In any case, Ji Qingwen finally gained the upper hand, and he was naturally full of confidence when he spoke.

I saw him pat the dust on his body and say to the opponent who was about ten steps away: "Miss Shen, there is a sentence that I have always said, that is: 'I can live a comfortable life, everyone has a comfortable life; I can't live a comfortable life, so you can't even live an awkward life.'" The silk I am selling today has nothing to do with the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce and the weaving mills, so why do you bother to obstruct me? ”

The eldest lady of the Shen family still didn't admit defeat, twisted her neck and said: "Okay, you won today, so naturally you can say whatever you want." However, I have seen with my own eyes that you have colluded with the Japanese and so many witnesses, and someone will definitely impeach you when you go back. Presumably your comfortable days won't last long. ”

The "倭寇" in her mouth naturally refers to Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong is a native Chinese, of course, not a "倭寇".

But Ji Qingwen was extremely tired now, and knew that the eldest lady of the Shen family was articulate, and the argument with her was endless, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can write the impeachment of me however you want." Anyway, today is me who wins, it is you who lose, you better go first, and we will naturally have a chance to fight in the future. ”

Miss Shen was silent for a moment, then suddenly became angry and said, "You want me to go, but I don't want to go, I just can't let you do something, see what you do with me!" ”

Ji Qingwen was almost dizzy when he heard it - why are girls so unreasonable from ancient times to the present?

He suddenly had a plan, "hehe" and smiled: "What should I do?" Cold! You see, this is a remote village, and now it's the middle of the night, as long as I give an order, I can kill these useless followers around you, and then ...... Hey...... Hey hey ......"

Miss Shen heard his laughter very frivolous, and immediately shrank back in fright: "Then...... And then what? ”

Ji Qingwen showed an obvious provocative expression on his face, and said, "Then what, Miss is so smart, she won't know it, right?" If you really don't know, if you really want to know, then please ask Miss to rebuke left and right, and I will teach you alone. ”

When Miss Shen heard this, her originally red face immediately rose like a pig's liver, and she exclaimed, "You...... Do you want to thin me? ”

Ji Qingwen smiled again and asked rhetorically, "Guess what?" ”

These three words made Miss Shen, who was originally sharp-tongued, speechless - it's not good to say "yes", and it's not good to say "no".

The old entourage beside Miss Shen also persuaded: "Miss, this surnamed Ji is not a good person, we can't suffer his losses today, let's go back first." ”

That's the only way to do it now.

Miss Shen bit her lower lip and said, "Okay, I'll go!" But these wounded people, I will take them away, and you should not stop them. ”

Ji Qingwen waved his hand: "Of course you took these people away, you don't necessarily have to stay with me, and I am still responsible for healing?" ”

By the time the weavers in Suzhou had completely withdrawn, it was already the second half of the night, and the horizon in the direction of the sea to the east had gradually revealed a glimmer of light.

Ji Qingwen finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked Zheng Zhilong: "Ship Master Zheng, we have made an appointment to meet here, why are you late and almost broken." ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "It's all villains, it's not right." The villain's boat stopped in Ningbo, and when it set sail, it was at low tide, but he didn't expect the Yangtze River to be so turbulent, and the villain rushed to Songjiang Mansion against the tide and the river, which delayed the trip. ”

Ji Qingwen just asked about the situation, and didn't want to investigate the responsibility, so he nodded and asked, "What about your ship?" ”

Zheng Zhilong pointed back and said, "Oh, it's over there." ”

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, they saw a pure black three-story ship moored next to the fishing port, and several scarlet flags with the word "Zheng" written on the mast were waving in the wind.

Ji Qingwen asked casually: "I thought you would bring a fleet over, why is it only a ship?" ”

The so-called speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional.

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately replied, "Don't underestimate this ship, adults. There is no faster and more stable ship in the East China Sea, and it can travel from here to Japan in ten days, half as fast as other ships, and it can sail as usual in the event of strong winds. With this one ship alone, you can build at least five ordinary sea ships! ”

Ji Qingwen knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he explained: "Okay, I'm a layman, it's just casual talk, don't be angry." ”

Zheng Zhilong thought that Ji Qingwen was still a little suspicious, so he said again: "If you don't believe it, I'll ask you to go to the boat to have a look." ”

Ji Qingwen couldn't fully trust Zheng Zhilong, so he refused to find an excuse, and said: "Okay, it's not early now, let's deliver the silk and silver first." ”

That's the right thing.

So under the direct supervision of Ji Qingwen and Zheng Zhilong, both sides took out rulers and silver scales, measured each other's silk and silver, and weighed silver.

After an hour of hard work, when the day was already dark, the delivery of silk and silver was finally completed on both sides, and the business was completed.

After coming and going, Zheng Zhilong earned hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and he was naturally happy in his heart, and praised: "My lord is really different from those profiteers, the silk provided is sufficient and of good quality, and we will have money in the future, and if you have anything you want me to do, please ask!" ”

Ji Qingwen's five hundred tribute colored brocades were exchanged for 300,000 taels - that is, 30,000 catties - of silver, which was three times the amount of the silk he brought, and he filled the carriages transporting the silk.

Ji Qingwen made a difficulty, and summoned Duo Jiugong and Ge Sheng, who had been slightly injured, and asked, "Both, how do you think this silver should be transported back?" I'm afraid that someone will rob the silver halfway. ”

Ge Sheng seemed to forget about yesterday's turmoil, and said nonchalantly: "Don't be afraid, adults, in fact, the security here is very good, as long as you act during the day, no one will come to rob." ”

Duo Jiu said fairly: "Even if the security is not good, we have to be brave enough to go back, otherwise it will be more troublesome to put it here?" ”

Ji Qingwen was still not at ease, and turned around and asked Zheng Zhilong: "I have a good look at the Japanese knives used by your sailors, how many are you on board?" They were all sold to me, and I had weapons in my hands, and I was a little more courageous when I walked. ”

Zheng Zhilong calculated and said: "There are not many Japanese knives on the villain boat this time, and now there are thirty Japanese knives left on the ship, none of which are good goods, only eleven or one." Don't give me these three hundred taels of silver, these swords are given to adults, even if they are the filial piety of the villain. ”

Ji Qingwen nodded in acceptance, and said, "Then thank you." The next time you come back, bring more good knives with you, and at least get me two or three hundred good knives, and I'll pay for them." ”

So Ji Qingwen selected thirty young men who were strong and uninjured among the weavers, and distributed the swords given by Zheng Zhilong to them to escort these hard-won silver taels.

After the arrangements were made, Ji Qingwen bought a few or two big cars locally, let the injured weaver with mobility problems sit on the car, and immediately set off to return to Suzhou.

Fortunately, it was very peaceful along the way, and the thirty weavers newly armed by Ji Qingwen did not play a role except to intimidate the slow train blocking the road, and by just after noon, everyone had returned to Suzhou Weaving Yamen.

Back at the Yamen, Ji Qingwen's hanging heart suddenly let go of most of it, and he was just about to order everyone to go back to rest, but Li Yan advised him that things had not been completely done yet, and he couldn't relax too much.

So Ji Qingwen followed Li Yan's suggestion, in the name of setting up a celebration banquet, left more than 300 weavers, set up twelve tables of banquets, and invited everyone to have a good meal.

During the banquet, Ji Qingwen announced that all weavers who participated in the operation would be rewarded with an additional 30 taels of silver in addition to the reward of 20 taels of silver promised at the beginning, and all the weavers who were injured would have another piece of silver.

When the weavers heard such news, of course, they were overjoyed, and the good words they said to Ji Qingwen were enough to fill ten warehouses.

After such an operation to buy people's hearts, Ji Qingwen spent another 20,000 taels of silver.

However, he completed the same as Zheng Zhilong today, exchanged 300,000 taels of silver, and removed the 200,000 taels to be handed over to Emperor Chongzhen, and he still had 100,000 taels left; And these 100,000 taels, the cost of going to 50,000 taels, and the reward for the weavers is less than 20,000 taels of silver, Ji Qingwen earned 30,000 taels of silver; And he had five hundred horses of silk in the treasury, and if he completed another transaction, he would earn at least two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Less than a year after arriving in Suzhou Weaving, although everything may not be completely smooth, Ji Qingwen has become a real rich man with his own skills!