Ma Cheng almost didn't have a mouthful of old blood sprayed on his face when he heard Ma Shun say this, a pound of sugar costs less than a penny of silver, but you have to sell it for three taels, and you can't grab money as fast as you!

"Ma Shun, can you sell it so expensive?" Ma Cheng was very unoptimistic about the price that Ma Shun said.

"Second master, the villain estimates that three taels is also a little low, after all, we are wholesale, if you buy too expensive, you won't leave a living mouth for the retail side! That's why the villain is set three or two! ”

Ma Cheng looked at Ma Shun's promise that there was no problem, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Can it really be sold so expensive in Nanjing?" ”

"Second master, of course, ordinary people don't need so much for their daily use, and the villain plans to deliver goods to the major dim sum shops in Nanjing. The second master, our sugar has no impurities at all, and all kinds of dim sum made by those dim sum shops must be as white as jade, and the market will definitely not worry. There are also major families in Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou, as well as the big salt merchants in Yangzhou, they will never ask the price of sugar, they only know whether it is good or not! ”

Ma Cheng was right to hear Ma Shun say this, he was limited by poverty, and in later generations, a rich second-generation dog stained the Ferrari seat, and he thought that people would change cars directly. Thinking of this, Ma Cheng felt that he was born as a dick and couldn't imagine the life of a rich man, so Ma Cheng no longer asked about pricing, and this kind of sales was just handed over to professionals.

Ma Cheng nodded and patted Ma Shun's shoulder and said, "Ma Shun, you are doing a very good job, in the future, when the second master becomes a family, you can come over and be a housekeeper for the second master!" ”

Ma Shun was overjoyed when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and hurriedly bowed down to ensure that the sugar factory would be run well and that he would not disappoint the second master.

"Okay, how much did my mother use for the 1,000 taels of silver that my mother gave you?"

Ma Shun thought that Ma Cheng was going to check the accounts, so he quickly took out the account book and said: "Second master, in the past few days, renting a factory, hiring workers, selling tools and raw materials, a total of two hundred and sixty taels of silver, and there are seven hundred and forty taels left, please check the account book here!" ”

Ma Cheng didn't come to see the account book at all, so he didn't look at it, and said directly: "Okay, Ma Shun, you propose two hundred taels of silver now, the second master is in urgent need!" ”

Ma Shun was stunned when he heard Ma Cheng say this, this money was given by the old lady, and the second master said that it was not after the old lady, so what should I do?

Ma Cheng saw that Ma Shun hesitated and stepped forward and patted Ma Shun on the shoulder: "Ma Shun, you are now the second master's person, you must know that my father and my mother will be absent one day, my eldest brother and I will be separated, I don't want this sugar factory to become the eldest brother's industry, you know!" ”

Ma Shun immediately understood his status when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and hurriedly reassured: "Second master, don't worry, the villain knows what to do!" The monthly profit will also ensure the use of the second master! ”

Ma Cheng heard Ma Shun say this and laughed: "Ma Shun, don't worry, this sugar factory was given to me by my mother, and the money is also at my disposal, you just need to take the silver!" ”

Ma Shun was completely disproportionate by Ma Cheng, and hurriedly asked someone to take two hundred taels of silver and hand it to Ma Cheng.

One catty in the Ming Dynasty was sixteen taels, two hundred taels of silver was twelve and a half catties, and one catty in the Ming Dynasty was heavier than a catty in the later generations, so two hundred taels of silver was probably more than fifteen catties in later generations.

Ma Cheng and Gu Changwei were just about to go out and go back, when they saw a panicked family member running in, and the family shouted happily when they saw Ma Cheng: "Second master, it turns out that you are here!" The master is back, let you go back quickly! ”

Ma Cheng's heart tightened when he heard that his cheap old man Ma Shiying was back, he had done too many things in the past ten days, not to mention the rest, raping his sister-in-law Zhang, and playing with his concubine Aunt Zheng, one of these two things was enough for Ma Cheng to drink a pot.

But there is no way, Ma Cheng can still run away? Ma Cheng sighed and said to Gu Changwei: "Gu San, you take the silver back to the barracks first, and I will go back to see my father!" ”

Gu Changwei was curious when he saw Ma Cheng's generous and righteous look, going to see your father didn't let you go to the court, why did you look like this? However, Gu Changwei knew that this second master was very stubborn, and he had to be punished by the master every time, probably what the second master was afraid of.

Gu Changwei didn't think much about it, he picked up the silver and left first, Ma Cheng had no choice but to go home to see Ma Shiying.

When Ma Cheng went home, he passed by the main gate of the governor's yamen, and saw that there were five or six thousand soldiers sorting out their bags, and seeing so many soldiers Ma Cheng was speechless, he didn't expect a Fengyang governor to have such a big pomp, so what about Shoufu going out? Don't let tens of thousands follow! Ma Cheng's estimate is right, although the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty will basically not go out of Beijing for no reason, but there has been a case, that is, Zhang Juzheng, the first minister of the Ming Dynasty, went out of Beijing.

Zhang Juzheng has been in charge of the country for more than 10 years, basically similar to the emperor, he went out naturally before and after hugging, there are tens of thousands of soldiers with him, and Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair is not ordinary, specially made by the local government of Zhending, there are 32 people carrying the sedan chair, the sedan chair is divided into bedrooms and guest rooms, and there are two children waiting inside.

Ma Shiying, as the governor of Fengyang, was in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops north of the Yangtze River, and it was too normal to go out with five or six thousand soldiers.

The main entrance was full of people, Ma Cheng looked at the back door from the alley and entered his house through the back door.

When Ma Shiying came back, the whole Mafu seemed to have changed, and I don't know where so many people came out, and there were families walking around in the very secluded alleys.

Ma Cheng came to the backyard and saw Ma Gui beckoning the family to clean up the dust in the house, Ma Gui saw Ma Cheng coming back and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Second Young Master, you are finally back!" When the lord asked you to come back, he went to the three halls of the governor's yamen and said that he had something to look for you! ”

Ma Cheng originally wanted to go back to the inner house to find his wife to find out about it, but now that his father asked him to go directly to the third hall of the yamen, Ma Cheng had no choice but to turn around and go to the governor's yamen in the front yard.

There is a red lacquered gate between the back house and the yamen, which has been opened at this time, and there are six soldiers standing guard at the door, these six people probably know Ma Cheng, and they didn't say anything when they saw Ma Cheng passing by.

The third hall is the last place for the governor's yamen to enter the courtyard, and it is also the place where the governor rests, changes clothes, and talks about some private matters with his staff. Ma Cheng entered the third hall through the corner gate, and there were more than a dozen people standing at the door of the main room, in addition to the soldiers standing guard, there was also a middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man is wearing the clothes of a family member, and his appearance is very similar to Ma Shun, probably this is Ma Shun's eldest brother Ma Zhong.

The middle-aged man saw Ma Cheng come in and caught up with him, and said in a low voice, "Second master, why did you come?" I've been waiting for half an hour! ”

At this time, what else could Ma Cheng explain, Ma Cheng said in a low voice: "Who is in the house?" ”

"Master, uncle, Mr. Yue and Mr. Yang! Second master, don't ask, let's go in! ”

Ma Zhong took Ma Cheng to the door of the main room and said loudly: "Lord Zongxian, the second master is here!" ”

Then I heard a majestic voice in the room say, "Let this rebel come in!" ”

Ma Zhong opened the curtain and motioned for Ma Cheng to enter, but Ma Cheng had no choice but to take a deep breath and enter the main hall.

The furnishings of the three halls are very simple, with the main hall in the middle, two Taishi chairs in the middle, and four chairs on both sides. Behind the Taishi's chair was an incense case with a yellow cloth scroll on it, which Ma Cheng didn't know was a holy decree and a legal proof of Ma Shiying's power. On the wall behind the incense case, there is a picture of the rising sun, and there are two ear rooms on the left and right of the main hall, Ma Cheng has not been in and does not know what it is, it is estimated that it is the place where the governor rests.

Ma Cheng saw three people sitting in the room and one person standing. In the middle sat an old man of medium height, with a chest-length beard, wearing a bright red official uniform and a black gauze hat like in the TV series, this person was probably his cheap daddy Ma Shiying. Behind this old man stood a middle-aged man, with a very tall figure, this middle-aged man was very similar to Ma Cheng, probably the eldest brother Ma Luan.

Under Ma Shiying, there are two middle-aged scribes in civilian clothes, the one on the left is Yue Qijie, and opposite sits a literati in his forties, with a half-foot-long goatee, who should be Ma Shiying's other strategist Yang Wencong.

Ma Shiying, who was sitting in the middle, saw Ma Cheng enter the house, slapped the table and asked sharply: "You rebel, what good things have you done for the past ten days when the old man is not at home?" ”

Ma Cheng knelt there when he heard Ma Shiying say this, it was not that Ma Cheng had no backbone and had to kneel, but that Ma Cheng fused part of the memory of the dead ghost Ma Cheng, although Ma Cheng had no respect for Ma Shiying, but the dead ghost Ma Cheng was not like this. The fear of the dead ghost Ma Cheng for Ma Shiying has been deeply rooted in his bones, and his legs trembled when he heard Ma Shiying's three words, and now kneeling down is the instinct of the dead ghost Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng knelt down and shouted, "Dad, what hasn't my son done in the past few days?" Just reading at home! ”

In the past few days, Ma Cheng has turned his family upside down, but Ma Cheng is not ready to say it now, Ma Cheng's idea is to fool the past first, and then go back to the backyard to find his wife for help later.

The old man who knew Ma Shiying, as Ma Cheng, knew the character of this rebel too well, so he didn't go back to the backyard to interrogate his son today, because Ma Shiying knew that his Hedong lion would definitely intervene, so he only wanted to teach his son a lesson in Santang today, after all, the imperial court stipulated that the family members of officials were not allowed to enter the yamen.

Ma Shiying heard that Ma Cheng was still stiff-mouthed, and scolded: "You rebel are still lying to the old man? You see this is the book you read? ”

After Ma Shiying finished speaking, he threw some books and papers on the table in front of Ma Cheng, the books were scribbled by Ma Cheng, and the paper was all kinds of sketches drawn by Ma Cheng, including weapons and cannons, iron cylinders used for sugar making, and a few pictures of Ma Cheng's Spring Palace where he was idle and had nothing to do, which Ma Cheng learned in the Japanese movies in later generations, and Ma Cheng drew it because he was afraid that he would forget it when he was old in the future, after all, there is no computer here to let him revisit.

Ma Cheng saw that it was the things in his house, and it seemed that this cheap old man came prepared, so he went to his study to turn things through first.

Ma Cheng's brain teaser turned rapidly, thought about it and opened his mouth and said, "Dad, these are what my son learned in his dream, so he drew it!" ”