"Thank you, little official!" "Xie Baiye!" ……

In a thousand thanks, the two fans bowed and retreated. Listening to their self-introductions just now, they are all from the Goolan of Dongerfang, that is to say, in fact, they have become "employees" under the Qinbai industry. Since this is the case, Qin Bai will definitely not embarrass them. So after comforting them with kind words and promising to send them back safely, the problem of these two people has been solved.

After the two fans left, only Dong Chuan, who was nervous, was left behind. Qin Bai ignored him for the time being, took a piece of white paper, put some broken tobacco leaves found in the house, and then rolled a bell and lit it, and took a beautiful puff.

If there is anything that makes Qin Bai most satisfied after the crossing, it is undoubtedly that there is no need to worry about smoking at all. In Shandong, almost every household will plant a few tobacco, dried and chopped to smoke, although this kind of local tobacco, its taste can not be compared with the taste of cigarettes after modern industrial production, but at least it can be enjoyable, Qin Bai has been very satisfied.

Moreover, high-end tobacco time-honored brands have also appeared in big cities, and smoking is popular everywhere in Shandong. For example, the proverb that circulated later, what are the three monsters in Shandong, and the three monsters in the Northeast where Shandong people immigrate more, all have that sentence - the big girl holds a cigarette pouch. It can be seen that our Shandong girls smoke, drink and burn their heads, and they are really good girls!

Finding that Qin Bai was hanging aside, Dong Chuan became more and more uneasy in his heart, and even a little at a loss. However, this is not some psychological warfare, at this time, Qin Bai was recalling his behavior just now, and he kept smiling bitterly in his heart: "The old saying is really true, I am really easy to change and my nature is difficult to change!" ”

This was the case in his previous life, Qin Bai would be impulsive if he was not used to it, and he would die if he was impulsive. Now that I think about it, killing the third master of the cow is definitely a big adventure. Anyway, it's all over, so there's no need to be afraid of anything. Let's face the present! So Qin Bai raised his head and asked Dong Chuan, "They all call you Dong Xiucai, right?" First of all, why did you stay? ”

"Master Bai......" Dong Chuan's attitude was very respectful.

"Call me Second Master." Qin Bai hurriedly interrupted.

Regarding the question of his own title, Qin Bai has always been very helpless, it stands to reason that it should be "Qin Er", but others just insist on that "Bai Er", not to mention how ugly it is? It has the meaning of "idiot second goods". But Qin Bai couldn't correct it, and over time, he got used to it.

And this comes from the strong social customs, people at that time paid great attention to filial piety, the so-called body hair skin, received by parents. Don't dare to destroy, the beginning of filial piety. You can't even damage a single hair casually, so where can you change your surname casually? Of course, those in the know will sympathize with the Qin Bai brothers' plight, but the whole society will never approve of their change of surname. Therefore, others simply called him "Bai Er", showing that kind of faint dissatisfaction. However, it has not reached the step of rejection or disobedience, after all, there is still a reason for it.

"Yes, Second Master. Students from Ruzhou, Henan Province ......"

Dong Chuan just turned 20 this year, in fact, he is not a showman, just a child. In the imperial examination system, if a child wants to become a talent, he not only needs to take an exam, but also must first obtain an examination qualification. The specific process will not be verbose, and if you are interested, you can refer to the special information. In short, unless you're really good at the top of your grades, either you have a strong background or you want to give away a sum of money. Therefore, there is no difficulty for a child like He Wenxian, but for a small family like Dong Chuan, whose grades are average, it is very stressful.

Therefore, in order to continue the imperial examination, Dong Chuan and some of his relatives joined a caravan and went to Shandong to make some money. Unexpectedly, when he encountered robbers in Shandong, all the goods and money were robbed, and the caravan people and his relatives were basically killed.

I don't know how many hands I turned, Dong Chuan finally fell into the hands of Niu Sanye. And Niu Sanye saw that Dong Chuan could read and count, so he left him to become the account office of his private mine.

However, unlike the general account room, although Dong Chuan is much better in terms of living treatment, it is just to solve the problem of food and clothing. The identity of the mine slave has not changed at all, and he also managed to make up the deed of sale in the Yamen, so he became a legal domestic slave from an illegal mine slave.

Therefore, Dong Chuan didn't dare to run away at all, and once the fugitive slave was caught, the end would be even worse. Especially Dong Chuan's family is basically dead, and after being a mining slave for so many years, his studies are basically deserted, and he doesn't know where to run at all, so he can only wait for Qin Bai to arrange.

As soon as he heard that Dong Chuan was Niu Sanye's account office, Qin Bai's eyes lit up. There is too little understanding of the situation now, and the account office will definitely be able to access the core secrets, so Qin Bai immediately changed his warm smile, beckoned Dong Chuan to sit down, and said very politely: "Mr. Dong, you and I have never known each other in the past, and we can't talk about the slightest grievance, and I have never thought of embarrassing you." I have something I want to ask here, as long as you can solve your doubts, no matter what the outcome, I will return the deed of sale, and I will also present a copy of Cheng Yi. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." At Qin Bai's insistence, Dong Chuan finally sat down cautiously, "Students must know everything." ”

Sure enough, Dong Chuan didn't know a lot of information, and basically introduced the situation here of Niu Sanye:

The private mine owned by Niu Sanye is called Xiaohongling, which occupies several nearby hills and belongs to the same vein as the nearby Shanglin Village private mine. Therefore, there was a lot of fighting between the two sides.

Let's go back to the Xiaohongling private mine first. There are more than 120 miners here, and there are more than 30 guards. The monthly ore output is about 200,000 catties. The uniform purchase price sold to Hefu was 100 catties and 5 yuan, so the monthly income was about 1,000 taels.

However, in terms of expenditure, the loss of tools and other messy needs 50 taels, and the food and drink of the miners are 20 stone grains per month, plus some other expenses such as salt goods are about 100 taels. And the cost of the 30 or so guards fluctuates a lot. When you have nothing to do, you just need to make sure that you are full of food and drink, and at most you will send some pocket money from time to time, which may be two hundred taels per month. However, once there is a fight, it is not only necessary to "pay bonuses" to improve morale, but also to ensure the funeral expenses and decoction expenses after the death and injury, so the money will be spent immediately. In addition, those small leaders and henchmen under Niu Sanye also need to spend a lot of money to win people's hearts, and it is about 100 taels per month.

"Oh? So, can this Xiaohongling private mine earn four or five hundred taels a month? Qin Bai asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, Dong Chuan shook his head directly: "Second master, there are not so many at all." For example, in these months, cattle ...... The third has been losing, and if there is no income from the East Second Fang, it can only be said to be a hard support. ”