Chen Yuan thought for a while, and suddenly woke up: "Do you have the money to buy them, but you don't have the money to redeem me?" ”

Hua Xue hugged aggrievedly: "Sister, not to mention that I still don't have any money now, even if I really have money, do you really think that they add up to a higher price than you?" ”

Hua Xue explained to Chen Yuan: "My brother doesn't say anything about the fact that you are priceless in my brother's heart, which is difficult to prove, but only that the business of buying and selling human beings in this world is actually clearly priced. Ever since he knew how you were sold, my brother had learned that a child of your age at the time bought from a peasant family who could not afford to eat, and it was already a conscience price to give one or two pieces of silver. Even if you grow up and have smart hands and feet, you can buy ten taels of silver with some signs. Liyuan, your sisters, there are only a few top brands worth more than one hundred taels. You have also seen "Du Shi Niang's Angry Sinking Hundred Treasure Chest", Du Shi Niang's famous prostitute in the capital, and the redemption is only three hundred taels. Have you ever known how much you are worth? ”

Chen Yuan was stunned, she hadn't come out of the cabinet yet, so she didn't know her worth: "I'm afraid I'm about the same as Du Shi Niang, right?" ”

Hua Xue covered her head helplessly: "Du Shi Niang is known as a famous prostitute in the capital, but in which year and month is there no new so-called famous prostitute in the capital?" Not to mention that Du Siniang is already old and decrepit, that is, when she is the youngest and most beautiful, how can she have a sister who is one-twelfth of the country and the city? ”

"You've seen a lot of prostitutes?"

"Sister, I haven't been to the capital!"

"Suzhou famous prostitute?"

"I can't save money, so how can I have time to spend it? I didn't even touch you, what are you going to do with them? ”

Chen Yuan thought about it, he had always wanted to give him his body before, but he was self-denying and polite, and there was no reason to mess with flowers and grass: "Count yourself good!" ”

"So, sister, do you have a judgment on your worth?"

"A thousand taels?"

"If I don't redeem you, tomorrow those worth less than a thousand taels won't be able to enter the pear orchard."

"How much?"

"Five thousand taels. Your head of the family originally told me 10,000 taels, but she didn't dare to quote this price to Master Chen, so she only said 5,000 taels. ”

"Lord Chen's money for you?"

"I helped Lord Chen plan, and Lord Chen took this as a reward."

Chen Yuan nodded, acknowledging that her worth alone was higher than that of the others in the entire pear orchard combined.

After thinking about it, he asked, "How much can you raise?" ”

"I don't have a lot of money to raise, as long as I have enough time, the silver will definitely be enough."

"How's that for both? Most of the sisters in Liyuan were sold by their families, and a few were adopted by the class owner, all of them were pitiful, as long as they were treated well, their loyalty was guaranteed, but the number was too small. If you want to run a textile factory, most of the good families you hire have relatives, and loyalty is difficult to guarantee, but there are many people who can be hired. The combination of the two, with both loyal sisters as the core and a large number of good families as the periphery, is the only way to have a look. ”

Hua Xue kept nodding: "Sister Gaojian, that's true." After that, I taught my sister martial arts in the morning, and my sister practiced at home during the day, and I went to find a way to raise money; At night, I taught my sister the art of war, and during the day, my sister was tired from practicing, and she could also review it when she was resting. Now that troubled times are coming, we can't afford to slack off. What do you think, sister? ”

Chen Yuan looked at Hua Xue, and had a feeling in his heart that the child had grown up: "Brother, you have really grown up, not only redeemed your sister, but also thought so thoroughly." ”

Hua Xue blushed again when Chen Yuan looked at her: "Sister, do you think this is okay?" ”

"Absolutely. But you say the art of war, do you still have this? ”

How could Hua Xue tolerate Chen Yuan looking down on him, and immediately raised her head and chest: "Of course it will!" "Hua Xue, an absolutely loyal house slave, has received exactly the same elite education as Miss, so fighting and the art of war are both compulsory courses. The small can protect the young lady in individual combat, and the big can give orders to fight for the family when the young lady is in power. So it's not that Hua Xue is showing off in front of Chen Yuan, but that he really knows the art of war.

Chen Yuan nodded, with a look of "I believe in you". After thinking about it, he asked again: "Then what is the name of our force!" ”

"This, it should be named by my sister, it is my sister's power."

"Well, I'll pick the name myself! Do you have any suggestions, though? Let's say the name needs to be urbane or loud? Is it easy to understand or profound? ”

"The name is for people to shout, my sister's forces are all women, it's better to be elegant, otherwise it won't be coordinated. Most of the elegant names have profound connotations, and they can be easy to understand while being elegant, and basically have the level of Wang Wei writing 'leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withering', this is still not extravagant. But I really have some other suggestions. ”

"What advice?"

"Sister, do you know Zou Yan?"

"Feishuang June because of Zou Yan?"

"Well, his main theory is called 'Five Virtues Always Say'."

"What is this?"

"'Yu soil, Xia wood, Yin Jin, Zhou fire', Zou Yan believes that Yu Shun belongs to the earth, Xia Yu belongs to wood, Yin Shang belongs to gold, Ji Zhou belongs to fire, and the change of dynasties is based on the law of the five elements to defeat the old with the new, and then the Qin Dynasty responds to the order with water virtue, which is exactly in line with Zou Yan's doctrine."

Chen Yuan was stunned when he heard this: "What are you talking about?" ”

"Yao Shunyu knows, right?"

"I mean, why is Shun soil and Yu wood?"

"I really don't know about these two. However, I guess it was because of the flood in Shun, and Shun only knew how to send people to block it, so it belonged to the soil, but the water was too big and burst the embankment. Yu gained support for quelling the flood, but he used not to block but to sparse, so it is not soil, but because the water has fulfilled Xia Yu, so it is an aquatic wood, so it is wood. ”

"There is some truth. But do you mean to know why Shang is gold and Zhou is fire? ”

"I don't know, and on the contrary, in my understanding, Shang belongs to fire, and Zhou belongs to gold."

"Straight to the point!"

"Have you seen "Romance of the Gods"?"

"I've seen it!"

""The Romance of the Gods" says that 'Fengming Xiqi' is to use fire to quench gold and make gold more profitable. However, the Book of Songs tells us that 'the Divine Destiny of the Bird descends to give birth to business'. Isn't that obvious? The Shang Dynasty ordered to be a Xuanniao, which was clearly a fire virtue, and then felt the threat of Xiqi, so it was necessary to burn Xiqi to have 'Fengming Qi Mountain'. What is calcined by fire is just that real gold is not afraid of fire. As for why Zhou belongs to gold, Xiqi, and the West belongs to gold, this is common sense. ”

"Common sense?"

"Well, it's common sense for a specific group of people. However, the ending in "The Romance of the Gods" is a portrayal of Shang belongs to gold and Zhou belongs to fire: Shang Xuan himself lit the Star Picking Tower, died in the fire, and Shang died in Zhou, which was to overcome gold for fire. However, I always feel that Shang Xuan has ordered himself, and it is clear that he wants to return to the embrace of flames. ”

"Are you saying that the Five Virtues are always wrong?"

"At least not strictly. At least here in Shang Zhou, I can explain it better than he can explain. Moreover, many emperors in later generations were ordered by heaven for their own thrones, and made many changes to the five virtues of various dynasties. ”