"The fourth baby is really, even if he has Lord Duan and Huang Yushi to Jiangning, he has to take care of it. When it was time to spend money, he asked someone to give us a hundred taels! Besides, he has already found a way for us to make a fortune, in-laws, I can't ask for this hundred taels, you should give it to Qin'er. ”

As the saying goes, fertilizer and water don't flow into outsiders' fields, and Han Xiufeng didn't even tell Pan Er about joining hands with Yu to buy and sell side tea. After Duan Jiqing received the letter last time, he asked Guan Zhutou and asked them if the scribes and servants who were on errand in the yamen would like to join the shares together.

The shopkeeper Yu has already stammered the salt tea ceremony, how can the scribes and officials who are on errands in the yamen not know that this business can make money, the provincial office is Liu Guangren Zhang Luo, the government is Duan Jiqing personally Zhang Luo, the county government is the head of the arrest Zhang Luo, and hundreds of scribes and officials add up to 4,000 taels.

plus the 1,000 taels that Duan Jiqing smashed the pot and sold iron, the 2,000 taels of Master Gu, the 2,000 taels of the rich man Yang of Jiangbei Hall, and the 1,000 taels that Han Xiufeng bought in the capital, a total of 10,000 taels of shares were bought in Ba County!

If there is tea, there will be a market, and there are so many scribes and servants staring at the supply of goods, so there is no need to worry.

In the past two months, with the help of these scribes and officials, the shopkeeper Yu has agreed with the tea plantations under the jurisdiction of Chongqing Prefecture and even the entire East Sichuan Province that tea merchants in Shanxi and Anhui should not expect to buy tea in East Sichuan Province even if they have sufficient capital.

In short, there will be dividends in the coming year.

However, Duan Jiqing didn't want to say this in front of Jiang Liu, the head of the Sichuan Gang, so he raised his head and smiled: "One yard is one yard, this is Zhixing's intention, and besides, it's not for you alone, you will be unhappy if you don't accept Zhixing." ”

"He's got all the money back, what can he do on his own?" Guan Zhutou asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, he still has some silver on him." Duan Jiqing picked up a money bag from the incense case, looked at Jiang Liudao with a smile: "This is the big head entrusted to the eighth master by Young Master Hu, I didn't expect that although his brain case is not good, he still has a little filial piety, and he gave back all the wages and rewards given to him by the officials and masters in the guild hall, a total of twenty-seven taels and eight yuan, you take it." ”

Jiang Liu grinned and said, "Master Duan, the big head has always been very filial. ”

"He is filial, you have to be filial, it stands to reason that this silver should be handed over to the eighth master, but I heard the pillar say that the eighth master's brain is not very good, and the older he gets, the more confused he becomes. It's the same as handing it over to you, anyway, the eighth master can only rely on you to support his old age. ”

"Please rest assured, Master Duan, and please also ask Master Duan to help me and Master Han when I reply to the letter, and help me say to the big head, I will serve the eighth master like my father, and give him the old man a pension."

"Okay, I know you're a righteous person, and I'm relieved to have your words."

"Then I'll go back first?"

"Let's go back."

……

As soon as Jiang Liu's front foot left, Guan Zhutou couldn't help but ask: "In-laws, did the four babies say when they would let Qin'er take the baby to reunite with him?" ”

When Duan Jiqing mentioned this, he was worried, subconsciously looked at his daughter sitting in the corner, and said solemnly: "Zhixing said in the letter, he wants to be Qin'er and miss the baby, but now Huguang is in trouble, it is said that the Taiping bandits not only besieged Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, but also had the potential to sweep Hubei, and the waterway was absolutely unacceptable." If you take the dry road, you have to go over the Qinling Mountains and detour to Shaanxi and Shanxi, but Anhui and Henan are also making trouble, so the reunion must be considered in the long run. ”

Han Xiufeng finally made up for the shortage, Qin'er was both happy and uncomfortable, she couldn't help but stand up and walk over to hug the child, and said in a choked voice: "Dad, Uncle Guan, I'm fine, I won't go anywhere with the dog, just stay at home and wait for him." ”

"It's not that Dad won't let you take the baby, Dad is not at ease."

"I know, I can't let you and your mother worry, I can't let the fourth brother worry, and I can't let the fourth brother worry about the baby."

"Hmm." Duan Jiqing sighed lightly and hurriedly diverted the topic: "In the past, the guild hall was not decent, and the officials and gentlemen in Beijing were reluctant to go, and they didn't move around each other. Zhixing renovated the guild hall, and Mr. Ji, Mr. Ao and Mr. He went to the hall to discuss and feast guests in three days, and they moved around each other a lot, and the nostalgia and friendship were stronger than before. Therefore, whenever someone returns to their hometown, they will ask if they want to send a letter to their home.

In addition, there are us here in Ba County, whether the letter is sent by someone or 'Rishengchang', as long as the letter is delivered to me in Ba County, we will ask someone to carry the letter to my hometown one by one. All in all, there are more letters from fellow villagers in Beijing than before, and Young Master Hu has brought seven more letters this time, people can trust us, and we can't be too troublesome. ”

Hearing Duan Jiqing's words, Guan Zhutou was shocked to find that although Han Si was no longer the head of the Chongqing Guild Hall, it had gradually become a "transit station" for officials from the 14 prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Chongqing Prefecture to send letters to their hometowns. After all, Chongqing Mansion is too big, and only by bringing the letters here first, Duan Jiqing can ask the officials of the government to help them deliver the letters to their families one by one. And the families of those officials and gentlemen want to send letters to Jingli, and now they are all sent here first.

Thinking of helping to carry the letter can not only tie up the old man who can't stamper on weekdays, but also a good thing for the four children who are far away in Jiangsu, Guan Zhutou smiled and said: "This is, people can trust us, people can afford us, we can't be too troublesome, as long as there is a letter, we must help deliver it." ”

How could Liu Guangren, who was on an errand in the Provincial Affairs Department, not know how important this matter was to Han Si, and said in a deep voice: "Old Duan, isn't Director Zhang of the Sichuan Guild Hall also a shareholder like us, and you can send a letter to Director Zhang when you go back, and in the future, we can not only help our Chongqing Mansion masters in Beijing to bring their hometowns, as long as they are from Sichuan East Province." ”

"Can you help you get it?"

"There are a lot of official documents in your government, and there are a lot of official documents in our provincial office. The few people in the delivery room are all in the shares, and it is not a matter of a sentence to let them help carry a few letters! ”

"Really, I didn't expect this favor!"

"It's not too late to think about it now, as the saying goes, a family letter is worth a thousand dollars, and it is not easy for people to carry a family letter, which is really a gesture for us. As long as we help others to get it, it is impossible for people not to think of Zhixing as a sentiment, as long as we can carry it, we will definitely carry Zhixing, and we can naturally follow the light of Zhixing's smooth career. ”

"That's right, hahaha."

……

Seeing Qin'er carrying the baby to the room, Guan Zhutou remembered one more thing, and couldn't help but say: "In-laws, just now you said that Huang Yushi also wrote a letter for the fourth baby, I remember that Huang Yushi seems to be the nephew of the guest head of the Fujian Association." ”

"You mean Ren He's turtle son, right?"

"Hmm."

Speaking of this, Duan Jiqing couldn't help but smile and said, "You are busy collecting Diding silver these days, and you don't know a lot of things. Ren He's turtle son can't climb the high branches, and he can't be the captain of the Fujian Guild Hall! People say that if they regret their marriage, they will regret their marriage, and his turtle son doesn't even dare to let out a fart! ”

"Repentance?"

"I've also heard people say, I don't know why, anyway, people don't get married. The nephew of the family is the supervisor of the imperial history, where does his turtle son dare to offend, he can only eat this dumb loss, he can only break his front teeth and swallow it in his stomach, he really deserves it, what a retribution, hahaha! ”