Ma Wuye is really helpless, obviously occupying the economic artery of the Ming Dynasty, and he has tried his best to entrap private goods, invade and steal in the rice, but he still can't feed the old and young. It's like guarding a golden rice bowl, but you still have to go to the street to ask for food!

Although in his opinion, the business of transshipment to the city is definitely much smaller than that of Caoyun, but the former is dealing with merchants, and the latter is dealing with the government.

After thinking for a while, he felt very excited, but the face of the old rivers and lakes would not reveal a trace of his heart, but he endured his surname and said lukewarmly: "This method is good, but it can't save the emergency, and if it hurts feelings, can the city port be opened?" I don't think there's much hope. ”

Shen Mo knew that the other party was asking for a price, but he didn't plan to pay back the money on the spot, he grabbed Ma Wuye's hand and said, "Fifth Master, am I Shen Zhuoyan worthy of your brother?" "He was really fed up with Ma Wuye's unclean and procrastinating stinky pie, and decided to come violently!

Ma Wuye was stunned at first, and then flattered and said: "You always laugh, you are the Wenkui star in the sky, if you recognize me, then I am Gao Pan." ”

"Good!" Shen Mo held Ma Wu's hand tightly, and said arrogantly: "Since the fifth master recognizes me as a brother, then your difficulties are my difficulties!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Lady, take the money!" ”

Ruohan took out a cowhide bag from his sleeve, took it silently, and slapped it directly on Ma Wuye's palm and said, "If it's not enough, just ask my brother again!" ”

Ma Wuye opened the bag and saw that it was the largest Huitong money bank in the south of the Yangtze River, and the silver tickets issued by 10,000 taels were not less than 50 pieces thick. I couldn't help but open my mouth very unproductively - this is 500,000 taels, even if there is no city boss, it is enough for his Cao Gang to support him for seven or eight years!

Shen Mo wanted this effect, and the fifth master of Tsushima, who struck while the iron was hot, said: "If the matter of the city is completed, my promise will remain unchanged, if it doesn't work out, I will give the fifth master another 500,000 taels, I don't believe that in ten years, we can't win the war against the Japanese!" ”

It was Ma Wuye's turn to be nervous, he originally thought that Shen Mo was desperate, so he came to talk to himself expediently. He is an old man, so he naturally knows that this relationship will not last long, no matter what promises Shen silently makes, it is like a blank check, and it is unlikely to be fulfilled, maybe people have never thought of fulfilling such a thing!

He has seen too many officials, holding these 'inferior people' as night pots, and when they use them, they are not intimate, and when they run out, they kick them far away, as if they are afraid of being smoked.

But the silent and heroic actions made the doubts and estrangements in his heart disappear all at once like hot snow!

Now he looked at Shen Mo's eyes, full of gratitude, admiration and even admiration, and excitedly shook Shen Mo's hand and said: "Tuo called you brother, from now on, I Ma Wu will stick a knife in your ribs, and I will help you go to the soup for you!" ”

Shen Mo also held his hand tightly and said emotionally: "Brother, we want to enjoy happiness together!" ”

The touching scene made Ruohan secretly wipe her tears...... 500,000 taels of silver, why take it out at this time?

This is the insidious thing about the two fathers and mothers of the Shen family, when they were in the carriage, Ruohan said to Shen Mo: "I have calculated, 300,000 taels of silver is enough to smash the Songjiang Cao Gang unconscious." As he spoke, he asked Shen Mo, "Do you want to stun him as soon as you come up?" Or wait until the end to shoot? ”

"Does it make a difference?" Shen Mo smiled and said, he enjoyed the fact that the lady was infected by himself, and he became more and more modern in private.

"Of course." Ruohan's white fingers shrouded the scattered hair for Shen Mo and said: "If you want to use it, it's over, then it's best to shoot it as soon as it comes up, fast and worry-free." ”

"What if it's a post-shoot?" Shen Mo reached into Ruohan's neckline, kneaded it delicately and said, "No wonder they all say that women are made of water." ”

"Let's get down to business." Ruohan pressed Shen Mo's hand tightly, not letting him move, but not letting him pull back, and said with a red face: "If you make the stakes clear before you make a move, then congratulations to the master, you can subdue a gang of 10,000 people, which is very beneficial to the opening of the port in the future." ”

"Why not?" Shen Mo smiled and said, "By the way, 300,000 taels is enough for them for a few years?" ”

"No problem for three years." Ruohan said: "I gave them a gross estimate that the annual deficit should be between sixty or seventy thousand taels, but considering that once you have money, you will definitely make a big splash, so I only have three years of confidence." ”

"Three years is not enough," said in a deep voice, "It is generally believed that the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will last for ten or eight years, and we have to cover this number of years." Said with a smile: "If you say three years, you can't make the other party feel our sincerity, and it will be very unhappy." Just as in the acumen of business, silence is not as good as Ruohan, and the insight into people's hearts is not as good as silence. Both husband and wife are not perfect, but once they are embarrassed, oh no, they should learn from each other's strengths, and they are really invincible.

Ruohan thought for a while and said with a smile: "You are in charge, you have the final say." As he spoke, he took out a cowhide bag from under his seat and said: "This is the official ticket given by Lu Bing, before I came, I exchanged it for a silver ticket for Huitong, 500,000 taels, count?" ”

"Hey, good niece." Shen Mo seemed to have taken a great advantage, and smiled proudly.

Ruohan reacted, pinched the soft flesh under Shen Mo's armpit, and said coquettishly: "It's necrotic!" ”

Just as Ruohan was afraid of itching, Shen Mo was also afraid of pain, so he quickly held her down and diverted the topic: "Didn't you say that you can't move this money?" ”

"That was before!" Ruohan was really distracted, and snorted angrily: "I originally thought that Lu Bing was a good person, so I didn't want to take advantage of him, but now he actually indulges his family to bully my father-in-law, and what is he doing with him?" As he spoke, he shook his little fist and said, "Sooner or later, the Lu family will cry, and it will be over if you kowtow to Xianggong!" ”

Silent this sweat, my heart said that sure enough, people can pretend, before they got married, how quiet and gentle Ruohan was, and now they have become a married couple, or a lady who can't get rid of Hugh, and the little fangs and the little surname are all exposed. But think about it, how can Miss Yin, who has been majestic for eight years, just a submissive Miss Jiao?

"But I like ......" Shen Mo hehe smiled secretly, holding his daughter-in-law and couldn't put it down, if he really married an honest and cowardly lady as a wife, that would be the biggest sorrow of his life.

"What are you laughing at?" Ruohan looked up at him and said.

"I've found a treasure." Shen Mo said happily: "How did you say that you were in the same boat with me in the first place?" ”

"People say that I am the blessing that I have cultivated for eight lifetimes." Ruohan said shyly: "It seems that I must have been a great good person in my last life." ”

"Looks like we've got the right people." Silent smirked.

The numbness of the young couple's flesh really gives goosebumps to the ground...... The silent righteousness and responsibility completely stimulated the pride that had been dormant in Ma Wuye's body for many years, and he also showed his family background without reservation: "Brother, I know that the more food you want, the better, in the public warehouse of our Cao Gang, there are 150,000 stones, and in the private secret warehouse, there are 50,000 stones leaked from the rice, but because it is accumulated over the years, it is more old and miscellaneous!" I'm going to talk to the old men in the back now, and I'll give you the decision today! ”

What does it mean to change hearts for hearts? This is called a change of heart! Affected by the soaring grain prices in Suzhou, the grain in Songjiang has also risen to more than five taels...... Although it will inevitably lead to a huge drop in food prices, 700,000 silver is still no problem.

Ruohan looked at Shen Mo's gaze and became extremely admired, and said in his heart that the husband was really unfathomable, and he actually used 500,000 taels of silver to buy at least 700,000 things, and also invited people who bought gold and did not exchange people's hearts.

Is this the difference between art and Tao? Ruohan is almost about to worship her husband to death...... As everyone knows, Shen Mo is also full of surprises now, he didn't expect to get so much food at all, and he couldn't help but exclaim in his heart: 'It's terrible to erupt in the muffled type! ’

Seeing that the two mothers were in a daze, Ma Wu was afraid that they would think that they were going to take Qiao, so he hurriedly explained: "Generally, I, the gang leader, have the final say on small matters, but for such a big matter, I have to inform the old-timers." He said with a guarantee: "Don't worry, I am still very prestigious, and the old-timers listen to me." ”

Shen Mo nodded and smiled, "Do you need me to go with you?" ”

"That's better." Ma Wu smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll take you two to meet the elders of our Cao Gang." ”

When he went to the backyard, he introduced to the two of them that the Cao Gang had a 'Degao Hall', and all the elderly in the Cao Gang who were over 60 years old and had not violated the 'Ten Articles and Eleven Precepts' could live in it and enjoy the support of the whole gang...... In fact, in this era when the average life expectancy of working people is less than 50 years old, few people who are engaged in the trade of water transportation can live so long. The entire Songjiang Cao Gang is only about a hundred people, and they are basically all helmsmen, deacons, account offices, and other mental workers.

These people are highly respected, and the Cao Gang is related to the rest of their lives, and they will not betray the Cao Gang. Therefore, the whole gang has great trust in these people, and it is agreed that the gang leader must discuss with these old people before any major matter.

Hearing this, he nodded silently and said: "No wonder the Cao Gang can prosper for hundreds of years, and the reasonable system is a very important reason." ”

"It's been less than a hundred years since there was the name Cao Gang." An old man stood under the eaves and said with a smile, it turned out that he had already entered the Degao Hall while talking.

As soon as he was silent, he knew that he had confused time and space, and counted the cut-off of the Cao Gang until Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong were finished, which obviously made people in this era incomprehensible. He knew that this was not the time to hide, so he arched his hand at the old man and smiled kindly: "Old man, this is a good wish, I think you will accept it, right?" ”

"Of course, of course." The old man was very amused by him, and asked Ma Wudao: "Little Wu, where is this friend?" ”

Ma Wubi saluted respectfully and said, "Third uncle, this is the champion Lang Shen that you have been talking about. ”

The old man may have a bit of a star-chasing complex, as soon as he heard that it was the legendary Shen Liushou, he was immediately excited, first looked him up and down for a long time, and then excitedly opened his throat and said: "Wen Kuixing has arrived, why don't you come out to greet him soon!" ”

There were all kinds of old men coming out of the small courtyards, and after a while, they stood in front of the silence, greeting and talking, and inviting him to drink tea.

But when Ma Wujiang silently explained his intentions, the warm atmosphere came to an abrupt end, and the old men exchanged heads and talked about each other, obviously attaching great importance to the sacred mission of taking care of the younger generations.

After the initial scratching, they all looked at the old man who spoke to Shen Mo at first, his name is Long San, he is eighty years old this year, he is the oldest among the old men, and he is still the former gang leader, and the old men are still used to listening to his surname.

Master Long San said to Shen Mo: "It is said that Ma Wu is in charge now, and we, old men, should not intervene indiscriminately." "Of course this is nonsense, if you really feel so, don't you just nod your head? I heard him continue: "But Ma Wu also told you, my lord, that there are many difficulties in the gang......"

"Third uncle," Ma Wu had to speak, otherwise Shen Mo would feel that the Cao Gang was playing tricks on him: "There is so much silver, and how much of a deficit has been made up." ”

"It is the flag of the Cao Gang that is in charge, and what we pay attention to is the word 'righteousness'! But my Cao Gang is not a gang, but a home of tens of thousands of hard-working people, their wives and children. Long San was unmoved and said: "Such a big family, you can't support it just by relying on the righteousness of your friends, you still have to be careful and live within your means," he said and arched his hand towards Shen Mo and said: "We are shameless, we have to be more honest with adults, and ask adults to forgive us." ”

"Am I actually a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong?" Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "People often say, 'There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure', this is really true, the Cao Gang respects and loves the old so much, and will definitely not make mistakes, so the luck will last for a long time!" ”

These words were so beautiful that the old men were moved, some of the tears were relatively low, and even the eye circles were red.

Long San glanced at Ma Wu proudly and said, "Although you are dozens of years old, you are still not as knowledgeable as Lord Shen." ”

Ma Wu didn't feel embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen is a Wen Kuixing, who can compare with him in terms of knowledge?" ”

Shen Mo is also happy that they treat themselves as 'stars' and descend to earth, and they want the whole world to think like this, which will make everyone's IQ drop when facing him. But it's a pity that because of the contempt of literati, his peers will not eat this set.

Friendship is friendship, and business should be talked about as it should be.

"Since the adults are open-minded, the old man has also opened the skylight to speak brightly," Long San said sincerely: "I told you, filling the deficit is still secondary." The main reason is that the situation of the Cao Gang is extremely difficult now, and the livelihood of the brothers in the gang must be barely maintained, and they have to make some excuses everywhere to see if they can reduce or exempt some harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. He said slowly: "Where don't you spend a lot of money?" It all relied on the sale of these 100,000 or 200,000 stone of grain and rice to cope. ”

Speaking of this, he blushed a little, but when he thought about it, it was for help, not for himself, Long San said cheekily: "Actually, 500,000 taels of silver to buy 200,000 stone of grain, in any previous year, I bought it." "Why don't you buy it? It's more than enough to buy twice as much food.

"But with this year's grain prices, making less is losing, and we have to lose at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver." Long San himself felt that he was shameless, but he still continued: "Of course, you are righteous and enough friends, even if we lose this money, we have the right to make friends." He said with a dry laugh: "If you have a bad conscience, it's already mid-April, and in the blink of an eye, it's the five famines and June when there is no success, and the price of rice must still be rising, and it's very easy to get seven, two, eight, or two, so if we stay for a while, we can earn two, or even three and a half million taels......."

Obviously, the old man thinks 500,000 taels is too little!

This made Shen Mo very unhappy, and he said respectfully and let out the shit, so he wanted to reason with him, but Ruohan coughed lightly and took the lead...... It means that if you pretend to be a good person, continue to pretend, and the cruel words are still left by me, a wicked person.

I only heard Ruohan say in a clear voice: "The younger generation doesn't dare to agree with the old man's words. Without waiting for the other party to react, he said aloud: "Because your speculation about the price of grain is wishful thinking, one-sided, and completely wrong!" ”

"What a mouth." Long San smiled: "Who is this?" ”

"Clumsy." Shen Mo pretended to scold: "Why don't you ask the old-timers for guilt? ”

was said by Ruohan to be useless, of course Long San couldn't hold it on his face, and first smiled: "It turned out to be Mrs. Shen, disrespectful and disrespectful." As he spoke, he said: "The old man relies on the old and sells the old, but I have to ask for advice, where am I wishful thinking?" ”

"Have you forgotten why the price of rice has skyrocketed?" I only heard Ruohan say: "It's because some people don't want the imperial court to open the port, so they want to drive the designer and executor of this matter, my husband out of Suzhou, so the price of rice has been raised!" And he said, "You don't know yet, do you?" Suzhou City can last for five days at most, if there is no large amount of grain to stabilize prices, less than May, the city will be chaotic, then my husband will definitely be dismissed and questioned, but Suzhou City should be chaotic, one is not handled well, it is hundreds of thousands of chaotic people! ”

(To be continued)