Chapter 4 Closing the Old Ministry

"Three hundred taels of silver."

The old shopkeeper in the counter played with the jade bracelet for a long time, and looked at Lin Mu with slanted eyes.

"Three hundred taels?" Lin Mu pursed his lips, snatched the jade bracelet and turned to leave.

"This son, wait, wait, don't be impatient."

The shopkeeper hurriedly chased it out, this jade bracelet is of good quality, and his heart is bright, but this pawnshop business relies on a fraudulent word, and he can make a fortune when he meets an ignorant owner.

Obviously, this boy who is a bracelet is knowledgeable.

"Your store is not sincere at all, what is the value of Xiaosheng's family heirloom jade bracelet, don't you know?" Lin Mu pretended to be angry.

In fact, he has long been accustomed to doing business, when he sells things, he says ten, and when he buys things, he says ten.

This jade bracelet is priced at 300,000 yuan at the counter, and a stone of grain in the Hua Dynasty is sold for 120 catties of silver.

The contemporary price of rice is 2.5 yuan a catty, and 120 catties is 300 yuan.

In this way, one tael of silver in the Hua Dynasty is equivalent to three hundred yuan in contemporary times.

The contemporary silver price is 3.3 yuan a gram, and 50 grams is a tael, almost 165 yuan a tael, which is cheaper than the price of silver in the Chinese Dynasty, but this is also a matter of course, after all, the amount of silver mined in ancient times is not much.

Therefore, according to the total of one tael of silver and three hundred yuan in the Hua Dynasty, his jade bracelet also cost one thousand taels of silver.

"Isn't it a bargain to go out to do business, why should the son be angry, we are willing to pay five hundred taels for this bracelet." The shopkeeper raised five fingers.

"Shopkeeper, you are too black-hearted, this is Xiaosheng's ancestral best jade bracelet, how can you get 1,800 taels." He will do the same in this business.

"Childe laughed, this one thousand eight hundred taels is too much, seven hundred taels, it can't be more."

"One thousand six hundred taels, Xiaosheng has already vomited blood."

"Eight hundred taels, I can't explain to the owner."

"One thousand four hundred taels, Xiao Sheng is ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors." Lin Mu thumped his chest.

The shopkeeper's face became darker and darker, "One thousand taels, otherwise Gongzi would have looked elsewhere to see who else had a higher bid than Sun's pawnshop." ”

"One thousand two hundred taels, a fixed price, Ding's pawnshop is a place to go." Lin Mu's attitude is still resolute.

The shopkeeper didn't take too much advantage, and said angrily: "One thousand and one hundred taels, if you die, I won't stay if the son wants to go." ”

Lin Mu pretended to be distressed, he understood that this was already the bottom line of the shopkeeper,

"Hey, that's it, one thousand and one hundred taels, Xiaosheng doesn't want to toss anymore, if it weren't for the urgency, he wouldn't die as this bracelet." Lin Mu said that this death should be equivalent to selling the bracelet to a pawnshop, and it cannot be redeemed again, so the price will generally be higher.

After taking the bracelet, the shopkeeper asked the bookkeeper to take a thousand taels of silver and a hundred taels of broken silver.

After checking that it was correct, Lin Mu went out of the pawnshop satisfied.

Although this bracelet is converted to a thousand taels, but ancient and modern jade have different prices, so he will ask for a high price, but he didn't expect it to be one hundred taels more than expected.

"Daddy, we're not going to starve, are we?"

The slave dragged the corner of Lin Mu's clothes, and the hardships of the past year made the young slave understand the importance of silver as soon as possible.

"Of course not, in the future, slaves can eat whatever they want." Lin Mu wiped the dust off the slave's face.

"Really? Can a slave eat two steamed buns every day? "There is a tendency for slave saliva to overflow.

Lin Mu sighed, in the eyes of this child, steamed buns are already a delicacy in the world.

He pointed to the street and said, "The slaves on this street can eat whatever they want." ”

"Really?" The slave pointed to the old man who sold the sugar gourd and said timidly: "I want to eat the sugar gourd, a big string." ”

When he came to the old man and gave him a tael of silver, Lin Mu said: "This old man, I want all your sugar gourds." ”

The old man was a little stunned when he took the silver, and no one had ever bought sugar gourds like this, but he couldn't wait to sell them out.

"Thank you, Childe." The old man gave Lin Mu the shelf with the sugar gourd and the sugar gourd.

Unplugged the largest sugar gourd string and gave it to the slave, Lin Mu said: "Does Daddy mean what he says?" ”

"Count!" The slave took a bite of the sugar gourd and circled around Lin Mu, making a "giggle" laugh.

Lin Mu was full of smiles, the slave was his only relative, and all he could do now was to give her a happy childhood.

Carrying the sugar gourd rack and leading the slaves, Lin Mu bought three sets of clothes for each of them, and then went in the direction of Jinguang Temple.

Now that he has the money in his hand, he naturally has more ideas.

As the saying goes, a hero has three gangs, and one chopstick is not a pair, and if he wants to make a comeback, he has to recruit the old department.

The Lin family was torn apart because of the military case, and the servants in the family were naturally scattered.

However, the truth was seen in adversity, and this incident made him realize the nature of these servants.

Needless to say, those who are ungrateful, this time he is going to gather the servants who have been helping him since the disaster, because no one dares to use these servants who have no land and property in the affairs of the Lin family, and now their lives are very depressed.

He used to be a well-known calf protector in the company, and naturally he could not leave these heartfelt servants to continue to suffer.

……

"Uncle, uncle."

In front of a dilapidated house, the slave broke free from Lin Mu's hand and ran towards the old man and the old woman who were weaving bamboo baskets in front of the house.

The slave's voice made the two turn their heads, and the old woman shouted "My heart and liver", and held the slave in her arms, very loving.

The old man looked excited when he saw Lin Mu, "Young master, where have you been for so long, but the old slave is worried to death." ”

Lin Mu's heart warmed.

The old man's name is Zhang Qian, he used to be the housekeeper of the Lin family, and he has served in the Lin family since Lin Mu's father was a child, and he is the same generation as Lin Mu's father.

After the Lin family dispersed, Lin Mu lived in his house for three months, and when he saw that the second elder was living in poverty, he couldn't bear to bother and leave.

"In the past, the kid was ignorant, which made Uncle Zhang worried." Lin Mu bowed down, he was an ordinary person now, and he couldn't afford the title of young master.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Uncle Zhang's eyes were slightly red, "If you have three long and two short, how can the old slave explain to the master when he goes underground." ”

Aunt Zhang hugged the slave and said, "Yes, young master, after you left, we let Da Lang look for you for a long time, but we didn't find you." ”

Lin Mu explained: "Don't hide it from the second elder, my father once hid some gold and silver, and the kid went to find this during this time." ”

"I see, it's still the master's foresight." Uncle Zhang was relieved.

Lin Mu continued: "When I come back this time, the kid is ready to revive the Lin family's family business, and I hope that the second elder will help. ”

"Revive the Lin family?" Uncle Zhang's eyes lit up, for him, the Lin family was home, and this rented cottage was just a temporary residence.

Glancing at his mother-in-law, Uncle Zhang said: "Since the young master has spoken, the old slave is fighting this old bone to help the young master revitalize the Lin family, clear the grievances for the master, and then the old slave will call other people and wait for the young master's arrangement." ”