Chapter 170: Profit first
At dinner, Song Xiance came back with a cigarette stick, as if he had already eaten wine, his body was fluttering, and he was staggering when he walked.
"Mr. Song is back, where are you going today?" The little monkey asked respectfully.
"Yang Hua fell all the plum flowers, and the five-color flag came from the north. The king of Taixi Jinling is exhausted, and a branch of spring occupies Chang'an. Song Xiance didn't pay attention to the little monkey either, and muttered the poem alone.
"Mr. Song, what are you babbling about? What is too much to breathe the king of Jinling is exhausted, and a branch of spring occupies Chang'an. Isn't this a curse on my Ming Dynasty, and talking nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears! The little monkey reminded.
"The horse jumps to the north, and the dog screams to the west. Eight or nine are counted, and the sun and moon have no light. How can this proverb be false? It has been ten years since Chongzhen this year, and there may be great difficulties in Chongzhen's seventeenth year, and the sun and moon have no light. Song Xiance shook his head and continued.
"What do you mean by Mr. Song?" Qiuyue Qiuxiang didn't understand it very well.
Song Xiance explained through the nature of wine: "Eight or nine counts, eight plus nine is geometry? ”
"Eight plus nine is seventeen!" Akika replied.
"The sun and the moon have no light, how to read the sun and the moon together?" Song Xiance continued to ask.
"Sun, moon? Ming! Yes? Seventeen years, Da Ming died?! Qiu Yue's face turned pale with fright, and the little monkey was also anxious, except for Song Xiance, the most calm person present was Qin Yiming, because he knew history.
"The young master is right, Mr. Song is a god stick, you just predict the fate of the individual, this Ming Dynasty's national ancestor, don't talk nonsense, be careful of your head." The little monkey scolded and scolded, and was sure that Song Xiance was a god stick, and he spoke nonsense.
Qin Yiming was very curious, what Song Xiance said was naturally right, but this was also too amazing, so he asked, "Where does Mr. Song's proverb come from?" ”
"Hehe, the secret of heaven must not be leaked." Song Xiance had a drunken seizure, lit a pot of dry tobacco and began to smoke.
Qin Yiming was stunned, what heavenly secrets should not be revealed, and the heavenly secrets were not all leaked by this divine stick, but fortunately, no one believed him.
"Song Shenzhu, let's not think about the things in the next few years, let's talk about the current things."
"What's going on right now?" Song Xiance spit out smoke rings, his eyes blank.
"There are so many wandering little beggars in this Jingshi West City, they will all starve to death if this continues, I want to get them back to De'an Mansion......"
Before Qin Yiming finished speaking, Song Xiance immediately jumped up and objected: "Don't say no, let's not talk about whether these children can reach our De'an Mansion alive, after all, they are still children this thousands of miles away, even if they can reach De'an Mansion, they can't do this, these children will be young men in a few years, so many, I'm afraid there will be people who suspect that Qin Mangfu has a heart of disobedience!" People are terrible, people are terrible! ”
Qin Yiming nodded, this plan is indeed unrealistic, not because he is afraid that people will say that he has any disobedience, but mainly because he is worried that these children will not be able to survive such a long distance.
"Mr. is reasonable, so what I want is to let the people of Jingshi adopt these children, especially the people of Xicheng, Mr. Song seems to have a little influence in Xicheng, so I want to ask Mr. to help mobilize the people of Xicheng to adopt these children, what does Mr. think?"
Mr. Song's face was embarrassed, and he said, "In fact, many families want to adopt these children, but ......"
"But what?" Qin Yiming didn't understand, since someone wanted to adopt, then why not adopt.
Song Xiance continued: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who abandon children due to injuries and disasters can be reclaimed by their parents, and those who adopt them will not be recorded by the officials. ”
"What do you mean?" Qin Yiming was a little puzzled.
"According to my Daming law, these abandoned children, even if they are adopted by others, their biological parents can claim them back at any time, and they will not be recorded in the official register if they are adopted, and these children will leave when they grow up a lot, after all, they want to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, so many people want to adopt them and do not want to adopt them, and they have raised them for decades, and finally raise children for others." Song Xiance explained.
This is also a reasonable thing, if the biological parents are still alive, it seems a bit unreasonable not to let the biological parents claim their children back, in order not to change the official registration in the future, in order to save trouble, directly stipulate that the adopted child will not be recorded in the official registration. But what about those children? With no one to adopt and no good social security system, these children are not just waiting to die.
"If the government can amend the decree to stipulate that once the adopted children appear, even if the biological parents appear, they cannot be claimed back, and the government will record them in the official register, will anyone adopt these children?" Qin Yiming looked at Song Xiance, looking forward to Song Xiance's answer, there are at least three or four thousand children waiting to be adopted on this West Street, waiting to live.
"In that case, there should be a lot of people willing to claim it. But how can this decree be changed if it is said to be changed, and this does not allow biological parents to claim their children, who will agree, it is against morality! Song Xiance said.
"What bullshit morality, the greatest morality should be people-oriented!" Qin Yiming was very contemptuous of the so-called morality in Song Xiance's mouth, "I want to find a way to do this, as long as someone is willing to claim these children at that time, it will be worth living one by one!" ”
After dinner, Qin Yiming changed his costume, like a businessman, and the little monkey was also dressed as a subordinate, and they came to the East Street, which can be said to be the stock trading market of the Ming Dynasty, and tonight, there was a good show here.
Qin Yiming entered the door, and the little guy at the door stepped forward to ask for warmth, last time the little guy surnamed Wang was still looking down on people, but at this time, his attitude has changed dramatically.
"Lord Qin is here, how about the best cloud tea with Lord Qin?"
"Wuyi Mountain Cloud Tea? Do you still have this kind of good tea? Qin Yiming was very surprised.
"That's not it, this tea can only be drunk by the palace and high-ranking officials and relatives, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for ordinary people to take a sip for a lifetime." The little guy is very proud.
"Okay, bring it to me." After speaking, he took the little monkey up to the second floor.
The layout of the second floor is very strange, they are all small boxes, and there is a sliding door on the side, and each of them is led to the box to wait.
"Young master, all the good sandalwood in this box, and the teapots and cups on this table, tsk, they are all high-quality products, I'm afraid it will cost at least a few hundred taels of silver, this is really luxurious." The little monkey went up to the second floor for the first time, looked at the table and the tea set on it, and was amazed.
"Lord Qin, your tea has arrived, please use it slowly." The little guy diligently changed a pot of tea, bowed his head and waist, smiled with a flattering face.
"When does tonight's auction start?" The little monkey asked.
"I guess there is still half an hour, the son of the Kang family has already come, but the son of the Fan family has not arrived yet!" The little guy said.
"Okay, then wait, you go get busy first."
"Okay, the little one will go out first, there is a subordinate outside each box, just call if you have something." The little guy smiled and withdrew.
"Yo, Li Gongzi, I'm here so early, it's still half an hour!"
"Hehe, tonight's 100,000 catties of salt, this son is determined to win, in a few days the Japanese son will get married, this 100,000 salt lead, is the gift of this son to himself, haha."
"Oh, that kid wishes Li Gongzi's wishes come true."
"Haha, good, reward."
Qin Yiming was in the small box and heard Li Guohao's voice, why did Li Guohao come to join in the fun?
"Young master, this Li Guohao is here, will it affect our plans?" The little monkey looked worried, and Qin Yiming was also quite worried.
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
Knock knock
"Is Lord Qin inside?"
"Who?" The little monkey asked.
"Hehe, Lord Qin, it's me, Kang Shiyuan."
Qin Yiming nodded, and the little monkey shouted, "Come in." ”
"You called this Li Guohao?" Qin Yiming asked directly.
Kang Shiyuan smiled mysteriously and said, "Hehe, isn't this thinking that one more person is more secure, no matter who buys it, I will still honor our previous agreement with you." As long as you can make the bidding price exceed 800,000 taels, the excess money, we will divide the two. ”
At that time, the Fan family pressed the Kang family's 100,000 catties of salt to 500,000 taels, and Qin Yiming decided to buy it at a price of 800,000 taels, but he had no money, so he thought of this way, Qin Yiming was responsible for raising the price, and the part that exceeded 800,000 taels was divided between the two families, and if it was less than 800,000 taels, Qin Yiming paid for it himself.
Of course, Kang Shiyuan is happy, 100,000 catties of salt, if it is sold for 500,000 taels in normal times, it is also sold, but now it is different, how expensive the grain is in this turbulent era, fighting rice and salt, in fact, salt is much more expensive than grain, 10,000 catties of salt, go to the salt field for refined salt, the merchants sell coarse salt, one catty of refined salt may become three or four catties of coarse salt, and the price of official salt in the salt field is quite cheap, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are 20 times the profit, 10,000 catties of salt, the cost is about 5,000 taels, However, the market value can be as high as 50,000 or even 100,000 taels.
However, in order to save trouble and realize it as soon as possible, 10,000 catties of salt are sold for 20,000 taels, which is also very profitable, and 100,000 catties of salt, the Fan family wants to buy it at a price of 500,000 taels, which is actually a fair normal price, but unfortunately now the turbulent times, the price has risen again.
"Well, I hope the cooperation is pleasant, you asked the assassin to murder me before, if this cooperation is successful, let's forget it." Qin Yiming was very generous, although there was still anger in the little monkey's eyes.
Kang Shiyuan also nodded, a businessman is a businessman, interests first, let's talk about it after earning this money, as for the previous contradictions and entanglements, what should I do in the future.
"Hehe, Lord Qin has really been delayed, and he has the potential to be a profiteer, haha."
"Fan Gongzi is here, today's auction Fan Gongzi is the protagonist!" The little guy surnamed Wang at the door shouted loudly, Fan Biao arrived, and the show could start the gong.