A few days later, a rather decent carriage stopped at the gate of the Mawei Artillery Bureau, and an old man dressed in rich clothes came to visit Qin Kai, and saw the name of Lu Yijin, the silver number of Fukang, written on the sticker, and was talking to He Xing, who was discussing with Qin Kai.

"Brother Qin, this is the God of Wealth in Fuzhou, how can I come back to see you today, even the governor of the yamen may not be able to invite this lord on weekdays!" The question mark on He Xing's face, Qin Kai naturally understood.

He laughed, "Brother He, if I expected it correctly, I should have sent us money, let's go...... We can't afford to be rude, let's go and meet it! ”

The two of them went out to welcome the figure with the God of Wealth of Fuzhou, this Lu Yijin is less than 60 years old, but his sideburns and hair are already gray, but just looking at the old man's demeanor and demeanor when he walks, he knows that he is a character from everyone.

"This is Lord Qin, who has been famous in Fuzhou Mansion recently!" Lu Yijin is obviously an old fritter in the shopping mall, and as soon as they meet, he will give Qin Kai a high hat, He Xing he naturally knows, but the business with the He family in the past is not big, after all, the He family is not a big businessman in Fuzhou Mansion, at most it is an old land, but the old man Lu is not rude, and he arched his hand at He Xing.

"I don't know why Shopkeeper Lu came here today?" Qin Kai didn't have much interest in this silver number, although he also thought about engaging in finance, but in this era, it is really not feasible to engage in finance in China, the country is in chaos like this, corrupt officials are rampant, and the national crisis is everywhere.

Lu Yijin smiled slightly, beckoned to the back, a sturdy man held a wooden box and sent it up, Qin Kai's eyes were sharp, and he saw at a glance that this strong man was bulging on his waist, obviously with a guy, which made him a little depressed, this guy in charge of the door was too careless, but he had to train well, fortunately, this guest should be fine today.

"Lord Qin, there are really two things to do when you came here today, one is to deliver the contents of the box!" After that, Lu Yijin opened the box and carefully handed it to Qin Kai, "This is Beijing Xinde Yangxingtong guò Our Fukang Silver has sent a full amount of 600,000 taels of silver!" ”

Qin Kai just nodded, took out one and looked at it, this is a beautifully printed silver ticket, with the words "one thousand taels of silver with the ticket" in the middle, and printed with complex patterns, and there are some words and seals on both sides that may be used for verification, and some words are also written on the reverse side, as well as complex patterns.

Qin Kai remained silent, but He Xing on the side was surprised, and it took a while to calm down, his state of mind at this time can only be described in one sentence - he is with the right person no matter what this time, Qin Kai has already given him a hint before, and he has left him present, obviously he has no intention of hiding this, he thought about it, bowed his head and was silent.

Qin Kai thought for a while, "Shopkeeper Lu, I just want to ask something, if I want to cash out this silver, how long will it take for Guiqian Zhuang to do it!" He knew that the silver numbers of this era were all private, but the backstage was naturally a big family of businessmen, and the safety of the silver was all on these families.

Lu Yijin was very calm, thought about it for a while, and said: "Lord Qin, you can rest assured, if you want to cash in real money, uh...... Give me six days, from the nearby Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Funing three places can mobilize enough silver, but compared to real money, our Fukang silver number silver ticket is more convenient to use, our Hu Da shopkeeper and Zuo Dashuai relationship is extraordinary, or the emperor's yellow coat ......"

Gifted the yellow coat and befriended Zuo Dashuai, Qin Kai suddenly flashed a name in his mind - Hu Xueyan, he nodded and asked: "Shopkeeper Lu, your big shopkeeper is Master Hu of Hu Qingyutang, right?" He called Lord Hu Guangyong, which is also in line with the system, after all, this Hu Xueyan has an official body from the second grade, a red-topped businessman.

Lu Yijin was stunned, this Lord Qin is very different, not to mention the silver number to mention the medicine shop, this Hu Qingyutang is the good deed of the big shopkeeper, when there is Tongrentang in the north and Huqingyutang in the south, there is such a name in just a few years, then only the big shopkeeper has this ability! He came here in person today, that is because Qin Kai's silver is indeed huge, and the Fukang Silver Account in this era is also the largest silver number in China, and this asset is only 20 million taels, of course, for Qin Kai and other big customers, it is natural to pay special attention to it. ,

Lu Yijin arched his hand and said with a smile: "Lord Qin, it is the big shopkeeper of the Yinhao!" ”

Qin Kai sighed, this story of Hu Xueyan is the subject of countless TV series and movies that have been adapted countless times in later generations, he naturally knows very well, there is Hu Xueyan in the south and Da Shengkui in the north, this is by no means a wasted name, and this person is naturally well-known to be good at drilling, but he does not forget his roots, has courage, loves to do good deeds and his ups and downs, but also creates an irreproducible legend.

"Very good! Then there is the shopkeeper of Lao Lu, and the money in and out of my side may still be very frequent, and when it comes to affairs, you can consult with He Xing, "Qin Kai naturally knows the ending of Hu Xueyan, and it will only be two years later, and now the Fukang Yinhao, which is in the limelight, has not withstood the storm of the run and has completely collapsed, but it seems that it is still okay for the time being."

He Xing heard Qin Kai say other names, and naturally knew that it was time for him to take over, and he was naturally very satisfied with this unreserved trust. However, He Xing somewhat didn't understand Qin Kai's request to take special care of the money and gradually cash in on this money within a year, but he still arranged it meticulously.

The lack of security strength of the artillery bureau exposed on this day, Qin Kai immediately put this matter on the agenda, he made a special trip to Ding Richang to ask for a name, after all, now Mawei Shipyard and the school have Hunan army veterans as escorts, this matter is also justified, Ding Old Man waved his pen and approved 300 township regiment quotas, as for the silver and people, his old man is not worried about this drop!

With the name, Qin Kai naturally waved his pen and gave this recruitment work to Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui, and asked them to organize students to recruit people in the countryside around Fuzhou Mansion, his requirements are very simple, only three don'ts, don't come from the wrong way, don't behave badly, don't endure hardships, as for the number of people, Qin Kai only has one word or two words, the more the merrier, the more is the worker.

Seeing Instructor Qin's burning eyebrows, the next day, Zhou Ruidong and Zhang Kui gathered more than 20 students to divide into several groups to recruit people in the surrounding villages, there are many villages around Fuzhou Mansion, all of them are honest farmers, and now it is also the slack season, the rice has already fallen to the ground, and the harvest will not be until a month later.

There is such a group of people in Niutou Village today, holding a red flag on the triangular brocade side of the Mawei Shipbuilding, which reads "Mawei Security Group".

"This lord, where are you recruiting people!" An old-eyed and dizzy old man also came up and asked.

Zhang Kui is the leader of this group, don't look at the hippie smiling face of this guy on weekdays, he took it at this time, it is to look good, to be majestic and majestic, "Old man, we are recruited from the Mawei Artillery Bureau in the village, we are full of food and house, and we will pay 2 taels a month!" Two taels of silver, it is definitely full official silver! ”

There was an exclamation from the surrounding villagers, in this era, two taels of official silver can be exchanged for 20 buckets of white rice, planted in the field for a year, and the land rent and food are removed, and this is a month's salary, which is a big twenty taels a year.

After a while, the news spread all over the village, and even the landlord's family in the village had people to inquire, and the children of the rich families naturally didn't care about the two taels of silver, but there were also people who followed the trend to sign up.

Zhang Kui observed silently, the young people who had signed up were obviously divided into two groups, one group was wearing coarse cloth old shirts, few of these people were literate, and the other group of people were wearing Xiucai robes, some were wearing satin shirts, and some were wearing nondescript clothes, how many people could read and write, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he smiled coldly.

For most of the morning, there were almost forty people in this village, Zhang Kui gathered these people together and asked them to line up and stand up, at that time, there were two young masters who looked like people who were a little impatient, Zhang Kui unceremoniously went up with a kick, kicked people over, and scolded viciously: "Bastard, you are recruiting garbage when we are a horsetail artillery bureau!" I can't line up, what to name! ”

Seeing Zhang Kui's ruthless appearance, these dozens of people immediately tightened their faces, and they didn't dare to show more, and their eyes looked nervously at the straight young man standing in front of him and the flag fluttering in the wind behind him. ,

"Listen, our Mawei Security Corps was personally ordered by Governor Ding, not a place to collect garbage, don't think that you can go in if you report your name, you can go in as soon as you show your body, Instructor Qin said, those who can't endure hardship, can't control their mouths, and can't control their hands and feet will be driven out sooner or later......"

These words are Zhang Kui's loud roar word by word, but it is also amazing, the villagers who are watching outside are dumbfounded one by one, and some gentry and Baozheng who have entered the city and seen officials are even more muttering in their hearts, this is our Qing Dynasty soldiers! This...... They really guessed correctly, Zhang Kui was not a soldier at all, that is, a student in Qin Kai's class.

Zhang Kui was majestic at this time, and the few students behind him were also standing straight, we are the face of the long ship administration, and there is some kung fu in the past month or so of training.

"Now, listen to my orders, follow me and start running, the mountain in front of you has seen it, follow me, where you run is qualified, I will accept it today, if you don't have that ability, you can do it yourself!" Zhang Kui shouted loudly, bringing his own group of people to carry the flag and belongings, and take the lead in the footsteps.

Of the forty or so people recruited, four or five slipped away on the spot, and the rest of them heard the order, with different expressions, some felt novel, some were frightened, and some were incredible, but with the stimulation of the two taels of silver, they all followed back and forth.

The so-called watching the mountain and running a dead horse, the entrance of this village to the small hill pointed out by Qin Kai can be five or six miles away, and there is no serious road in this barren mountain range, it is all some undulating hills.

The nearly forty new Ding in the back ran into a long serpentine formation, and the front end of the snake's head was a hundred meters behind, but this tail fell a few slopes, Zhang Kui observed the situation behind while running, and it was not good to throw it too far, otherwise in the end, everyone would be tossed, and that was not what he wanted.

Qi Fang laboriously followed the middle of the team, he is only nineteen years old this year, medium height, this has inherited his father's genes, but he is very thin, his family of six, his parents are old, and they can't go to the ground, and the family's income depends on him, his eldest brother and sister-in-law planting the two acres of paddy fields by the river.

He also discussed with his eldest brother whether to go to Fuzhou Mansion to find some odd jobs, but for those who sell bodies like them, there is no job in the city that can make money, and there is no money left except for food. It's June, and it's still more than a month before the harvest, but the family's grain storage has bottomed out, and they can only survive by digging wild vegetables and cooking porridge with brown rice.

He also has a nickname of Xiucai in the village, which was also when his parents still had some money left over in the early years, but also let him study in school for a few years, and he also understands the truth of the crow's feeding, but now he sees that the family situation is getting worse and worse, but there is nothing he can do, which makes him often sleepless all night.

Today, I heard that the Mawei Artillery Bureau was recruiting, giving me a full meal, and giving two taels of salary, and the family could still support it with my eldest brother and sister-in-law, and I would earn some subsidies for the family, and my father and mother could still live a comfortable life a hundred years ago.

But at this time, he felt lightheaded, he hadn't eaten until last night, so he drank a bowl of cold water, and he saw that the young masters and ** in the village were running very fast at the beginning, and they ran for half a mile, all of them stood on the side of the road with their tongues stuck out like grass dogs and said cool words.

"TMD, what kind of thing is this horsetail cannon bureau, the young master only signed up when he saw the fun, and if he didn't recruit, he wouldn't recruit, and let the young master climb on the road like these mud legs...... her M, young master, I won't play with you! "This is Young Master Qiu Laocai, who rented land to the Qi Fang family.

"That's it! Young Master Qiu, let's not bird these turtles, let's go back and play pai gow with the young master of the Liu family," the two ** who were rampant in the township on weekdays picked up on the side.

"Let's go!! Walk!! ”

Young Master Qiu turned his head and saw his tenant Qi Fang, and shouted with laughter: "The second boy of the Qi family, look at you like a hemp stick, don't run away, if you want to earn those 2 taels of silver, go dream!" ”

Qi Fang sped up his pace and ran over without saying a word, and his heart was full of disdain for these garbage who walked their dogs and played pai gow all day long, but he was full of yearning for the days when they didn't worry about eating all day long, and he cursed secretly in his heart, "Bastards, a bunch of garbage, you know that the honest people who have harmed the village are desperate to earn this quota today and make money on their own to support their families!" ”,

He ran hard over a hillside, but it seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the team in front of him, and on the way he also saw familiar faces from the village from time to time, each with their mouths open, bent over, and their faces were as red as their lungs, some people stopped to catch their breath, and then went back again, and some people simply lay on the ground after catching their breath, or turned around and walked back slowly!

"Qi Fang, those soldiers have been running over for a long time, you can't keep up!" A person next to him shouted towards Qi Fang.

Qi Fang's head was a little groggy at this time, and his belly began to rumble uncontrollably, he turned around and looked at the person shouting next to him, it was his neighbor Erhuzi, who was lying next to a stream not far away drinking water.

He hurried a few steps, and also lay on the water's edge and drank a few large mouthfuls of mountain spring water before suppressing the hunger in his stomach, "Erhuzi, aren't you running away?" ”

"Yes, Second Brother Qi, I can't run, it seems that this silver is not something I can earn......" Erhuzi gasped with his belly facing the sky, and said a little depressed.

"Work hard, Erhuzi, I'll run first, let's stay in the village like this, what's the point, brother is waiting for you in front!" Qi Fang stood up and looked at the mountain in the distance, a triangular flag had already appeared on the mountain, he patted Erhuzi, and continued to run forward without hesitation.

Erhuzi lay on the ground panting heavily, and when he saw Qi Fang who was gradually moving away, he thought about it and stood up and stepped forward.

Zhang Kui stood on the top of the hill like a javelin, behind him were several students who came together, he had been standing here for a long time, this nearly five-kilometer cross-country run, to be honest, he also felt a little pressure when he ran, and for these farmers who were originally working in the farmland, it was undoubtedly a test of will and perseverance, which was also the method he and Zhou Ruidong discussed.

There have been some people under the mountain one after another, although these people are a little crooked, but they still work hard to drive their legs, the first to arrive is a strong red-faced man, although he arrived nearly ten minutes late, he ran to Zhang Kui, and also learned the posture of these students to stand aside.

Zhang Kui smiled, took the kettle from his body and handed it over, "Yes, what's your name?" ”

"My name is Ma Desheng! My lord! ”

"Well, call me instructor, I don't like the title of adult! You're in good shape, what did you do before? "Zhang Kui finally found that he was now playing the role of Qin Kai's instructor in the past, and it felt very good.

"Report to the instructor, I will go into the mountains to hunt for some spare money when I am not working!" Ma Desheng clearly feels good about his second career.

"Yes! Well, will use a musket? ”

"Report to the instructor, no, only with a crossbow!"

"Oh! Back! ”

The number of people who ran to the top of the mountain gradually increased, and they waited for another 40 minutes, and the group of people behind appeared at the foot of the mountain one after another, after this large number of people arrived, Zhang Kui asked one by one, silently wrote down, and looked at the bottom of the mountain, it is estimated that there should be no one behind, he counted, there were only nineteen people left, he waved his hand and prepared to take these people back to the artillery bureau.

Ma Desheng suddenly shouted, "Instructor, there are people behind!" ”

Zhang Kui was also stunned when he heard it, everyone looked in the direction of Ma Desheng's finger, and sure enough, far away from the two hillsides, a person was still working very hard to move forward slowly, here are all the villagers, and this way, they all know the taste, but they don't dare to mess up the team, they can only stretch their necks and look down, secretly cheering for each other in their hearts.

Zhang Kui thought about it, looked at the sky, it was a little early to go back now, so he waited patiently, after all, it was really good to give people a chance.

The figure in the distance has been moving, and even fell a few times, but this speed can be seen to be getting slower and slower, to this distance, this section of the road has been run seven or eight out of ten, when the figure disappeared to the bottom of the slope but did not appear for a long time, everyone had to talk about it, but Zhang Kui glared, and the words were frightened back.

However, when the figure appeared on the hillside, Zhang Kui's eyes obviously had a little more approval, and then another person appeared in the distance, which was somewhat of an accident, and there was a slower lord than this one......

The one behind was very energetic, and slowly caught up with the person in front, and the two finally rushed to the bottom of the mountain together, but a scene that surprised everyone happened, and one of them suddenly fell to the ground.

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