"Ke'er, Mr. Zhou has ordered, let you rest more, don't think nonsense!"

Shen and Xiaoxue helped Zhang Ke to sit on the edge of the pit with one left and one right, and in just a few steps, the wound under the ribs was burning, and the joints of the whole body hurt.

"Second nephew, you can recuperate with peace of mind, there are still us, you don't have to worry about money!"

Of course, Zhang Ke knew that this was a comforting word, but he was still very moved.

"Mother, Uncle Qiao, you don't have to worry, just twenty taels of silver, I know it in my heart, otherwise I won't make a note with Wan Baichuan."

"Oh? Second nephew, do you really have a way, I still think you are a teenager? Qiao Tieshan scratched his head embarrassedly.

Shen Shi held Zhang Ke's back and asked in surprise, "Ke'er, are you okay?" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhang Ke nodded slightly, in fact, his body is almost recovered, and he has been thinking about a way to make money, and he always wants to make his family live a better life. Wan Baichuan made such a fuss, but it aroused Zhang Ke's mind in advance.

"Uncle Qiao, do you know anything about Quang Ninh Ma City?"

"Why don't you know, it's one of the three major horse markets in Liaodong, and there are a lot of Tartars who lead war horses to Guangning to sell, which is very lively. How? Are you going to Quang Ninh to make money? ”

Zhang Ke smiled slightly: "In the first two days, I heard a few businessmen chatting, and they said that in Guangning, homespun cloth can be exchanged for fat sheep, and the worn raged clothes can also be used to change leather jackets after the pulp is washed. At present, there is still more than a month before the end of the year, and every household has to buy New Year's goods, not much, you can exchange it for ten sheep, at least thirty or forty taels, and it is not a problem to repay the money. ”

Qiao Tieshan and they discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with a solution, but Zhang Ke's words made their eyes light up, this is the problem of vision, and several people fell into thought.

Qiao Gui scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Guangning seems to be far away, don't have any accidents!" ”

"Something that doesn't make a living!" Qiao Tieshan slapped his son hard, "Lao Tzu also went to North Korea back then, Guangning is only one hundred and fifty miles away from us, and we can go in three or four days, if it is smooth, it will only take ten days to go back and forth." The method proposed by the second nephew is really good, I think it is feasible! ”

Qiao Fu suddenly became excited, and said with a smile: "Dad, I have also heard that there are big businessmen who collect skins in Quang Ninh, and the price of a skin can be two percent higher than that of Yizhou." I used to be afraid of trouble and didn't dare to go out, I think it's better to go with Brother Ke, let's have a fat year! ”

The Ming Dynasty had three major horse markets in Liaodong: Fushun, Kaiyuan, and Guangning. The so-called horse market is also the place where the Ming Dynasty traded with the Jurchens and Mongolians in Liaodong.

The Ming Dynasty had silk, porcelain, tea, and salt, while the tribes of Liaodong also had war horses, cattle and sheep, ginseng, and furs, and the two sides just took what they needed. Every year, a large number of businessmen gather in Quang Ninh to buy special products. There were also many ordinary people who also went to trade with the Mongols, and an old dress could be exchanged for a leather jacket, and two horses of homespun cloth could be exchanged for a sheep. A piece of homespun cloth is only two or three dollars of silver in the mainland, and a sheep can have three or five times the profit between the exchanges.

The big cake is clearly displayed, but why can't they think of it Qiao Tieshan! First, it is a problem of business brains, second, every man and woman weave, there is nothing to sell, and third, long-distance trafficking is also risky, and most of the ancients have only a circle of 50 miles in their lifetime.

is the so-called desperate thinking about change, if it weren't for the current situation, Qiao Tieshan and they would not readily agree.

"Ke'er, you said that in Guangning, what can we sell?" Shen asked worriedly, not to mention that the family is surrounded by four walls, but there is nothing valuable.

"Mother, you and Xiaoxue weave a fine and dense homespun cloth, I can see it, plus those soles, and pick up the old clothes at home."

"Do you want to sell it? Can't get by? ”

"Hahaha." Zhang Ke couldn't help laughing, pulling the wound under his ribs, grinning his teeth.

"Mother, this road is opened, we will have money in the future, and we will all change to new ones."

The little sister Zhang Huier picked up the door frame and poked out a small head, she was the happiest when she heard that it was a new one.

"I want a flower head rope! Red, the same as the emerald phoenix next door! Just one will do, I'll save it. ”

Looking at the little girl's serious appearance, Zhang Ke couldn't help but feel sad, and said proudly: "Don't talk about the head rope, when we have money, my brother promises to dress you up like a fairy!" ”

"Really, the second brother is too good!" The little girl jumped happily.

The gloom on Shen's face dissipated a lot, "Hey, my mother will be happy to be able to pass this hurdle safely." ”

Qiao Fu also smiled and said: "Brother Ke, we still have a lot of skins at home, do you want to bring them together!" ”

"Of course." Zhang Ke smiled: "But it must be good, don't look at the expensive skins in the horse market, but there are more and better furs in the Tartars, and with the shrewdness of the merchants of the Central Plains, they will definitely have to lower the price, and it will be in vain to bring garbage to them." ”

"Well, Brother Ke is right! But we really don't have many good skins in our hands, what can we do? ”

"This is easy, you take the broken skin and go to each house to change the homespun cloth, change the old clothes, and even change the pots and pans, as long as it is strong and easy to use, I estimate that it can be sold at a good price!"

Of course, Zhang Ke is not talking nonsense, he has carefully calculated, in the trade of the horse market, in the final analysis, it is the Central Plains merchants who take advantage, and the Tartars suffer losses, and the trade structure between the two sides is a bit like the industrial and agricultural countries of the later generations, and the silk and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty are out-and-out high-tech, and the Tartars have actually suffered a lot of losses.

As long as the goods are genuine, and the price is slightly lowered, it is very easy to sell things to the Tartars. In front of real money, although Zhang Ke was a little repulsive to the Tartars, he couldn't care about it, not to mention that almost all the people who came to Guanning to trade were Mongols.

Zhang Ke carefully analyzed the truth to the Qiao family's father and son, and the grandfather nodded frequently when he heard it.

Qiao Tieshan patted his thigh even more, and said with a smile: "The truth will be understood as soon as it is said, but if we want to think about it, we can't think of anything, it seems that we still have to read and be reasonable, you two stinky boys have more eyes." ”

Qiao Gui and Qiao Fu were also convinced, and nodded obediently.

Qiao Tieshan said and stood up, "Sister-in-law, the time is not short, let the second nephew rest more, let's go tidy up, and change the skin by the way." ”

Zhang Ke also said: "Uncle Qiao, you move quickly, you will come out in three days." ”

"Three days? Can your injuries work? ”

Zhang Ke said with a wry smile: "If you can't do it, you have to do it, I don't know what trouble there is when I go for the first time, if I can't come back on time, Wan Baichuan should take advantage of the loophole!" ”

"Well, that's right, let's go!"

The grandfather turned around and left, Xiaoxue had already boiled the medicine at this time, Zhang Ke was indeed extremely tired, and he fell asleep again after drinking the medicine.

……

Oh... Oh... Oh......

The rooster crowed loudly, Xiaoxue rubbed her sleepy eyes, the girl suddenly felt strange, she turned over, and just saw that someone on the other side of the pillow was still sleeping, and the slight and even little snoring was very rhythmic, it was Zhang Ke!

"Ahh

The girl sat up in fright, why did she run to Brother Ke's house and really slept with him? A flush spread from his face to his pink neck, and his heart was about to jump out, as if he had vaguely heard someone talk about it......

The girl hurriedly looked down and saw that her floral padded jacket had been taken off, half of her pink shoulders were exposed, and even her small red belly pocket was exposed.

Seeing the messy appearance, the girl couldn't help it anymore, the autumn water full of eye circles rolled down, the more she thought about it, the more she felt wronged, could it be, was it confusing...... There is no sedan chair, no auspicious clothes, no gongs and drums, nothing, what a joke!

I was wronged for a long time, and there was a trace of strangeness in my heart, from the day I was bought, I knew that this boy who was similar to herself was going to be her heaven, to take care of him, to obey him, and to ...... The girl turned back quietly, and she didn't know what force drove her, she grabbed one of Zhang Ke's big hands by magic.

"Brother Ke, people are yours, you have to cherish Xiaoxue!"

"Well, don't worry, I will!"

Xiaoxue smiled intoxicatedly, and said to herself: "Brother Ke, you are so good, you know what people want to ...... when you fall asleep."

Like, no...... Suddenly, she looked up sharply, and saw a pair of dark eyes staring at her. In an instant, the blood in the little face's whole body rushed to his head, and he almost fainted at once!

"Xiaoxue, what were you talking about just now?"

"No, it's nothing, I'm going to cook!" The girl was about to go to the ground in a panic.

Zhang Ke grabbed her little hand and said with a smile: "What's the hurry, mother, they're still asleep, come and lie next to me obediently, let's talk well!" ”

The girl blushed, and her little head was buried in her breasts.

Zhang Ke looked at her innocent appearance and couldn't help but laugh again: "Xiaoxue, were you thinking about something bad just now?" ”

"No, no!"

"Hehehe, you little girl, you're so dishonest, believe it or not, your face can fry eggs now!"

The girl was so frightened that she hurriedly withdrew her hand, and sure enough, her face was amazingly hot, and the little girl was about to cry again.

"Hehe, Xue'er, don't worry, there was nothing yesterday."

"Really?"

Zhang Ke smiled helplessly: "I'm powerless now." ”

The girl finally calmed down and recalled: "My mother and I have been picking up old clothes yesterday, finding out the pulp and washing, and then putting them on the kang to dry, busy until the middle of the night, and then I am too tired, I will, I will sleep here!" ”

Zhang Ke nodded: "When I woke up, you lay next to me, like a kitten, I carried you to the quilt, you little girl is not honest when she sleeps, first snatched my quilt, and then it was hot again, and took off the padded jacket." ”

"Don't say it, shame on you!"

"Don't let me say, I want to say, Xiaoxue, you are mine, you can rest assured that one day soon, I will ride a tall horse to marry you into the door, and let you be a noble lady happily."

The girl was already in a state of flux, listening to Zhang Ke's words, lying on his chest, and two soft balls were attached to Zhang Ke's chest.

"Brother Ke, you are so good to me!" The girl suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Brother, I'm going to decoct the medicine, you get better early, people, people are waiting!" ”

The girl walked out of the room shyly, Zhang Ke closed his eyes slightly, all of them were a smile from the girl, with a faint happy smile, and continued to sleep in his cage.

……

"Brother and sister, open the door, it's my old Liu."

Shen was busy cooking, heard the sound, and hurriedly opened the door. I saw a hunchbacked man standing outside the door, in his fifties, with a red face, pits, a red nose, and a torn cotton jacket that could not be seen.

It was Master Liu from the blacksmith shop who came, and this one suddenly came and surprised Shen, but when he came, Shen hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Liu, come in, it's too cold outside!" ”

Letting Blacksmith Liu in, Shen smiled a little embarrassedly: "There is nothing to eat at home, if you don't dislike it, just have breakfast with us." Hui'er, add an extra pair of chopsticks! ”

"Brother and sister, don't be busy, I'll leave after I say a few words!" Blacksmith Liu took out a few pieces of broken silver from his arms for a long time and grabbed out a few pieces of silver.

"Yesterday I heard that Wan Baichuan came to find fault, and at night a few farmers came to pay back the money for the hoe, a total of three or two, five, and there is no other ability, no matter how much I can't take out, brother and sister, don't be too little!"

The Zhang family and the Liu family didn't have too much contact, and it was really unexpected that Blacksmith Liu could come to deliver the silver, and the Shen family was stunned.

"Brother Liu, how can we ask for your money, it's not easy for everyone, seeing that the New Year is coming, keep it for the children to buy something, we have a way to ...... money"

"Brother and sister, don't say it." Blacksmith Liu's eyes suddenly turned red, and his voice was a little choked: "It's been more than 20 years, when we suffered a disaster, our family was about to starve to death, it was Brother Zhang who gave two buckets of rice, if it wasn't for these rice, I would have fed the wild dogs a long time ago." I won't say it all these years, but I remember it in my heart! It's so capable, brother and sister give me a chance to repay the favor! ”

Blacksmith Liu stuffed the silver into Shen's hand, and without excuse, he turned around and left.

In danger, if you can take a hand, this is a real man!

Zhang Ke heard Blacksmith Liu's words, and he was extremely emotional, and suddenly he thought of something, and hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Liu, wait a minute, the kid has something to find you!" ”

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Hanming is finished, and two shifts start every day. If you have a ticket or something, let's get it. And then there is a reward of taking a stick to go all over the world, old friend......

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