Ten small mirrors and twelve glasses were sold for a total of 54,000 taels of silver, and at this time the silver was sixteen taels for a catty, and the more than 3,000 catties of silver were piled up in a big pile, but whoever passed by, who did not look at it.

As soon as the business traveler was sent away, someone came uninvited.

"Shopkeeper Zhang! Congratulations! ”

The goods have been sold cleanly, so naturally there is no need to charge an entrance fee, and the entrance fee of ten taels of silver has already been refunded.

Zhang Zhen arched his hand and said with a smile: "It's just a flat buy and a flat sale, see and laugh, I don't know if you are?" ”

The man said with a smile: "In Xia Qian Yongqing, Tian is the largest money village in our Nanyang, the shopkeeper of Dafu Money Village, this is not 40,000 taels of snowflake silver out early in the morning, my old money smells the smell of silver and finds it." ”

Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "It turned out to be the money shopkeeper, I'm afraid I have to let the money shopkeeper run for nothing, the cost must be very high a year ago, and I don't have the intention of saving money for the time being." ”

"Shopkeeper Zhang, don't be busy pushing to death, it's not too late to listen to the benefits of our money bank first." The money shopkeeper smiled and continued: "Our joint leader is the Zhaobao Money Village of Jingshi and the Wancai Money Village of Jinling, these two are amazing, and there are big people on them to ensure safety!" And this canal line, but where it can be moored, the tickets can be cashed, the silver ticket will never shirk, the most convenient, and our interest is the lowest, Zhang shopkeeper does not consider it? ”

Is low interest rates still a way to attract savers?

After a short period of speechlessness, Zhang Zhen realized that this was ancient times, and he took his word of 'interest' back to the bank in later generations.

Zhang Zhen smiled and asked: "I have a total of 54,000 taels of snowflake silver here, if it is stored in your Dafu Money Bank, what is the interest?" ”

"Fifty-four thousand taels?" The shopkeeper was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and explained: "This has been a famine for many years, and there is a Houjin tiger eyeing him, plus Li Chuang's chaos, the silver is still the safest thing to store in the money bank, and it is also convenient to escape, isn't it?" Naturally, this interest rate is slightly higher than that of a good year! ”

Saying that, he thought about it in his heart, and said: "The interest is 6,480 taels a year, and only 6,480 taels will be charged to you, and we will forget about the fraction of 80 taels, do you think it?" ”

'Good uncle!! Zhang Zhen roared in his heart.

The master's silver is easy to come, and it is easy to not practice this badly, save money for a year, and one-ninth of the silver is floating in the clouds.

Still safe? Safe fart! was attacked by Li Zicheng into the capital division, let alone Qianzhuang, Chongzhen's family can't be saved, is there a safer place in this world than his own industrial park?

Of course, Zhang Zhen can't say what he thinks in his heart, it's too shocking.

He nodded and said, "Yes! Your Dafu money village sounds very reliable, the key is that my tenants are all rice buckets, and they drag their families to work, and promise to take care of rice, how can they prepare more rice and grain, I am afraid that after buying grain, there will be no more silver, and I am also preparing to open a workshop, which is also a big item with silver money...."

Zhang Zhen's expression became more and more sad, and even the money shopkeeper was a little sympathetic, and said with a smile: "Zhang Ye Bodhisattva is hearty, and he is running around for farming, if the court knows, he will definitely set up a monument to praise it, if the workshop can earn silver, Zhang Ye should not forget our Dafu Money Village!" ”

Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "If I want to save money one day, I must go to Dafu Money Village." ”

One-ninth of the silver in a year's floating clouds, the young master will not save it unless his head is in the water!

Sending away the money shopkeeper, Zhang Zhen took Li Erniu to visit two boats of white rice.

With the matter of the Western workshop, Zhang Zhen's face is big, this is the lowest in the north is a dozen taels of silver once the rice is polished, once the shipwright only collects five taels of silver, removing the cost of more than four taels of silver, the freight from the south of the Yangtze River is only charged less than one tael, even those rice merchants do not have this face!

Zhang Zhen confessed his feelings and ordered to write down the names of the two boat owners, and let Xia Zhongyong and Li Erniu lead the boatman to Dushan Lake, and the four of them stayed in the shop to guard the silver.

Liu boiled the water and just made a pot of tea, when someone walked back and forth a few times outside, and he didn't dare to come in.

Zhang Zhen saw that this person was about thirty years old, with coarse cloth clothes, wide and rough palms, and many scars on them.

This is a craftsman!

Seeing the other party twisting, Zhang Zhen walked to the door and said with a smile: "This master is here to work in the workshop?" Come in and sit down and have a cup of tea, and let's talk while we drink. ”

The man hurriedly said: "Shoddy craftsmanship, how can we deserve the young master's good tea, we really want to work, the young master will not dislike our poor craftsmanship in making farm tools, right?" ”

Zhang Zhen dragged the trembling big hand, pulled him into the store and pressed it on the high stool, and personally poured him a cup of tea, which made the man feel like he was on pins and needles.

Zhang Zhen sat back and sighed: "The people take food as the sky, and the craftsmanship of making agricultural tools is the most praiseworthy, how can it be inferior?" Master don't belittle yourself, just drink tea with peace of mind, let's talk slowly. ”

Zhang Zhen was so sure, the man's face looked a lot calmer, and he said calmly: "Don't hide it from the young master, my name is Ma Sanchi, my home is in the horse building fifteen miles east, the whole village is the ancestral craft of making wooden cocoons, and most of the wooden cocoons and wooden plows within 100 miles around this area are made by our horse building!" ”

Said and sighed: "This year after year of famine, our Nanyang ground is also seriously affected, and there is the looting of Houjin, coupled with the continuous locusts flying and looting crops, the most terrible thing is the hungry people, every time the locusts cross the border, the crops and seedlings are uprooted and eaten, and the livelihood of the people who farm the land is difficult, and we are even more difficult to make farm tools..."

"Those who have the strength can still work the docks, like me, who are short and not good at words, and it is difficult to go to the docks, so they can only eat with bricklayers and stonemasons in the grass market."

"Partner?" Zhang Zhen asked, "How many are you waiting for?" ”

"There are twenty-three people in the masonry class I am in, which is the largest masonry team in our Nanyang Town, and the class owner went to work today, and the people who stayed behind are old, so I came to ask, in addition to our twenty-three, there are many carpenters in our village, we are all real craftsmen, and there is no one who cheats and cheats! Master, when do you see when you are free? Look at our craftsmanship, how many do you accept? ”

Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "Carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, this can all be used, let's go to Wanghu Village tomorrow, and then we will discuss the wages when everyone is ready!" Also, those who go to work can go tomorrow, right? ”

"Can be able to !!" Ma Sanchi agreed in surprise: "Today is just a small job of tinkering, and it will definitely be done before noon, and it will never delay the young master's big event." ”

"So much the best!" Zhang Zhen smiled: "The tea is cold, taste it!" ”

Ma Sanchi carefully persuaded: "Young master, your wealth is not exposed!" This tea is still not busy drinking, I should go to the grass market first and call a few people to help the young master guard the silver! ”