Once, when Mrs. Yang's mother-in-law was alive, Mrs. Yang served her in-laws, and at that time, her mother-in-law said to her father-in-law: "Half of the reason why our Shen family's profiteering maritime trade business is because of you, the national teacher, to protect us." It was only by calculating the best time and the best route for our fleet that we could avoid big risks, not sail, get to shore safely, and make huge profits. ”

"However, in the future, you will no longer be a national teacher, and the immortals are gone, how can these sons and daughters keep such a foundation?"

At that time, Shen Guoshi's face was elegant and calm, and he said to his mother-in-law with a smile: "You can rest assured of this." While I'm here, our Shen family's business will be safe and sound. I'm gone, but at least I can guarantee that I will be safe and sound when the next national teacher is in place. It's just that when it comes to the next national teacher, that is, my future apprentice, our family can't keep all the profits. At least 60% of the profits must be paid. Because my apprentice will provide shelter for our Shen family in the future, and this annual divination will also be completed by him in the future. As for the next generation, if we change the national teacher, we will not have this incense love, and our Shen family will no longer do this high-risk, high-profit maritime trade business. After making money for so many years, it should be enough. ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Yang's heart was relieved at that time. Flowers are not red for 100 days, this truth, Mrs. Yang still understands. It is impossible for the Shen family to maintain such a lucrative business all the time, and it is enough to be able to get the protection and fortune of two generations of national teachers.

The scene of these words back then, when Qin Mingyue was talking at this moment, suddenly Mrs. Yang remembered it. It's just that Mrs. Yang didn't expect that when Shen Guoshi was still there, the Shen family's sea trade business would need Qin Mingyue, Shen Guoshi's apprentice, to make calculations?

Mrs. Yang was about to thank Qin Mingyue, but suddenly remembered it. Qin Mingyue doesn't seem to have been apprenticed for a long time, it's only been two or three months, so he has learned Shen Guoshi's ability? In the past, Mrs. Yang once asked her father-in-law, Shen Guoshi, if he was not free, could he let his two apprentices calculate for the Shen family? Shen Guoshi's two apprentices have been following Shen Guoshi for decades. Among them, the senior brother is even two years older than Mrs. Yang.

However, Shen Guoshi said no, his two apprentices were not sure of such a calculation.

Even the two apprentices who have followed Shen Guoshi for decades have not learned such a profound calculation, but Qin Mingyue, a young apprentice who has only been apprenticed for a few months, can learn it?

Perhaps seeing Mrs. Yang's doubts, Qin Mingyue laughed: "Sister-in-law, can't you believe that I can make such a calculation?" But also, after all, my apprenticeship is still a little too short. Still, I'm confident. What to do? That's it, sister-in-law, I'll count it for you first. Please sister-in-law just follow the voyage I calculated. After all, this is not a time to lose. It's getting late. If it succeeds, it will naturally be a great joy for everyone, and if it does not succeed, the sister-in-law's fleet will definitely suffer. I don't have that much money to give you now. In this way, we will take the profits that your Shen family will give me as a deposit in the future, after I become a national teacher. If I calculate the loss of the Shen family's fleet, I will use the future profits as compensation, okay? ”

Only then did Mrs. Yang know that it turned out that Qin Mingyue actually understood the rule of taking care of each other in the line of national teachers. However, Qin Mingyue is also right when she says this, after all, time really can't afford to delay. If it is delayed any longer, there will be no need to go to sea this year. That's a profit of three million taels of silver.

However, if you listen to Qin Mingyue's calculations, the fleet goes to sea, if it encounters danger, not only will this year's profits not be earned, but the fleet, as well as the goods on the fleet, will suffer losses. That's not just three million taels of silver, at least tens of millions of silver losses?

Such a huge loss, even if the Shen family has a big business, they can't bear it.

However, if Qin Mingyue was willing to use her future earnings as compensation, it would be impossible. In the future, the Shen family will give Qin Mingyue sixty percent of the year's income as compensation, that is, two million taels of silver a year. Tens of millions of silver is only five years. In fact, the Shen family does not suffer losses.

Mrs. Yang was thinking about it, and Qin Mingyue was already looking around: "Sister-in-law, do you have paper and pen here?" I still set up a note for my sister-in-law, if I calculate correctly, ask my sister-in-law to give me 10% of this year's income, which is considered a reward. If I don't calculate correctly, how about the five years of compensation for the Shen family's sea trade income that I deserve as a national teacher in the future? ”

Saying this, Qin Mingyue had already seen that there were high-quality pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the desk in the room. She was not polite, walked straight over, and began to write directly.

Mrs. Yang's heart moved, Qin Mingyue is too accurate, right? Today is the second time she has calculated the profit of her sea trade business. However, this time the calculation is more accurate. Not only did the profit be calculated, but even the cost of the fleet, and the price of the ship was about 10 million taels of silver. Didn't you hear her say, is it the profit for the next five years? Sixty percent of the annual profit, two million taels, five years is not ten million taels?

She can be so accurate, she must not know the Shen family's trade secrets, Mrs. Yang is still very confident in her housekeeper's ability to keep secrets. It's not a stolen trade secret, there's only one way to know it. That's what Qin Mingyue calculated. If you talk about it like this, maybe Qin Mingyue is really super capable and can calculate the route time of her own maritime trade business?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Yang suddenly remembered that before, when the two of them were talking, it seemed that Qin Mingyue casually said that her father-in-law was in retreat recently, even if it was a major event of the Empress Dowager of Great Xia, he didn't care, and he couldn't manage it even if it was an important government matter, and it was all handled by the little junior sister Qin Mingyue.

Speaking of which, during this period of time, the decisions made by Xinglou were all made by Qin Mingyue? It seems that some time ago, my husband came back to talk about the government and said, the courtiers are all wondering, why is the old national teacher now diligent in handling government affairs? In the past, I thought that my father-in-law was lazy and didn't like to deal with mundane affairs, so state affairs could be delayed. Although the ministers complained, they have become accustomed to it over the decades.

Now, this month, the old national teacher has suddenly become diligent, and he has been able to handle government affairs in a timely manner, and they are all very surprised. If this is as the little sister said, I'm afraid it's not my father-in-law who has changed his temperament. It should be handled by the little junior sister. At such a young age, how can a little junior sister deal with such complicated things because she hasn't been apprenticed for a long time? I think she is really a genius, can she calculate these things well? That's why my father-in-law was relieved and entrusted all state affairs to her. Speaking of which, she should also have the ability to calculate her family's maritime trade business.

When Mrs. Yang was weighing the pros and cons, Qin Mingyue had already quickly written the contract and signed her name.

Mrs. Yang couldn't help but be moved when she saw this very formal and reasonable contract.