Nangong Jin organized the language a little and said, "I heard that he got a lot of ships in the South China Sea, and it is estimated that there should be no way to deal with it." Now, Xiang Ji needs a boat, but I don't have much silver. Although he colluded with the Nanhai faction, the ships under the name of the Dali Firm were all from the debt in any case, and if Xiang Ji bought them, the risk should not be great. He concealed some of his suspicions.

"Did he believe you?" Ling Zhengqi said.

Nangong Jin nodded, "There is Sister Feng, and besides, I am indeed dismissed now." ”

Ling Zheng was silent, looked up at him for a while, didn't ask about the matter again, and nodded: "Zeng Yiyi is very arrogant. However, since Wang Zhi died, now as long as one pirate leader is eliminated at sea, more pirate leaders will come out. I wanted to instigate them to hold a conference on the four seas, but no one was convinced, and no one had the ability to take the lead. ”

When Nangong Jin heard him say this, he became worried, "Now that the Moon Harbor has opened the sea ban, it won't be long before merchant ships come and go frequently." If the sea is uneven, then the moon port is like a meat bun, waiting for a group of dogs to rob it. ”

"The Moon Port type is not so easy to hit. Are you worried about auspicious records? "Ling Zheng doesn't care, he's just a nominal shareholder.

Nangong Jin smiled bitterly, "My net worth is over there, including many other people's." ”

Ling Zheng kept nodding, "If you're worried, it's okay to get rid of him first, it's best to find a way to get all of them ashore." However, if you knock one out and another one will come out, there's really no way around it. Now, you and him first. ”

"And then?" Nangong Jin asked.

"And then?" Ling just looked at him with a smile, "Do business a few more times, let him believe you, and then, let's talk about it." ”

1

The business with Zeng Yiyi, after entrusting Feng Mo'er, went even more smoothly. Although Feng Mo'er has always complained that Nangong Jin negotiated the price too high, she still accompanied her to the South China Sea to pick up a ship, and Peng Sheng from Yonggu Shipyard also went with her.

On the carriage to the South China Sea, Nangong Jin kept several account books in his hand, and from time to time he took a delicate abacus to make a few numbers or write a stroke. Yao Fangyu sat quietly reading a book and didn't disturb him.

After a long time, Nangong Jin put down the things in his hand and moved his body.

"What did you find?" Yao Fangyu put down the book in his hand and looked up at him, "You've been reading it for days." ”

Nangong Jin thought for a while and said, "It's a bit interesting." However, there are several things that I haven't figured out. ”

Yao Fangyu poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Then let's talk about the interesting things first." ”

Nangong Jin took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "There are a total of twelve accounts of General Liang, and there are four time periods. Of the two books from more than 30 years ago, the earliest one should have been when he first started remembering, and I counted it as thirty-six or seven years. The second is that twenty-two years ago there were four consecutive, and then five more than ten years ago. Finally, a copy from five years ago. ”

Yao Fangyu nodded and added, "Twenty-two years ago, when I was three or four years old, those four account books were around the time I entered the South China Sea Sect. Eighteen years ago, there were two books in a row, when my master got married. Everything else is basically not continuous. ”

Nangong Jin smiled: "This is also what I want to ask you." More than 30 years ago, if you wanted to know General Liang at that time, it should also be your father. At that time, General Liang was just over thirty, right? Do you know what he's doing? ”

Yao Fangyu shook his head, "What I know is that he has always been in the water division, and it seems that he has not always been in the South China Sea." I guess I was in the Sailor more than 30 years ago. ”

Nangong Jin said again: "Okay, just treat him as a water master." He didn't have a lot of income, he had household expenses, and I guess his wife and children should have been around at the time, and he didn't have much money but could live. Twenty-two years ago, however, there was a sudden turnaround. He took out an account book and said, "This is the earliest of the four, and you shouldn't have entered the Nanhai faction at that time." ”

Open one of the pages and say: "Beginning in May of this year, there has been an income almost every day for several months, and there is a record of 'discount' on it, the amount is more or less, but the total amount has reached 28,000 taels, and then there is a 'discount' in every account book, as long as these two words appear, it is not less than 3,000 taels." The first question, what does discount mean? What did he take to cash in? What can be folded into so much cash? ”

Yao Fangyu thought about it while taking the paper on the small table and writing it down, "Twenty-two years ago, what did you get?" ”

Nangong Jin smiled and took the pen in her hand, "Don't write on the carriage, you will be dizzy." I've written it all down. “

Yao Fangyu pursed her lips and whispered unconvinced: "You are not writing yourself." ”

Nangong Jin continued, "Twenty-two years ago, on the winter solstice, I gave the Yao family three thousand taels of silver. What are your impressions? ”

Yao Fangyu shook his head, "At that time, I should have been in the South China Sea Sect." ”

"Actually, there's a problem here, how many numbers are written down in this book, and these symbols are connected to them, and they are also on the page of May." Nangong Jin flattened her mouth, "I don't understand what it means at all." ”

"Give the Yao family three thousand taels, will it be to repair the tomb? This may have been the first winter solstice after my father's death. I guess maybe he was buried in the sea, and on the day of the winter solstice, his father-in-law built a well-dressed tomb for him out of friendship? Yao Fangyu guessed.

"The Yao family is not very rich in the South China Sea, but they are also rich, and there is an anti-Japanese hero, why don't they repair their own tombs? Do you want your stepfather to get it? Nangong Jin simply asked the question in his heart. Also, it costs three thousand taels to build a tomb? "It's not expensive, it's too expensive.

"You mean ......, the money to buy our sisters?" Yao Fangyu shook his head, "Bought it and we sent it to the South China Sea Pie?" It shouldn't be possible, I remember that when I was a child, I didn't seem to live in the Yao family's compound. Besides, it doesn't seem to make much sense to do that. ”

"Your grandfather and uncle, how is your relationship with you?" Nangong Jin asked.

"I don't know these people, maybe my sister knows a few. Oh, yes. Yao Fangyu seemed to think of something, "There is an uncle, I have a little impression." It seems to have come to see us, but he passed away before I was abducted. Maybe because we're daughters, we don't pay attention to it at home. ”

Nangong Jin looked at her and said for a while, "I like my daughter, if I have it, I will definitely pay attention to it." ”

Yao Fangyu blushed, avoided his gaze, and whispered, "What are you talking about?" ”

Nangong Jin cleared his throat, "Okay, let's talk about your master's wedding." Turning his gaze back to the account book, "Your father-in-law gave a great gift, one thousand taels." Before that, he had lent you a lot of silver in the past six months, totaling 1,000 taels. Moreover, there is no record of your master's repayment in these account books. However, after his wedding, there was no record of the money lent to him. ”

Nangong Jin raised her eyes and looked at Yao Fangyu, "Could it be that because you were abducted, the relationship between your stepfather and your master is poor?" ”

Yao Fangyu thought for a long time, "It's not impossible, in short, I don't think Master and Stepfather are like friends." I was abducted, and my sister is still in the South China Sea faction. After that, my sister passed away, and I returned to the Nanhai faction after half a year. ”

"I remember at the time, it looked like someone was looking for you?" Nangong Jin asked.

Yao Fangyu nodded, "Yes, I was a member of the Nanhai Sect at that time. When I went back, I heard that Master had asked a lot of business partners that year to draw the symbols of the Nanhai sect calling fellow disciples in the Central Plains, and he finally found me. ”

"Just that year?" Nangong Jin asked, "I remember that you said that you left the South China Sea for two years. ”

After a long time, Yao Fangyu finally shook his head, "I don't know. ”

Originally, Nangong Jin wanted to say, 'Because your sister died, your master had no chips in his hand, so he was looking for it?' But he couldn't help but say nothing.

"Okay, let's move on." Nangong Jin opened another account book, "It's interesting here." For about three months, every seven days, I wrote down a 'embroidery for medical treatment', and then a prescription. ”

"Xiu'er is my sister, Yao Jun embroidery. I've seen those prescriptions roughly, and they should be medicines for diseases such as stomach and cold. Yao Fangyu said.

"At that time, you were already a disciple of the South China Sea Sect, why did you need your father-in-law to pay for treatment when you were sick?" Nangong Jinqi said.

Yao Fangyu explained: "This kind of thing is not uncommon. Sometimes the family thinks that the doctor invited by the sect is not good, and there are also people who take it back to the doctor by themselves. After all, there are no poor people under the Nanhai faction. ”

"So, your father-in-law thinks it's not good to invite a doctor, so he invited another doctor. However, it seems that I didn't get around. In the past few months, his other daily expenses have not increased. Nangong Jin looked at the almost ten recipes, "I'll send these recipes to Du Ling and let him see if there's any problem." He looked up again and asked Yao Fangyu, "What kind of illness did your sister pass away from?" ”

"They say it's a wind chill. My sister is weak, so she can't stand it. Yao Fangyu only knew this, after all, at that time, there were almost no relics of Yao Junxiu, and she also doubted whether it was an infectious disease.

Nangong Jin took out another copy, "There is an additional 'expense' here, and there are thirty taels of silver every month." Until five years ago, there was an extra one or two hundred a year, and your stepfather spent a lot of money for you. ”

Yao Fangyu sighed softly, "The Nanhai faction gives out pocket money, and I used to be ten taels of silver every month. After that, I left the South China Sea and never got it again. Every year when I went to see my father-in-law, he would give me some privately. ”

"Five years ago, there was an expense, and three hundred taels each were given to the Yao family and the Nanhai faction." Nangong Jin took out the last book and said.

"At that time, my father-in-law came to propose marriage, but I didn't agree."

Nangong Jin looked at her, couldn't help but shake her hand again, and said softly: "It's good that I didn't agree." Seeing that Yao Fangyu didn't know what she was thinking, she let go of her and said, "Okay, the question now is, I don't know what your stepfather wants to tell you?" I guess it should be about your life experience, but these account books, it's really better to write a letter to you directly. ”

Yao Fangyu seemed to think for a long time, and finally said: "I'm just an orphan girl, there shouldn't be a problem with this." ”

Nangong Jin laughed, "I think it's a big deal to find out that you are not the daughter of the Yao family, maybe you are the princess of a small country?" ”

Yao Fangyu was also amused, "Forget it." Anyway, it's an orphan girl left and right, how can I get worse? ”