At night, when the lights are on, a bright moon hides in the clouds, and only a corner is exposed.

Yangzhou City, which had been noisy for a day, slowly quieted down, and after the candles were lit, the main courtyard of the Yang family began to serve food.

Yang Lin and his son sat opposite each other, don't look at Yang Tong's body fat, but he didn't eat much, and he only cared about picking up vegetables for his son after a meal.

Yang Lin put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Dad, tomorrow Cai Jing will have a banquet for Yangzhou celebrities by the river, do you want to go?" ”

"Dad won't go, your family will come forward with you, and Dad will support you behind your back. However, Lin'er, it is not easy to entertain the entire Yangzhou gentry and celebrities, I don't know how much it costs to spend such a big show, should we help Cai Jing. ”

"No, I don't." Yang Lin immediately replied: "Cai Jing entered Beijing this time, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is about to pay homage to the prime minister, and I don't know how many people have come up to the pole to slap him." Will you lose money when he feasts everyone this time? Hehe, Dad, this time Cai Jing has to make a lot of money.

We subsidized him before he was young, and unlike those who give gifts and money now, don't give them anymore at this time. Otherwise, the previous love will also turn into flattery, and it will be too much. We just have to draw a line with these people, so that Cai Jing will not see us and them as one.

The sedan chair is carried by everyone, who wouldn't be the icing on the cake, Cai Jing can enter Beijing by who he knows in his heart, and he also understands what helpers he needs in the court in the future. ”

Yang Tong nodded, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and it also relieved a trace of doubt in his heart.

When Cai Jing didn't make a career at the beginning, his son ran to him every day, not to mention the money and efforts, but also responsible for making suggestions.

Now that Cai Jing is about to ascend to the sky, his son's enthusiasm has cooled down, and he doesn't go out every day to teach a few little beast children to read and write, so he has this idea.

As everyone knows, Yang Lin's actions fell into Cai Jing's eyes, and he really had other opinions.

Cai Jing has been paying attention to Yang Lin, this young man has given him too many surprises, but he also can't figure out Yang Lin's actions. Thinking of the end, it can only be attributed to Yang Lin's character, after all, the reputation of "upright gentleman" is as widely spread in Yangzhou as his father's "wealth".

After dinner, Yang Tong stopped Yang Lin, who was just about to leave, and asked, "Lin'er, don't you want to use Cai Jing as a backer?" ”

Or is it seen... Yang Lin smiled bitterly, he really underestimated his father's knowledge. After all, he is a self-made man who worked hard in Yangzhou, Jia Daohao, a wealthy businessman, who can see through people's hearts when he is idle, not to mention his own son.

"Dad, what is a backer? When we set a backer for ourselves, it means that we have to be attached to him, and if he falls in the future, we will also suffer. Who can guarantee that Cai Jing will not fall, I think it is better to treat him as a backer than a ladder.

We don't need backers, we need steps so that our destiny can be in our own hands.

So we can contribute money and efforts to help Cai Jing worship the prime minister, but there is no need to go further, words that are almost flattering are tantamount to cutting off other ways of retreat, and we want to follow him all the way to the dark, and we will have to look at other people's faces for the rest of our lives. ”

Yang Tong sighed and said, "My son has high ambition and higher spirit, and my father will definitely help you build up your own power." ”

Yang Lin grinned and turned to leave the yard.

There are many prodigies in the Great Song Dynasty, many famous ministers are representatives of early wisdom, Yan Shu can recite poems and lyrics at the age of five, and become an official at the age of fourteen. At the age of four, Cai Boyu was admitted to the Jinshi, awarded the secretary the provincial orthography position, and ordered him to go to the East Palace to serve as the companion of the crown prince Zhao Zhen (that is, Emperor Renzong). There are also things like Kou Zhun who can write poetry at the age of eight; Huang Tingjian can recite the Five Classics at the age of five, and publish poems in batches at the age of seven; Zhen Dexiu began reading at the age of four and never forgot it; Kong Wenzhong was able to compose poetry at the age of six or seven; Yang Yi was seven years old and talked about the old city style to the guests.

In the past, Yang Tong was still a little envious, but now it seems that his son is even earlier than them.

Fifteen years to raise a reputation of righteousness, the first to shoot is the first in the government test, and to make friends with the future prime minister. Thinking about it this way, he really doesn't have to rely on Cai Jing, and he is temporarily taking advantage of the situation to fly high, and the future is not yet promising.

Jin'er was carrying a lantern in front of her, chirping and talking about some trivial things in the courtyard, which was nothing more than Yang Tianai and Ning Er's awkwardness, Yang Tianci could eat five bowls of rice in one meal, and Yang Tianshu could jump on the wall or something like that....

Yang Lin followed behind without saying a word, and today he and his father dissected their minds for the convenience of money in the future. Fortunately, my father is not like some businessmen, he keeps money like his life, and he can earn money but can't spend it.

You must know that in this society, if you have money but no power, you are a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

After Cai Jing paid homage to the prime minister, he came up with a set of salt laws, which made countless wealthy businessmen in Lianghuai bankrupt and reduced to beggars.

The road to his own entry has been paved incomparably smooth and wide, and he is waiting to go to the temple of the heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, which is known as the scholar doctor, to show his strength, and he will definitely use a large amount of silver at that time.

Although my father can make money, he can't stay by his side to settle accounts, so it's time to find a few clever subordinates to take care of the accounts.

"Jin'er, Yang San, how about settling accounts?"

Jin'er was bored alone, and the young master ignored himself, he was feeling very bored, and he chuckled when he heard this: "The young master doesn't know, this Yang San'er is a famous fool, I don't know how many jokes he made, once he went out to procure for the house, miscalculated the account and spent four more times and was proud, and in the end, a few of us pooled money to help him pay off the deficit." ”

Yang Lin listened to a burst of annoyance, this is born in the wrong era, if you were born in the Ming Dynasty's wealthy merchants, you will be born at home to cultivate a talented and beautiful "Yangzhou thin horse", usually take it with you to settle accounts, and use it for other purposes at night. And loyal, hard-working, really envious of the dead person.

Look at the stupid cute girl in front of you who can't stop talking about other people's gossip, and say that she laughs at the excitement, and there is no harm if there is no comparison.

It seems that you still have to find your own training, but there are also benefits to cultivating since childhood, Yang Lin in the later company because of work, self-taught budget and final accounts, and simply taught it is still very advanced in the Great Song Dynasty.

In the early morning of the next day, the inner courtyard of Yang's mansion was bustling, and Yang Lin summoned the maids in the courtyard and asked them to sit in the courtyard in a proper manner.

These little maids are idle, chirping is very noisy, Yang Lin coughed lightly: "Be quiet, be quiet, there are a few arithmetic problems here, test you today, whoever scores the highest score will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." ”

"Ten taels of silver?"

"I've fought for the young master."

"Come on, you still want silver, can you count how many noses and eyes you have?"

"Hee-hee, that's better than you."