"We carry one stone of rice as one worker, and each worker needs to pay ten cents."

"Ten cents? Gang Master Ye, you're not wrong, why do you want so much? Xiao Ruixue looked at the forty-year-old man named Ye Fenglai in front of him in surprise, known as the leader of the Five Lakes Gang.

Ye Fenglai is this person, just from the appearance, he has a square face, big ears and a beard, and has a burly figure, and his black muscles are abnormally strong, and he looks quite heroic. Because Xiao Ruixue heard from Shopkeeper Hu that Xiao Bowen had been cooperating with Ye Fenglai before, and they were acquaintances with each other, so she found the Wuhu Gang as soon as possible. She and Ye Fenglai greeted each other for the first time, and it was almost good, listening to Ye Fenglai talk like a cheerful person, Xiao Ruixue thought that things would go well, but she didn't expect that when she asked the price, Ye Fenglai actually asked for ten yuan, which was really a lion's mouth.

Ye Fenglai smiled and said, "Is ten cents a lot?" Fourth Young Master, you all know that your Xiao family is doing a big deal, and this kind of price is a drop in the bucket for you! What's more, the sun outside is unusually hot, and the hard work of the brothers must be rewarded, right? ”

Xiao Ruixue didn't answer, but asked the shopkeeper Hu next to him in a low voice: "Didn't you say that it is generally three to five liters, this person is an acquaintance, how can he ask for such an outrageous price?" ”

Shopkeeper Hu also frowned slightly, and he whispered: "Fourth young master, let the old man talk to him!" He straightened his cuffs, looked at Ye Fenglai lightly, and said with a smile: "Gang Master Ye, even if it is a summer day now, according to the previous rules, the five cents are almost the sky, your asking price is too unruly, can we just follow the past?" ”

Ye Fenglai laughed: "Rules? I said Lao Hu, you are also a lot old, how can you talk more childish than your little master? Who doesn't know, in this safe wharf, it belongs to my Wuhu Gang is the biggest, and what I Ye said is the rule! ”

When Xiao Ruixue heard this, she felt harsh and wanted to throw off her sleeves and leave. Shopkeeper Hu shook his head at her slightly, and then continued to smile at Ye Fenglai: "Of course, of course, the prestige of the Ye Gang Master is naturally known to everyone!" It's just that you know that the grain we transported from Jingzhou this time is 50,000 stones, which is enough for you Ye Gang Master to make a lot of money, as long as your price is slightly lowered, everyone can accept each other, isn't that a big joy? ”

When Ye Fenglai heard the number of 50,000 stones, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then according to Lao Hu, you see, how much should I bid?" ”

Seeing that Ye Fenglai's attitude softened a little, Shopkeeper Hu was overjoyed, he stretched out a thumb and a little thumb, and said with a smile: "How about six pennies, the extra article should be regarded as our filial piety to Ye Gang Master!" ”

Unexpectedly, Ye Fenglai's face changed, and he said angrily: "What about your extra article called Huazi?" ”

Shopkeeper Hu's face was a little bitter: "Gang Master Ye, what you said is a bit too much, and the extra article adds up to fifty taels!" ”

Ye Fenglai sneered: "It's only fifty taels, and I don't care about someone at all!" Give you a reserve price, nine cents, if you want a lower price, you go out to find someone else! ”

Xiao Ruixue can see that this Ye Fenglai is a scoundrel, and she doesn't want to do business at all, she finally can't help but say: "Shopkeeper Hu, let's go, this huge safe wharf, and he is not the only one who operates, I don't believe that no one is willing to pay a fair price!" With that, she flicked her sleeves and walked out of the door first.

Shopkeeper Hu smiled bitterly, and he said to Ye Fenglai again and again: "Shopkeeper Hu, our fourth young master is young and not very sensible, offended, offended!" ”

When the shopkeeper Hu also went out of the door, Ye Fenglai still sneered: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you don't know the sky and the earth more than your big brother!" I want to see who else will dare to take over your business when you leave my door. ”

On the embankment of the wharf, Shopkeeper Hu caught up with Xiao Ruixue and said, "Fourth Young Master, you are too impulsive!" ”

Xiao Ruixue disagreed: "What's the matter, shopkeeper Hu, isn't it just that the price has not been negotiated?" A scoundrel villain like Ye Fenglai, I don't even want to look at him! ”

Shopkeeper Hu showed a wry smile again: "Fourth young master, do you know, this Wuhu Gang has the greatest power in Ping'an Wharf, and there are four or five hundred people below who rely on the Wuhu Gang to make a living, and we can't afford to offend easily!" The other gangs on Ping'an Wharf basically know that the Xiao family has always dealt with the Wuhu Gang, and now I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find someone to take over this business! ”

Xiao Ruixue was surprised: "No, could it be that other gangs don't want to make money?" ”

Shopkeeper Hu shook his head: "It's not that I don't make money, but I don't dare to make it." ”

As the saying goes, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, what the shopkeeper said is not false at all, Xiao Ruixue soon paid the price for his youthful vigor.

She and Shopkeeper Hu went all over the five or six gangs of all sizes at Ping'an Wharf, and basically as soon as people heard that she was the fourth young master of the Xiao family, they directly smiled and sent off guests. There is only a small gang called the River Gang, whose leader is named Ji Hai, because he is friends with Xiao Bowen, he did not neglect them so much, although he failed to take over the business in the end, but revealed a piece of news to Xiao Ruixue, that is, the reason why Ye Fenglai reported such an outrageously high price to Xiao Ruixue was because he had a conflict with Xiao Bowen.

The conflict occurred a month ago, Xiao Bowen invited Ye Fenglai and Ji Hai to go to a private house in the west of the city to drink, Xiao Bowen raised a concubine in this private house, during which Xiao Bowen asked the concubine to be responsible for pouring wine. The little concubine was beautiful, Ye Fenglai liked it very much, he thought he was friends with Xiao Bowen, so he relied on the wine and offered to exchange one hundred taels of silver for Xiao Bowen to let Xiao Bowen give the little concubine to himself. But Xiao Bowen was reluctant to the concubine, so he politely refused Ye Fenglai's request, but this angered Ye Fenglai, Ye Fenglai directly threw off his sleeves and left the table, and before leaving, he also issued a warning to Xiao Bowen that he would not want to divide the goods at the safe dock in the future.

Knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Xiao Ruixue was both angry and a little crying and laughing.

What makes Xiao Ruixue angry is that the eldest brother Xiao Bowen and his sister-in-law Lin Yuexian have been married for many years, although they have not yet had children, but the relationship has always been very good, and even some of you and me, but I never expected that the eldest brother would raise a private concubine outside, which is an extremely unfair thing for the sister-in-law, Xiao Ruixue is even thinking about whether to tell the sister-in-law about it. What made Xiao Ruixue cry and laugh was that the eldest brother had a conflict with someone outside, but he had to run out of the top tank, is this considered to be affected by the pond fish?

However, all of this is not the biggest problem at present, the biggest problem is imminent, because dozens of merchant ships of the Xiao family have appeared in sight and are about to arrive at Ping'an Wharf, but Xiao Ruixue is still at a loss, and he can't even find half of the porter who moves the goods.

Xiao Ruixue couldn't help patting her head, looking up to the sky and sighing: "What the hell is this!" ”

(Regarding this chapter, some readers may have been influenced by previous film and television dramas, and saw a certain hero go to a restaurant to eat and sprinkle 100 taels of silver at every turn, so they will feel that only 50 taels of silver is a little more money, Xiao Ruixue can't talk to people about such a trivial matter, and it's too stingy!) So the author is here to share with you the following:

1. This is not the difference between 5 and 6, that is the matter of 50 taels, here is the difference between 5 and 9, but it is a matter of 200 taels.

2. What is the concept of 100 taels of silver, let's say so, the dynasties are different, 1 tael of silver may be equal to 1000 Wen, or it may be equal to 2000 Wen, in order to facilitate the use of 1000 Wen, and one Wen is about equal to 2 cents now, so 100 taels is about equal to 20,000 yuan now.

3. In the book, Ye Fenglai has to charge a handling fee of 10 yuan for one stone of rice, if the Xiao family is willing to make a deal, 50,000 stone rice needs to pay 500,000 yuan, that is, 500 taels of silver, isn't it 100,000 yuan, it doesn't seem to be much. But you must know that this is only a business, and it takes 100 porters two or three days to complete the work, so it is actually very profitable.

4. Finally, how much is the Xiao family's property? In the previous chapter, it was written that the Xiao family could probably earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, that is, almost a few million yuan, so the Xiao family should be a multimillionaire. ）