The bright moon hung high in the thin clouds in the sky, just like the gauze box in Wang Ruoxi's hand [Note: The paper clothes and paper money used by the married woman to sacrifice her parents are covered with tulle to see the difference] is hazy.

In a blink of an eye, it is the Lent season of the Bon Festival in the middle of July, and the city of Chongqing is even more lively on this day. The yarn box is a Fujian custom, Shu and Fujian have all believed in ghosts and gods, the so-called 'Fujian and Shu with the wind, there are insects in the abdomen', referring to the customs are similar, so at this time the sacrifice of the ancestors of the Zhongyuan Festival, this Ming Dynasty is in addition to Fujian There are few places to compare with Sichuan. Every year on this day, every household has to be prepared, people from all over the country have to go to the city to burn incense and pray for blessings, and the nobles in the city also have to travel by going out to worship and sweep.

After noon, the crowd on the wharf surged, the people on the street also increased, the palace outside the city set up a high lantern one day in advance, today it is even more crowded, whether it is for blessing or travel, in this hot summer it is also a scenery.

Wang Xingping followed the customs of the villagers, and as soon as it was night, he bought the fragrant flower paper pot during the day and sealed the paper [Note: that is, a stack of paper money and sealed it into a small envelope, on which was written the name and name of the recipient, the number of seals received, the name and time of the silker, and used to sacrifice the deceased. ] took it to the house and burned it together, and the people of the Jian family had already ordered a few pairs of incense wax, and the master in the Zhiping Temple in the city came to recite the scriptures, which was regarded as another time for his father's good life.

The butcher shop in the city is usually closed for a day, and Wang Xingping, who has eaten a vegetarian meal all day, is also a little tired after doing things. The city gate has long been closed, and the people have finished cleaning up and gone to the back.

"Why don't you see grandma and the others?"

Wei Qilan had just come back from the dock, the tears on her face had not yet been wiped away, and she was surprised to see Wang Xingping alone in the center of the hospital.

"Mother Wang sent the two masters to the guest room, and my sister was tired and slept with my brother-in-law first."

The master who came out to do things on the night of the Midyear Festival could only stay in the guest room of the host's house after the city gate was closed, and it was a folk storytelling joke that often arranged the scandal between the family and the hostess of the house, but it was also because the arrangement was so troublesome, and the general small family would not invite the monk.

After answering Wei Qianlan's question, Wang Xing rehabilitated and said: "By the way, Lan Niang, you didn't go to see the river lantern with Xiaoliu and a few of them, why did one of them come back first?" ”

The Obon Festival Lent is usually to put lamps in the river to pray for blessings, in fact, many people say that they are mostly playing, but looking at the situation of Wei Qilande, it is most likely to go to worship his deceased parents.

At this time, with the help of the moonlight and the lanterns in the courtyard, Wang Xingping looked at Wei Qilan again, the appearance of some colored people and slightly sweaty sideburns with plain white dresses are extraordinarily sultry under the moonlight on this summer night, and only the solar terms of Shangyuan and Zhongyuan, women will not feel uncomfortable when they go out in plain white. Looking at the ups and downs on the girl's chest, Wang Xingping even had some evil thoughts, this body in this life has not yet opened a good market, but it was just a momentary thought, and after a moment, he still regained his senses and reached out to hand over the two paper basins.

"Lan Niang hasn't prepared it for her father and mother yet."

Although he is a descendant of a high-ranking official, but in addition to his appearance, Wei Qilan is no different from the Han people, but when he went out to see the lights today, he touched the scene and remembered the family who died in Guizhou, Wang Xingping promised to go back and ask someone to go to her hometown to find out if there was still Qi Li, and today he thoughtfully prepared a sacrifice for her, Wei Qilan already knew a few words, and after the Jian family, Wang Ruoxi's training was more, although he didn't understand what was written on the paper, he also knew that it was specially prepared for himself, and a trace of joy in his heart was crying more truly.

After turning the sacrifice, Wang Xingping comforted him a few more words, and then returned to the room to do his homework.

Recently, he has been insisting on the habit of reading Di Copy, and one of the advantages of coming to Chongqing, the political and military center of the southwest, is that he can get more access to the news of current affairs in various places faster than when he was in Guiyang. Now that there is a relationship with Ye Lianfang, it is even more convenient to find a copy.

And there is a good thing about the official documents of the imperial court, that is, the content is detailed, the same thing, the documents played by local officials may have thousands of words, and the edict of the imperial court is only a few hundred words when it comes down, which makes it difficult for people to get a glimpse of the true meaning, so from the most primitive documents to figure out that Wang Xingping can have a very high sense of business smell, and it is also an important adjustment for him to gain a sense of security in this life.

Of course, there are many businessmen who love to read Di copy, and there are even more officials, and as far as he knows, the Wu Fuzun in Guiyang City today is a person who likes to use Di Bao to accompany meals. But it's one thing to like to watch, and it's rare to be able to see the way out of it, some people are really good at logic, and Wang Xingping asks himself that his talent is just average, only he can look at the development of things from a global perspective.

The most content on today's Di copy is the new Shu Fu Rao Jinghui's speech.

The first few sentences 'I can see that since the conscription and sowing in Shuzhong, there have been frequent shortages, and public and private relations are in difficulty. It's all clichés, but the money law changes mentioned later are quite interesting, and it seems that this one also wants to do something.

There is a shortage of money in Sichuan, and the transportation is inconvenient, this phenomenon is not from today, why the paper money will start from Shu in the Song Dynasty is not because of the money shortage, at this time Wang Xingping discussed with many people on the road, and after arriving in Chongqing, he met a lot of wealthy businessmen with Jian Shouzhi, and mentioned that the bulk transaction was not bitter. Take this time to make salt, and most of the five hundred taels of silver handed over to Jian Xiaowu are the largest exchange amount between Chengdu and Chongqing at this time, and then go up to the principal of five thousand taels, just as Wang Xingping himself said, it is really inappropriate to use paper money.

And in addition to the principal of 5,000 taels returned to his in-laws, as well as the silver money earned this time, they are all cash silver. Looking at what Rao Jinghui said in the last book is also similar to what he learned, in addition to the occasional copper coins in the eastern part of Sichuan where Chongqing is located, the money system in the Chengdu Plain has not been implemented, and the smaller trade is all barter, and the business with the fan department is mostly traded with salt tea and rice, as for the bulk can only be replaced by fennel, the so-called fennel silver is a privately minted silver ingot, Wang Xingping's previous transaction of the so-called twenty-five taels of ribbed ingots also belongs to this list, but Tongshengfu's own privately cast silver ingots are full of color, It's reassuring.

This is also the reason why it is surprising that a lot of copper and iron coins have been copied in the homes of Yang Baoer and others, and it is difficult to find money in the local market.

After reading some copies of the mansion, Wang Xingping recalled that he would have to participate in the elegant gathering convened by his brother-in-law tomorrow, so he took out the saint's classics to read them, but he had already fallen asleep when he looked at them.

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After a rainy summer night, the weather was a little cooler, and I got up early in the morning to play a set of boxing techniques, and after using the morning eclipse king Xingping, I went to the front yard with my brother-in-law to prepare.

Several of Jian Shouzhi's classmates are about to come to Fuzhong Yaji today.

Although Jian Shouzhi has given up his career because of business, but the natural circle of scholars already exists, although it is an elegant gathering today, in fact, it is more of a tea talk, many people Wang Xingping has seen more than once before, so he does not seem abrupt in it, but that kind of demeanor makes Jian Shouzhi's classmates and friends have a lot of good feelings for this brother-in-law.

About the beginning of the day, the talents arrived one after another, tidied up the carriages and horses, and everyone took their seats in the backyard garden.

As soon as the people arrived, the atmosphere became warm, and the exchange began.

'Brother Jian Shi is not harmed. ’

'Brother Shen's family business is good? ’

I didn't expect the rain to come and go so quickly in the morning, but the weather is getting more and more depressed today. ’

"It's not like this in the middle of summer, but what's wrong with Brother Rou today?" ’

'Brother Rou Zhixian went to Nanjing for half a year, and it seems that he has spent a long time on the Qinhuai River, and he is not even used to the weather in Chongqing. ’

'Without further ado, today can be regarded as a pick-up for Rouzhi, or let's taste a taste of this Mengding nectar and the difference between Longjing in the south of the Yangtze River. ’

While speaking, the tea has been poured, and sometimes the fresh fruits are prepared in the morning and used bamboo baskets to town in the well.

A few jasmine plants in the garden are blooming thickly, which is in contrast to this elegant collection, and the servants of the Jian family have set down a small jar, and brought well water to put a pot of boiling spring and a jar of sour plum soup in it, just to cool off.

Chen Xie, who is soft in the word, only came back from Nanjing, a few days ago, his ancestor was originally a native of Tongzhou, Nanzhi [note: now Nantong, Jiangsu], a few decades ago because of the relationship between the management of medicinal materials before moving to Sichuan, in previous years, his father purchased medicinal materials at the beginning of the year to Nanzhi business, and now his father is an only son in the family, so he insisted on taking him to Nanjing, Chen Xie is also happy to go to the ancient capital of the six dynasties to travel and follow, a few days ago I heard that he had just returned, Among the eight people who participated in the Yaji, only this one was seen by Wang Xingping for the first time.

These eight of them are the nine sons of Yu Zhongzhong, who boast of being the nine sons of Jian Shouzhi on weekdays, but they don't have a scientific name, but because they are all doing business at home, they have a reputation for more or less, so the relationship is quite harmonious.

Chen Xie took a sip of tea and said: "Brother Fool is going to make medicine this time, so he can't bring anything elegant, only these literary toys to give away." ”

Saying that, the Chen family took out a few folding fans from the cage and distributed them to everyone, and although there were calligraphy and paintings, it could be seen that it was a big road goods, but fortunately, it was also a heart. But some people still made fun of him, "Brother Chen is stingy, and he will send them away with this fan." ”

Cover at this time, the production of folding fans in large quantities, in addition to the south of Jiangsu, is Sichuan and Shu, back to Sichuan with a folding fan to give away is not a good goods, indeed not very good-looking.

One of the white-faced fat scholars in the green cloth and blue shirt, Wang Xingping, recognized it, named Wang Zhilin, who had seen Ruiying a few times before, was a brother-in-law Jian Shouzhi who was born in the same department, and his family ran a calligraphy and painting bookstore in Fucheng, and said with a smile: "It's rare to have a soft heart, but I would rather hear about the good customs of Jinling." ”

Nanjing City is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, because it is the place of Taizu Longxing and the place of filial piety, so after the ancestor moved the capital to Beijing, he still retains a full set of official system, Nanjing City has six departments, although the officials have no real power but also have a fortune, plus before Longqing, the procurement of the inner library in the south of the Yangtze River is all concentrated here, and gradually it has become a good place to have fun, especially the restaurant brothels on both sides of the Qinhuai River outside the East Water Gate are famous in the world, I heard that Chen Xie came back from Nanjing, but they have to pay attention to inquire about the heart of entertainment and curiosity.

"This time I went back to make medicine with Jia Yan, where do I have much time to get Fengyue, and I also have Thailand in Tongzhou's hometown for half of the day, which is nearly 500 miles away from Nanjing."

"Tongzhou?"

"Yes, it's been decades since my family spent on this, and it's the first time I've gone back."

"You're not going to do medicine? Nanjing is not closer than Tongzhou, and there are more big households to make a move. ”

"Jiayan and I went back to worship our ancestors on the Qingming Festival, and Jiayan himself was also going to go in previous years, so by the way, I had to spend a few more days."

Chen Xie was calm, "If you say that commerce is the best in Nanjing, I have seen more overseas businessmen in Nanjing in the past six months than in other places in my life, but there are several elders in Tongzhou, especially one of the clan uncles is a local famous doctor. ”

Li Xingyao and Yan Shijun, who were sitting opposite each other, praised when they heard this: "I think it's a medical skill." ”

Chen Xie smiled and said, "Speaking of which, there is still one thing that needs to be responded to by Laurie." ”

Wang Zhilin's longan had just been put into his stomach, and he was overjoyed when he heard it, and said, "I don't know what a good thing it is?" ”

Chen Xie said: "In fact, it is a medical book written by my uncle, which has been paid this year, and I saw that the book was very good, so I asked for a copy and wanted to publish it in Sichuan. ”

Wang Zhilin came to the spirit as soon as he heard it, although Chen Xie kept saying that he would benefit the world, it didn't mean that he couldn't make money, as long as the book was good, the business would be done.

Nai Dao: "This is already a word, a good thing, a good thing, since there is a manuscript, it is easy to do, tomorrow my brother should come to visit." ”

"Rui Ying doesn't have to bother, thinking about today's Yaji, my brother happened to bring it too."

Seeing the book sample, everyone is more interested, Fan Zhongyan in the Song Dynasty said that 'if you are not a good look, you are a good doctor', so the reader has a natural affinity for medical books, and Chen Xie took out this book today It can be regarded as fitting with the name of Yaji.

"Nothing?" One person looked at the text on the cover and read it, presumably this is the author.

"This is the clan uncle's alias." Chen Xie explained.

"Surgical Authenticity." Another person read out the title of the book.

Everyone was waiting to compliment again, but they heard Wang Xingping on the side interject.

"Uncle Ling's name is called meritorious?"