After everyone was full of food and drink, the dart masters took the silver money from Liu Dalang's hand and left, and Ming Xu and Yu Jiayan led the three brothers of the Liu family to the east of the city.

Outside the newly bought Zhuangzi of the two families in the east of the city, Ming Xu and Yu Jiayan have each bought a large piece of river beach between their Zhuangzi and the bank of the Qingshui River.

Now on those two river beaches, a few craftsmen introduced by Sun Yaren are leading a group of apprentices under them to help the Ming family and the Yu family build water wheels.

When the waterwheel was built, the glacier thawed, and the earth rejuvenated, the Ming family and the Yu family would hire another person to dig the canal so that the river could flow smoothly into the two Zhuangzi.

"Young master, young grandmother." The subordinate in charge of guarding the grange heard the movement and ran out of the house to look, but saw that his master had actually stepped out of the two mule carts that had been started.

He was secretly wondering why the two of them were sitting in separate cars, and a large group of people came down from the second mule cart.

Of course he knew the three brothers, but he didn't have the slightest impression of the three brothers of the Liu family and Gu Zhixian's nephew.

Yu Jiayan thought that for a period of time in the future, the three brothers of the Liu family would inevitably have to deal with these subordinates in their own Zhuangzi, so they introduced them to this person.

When he gave the "Three Masters of the Liu Family" and "Young Master Gu" a courtesy, Yu Jiayan asked him to take everyone to the warehouse that had been cleaned up and specially used to store rice seeds.

The warehouse was only more than fifty meters away from the main entrance of the house, and the next man completely opened the door of the house, and the five mule carts brought by Yu Jiayan were parked in turn on the large open space in the middle of the courtyard.

At this time, the other subordinates in Zhuangzi also happened to hear the movement and hurried over, so Yu Jiayan asked them to bring tools over and help the three brothers of the Liu family weigh the rice seeds.

The three brothers of the Liu family prepared a total of 1,000 catties of rice seeds for Yu Jiayan's Zhuangzi, and the remaining 1,200 catties were prepared for the Ming family's Zhuangzi.

It is worth mentioning that in order to prevent the loss of rice seeds due to force majeure during transportation, resulting in the number of rice seeds they finally sent was not enough for the Ming family and the Yu family, Liu Dalang specially prepared an extra 50 catties of rice seeds to fill the possible deficit before departure.

There are still forty catties of these fifty catties of rice seeds left, and when he found out that there were many rice seeds, he didn't say anything, and paid Liu Dalang with these more than forty catties of rice seeds.

Liu Dalang is an honest man, and when he asked him about the price of rice seeds, he directly reported the price in his hometown to Ming Xu and knew it, "... Twenty-four wen a pound. ”

As if he was afraid that it would be too expensive, Liu Dalang rubbed his hands and explained a little nervously, "This rice seed has to be carefully screened, it is time-consuming and laborious, and there are a number of rice seeds that can be picked out in a pound of rice..."

Ming Xu bowed slightly to him, "Don't worry, these juniors have already inquired about it in advance." ”

While looking at Yu Jiayan, "Uncle Liu's is the price of rice seeds in their hometown, there is a way that things are rare and expensive, since this thing has crossed our Fuxing County, then we can't pay Uncle Liu at this price." ”

Yu Jiayan has no opinion.

Anyway, they have been changing the law to subsidize the Gu Zhixian family, but now that they have a reason to give money openly, he is stupid to refute Ming Xu's proposal.

"Then let's pay Uncle Liu at thirty yuan a catty." Mingxu turned his gaze to Liu Dalang who was standing in front of him on the right, "I wonder if Uncle Liu is still satisfied with this price?" ”

Liu Dalang waved his hand again and again, "No, there is no need to increase the price, just twenty-four wen a catty." ”

His sister-in-law, Mrs. Gu, has already passed with him, and the Yu family and the Ming family will give him all the expenses on the road, so he will have to work hard at most.

Rao time in the countryside is the most worthless, for the sake of his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, he is embarrassed to let the Yu family and the Ming family raise the price for him.

However, Ming Xu made up his mind to raise the price of rice seeds, and since Liu Dalang was not dissatisfied with the price of 30 wen a catty, he simply asked his own account office Mr. Lin to make an calculation according to the price of 30 wen a catty.

"A total of 2,246 catties of rice seeds, according to the price of 30 wen a catty, young master, you need to pay a total of 67 taels and 380 wen to Master Liu."

Ming Xu nodded, "Uncle Liu, the cost of their carriage and horses, food, and money for hiring a dart master, you can also help calculate these." ”

Mr. Lin asked Liu Dalang a few words, and then picked up the abacus and crackled again, "According to the general market, hiring three mule carts from Nansha County to Fuxing County to deliver goods will probably cost you a total of three taels of silver to the carriage and horse shop." ”

"As for the cost of eating, drinking, and living in the hotel along the way, according to the calculation of every hundred Wen per person, young master, you need to pay a total of about one or two silver for several Master Liu."

"And they follow the convoy of the dart board, which is generally charged according to the distance and the number of vehicles, three mule carts... From Nansha County to Fuxing County, the dart masters should ask a few masters Liu for a tael of silver. ”

"Plus the five taels of silver needed for the return trip, young master, you need to pay a total of ten taels of silver to several masters Liu."

The three brothers of the Liu family were dumbfounded.

After a while, Liu Dalang waved his hand eagerly, "The mule cart is our own, it didn't cost anything, and all we ate along the way were thick steamed buns brought by our own family, and it cost more than 100 copper to stay in the store." ”

What he didn't have was that he and his two younger brothers were the most convenient kind of chase shops in the big car shop they lived in, and they only had to pay ten copper for one night.

Combined with the dozen or so coppers they spent when they bought forage from the cart shop to feed their livestock, they spent a total of more than 100 coppers along the way.

As for the fee for the guards charged by the dart masters, Mr. Lin really guessed correctly, it was indeed one or two silver.

Yu Jiayan smiled and glanced at Ming Xu, "Uncle Liu, it is your business for you and the two uncles to save money, but we can't deduct the transportation and horse expenses, food expenses, and accommodation expenses you deserve because the three of you are kind." ”

Ming Xu nodded in agreement, "And you and your two uncles taught us to grow rice, and we also have to pay a sum of tea money to show our gratitude." ”

The three brothers of the Liu family looked embarrassed, and finally Liu Dalang opened his mouth on behalf of his family, "My sister has already talked to us, we will definitely teach you how to grow rice, but we don't want this tea money, you two can take care of us for one or two full meals." ”

Ming Xu stepped forward and bowed to him, "Don't worry, three meals a day, our two families will definitely prepare them for you and your two uncles." ”

At this point, he groaned slightly, "I don't think it's better to be like this, I'll take the three uncles into the city to see Lord Gu and Mrs. Gu later." When the three of you and Master Gu meet, it's not too late for us to slowly discuss the follow-up matters. ”