Until this month of the Chinese New Year.

Three hand-cranked Jenny spinning machines, deducting cotton money, wages, parts replacement money, and other expenses, earned forty-five taels of silver in a month.

The Zhu family has some money now, and the first thing they did was to buy three pieces of Songjiang purple cloth, which cost more than three taels of silver in total.

Now that life is better, I can't wear tattered clothes like before, although I can't afford to buy luxury goods such as velvet, satin, and kudzu.

It's decent to make a few pieces of clothing without patches.

One piece of cloth can make six sets of clothes, and the Zhu family has a total of thirteen people, each of whom made a brand new set of Songjiang purple cloth placket jackets and cotton pants.

He also made a set of plate-collared clothes for each child in the family to wear in spring and autumn, and the women in the family made a set of purple cloth gowns.

The Zhu family can be regarded as decent people.

The Zhu family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner after worshipping their ancestors this year was the sumniest meal in decades.

The goose is delicious in Daming, the price is extremely high, it has risen from four coins of silver to eight dollars of silver, and the Zhu family not only bought a few catties of pork, but also bought a goose.

This goose is not the finale, the real finale is a Wenzhou prawn, one can be sold for one or two silver.

I bought two more pots of white wine, and the sum of seven or seven eight eight, this Chinese New Year's Eve ancestor meal alone cost nearly four taels of silver, which was unimaginable in the past.

In the past, four taels of silver could buy 400 catties of grain.

After today's meal, father Zhu Zhongren and third uncle Zhu Zhongli couldn't help but shed tears, and Zhu Zhongyi, the general banner, was also silent.

Songjiang purple cloth new clothes, up to four taels of Chinese New Year's Eve ancestor rice, the Zhu family finally came out.

Halfway through the wine and food, Zhu Shun drank a lot of liquor, and his face was slightly red: "Second uncle, third uncle, our family is about to become an outsider now, and my younger brothers don't know what you think." ”

The six elders in the family all looked at Zhu Shun, meaning to listen to your arrangement.

Zhu Shun knew that his family couldn't understand what he said next, but he still said to himself: "The first wave of dividends of the first industrial revolution is coal mines, and the second wave of dividends is shipbuilding." ”

"I hope that my younger brothers can go to the shipbuilding bureau in Songjiang Prefecture, and Ambassador Zhang's husband happens to be familiar with the people in the shipbuilding bureau, and I have already written a letter to Ambassador Zhang, so I can go as long as I want to."

Working in the shipbuilding bureau is a good job, but the distance is too far, and it is more than 2,000 miles from Beizhili to Songjiang Mansion.

Besides, the Zhu family's life is not bad now, why bother to run so far away from their hometown.

According to Zhu Shun's plan, the shipbuilding industry in the future will definitely incubate some top industrialists, with Zhu Shun's knowledge, it is certain that the Zhu family will produce a few.

The road has been pointed out to the younger brothers, and whether they want to go or not depends on their own choice.

Zhu Shun's words were actually said to several children of the third uncle's family, the second uncle's official position was higher than Zhu Shun's, and he had a good relationship with a general soldier like Cao Wenzhao.

The name of the second brother Zhu Sihai was given by Cao Wenzhao, and it will definitely not be bad in the future.

The third uncle has many children in the family, and he does not have a shallow relationship in the military circles like the second uncle, so the way out of several children is a problem.

The third uncle, Zhu Zhongli, saw Zhu Shun looking at him, and his head shook like a rattle: "Shun'er, Songjiang Mansion is too far away, I am going to let your younger brothers study and try to see if you can take the exam." ”

When Zhu Shun heard that the third uncle was going to give up such a great opportunity, he couldn't help but persuade: "Study? Third uncle, do you know the cost of studying? ”

"As an official in the capital, a junior high school jinshi needs to meet the lord of the seat, visit the officials of the same year and the township, reward the servants of the lord and the palanquin of the cabinet department, and participate in various banquets."

"The annual fee for a year is three hundred taels at least, and as high as six or seven hundred taels at most."

The third uncle, Zhu Zhongli, had never been in contact with that level, and he really didn't know about this account, so after a rough calculation, it really scared him.

is calculated according to three hundred taels, and the annual fee for five children is as high as 1,500 taels of silver, and it is not worth so much money to sell him.

The third uncle, Zhu Zhongli, thought for a while and said, "I don't ask your younger brothers to be admitted to the Jinshi, just take the middle move." ”

The third uncle said so, and Zhu Shun couldn't continue to persuade him, but it was a pity that he had an opportunity to become a world-class industrialist.

At the end of the banquet, the third uncle Zhu Zhongli waited until everyone left, and said mysteriously: "Shun'er, your seventh brother is not a material for studying, see if you can find him an errand for Wang Gongchang." ”

The third uncle's family has a total of five children, named Zhu Jin, Zhu Yin, Zhu Tong, Zhu Tie, and Zhu Yu.

As the saying goes, the royal family loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son, and this sentence is not wrong at all on the third uncle Zhu Zhongli.

The children of the third uncle Zhu Zhongli have long passed the best period of studying, and now they have only started to study, and it is a question whether they can pass the children's exam.

Wang Gongchang's little official is different, although he is just a small official, he is already a big official in the eyes of ordinary people.

A small official of the county government is often accompanied by a bunch of tigers such as small prisons, patrol fences, and defense husbands, and is more majestic than the county in the eyes of the people.

Besides, Wang Gongchang's little officials are different, they follow Zhu Shun all the year round, and their relationship with Zhu Shun in the future will definitely be much better than that of their other younger brothers, maybe they can really be a real official.

Zhu Shun actually wanted to find a younger brother to follow him and manage Wang Gongchang's accounts, and it was really not safe to hand them over to others.

Originally, I wanted to let my second brother Zhu Sihai follow me, this kid's temperament and personality are the same as his father's, he is more down-to-earth and honest, and he can rest assured.

The eldest in the family, Zhu Yu, has long lips and white teeth, and his appearance is no worse than Zhu Shun, so his personality is a little out of character.

Zhu Shun knew that the third uncle would say this, it stands to reason that it should be for the eldest son, but he didn't expect it to be for the younger son: "Since you said it, third uncle, I will agree to this matter." ”

The third uncle, Zhu Zhongli, heard that Zhu Shun agreed, and went back happily, and slept very well today.

Before Zhu Shun returned to the house, Zhu Zhongyi, the chief banner, came over with his son.

Zhu Shun thought that the second uncle was also asking him to find an errand for a small official, but he didn't expect that the second uncle, who had only one son in the family, was willing to let his son go to Songjiang Mansion.

It was beyond Zhu Shun's expectations.

Zhu Shun went back to the house and took out the letter, and handed over all the remaining more than 30 taels of silver to the second uncle, but the second uncle just refused to continue, and forced it into the second uncle's hand: "Let's not talk about the travel expenses, when I get to Songjiang Mansion, I spend a lot of money on all kinds of favors." ”

"Let the second brother take this money first, and I will send ten taels of silver to the second brother every month in the future, second uncle, don't say no words first."

"In the future, if the second brother is out of breath, buy a few more bottles of good wine for his eldest uncle."

Zhu Zhongyi, the silent general banner, grinned when he heard a sentence that his son was out of breath.