The sky was bright, and Kang Damao left Yihong Courtyard with the two.

Liu Baosheng stayed downstairs all night, looking decadent.

"Brother Kang, what do we mean by acting in this play?" Walking on the street, Erhu didn't react at all.

"You'll find out later." Kang Damao didn't explain much.

As soon as the three of them returned to Kang's house, they saw a group of people gathered in the courtyard, and Jiading Abao was surrounded in the middle of the crowd.

"I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, so I shouldn't have recruited you into the Kang family."

"There's nothing to say, report to the officer."

"Let's wait for the young owner to come back and see what to do with him."

The crowd was gossiping and counting Abao.

"What's going on?" Kang Damao came in and asked.

"You're back! Jiading Abao stole the silver of the shopkeeper Sun and went to Yihong Courtyard to drink flower wine, and was caught red-handed by us as soon as he came back, and he also said that he seemed to see the three of you also go to Yihong Courtyard. Xiaohua said with a red face.

She would never believe that the young owner of the Tangtang Kang Mansion would take two of his subordinates to drink flower wine together, that kind of place is particularly dirty.

"I said that the money was not stolen, it was borrowed, didn't I make an IOU? Just put it on the table. Abao took a few steps forward and argued.

"Children are not sensible, just say a few words, I found it under the table just now, yes, it was an IOU." Shopkeeper Sun came out to play a round, and he didn't steal much money.

"It's just not okay, stealing is absolutely not allowed within our Kang family, and this matter must be severely punished." Xiaohua is very resolute, this Kang family steward definitely has weight.

"Do you really see clearly what we are going to?" Kang Damao glared at Abao and asked word by word.

Don't look at Kang Damao, who is usually kind to people, and looks harmless to all animals, but now his face is really tense, which is quite scary.

Apo was stunned.

"How can it be you Shaodong, I drank too much and looked dazzled, Shaodong, you will spare me this time, next time I will not dare again."

"Don't you dare, what?" Erhu scolded.

"I don't dare to borrow money without saying hello, I don't dare to go to Yihong Courtyard to drink flower wine, and I don't dare to talk nonsense, full of nonsense." Abao said and slapped himself a few times, very determined.

After talking for a long time, he just didn't admit that he stole the silver, which was also a scoundrel to the end.

"Not only that, he also said panic, he said that he had stayed in England and came back, drank foreign ink, was educated and knowledgeable, I have investigated, he has worked in the English shipyard for several years."

Xiaohua just turned out Abao's details and slapped her face in public, in fact, since Kang Damao handed over this family to Xiaohua to manage, she checked the details of the Kang Mansion up and down, the family, the maid, the cook, and the groom.

"Da Mao, I don't think I should report to the official, this kid is also pitiful." An's mother also came over to persuade her.

"Listen to you." Kang Damao said.

"Kid! While the young owner hasn't changed his mind, you can leave quickly. After An's mother finished speaking, she secretly stuffed a tael of silver to Abao.

Holding a tael of warm silver in his hand, Abao's touched heat flowed into his eyes, yes, this wave is not a loss, one or two silver when he comes, and one or two silver when he leaves.

Ah Bao glanced at everyone, he felt that since the details had been dug up, it was no longer interesting to stay here, so he left angrily.

"Wait, come with me to the study."

It's just that when he walked to the gate, he was stopped by Kang Damao from behind.

Abao turned around and saw that Kang Damao seemed to be shouting to himself, is there any room for redemption?

Seeing that Kang Damao turned around to leave, he hurriedly followed.

Everyone present was puzzled, including Erhu and Linglong, seeing that Kang Damao didn't call them, they also went back to the house to rest in their own senses, and it was strange that they were not tired after tossing all night.

"Give you a chance to make up for your mistakes, do you want to hear about it?" Kang Damao sat on the chair and knocked on his legs.

"Young owner, please tell me, as long as it does not violate my conscience, I am willing to do it."

“……”

The next day, Abao miraculously stayed, and every day he followed Kang Damao to go out early and return late, as if he had become a new little follower.

For three days, on this day, Abao went out with Kang Damao again, they came to a not famous porcelain shop in Zhenjiang Mansion, Kang Damao and the small owner of the porcelain shop explained a few words and left, and Abao obediently followed the small boss here to learn porcelain knowledge.

It turned out that Kang Damao was deliberately looking for someone to give Abao a make-up lesson and teach porcelain-related knowledge, and Abao was also serious about learning, and now he is respectful and obedient to Kang Damao.

Today is the last day, and Abao has finally successfully graduated from the school, and this knowledge is barely enough.

Kang Damao took Ah Bao to a high-end tailor shop, and ordered a suit for Ah Bao, with a hat, a high-imitation watch, and a white cane, which can be said to be fully equipped.

This product now looks like a completely different person, they all say that people rely on clothes, horses rely on saddles, and it is different to go out and mix for a few years, and Abao at this moment is like a real rich returnee, worthy of his name Paul.

The next morning, Paul appeared in high spirits at Liu Baosheng's shopkeeper's "Shen Cicheng North No. 1 Store", and the business in the store was still so hot.

"Ahem! Cough! I said, are there any long-eyed ones in the store? Paul stomped his cane twice and deliberately pretended to cough twice to alert everyone in the store.

Sure enough, the people in the store stopped what they were doing, and pointed at each other, it was the first time they had seen this kind of dressed merchant, it seemed that this master was still a foreigner who came back, and he looked like a rich man.

Shopkeeper Liu took a look, I'll go, here is a big customer, just looking at the shiny gold watch on the wrist is worth a lot of money.

"Please come inside, serve tea, do you need to order a batch of porcelain?" Shopkeeper Liu immediately greeted warmly.

"Of course, why would I come to you if I didn't buy porcelain?" Paul glanced at Shopkeeper Liu angrily and said.

"Yes, yes, you said yes."

"At the end of next month, there will be a cargo ship departing from Beijing, going south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and will stop in your Xijin for a while, I need to order a batch of porcelain from you to be shipped to our England."

"English?" Shopkeeper Liu was surprised and said that he had heard of this country, and it seemed that the warship was particularly powerful, and the person in front of him turned out to be an Englishman, so he treated it more carefully.

In the past, although they also did foreign trade, but they were all sent to other provinces, this time if they can do this business in England and open up overseas markets, the boss will not reward him heavily.

If he really has a good relationship with this line, then he can get out of it and do it alone, Shopkeeper Liu quickly thought in his heart.

"Excuse me, what's your last name?"

"Paul, you can call me Paul, too." Paul said, pulling out a golden business card from his bosom.

The shopkeeper Liu received the business card for the first time, and he played with it in his hand for a while, and found it interesting, only to see that the business card said that the British Empire, the business comprador of Sophia's ocean trading company, must be a position specifically responsible for overseas procurement.

"How much porcelain are you going to order?" At what price? We have styles here for you to choose from. Shopkeeper Liu said and handed over an album.

Paul just flipped through a few pages, threw the catalogue on the table, and said, "No need, you have ten boxes of all the precious porcelain in your shop." ”

"You mean ten boxes each?" Shopkeeper Liu asked in surprise, he couldn't believe his ears.

"What's the problem? To tell you the truth, I was originally going to Jingdezhen to order it, but this freighter only docked in Xijindu, so I can only choose you. Paul was very direct.

"No problem, I'll calculate the total price for you right now." Shopkeeper Liu didn't care about what he said about Jingdezhen, if he could go to Jingdezhen, of course the family would not come to their store, he only had silver in his eyes now.

Shopkeeper Liu took the abacus and sat there crackling non-stop, Paul looked upset for a while, his face showed an impatient look, and Shopkeeper Liu laughed awkwardly and accelerated the movements in his hand.

Looking at the numbers typed, Shopkeeper Liu's eyes widened, he only knew that there should be a lot, but he didn't expect it to be so much, in his opinion, this number is simply outrageous, so he recalculated it again and after confirming that it was correct, he handed the abacus to Paul's eyes.

"I've calculated it for you, it's a total of 80,000 taels of silver."

"No problem, you give me a detailed list of the type, quantity, and clear price, tomorrow I will send someone to pick it up, and then I will give you the deposit, by the way, how much is the deposit?"

Paul readily agreed, and finally did not forget to ask about the deposit, not to lose the professional comprador.

"The deposit for the first cooperation is eighty percent, but you order so much, we can calculate fifty percent for you according to the old customers, do you think it's okay?"

"You're not honest! There are so many porcelain shops in China, and you are not the only one on the canal, I have already asked several of them, and their deposits are all unified. ”

"Your number is a bit huge, I can't be the master, I have to talk to our boss." Liu Baosheng didn't dare to agree.

"You're not the boss here? In that case, forget it. Paul got up and left.

"Don't worry, there's still room for manipulation." Liu Baosheng hurriedly stopped and said.