats the workers the most benevolently, and Lu's will be the place where he works in the future, and he is naturally very concerned about this matter.

"Ahem! The commander made Za Kecha not sell the face of the prefect at all, relying on his father to be the Zuoduwei Overseer, and after being transferred to Quanzhou Mansion, he was pretending to be training every day, saying that he wanted to prevent the Red Turban Army, God knows! The Red Turban Army is nearly a thousand miles away from Quanzhou, how can he be used to defend it, and make Quanzhou Mansion chickens fly and dogs jump, this world! The richest port in the world was about to be destroyed at the hands of this dog. When Lu Shaobei said this, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

Shang Yu silently heard this, but he couldn't think about it, and couldn't help asking: "Then the imperial court won't send people to govern it, didn't you say that three-tenths of the imperial court's current tax revenue comes from Quanzhou?" Don't they care about such things that endanger taxes? ”

"The prefect has reported to the imperial court, but there is no news yet! But the county lord you talked about was rescued from the county lord but it is very promising, she is the niece of the current emperor, she has an accident this time, if she can return to the imperial court, she will definitely punish the commander of the crime, but if she really falls into the hands of the Red Turban Army, she knows that her identity is Yuan...... The county lord in the court will definitely kill her! It's a pity, it's a pity! Speaking of this, Lu Shaobei couldn't help but shake his head.

Hearing this, Shang Yu was also a little gloomy, raised his head and looked at the portrait hanging on the wall again, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Lu, I want to ask about my father's news, but I don't know where his old man is now?" My mother and I are very concerned. ”

After Lu Shaobei heard this, he immediately sighed again and said: "This time they went to the Great Food Country, traveling thousands of miles, and carrying a lot of goods, and they will encounter all kinds of dangers on the way, and they will pass through several sub-feudal kingdoms on the way, and the most terrifying thing is the desert!" It will inevitably take some time, and there will be no two and a half years to stop thinking about going back and forth! ”

"That said, but you don't have to worry either! Your father knows the road well, and we have a compass and a guide from the locals, and there are hundreds of people in that caravan, including some of the most skilled dart masters, so there will be no problems! When Lu Shaobei said this, he began to comfort Shang Yu.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu, I hope you can inform me as soon as possible when my father has news!" Shang Yu thanked Lu Shaobei, although he knew that there would be news so soon, he still couldn't help but ask Lu Shaobei, because not only him, but his mother also asked him to ask for news on the sickbed.

"You won't forget it, your father is a true leader of caravans! That's right, Xiao Yu! If it is not enough, I can pay you some taels of silver in advance, and then deduct it from your father's monthly money when he returns! Lu Shaobei said with concern.

"No, the family's money is enough, so I won't bother you!" Shang Yu hurriedly waved his hand and refused.

When his father returns, the whole family can go south to live in the village controlled by the Red Turban Army, which was what his father said when he left, and his father's salary is not very much, and Shang Yu's father's monthly income is only three taels of silver, and it is because he is the leader of the caravan that he will have that amount.

"If you need to, just let me know! Next, let's talk about Mr. Liu in your village! I'm very curious about this person, if this person can come to work at Lu's Warehouse, he will definitely be a hundred times stronger than me! Lu Shaobei saw that Shang Yu was not in a hurry to use the money, so he just asked, and asked about Mr. Liu in Shang Yu's Li Village.