Ruoxue invited Duan Jie to the study in the front yard, she took a few maids such as rice pearl peony, and only went to the study after half a cup of tea.

Peony watched the two maids serve tea, three or four kinds of current fruits, and then took people out, leaving only Mi Pearl alone in the house to watch the movement.

Duan Jie first praised the collection of books in this study, and then praised the tea before he led the conversation to the main topic.

"Miss Mei is so generous! burned silk worth two or three hundred thousand taels at once, if Duan Mou was in your point of view, he would definitely not dare to do so. He said.

"Boss Duan laughed, how could I burn my own silk!" Ruoxue had just the right smile on her face, and said: "The people who pressed the boat from our family haven't come back yet, and I don't know how the fire started, I estimate that someone will come back in the next two days, and I'll know when I ask." ”

Duan Jie smiled, didn't dwell on this question anymore, but talked about the question he was most concerned about now, "How many silk brocades do you have in your hand?" Can you tell Duan so-and-so? ”

Ruoxue said with some uncertainty: "More than six thousand horses." ”

Duan Jie pondered for a moment and said, "I bought four thousand horses from you at a high price, I don't know what you think?" ”

"As long as the price is right, there is nothing wrong with it, the current price is thirty-nine taels and one horses, I don't know how much you pay for a horse?" Ruoxue picked up the teacup at hand, lifted the lid and took a sip slowly.

"How about forty-five taels?"

Ruoxue smiled, "I'll wait another month to sell it for this price, maybe a little higher." She said.

"Even if you can sell it for a high price, you can't sell 4,000 horses at once, right?" Duan Jie said.

Ruoxue also knew that what he said was right, and she was about to promise to sell it to him, when she heard him say again: "Fifty taels, it can't be higher." ”

"Deal." Ruoxue said, "Do you want to write a contract now?" ”

"That's very good."

Ruoxue raised her voice to call the peony and asked her to invite an accountant to come, only then she looked at Duan Jie and asked, "I wonder what Boss Duan wants so much silk brocade for?" It can't be a giveaway, right? ”

Duan Jie drank two sips of tea, and seemed to think for a while before saying: "Sort of, I got a news that the emperor will marry several princes and princesses this year, because I want to take a gamble and see if I can climb the towering royal tree." ”

"That's it! Then I wish you all the best of luck! Ruoxue clenched her fists at him, full of sincerity, as if she didn't know about it.

Duan Jie laughed and said, "Thank you for your auspicious words!" Don't you want to get involved? ”

"Hey!" Ruoxue looked sorry and said: "I am a person with filial piety, how can I climb the giant tree of the royal family!" ”

Duan Jie had nothing to say, only the words "Festival mourning and change".

After a while, the account room came in and bowed down to listen to Ruoxue's orders.

Ruoxue said how much the price was and how much it was, and asked him to write a contract with the general contents, and the account office answered, and after a while, he came back again and presented the two pieces of paper to Ruoxue to see.

Ruoxue didn't answer, let him hand it over to Duan Jie.

Duan Jie looked at it and nodded to indicate that it was correct, and took a pen from the maid's hand to write down his name.

When waiting for Mr. Bookkeeper to write the contract, Duan Jie said that he came out of the capital and heard that the Mei family's silk had burned and even the boat had sunk, so he rushed to Tengzhou to visit the local area, and stopped there for a day before coming to Jinling.

"I haven't seen your family all the way, I wonder why those people haven't come back yet?" Duan Jie pointed to it and said: "When I was in Tengzhou, I heard that I saved a lot of people at that time!" ”

Ruoxue signed her name on the two contracts, asked Mi Pearl to show Duan Jie again, looked at Duan Jie sitting opposite, and said, "I only received their letter yesterday, maybe I came back by land." ”

"Oh! It's possible. ”

Duan Jie took one out of the two pieces of paper, looked at it and put it in his sleeve pocket, got up and arched his hand to Ruoxue, and said, "I'll find a transport ship in a few days, and then come to the house to disturb." Duan took his leave first. ”

Duan Jie came out of Mei's house, got into the carriage and asked the entourage who followed, "Have you found anyone?" ”

The attendant sat down on one side before saying, "That Mr. Zhang is not in the house, I heard that I went to the boiled fish restaurant." ”

"Boiled fish?"

"Yes." The attendant continued: "The boiled fish restaurant is the Mei family's industry, and I heard that it has only been open for more than two months, and it has made a lot of money with just one dish, which is not worse than Honghu Pavilion. ”

"Oh! Then go and take a look at the boiled fish. ”

Duan Jie arrived at the boiled fish restaurant, got out of the carriage and took a look outside, and asked his entourage to inquire where Zhang Jing was.

When the guy at the restaurant saw Mr. Zhang, he pointed out to the attendant, "The one on the innermost table is Mr. Zhang, and he sits there every time." He said.

The attendant glanced into the corner, and there was a man seated, dressed as a scholar, about forty years old, with a white face and no beard, looking down at a book in his hand.

There was no food on his table, only a cup of tea, and he didn't know if he had drunk it.

The entourage turned around and came out, and told Duan Jie what he had heard and who he had seen.

Duan Jie walked into the lobby of boiled fish, walked through four or five tables, and walked to Zhang Jing's table, "Mr. Zhang is so Yaxing!" He said.

At this time, although it was not time for dinner, there were many guests sitting in the lobby in twos and threes, shouting, talking and laughing.

Zhang Jin glanced up and said with a smile: Isn't Boss Duan's interest not bad! They came here to find me. ”

Duan Jie didn't need to be let anyone, he sat down opposite Zhang Jing with a smile, waved his hand and asked his entourage to arrange the meal, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang has been waiting for a long time!" ”

Zhang Jing laughed, "Boss Duan got what you want from my eldest lady?" He said.

Duan Jie nodded and said, "I got it, four thousand brocades." ”

"What's the price?"

"Fifty taels and one horses."

Zhang Jing pondered for a moment and said, "You can't make much money." ”

"Yes."

Two men came up with a large tray, and the attendant followed them.

Duan Jie's eyebrows were raised, and he said "huh" softly, and only when the guy put down the wine and food did he ask, "Your dishes won't be prepared in advance, and they will be left there waiting for people to eat leftovers, right?" ”

Before the guy could speak, Zhang Jing laughed, "We have a lot of cooks at home, we can fry five or six dishes at the same time, if you don't want much, you can serve them immediately." ”

"That's it!"

Duan Jie looked at the table and asked, "What about the boiled fish?" ”

The man said, "Wait." He asked what else he wanted.

Zhang Jing waved his hand to let them go, picked up the wine jug and filled the wine glasses of the two, and looked up and beckoned the entourage to sit down and eat together.

The entourage didn't dare to refuse, and took two steps back to stand behind Duan Jie.

After a few glasses of wine, Duan Jie asked Zhang Jing how he was doing at Mei's house? Have you ever thought about finding another job, or going into a business or something?

Zhang Jing saw a large bowl of boiled fish brought over, and hurriedly moved the plate before answering Duan Jie's question, "I'm used to being lazy, I now have food and shelter, and I can get silver without doing anything."

How nice is that! ”