Jia Zhu glanced at Jia Qiong, put down the tea cup in his hand, and unconsciously tapped the table with his right index finger, thinking for a long time.

Then he looked at Aunt Xue and said with a smile:

"Auntie, in recent years, for various reasons, several of our families have declined, although there are still some family assets. However, it is no longer than a few years ago, and I know what is going on.

Therefore, Zhu'er wants to take this opportunity to gain some reputation for the house, or I don't care about it in the past, but if it continues to decline in the future, it will inevitably be... ”

Aunt Xue, who said this, couldn't help nodding frequently, thinking of her deceased husband, and then looked at Xue Pan, who was still playful.

Thinking of the recent rumors in Fuzhong, the second master is preparing to separate from Fuzhong, and his heart is also full of twists and turns, and he is a little forward-looking.

Thinking that the second master is a brother with his deceased husband after all, and he is also a wise person, when he can't do things, it is better to wait until he arrives.

Thinking of this, Aunt Xue diverted the topic and said:

"What Zhu'er said is very true, my aunt thought that you said something about buying and selling to make a living, but this kind of thing that you have been thinking about for a few years, let's wait for Uncle Pan'er to come and talk about it together.

Fang Caizhu'er said that Brother Qiong wrote some poems when he was in Shenjing. Let's listen to it with us and let us have a good time. ”

When Jia Zhu saw her aunt say this, although she didn't fully understand her aunt's thoughts, she also knew a little bit in her heart.

Then he looked at Jia Qiong and said with a smile: "Then let Brother Qiong himself talk about his poems." ”

When Jia Qiong heard this, she also smiled, and wanted people to invest, at least let people take a fancy to you.

Thinking of this, I am no longer humble. Then one by one chanted and listened to a few people,

Jia Qiong chanted poetry while paying attention to the expressions of several people.

When chanting the first bamboo and stone, Aunt Xue didn't have a little look in her eyes, but just praised it with a smile.

He was originally a woman in the back house, and he didn't understand this literati temperament, but he listened to it with excitement, but he didn't understand the hidden meaning.

When Jia Qiong was in love with flowers, Aunt Xue couldn't help but think of her deceased husband and the unknown days she would face in the future.

is even more sentimental in his heart, and his eyes are pearly, and he feels that this Brother Qiong really understands his daughter's thoughts too well.

Xue Pan listened to the verses, couldn't help scratching his hair, fidgeting.

However, Xue Baochai was the youngest, although he couldn't understand it.

However, the rhythm in it could be heard that her apricot eyes were shining, her eyelashes fluttered up and down, and her eyes stared at Jia Qiong motionlessly.

I just think that the brother of the Jia family who just met is so good, what he said is really good, catchy, and he will definitely write a few songs in the future.

Jia Zhu knew the previous article, and he didn't care much, but he still listened carefully.

I don't know how long I chatted, but I saw a person walking outside the living room, striding a meteor.

Entering the hall, he looked at everyone in the field, and then bowed to Aunt Xue and said, "Sister-in-law is fine, I don't know what to call my brother to." ”

Seeing this, Aunt Xue hurriedly got up and saluted and said:

"Second uncle, this time Zhu'er came with her brothers in her clan to discuss something with my family, and my sister-in-law can't make up her mind here, so she wants to ask her second uncle's opinion."

As he spoke, he pointed at Jia Qiong and said:

"Zhu'er, the second uncle knows, this is Jia Qiong, Brother Qiong.

A young talent, eight years old, came to Jinling to take the exam this time, and had some news to do business with the Xue family.

Later, it can be explained to you by Zhu'er and this Brother Qiong. ”

Then he said to Jia Qiong:

"Brother Qiong, this is your Wenlong brother's uncle Xue Yan. You are also like Zhu'er, call your uncle along with Wenlong. ”

After a period of greetings, Jia Qiong reintroduced the information and conjectures she had obtained earlier.

It's just that Huguang has not shared the matter of heavy snow this spring, and once this matter is said, it will be known.

The price of grain in Jinling will immediately soar a lot. And according to this situation, at most ten days will be known by the majority of merchants, and it is estimated that the well-informed will be able to get the news in another half a decade.

Jia Qiong can't do it, who reminds herself of such a thing, she can only do her best to promote this matter.

After listening to the reason, Xue Yan sat at the head of the guest seat, holding a teacup in his hand, watching the tea leaves in the cup floating, falling into deep thought, and everyone did not bother when they saw this.

After a long time, he put down the teacup, unconsciously touched the tip of his nose, looked up at Aunt Xue again, and asked:

"Dare to ask my sister-in-law what she thinks, but what do you command?"

Hearing what Xue Yan said, Aunt Xue was relieved in her heart, exhaled a mouthful of turbid breath, and said with a smile:

"In this matter, I think that our Xue family and the old relatives of the Jia family have been in the same breath for so many years.

Now our family is a little lonely, all relying on the help of the old relatives, Zhu'er has opened her mouth, how can she borrow some silver taels.

As for whether to participate in this matter, it is up to the second uncle to decide.

When your eldest brother was alive, he often said that if it weren't for your help, the Xue family would not be able to achieve the current scale.

After all, my sister-in-law is a woman, and her vision is a little lacking, and she can't compare to the vision of the second uncle. can only teach Pan'er and Baochai in this back house. ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, looking at Xue Yan still listening carefully. And said:

"Now that Pan'er and Tad'er, as well as Baochai and Baoqin, are still young, the second uncle might as well let them come to play with their eldest brothers and sisters often.

In the future, the relationship will be deep, and they will be able to help each other in the future. ”

Listening to what the eldest sister-in-law said, Xue Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said respectfully:

"What the sister-in-law said is very true, in the future, she will let Ta'er and Baoqin often come to play with his eldest brother and sister."

Then he pondered for a while, slowly relaxed his frowning brows, and said:

"Sister-in-law, my brother thinks I can participate, at least there is no problem with my brother's second room, I don't know how my sister-in-law thinks about it.

If the sister-in-law is willing, the younger brother can help supervise the shopkeeper of the big house, and the accounts should be handed over to the sister-in-law.

If you don't want to, that's fine. ”

Listening to Xue Yan's words, Aunt Xue understood what he meant, and her heart was entangled.

His father-in-law died early, and Pan'er was not an adult, so he couldn't support the lintel.

As for his wife's family, he can't often see the outside manager, so he can only routinely check the accounts and can't manage the business.

Not only did I want to ask the second room to help run the business, but I was worried that the second room would bite the meat of my own family and merge the big house.

And I am worried about the second house escrow to make a living, and when the time comes, I will deduct my own family when the profits are distributed, what should I do?

If you don't ask the second uncle to do it on your behalf, you're afraid of sitting and eating empty.

Obviously, Xue Yan also saw the truth clearly, and directly divided the two rooms clearly.

Looking at the entanglement on his sister-in-law's face, there are no extra thoughts in his heart.

Then he picked up the tea on the table and tasted it, waiting for a reply.

There was no chance to make it clear before, just taking advantage of this matter to make it clear, the Xue family itself was involved in the rice and grain trade, and this time with the participation of the Jia family, presumably the sister-in-law would not have any worries.

Aunt Xue thought for a long time, as if she also wanted to understand the truth, and then looked at Xue Yan and said:

"Then it's troublesome for the second uncle to help supervise on your behalf, Zhu'er and Brother Qiong came here with Jin Cai, so they must have considered it all.

After a while, you can discuss it carefully with the second uncle, and then let the shopkeepers below come up with ideas together.

There is another thing that the second uncle needs to take up an idea, that is, the second uncle thinks that we should take out how many silver taels and how much food we should hoard.

I don't know if I can introduce it to my sister-in-law. ”

Hearing this, Xue Yan couldn't help but touch the tip of his nose again, thought about it carefully and said:

"At present, there are more than 7,000 households in Jinling City, more than 600 households in boats, more than 800 households in craftsmen, more than 30,000 households in Lijia, and about 40,000 people in seven guard houses, and each soldier has a family, totaling 400,000 to 500,000 people.

Zhuang Ding consumes one to two catties a day, and if there is really a shortage of grain, according to the daily consumption of four catties of rice grain per household, more than 400,000 people need at least more than 7,000 stone per day.

If the flood lasts for more than a month, plus many families need to store grain and seeds, and there is a follow-up shipment of grain from other places, it will take more than a month.

According to the calculation of sixty days, it will require 400,000 stone of grain, which of course is the minimum consumption.

If you include the consumption in the major prefectures, as well as the people who fled from other places, it will require at least 800,000 stone to purchase and consume.

If it is prepared for a few more months, it will need more, maybe more than a million stones.

However, the various relationships in Jinling are complicated, and there are many major grain merchants, and we can eat about two layers at most, that is, 200,000 stones. ”

After saying this, he drank a large cup of tea fiercely, and after his throat was moist, Fang looked at the reactions of everyone present, and everyone nodded secretly.

After glancing around, he said:

"According to the current price of grain, one tael of silver can buy more than one stone of rice.

If you buy a large amount of money, you will soon only be able to buy one stone of rice grain for one tael of silver.

We need at least 150,000 taels of silver.

According to what the sister-in-law and Brother Zhu and Brother Qiong just said, the family will be almost inseparable if they have 50,000 taels of silver. ”

Hearing this, everyone took a long breath, including Jia Qiong, and when they heard professional people analyze, it was different.

Aunt Xue smiled again, and then said to Jia Zhu:

"Pearl, that's so.

I will lend you thirty thousand taels, and your twenty thousand taels for fifty thousand taels of silver.

I will take out another 50,000 taels and ask the second uncle to help with the operation. ”

After Jia Qiong heard what several people said, he thought about it, looked at Xue Yan, and said:

"Second uncle of the Xue family, nephew wants to ask a few questions:

Where do you buy this rice? Can I buy it within 7 days? How much grain is there in the Changping position here in Jinling? Will the prefect use the standing position to close the grain price?

In this matter, we want to earn money for the two families, and at the same time, we must also win fame, let alone ruin reputation.

Will this matter disgust the government and the six departments of Nanjing that stayed behind. ”

Hearing this, several people were stunned, is there such a big difference in the previous questions?

Only Xue Yan, who had been immersed in the way of merchants for a long time, nodded thoughtfully, and then asked:

"Dare to ask Brother Qiong, is there any other news, I haven't explained.

And it was this news that made us have to buy all the grain within seven days, and it limited the amount of grain we could buy. ”

When Jia Qiong heard Xue Yan's words, he immediately nodded and said:

"It's not news, it's just some of my speculations, there are a lot of merchants in Jinling City recently, but there are not many merchants from Huguang.

I heard that not only land transportation, but also on the river, there are very few ships from Huguang coming.

Coupled with the fact that this year's spring is a little colder than usual, I suspect that there may be heavy spring snow in Huguang, the roads are difficult to navigate, and even the spring seedlings may be affected.

We may not have time to verify it, though. ”

Hearing this, Xue Yan understood that if this was the case, the purchase must indeed be completed within seven days.

Otherwise, everyone else will be able to get the news, and the price of food will have to rise. Maybe the messenger is already on the way.

After thinking about it, he said:

"In fact, the rice grain storage in Jinling is enough for the entire Jinling people to eat for half a year, but if there is really a natural disaster, the grain from other places cannot come in, and the price will inevitably rise.

In fact, there is not much rice grain in the Changping warehouse, and most of it has already been stolen by those wealthy clans in collusion with officials, and only part of the old grain mixed with sand and soil is in it.

A few years ago, someone invited our Xue family to share a cup of soup together, and the eldest brother asked Brother Jing of Ningfu, but Brother Jing did not agree to us entering the game.

It's just that our stores and the like have been paved, and there is no way to do it, so we can only buy grain from Huguang and sell it, and we haven't made much profit for several years, and we stopped contacting that side at the end of last year.

After hearing what had just happened, I thought about continuing to connect and buy new food.

However, as Brother Qiong said, the only way to buy it in Jinling is to buy it on the spot.

But what is the way to make these great families not suspect him, so that they can sell grain to us? ”

Hearing this, Jia Qiong also understood that her conjecture was valid, and then said:

"In this way, it is perfectly feasible to buy food locally. It's just that it is best to find a suitable method, and let these large investors sell voluntarily. ”

When Jia Zhu saw Jia Qiong say this, Fang Haha smiled and said:

"Brother Qiong, talking nonsense, how can these people volunteer, and you are not buying military rations."

Jia Zhu's unintentional words made Jia Qiong's eyes light up, and then said:

"Brother Zhu's words are reasonable, and it is a way to buy military rations. Second Uncle Xue, I don't know if the Xue family has a livelihood involving salt. ”

When Xue Yan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and then said:

"Although the Xue family has a certain amount of capital, it has not been involved in the matter of salt introduction, and the background is still a little inferior to that of salt merchants."

Although he already felt something in his heart, he had not yet understood it, and he could also test Jia Qiong. Then with a smile in his eyes, he motioned for Jia Qiong to continue.

Seeing this, Jia Qiong also smiled, knowing that Xue Yan also understood what he meant. immediately explained to Aunt Xue and Jia Zhu:

"I heard that Aunt Min married in Yangzhou, and my uncle Lin Ruhai is patrolling the history of salt and is implementing the Chinese law.

It is better for Second Uncle Xue to come forward, and say that Uncle Lin allowed the Xue family to lead the salt, but he needs to transport the military grain to Jiubian and Liaodong first.

And Second Uncle Xue can say that he will purchase 200,000 stones in Jinling and transport them first, and then buy 800,000 stones from other places.

One can take this opportunity to attract them to voluntarily take the bait, and presumably many people are willing to join the ranks of salt merchants.

Second, it can lower grain prices and reduce costs.

If the three of them succeed in this matter and earn enough money, they may really take this opportunity to talk to Uncle Lin about the salt introduction. ”

After listening to what Jia Qiong said, Jia Zhu didn't feel it, as long as the family grows, he doesn't care too much about how much money he earns. But I was also a little happy to see that there was a solution.

And Aunt Xue knew where Yanyin made money, after all, she had told him when her husband was still there. Seeing Jia Qiong and Xue Yan looking at each other and smiling, they couldn't help but feel a little entangled.

looked at Xue Yan and then at Xue Pan, and the smile on his face also brought a bitterness.

Everyone talked for a while, determined the plan of action, and then called the account room below. After explaining in detail, Xue Yan took a few housekeepers to handle the matter, and also said that when the silver was needed later, it would be transported uniformly.

And after Aunt Xue saw Xue Yan taking the housekeepers out to run errands, she glanced at Xue Pan and sighed in her heart.

So he shirked his physical discomfort and went down to rest, and asked Xue Pan and Xue Baochai to accompany Jia Zhu and Jia Qiong to walk around and play in the house.

After having an evening meal in Xue's Mansion, the two returned to Jia's study, Jia Zhu thought for a long time before saying to Jia Qiong:

"Brother Qiong, since this matter has been negotiated, then in addition to the 10,000 taels I borrowed from you this time, the 30,000 taels borrowed by Aunt Fang Cai will also be counted as 10,000 taels for you.

In this way, even if you have 20,000 taels, it's good. ”

Hearing Jia Zhu say this, Jia Qiong frowned, and then she also understood what Jia Zhu meant, so she replied: "Everything is arranged by Brother Zhu, and my brother dare not obey." ”

PS: One, one chapter tonight, the big chapter will not be divided into chapters. I want to learn to break the chapter, I found that some of me can't break the chapter, and I must learn to break the chapter before putting it on the shelf.

Second, about changing the title of the book, the author thinks about the future four springs. Although the relationship between the three clothes and the five clothes was designed, the concept of not marrying with the same surname is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It's hard to reverse it for a while, thinking that in the future, the protagonist will make meritorious contributions, and the emperor will give him a surname, if the title of the book is called Jia Qiong again, it will be a little inconvenient.

Therefore, I want to change my name, and I hope that book friends will give some opinions.