Chapter 208 The word is the head

After entering the house, he changed into civilian clothes, put on the kang, and set a table of wine and food on the small table. Chen Xie moved his chopsticks and ate a piece of abalone, remembering that this thing doesn't seem to be cheap in modern times, why hasn't he remembered it? At the moment, he asked, "Where did this come from?" ”

Ying Niang said: "This is the two abalone from Dongying, "Dietary Therapy Materia Medica" records, abalone 'into the liver and stasis, into the intestines to cleanse the scale, without hurting the vitality. Aphrodisiac, give birth to a hundred veins'. If you want to say that this abalone is still dried by the Dongying people, the slave family entrusted people to come from the sea. ”

This woman had already prepared to deal with it, and Chen Xie certainly listened to the point. The shuttle transforms the body and doesn't bother to use this at all. But what about bringing it back and selling it for money is another matter.

"Go back and tell Liu Qing, how many abalone of this quality can be collected, and the Americas don't produce this, so it can be sold at a good price." Chen Xie found a way to deal with the past, Ying Niang took it seriously, nodded and wrote it down. This is Wanyu coming in with a hot towel and handing it to Chen Xie with her bare hands.

Chen Xie looked up and down, took the towel and wiped his face indiscriminately, and only after Wanyu went out did he say, "How can the dignified top brand be a rough maid here?" ’

Ying Niang glanced at Chen Xie in surprise, turned several corners in her mind, and said in a cautious whisper: "Wanyu is not small, in the past few years, she has been in Chunxiang Building, she has not seen guests, she has not combed the cage, and she has been staying in Zhangjiazhuang School all day long, doesn't the master know?" ”

Chen Xiexin said that I know a fart, but there was no reaction on his face. I just thought in my heart, you are an old bustard, shouldn't the person who runs a brothel be ruthless and beaten to death if he is disobedient? The girl doesn't pick up customers, you drink the northwest wind.

Ying Niang saw that Chen Xie didn't react, and continued: "I saw her like this, and I gave her back her free body a year ago. In the years that the master has been in Dengzhou, few poems have been published, and the only time he gave it to Wanyu, this aunt and grandmother. It's not something that a slave can manage. ”

Chen Xie heard a hint of resentment. These female writers of the Ming Dynasty are really, didn't they copy a poem for business? Do you understand this as a soft spot, because this gives Wanyu special treatment? Chen Xie can't reveal this yet. Even the face can't have a face. Otherwise, I really can't stand it, Ying Niang will do something.

"At the beginning, I saw that she was reduced to dust at a young age. It's just a pity in my heart. Where are you going? Now that that's the case, let her go. Chen Xie said this, Ying Niang didn't dare to take it seriously. Living in this era. And people who grew up in that kind of environment, who doesn't know that people are sinister?

Ying Niang slammed it hard, thinking that Chen Xie would always be included in the room if he didn't say anything else. I didn't expect to mention it, but didn't you do this kind of thing yourself? At the moment, he smiled and leaned on his body, held the warm wine in his hand, handed it to his lips and said: "Master, if you don't stay here tonight, the slave family arranged for her to warm the bed, and she will stay as a maid to study ink in the future, and she is also willing." ”

Chen Xie squirted out a sip of wine directly, that is, he reacted quickly, and he didn't spray her face, but all over her chest. Ying Niang was stunned, took out a handkerchief to wipe it, Chen Xie took it, picked up her gently and sat down on her lap, wiped her with her own hands, and whispered in her ear: "Don't think nonsense, don't you know the appetite of this master?" How can a young chick compare to you who is so knowledgeable? Put your heart back, there will be no one else in this Dengzhou City who can be the master of this courtyard. ”

Saying this, Ying Niang saw that he moved gently, and her heart immediately became soft and hot, the fire was burning vigorously, and when the handkerchief swept over the tender tip, a fire in her heart burned, her waist twisted slightly, and she murmured almost inaudibly.

Hearing the sound behind the curtain, Wanyu, who was carrying the food box, stopped, handed the food box to the green jade beside her, and turned her head to dodge. Green Jade looked at her back, the corners of her mouth showed smugness, this proudest woman in Chunxianglou can only follow behind her to eat ashes.

opened the curtain and came in, the two of them hugged each other, and Ying Niang, who was half-open, had a peach blossom face, and she didn't mean to stop when she came in. The food and drinks on the table didn't move much, and they had to be reheated later. He changed the dishes on the table without changing his face, added a piece of carbon to the charcoal stove of warm wine, and the green jade went out unhurriedly with the curtain and closed the courtyard door, and then turned back.

There was hot water on the coal stove at the door, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the movement inside, and when it was quiet, I took a white iron basin to pour cold water and brought a towel in. Ying Niang seemed to have been sucked out of the bones of her whole body, and she was softly attached to the person's body motionless, and when the hot towel was wrung up, she struggled to get up and said, "There's nothing going on outside, right?" ”

The green jade, who is positioned as Ying Niang's personal assistant, has a delicate heart, and laughs when he hears it: "It's nothing, the courtyard door is closed." Ying Niang finished the cleaning work, washed the towel, wrung it clean, and then cleaned it up by herself: "The dishes are cold, you go and heat it up." ”

The green jade responded, and Chen Xie smiled and said, "Does your brother have a letter to deliver?" ”

Ying Niang cleaned up, sat down and said, "The letter is here, but it's nothing important." It is nothing more than a reminder of the silver taels and American goods from some years ago. No, when the lord was in Changyi, the letter had already arrived one step ahead. The slave family also knew about it, and he didn't mention it if it didn't matter, and he didn't make the master upset. ”

The meaning of the words is that this time there is no shortage of New Year's goods, and Yuanzhong seems to have the intention to climb up. Chen Xie listened to it and said in a deep voice: "Don't have any scruples, your brother is also my brother, the higher he climbs, it will be good for me and you." I am reluctant that the child can't trap the wolf, and I can't let the daughter-in-law catch the pervert. ”

The last sentence made Ying Niang tremble, and suddenly let out a hahaha laugh, holding her stomach with one hand and laughing. Is Chen Xie's heart funny? It seems that the people of the Ming Dynasty laughed low.

At this time, I heard Wanyu shouting outside: "Master, the shopkeeper Liu is here." ”

Chen Xie gestured a look, Ying Niang quickly stopped laughing, and brought clothes for Chen Xie to put on. Chen Xie went out of the backyard to the front living room, there was more than one Liu Qing, and there was not much money and Li Heng. Seeing Chen Xie, the three of them stood up and bowed their hands and greeted each other with auspicious words.

Sitting down, Chen Xie smiled and said: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, if you don't wait for the guests to come to pay New Year's greetings at home, what are you doing here?" ”

Liu Qing smiled and said nothing, and the monkey said anxiously: "My general, you can still sit down." Look at this, look at this. As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver dollars from his cuffs and placed it on the table.

Chen Xie picked up a silver dollar, looked up and down, and didn't see anything wrong, so he smiled and said, "It's a good thing, what's wrong?" ”

Qian didn't see him like this, so he couldn't help but show worry and said: "Sihua, the reward and salary silver issued this year ago are all this kind of silver yuan. Those Qiu Ba, who took the silver yuan and used it in the military service club, are okay, but if they are used in Dengzhou City, it is not good to guarantee that every merchant will take over. Soldiers are rough men, and it's terrible to turn around and make trouble. ”

Chen Xie smiled, looked at Li Heng, who had not spoken, this buddy smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Sihua, I wish us a fortune." I am ready for the major cities in Fujian and Zhejiang, and the branch of Dafa Qianzhuang will be opened in Fuzhou and Hangzhou first. It was estimated that at least six million pieces of this silver would be needed. When it opens, I'm waiting for your word. ”

Chen Xie gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Brother Li is a smart person, unlike old money, a few pieces of silver are like asking for his life." ”

Qian didn't say much: "I said Sihua, don't bring such a hurtful person." You say, is this silver dollar really fine? ”

Chen Xie said lightly: "Smart I was confused for a while, and I was talking about people like you." You say, why can this silver circulate in the Ming Dynasty? ”

Qian didn't think much about it and said: "During the founding of the country, the government did not allow the use of silver, only copper coins and treasure money, and one or two silver could be exchanged for 1,200 copper coins." Later, the copper money was less, and the treasure money was rotten on the street, so what was the use of silver? Nowadays, this good copper coin can only be exchanged for 800 wen for one tael of silver. In Jiangnan, you can buy almost 2 stone of rice, and in Dengzhou, you can buy a little more than 1 stone of rice. To the Jingshi, that is, the appearance of 1 stone meter. It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty didn't open shipping, otherwise the price of rice would have fallen a lot. ”

Merchants were the people who knew the most about economics in this era, but their advocacy of shipping was a political mistake for the court officials. The reason is actually very simple, the word "interest" is a qiē.

How many people can be fed by a canal? How many officials fattened up? Or did these civil officials dare to take the sea ticket clean in one go when the emperor insisted on shipping? (I can't remember which emperor for a while, I don't want to interrupt the rhythm of writing, let's go check it)

"Ahem, off topic, off topic." There is not much money to quickly correct the mistake, but Chen Xie smiled and said: "It's not off-topic, the reason is the same." can't escape the word profit. Without Cao Yun, there is no place for officials to loot, and hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the canal for food will make trouble. It's all about interests. The same goes for silver dollars, which can't get out of this category. ”

There was not much money, and he turned around a few times in his head, patted his thigh and said: "Ah, the American goods in Dengzhou are much more in demand than silver now." Fujian, Zhejiang, and Southern Zhili, you can sell as much as you want. If you want goods, it's easy to discuss, but Dengzhou only collects silver dollars, for the simple reason that silver is trafficked to the Americas, and it must be minted into silver dollars. Isn't that the reason? ”

Chen Xie gave a thumbs up again and said: "Smart, but it's still a little hot, not just the silver yuan, it's just the Dengzhou version of the silver yuan." Other silver yuan, in Dengzhou on the ground is not allowed to circulate, back in the local Dafa money bank semicolon, but also only recognize the Dengzhou version of the silver dollar. Besides, it is convenient for you to go down to the south of the Yangtze River with a large number of silver yuan, or is it convenient to bring a bill from the money village to the semicolon of Nanzhili to exchange it into silver yuan? ”

"Connect the world!" Qian didn't think much of it was completely awake, and suddenly there was a strange look in his eyes and said: "Sihua, this is not a small deal, you told us in advance at the beginning, do you mean that this day has finally come now?" ”

"You old money, it's really a good word!" Chen Xie scolded with a smile, he didn't mind if he didn't have much money, and he laughed flatteringly. (To be continued......)