Getting up early in the morning, Qin Lin took stock of the property he owned: the two hundred taels of silver obtained from Gao Jackal Yu were used by Niu Dali to "buy officials" for one hundred and fifty taels, and it was spent on miscellaneous uses such as inviting the brothers to eat and drink, and only more than twenty taels were left.

Fifty taels of gold leaves have never been used, Qin Lin's luck is good, if it is a tael of gold in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty only for four taels of silver, in the early years of Wanli, because of the inflow of silver from Ben, Luzon and the Americas, one tael of gold can be exchanged for eight taels of silver, that is, these gold are worth four hundred taels of silver.

Among the gifts given by King Jing's Mansion, in addition to the silk and satin, which are inconvenient to realize, there are ten taels of small gold bills and one hundred taels of silver bills.

All the gold and silver were worth six hundred taels of silver.

This money is not big or small, just enough to buy a small house by the Qinhuai River, where every inch of land is expensive, and then there is no money, so I have to look at the swallows and warblers in the painting boat every night and drool; Or buy 800 stone rice, if a family of three doesn't go anywhere, squatting at home all day long to eat dry pickles under the old rice, you can eat it for a lifetime.

With this kind of life in a nest, Qin Lin's ambition is certainly not limited to this. In order to avoid the situation of sitting on the empty mountain, the seven-fold and eight-fold salary, the meager regular income or the reward of King Jing are unreliable, and you have to open up a source of wealth by yourself, and work your own.

After wrapping the gold and silver on his shoulders, Qin Lin strode towards Yuejiang Tower.

On the second floor of Yuejiang Building, there are tables of guests who are particularly eye-catching, whether the bartender or other guests pass by, they will be surprised to look at a few times, and those who recognize it go up to say hello, and they don't know the essentials and walk away.

On the table, there are Han Feilian, the small banner of Jinyiwei, and Zhao Yiming, the leader of the army, and there are the head of the state government Cui and Niu Dali, the head of the Minzhuang class, and the state government and the Jinyi Wei are not subordinate to each other, and it is already very strange for these two groups of people to sit together, and there are also willow carpenter father and son at the bottom of the table, which is even more nondescript.

They were all invited by Qin Lin, and they were supposed to be around noon, but they all came here early to wait, and the father and son of the Liu family were waiting here when they first met, lest they neglect Engong.

But the table was full of characters with heads and faces, and Father Liu, who was a carpenter, couldn't help but feel a little cramped, as if there were nails on the chair, and he couldn't sit hard. But Liu Hua can afford to put it down, although he is still a little shy when answering with others, after all, there are questions and answers.

The gossip that everyone said was nothing more than the murder case of Liu Lin that had just come to an end, and slowly talked about Qin Lin's intention to invite guests.

Cui Zhutou is an old cunning man who has accumulated years, and when he heard Qin Lin ask about the carpenter skills of the Liu family father and son that day, he guessed three points: "Dare that Brother Qin is going to build a house or open a woodware shop?" ”

If you ask a carpenter to build furniture for your own home, there is no need to invite Jinyiwei's boss and people from the state government, so Cui Zhutou guessed that Qin Lin wanted to buy land to build a house or open a woodware store, and let these people deal with black and white chores for him.

The father and son of the Liu family suddenly realized and glanced at each other: If Engong can use our craftsmanship, we must not take a penny, otherwise we will be too ignorant.

While talking, Qin Lin was led up to the second floor by the bartender.

Yes? All so early? Qin Lin scratched his head embarrassedly, as the master, he came a quarter of an hour in advance, but he didn't expect everyone to come earlier.

Qin Lin didn't like too many polite words, so he got to the point with a few pleasantries: "I want to find a shop in Qizhou City and open a woodware shop, you are more familiar than me on the street, please help more." ”

Cui Zhutou smiled, he had already guessed it before.

The father and son of the Liu family didn't answer for a long time, and Liu Hua blinked his eyes for a long time, quite confused: "Engong, I won't tell you, the villain is in this business, and the head of the carpentry shop is very meager, and he just exchanges sweat for some silver every month, and he really doesn't make any money." ”

Daddy Liu pulled his son and complained, "What do you do when you say so much?" En opened his mouth, let's just do it, you push back and block, and the neighbors know that we are only ungrateful and want to be poked in the back! ”

Qin Lin smiled and took out a pencil from his pocket: "What I want to sell is not ordinary wood, but this thing." ”

Isn't this a stick? The crowd had not seen it, and could not figure out what it was for.

Qin Lin took a pen and brushed it on the paper a few times, and then drew a cartoon for Niu Dali, the cow on the painting was vigorously muscular, majestic, staring at the big eyes of the double copper bells, holding the jujube stick like a tiger descending the mountain, although the cartoon is not as vivid as the sketch, but the demeanor and action have been regarded as both physical and spiritual.

Niu Dali held the painting, and grinned to his cheeks with a big mouth.

The father and son of the Liu family looked happy, and Father Liu nodded: "Engong, this thing is really convenient, I don't know what it's called?" What are the ingredients used to make it? ”

Liu Hua then asked, "What is the value of the materials needed?" ”

Qin Lin said in his heart that Liu Hua is more economically minded than his father: "This is called a pencil, which actually does not contain lead, but the handwriting color is like lead." ”

Pull the wooden rod away to show them, the refill is nothing more than a little graphite and clay, the pen shaft is wood, the cost is extremely low, mainly the production cost. Then Qin Lin scribbled a few more strokes on the white paper, and erased the strokes with dry steamed buns, which once again amazed everyone.

Liu Hua immediately calculated the account, the cost of this thing is less than two coppers, and selling ten coppers is safe, which is more profitable than ordinary woodware. A pen earns eight dollars, this kind of thing that consumes the surname, it is easy to sell it for 10,000 or 100,000, how much is that?

The willow carpenter lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "Engong, this, the lead of this pencil is not difficult to burn, and the rod is actually very easy to make, you can change the fader into a small planer, the wooden strip is fixed on the seat, and the slide rails are installed on both sides of the fader. ”

Qin Lin was very happy, it seemed that the willow carpenter was quite experienced.

"This pencil shop, I am going to invest five hundred taels of silver to temporarily recruit ten production workers and four guys," Qin Lin paused, and said to the Liu family father and son: "I want to invite Liu Hua to be the shopkeeper, and Daddy Liu will be the foreman, and you two will count the technology as shares, each accounting for one percent of the shares, and another five taels of silver per month." ”

"I can't do it, I can't help it!" Daddy Liu shook his hand wildly: "Others asked my father and son to build furniture or something, the two of them add up to only eight taels of silver per month, and the engong has already called the old man to give ten taels, how can I still ask for your shares?" Let others know that the old man's backbone will be punctured! ”

Seeing that the Liu family's father and son were resolute, Qin Lin no longer insisted, anyway, in the future, they will be rewarded according to the business situation, and it will not be too late to give them shares after a few years of good management.

The father and son of the Liu family took a pencil to study how to design planers and car troughs, and Qin Lin smiled at Han Feilian again: "Forgive me for being rude, I'm afraid that I won't have time to do the errand of leading the rest of the army, will Brother Han send someone else?" Marked with gratitude. ”

In Han Feilian's opinion, because Qin Lin came up with the idea and led the team to collect the levy, he was sent to this fat shortage, and later heard that Qin Lin handed over every penny to the public and did not fill his pocket, Han Feilian knew that he had seen the wrong person.

Now after Qin Lin's rectification, the regular collection has gone quite smoothly, things are easy and the oil and water are quite heavy, it is a better fat shortage than before, since Qin Lin himself doesn't want it, take it and delegate it to others, are you afraid that you won't break your head?

Everyone knows that Qin Lin forced the White Lotus Sect to kill the incense master this time, maybe he will be promoted to a small flag in two days, and Han Feilian's attitude is extremely humble: "Brother Qin is too polite, where is the errand?" It's obvious that he gave up a golden job bowl! However, the income of this position is very good now, and all the brothers will rush to ask for it, and Han doesn't know who to send it to......"

Speaking of this, Han Feilian thought about it and simply sold Qin Lin's face: "I don't know if Brother Qin has anyone to recommend?" ”

Qin Lin thought for a while: "Since everyone wants to do it, there is nothing more than oil and water to be fished, brothers, you fight for me and I am afraid that it will hurt people's hearts, so I boldly put forward a suggestion - ten brothers in this team take turns to take charge of the errands of the regular practice, each of them hosts for a month, and the rest of the army Zhao Yiming and Zhao Brother are the leaders of the association, and the two of them reconcile the accounts every month, and they are not allowed to fill their own pockets. ”

Qin Lin's method did not harm anyone's interests, and it could make everyone's interests equal, avoiding unnecessary competition, which was really an excellent method.

Han Feilian gave a thumbs up and praised Qin Lin as a scholar in the end, which was different from the old man, and immediately made a decision to do so in the future.

Qin Lin raised his glass to the two state officials: "I don't usually have much time to take care of that shop, so please help the two of you more, don't let the market splash and disturb you." ”

Niu vigorously danced his big fist into the air, bringing a whirring wind: "Who dares to go against Engong, see if my old cow doesn't smash his brains out!" ”

Eun Gong? The father and son of the Liu family were surprised that Niu Dali also called Qin Lin like this, Niu Dali was a man with clear grievances, and he did not shy away from telling Qin Lin about saving his mother, and said that his position of head catcher was also obtained by Qin Lin, of course, he did not explicitly say that it was the money given.

Cui Zhutou smiled and said, "Brother Niu, you seem to have forgotten something." ”

The cow vigorously touched his head, not knowing what he was saying.

"The store opened by Qin Gongzi, do you still want to collect the regular practice?"

Niu slapped his head vigorously, and even called himself a stupid cow, and even forgot about this, which is really ashamed.

Qin Lin said with a smile: "In this way, I have to thank Cui Zhutou." ”

"Actually, we are also selling favors," Cui Zhutou has been mixed up in the yamen for decades, his mind is very clear, and he said bluntly: "With the friendship between Master Zhang and Master Qin, three classes, six rooms and two masters, which one of you is not long-sighted to accept your routine?" Cui is just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and he explained it in advance. ”

Qin Lin nodded, this Cui Zhutou is very on the road! I asked him to help find a shop in the front and back yard, open a pencil shop in front, and a pencil workshop in the back yard, and the lot should be lively and prosperous.

Niu Dali laughed and patted Cui Zhutou on the shoulder: "It's okay for anything else, Engong is looking for a house, and he asked him the right person." Catching fast is a ghost in the ground, catching a head is better than a city god, and there is nothing he doesn't know about the things on the streets of Qizhou. ”

Cui Zhutou is really well-informed, there is a dim sum shop at the intersection of the state government, which fully meets Qin Lin's requirements, the boss has just died, and the proprietress wants to go back to her hometown in Jiangxi, and the shop worth a hundred taels of silver is willing to sell it as long as it is eighty taels, and everything is packed up, and the cash can be delivered immediately.