At lunch, Ling Chunrong seemed to have drunk a lot, as if he had too much wine, and he was dancing when he spoke, looking drunk. But when the guests left, when Fan Jin invited him to the second hall for tea, his eyes were as clear as water, and he was not drunk at all, which showed that Fang Cai's appearance was all pretended.

"My uncle instructed in the letter to bring out eight hundred taels of gold leaves from home, and the current gold price here is good, so I paid three hundred taels first, and exchanged less than one thousand five hundred taels of silver. The remaining five hundred taels ...... When the prince of Jiangling arrived in Jiangning, he asked Brother Fan to take a line and send it to the old lady. How to send the specific method, Brother Fan has the idea, I just need to send something. In addition to these gold, there are twenty southern pearls, which are not so precious, but they are all real walking beads, as big as a dragon's eye, and the fineness is ninety percent new, these things ...... Brother Fan has seen it. ”

Of course, Fan Jin knew that these gold and beads were all from South Australia, and he had managed to transport them to the Ling family's hometown in Taicang at the beginning, but he didn't know how. He asked, "What, Xiangguo is going to go to Jiangning on his return trip?" ”

"Don't ask knowingly when you think about it. The Prime Minister of Jiangling took all the family members who retreated to Jingshi, how could the old lady not look at you, the grandson-in-law? Uncle Jia has something to say, when he first came to Shangyuan, everything was not harmonious, and let the little brother come here to be a helper for you. In addition, if the money is not in hand at the reception, I have deposited two thousand taels of silver from Zhang Bailing, which can be dispatched and used at any time. But looking at the current appearance, most of them are useless. ”

Ling Chunrong smiled, "Uncle said in his letter that retreat is the most flexible brain and the most clever wrist among the young people he has seen in his old man. Shangyuan is a good place, and putting people like Retreat in such a place will definitely be able to make a great difference. When I saw it today, it was true. If you think about making the last two county orders here, Shangyuan is most likely the first county in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"I can't do two terms. It is estimated that if you sit for one term at most, you will be promoted. So Brother Jinghua brought the silver to invest, and I am very grateful. But I'm not sure how to protect your interests. The time is too short, and the return to the original is a blessing, and there is no way to guarantee the profit. ”

He laughed. I brought these hundreds of taels of gold leaves, but I didn't think about bringing them back. Originally, I thought that even the silver stored in Zhang Bailing's place was nothing. Now, as long as I don't need to add it, it's a big profit for me, so why isn't that a benefit? ”

Fan Jin looked at him and secretly picked a big finger in his heart. I had never dealt with this person before, and I didn't know anything about his character, but seeing that Ling Yunyi had no relatives around him, he estimated that his family members were embarrassed and useless when he cultivated himself as a nephew.

However, there are several kinds of things that do not become instruments, and some know that they are not successful, all relying on the shadow of their elders, plus they have silver in their hands, and they have no intention of eating, drinking, and having fun, even if they are sent by the elders on business, it is a perfunctory errand, and they just want to deduct a few percent from it. Such people, though hateful, are not bad. What is really terrible is the kind of person who is not talented, but also wants to seize power. I always feel that I am talented, and my elders are kind to Fan Jin, and I regard myself as the emperor, and I point fingers everywhere, so it is difficult to get along.

Now it seems that Ling Chunrong belongs to the best one, how many gold leaves he brought out from home Fan Jin didn't want to ask, and he didn't plan to find out. But the cool appearance shown by this person is a bit of a loser born in the high family family, born with money is an enemy, and his face does not change when his daughter is scattered, and he is happy to do things. It seems that he can get along with Xu Weizhi.

How much this person can help himself, it's not good to say now, but the funds brought and the attitude towards the funds have already made Fan Jin very happy. He knew that the money would not be given for nothing, it must be something to ask for, so he simply asked straight to the point, and Ling Chunrong answered very happily.

"Uncle is different from Yin Shiting, he lives in Wuzhou very happily, and he is happy to fight pirates, or find trouble with the natives. When you have nothing to do, you eat lychees, hunt in the mountains, and live like a fairy. I want to stay there for a few more years, and I don't want to move up too soon. At present, Luo Dingzhou has just had a prototype, and some people are anxious to come and pick peaches, and my uncle means that he will take down this place, at least he has to watch it become a scale, so that he can rest assured. Besides, with the presence of an uncle, a group of people are at peace. It's like thinking about your Lianxiang Building, if you change someone to be the supervisor, I'm afraid that the business will not be as good as it is now. Uncle staying there is good for everyone, and I don't need to say much about the deep meaning. Everyone is in the same boat, so I am not very polite, just open my mouth where I should be touched, and please think about things more and worry about them. ”

Fan Jin knew that he couldn't even believe half of this. Lingyunyi has always made Fei scattered, although he has those South Australian gold and silver to start, but after all, he has a lot of money. Although Liangguang belongs to the miasma in the upright territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is a very suitable place to make a fortune. The salt drying method and Shilu iron ore are all ready-made ways to make money. There is also the protection fee that Lin Haishan's fleet wants to pay to Ling Yunyi, which is also a huge amount.

These incomes are all that the imperial court has not noticed at the moment, and they are a major source of income for Ling Yunyi. If you transfer from the governor to the ministry, you don't know how many taels of silver you will lose every year. It was because he would rather spend a few more years in the governor's seat than move the place.

But there is one thing in these words that is very close to Fan Jin's thoughts, that is, Ling Yunyi is in Liangguang for a day, and his family's industry always has an upper-level task to take care of. With the virtue of his own people, Lianxianglou does not expect them to be able to run well, relying on the care of the government, barely maintaining a high incense without losing money or earning. If I change to a governor, I'm afraid that this little effort of my own will be in vain.

Moreover, Lin Haishan's fleet is far from being formed at the moment, and having her own person in the position of governor can ensure that she is comfortable as a pirate and will not be surrounded and suppressed by the official army. He nodded and said, "Little brother knows in his heart, I'll figure out a way to do this." As for gold, I heard Miss Zhang say that the old lady of the Zhang family believes in Buddhism. In my opinion, I used this gold to cast two Buddha statues, which must be of average size. One is gold-coated and the other is pure gold. Send a gold-covered Buddha statue to Mrs. Zhang, not afraid of telling the truth, as for those southern pearls, leave eighteen strings of rosary beads, and the other two go to exchange for red agate, it doesn't matter if you put some silver on your own, match the Buddha statue. ”

"Thinking about it, I'll listen to you about it." Ling Chunrong nodded, a smile on his face. "I have only heard of the name of retreat before, and I have never worked together, and I am afraid that you are a first-class person in the sea pen frame, so we have nothing to say. Now it seems that you are really a wonderful person, my uncle did not choose the wrong partner, and there will be opportunities for the two of us to cooperate in the future. As for now, the foolish brother is about to take his leave. ”

"Brother Ling doesn't live in the yamen?"

Ling Chunrong smiled, "Uncle does want me to help with copywriting for Retreat, but my temperament can't stand it in my life." At the beginning, my uncle used family law to fight, and I was only willing to read Xiucai, and the reason why I didn't go to the examination was because I was worried that if I won the lift, I might be sent to be an instructor. What I'm most afraid of in this life is wearing official uniforms and teaching etiquette. Therefore think of it, and do well, and tell lies in my uncle's letters, that I am an errand under you. As for where I go......" he pulled a long voice, "I heard Zhang Bailing say, the little lady who was good with me back then is not good now, I have to go to see her, I can't be lucky to be a man, right?" Speaking of which, there is no difference between these 500 taels of golden Buddha statues and 400 taels of golden Buddha statues, right? ”

Seeing Ling Chunrong away, Fan Jin also left the yamen and went straight to the Yang Mansion. Speaking of which, his so-called friendship with Yang Shida is actually not very deep. The Yang family, a partner, is not an irreplaceable object. But Fan Jin knew very well in his heart that as soon as he let go at this time, the Yang family was afraid that it would decline rapidly. Although it has nothing to do with the Yang family, when I think of the Song family...... Fan Jin decided that he would still pull it, as for whether he could pull it up, it depended on their creation.

When they arrived at the Yang Mansion, the Yang family was still in a hurry, and several Langzhong were invited in, including Mr. Zatang from the big pharmacy or the Tai Doctor from the Tai Hospital (note), and Jianghu Langzhong with a tiger support, which shows that the Yang family is now in a hurry to go to the doctor. Others are relatives and friends who came to visit the patient, including the shopkeepers of some shops, and some are old friends or customers of the Yang family. Although Yang Baocai didn't bother to ask about the family's business a few years ago, he was the head of the Yang family after all. This illness will not be small.

Most of Yang Baocai's brothers are in the next generation, and some are guarding their ancestral property in their hometown. However, there are a few nephews here, and they have five sons and two daughters under their knees, two daughters are married far away, the eldest son died early, and the others have already started families, and there are a large number of children who come to visit.

The housekeeper naturally couldn't arrange Fan Jin and those people together, but he couldn't drive the guests who came first to the county order to vacate the place, so he couldn't arrange it in a hurry, so he had to invite him to a relatively remote small study to sit down.

This small study is clean, but it can be seen that no one has been here for a long time, and the tables and chairs are all old things. The housekeeper sincerely apologized for serving tea, and introduced that this was Yang Baocai's own small study, and the books were all Buddhist scriptures. Later, when I got old and tired, I didn't think much of it, and the study was deserted. At present, several hosts in the family are entertaining guests, and they ask the county master to rest for a while before someone greets them, and then they also retire.

Looking out the window, there was no one passing by. At the beginning, Yang Baocai deliberately built such a house in order to read the scriptures quietly, there were no buildings around, and no people were allowed to move around at will, it was a small forbidden place for the Yang family, and now it is so chaotic, and no one comes here to read the Buddhist scriptures.

After a while, just when Fan Jin was about to find a book to relieve his boredom, he suddenly heard a sound of talking, and out of curiosity, he hid his body behind the bookshelf and listened outside.

It was a man's voice. "It's not safe to talk here, don't let people listen to it, that's great?"

"Don't worry, this is the place where the old man reads Buddhist scriptures, and no one uses them now. Except for cleaning every day, there will be no one, let's go inside and talk. "It's a woman's voice.

"No, it's all Buddhist scriptures, it's not good to say this, if you provoke the gods and Buddhas to be angry, you will be careful to end up with the Yang family."

"Coward! It's a man anyway, and he's not as bold as our women's family. I can tell you, now is not the time to be soft-hearted, if you delay, you will lose all your money! ”

"No...... No way? The Yang family has a big business, so it's not so easy to collapse, right? At the beginning, I begged the lord to allow me to keep the silver in the cabinet for the sake of me for many years of contributing to the Yang family, otherwise I would not accept it at all. At this time, debt collection will be poked in the back. Besides, my more than 300 taels of silver, the Yang family can't afford to pay it back, right? ”

"What do you know? As soon as the news of the old man's lying down spread, the second housekeeper of Liu Shilang's family in the household department sent the little servant to say that he had lost money in a cockfight with someone, and he wanted to take away the two hundred taels of silver stored in the cabinet to pay off the debt. It's only two hundred taels of silver, and guess what? Song Niangzi invited the little girl to eat snacks, and at the same time sent the girl to take her pair of beaded flowers and two pairs of bracelets, and exchanged them for a large ingot of silk silver to pay to others. ”

"Two hundred taels of silver? It can't be, right? ”

"There were pieces of silver, and there were copper coins, and some gold. But what Song said is right, if you can't get a good coin, people won't believe that there is a large amount of cash at home, and it will be troublesome to withdraw money when the time comes. Besides, the old lady asked the doctor to catch the medicine, used the money everywhere, and had to hold a ritual to pray, which made the cost a lot. Song has spoken, and he has to do it generously and tear it apart, in order to fool people. That is, I have a good heart, and I can still think about your money. Hurry up and take it away, or you will lose everything. ”

The man was silent for a while, as if he was hesitating, and then listened to him: "The master is kind to me......"

The woman was anxious, "When is it, are you still thinking about En?" When the time comes, don't even think about saying a word to me. Besides, no matter what kind of kindness he has, when Yang Shida spoiled me, he paid it off. At the beginning, he knew that the two of us were going to be good, but he insisted on my girl's body, why didn't you say it? In the future, this family will be under his control, and he will definitely be a loser, and if he doesn't run at this time, isn't he a fool? ”

The man seemed to be moved, muttering something in a low voice, and the woman said: "What are you afraid of, just ask him, he will make a fuss if he doesn't give it to you!" At this time, the Yang family is most afraid of people making trouble, and they will panic when you make trouble......"

Before she finished speaking, the woman suddenly closed her mouth, and after a while, she heard the woman cry out timidly, "Two...... Two young grandmothers? ”

Fan Jin's familiar voice sounded, "Shopkeeper Li, Dongxue, what are you two doing here?" Dongxue, you are really, Shopkeeper Li came to see the old lady, so he should arrange a place to sit and serve tea and snacks. Could it be that such a big family can't find a place to sit? If you have something to say, you have to go outside and say it. Let outsiders see it, what are your personal evils? This small study is now sitting in Master Fan, you can't go in, I remember that there is a flower hall in the west that is empty, you go and sit there. Shopkeeper Li, you seem to have saved money on the counter, right? I can't remember how much, but you tell me the numbers and take them all. At the moment, the house is too chaotic and there are too many people saving money, I really can't manage it. The guys in their own family have to be considerate and considerate of the owner, and take the money away first to avoid chaos. Wait for this time to pass, and then save it back. I have to go see my grandfather, but I won't talk to you. ”

After a while, the door opened, but I saw that Song, who was like a blooming peony, walked in from the outside with a buckle, saluted Fan, and then asked the buckle to close the door. smiled self-deprecatingly, "The elder heard the words of the two evil obstacles just now, right?" It's a shame to let you see the joke. ”