Chapter 16 Study by heart
These things that are face-saving outside have made Qin Kang and his wife very happy. Not to mention, this is really affordable, a full five hundred taels of silver.
Back then, Qin Kang's father sent Qin Kang out, and the gift was only two hundred taels of silver. Just went out once, and Qin Mingyue gave five hundred taels of silver, which was too generous.
Qin Kang's wife, Seventh Grandmother, looked at the silver ticket of five hundred taels with trembling hands. How long has she seen such a large denomination of silver tickets?
Qin Kang is from a big family, and he has never eaten pork and seen a pig run. Before the spring ploughing began, he took out 400 taels of silver and bought an additional 20 acres of excellent dry land next to his 100 acres of land, so that at the end of the year, he could collect a little more rent, collect more grain, and live a more comfortable life.
He took the rest of the silver, eighty taels with him, and deliberately exchanged it for a small amount of silver tickets. The other twenty taels of silver were exchanged for small pieces of broken silver and handed over to the seventh grandmother for proper collection. In the months that he was going out, the family needed to use it well.
Qin Kang went to the Qin family's mansion every day more and more attentively, and followed those housekeepers and grandmothers to learn how to deal with these things. Fortunately, Qin Kang has been separated from the Qin family for more than ten years, and in the past ten years, he has been the master of the house, collecting rent every year, managing a small family, and he also knows a few people on the street, and he is still very good at communicating and doing things.
Qin Kang got started quickly. After all, in the early years, he was educated by the sons of a large family, and later, he was the master of the house for more than ten years, so it was naturally easy to learn these things.
He is like this, but the grandmothers of the Qin family are also very satisfied.
Then, Qin Kang, Qin Guoliang and the others got on the boat together and followed Qin Mingyue out. When they went out, they knew that they had gone out with King Qin this time. Qin Cha was the king of Qin. Oh my God, this is a serious nobleman. When did Qin Kang see such a nobleman? However, after all, he is Qin Mingyue's uncle, and he can't lose his job, so he endures it so that he doesn't lose the chain.
Who knows, after only three days of travel, Qin Mingyue and King Qin called them over and gave them some orders, asking Qin Kang and Qin Guoliang to follow King Qin's two subordinates as a dark line, and go to Ba Province under a pseudonym to inquire about the news first.
This is no easy task. Qin Kang had never done such a task.
That night, under the leadership of Wu Yuan and Hong Yi, Qin Kang and his entourage quietly took advantage of the night to quietly get off the boat, rushed to the next big town, hired a fast boat, and slipped down to the Yangtze River. There were already a few cargo ships waiting there, and they took the big cargo ship and hurried to Ba Province.
It wasn't until Jiangcheng, the provincial capital of Ba Province, that he got off the boat and landed.
Along the way, although Qin Kang pretended to be a son of everyone, everything was done by Wu Yuan. However, he has always paid close attention to how Wu Yuan hires ships, how he hires people, how he plans his routes, and how he arranges his itinerary. There's really a lot of knowledge in this.
Qin Kang has the heart to learn, Wu Yuan sees it in his eyes, he does not hesitate to teach, every thing, as long as Qin Kang is interested, he will explain it carefully. not only explained to Qin Kang, but also to Qin Guoliang.
After only a few days of hard work, Qin Kang understood. Wu Yuan was teaching the two of them with his heart. Wu Yuan must have been entrusted by Qin Mingyue and King Qin to train himself and Qin Guoliang as soon as possible, and in the future, he would be able to do better errands for Qin Mingyue.
Knowing this, Qin Kang not only studied by himself, but also urged Qin Guoliang to study with his heart.
Qin Kang said to Qin Guoliang: "There are many ways to run the rivers and lakes. All kinds of rules, all kinds of code words, too many to count. If you want to go out to do errands and don't understand this, you will definitely suffer. Missed this opportunity, where do we still find such old rivers and lakes to teach us with our hearts? Our uncle and nephew have learned this, and they will be able to do better things for Mingyue in the future. Not to mention earning silver, even in the future, it is estimated that we will have an official position. You have to think about Mingyue's future identity. How many people want to do something for her, but she doesn't want it. If the two of us weren't surnamed Qin, no matter how smart we were, Mingyue wouldn't look down on us. ”
"Besides, even those surnamed Qin, those brothers from my concubine can be ranked to thirteen, and those clansmen on your back porch, if not one thousand, but eight hundred. How many people are hungry for our work? Are we the two of us? There are more capable people. There are also more people who are rightful and loyal. The fact that the prince of Kunimatsu can choose the two of us is a blessing for both of us. This is the first time I came out to do things, but I have to study hard and not mess up my errands. We didn't do it well, we didn't learn well. Naturally, there are good ones who go for us, and when the time comes, there will be nowhere to find it when we cry. ”
Qin Guoliang thought deeply about these words, and naturally studied them attentively.
At this moment, Qin Kang couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he thought of what Wu Yuan said. It's no wonder that people in the world love power. Being powerful is indeed good. The third young master of the Ming family, whom he aliased, is just a white body, and the Ming family can't be compared with Qin Mingyue's current Qin family. However, when the third young master of the Ming family arrived in this unfamiliar Ba Province, he was immediately received by Daotai and Lord Taishou in turn.
To put it bluntly, isn't it all about the face of the second master of the Ming family who is a waiter in the ministry?
Qin Kang asked Wu Yuan and said, "How could His Royal Highness the King of Qin arrange for us to use the identity of the Ming family?" Can you still get the name of the second master of the Ming family? ”
Wu Yuan smiled and said, "If someone else asks such a question, I will fool you with an answer." However, you are different, you will follow Miss Mingyue in the future. Miss Mingyue is the person our master cares about the most. So, it's okay to tell you about this matter. ”
"Our Royal Highness is the emperor's favored third prince. The concubine in the palace is the emperor's favorite concubine. Although looking at His Royal Highness King Qin right now, there is no second prince in the court, His Royal Highness King Jin, nor does he have the reputation of His Royal Highness King Jin. However, our Highness, there are also many people who take refuge. Among them is the Ming family of the Wang family of Zhili Province. Then you say, isn't it easy for us to get the post of the second master of the Ming family. Even, the second master of the Ming family can sit in this position, because of the strength of our Royal Highness. ”
This is shocking news, Qin Kang was shocked. It turns out that His Royal Highness the King of Qin, who looks inconspicuous, has such a big force? These days the nobles really don't get along well.