That Xing's mother was tearing up with Duke Zu, and at this moment, Jia Cong took a step forward and asked side by side: "Does the girl have an aunt in the Jingshi Jia family?" ”

"Are you ......" Xing Xiuyan vigilantly pulled away from him, Qingli came out of the dust, his eyes looked at him for a long time, seeing that he was dressed up, he knew that he was a showman, but he was not big, is this also a shameless person who covets himself? Even the in-laws of the Xing family have inquired? Ill-intentioned.

Jia Cong is basically sure that she is Xing Xiuyan, family background, household registration, appearance, surname, temperament, together, there is no second person, this is her cousin, of course, it is only nominal, there is no blood relationship, and Mrs. Xing and no one in the Jia family are related by blood.

No wonder, no wonder, the maiden family of Mrs. Jia Yu, a dignified first-class general, has such a shabby life, first, Mrs. Xing is too much of a six-family recognizance, and no one relies on her, second, it is estimated that the cheap uncle Xing Zhong will not live, when Miaoyu did not enter Beijing, they all rented temples in Xuanshan Mountain by Taihu Lake, and Panxiang Temple was Miaoyu.

"In Xia Jia Cong, the Jia family where Jinling's former hometown settled in Beijing, if the girl's family is related to the Jia family, it is my cousin." Jia Cong said.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and didn't answer and explain, her aunt Mrs. Xing married into the Jia family since she married into the Jia family, and had little contact with the Xing family, and took a lot of dowries for nothing, and never took the slightest care of the Xing family, besides, Mrs. Xing has no biological children, and Jia Lian is a sister-in-law, so Mrs. Xing is the same as the You family, and she is filling the house, it can be said that whether it is Mrs. Xing or the Jia family, it is not helpful to the Xing family at present.

She often heard her parents complain that her aunt didn't care about it, Xing Zhong was thick-skinned, and even had plans to go to Beijing to join her family. However, although Xing Xiuyan couldn't confirm the authenticity, her attitude was not angry, because of the dispute ahead, she said: "It turned out to be a relative from Beijing, let's talk about it after this pass...... My aunt is indeed the eldest wife of the Jia family......"

Jia Cong put his mind at ease, he could finally have a foothold, Xing Xiuyan didn't give him a stunning, eye-catching feeling, far less elegant and charming than Qin Keqing, but his temperament is quite good, Miaoyu is still very good at training people.

"Don't argue, how much does your Qingxing cost? The mother and daughter of the Xing family, as well as our three strangers, paid together. Jia Cong stepped forward and said.

The leader, Duke Zu, and more than a dozen thugs stared at him coldly, and when they saw that it was a young scholar, dressed in a square scarf and shirt, and Long Aotian who followed behind was still bluffing, they sneered disdainfully.

Duke Zu was different, his eyes flickered and pondered for a while, and he sneered: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, our Qingxing also has rules, take people's money, eliminate disasters for others, Gongzi's luggage, just our Shengze Town Qingxing bag, five taels of silver!" ”

Five taels of silver, that is not a small amount, is the annual salary of a Jiangnan laborer for a year, and the official regulations stipulate that one tael can be exchanged for 2,000 copper coins, and the exchange rate varies from place to place.

In Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and other places, it is generally 1,600 catties of mulberry leaves per mu, which can feed 16 catties of silkworms, reel out 16 catties of silk, the price of rice fluctuates around one or two taels of silver and one stone, and the price of raw silk is every two six cents to eight cents of silver, and ten catties is six to eight cents.

The reason why mulberry and cotton are widely promoted in the south of the Yangtze River is determined by the topography and climate, and the yield per mu is better than that of wheat and rice. In addition, tenants need to exclude rents and taxes, and when selling raw silk, they may have to accept layers of exploitation by the traders, tooth shops, and silk shops.

Isn't this a blatant pit man?

Why?

Because the business and the tooth shop are all led by grassroots related households, the tooth shop is a modern broker, engaged in intermediaries, forced buying and selling, commonplace.

Speaking of playing lines, playing lines can't be regarded as modern street tricks, it's not an exaggeration at all, the ancient fights have thrown off a few streets of tricky boys. They contact the yamen, beat people, cheat, and some people are punished with rods, you can buy them to be punished, you are paying a lot of money to kill people, and they do it, spies, assassins, killers...... and so on, all focused on them...... Well, that is, they do everything except good things, not just fights, can the old boy compare?

According to the civilized and professional statement of the historical circles, this is the inevitable product of the development of the commodity economy.

"The asking price is not small, five taels of silver, it's ......" Jia Cong shrugged his shoulders, took out five taels of broken silver, and threw it on the ground: "Pick it up, lead the horse to carry the goods, and go to Xing's house." ”

Several thugs were angry: "Lord Duke, do you want to fight?" This kid owes a beating! Fuck it! When we're asking for food?! ”

"Wait!" Duke Zu waved his hand to stop it, his eyes were gloomy, in this era, just by looking at the dress, dress, words and deeds, you can generally determine a person's identity, Jia Cong is so young, that commanding and fearless attitude, disguise can't be disguised, why is he not afraid of us? There must be a future, Duke Zu glanced at Xing Xiuyan unwillingly, and said with a look in his eyes: "Is the little brother a showman?" I don't know who it is? East Qingpu, Shanghai, Nanhu Prefecture, Jiaxing, Beiwu County, Changzhou, West Taihu Islands, south to north, east and west, ancestor also knows a few nobles, dare to ask where the son comes from? ”

"I'm not in the ranks of you Wu Yue, don't talk nonsense! Do you help or don't you help? And are there any industry rules! Jia Cong said impatiently, that look, like a big man, looking at people with his nostrils.

Duke Zu smiled and said fiercely: "Let's go!" ”

The people who beat them went west out of the waterway boats, and a dozen of them said angrily: "Brother Zu, that kid hasn't grown any hair, I'm afraid he's a bird!" ”

"Be careful, there is no big mistake, you have been following a few people in the past, and you must always ask for your identity before you can get back to the field, let's not do meaningless things. Shengze Inspection Division, Wujiang County Ya, we still have acquaintances. Odd...... I've never heard of anyone the Xing family has met...... Hmph, I'm afraid that kid is going to someone else's girl! Duke Zu sat on the boat, the boat shook, Xing Zhong has become more and more depressed in the past few years, and he doesn't dare to bluff people with the name of the Jia family, because Mrs. Xing has too little contact, and she may not be able to help the Xing family speak.

Later, when Xing Xiuyan entered Beijing, Mrs. Xing didn't care about her, didn't give anything, and the family went to take refuge, and Mrs. Xing's face was not good-looking.

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Shengze Town goes to Wujiang County for more than 40 miles, the waterway extends in all directions, Feng Menglong's "Xingshi Hengyan" at the end of the Ming Dynasty describes the grand occasion of Shengze Town: the silk tooth line on both sides of the river, there are about more than 1,000 houses, and the villages near and far are woven into silk, all of which are listed here. Merchants from all over the world came to buy it, and the bees gathered and the ants gathered, and they couldn't be squeezed away.

Moving goods to the east, taking the two-person rocking boat, Xing Xiuyan sat quietly in the canopy of the boat, Jia Cong gave a certificate of fame, so far Xing's mother believed a little, Xing's mother asked flatteringly: "When will Brother Cong'er come?" How is the girl (sister-in-law) in Beijing? ”

"The eldest lady is free of illness and disaster, okay, our brothers went south to do business, and asked me to come and take a look." Jia Cong sat on a cloth mat.

Xing Xiuyan frowned and said: "Blame me for burdening you, those who fight, tooth, and silk, vines are connected to melons, melons are connected to vines, and they are very powerful, why humiliate them?" ”

"Sister is wrong, such things must not be tolerated, don't worry, I am sure. It's all relatives, what's polite. Jia Cong looked out the window, it was evening, the boat floated over the Jiangnan arch bridge like a leaf, and the street shops were on the shore.

[Note: In the previous chapter, Shengze Town was written wrong from Wujiang County Ya Ninety Miles, that is Zhenze, Zhenze and Shengze are also similar, but not the same place, Shengze Town is more than forty miles away from Wujiang County.

In the colloquial language of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the girl has a meaning of the sister-in-law's name for the sister-in-law: Jin Wenxiang's wife called the mandarin duck a girl, a certificate. Grandma Huang called Hu a girl, two certificates. Jin Rong's mother is Hu's, and Grandma Huang is Jin Rong's aunt, that is, Jin Rong's father's sister-in-law and Hu's sister-in-law, which is self-explanatory.

The printing and papermaking of this book refer to the History of Printing and the study of publishing culture in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Mulberry, cotton, mining refer to Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu", Ming Dynasty's "Shen's Agricultural Book", and customs refer to Hongzhi, Zhengde, Jiajing, Wanli, Kangxi, Qianlong's "Gusu Zhi" and "Wujiang Zhi". Wedding and funeral customs refer to "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Golden Vase Plum", three words and two beats. 】