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August and autumn are the world where everything is harvested.

At this time, the land of the Central Plains, as far as the eye can see, is already golden.

Beijing City, ten miles outside the West Gate, here is a continuous tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land, in which the ditches are vertical and horizontal, and one or two villages are located in the middle. This is the best irrigated land, in the north such a lack of water, irrigated land is rare, the price of an acre of irrigated land is much higher than the general arable land. As one of the most powerful areas in the country for land annexation, the irrigated land outside the capital has been almost annexed, and to have such a large piece of land, it must be expensive, and it is quite expensive, and it is absolutely impossible to have money alone.

The ground is full of corn, and this year's harvest looks good, the ears of grain are heavy, the stems are a little life-saving, and there are many big red beans and mung beans and other beans in the process, which are about to ripen.

A group of people rode their horses on the field road, the leaves of the big trees planted next to the road have turned yellow, and a gust of wind blows, it is gently falling, like a colorful rain.

There was a clear stream on the side of the road, and the sky was blue and blue, reflected in the water, and when a gust of wind came, it became a broken shadow.

There were about forty or fifty people in this group, and there were about thirty black-clothed men on the periphery, riding high-headed horses, although they were all dressed like servants of wealthy families, but all of them had straight backs and sharp eyes, even if they were sitting on horses, their posture was tight, like javelins, and their expressions were full of vigilance. All of this reflects that they definitely have military experience, and they all have a lot of blood on their hands. An old man who kills without blinking.

There are not many people who can have such a group of people as guards, even if they are wealthy families in Beijing.

And among them, there were more than a dozen middle-aged people wearing satin robes, who looked like businessmen, and among those middle-aged people, it was a young girl. The girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Dressed in a black power suit, with a goose-yellow forehead, and long cloud-like hair tied with a golden crown. In the middle is a fiery red hairpin.

Dressed in men's clothes, he is heroic.

If you look closely, it's not hard to spot. This hairpin is actually carved from a whole ruby, and it can be carved into such a hairpin, you can imagine how big and precious this gem is! What's more, the divine light in the hairpin flows, its scorching fire, and the quality is extremely high.

Although the girl is the youngest among these people, it is obvious that the authority is the heaviest, and everyone does not dare to get too close to her, intentionally or unintentionally, for fear that it will be blasphemous.

The girl withdrew her gaze from the rolling fields in the distance. Towards a middle-aged man wearing a green satin robe and looking like a Zhuang head behind him, he smiled and said, "Liu Tou'er, it seems that this year's harvest is good." ”

That Liu Tou'er hurriedly bowed his waist and smiled respectfully: "Thank you, Miss, it's good." This year, there is a big drought in Shandong and Henan, and there has not been a drop of rain until now, and we are still good here, and there are a few rains, which is a good year. In six or seven days, all these grains and beans will be harvested. If nothing goes wrong, one acre of land can have a harvest of two stones. There is a great drought in the Central Plains, and our millet can be transported over there to be sold, and the big profit is certain, and we will see if the imperial court will open a warehouse to release grain. If that's the case, the price will go down. ”

A middle-aged man next to him said: "Presumably not, last year's repeated wars, there was not much grain left in the household warehouse, and it had to be supported by the military. Last year, there was also a drought in the south, and it was even drier in the north, and the imperial court reduced the autumn grain again and again, but I am afraid that there is not much grain in the treasury this year. As soon as these two wars were fought, hundreds of thousands of troops went out to fight, and millions of stones of grain had to be used as a base, how many could the imperial court have? To provide relief to the victims, I am afraid that I will have to sweep the foundation from the local righteousness, and I may not be able to. ”…,

Several people next to him also agreed, saying that this year's grain can be sold at a good price.

The girl didn't answer, but frowned, and said: "The best water to water the ground, only two stones of harvest, is too low, Shandong over there to grow corn, you also know, right?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and looked at each other a few times, and an old man in his sixties coughed and said, "Miss, we all know." ”

"Then why didn't you plant corn in the spring of the year, and planted these raushs, just because I didn't move?" Cheng Yu's face sank, her pretty face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and a pair of eyes stared coldly at the old man.

Cheng Yu is extremely authoritative and in control of everything, this old man was stared at by a girl who was dozens of years younger than herself, and he only felt unspeakable, and for a while, a few drops of cold sweat came out, and he hurriedly said: "This, this is old and decayed, after all, the corn has just been planted in Shandong, and we are so big and dare not take risks......

Cheng Yu saw that he admitted his mistake and relented, so he didn't care about himself, waved his hand, and said: "It's all in the past, and it's useless to pursue it, and it's okay to punish you for this month's monthly salary, don't do it in the future." ”

"Yes, yes." The old man hurriedly responded, and with a burst of joy in his heart, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

The punishment of a month's monthly salary is already extremely light, although the money makes him very painful, but who let himself make a mistake? In addition to rejoicing in his heart, he also had a trace of fear for this young lady's scheming for no reason, picked it up high, and put it down gently, that is, he beat himself, but he did not let himself be dissatisfied or even resentful.

Is this kind of mind that a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old can have?

A smile crossed Cheng Yu's eyes, Lian's chaebol is very kind, and the monthly salary is very much, and the guarantee is hundreds of taels of silver, if you do a good job, you can even get thousands of taels a month!

What is this concept?

Zhengde years inherit Hongzhi, and the price is very cheap. The water chicken is bundled with one catty, and it stops at four or five pieces. One tael of silver, two stones of rice, three hundred and seventy-seven .six catties, six hundred and sixty yuan, this is the price of one tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty. That is to say, if it is converted into RMB, these shopkeepers can get more than 600,000 yuan a month, and the less is 200,000 or 300,000! Year down. Close to 10 million!

Executives with tens of millions of annual salaries! Even in later generations, this is enough to attract the top management talent, not to mention that this era is still an era of such low consumption.

This money is even more realistic.

When the Lien chaebol is in charge, it is at least three or four times more than the person who is in another family every year, who will not count this account? So these days, there are not a few shopkeepers who have recommended themselves to defect to the Lian chaebol. These people are all old businessmen for many years, and they don't have much money because they don't have capital. But those who have been in charge for decades have poisonous eyes and many means. More importantly, I have experienced strong winds and waves, and I know how to deal with any situation.

Chengyu does not refuse to come, as long as it comes, it will be! But the requirements are also extremely strict, if you find that you have made a mistake, let you go home, if you eat inside and out, and leak the information of the main family, you will directly take the post of Wu Yibo's Mansion to Shuntian Mansion, within a cup of tea. There must be officials from the Shuntian Mansion to take people!

Under Miki, how can there be a brave man? If you go to prison, you don't know if you're alive or dead.

On such a stall, who is generous and never stingy, and has ruthless means, these people are naturally trembling and dare not stretch out their hands indiscriminately.

Now these people around Cheng Yu. It can be said that they are the elite of the elite in the management of the entire Beijing city, and they are a valuable asset.

After the beating, it's time to give sweetness again. Cheng Yu smiled at the old man and said, "Xie shopkeeper, go back to the counter and get two hundred taels of silver, and say that I let you take it." The warehouse ambassador of the Tobe is Lord Xie. I heard that Ling and he are still distant relatives, buy some better gifts, set up a banquet, warm and warm, and inquire about the reality of the household along the way. ”…,

"Yes, Miss." Shopkeeper Xie hurriedly responded, secretly happy in his heart, a table of banquets, even if it is top-class, is only twenty taels, plus a few gifts How much can it be worth? These two hundred taels of silver must not be spent, and in this case, won't the rest of the money belong to you?

Miss, this is to compensate for her own deduction!

He was grateful for a moment in his heart, but he didn't realize that he had been toyed with his emotions between applause.

"These lands, not to mention him." Cheng Yu smiled slightly: "Let's pull everyone out today, it's to see these days, it's the turn of autumn and winter, the business inventory handover, the rectification of the account books from January to July, everyone is buried in the account books, tired and tired, it can be regarded as coming out to relax." My brother often said that it is always better to be relaxed. ”

Everyone chuckled and said, "What the uncle said is reasonable." ”

Now outsiders call Lian Zining, some call adults, some call uncles, but the mouths of folk romance storytellers are different, for example, Mr. Tang San of Bacchus Building, when it comes to Lian Zining, he must be called a general. However, these people only call uncle, and there is no sense of showing off.

"I'm refreshed today, I'll talk about this year's business at this time, what do you think?" Cheng Yu said with a smile.

Everyone naturally had no objections, and Cheng Yu smiled: "Don't be formal, it's still the old rules, food is the foundation of the world, Shopkeeper Liu, come first." ”

"Yes, Miss!"

The old shopkeeper Liu, who was in charge of the Lian's chaebol grain and oil shop, suffered an eye disease during the Chinese New Year last year and had to go home to recuperate, so he was succeeded by his son, and the shopkeeper Liu said that he was small, and he was in his thirties, and he began to be an apprentice at the age of ten and followed his father to do things. The ability at hand is not smaller than his father, and this time is the most youthful season for a man, the experience is very abundant, he has an excellent memory, and he does not take the account book, so he said with his hands behind his back: "Tell the eldest lady, from January to July of the 52nd year of Zhengde, our Lian's chaebol, the grain and oil shops under the management of our subordinates, have grown from seven to thirteen, not counting those small shops of seven or eight fragments, the entire Beijing City, the number of our grain and oil shops, accounts for thirty percent!" ”

Cheng Yu nodded approvingly, and Shopkeeper Liu continued: "Thirteen shops, the purchase cost a total of 551,637 taels, the account is 1,500,336 taels, the guys' wages are 5,433 taels, the storage loss is 18,559 taels, the total cost of the Shuntianfu Fifty Percent Soldiers and Horses Division is 18,000 taels, and the renovation of the shop costs 500 taels. The cumulative expenditure was 593,739 taels, and the net profit was 906,597 taels. Now that all of them have been recorded, please send someone to check it. ”

After a pause, he added: "Because many things in the grain and oil shop are supplied from our farm, the account books are all in one place. The cost of purchasing goods is also greatly reduced. ”

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Why did you only point to the Shuntian Mansion and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses." What about Jinyiwei? ”

Originally, there was no need to pay all this money, but after Lian Zining came back, he asked him to make offerings to these little ghosts according to the rules. He is a very cautious person, but he doesn't want to offend people because of this little money.

Shopkeeper Liu showed a strange look and said: "This matter is also strange, when Jin Yiwei came to our store to collect shares, and then Jiang Yishi came once." The next day, those brocade guards returned all the money they had collected, and they had a lot of money. ”

"Jiang Yanshi?" Cheng Yu's good-looking brows furrowed: "But Jiang Weijin? ”

Shopkeeper Liu nodded: "It's him." ”

An imperceptible disgust flashed in Cheng Yu's eyes, and he nodded and said, "Cheng." I know, Shopkeeper Qin, let's talk about it again. ”

Her expression. Others didn't pay attention, but it fell into the eyes of a person, and that person smiled proudly in his heart, and quickly buried his head, thinking for a while. …,

This Qin shopkeeper was the old Qin who helped Lian Zining identify the jade seal of Tianjishou Yongchang in Fusang, Lao Liang stayed in Fusang, but he came back from Fusang, and now he is in Lian's chaebol, specializing in the jewelry business. He coughed heavily and glanced at him triumphantly. The little eyes were full of arrogance, and he said loudly and energetically: "Tell the eldest lady, from January to July of the fifty-second year of Zhengde, the number of jewelry stores under his control has increased from four to eight. There are two in the east, west, south and north cities. Eight shops, the cost of purchasing goods, 3,316,598 taels in the account, the total wages of the masters are 15,43 taels, the storage loss is none, and the Shuntianfu Fifty Percent Soldiers and Horses Division has a total of 8,000 taels. The cost of building a new renovated shop was 8,000 taels. The cumulative expenditure was 31,043 taels, and the net profit was 3,285,555 taels. Now that all of them have been recorded, please send someone to check it. ”

After speaking, he deliberately glanced around. Everyone scolded secretly when they saw his triumphant expression, what was there to be proud of? Aren't all those things in the jewelry store paid by the uncle? Have the ability to earn it yourself? Isn't it all about people?

However, they are really jealous, and there is really nothing they can do, Lian Zining got a large number of jewelry, sand gold and other valuables from the battlefield, all of which are handled by Lao Qin, and the jewelry store below him is almost doing businessless business, and there is no need to worry about the source of goods at all, I am afraid that the good things in the warehouse are still in boxes!

"You old guy, you know the price all day long." Cheng Yu scolded with a smile, and the shopkeeper Qin was scolded by her, but he smiled.

He followed Lian Zining and Cheng Yu to Fusang, this relationship is naturally not ordinary, faintly regarded as a confidant, Cheng Yu will also deliberately show this in front of others.

Next, there are the big car shops, bookstores, cloth villages, silk villages, granges, and other businesses that are run by the government, and the shopkeepers who manage each business come forward to report the income and expenditure. Cheng Yu listened very carefully and asked them one by one.

Lian's chaebol has a lot of new livelihoods, one of which is a pharmacy, which mainly deals in ginseng, deer antler velvet and other precious medicinal materials that are special products in the Northeast. These things are expensive to sell in the Guannei, and they are not very valuable in Lian Zining's territory. Since Lian Zining served as the general of Songhuajiang, Lianfu's convoy has not been broken, running one trip after another, anyway, because of Lian Zining's relationship, the convoy will be escorted to Zhenyuan Mansion when it arrives in Zhubang City, and it is not afraid of any danger.

Now the ginseng business in the capital has almost been monopolized by Lian Ji, and other pharmacy owners can only stare dryly, Lian Ji has a backer, has the ability, and other people's things are not expensive, and they are not forced to buy and sell, they have no tricks at all.

After listening to everyone's reports, Cheng Yu said: "We are now the first in all the businesses in the capital, and some princes and uncles also have business, but not again, and those here are not as large as ours." And now in the capital, there is not much room for expansion, what can be acquired by us has been almost acquired, and what should be squeezed has also been squeezed, and the rest are all their heels, and don't be easily provoked. So, the next step for us is to expand outward. Before, I wanted to do my best to make a move, so I only operated in the capital, and I didn't set foot outside of Beijing, except for big car shops. Now, it's time for us to get out there. Ladies and gentlemen, after you go back, you should think about it, I ask that before the Chinese New Year, the entire Beizhili, three prefectures and twenty-nine counties, must have our business! ”

The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and everyone is enthusiastic about what she said, and they all respond.

After a while, I ate some peasant food in the grange at noon. It's a turnaround.

Broke up in Songshu Hutong, each shopkeeper went back to his store to sort out the account books, and waited for Cheng Yu to send someone to check, but there was a person who looked around, saw that no one paid attention to him, and quietly got into an alley. Go in the direction of the Jinyi Guard's command yamen. …,

Although it has far surpassed before, Lianfu has not moved, and is still in Pine Alley. Rightly said. Now there are two mansions in the capital, one is the pine alley, and the other is the other. It is the big mansion in the alley of the tethered horse pile given by the Emperor Zhengde, the mansion of the original commander of Wan, the mansion, called the mansion of Wu Yibo.

I and my brother are no longer a family. Cheng Yu would have such a thought every time he thought of this, and his heart was a little gloomy.

She shook her head, shook these unhappiness out of her head, and said in her heart: "What do you want to do so much, my brother will always be my brother, and he will not change, no matter how big an official he is." It's still an older brother. I'm now dedicated to making money, and I'm just helping my brother with things. ”

When I returned home, a team of maids came over, putting their feet and playing fans. Busy and organized.

Cheng Yu got off the horse, handed the whip to the maid on the side, and said to the servant who was already the chief steward of the Lian Mansion: "Prepare the carriage, the one that wants rosewood, I will go to my brother's mansion in the evening." ”

The sword obediently responded and went down to do it.

I went back to the inner house. Bumped into Yu Susu head-on, Cheng Yu secretly screamed that it was not good, and before he had time to run, he grabbed Yu Susu, the woman stretched out her finger and clicked on Cheng Yu's little brain, and said: "Okay, let's go out to play again, leave me alone at home to read those account books, the mountains are like mountains!" Do you bear it? I'm dying of exhaustion this morning. ”

Cheng Yu stuck out his tongue and said to him: "Sister Susu spares my life, I'm not going out to play, by the way, I'll take those shopkeepers to make a report." ”

It is also in front of Su Su and Lian Zining that she will show the posture of a child.

Yu Susu pinched her little face, and said with a malicious smile: "No, you have to accompany me, sleep with me tonight." ”

"Huh? Don't want it, right? Cheng Yu's face became bitter. This Susu sister sleeps very poorly, she doesn't like to snore, and as long as she sleeps with her, every morning when she wakes up, she is hugged like a zongzi, and she loves to drool.

She hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm afraid it won't work, my sister-in-law came over yesterday to invite me, let me go over for dinner tonight, I'm afraid I want to sleep with my sister-in-law and chat and talk." ”

What else did Yu Susu say, Cheng Yu hurriedly changed the topic, and two maids came over carrying a mahogany box, and she asked, "What is that?" ”

Yu Susu's nerves were a little big, and he was really fooled, and sneered: "He sent it." ”

"He? Who is it? Cheng Yu said.

"Who else? Jiang Weijin. ”

"What?" A hint of disgust appeared on Cheng Yu's face: "Why is he here again?" ”

"Infatuation seeds? No one in the whole city of Beijing knows that the woman he Jiang Gongzi has taken a fancy to has to get his hands on it. Yu Susu sneered. She still hasn't said a word, and as for what happens when she gets her hands on it, that's another matter.

Cheng Yu said angrily: "Is she infatuated or not, what does it matter to me?" ”

"It's a pity that he has a crush on you." Yu Susu sighed: "If it were an ordinary person, of course he wouldn't dare to do this, but he is the only grandson of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he is the future loyal marquis, and he became the commander of the avant-garde of the government army before he reached the weak crown." Some people in the capital have already called him and Brother Ling as Shuangjie. ”

Cheng Yu flicked his teeth and said disdainfully: "He doesn't deserve to lift my brother's shoes." ”

"Did you come up with a solution?" Yu Susu asked.

Cheng Yu thought for a long time, puffed out his face and said in frustration: "No." ”

Last month, the loyal marquis, also known as Jinyiwei, commanded Jiang Bin's wife to hold a family banquet, inviting many wealthy ladies in the capital to attend, which can be regarded as a means of contacting feelings. As a dignified Wu Yibo, a military general, and a border general with real power, Wu Yibo's mansion was naturally invited, Qinglan took Cheng Yu to attend, but he didn't expect that there would be an incident in this go, and he bumped into Jiang Bin's grandson Jiang Weijin in the Loyal Hou Mansion, Jiang Weijin was shocked when he saw Cheng Yu, and then he was persevering in his pursuit.

At first Cheng Yu also coped with two times, and then he was lazy to serve, and he directly said that he was not there, this Jiang Weijin is really persistent, he still comes very often, and every time he comes, he is not empty-handed, and there will be generous gifts.

This annoyed Cheng Yu a lot.

Because Jiang Weijin's character is really bad, he has been a nickname since he was a child, and he doesn't know how many good women he has played with with his grandfather's power, even in his house, there are often maids who are humiliated to death and thrown out of the city to feed the dogs.

This kind of person, Cheng Yu is disgusted when he sees it, how can he have the slightest affection?

What's more, she has admired her brother since she was a child, and when she took Jiang Weijin and her brother for a treat, she felt that this guy was not as good as a piece of shit.

She said fiercely: "If I entangle again, I will wait for my brother to come back and lead the troops to capture him." ”

Of course, I also know that this is just a childish vent.

I had to say: "I'll tell my sister-in-law tonight, she has always been wise, and she will definitely be able to come up with a way." ”

Lian Zining is not in the capital, Qinglan takes great care of her, and now the relationship between the two is excellent.

Yu Susu nodded and said, "That's the only way." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )